Protests Erupt as Israel Attacks Humanitarian Flotilla Near Greece
At least 200 protests have been announced worldwide, including 40 in Italy alone, while others are expected to merge with global May Day parades on Friday.
Turbulence in Eastern Mediterranean: How Warships and Warming Seas Strangle Fish and Fishermen
With military tensions soaring, the Eastern Mediterranean is increasingly criss-crossed by military vessels, and at the risk of the same environmental damage seen on its neighboring seas. With world leaders openly talking of a global conflict just round the corner, what is to happen to the seas that we hardly got to know?
Military Spending Growing Fastest in Europe: a 14% Increase in 2025
Global military spending reached a new record high in 2025, driven by armament surge in Central and Western Europe.
Lithuania Admits Rail Baltica Slipping From Deadlines, Again
Five days after Baltic prime ministers called for “strong political will” to complete the mega-rail by 2030, Lithuania quietly approved a new plan that pushes its completion to 2033.
The Unmapped Sea: Power, Blood, and Identity in the 16th-Century Mediterranean
Power over the sea was once contested, but today, in an era of one-way migration, the overwhelming power sits entirely on the Northern shore. The sixteenth-century Mediterranean established three fault lines that define our modern fractures.
From Seas of Solidarity to Circuits of Empire: How Energy Remade the Mediterranean
Far from cradling the Palestinian resistance, Cyprus and Greece are now complicit partners in the surveillance and onslaught of its liberation fighters. How did this corridor of solidarity shift so dramatically?
The Mediterranean at Breaking Point
© Jonathan Cooper Link copied! The alarm was launched on April 5, from somewhere in the Central Mediterranean. A small boat departed from Tajoura, a […]
The Last Guardian of al-Hol: Jihan Hanan’s Lone Struggle in the World’s Most Dangerous Camp
Located near the Syrian-Iraqi border, al-Hol was one of the largest and most controversial camps in Syria. ©Maryam Ashrafi Link copied! The road was no […]
Podcast: Transnational Feminism And Culture of Life
In this Turning Point magazine conversation, the first of its kind, Japanese, Kurdish, Rohingya, and Palestinian-Lebanese feminists explore how transnational feminism can create genuine security based on life and freedom and challenge what is called the “culture of killing.”
Roots of Resistance: How Gen Z Indigenous Women Are Defending Their Heritage in Southeast Asia
A crowd of protesting Indian women. Licensed via Pixabay. Link copied! “Just this June, an 11-year-old Indigenous girl from the community was brutally raped.” The […]