Communists
On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard
On this day in 1955, Bulgarian MiG fighters brought down El Al Flight 402, killing all 58 people aboard and setting off a Cold War dispute over responsibility and justice.
From McCarthy to Trump: How the politics of fear made a comeback - opinion
The ‘secret’ behind the success of the CPC, the world’s largest governing party - opinion
'Murderer NATO': Over 100 anti-NATO protesters detained in Turkey ahead of Ankara summit
'Stalin’s Apostles': The Cambridge Five and the lost world of Jewish Communism - review
From elite universities to Soviet handlers, the Cambridge Five helped Stalin penetrate Britain’s security and decision-making core.
Taiwan military resumes anti-communist patriotic classes for graduates amid rising China threat
During the Cold War, campaigns in Taiwan warning against the dangers of the "communist bandits" in China, whose government views the island as its own territory, were widespread.
Man dies after self-immolation near UN HQ in NYC, identified by exiled Tibetans as activist
Voice of Tibet, a media outlet of exiled Tibetans, said Tibetan activist Logba Rangzen "self-immolated outside the UN headquarters in New York after a live appeal for Tibetan independence and unity."
China implements law requiring minorities conform to CCP cultural, religious guidelines
Members of China’s 55 government-recognized ethnic minorities, which include the Uyghur and Tibetan peoples, make up just under 9% of the population.
Israel needs a counter-subversion strategy - opinion
Hostile powers don’t invent a nation’s weaknesses; they find the ones it already has, fund them, give them prestige, and push them through the institutions that decide how a society sees itself.
Trump brands NYC’s victorious Israel critics as ‘communists’
Mamdani-backed Israel critics swept the primaries, marking a seismic backlash against pro-Israel incumbent Democrats and solidifying the left-wing mayor’s status as a power broker in New York.
Vietnam's Communist Party targets social media influencers, AI for propaganda
Vietnam’s Communist Party plans to strengthen propaganda by recruiting 1,000 influencers and 5,000 AI experts by 2030. The strategy aims to control public narratives and fight misinformation.
Cuba begins releasing prisoners under scrutiny of rights groups, US government
The decision to release the prisoners on the island comes after Washington's most intense pressure campaign in decades, although Havana denies any decision-making under US coercion.
From revolutionaries to royalists? Why some of Iran's former leftists now back Reza Pahlavi
IRAN AFFAIRS: Nearly half a century after the Islamic revolution, a number of former leftist revolutionaries are arriving at a conclusion that would once have seemed unthinkable.
US push for Western Hemisphere dominance could extend to Cuba and Nicaragua, experts say
Trump's new policy, which he calls the “Donroe" Doctrine, aims to establish US dominance throughout the Western Hemisphere by replacing regime leaders with US-allied governments.
