Ubai al-Aboudi

Ubai al-Aboudi is the Director of the Bisan Centre for Research and Development (Ramallah, Palestine).

September 13, 2026

Dissanayake Calls on Sri Lankans to Sacrifice Like China

by Our Correspondent in Colombo President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has called on Sri Lankans to accept sacrifice and hard work for the sake of rebuilding the country, invoking China’s experience as an

China/India/World

Xi skips Modi’s BRICS gala as India-China talks focus on differences

by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi on Saturday, according to news agency PTI, which

September 13, 2026

BRICS in New Delhi: India’s Bid to Rewrite the Global Order

Columns/Geopolitics

There are moments in the long march of international affairs when a summit, otherwise destined for the archives of routine diplomacy, acquires the resonance

Xi Calls for Open-Source AI as BRICS Seeks New Global Technology Rules

China/India/World

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on BRICS countries and the wider Global South to take a greater role in shaping the future of

Living Hell: Israel’s Prison System as an Instrument of Oppression

February 26, 2026

Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

In January 2026, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem published a grim update to its earlier work, titled Living Hell: The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps. This report documents the horrific

The Global Economic Benefit from the Genocide of Palestinians

August 3, 2025

Human Rights/World

On 16 June 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese, published a new report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy