THE captain of an NGO migrant rescue ship is preparing to take on Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini after heading towards Lampedusa yesterday, intending to disembark 42 refugees.
In a post shared on the German NGO Sea Watch’s social media feeds yesterday morning, the charity called on its followers to help fundraise Sea Watch 3 captain Carola Rackete’s legal fees.
Spain has joined South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel while imposing weapons bans and port restrictions, moves partly driven by trade unions — proving just how effectively civil society can reshape government policy, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Despite an over-sentimental narrative, MICHAL BONCZA applauds an ambitious drama about the Chinese rescue of British POWs in WWII
DENNIS BROE enjoys the political edge of a series that unmasks British imperialism, resonates with the present and has been buried by Disney


