A criminal court in Cairo convened on Monday at Badr Prison and adjourned the trial of Ashram Omar, a cartoonist for the online publication Al Manassa, until 12 October 2026, according to a Facebook post by his lawyer, Khaled Ali. The Egyptian cartoonist has now been behind bars for almost two years and, ... Read more
The Battle of Tsushima, 1905, painting by Tōjō Shōtarō. By Tōjō Shōtarō – Public domain. The Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) was a pivotal conflict in modern history and is regarded as one of the first‘total wars’. It came to be described as‘World War Zero’, marking Japan’s rise as a world power whilst also exposing ... Read more
Historic heatwave in Europe. Cartoon from 29 June 2026 in CTXT More than 380 million Europeans are facing temperatures above 30°C. Around 191 million people in Europe have experienced temperatures above 35°C during the recent heatwave between 18 and 29 June, whilst 381 million have faced temperatures above 30°C. Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of ... Read more
Daniel "Des" Sánchez Estrada is a tattoo artist who has been wrongfully sentenced to 30 years in prison in the United States for transporting a box of anarchist fanzines in his car. “Des” is currently in prison because the Trump administration claims that printing, reading or possessing certain literature constitutes evidence of a ... Read more
Two earthquakes rock Venezuela. Cartoon from 27 June 2026 in CTXT On Wednesday 24 June, two earthquakes struck Venezuela. By Thursday, the provisional death toll stood at 235, with 4,300 injured, to which must be added the number of people missing. The deaths of two Spanish nationals have already been confirmed, and around ... Read more
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