An attack that killed 12 people has left Riyadh’s airport closed and drawn condemnation from the UN and EU, as the Houthis renew their threats and Washington considers its response. #RiyadhAirport #HouthiAttacks #MiddleEastTensions
The author said Romania had strongly condemned what it described as the Houthis’ latest deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of Riyadh’s international airport. The author also expressed sorrow over the loss of innocent lives and extended condolences and sympathy to the families of those who died. #Romania #Houthi #Condemnation #RO #SA
The author said Romania had strongly condemned an attack on a grain-carrying ship with Azerbaijani and Indian crew. They reported that two crew members were killed and 11 were rescued by the Romanian Coast Guard, some with injuries. #Romania #Condemnation #MaritimeSecurity #RO #AZ #IN
The Return to Feudalism in 21st Century Garb A simple observer's viewpoint, with no claim to hold any absolute truth. The Veneer Cracks There is something strangely archaic about the world unfolding before our eyes, despite its satellites, artificial intelligence, and promises of infinite progress. Here and there, we witness heads of state behaving like feudal lords of another age, patiently nibbling away at the neighboring territory, redrawing borders through force rather than law, as if governing a nation mattered less than expanding one's fiefdom. No names need be mentioned here: current events provide plenty of illustration, and each reader will recognize, according to their own geography and moment of reading, the faces that embody this observation. But this return to the archaic is not confined to grand geopolitical stages. It also permeates the most ordinary daily life—that of social media, where anyone can pour out venom against another without filter, without form, and often without the slightest argument. The verbal jousting of yesteryear, with its codes, its rhetoric, its tacit limits, has given way to raw invective, snap judgment, instant condemnation. We no longer debate: we execute, verbally—and sometimes it doesn't stop at words. The Vanished Inhibition What strikes one, in this dual observation—macro-political and micro-social—is the lifting of an inhibition we thought firmly anchored. Centuries of cultural construction, education, philosophy, sometimes religion, had patiently shaped mechanisms of restraint: politeness as social ritual, argumentation as a mode of resolving disagreement, respect for one's opponent as the very foundation of democratic debate. This civilizational veneer, however fragile it always was, seemed to hold. Today it is cracking, and the question—which for me remains a simple hypothesis, not a certainty—is why. A convenient explanation would blame social media: anonymity, the distance of the screen, the instantaneousness of publication would favor verbal acting-out without the usual mediation of reflection. This is probably true, but likely insufficient. For technology here is only an accelerant, an amplifier—not necessarily a root cause. A Poorly Formatted Neocortex? The more unsettling hypothesis—and I frame it explicitly as hypothesis, not scientifically established fact—is that of a failure in the formation of moral judgment and tolerance toward otherness. The human brain possesses the neural structures enabling empathy, the distancing of impulsive reaction, the acceptance of difference—but these capacities are not innate in their full exercise: they must be built, educated, cultivated, like a muscle that needs patient training from childhood onward. If this education in otherness, nuance, and tolerance of disagreement erodes—for multiple and undoubtedly complex reasons that are not mine to settle here—then older reflexes resurface: instinctive distrust of the stranger outside the clan, the law of the strongest, the logic of territorial or symbolic predation. The other ceases to be a possible interlocutor and becomes once again a potential threat, unless they belong to my tribe, my clan, my party, my digital bubble. Two Scales, One Logic What is striking, in this deliberately provocative reading, is the structural similarity between these two scales. The leader who invades a neighbor in the name of a rediscovered greatness or a reinvented historical right, and the anonymous internet user who insults a stranger in the name of an unnegotiable conviction, may obey the same underlying grammar: that of territory to defend, clan to protect, the other to subdue or exclude rather than understand. The form has changed—satellites instead of horses, tweets instead of heralds—but the substance, in this reading that remains mine alone and commits no one else, seems strangely identical to that of feudal rivalries: the absence of a recognized third party, of an accepted common rule, of a respected arbitrating authority. Everyone becomes judge and party, lord of their own digital or territorial fiefdom. A Civilization on a Knife's Edge Norbert Elias, in his Civilizing Process, showed how Western societies had historically built, with remarkable slowness, an increasing control over impulses and direct violence, in favor of more sublimated forms of social regulation. What we may be observing today—and I stress again the conditional—is a form of regression in this process, or at least a fragilization of the veneer it had patiently laid down. Should we see this as an effect of great technological accelerations, which shake up our cognitive rhythms without leaving education time to adapt? A deeper crisis of the institutions tasked with transmitting these values of tolerance—school, family, religion, the rule of law? Or simply a cyclical movement of human history, where phases of policed civilization alternate with darker backlashes? I have no certain answer, and I would be wary of anyone claiming to hold one. In Conclusion, a Shared Concern This text is only a viewpoint, necessarily partial and subjective, on a world that sometimes seems to replay ancient logics in new clothing. Perhaps I am wrong to perceive a continuity between the feudal lord and the contemporary dictator, between the anonymous online insult and the absence of education in nuance. Perhaps these phenomena are unrelated, or too complex to be thus summarized. But if this reading, even partially, hits the mark, then the question that arises is less one of technological regulation—though necessary—than the far more arduous question of how to rebuild, generation after generation, this capacity to accept the other in their difference, to debate without destroying, to coexist without necessarily dominating. This undertaking, if it exists, will not be resolved by an algorithm nor by an international treaty. It plays out, patiently, in the most elementary education—the one that teaches a child that the other is not a threat, but a possibility. Bibliography Elias, N. (1939). Über den Prozess der Zivilisation [The Civilizing Process]. Oxford: Blackwell (Eng. trans. 1978-1982). Lorenz, K. (1963). Das sogenannte Böse [On Aggression]. London: Methuen (Eng. trans. 1966). Arendt, H. (1970). On Violence. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World. Han, B.-C. (2013). Im Schwarm [In the Swarm: Digital Prospects]. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (Eng. trans. 2017).
Diverse Texas campus bonds in anger after candidate’s racist post — At @UTAustin, Republican Bo French drew widespread, bipartisan condemnation for his attack on South Asian students celebrating their football team’s https://t.co/foDyAZqg3R #Texas #Racism #Diversity #IN
Ratko Mladić, a convicted war criminal responsible for the Srebrenica massacre, was buried with military honors in Belgrade, sparking outrage and condemnation from neighboring countries and international leaders who highlighted the ongoing tensions and hatred in the region. #RatkoMladić #Srebrenica #háborúsbűnök
Reflecting on 18 years since Russian unprovoked aggression against 🇬🇪, 🇷🇴 reaffirms its condemnation of the illegal military presence in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia. Romania remains fully dedicated to 🇬🇪’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and its 🇪🇺 path. #Georgia #Russia #Sovereignty #GE #RO #RU #EU
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We strongly condemn Russia’s latest unacceptable overnight missile and drone strikes targeting Ukraine's civilian areas. We also condemn in the strongest terms the irresponsible violation of Polish airspace during these attacks by a missile. This constitutes a grave and #Ukraine #Russia #Condemnation #RU #UA #PL
Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, employed evasive tactics in a recent interview to sidestep uncomfortable topics such as political prisoners, electoral fraud, and economic failures, while maintaining her government's narrative and claiming progress through diplomatic relations with the U.S. despite widespread international condemnation. #Venezuela #DelcyRodríguez #DerechosHumanos
No place in Europe for ethnic cleansing. Ever. I welcome the EU's clear condemnation of statements that appear to justify ethnic cleansing. Europe must stand firmly for peace, democracy, accountability, and the rule of law. My position is clear: leaders who tolerate or promote https://t.co/7fptoq1kKf #EthnicCleansing #HumanRights #Europe #EU
Russia spent the night raining missiles and drones on Kyiv. People were killed in their homes. Children are among the dozens injured. EU staff had to be evacuated to shelters. Our condemnation must be matched by firm support. Ukraine needs the means to defend itself and a #StandWithUkraine #StopTheWar #KyivUnderAttack #RU #UA #EU
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of at least six individuals, including an Al Jazeera cameraman, Ahmed Wishah, whom Israel's Defense Forces have labeled a Hamas terrorist, prompting condemnation from the news organization and raising concerns about the ongoing violence and humanitarian crisis in the region. #GazaConflict #JournalismUnderAttack #CeasefireViolation
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have resulted in the deaths of at least six people, including an Al Jazeera cameraman, Ahmed Wishah, prompting condemnation from the news organization and raising concerns over the impact on civilians amid ongoing accusations of ceasefire violations by both Israel and Hamas. #GazaConflict #JournalismUnderAttack #HumanitarianCrisis
Erias Lukwago, a former Ugandan mayor and lawyer for opposition leader Kizza Besigye, has been charged with a treason-related offence following his arrest, which has drawn controversy and condemnation, particularly after military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba publicly boasted about the incident on social media. #Uganda #Treason #HumanRights
Igor Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a towering catalyst of twentieth-century modernism, widely regarded as one of the few artists who can claim to have single-handedly dismantled the aesthetic foundations of their medium only to rebuild them multiple times over. As a lightning rod for both fierce condemnation and religious adulation, the Russian-born composer stood at the epicenter of Western cultural modernization. His career was defined not by a linear evolution, but rather by a series of calculated stylistic mutations that routinely caught the public and his peers off guard. From the explosive, primordial rhythms of his early Russian ballets to the severe, calculated architecture of his neoclassical and serialist periods, Stravinsky permanently redefined what music could be, how it could be structured, and what it was permitted to express. #IgorStravinsky #ModernMusic #ClassicalMusic #TheRiteOfSpring #BalletsRusses #MusicHistory #ComposerLife #OperaHistory #AvantGarde #TwentiethCentury #MusicalRevolution #Neoclassicism #Orchestration #Diaghilev #Nijinsky https://tunitemusic.com/post/igor-stravinsky-the-architect-of-the-sound/
Russian strikes in Ukraine have resulted in the deaths of at least 11 people and significant damage to Kyiv's historic Dormition Cathedral, prompting condemnation from President Zelensky and international leaders as air raid warnings spread across the country. #UkraineWar #CulturalHeritage #WarCrimes
I reiterate my condemnation of the arbitrary detention of personnel from the @UN, non-governmental organizations, civil society organizations & diplomatic missions by the Houthi de facto authorities between 2021 & 2025. I call for the immediate & unconditional release of all #HumanRights #FreeTheDetained #UNJustice #YE #UN
Two people were reportedly killed and several others injured when Taliban police violently dispersed a rare protest in Herat, Afghanistan, against the detention of women for not adhering to strict Islamic dress codes, leading to widespread condemnation and concerns over excessive use of force against peaceful demonstrators. #WomenRights #AfghanistanProtests #Taliban
Lebanese Army officials reported that three soldiers were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in southern Lebanon, prompting a strong condemnation from Lebanon, while the Israeli military stated it was investigating the incident, asserting the vehicle was moving suspiciously in a combat zone against Hezbollah targets. #Lebanon #Israel #Hezbollah
