Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (PNN) — In Gaza, where war has damaged much of the infrastructure needed for everyday life, sports have also been pushed to the margins. Football academies have struggled to operate, sports facilities have been damaged, and athletes and...
Hodan has moved from Beyoğlu to Nişantaşı. But the real change is not in its address; it is in the kitchen. Today, Çiğdem Seferoğlu is pursuing a cuisine that intervenes less and listens more. So is bringing a cuisine into...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (PNN) — What happens to a heritage that is no longer being passed from one generation to the next? And what happens when historic places face neglect, destruction or attempts to alter the story attached to them? A new...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (PNN) — What happens when waste becomes a source of income, fuel becomes scarce and safe alternatives are out of reach? PNN’s television program “Ala Al-Makshouf” explored these questions in an episode examining the burning of electronic and plastic...
Thousands gathered at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on August 15, 2026, to commemorate 21 years of peace between Indonesia and the separatist Free Aceh Movement, or GAM. Some participants raised GAM’s red, black and white crescent-star flag and...
HEBRON, West Bank / PNN / In the villages of Masafer Yatta, southeast of Hebron, nightfall brings more than darkness. It marks the beginning of hours spent watching, listening and keeping guard as residents and activists describe a climate of fear...
A peace plan can be negotiated in conference rooms. Securing it requires someone willing to stand on the ground. Gaza’s post-war framework has increasingly confronted that distinction. The UN Security Council-backed plan established the Board of Peace to oversee a...
For eight decades, the Israeli political and security establishment has operated on a premise so deeply embedded that it is rarely stated as a premise at all: that American support is not a policy but a condition of nature, as...
From China’s political and development ties with Southeast Asia to territorial disputes and agreements, the past week brought developments with implications across Asia. Here are some of the stories we published in recent days, covering political, economic and security issues worth...
On March 28, 2025 a rollout ceremony took place at Lockheed Martin’s F-16 production facility in Greenville, South Carolina. Two F16V block 70 jets were ready for final testing, and the ceremony marked the formal handover to Taiwan. The Greenville...
During my long trek returning home to Florida from Russia, I watched a three hour documentary on the rise and fall of the Roman Empire and I gained an appreciation of why Trump is often labeled as a reincarnation of...
On September 10, 2026, US Congressman Abraham Hamadeh told reporters an Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty would arrive “a lot sooner rather than later.” Eighteen months after the two countries initialled a deal at the White House, it still has not been...
Nigeria has ambitious energy plans for the coming decades, including expanding its oil industry and accelerating the development of its renewable energy sector. In recent years, Nigeria has begun to solidify its position as a major energy power in Africa....
In our current cultural conversation, especially post-Weinstein, Diddy and Jeffrey Epstein, the image of the pedophile, the groomer or the elderly creep is a universal villain. His is an insatiable appetite; he is a master manipulator, a wolf seeking an...
Families of victims of President Donald Trump’s war in Iran just filed an unprecedented lawsuit asking a federal judge to decide a constitutional question Washington has evaded for decades: Can a president wage war without the approval of Congress? Attorneys behind...
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to reduce the cost of the MC-21 medium-haul airliner, which currently stands at 7.5 billion rubles. The goal is to lower the price by several billion rubles in constant prices to ensure...
As US President Donald Trump threatens Iran with annihilation, Iranian missiles and drones have been targeting Israeli Mossad proxies, American bases and destroying tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. Washington’s allies in Riyadh are meanwhile suffering enormous losses due to...
Henry Hub natural gas averaged $2.93 per million British thermal units from June through August, 6% below the same period last year, even with the Lower 48 posting its hottest July on record. Average temperatures across the Lower 48 reached...
Russia has revised its oil export forecasts upward, projecting shipments to reach 244.7 million tons by 2026. This updated macroeconomic forecast from the Ministry of Economic Development indicates a recovery in export volumes despite international pressure and existing agreements. The new...
Venezuela’s upstream oil sector is attracting its broadest pool of international operators and capital in decades, with established majors expanding their footprints and new operators entering under revised contractual frameworks. If capital deployment, rig availability and oilfield services scale in...
Just how worried should we be about artificial intelligence slipping out of control? What used to be a sci-fi scenario is now a real concern. This very issue is all-encompassing, touching everything from legal boundaries and workplace competition to our...
BETHLEHEM /PNN/ Christian religious, civic and academic figures in Bethlehem have rejected remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly, in which he said Christian emigration from the city had increased under Palestinian Authority governance, calling...
The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, with the total rig count in the US rising to 599, up...
How many skeletons are in Congress’ closet? Who’s ruining youth sports? And is there any check on Paramount’s power? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in LeverMind , our weekly news quiz testing your knowledge of...
A Munich-based “anti-Semitism expert” organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal. Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of...
BP has started looking seriously at U.S. shale assets again, including Devon Energy’s Eagle Ford business, as CEO Meg O’Neill pushes the company back toward oil and gas growth. BP entered the data room for Devon’s South Texas assets after...
Oil prices edge higher as Hormuz diplomacy, soaring freight costs and diesel market fears drive a widening Brent-WTI spread. Oil prices are set for a slight 2% weekly gain, despite rumours that this week’s opening of the 2026 UN General...
Ask a Ukrainian soldier what he is fighting for, and NATO membership would certainly be on that list. But ask NATO, and the answer is far less straightforward and gets complicated quickly. This complication got a public airing last month when...
Oritro Karim, IPS UN Bureau Correspondent, speaks to Ranjeeta Silwal of Equality Now. By Oritro Karim KATHMANDU, Nepal / NEW YORK, United States , Sep 25 2026 (IPS) On August 26, 2026, deadly flash floods and landslides ripped through Himalayan towns and villages...
The European Union’s natural gas supply remains stable, according to the Gas Coordination Group, which advises the European Commission on coordinating security-of-supply measures in the event of an EU or regional emergency. The Gas Coordination Group met again this week...
On Nov. 3, 2026 , California voters will vote on Proposition 40, a one-time 5% levy on the net worth of billionaires who were California residents on Jan. 1, 2026. Ninety percent of the revenue would fund healthcare programs, with...
This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . The Endangered Species Act has stood as a pillar of conservation in the United States since 1973, bringing animals like bald eagles, manatees and humpback...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to pass a law to revoke the citizenship of anyone who defames Israel’s soldiers, his latest threat against the Israeli directors of “NAZA,” a documentary about soldiers’ killing of Gaza civilians. “NAZA” is a British...
Pakistan’s air force recently attacked 10 places in Afghanistan. This is the second time in four days they have done this, following a period of quiet on the border between the two countries. Pakistan stated that these strikes were a...
The United Nations human rights office has added 61 more companies to a list of those operating in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which the UN considers against international law. This list, first created in 2020, now contains 214...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 4 September 2026. More than a month after their arrest in northern Togo, the two French filmmakers, Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani, of the production company Tony Comiti Productions, along with their...
About twenty years ago I worked with Cliff Hou, LC Lu, and the TSMC PDK team on reference flows with emerging EDA and IP companies. This was the precursor to the OIP. Having a person with LC Lu’s depth of...
John Mearsheimer discusses the US’ dwindling options to end the war on Iran and the worsening economic crisis the globe faces if the war continues. Transcript Chris Hedges: The situation with Iran, despite talks between US and Iranian officials at the United Nations...
Military leaders from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan are meeting to discuss how to help Saudi Arabia deal with attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Meanwhile, Iraq has reduced flights from Iran, following pressure from the United States, and an Iranian...
The US-built regional order is not collapsing in a single dramatic moment. It is fading quietly into the background – until one day people wake up to an entirely new reality Hesham Gaafar is a researcher specialising in Islamic thought and...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 10 September 2026. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned for the safety of Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka, Director-General of Radio-Télévision Saraounia (RTS) and a former Radio France Internationale (RFI)...
A Rohingya refugee carries Myanmar's national flag during a Genocide Remembrance Day rally marking the anniversary of their mass exodus at a refugee camp in Bangladesh on 25 August 2026. Credit: Abdul Goni/AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Sep 25 2026 (IPS) On 15...
This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 17 September 2026. Mr Pelumi Onifade, a young journalist with Gboah TV , who was reportedly shot and arrested while covering the #EndSARS protests on October 24, 2020, died from fatal injuries as...
The European Union is reportedly considering new measures to hinder the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sports competitions. These potential actions include visa restrictions, personal sanctions against athletes and officials, and a reduction in funding for sports...
TODAY’S NUMBERS 5.17% (US 10-year yield, highest since 2007) · 54.3% (indirect bid at Wednesday’s five-year auction; average 65.2%) · $1.10trn (Japan’s Treasury holdings, down $51bn in a year). Yields up, big foreign creditors buying less: the world still lends...
Italy’s industry and energy security ministers will meet with executives from the Italian refining sector in early October to discuss how refineries could raise diesel and gasoline production to help lower the record-high fuel prices. Adolfo Urso, the Industry Minister,...
US lawmakers and national-security experts are pressing President Donald Trump to take tougher action against Chinese entities accused of helping Iran with satellite intelligence, weapons components, and oil revenue. The calls intensified as Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the White...
The most consequential sentence of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington may also be the simplest: “The Thucydides Trap can be overcome.” This line, delivered during Xi’s speech at the White House arrival ceremony, provides a better key to...
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