Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
Pakistan is facing a difficult diplomatic test as escalating fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran backed Houthi forces in Yemen threatens to undermine Islamabad’s attempt to maintain close ties with Riyadh while preserving its role as a channel to Tehran....
In 1884, an English schoolmaster wrote a short novel about a world with only length and breadth, whose inhabitants could not conceive of a third direction until one of them was lifted out of the plane and shown his own...
Crude oil prices could top $120 per barrel of Brent crude by the end of the year if fighting in the Middle East continues, RBC Capital Markets’ Helima Croft has warned, as quoted by Reuters. “Maritime traffic through the Bab...
Across three pieces I’ve written for Sonar21, I have been making one continuous argument: The war in Ukraine was not a crisis that erupted in 2022. It was the payoff of a deliberate, decades-long Western project to turn Ukraine into...
On the first night of the evacuation of Kabul, Aug. 15, 2021, a young mother found me in the crowd at Hamid Karzai International Airport. She had marked me, correctly, as someone who spoke her language. By the end of...
Last month the state parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) met in Geneva for the 12th Conference of the State Parties (CSP). The ATT has been negotiated to develop common and standard practices for regulating the international trade of...
Ukraine is increasingly turning to unmanned ground vehicles to reduce the exposure of soldiers on one of the world’s most heavily monitored battlefields, potentially accelerating a transformation in how wars are fought on land. Across the front line, Ukrainian military...
China’s state owned oil companies have spent years preparing for the possibility of major disruptions to global energy supplies, investments that are now helping Beijing manage the shock caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Since 2018, Sinopec,...
The national average price for diesel fuel in the United States topped $6 per gallon for the first time this Thursday, adding to already considerable pain at the pump ahead of the November midterm elections. The data comes from GasBuddy,...
Scott Bessent may have imagined a triumphant return to hedge fund row after his stint as US Treasury secretary. Right now, that homecoming looks like it needs a rewrite. Bessent came up under George Soros and Stanley Druckenmiller, and he’s...
The 11th of September, 2026, marks a quarter-century since the “9/11” attacks that killed three thousand Americans and set into motion a generation of the “Global War on Terror”. The anniversary will no doubt bring with it the very human...
Islam Times - US President Donald Trump’s speech at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas was less a governing address than a political performance designed to distract Americans from problems his administration has failed to solve. CNN’s Daniel Dale documented...
General Secretary and President To Lam’s state visit to Russia from September 7 to 9, 2026, was significant not because it reaffirmed a familiar narrative of traditional friendship, but because it showed how both Hanoi and Moscow are trying to...
Crude oil prices extended their climb this week, reaching the highest since May as hostilities in the Gulf continue and the prospect of peace gets even more remote. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $107.86 per...
World War Two continues to shape relations between Russia, China, Taiwan and Japan, with competing interpretations of the conflict increasingly intersecting with present day geopolitical tensions. The issue resurfaced last week when Russian diplomats in Taiwan screened a film about...
Growing concerns over the rapid development of artificial intelligence are prompting more U.S. lawmakers to call for stronger safeguards after two researchers at Anthropic warned that advanced AI could potentially threaten human survival within the next decade. The alarm intensified...
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Sep 11 2026 (IPS) When over 130 world leaders arrive in New York for the high-level segment of the General Assembly next week– it will be rare to hear hard-hitting, headline-grabbing political statements from the podium. The speeches...
As industry insiders issue louder warnings about the catastrophic danger of unchecked artificial intelligence, Anthropic has revealed in a report out Thursday that it had to “disrupt” several attempts by scientists to use its AI models for research that could contribute to the...
In 2026, Lebanon finds itself at a historic crossroads. Fighting rages in the south, while political instability grips the north. The once “Switzerland of the Middle East” is enduring its most severe crisis since the 1975 civil war. Since the...
Britain's decision this week to ban all imports from illegal Israeli settlements carries huge moral resonance, but the real test comes next: Will the European Union (EU) – the single largest market in the world and Israel's biggest trading partner...
The territorial dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (or Islas Malvinas in Spanish) continues to escalate. Last week, Argentine President Javier Milei, a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced a series of new measures...
This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, where he pledged increased security assistance, signed critical minerals deals and warned the three countries’ recently-elected, ideologically-aligned leaders — two of them U.S. citizens — about China’s...
Her Horizon Fund seeks $100m to stop practice harming 230m women and girls globally Frontline activists and leaders in the fight against female genital mutilation, which has affected more than 230 million women and girls worldwide , have welcomed an unprecedented...
NEW YORK – Ten days after 9/11, a clown finally appeared at Ground Zero, fully costumed with red-nosed regalia, trying to cheer gas-masked disaster crews and thousands of visitors who are circling the smoldering rubble that encases almost 3,000 bodies....
For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has arrived with signs and stickers reminding people to “never forget.” I have always felt unsure about what those words mean. For those of us who...
LISTEN NOW: Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats almost 2-to-1 in Nebraska, and the few Democrats who hold elected offices in the state are overwhelmingly conservative. But like the rest of the country, Nebraska is feeling the strain of soaring prices, the data...
What is complicating the Taiwan issue is not just the shifting military balance or the increasing US-China competition, but the growing divergence in the two sides’ understanding of the communities they represent. While China views unification as the culmination of...
By: Nava Thakuria Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and predecessor Sheikh Hasina. Photo from Asia Times It’s amazing how a country of 170 million can annoy a giant neighbor with a billion-plus people. If someone looks seriously into the existing bilateral ties...
Three days after terrorists killed almost 3,000 people in the United States on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush stood behind a pulpit at the Washington National Cathedral and spoke to a nation in shock. “Our responsibility to history...
Over the last several weeks in the lead up to the 25th anniversary of al Qaeda’s attack on the U.S., I’ve had American and foreign journalists ask me the same question: how did 9/11 change America? My answer has generally...
“I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in – and the West in general – into an unbearable hell and a choking life.” – Osama bin Laden (October...
Demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Southeast Asia has found a new major driver apart from the years-long efforts to switch away from coal-fired power generation. The AI boom and the data center construction in Asia are set to...
U.S. President Donald Trump has undertaken the most aggressive federal intervention in the critical minerals and rare earth sectors ever since he returned to the Oval Office, announcing a flurry of deals as Washington desperately tries to counter China’s dominance...
In this issue: - Xi going to India - 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Financial Powerhouse - More signs of economic stress - Anthropic’s report “Detecting and countering misuse of AI” - US-China - Japan and the “enemy-state clauses” in the UN Charter The Feed: Business,...
Mexico’s government is slashing financial assistance for the state energy major by as much as 70% despite Pemex’s continued struggle to pay down debt and boost production. The decision rests on expectations that the company will benefit from the oil...
“For peace is not in gold or gain, Nor in the spoils of others’ pain; It’s found turning from the lie, Refusing worlds where good must die, To stand where truth and kindness grow, And dream a life beyond this woe.” ”Awaken” — The Frontier Man Humanity...
Studies have shown that nearly 20% of the verification cycle is spent on assertion generation, debugging, and methodology integration. This work remains largely manual today or is delegated to general-purpose LLMs that can produce incorrect assertions more than 30% of...
Copper future and related stocks plunged on Thursday morning after a Reuters report said that the White House's "copper tariff plan stalls amid affordability concerns." The Trump administration has yet to decide whether to impose tariffs on refined copper, sending copper...
Decades after the Soviet collapse, Russia and Rwanda share an excellent, longstanding, and growing multifaceted relationship, rooted in mutually beneficial cooperation, while sustaining ambition for raising levels of investment and trade, as well as educational exchanges. Rwanda recognizes Moscow as...
A year after Charlie Kirk’s killing, his organization has buried his criticism of Israel to maintain support from the Israel-based International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. With close ties to the Israeli government, the Fellowship is flooding conservative media with...
As lawmakers demand Congress put artificial intelligence safeguards in place amid new warnings from AI whistleblowers, the Trump administration is using a new, obscure office to do exactly the opposite. The agency, which is dedicated to turning the U.S. military into...
A quarter-century after Sept. 11, America is commemorating the day with a combination of reverence, Islamophobia and jingoism. But there is another current running through the mix of emotions: anger over a number of unanswered questions about the attacks, their...
US natural gas production is projected to reach a record high of 111.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in 2026, up from 107.6 bcfd in 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). By 2027, domestic supply is...
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has raised its forecast for U.S. crude oil production in 2027 to 14.3 million barrels per day, up from 14.2 million bpd in August and 14.0 million bpd in July. For 2026, EIA is still...
Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are introducing new procedures for foreign visitors. Some local observers believe the moves are connected to a fresh influx of Russians amid rumors that the Kremlin may order a general military mobilization. A Kyrgyz government decree outlines plans...
Chinese intelligence, military, political, and strategic institutions view the joint military defense agreement signed between Israel and Greece in the Mediterranean (culminating in the $3.5 billion Achilles Shield missile deal) with cautious suspicion and a multi-dimensional strategic assessment. This Chinese...
This year’s U.N. General Assembly officially opened on Tuesday, Sept. 8. The annual gathering gives diplomats and leaders a valuable opportunity to press their foreign policy priorities and engage — formally and informally — with both partners and adversaries. Most...
Family of late King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV reject committee’s choice of cousin and TV presenter as new monarch A traditional Ugandan kingdom has become engulfed in a bitter succession dispute after the family of a king who recently...
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