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A cautious calm has settled over Lebanon after a ceasefire with Israel came into effect at midnight on Thursday-Friday local time, with residents beginning to return to their homes despite warnings of continued danger and reported...

MENA

Frank McCourt, founder of Project Liberty, speaking with Foreign Policy CEO Andrew Sollinger at the Geoeconomics Forum. Credit: IPS By Umar Manzoor Shah SRINAGAR, India, Apr 17 2026 (IPS) As war in the Middle East ripples through global markets, policymakers,...

Armed Conflicts, Economy & Trade, Featured

Turkey, Syria and Jordan have positioned themselves as a potential regional transport hub through plans to modernise and reconnect their railway networks, reviving a historic line and laying the groundwork for a future corridor linking southern Europe to...

Energy

Orban only needs to engage in self-criticism and wait, Raphael Machado writes. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Viktor Orban will once again be a Hungarian parliamentarian like any other. The victory of...

Europe, World, Color Revolution

North Korea’s economy is showing signs of recovery as Pyongyang deepens trade and diplomatic ties with Russia and China, South Korea’s unification ministry said in a report sent to AFP on Friday. Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre) flanked by Russian...

China, Defence & Foreign Policy, AFP

How the Four Great Imams Might Model Unity, Humility, and Principled Disagreement Today “And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided.” Qur’an 3:103 Introduction The Muslim community has never been entirely free of disagreement,...

#Islam, featured, Featured Home

Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund announced Thursday the sale of its majority stake in Saudi Pro League football club Al-Hilal , where French striker Karim Benzema plays. The PIF , which also owns English Premier League side Newcastle...

MENA

During events marking the Palestinian Prisoners' Day across the occupied West Bank on Thursday, 16 April, mothers of Palestinians took to the fore as concern grows over the fate of their children inside Israeli prisons. In particular, these mothers...

MENA

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Merz’s paralysis and the EU’s anti-growth orderDiego Faßnacht reports that Chancellor Friedrich Merz is constrained by coalition politics and unable...

Global Risk-Reward Monitor, hide

Thousands of people in Lebanon celebrated on Friday as a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into effect, ending six weeks of violence that killed almost 2,000 Lebanese. The ceasefire, announced by US President Donald Trump...

MENA

AL-KHALIL, (PIC) The southern al-Khalil area witnessed a new assault carried out by armed settlers targeting citizens’ homes and property at dawn Friday. The attack resulted in heavy material losses affecting private belongings amid escalating field tensions in the region and...

News, al-Khalil, settler attacks

A group of young people. Photo by Iwaria Inc. on Unsplash. Source: Africa Renewal, United Nations. The choice is clear; the window is narrow; and the time to prepare Africa’s workforce for the frontier economy is now. Africa’s growth story...

Africa, Development & Aid, Featured

Accumulations of up to 3cm deep reported as severe thunderstorms also bring heavy downpours to central Italy Severe thunderstorms have affected the Mediterranean this week. On Monday, a surface low-pressure system in the Mediterranean in conjunction with an upper air cut-off...

Extreme weather, Environment, Algeria

Former Russian president and incumbent deputy chair of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev warned on X that “the Russian Defense Ministry’s statement must be taken literally: the list of European facilities that make drones and other equipment is a list...

Ukraine War, Block 3, Dmitry Medvedev

The recent US-Israel-Iran conflict has confirmed a structural shift in warfare: artificial intelligence is no longer just enhancing military operations — it is compressing the time available to prevent escalation. In this conflict, AI-enabled decision-support systems processed vast streams of...

South Asia, AI Warfare, Block 2

GAZA, (PIC) One civilian was killed and others were injured early Friday by Israeli gunfire east of Gaza City, as Israeli forces continue to violate the ceasefire agreement. A local source said that at least one person was killed and two others...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

Kurds have expressed cautious support for Iraq's conscription bill . Some perceive it as an economic opportunity for youth, while others caution that it may intensify political and sectarian competition within security institutions. Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi recently expressed support...

MENA

Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have propelled drones into the headlines. The word “drone” now stretches to cover everything from hobbyist camera rigs available on Amazon to the Predator and Reaper systems the United States has relied on...

Military, Block 2, Drone Warfare

After weeks of bombardments in southern Lebanon that have killed more than 2,000 people and displaced more than one million residents, Israel has announced a ten-day ceasefire with Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, vowed to keep Israeli troops...

Opinion, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza War

Every few years, like clockwork, the idea resurfaces from the salons of Brussels and the op-ed pages of Le Monde and Der Spiegel: Europe must build its own defense architecture, a “European pillar” of security, a NATO without Washington. The rhetoric is invariably...

Opinion, Block 2, Europe

The Chinese embassy in Japan has accused Tokyo of failing to protect its diplomats after it received three threats within a month, as a spat between the Asian neighbours rumbles on. The main building of the Chinese embassy in Tokyo....

China, Defence & Foreign Policy, AFP

As Pete Hegseth was fighting an uphill battle to be confirmed as the secretary of defense, an experienced politico came running to whip votes: Norm Coleman, a former Republican senator from Minnesota. After shepherding Hegseth around the Hill and lobbying his...

Congress, Saudi-arabia, Qatar

This month marks the third anniversary of the war in Sudan. Estimates of the death toll range from 150,000 to 400,000 or more; 2025 was, according to the United Nations’ internal estimates, a particularly deadly year for civilians. The humanitarian...

Civil-war, Chad, Boulos

A 58% jump in TSMC’s quarterly profit, announced on April 16, should change how investors think about the AI economy. Those numbers are not speculative, based on projections or optimistic. They’re realized profits, delivered here and now. A fourth consecutive...

Technology, AI Companies, AI Profits

By: Xiaochen Su - - - - Build we must The 2021 bursting of the Chinese real estate bubble has generated a growing chorus of analyses comparing China’s economic trajectory today with Japan’s stagnation since the...

Lebanese Finance Minister Yassine Jaber on Thursday said his government had good meetings this week with the International Monetary Fund and remained committed to working toward a lending programme. Current events, including the Israeli war on Lebanon , had delayed...

Economy

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Thursday his country was "ready" for a possible US attack on the communist island following months of mounting pressure from President Donald Trump. "We don't want that (confrontation) but it is our duty to be ready...

World

US President Donald Trump said Thursday Washington and Tehran were "very close" to a peace deal and insisted that Iran had agreed to hand over its enriched uranium, a key sticking point in negotiations. The United States had earlier threatened to...

MENA

IMF economists warned Thursday that the war in Iran could have "very, certainly severe" consequences far outside the region - especially for energy-importing countries. Countries in East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa are among the countries most affected now - and who...

Economy

Trump administration officials are discovering that a daunting number of longstanding U.S. allies and security clients are adopting hedging policies or even openly opposing Washington’s decision to wage war against Iran. That sobering reality has become even clearer over the...

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