Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
The US is losing leverage in Somalia as frustration with Mogadishu threatens critical African Union support and risks strengthening Al Shabaab’s hold. In Mali, renewed US airstrikes against JNIM raise a parallel concern—whether air power alone, without a ground strategy...
Synopsys and Intel Foundry are expanding their collaboration to accelerate customer adoption of Intel 14A, connecting advanced process technology with production-ready electronic design automation, silicon intellectual property, multiphysics analysis, and multi-die integration. Announced at the 2026 DAC Chips to …...
By James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Aug 10 2026 (IPS) I have spent my life on an island. From the granite hills of Mahé, one can watch the sun rise over an ocean that has fed, protected and defined the Seychellois people...
Egypt and Libya are reportedly nearing a deal to build an 800-kilometer oil pipeline connecting Tobruk with Alexandria, creating a direct route for growing Libyan crude production to reach Egyptian refineries as the war with Iran disrupts Egypt’s traditional Gulf...
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Iran’s January protests were a “bloodbath,” Nasrin Sotoudeh said as she called for international support for women from Tehran in February. Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer, has been repeatedly arrested over the past two decades for her activism...
Asia and the Pacific is urbanizing faster than any other region. By 2050, its cities will be home to 3.4 billion people, up from 2.2 billion today – the equivalent of adding around two Delhi-sized cities every year. The region’s future will depend on...
In April 2024, an enormous container ship got stuck in the canal, side by side, blocking the flow of international trade for six days. The incident was a reminder: commerce runs along a few key choke points, and those who...
The U.S. oil industry got a scare last week. News reports claimed that the Trump administration may be considering an export ban on crude oil and refined petroleum products such as gasoline and diesel in order to bring those prices...
The statements seem as belligerent as Pete Hegseth on a bad hair day. “We are preparing for the next war that is coming,” says Jonathan Cowan. Cowan is president of Third Way, described by The New York Times as a “leading centrist Democratic group.” Cowan’s...
Messi and his family had traveled from Miami on a private plane and were escorted by a police motorcade to a Rosario cemetery, where a private family wake was held before the burial early on Sunday. Messi's father Jorge Messi died...
Photo by Dominic Kurniawan Suryaputra on Unsplash Once upon a time, many countries had regions that were known for different things. Here in the United States, we knew West Virginia was for coal, Detroit was for cars, Pennsylvania gave us steel,...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks with ABC’s Jonathan Karl on August 9, 2026. Many Democratic Party candidates emerging on what one might call the populist left are finding success in primaries across the country. But most of them have a shared...
Russia is ramping up work on Iran’s Bushehr nuclear expansion, according to TASS news agency, with Rosatom planning to increase its Russian workforce at the site from 25 to around 100 by autumn as construction advances on two additional reactors,...
This story was originally published by Canary Media . In Wisconsin , utility Alliant Energy has called off a project meant to reduce power outages in disadvantaged and tribal communities, after the Trump administration terminated a federal grant that would have supported it. In...
On July 23, more than 4,000 Israelis overran the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem under the protection of a police escort. The “ storming ” of the mosque grounds was in direct contravention of the 1924 treaty...
The following story is co-published with Joe Cirincione’s Substack. The president of the United States has the sole, unfettered authority to launch a nuclear weapon whenever he wants, for whatever reason he wants. No one can stop him. When you tell people...
Central Asia’s energy market is experiencing a rapid shake-up thanks to Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russian energy infrastructure. Russia stands to lose leverage and market share in the region over the long term as Central Asian states rush to diversify...
The biggest Indian state-controlled refiners that have been selling liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) on the retail market have seen their losses on these sales narrow so far in August, an Indian energy ministry official said on Monday. Indian Oil Corporation...
Increased longevity presents both new opportunities and significant challenges for individuals, families, healthcare systems, and societies. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Aug 10 2026 (IPS) Upon reaching the age of 80, men and women are living longer than ever before. These gains...
As the United States and its Western allies remain preoccupied with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, tensions with Iran, and a broader series of geopolitical crises, China has sought to use the resulting strategic space to expand its economic,...
Money managers have reduced their bullish bets on both Brent and WTI crude futures over the past two weeks despite little progress on a potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. In the latest reporting week to August 4, portfolio...
Ukraine's long-range "miracle missiles,” the Flamingo, which their manufacturer has used to threaten Iran, have shown little effectiveness in strikes against Russian territory. Flamingo Missiles Struggle to Find an Effective Flight Path On July 8, Ukrainian forces attacked Russia with five Flamingo...
On July 30, the Senate again rejected an effort to limit President Donald Trump’s authority to continue military operations against Iran, this time by 49-50 . A week earlier, another Senate war powers measure failed 47-49 , while the House...
DAC was abuzz this year with new AI-fueled approaches to chip design and debug. New tools powered by deeply trained models opened substantial possibilities to deliver higher quality designs much faster, potentially with less resources. Every new technology has its...
This year’s heat waves and related productivity declines and lower agricultural output could erase as much as 1% of the gross domestic product of the European Union, wiping out most of the EU’s economic growth expected for 2026, according to...
Iran has appointed Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of its Supreme National Security Council, promoting a prominent hardliner and close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to a key security role more than five months into the conflict with the...
Kazakhstan is looking to re-route part of its crude oil exports away from its Black Sea export terminal and on pipelines through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey amid continued threats to its shipments from the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk....
By: Jens Kastner Impressed by Ukraine’s success in using low-cost sea drones against Russia’s Black Sea navy, Taiwan is increasingly focusing on asymmetric coastal defense by pushing the development and procurement of unmanned surface vessels (USVs), evidenced by new drone orders...
Hungary expects its only nuclear power plant to resume producing electricity as early as Monday evening after one of the turbines at the Paks nuclear plant is switched on, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said. Hungary and Romania have been hit...
Lars Gottschligg bought an abandoned building in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, covered it with solar panels and transformed it into a sleek black cube that produces and stores energy, houses data centres and charges electric cars. “We turned...
A Ukrainian drone attack on a city in Russia’s Tatarstan region killed 12 people and wounded at least another 39 in a massive strike that also hit one of the most technologically advanced oil refineries in Russia. Radmir Belyayev, the...
Grace Adama puts on her earrings in her two-room flat in Abuja before grabbing her handbag and heading to work. The health NGO worker earns 135,000 naira ($99) a month, nearly twice Nigeria’s minimum wage. Yet she says her income...
Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects on broader national security, politics, and society. This series will run for several weeks to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary,...
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese pairs his literary-grade voiceover with propulsive, prophetic images to interrogate his identity and that of his colonialism-carved homeland Here is a captivating stream of consciousness film about exile, roots and identity by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, director of the...
ADNOC Gas, the gas business of the Emirati energy major, will spend more than $8 billion on its Rich Gas Development project, the company said today, as it eyes 60% growth in its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization...
Britain has used its major air base on Cyprus to move sensitive equipment without scrutiny, declassified files show. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) wrote in a formerly secret 1993 file that RAF Akrotiri plays a “key role in support of the...
The United States has bluntly signaled a deprioritization of the Indian Ocean at a peculiar time. The reversion of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to its former name, U.S. Pacific Command, signifies no material change in force posture or organizational responsibilities, but...
UN Indonesia Solar power is widely used on the islands of Java, Madura, and Bali. Credit: UN News By Delia Paul MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug 10 2026 (IPS) In much of the Asia-Pacific region, energy is a success story. Electricity access has greatly increased...
Why Are South Korea and the US Holding New Military Drills? South Korea and the United States will conduct major joint military exercises from August 17 to 27, as the allies adapt their defence preparations to what they describe as...
In April 2026, over a month after the United States launched its attack on Iran, leading to thousands of reprisal strikes across the Gulf, the United Arab Emirates shut down a network of money changers connected to the Islamic Revolutionary...
By CIVICUS Aug 10 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses India’s Cockroach Janta Party movement with Harshit Singh, a young activist, poet and storyteller who took part in protests in Delhi. Harshit Singh In May, India’s Chief Justice, Surya Kant, compared unemployed young people to cockroaches....
By Jan Lundius ROME, Aug 10 2026 (IPS) World News are more or less currently fully occupied with the U.S. – Iran debacle and to a lesser degree the Gaza genocide, the on-going war in Ukraine, and to an even lesser degree...
Trump’s big con convinced too many that Patriot interceptors were coming to Ukraine The actual reporting of war and politics these days in most media outlets can be incredibly weak. The system often seems broken – reporting White House-inspired narratives...
Iran has reportedly hit another tanker in the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Oman, setting it on fire, Gulf News reported earlier today, noting the information had yet to be verified. The information first emerged on social media, with...
According to a Wall Street Journal report citing US officials, President Trump has been privately weighing the possibility of declaring victory against Iran and ending the war without securing a nuclear deal , . Trump reportedly has floated to senior aides...
Myanmar’s military-backed government is pushing back against renewed efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address the country’s civil war, challenging the bloc’s special envoy and rejecting calls for the unconditional release of detained former leader Aung...
I am in Malatya to celebrate the Türkiye Culture Route Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, specifically for the gastronomy leg. The event is held at a different destination every other week, beginning with a tour of...
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