Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
U2 celebrated 50 years as a band by performing a surprise concert at their former school, Mount Temple Comprehensive School, where they began playing together as teenagers. The band, which includes Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen Jr.,...
Psychological thriller “Verity,” starring Dakota Johnson, explores the difficulty of discerning truth and trust. Based on Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel, the film centers on struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh, who is asked to finish events for renowned author Verity Crawford after...
Brazil is continuing to expand its renewable energy capacity thanks to favourable national policies and support from foreign investors. The South American giant has developed an impressive green energy industry in recent years, expanding its oil and gas production to...
American rapper Macklemore announced a “Free Palestine” concert tour starting next month after being dropped as the opening act for Ed Sheeran due to his pro-Palestinian comments. The tour will kick off in Dublin, Paris, and London, with more US...
With Kyrgyzstan set to begin a two-year term on the UN Security Council at the end of this year, the Central Asian nation’s president, Sadyr Japarov, sent some barbs and props to President Donald Trump in a speech at the...
Gaza - Since October 2023, Gaza has not simply lost classrooms; it has lost much of the public education system that once made schooling accessible regardless of a family’s income. The schools in Gaza were damaged or destroyed by the Israeli...
Maymuna is originally from Ghana and immigrated to the United States ten years ago. Her family had to remain behind. We first met when Maymuna knocked on my door one day. She had seen my name on the door and...
During a speech at the UN General Assembly, China’s Vice President Han Zheng criticized the United States for its actions against Cuba and called for respect for the sovereignty of Gulf countries. He urged the “relevant country” to stop threatening...
Natural gas output in the United States is expected to reach record highs in 2026 and 2027, as the country ramps up production and seeks to fill the gap created by restrictions on energy trade through the Strait of Hormuz....
On Saturday, Pope Leo addressed a massive crowd in Paris at an outdoor Mass, emphasizing that true happiness comes from faith and not material possessions. The event took place on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, attracting about 700,000 attendees who cheered...
Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodriguez traveled to New York to attend the UN General Assembly, aiming to secure business deals related to debt, energy, and mining, highlighting her country’s openness for business after the removal of former President Nicolas Maduro...
Iran is waiting for a response from the US regarding its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and stop the ongoing fighting in the Middle East. This proposal was conveyed to the US through Qatari mediators during the UN...
We are experiencing not just one, but many tipping points in world history all at once. The world is in a state of entropy. An analysis of a situation in which it is no longer possible to make predictions. By Peter...
ST. PETERSBURG /PNN/ Against the grand backdrop of Russia’s cultural capital, Palestinian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Hani Al-Hayek joined global leaders at the 12th St. Petersburg International Forum of United Cultures, spotlighting Palestine’s rich heritage — and its enduring appeal...
Al-Bireh /Ramallah / The Central Elections Commission (CEC) announced today, Saturday, commencing, concurrently in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the submission of nomination applications of electoral lists interested in participating in the 2026 Legislative Elections. The CEC stated that starting...
Mass protests have swept Syria—from Aleppo to Deir ez-Zor. Two years of empty Western promises, plundered oil fields, Israeli occupation of the south, and rule by a former terrorist whom Washington and London placed on the throne. The Fuel Crisis...
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...
S’dumo Mtshali rocketed to global stardom with his searing portrayal of the principal character in The Polygamist. What is he like in real life? Toni Kan finds out. In real life, the South African actor S’dumo Mtshali, who plays the odious...
The widely touted belief that Africa only produces raw materials to export is not supported by the facts. The continent has viable industries in some centres, although broader industrialisation remains a work in progress. Neil Ford presents mini-profiles of Africa’s...
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...
Islam Times - The Life of Martyr Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: From “Sharshabouk Neighborhood” to Najaf and Qom, to the Secretary Generalship in 1992; through the milestones of the 2000 Liberation and the July 2006 War; culminating in his martyrdom on...
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...
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