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Yemen’s Houthi movement has evolved from a local Zaydi Shi’ite revivalist group in the country’s northern mountains into a heavily armed force capable of threatening shipping routes, striking targets across the region and influencing the wider security balance in the...

In December 2024, the share of South Koreans ages 65 and older surpassed 20% for the first time, making it what demographers like us call a “super-aged society.” By August 2026 that share had risen further, to 22.1%. That label...

India will continue prioritizing the energy security of its population despite attempts by the United States to squeeze Russian oil and gas exports, many of which go to India, the country’s Foreign Ministry said today. It also warned that any...

This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Brig. Gen. Steven P. Carpenter, the commanding general of Multi-Domain Command – Europe, the U.S. Army’s first multi-domain operations command, headquartered at Clay Kaserne in Mainz-Kastel, Germany. Multi-Domain Command – Europe serves...

On Aug. 24, 2026, the Trump administration transmitted the text of the U.S.-Saudi nuclear cooperation agreement to Congress. By doing so, the administration triggered the 90-day congressional review process described in the Atomic Energy Act and relaunched a debate about...

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs on the European Union if the bloc moves ahead with a proposal to make Canada its first associate member, escalating tensions over the EU’s plans to deepen ties with Ottawa....

Demand for liquefied natural gas in Asia is set to decline this year by between 3% and 10% on higher prices, according to analysts cited by Reuters. This would be the second annual decline in Asian LNG demand, with the...

Europe is trying to reduce its dependence on foreign suppliers of critical minerals, but funding shortages, fragmented decision making and slow project development are threatening the European Union’s efforts to build more secure supply chains. The EU has set 2030...

U.S. and Chinese security experts are urging Washington and Beijing to establish safeguards for military artificial intelligence, warning that autonomous systems could trigger dangerous escalation if they interfere with nuclear command networks or conduct cyber operations without clear human authorization....

U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped the war against Iran was nearing an end as fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran backed Houthi forces intensified in Yemen, adding a new front to a conflict that has already disrupted energy...

Last week, Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs sent 32 officials to China for a 14-day training course on how to negotiate international economic deals. The Academy for International Business Officials, a school under China’s Ministry of Commerce, is running...

For the last few weeks, Indonesia has been struggling to contain the land and forest fires on its territory. The disaster leads to a cross-border haze crisis affecting neighboring countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, and the Philippines. Indonesian President...

Islam Times - The US military is approaching a dangerous tipping point in its war with Iran as attacks on bases, dwindling missile supplies and prolonged deployments take a mounting toll, according to a September 15 report by Nick Turse...

Crude oil prices, which dipped yesterday, extended their losses earlier today following reports that Saudi Arabia will be exporting more oil through Oman while the East-West pipeline is repaired. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $105.89...

He promised security—he brought isolation. He spoke in the name of the state—he put its very future in question. And now even those who were called allies only yesterday are saying, more and more loudly: this can’t go on. Benjamin...

As three siblings came of age and had to leave their pack, scientists tracked the dogs’ perilous 2,500-mile odyssey to find their own territory It sounds like a Disney movie: three wild dogs, all brothers, on an epic journey to find...

On January 17, 2026, roughly a quarter of Nuuk’s population walked out into the Arctic cold to tell the President of the United States two things: Greenland is not for sale, and Yankee, go home. It was the largest protest...

Islam Times - Lebanese analyst and media activist Adnan Allameh, emphasizing that the Supreme Leader’s fatwa declaring insults against Sunni beliefs forbidden in Islam thwarted all the enemies’ divisive schemes and sectarian plans, explained that Iran’s comprehensive support for resistance...

Islam Times - Ahmad al-Baraka, a prominent member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, elaborating on the political and field dimensions of regional developments, described the fatwa issued by the martyred leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sayyed Ali...

Islam Times - Referring to the fatwa issued by the martyr leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Martyr Sayyed Ali Khamenei, prohibiting insults against Sunni sacred figures as a basis for stripping religious cover from those who sow division,...

Islam Times - Hassan Qanaatali, head of the Federation of Ahl al-Bayt (AS) Assemblies in Turkey, referring to the fatwa and repeated emphatic statements by martyr leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, prohibiting insults against Sunni...

In recent days, the Houthi rebels in Yemen have moved with lightning speed along the Red Sea coast, taking control of the vital port of Mocha and strategic islands in the Red Sea near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. This strait is an important chokepoint...

Islam Times - Sheikh Mohammad Al-Zaabi, a member of the Central Council of the Association of Muslim Scholars of Lebanon, referring to the sanctity of Muslim blood in Islamic law, stressed that any form of participation in, support for, or...

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see. – Queen Shortly after moving from Hong Kong to Beijing in 2022, yours...

The Houthi advance in Yemen and the Red Sea region is creating upheavals in the Middle Eastern security structure in general and the conflict in Iran in particular. Saudi Arabia has inadvertently become the focal point of territorial security pressures...

By: Ben Kiatkwankul Thailand expects to spend about $84 million hosting the world’s financial establishment in October, according to Vinit Visessuvanapoom, director-general of the Fiscal Policy Office. He said the money would be well spent because for a week, the world...

The ascent of the VAZ-2131 Niva to the Tibetan Plateau in 1999 serves as more than a historical curiosity. For over 25 years, its climb to 5,726 meters without winches or external towing stood as a benchmark for mechanical resilience....

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) foreign policy group has approved a concept for restoring trade with Russia and ending aid to Ukraine. AfD Policy Toward Russia Is Guided by Germany’s National Interests Following its victory in Saxony-Anhalt, the Alternative for Germany (AfD)...

The daily rate for commissioning a tanker topped $1 million for the first time in history amid a tightening supply of vessels to carry crude oil and fuels whose owners are willing to dare the Strait of Hormuz. The squeeze...

Authors : Dr Hakima Elhaite and Dr Anis H. Bajrektarevic Irregular migration between Morocco and the European Union is not a problem that can be solved through deterrence, nor through a single financial instrument. We propose here the creation of a...

Oil markets appear to have reached the inflection point that many analysts had predicted weeks ago as the Middle East conflict re-escalated with no diplomatic push in sight and global inventories continue to slump. Oil prices are back above $100...

Back in early February 2022, Vladimir Putin had his first in-person meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for nearly two years, at the opening of the Winter Olympics ceremony in Beijing. To avoid disrupting this landmark event for Xi...

Argentina's controversial right-wing president, Javier Milei, slashed inflation with a brutal dose of economic austerity, but this came at a steep social cost. The cost of living is spiraling higher, fueling household debt, loan delinquencies, and economic hardship. Industrial output,...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years as inflation continues to dog the economy, largely driven by soaring gas and fuel oil prices while the war in Iran drags on. The...

The artificial intelligence boom is sending Southeast Asia’s natural gas demand projections through the roof – but prolonged price hikes triggered by the war in Iran could turn the region toward renewable energies instead. What is more, these competing market...

Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) took to ABC’s Sunday morning show to assure the public that the Democratic Party is taking strong measures to combat the AI Doomsday threat roiling the country. His prime example: a Democratic House...

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, incumbent SPD premier Manuela Schwesig leads her AfD challenger, Leif-Erik Holm, 60% to 25% in head-to-head polling. It is not close. And her own party’s poll numbers show her governing coalition may not hold a parliamentary majority anyway....

Saudi Arabia’s oil supply crisis is rapidly becoming Europe’s problem. The September 10 attacks on Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline struck the system at multiple locations and damaged at least one pumping station, forcing Riyadh to shut down the Kingdom’s critical...

Continental Resources signed a memorandum of understanding with Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA on Wednesday to operate and develop the Ayacucho 2 Block in the Orinoco Belt, the company announced, with an estimated 30 billion barrels of resource in place...