Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
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...
The European Union’s natural gas supply remains stable, according to the Gas Coordination Group, which advises the European Commission on coordinating security-of-supply measures in the event of an EU or regional emergency. The Gas Coordination Group met again this week...
On November 3, 2026 , California voters will vote on Proposition 40, a one-time 5 percent levy on the net worth of billionaires who were California residents on January 1, 2026. Ninety percent of the revenue would fund health care...
This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . The Endangered Species Act has stood as a pillar of conservation in the United States since 1973, bringing animals like bald eagles, manatees and humpback...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to pass a law to revoke the citizenship of anyone who defames Israel’s soldiers, his latest threat against the Israeli directors of “NAZA,” a documentary about soldiers’ killing of Gaza civilians. “NAZA” is a British...
Pakistan’s air force recently attacked 10 places in Afghanistan. This is the second time in four days they have done this, following a period of quiet on the border between the two countries. Pakistan stated that these strikes were a...
The United Nations human rights office has added 61 more companies to a list of those operating in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which the UN considers against international law. This list, first created in 2020, now contains 214...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 4 September 2026. More than a month after their arrest in northern Togo, the two French filmmakers, Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani, of the production company Tony Comiti Productions, along with their...
About twenty years ago I worked with Cliff Hou, LC Lu, and the TSMC PDK team on reference flows with emerging EDA and IP companies. This was the precursor to the OIP. Having a person with LC Lu’s depth of...
John Mearsheimer discusses the US’ dwindling options to end the war on Iran and the worsening economic crisis the globe faces if the war continues. Transcript Chris Hedges: The situation with Iran, despite talks between US and Iranian officials at the United Nations...
Military leaders from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan are meeting to discuss how to help Saudi Arabia deal with attacks from Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Meanwhile, Iraq has reduced flights from Iran, following pressure from the United States, and an Iranian...
The US-built regional order is not collapsing in a single dramatic moment. It is fading quietly into the background – until one day people wake up to an entirely new reality Hesham Gaafar is a researcher specialising in Islamic thought and...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 10 September 2026. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is deeply concerned for the safety of Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka, Director-General of Radio-Télévision Saraounia (RTS) and a former Radio France Internationale (RFI)...
A Rohingya refugee carries Myanmar's national flag during a Genocide Remembrance Day rally marking the anniversary of their mass exodus at a refugee camp in Bangladesh on 25 August 2026. Credit: Abdul Goni/AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Sep 25 2026 (IPS) On 15...
This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 17 September 2026. Mr Pelumi Onifade, a young journalist with Gboah TV , who was reportedly shot and arrested while covering the #EndSARS protests on October 24, 2020, died from fatal injuries as...
The European Union is reportedly considering new measures to hinder the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sports competitions. These potential actions include visa restrictions, personal sanctions against athletes and officials, and a reduction in funding for sports...
TODAY’S NUMBERS 5.17% (US 10-year yield, highest since 2007) · 54.3% (indirect bid at Wednesday’s five-year auction; average 65.2%) · $1.10trn (Japan’s Treasury holdings, down $51bn in a year). Yields up, big foreign creditors buying less: the world still lends...
Italy’s industry and energy security ministers will meet with executives from the Italian refining sector in early October to discuss how refineries could raise diesel and gasoline production to help lower the record-high fuel prices. Adolfo Urso, the Industry Minister,...
US lawmakers and national-security experts are pressing President Donald Trump to take tougher action against Chinese entities accused of helping Iran with satellite intelligence, weapons components, and oil revenue. The calls intensified as Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the White...
The most consequential sentence of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington may also be the simplest: “The Thucydides Trap can be overcome.” This line, delivered during Xi’s speech at the White House arrival ceremony, provides a better key to...
Dr. Sunghyun Park earned his B.S. from KAIST and his Ph.D. from MIT’s CSAIL (Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory). He built his career across Intel, Samsung Research, and SpaceX as a semiconductor design engineer, before serving as Vice President...
November WTI crude oil futures spent the week trading a possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz against the risk that shipping conditions have not normalized. The contract fell to $88.67 Tuesday after reports that Iran could reopen the Strait...
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The U.S. and Iran are back to negotiating over the same basic bargain that briefly ended the war in June: reopen Hormuz, ease the U.S. blockade, and use a temporary ceasefire to negotiate everything they can’t...
The European Union is urging the UK to raise tariffs on China-made cars that would bring its customs policy closer to the bloc’s and remove some barriers to including British products in the “made in Europe” policy, the Financial Times...
A twentieth-century story Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His latest book, The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World , was published November 2025. Cross-posed from Branko Milanović’s blog Global Inequality and More 3.0 When I...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. German state polls yield historic defeat, familiar paralysisDiego Faßnacht reports that the CDU’s historic losses in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Berlin...
African women were the toast of the continental soccer season after the end of the men’s version. Their thrilling championship in Rabat drew record live and TV audiences as a new champion was crowned. Enjoy our coverage of this and...
The failure of diplomacy that is orphaning children by the thousands in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, and Iran just moved to center stage. As world leaders gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly’s opening days, the gathering didn’t split...
The Chechen Republic is shifting from a closed region to an active travel hub, blending the futuristic skyline of Grozny with the wilderness of the Argun Gorge. For travelers, the region now offers a developed infrastructure that ranges from specialty...
When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Washington on September 24, AI and Taiwan shared the agenda. Xi said AI should remain “under human control” and called for continued US-China dialogue on its risks and benefits. On Taiwan, he...
The United States has proposed that the United Arab Emirates host a trilateral meeting with Ukraine and Russia as Washington looks for a new diplomatic path toward ending the war that has lasted more than four years. Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
Another Russian refinery was taken offline on Friday following a Ukrainian drone attack, in a sign that Ukraine and Russia continue to trade strikes on energy infrastructure despite separate talks with U.S. officials in New York aimed at de-escalation. The...
A defence agreement between Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan could evolve into a broader regional security arrangement involving other Muslim majority countries, including Iran, according to Turkey’s parliament speaker, raising questions over whether the emerging partnership could become a new...
Meta has revealed a new line of hardware centered on its Muse AI assistant, shifting from pure software to integrated wearables. The product roadmap spans from immediate releases to 2027, focusing on reducing device weight and addressing privacy concerns. VR Glasses:...
The Netherlands considers that the current EU system of gas storage targets ahead of winter is inadequate and burdens governments that have to pay for meeting the EU-wide obligations. The Dutch government has already spent almost $1.14 billion (1 billion...
When Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the first time on Thursday (September 24), he became the third member of his immediate family to speak from the UN podium. His father, President Ziaur Rahman,...
A national debt exceeding 210% of a country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) creates a financial dead end from which recovery is impossible, according to financial analyst and Doctor of Economics Mikhail Belyaev. Belyaev stated in comments to Pravda.Ru that the critical...
Saudi Arabia is turning to a growing network of regional partners as Yemen’s Iran aligned Houthis intensify attacks, raising questions over whether the kingdom’s emerging defence arrangements with Pakistan and Turkey can prevent the conflict from spreading further across the...
A powerful explosion tore through a residential building in the heart of Athens on Friday, causing the structure to collapse and injuring three people in a crowded tourist district near the Acropolis. The blast damaged nearby homes, shops and vehicles...
Audi and Volkswagen are initiating one of the most significant automotive recalls in recent memory, set to affect over 2.1 million vehicles globally, with nearly one million of those in Germany alone, according to the German automobile club ADAC. The...
Dr John Nkengasong, a former WHO adviser who worked with Biden administration on Aids policy, says innovation and investment are key to unlocking potential of continent’s graduates African governments need to shake off the legacy of colonialism and underfunding if their...
North Korea’s recent hypersonic test signals an evasive theater nuclear strike capability aimed directly at Japan—a proxy warning backed by Russia and China as Japan rethinks its nuclear taboos. This month, multiple media outlets reported that North Korean leader Kim...
On September 3, 2026, Argentine President Javier Milei addressed the nation on the issue of the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands. This programmatic speech is noteworthy be-cause Milei had previously taken a more cautious position on the islands and advocated resolving the...
India will keep exporting diesel to help meet global demand and ease the fuel crunch, Oil Minister Hardeep Puri said. “We honor our commitments,” the minister said at an industry event in New Delhi, noting that India’s refining capacity continues...
World leaders have warned that the most vulnerable people have been left behind as the right to development has promised more than it has delivered, with development seemingly the preserve of the superrich and powerful. Addressing a session on the...
Movies, shows, and books have long been at the forefront of imagining the future of war. If you were to picture the “future soldier,” you’d likely picture the genetically engineered super soldiers that have captivated — and horrified — audiences...
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