Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
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Brent holds near $100 as recovering Gulf oil flows collide with record freight costs and mounting tanker risks. Asia’s Product Market Loses Its Chinese Safety Valve - China has been at the forefront of this month’s…
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The climatological peak of the Atlantic hurricane season was in mid-September, and so far, the season has been very quiet as El Niño wind shear breaks apart tropical disturbances in the Atlantic Basin. On Monday morning…
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The President of the United States has long been known as the leader of the free world. It’s a nice sentiment, to say the least, but it has the added benefit of being true. During the Cold War, America’s allies looked to…
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For the second time in two weeks, the UK’s National Energy System Operator on Tuesday warned that Britain faces a reduced system margin, with a system margin shortfall of about 1.88 gigawatts (GW) later today. NESO has…
Slavery
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In this month’s newsletter: for Caribbean scholars, the evidence of how deeply slavery shaped Britain’s wealth has never been in doubt. Plus, heritage walks in Manchester • Don’t get Cotton Capital delivered to your…
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The top executives of some of the biggest Gulf oil-producing companies called for external investments into new routes to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and create and expand crude and fuel storage capacity outside the…
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The world's 50 most valuable mining companies lost $264 billion in market value in September as oil-driven inflation fears pushed bond yields to their highest since 2008 and the Federal Reserve into its first rate hike…
Pop and rock
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The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop In 2024, South African pop star Tyla won the…
Economic Statecraft
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This policy note offers a roadmap for more effectively identifying, disrupting, and seizing the illicit financial flows that sustain complex criminal networks, threaten populations, and corrupt institutions across Latin…
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India and Ecuador are discussing increasing sales of Ecuadorean crude oil, copper, and other critical minerals to India, Fernando Buchelli, the Ecuadorean ambassador to India, told Indian news outlet Mint in an interview…
Democracy & Governance
The world leaders that gathered at the United Nations last month speaking about trust, reform, and the future of cooperation. Down the hall, the organization’s finance office was working on a plainer question: whether…
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Japan plans to use the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) meeting later this week to agree with other Asian countries on action plans to increase oil reserves in the region, Japanese Industry Minister Ryosei Akazawa…
Europe
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French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally has unveiled a broad economic programme built around cutting public spending, reducing taxes, tightening immigration and reshaping France’s…
Gender
As the number of people living with dementia continues to rise, healthcare systems face increasing demand for medical and support services. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Oct 6 2026 (IPS) Dementia…
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The Conservative Party took £1.3m in donations from a business linked to the destruction of Palestinian villages – before opposing new sanctions on Israeli settlements last month. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, spoke…
JERUSALEM / PNN/ Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Minister of National Security in the Israeli occupation government, participated this Tuesday morning in a raid on the town of Al-Tur, east of occupied Jerusalem. This coincided with…
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China is accelerating efforts to produce more oil from ultra-deep formations to boost domestic supply amid continued global market turmoil. State-owned giant PetroChina has produced more than 26 million tons of oil…
Opinion
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Southeast Asia’s growth next year will be decided at meetings its finance ministers won’t attend. A few executives in California will soon settle next year’s spending on data centers. Their decisions will do more to…
Americas
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The Trump administration’s “America First” approach to Ebola has shifted the US response in the Democratic Republic of Congo away from one of its traditional priorities: getting American medical personnel and resources…
Opinion
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CPEC 2.0 aims to move past the infrastructure-heavy first phase toward industry, agriculture, mining, technology, green development and business-to-business investment. That shift could deepen economic ties between…
Ethiopia
HARGEISA, 6 October 2026 — The Somaliland House of Representatives has congratulated H.E. Ahmed Shide on his election as Speaker of Ethiopia’s House of Peoples’ Representatives, describing his elevation as a historic…
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The U.S. blockade on Iranian oil exports has so far stranded at least 50 Iranian tankers laden with oil inside the Persian Gulf near Iran’s coastline, U.S.-based non-profit and non-partisan policy organization United…
Yemen
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Islam Times - The Yemeni Armed Forces [YAF] carried out three operations targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Abha International Airport, an Aramco refinery in Rabigh, and several Saudi military…
Europe
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For the second time in two weeks, the Alternative for Germany won a German state election — but winning did not necessarily mean governing, and that distinction is becoming more important than the victories themselves…
Middle East
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The American withdrawal from Iraq is not an end but a strategic pivot, a calculated transition from direct occupation to remote containment. By pressuring Iraq to disarm its resistance groups, Washington aims to…
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Crude oil exports out of the Persian Gulf reached 81% of pre-war levels last month, according to fresh data from Kpler and Vortexa, cited by Reuters. The data excludes Iranian oil exports, which have dropped to zero…
Commentary
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With the significant Israeli and U.S. military attacks against Iran in 2025 and early 2026, analysts have discussed and debated Iran’s ability to replenish its missile and drone arsenal. Since 2024, Iran has burned…
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Tabisa Mrwebi, a personal development and leadership coach, speaker and founder of This Girl Wins, grew up in Zwelitsha in the Eastern Cape with a dream of becoming a doctor. Drawn to the way doctors help people, she…
Europe
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The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 9, putting renewed attention on one of the world’s most prestigious and closely watched awards. This year’s list of nominees is secret, meaning there is no official…
Opinion
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It’s getting better all the time (Better, better, better) It’s getting better all the time I admit it’s getting better –The Beatles In an X post, Marko Jukic, senior analyst at Bismarck Analysis, lamented…
Middle East & Africa
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A year after US President Donald Trump unveiled his plan to end the Gaza war, the conflict remains far from the political settlement Washington envisioned. Although the plan helped produce a ceasefire in October 2025 and…
UK
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Islam Times - The British Green Party’s adoption of an anti-Zionist motion is a new indication that the Palestinian issue has entered the mainstream of Western politics, a development that, from the Al-Aqsa Operation to…
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Asian countries have responded more aggressively than others to the energy supply crunch caused by the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran and now they are running out of resources to continue their response, the World Bank…
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Islam Times - As elections approach, Trump and Netanyahu are turning to cash handouts, fuel discounts and political pressure in an effort to offset the heavy costs of war and growing public discontent. But the war…
Africa
An IPES-Food report warns that workers in the global food system face high exploitation in keeping the world fed. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS By Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Oct 6 2026 (IPS) A new report reveals widespread…
Saudi Arabia
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Islam Times - An emergency meeting in Riyadh to discuss the war in Yemen is being held amid concerns that relying on a military solution could drag the Mecca alliance into a game designed by the United States and the…
US
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Islam Times - Trump speaks of victory, the strength of the US economy and Iran’s impending destruction. But the Treasury market is telling a different story. Warnings from Steve Hanke and Goldman Sachs about long-term US…
America
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Islam Times - Canada presents itself as a defender of human rights and builds cases against other countries, while the fate of tens of thousands of Indigenous children, unmarked graves, systemic discrimination and…
Global development
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Congolese photographer Pamela Tulizo uses costume and vivid scenery to celebrate women’s strength and give a new perspective on slavery Pamela Tulizo’s latest series of photographs started with a question. “I asked…
Eurasia
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Two Bridges and a Warning At about 11:30 on 1 October, a Russian jet drone struck Kyiv’s Southern Bridge while a metro train was crossing it. Two days later drones hit the Northern Bridge, wounding two people and cutting…
Africa
A reflection on kinship, memory, and what the Earth has always been trying to tell us. By James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Oct 6 2026 (IPS) One night, many years ago now, on a remote beach in the outer islands of…
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Civilians try to flee as men and boys rounded up on streets by new alliance as Ethiopia conflict erupts again As renewed fighting has threatened a fresh humanitarian crisis in the northern region of Ethiopia, reports are…
Israel-palestine
Just three weeks after American hip-hop artist Macklemore was kicked off megastar Ed Sheeran’s tour over the rapper’s “Free Palestine” messaging, it looks increasingly obvious that Sheeran overestimated the power of…
Israel-palestine
Just three weeks after American hip-hop artist Macklemore was kicked off megastar Ed Sheeran’s tour over the rapper’s “Free Palestine” messaging, it looks increasingly obvious that Sheeran overestimated the power of…
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On September 30, the U.S. completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq. Heralding this event, Iraq declared “Sovereignty Day,” celebrating the end of U.S. occupation and return of full sovereignty to the people of…
Europe
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The Greenland crisis appears to have ended with signatures rather than confrontation. On September 22, 2026, the United States, Denmark and Greenland signed a new defence agreement after months of tension over the…
Larry C. Johnson
Benjamin Netanyahu likes to translate Israel’s grief into American. At the United Nations last month, he took the dead of October 7 and multiplied them by the ratio of America’s population to Israel’s. The 1,200 Israelis…
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With the Brazilian presidential election headed to a runoff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is down 47% to 45% and faces a massive fight ahead. I wanted to give a quick analysis of what happened and where things are going…