Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
Nuclear power is growing in popularity once again as governments worldwide look to diversify their energy mix and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. Several countries are now looking to develop or expand their nuclear energy capacity over the coming decades....
The People’s Republic of China achieved a historic and unprecedented participation in the second edition of the El Alamein International Aerospace Exhibition (EIAS 2026), which was held at El Alamein International Airport from September 8 to 10, 2026. The Chinese...
Heat pumps are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to gas-powered central heating systems and are increasingly being used in new construction, often driven by government incentives. A heat pump uses technology similar to that found in a refrigerator or an...
The philosophical concept of human dignity is the foundation of today’s Western civilization—everything is subordinate to it. Its loss would mean a return to a new Thirty Years’ War. By Peter Hanseler via ForumGeopolitica.com Friedrich Merz does not seem to understand the...
Alleged members of Black Axe criminal network that swindled US women out of $6m flown from South Africa Six Nigerian nationals linked to an organized criminal network that allegedly swindled American women out of more than $6m through online romance scams...
The BRICS group of nations adopted a joint declaration on Saturday, showing “deep concern” about the Middle East war. They called for maximum restraint and emphasized the need for a “multilateral approach” that respects different national views. This declaration was...
Saudi Arabia has closed its East-West oil pipeline due to a drone attack linked to Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. This pipeline is crucial for Saudi Arabia, as it allows the country to bypass the congested Strait of Hormuz, which has...
Good things are happening! Conservationists score two teaspoons of triumph, workers pour a tall glass of solidarity, attorneys general assemble for vital healthcare, and buffalo regain their home on the range. You Love To See It is a benefit of a...
Islam Times - A Wall Street Journal report on an Iran-linked group’s use of U.S.-developed artificial intelligence against American warships has revealed a deeper layer of the conflict: the United States and Israel miscalculated Iran’s technological capabilities. They were able...
Islam Times - What has leaked from a private meeting at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) points, on the one hand, to the excessive optimism of the architects of economic pressure and, on the other, to the doubts...
As artificial intelligence, digital platforms and rapidly evolving technologies reshape the way societies receive and share information, strategic communication is becoming an increasingly important pillar of diplomacy, governance and national resilience. This was the focus of a high-level panel discussion held...
GAZA/ PNN/ The death toll from Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,783 Palestinians, with 174,738 others wounded since Oct. 7, 2023, according to Palestinian medical sources. The sources said Gaza hospitals received the bodies of 10 Palestinians killed...
The Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 National Research Foundation (NRF) Awards went to two extraordinary and veteran scholars, Professor Jonathan Jansen and Professor Helen Rees. This accolade is awarded to individuals considered to have made extraordinary contributions of international standard...
The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the FBI rarely sign the same document. On September 8 they jointly named six Chinese firms, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun, and Z.AI, for industrial-scale distillation of American...
The 2026 National Research Foundation (https://www.nrf.ac.za/) (NRF) Awards honoured South Africa’s top researchers and scientists at a prestigious ceremony held on Thursday, 3 September 2026, at the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. This year’s event was held...
As India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, its policy of multi-alignment is under crucial scrutiny: whether New Delhi can achieve a balance between strategic autonomy and a real commitment to the Global South, or whether BRICS is...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip / PNN / Gaza’s chambers of commerce, industry and agriculture held a dialogue Thursday titled “In Gaza, an Economy Struggles to Survive,” bringing together representatives of international organisations, the private sector and local institutions to discuss the...
A phrase has been circulating in Pakistani official messaging this year: the UAE relationship is moving “from enduring brotherhood to strategic partnership.” It is marketed as an upgrade. Look at the calendar and it reads more like triage. This is...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip /PNN - Report by Rasha Ahmad - In Gaza, where years of conflict and destruction have disrupted nearly every aspect of daily life, a garden designer is turning his talent into an effort to create moments of...
HEBRON / PNN / Farmers in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, are facing increasingly difficult agricultural and economic conditions amid settler attacks, restrictions on access to farmland, water shortages, rising production costs and limited marketing opportunities for local...
Sky News published a video this month that opens on a rigged explosive device and a pickaxe under a stark title card, “Inside the Taliban’s Museum of Death.” Three seconds pass before a voice explains anything. By the time special...
For decades, Africa’s mineral endowment has been presented as the foundation of its future prosperity. But speakers at the Africa Mindset Reset Forum challenged that assumption, arguing that the continent’s greatest opportunity may lie not beneath the ground, but in...
As UN Secretary-General António Guterres winds up his decade-long period in office, it is time to assess his influence and impact on Africa. How did he see the continent and its place in the jigsaw of nationalities and interests that...
For much of modern history, the Arctic was protected by geography. Thick ice, brutal weather and distance kept it away from the busy arteries of global trade. That protection is fading. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to...
On September 11, 2001, the world watched as the World Trade Center, the twin towers that represented US global dominance, were struck by hijacked US commercial jetliners and came crashing to the ground. Nearly 3,000 people were killed, from high-powered executive to...
Islam Times - Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi on Friday ordered the formation of an investigative council and dismissed the commander of military operations in Maysan province after Saudi Arabia claimed that drones striking its East-West pipeline had been launched...
Iran’s reported combat debut of a new anti-ship ballistic missile marks a potentially consequential shift in the Gulf conflict, where increasingly sophisticated targeting networks could turn US naval superiority into a more contested — and more escalatory — proposition. Iranian...
Twenty-five years on, it’s worth asking not what happened on September 11, 2001, but what Washington decided it meant — and whether those conclusions were the right ones. The attacks themselves were a genuine trauma and a genuine crime. But...
Islam Times - The Ansarullah advance toward Mokha and Mayyun has turned Bab al-Mandab into a new chokepoint in the war—a point where an actor that appears militarily weaker can raise the cost of passage without fully closing the route,...
Islam Times - An informed security official has disclosed documented information about the activities of networks linked to Emirati capital to purchase land and property in parts of southern Syria and southern Lebanon, saying that the timing of these transactions...
Every few months, somewhere in the world, a state expels or threatens to expel a category of foreign nationals, and the exchange that follows is almost scripted. The state cites its sovereign right to control its borders. A human rights...
Brent is sitting a touch above $104 this morning, down slightly from yesterday's surge. The Strait of Hormuz, which used to move something like a fifth of the world's oil and LNG before the war, has been effectively shut since...
After more than a decade of war, the Houthis have achieved what a superpower-backed coalition spent ten years and tens of billions of dollars trying to prevent. They now sit astride the Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s critical...
The White House is considering using the Defense Production Act to add U.S. refining capacity, with American refineries already running at 98% capacity and diesel prices above $6 per gallon for the first time. The proposal was discussed during President...
With the heightening of the current geopolitics, many African governments have increasingly welcomed economic, diplomatic, and security ties with Russia. And noticeably, Russia’s engagements in Africa rely on irregular means to expand its influence—reliance on military offerings has often become...
Central Asian states mark the 20th anniversary of the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty with a joint foreign ministers' statement Credit: Kazakhstan MFA By Katsuhiro Asagiri TOKYO, Japan, Sep 11 2026 (IPS) Twenty years after five Central Asian states signed a landmark treaty banning nuclear...
In a Thursday address at the GOP midterm convention that exalted President Donald Trump and demeaned his opponents as “extremists who openly hate our nation,” Vice President JD Vance hardly spoke about foreign policy. He did not mention the war in...
Credit: Conny Odengrund / Wiki Commons By Jordan Ryan Sep 11 2026 (IPS) Late in August I stood at Dag Hammarskjöld’s grave in Uppsala. It is a quiet place, a long way from New York and from the wars the United Nations exists...
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 591, up...
There is a sudden, alarming rise in experts warning of an apocalyptic ending for our AI adventure in only a few years. It is only one example of why we literally can’t let tech sociopaths control our society Robin McAlpine is...
Did Bidenomics work? Why can Republicans coordinate campaign funds? And what happens to incumbents that democratic socialists defeat? The answers to these questions and many more can be found in LeverMind , our weekly news quiz testing your knowledge of the...
We have already begun reading Finkelstein’s newest book GAZA’S GRAVEDIGGERS: An Inquiry into Corruption in High Places and it is a monumental work exposing the corruption and perfidy of the Westerm Liberal Authoritarian Class Norman Finkelstein is is an American political...
The UK may end up assisting Tel Aviv by reinforcing a preposterous distinction between ‘illegal’ Jewish settlements and a supposedly ‘law-abiding’ Israel Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the Martha Gellhorn...
The AfD’s victory is the result of a far-reaching economic and political crisis. The Merz government is gambling with Russia, but this is the wrong path to take Sergio Cesaratto, former full professor of European Monetary Policy and International Economics at...
Houthi strikes threaten Saudi oil exports as Brent hits $105 and Middle Eastern crude soars to $120. Friday, September 11, 2026 Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure have alerted the oil markets to the possibility of seeing even less...
Social scientists often see the individual as a product of society. But never, never underestimate the impact of personality on society. Or at least, some personalities. The only other personality in recent history who has had as great an impact...
Supertanker rates on the Baltic Exchange's benchmark Middle East-to-China shipping route have surged to a staggering $800,000 a day. With US forces having destroyed five Iranian-linked tankers and Tehran threatening further escalation in recent days, prospects for near-term stabilization remain...
The following story is co-published with Denatured . (A version of this article was originally published at Salon.com on Sept. 19, 2001) Body No. 1 shattered all illusions of finding survivors. He was a curly-haired guy with a paunch and puffed red lips,...
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