Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
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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…
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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…
Ebola
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Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday Kenya has recorded its first confirmed Ebola case, a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic…
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…
Master Plan
Josh Shapiro and Michael Bennet both rose to prominence during the Obama era and have long been considered part of the Democratic Party’s moderate wing. So what does it say that neither thinks Democrats can simply return…
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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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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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…
Global-war-on-terror
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…
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Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. While operational planners in the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan have made historic strides institutionalizing…
Lebanon
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Islam Times - Hezbollah Secretary General His Eminence Sheikh Naim Qassem will deliver a speech today, Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at 4:30 p.m., during the launch ceremony of the Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Foundation for the…
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By: Emil Avdaliani Diesel locomotive CKD9C with freight train in China before the Kazakhstan border. Wikimedia image For decades, the idea of an overland connection between China and Iran existed more on paper than in…
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"Rank-and-file committees are probably the best way to outflank the unions, to be completely independent of all the vested interests,” John said. "The fight against the current—we're not going to speed up, that's it…
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Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi‘s Substack: Michelle Brohard, head of policy and geopolitical risk at Kpler, speculated in a recent interview with energy analyst Rory Johnston (@commoditycontext) that the…
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Reprinted from John’s Substack: The Trump administration and its supporters – including the Wall Street Journal editorial page – are working overtime these days to spin the news around the Iran war to make it appear that…
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Oil flows through the Middle East have staged an impressive rebound, with export volumes recovering to near pre-war levels even as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains well below normal. Standard Chartered…
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The European Union’s so-called methane rule is scheduled to enter into effect in January. The rule is massively unpopular among large energy exporters, and these exporters have a lot more options in terms of buyers than…
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Crude oil prices and middle distillate cracks slumped at the end of last week as the G7 group of nations announced the release of 100 million barrels of oil stocks over four months, including a front-loaded substantial…
This monthly report is prepared for Sinocism by the excellent Sinification , an invaluable resource for understanding how domestic and international affairs are debated within the Chinese establishment. Thomas des Garets…
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Singapore is in an energy pickle. The island nation is still reeling from high oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran, and is scrambling to build up alternative and indigenous energy sources. The problem is that…
Labor
Indonesia’s strategic autonomy is often described as a diplomatic effort to avoid choosing sides. Increasingly, it is something more practical: an effort to avoid having too few choices. From Washington’s point of view…
Africa
Ethiopia has opened a new parliamentary term with a leadership appointment of considerable political and historical significance. Ahmed Shide, one of the country’s longest-serving senior economic policymakers and among…
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Electric aviation is advancing faster than many critics expected. Batteries will not remain confined to tiny experimental aircraft, and short regional routes are a credible early market. But electric aircraft will not…
World
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The United States is set to provide Uruguay with $6.5 million to combat organized crime. While seemingly a modest sum against the backdrop of billions in trade, this agreement is significant for its core provision: the…
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Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each week, we bring you a curated selection of articles from…
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Southeast Asia's upstream merger and acquisition (M&A) conversation has moved from which international oil companies (IOCs) are leaving to who is buying their way in. Research from Rystad Energy shows a competitive cycle…
National Politics
Bolsonaro Jr. won the first round, and there is not many reasons to believe he won’t win the second round on 25 October as well. Mike Elk is the senior labor reporter at Payday Report and member of the…
Energy
The US agreement with Denmark gives the super-power enormous control over Greenland’s critical mineral resources. Joshua Frank is co-editor of CounterPunch and co-host of CounterPunch Radio . He is the author of Atomic…
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Freeport LNG was ramping natural gas intake back toward normal levels on Monday after maintenance shut one of its three liquefaction trains on Friday, putting a major source of U.S. natural gas demand on track to return…