Taiwan

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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....

News

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...

News

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...

Guest Contributor

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...

FBI, South Africa, Nigeria

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...

World News, BRICS, Iran

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...

You Love To See It

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...

US

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...

US

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...

News

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...

AI Competition, Artificial Intelligence, China

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...

News

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...

Opinion, Afghanistan, Amu TV

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...

Economy, Industrialisation, Africa Mindset Reset Forum

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...

Africa in the World, Politics, United Nations

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...

Energy Geopolitics, Arctic, front

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...

Opinion, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11 Terror Attacks

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...

Iraq

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...

Military, Bab Al-Mandeb, Block 2

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...

United States, 9/11 attacks, al-Qaeda

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...

United Arab Emirates

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...

International Law, featured, 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...

News

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...

Economy, Africa, Economics

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...

Iran-war, Jd-vance, Donald-trump

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...

Armed Conflicts, Global, Global Geopolitics

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...

News

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...

Regulation, Article, Robin McAlpine

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...

LeverMind Quiz

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...

Geopolitics, Article, Norman Finkelstein

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...

News

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...

War & Peace, 9/11, al-Qaeda

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...

News

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,...

Activism, Health & Wellness, Opinion
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