Taiwan

For more than a decade, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi built his political appeal around economic development, welfare expansion, and the promise of opportunity. Millions of low income families benefited from subsidized cooking gas, direct cash transfers, and rural support...

A Greek-owned liquefied natural gas carrier was involved in an “incident” in the Strait of Hormuz at the end of last week while exiting the waterway, the owner company said in a statement, as quoted by Reuters. The vessel is...

The Iran war has transformed one of the energy industry’s least celebrated businesses into one of its most profitable. Refining margins have surged to record levels as conflict across the Middle East and Russia disrupted global fuel supplies, giving major...

There are lots of reports of Ukrainian attacks on Russian shipping, but not so many about Russian attacks on Ukrainian ships. Over the last few months the Russians have been waging their own campaign to try and destroy shipping in...

Hungary’s corporate landscape is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades as businesses that flourished under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban adjust to a new political order led by Prime Minister Péter Magyar. Companies that once benefited from close ties...

We were driving toward the vineyards. Suddenly, he pulled over and looked up at the sky. A plane was taking off. He watched the plane for a while. He seemed to be flying away with the plane. He was surely...

Taiwan has signaled that its military cooperation with the United States is stronger than widely understood, as Taipei continues to deepen defense coordination with the U.S. Pacific Command to strengthen its ability to deter growing pressure from China. Speaking to...

There is nothing accidental about the dozens of deaths, as over 60,000 people sought to enter the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Europe’s governments have effectively abolished refugee rights and built external borders that Trump would be proud of. Europe’s leaders...

Global markets opened the week on a mixed note as optimism over renewed U.S.-Iran diplomacy sent oil prices sharply lower, while coordinated intervention by the United States and Japan boosted the Japanese yen. Investors welcomed signs that geopolitical tensions in...

I recently travelled to Sorowako, South Sulawesi, for a corporate social responsibility programme supported by Vale Indonesia. I helped local journalists use artificial intelligence ethically and responsibly in investigative reporting: reading documents, identifying inconsistencies and preparing interviews while keeping verification...

An old west African practice of sending children away to study is being used as a cover for trafficking, say human rights groups In a bare, gloomy room on the beachfront at Saint-Louis, in the north-west of Senegal, dozens of young...

Islam Times - Bahraini political activist Jaafar Al-Hassabi stressed that the issue of Ashura rituals in Bahrain can no longer be viewed merely as an administrative or seasonal matter related to the commemoration of religious occasions. He stated that it...

Islam Times - Faleh al-Khazali, head of the Muntasiroun parliamentary bloc in the Iraqi Council of Representatives, emphasized that the martyrdom of commanders within the Axis of Resistance represents a decisive turning point that further deepens the course of confrontation...

Islam Times - Father Grigory Matrosov, a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, stated that the presence of the Russian church delegation at the funeral ceremony of Martyr Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei reflected his global stature. He said that Sayyid...

Oil prices fell sharply in early Asian trade on Monday after President Trump called off another round of military strikes on Iran, raising hopes that a diplomatic route to reopening the Strait of Hormuz and averting a broader regional conflict...

Europe enters the decisive years of its post‑Russian gas transition with a structural constraint that cannot be negotiated away. Political timelines move in short cycles while geological timelines do not. Deep‑basin non‑conventional gas in North Africa requires 5–7 years from...

A senior Israeli official, likely Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, recently briefed the ​Israeli press​ delegation that traveled to Washington​ with him for his White House visit regarding plans ​for Israel to build a domestic stealth fighter plane and an accompanying unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). The primary...

Israel is home to droves of international criminals accused or found guilty in a second country of various crimes. Among them is Tomás Zerón, accused mastermind of the kidnapping and murder of 43 Mexican students in Ayotzinapa. This article was...

Joseph F. Krause is an American materials scientist, entrepreneur, and U.S. Army National Guard veteran. He is the cofounder and CEO of Radical AI, a New York deep-tech startup founded to accelerate the discovery of advanced materials. Before Radical AI, Krause...

When we were asked to investigate Russia’s indoctrination and militarization of children living in the Ukrainian territories occupied by Moscow since 2014, we had a general idea of the Kremlin’s occupation policies. Two of us grew up in what was...

A decade ago, it would have been unthinkable that arresting the President of Israel would be a mainstream position. However, after starting multiple wars and committing genocide, a recent poll from The Economist/YouGov found that 49 percent of respondents agreed...

When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia quickly redirected its oil flows to the Red Sea. Now, that route has become dangerous because of the Houthi blockade, so Saudi is rerouting to Egypt—and two LNG tankers in...

Chuck McClish is the founder of Lattrex Inc., a fabless semiconductor startup building Kyttar, an asynchronous, clockless reconfigurable processor for real-time signal processing. He spent 15 years at Microchip Technology in chip design and verification, working across RTL design, UVM...

On August 2, President Donald Trump said he would halt planned U.S. strikes on Iran after Middle Eastern allies outlined the parameters of a possible agreement to end the five-month war. The announcement came after weeks of renewed escalation, pressure...

China’s domestic car sales have fallen significantly this year; however, sales of Chinese cars have risen substantially in some international markets, such as Mexico, demonstrating the growing global demand for Chinese-made vehicles. This demand growth has been driven by the...

“The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.” T.S. Eliot “I, myself, am a poet but I love working in the garden growing vegetables… I know very well that if I do not grow lettuce, I cannot write...

An Alaska-based tidal energy company is testing a new kind of small, modular turbine in the waters off of Massachusetts to try to take advantage of the United States’ vast and untapped tidal power potential. The turbine is being piloted...

Donald Trump may reject the negotiations, but he cannot veto a global effort to make multinational companies answer to governments Governments are told that public services must shrink because money is tight. Yet a new Tax Justice Network report says that...

China has announced plans to double down on its already ambitious renewable energy targets by massively expanding its solar and wind capacity by the end of the decade. China has been rapidly growing its renewable energy portfolio for several decades...

Chinese intelligence, military, political, and strategic circles have analyzed the current crisis of thousands of Moroccan refugees flowing into the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla, focusing on technical and field intelligence operations to counter the activities of Mossad and...

People among the more than 50,000 who entered Spanish enclave this week describe the journey and their prospects Four days ago, Youssef El Abbas saw an opportunity to reclaim the life he had lost seven years earlier. News was circulating that...

Life in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta is slowly getting back to normal, residents say, days after a sudden surge of some 60,000 migrants entered the tiny territory on the tip of North Africa. Most of the migrants have returned...

Marijuana plays a sacred role among Rastafari followers and they say criminalising it violates their rights About a dozen people sang along to the pulsing vibrations of drums and a tambourine in a dimly lit room in Nairobi’s sprawling Kibera neighbourhood....

Today’s geopolitical situation is influencing perceptions across Africa, ‘re-awakening’ executive entrepreneurs and potential investors to adapt and change attitudes to Africa’s economic challenges and growth. In an apparent bid to raise performance, the Africa CEO Forum is designed as one...

Islam Times - The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) recent missile strike on the Al-Tanf base in Southeastern Syria has once again drawn attention to one of the United States' most strategically important military installations in West Asia. Over the...

Islam Times - The flight of two Iranian Air Force Su-24 fighter-bombers from Shahid Doran Air Base in Shiraz to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar was far more than a conventional airstrike. It demonstrated the ability of Iranian pilots...

Islam Times - Energy infrastructure is not merely an economic asset; it is the backbone of social life. Hospitals depend on electricity, as do water treatment systems, public transportation, pharmaceutical supply chains, communications, food production and storage, and countless other...

Islam Times - US media reports that Washington is weighing strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure have once again raised a strategic question: if the US shifts the conflict from the military arena to the energy sector, is it prepared for...

Authors: Raymond Floreani and Dr.Julian Spencer-Churchill Canada, a country of over 41 million people with 1.2 million unemployed and a US$2.4 trillion economy, only has 23,600 active military reservists, of which 16,900 are army. There are another 5,000 Arctic Rangers...