Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.
The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Millions are in hiding. Those who have escaped Ukraine are fanned out across Europe, clinging to low-pay jobs and temporary housing. But Europe’s leaders are impatient with them. The...
Yemen’s Ansarallah launches deadly precision strikes on Saudi Arabia’s proxy forces as the blockade on Saudi Ports tightens the noose on an already suffering global oil market. In the latest episode of The Target stream, Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh...
When President Vladimir Putin sent his forces into Ukraine, the Kremlin appeared to be betting on a familiar axiom of European security: sheer Russian mass, backed by vast Soviet-era stockpiles and nuclear power, would overwhelm resistance. More than four years...
This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . Darya Minovi was mapping pollution from medical sterilization plants across the country when many of the communities she was speaking to began asking the same...
The US is betting that a new generation of hypersonic cruise missiles can restore a decisive edge in long-range strike, but turning that ambition into a practical wartime capability will require overcoming challenges that extend well beyond speed and range...
As he was leaving office in 2017, President Barack Obama urged Americans concerned about where their country was headed to act. “If something needs fixing, then lace up your shoes and do some organizing,” he said in Time magazine ....
Grid constraints and rising coal-fired power generation in China led to soaring curtailment rates of solar and wind power generation in the first half of the year. China curtailed as much as 360 terawatt-hours (TWh) of solar and wind generation...
The images of chaos and confusion went global on social media within minutes: an estimated 70,000 Moroccans rushed the shores of Spain’s North African enclave Ceuta, climbing through holes in the chain-link fence and swimming around the barriers jutting into...
Rotten food, overflowing toilets into bunking areas, no room in the incoming missile shelters, confiscated cellphones that are the notification devices for incoming missiles, infrequent mail, social media closed down, were some of the issues that military families identified at the national conference...
Strain of virus with no vaccine has potential to overrun response impeded by conflict and misinformation Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are losing their battle to contain the country’s deadliest Ebola outbreak . DRC’s health ministry declared an...
Suppose for a moment that reliance on nuclear arms by the United States and other nuclear powers will produce “strategic stability” for the rest of this century. That is, that there will be no nuclear war or war on a major scale between the...
The project to ship Iraqi crude to the Syrian Mediterranean coast to bypass the Strait of Hormuz is still at least four years and $15 billion in investments away, sources familiar with the project told Reuters on Monday. The pipeline...
On Monday, August 17, 2026, the 60-day deadline for the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (IMOU) between the United States and Iran expired without a final agreement or a joint declaration of its extension, as stipulated in the memorandum. This has...
Rising energy prices are poised to send UK inflation rearing back up, as economists warn that the summer boost to the economy could be fleeting. The rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation is tipped to rise to 2.9 per...
The world stands at a crossroads: either continued American hegemony or the emergence of a multipolar order, where a balance of power replaces the dominance of a single nation. The US has pursued a policy of global primacy spanning the...
Washington's changing rhetoric and its rejection of traditional formats of cooperation are forcing Seoul to seek fundamentally new ways to ensure its security. Trump Yields to Kim's Demands and Cancels Military Exercises With Seoul US President Donald Trump has ordered a reduction...
The oil crisis in Japan has eased in recent weeks as the resource-poor G7 economy that depended on the Middle East for 90% of its crude oil supply has managed to diversify purchases and moved to release stocks from strategic...
Digital lending has made it easier for consumers to explore financial products online. Borrowers can now research lenders, check requirements, upload documents, and apply using a phone or computer. However, having more options can also make it harder to decide...
New species and regional instability are factors – but decisions made in the US and Britain are also costing lives Did you know that there is a major Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it’s on track...
Participants in traditional dress take part in a cultural welcome at the UNCCD COP17 venue in Ulaanbaatar on Aug. 17, 2026, highlighting the cultural diversity of communities whose livelihoods are closely linked to rangelands. Credit: UN photo By Kizito Makoye DAR ES...
I believe this year’s DAC will be viewed as the time and place where EDA experienced a major shift. That is, the shift from the value of tools and methodology to the value of agentic design flows powered by highly...
In geopolitics, words do matter, and sometimes a deletion says a lot more than a thousand-page defense white paper. The Pentagon’s recent move to quietly strip the word “Indo” from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, reverting to its Cold War-era title...
China is estimated to have added about 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to its huge inventories in July as imports rebounded from a decade-low in June and refinery runs remained depressed. The world’s top crude oil importer,...
China began the third quarter with weaker-than-expected key economic indicators, raising additional concerns about the health of its economy and its demand for crude oil in the coming months. Retail sales increased by just 0.6% in July from a year...
Federal Troops Regain Control Somali federal forces pushed opposition fighters out of Baidoa on Monday after hours of intense fighting in one of the country’s largest cities, residents told Reuters. The clashes left a number of people dead and marked...
A cryptocurrency company backed by U.S. President Donald Trump is collaborating with a Hong Kong based venture that provides access to artificial intelligence models developed by Chinese companies facing U.S. national security restrictions. WorldClaw offers access to 90 AI models...
India’s government should consider bringing back fuel with ethanol blending content lower than 20% amid concerns about potential damage to the old vehicle and two-wheeler fleet in the world’s most populous country, the government’s chief economic adviser said. In a...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Jared Kushner met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday as Washington sought to revive its stalled Gaza peace plan, a day after Kushner held a rare meeting with Hamas representatives in Cairo....
Euro zone government bond yields remained near their highest levels in more than 15 years on Monday as investors worried that a prolonged Iran war could keep energy prices and inflation elevated. Germany’s 10 year Bund yield held around 3.20%,...
Spanish border workers warned authorities weeks before a mass migrant rush into the North African enclave of Ceuta that arrivals were increasing and could escalate, but unions say the government failed to take timely action. More than 70,000 migrants attempted...
As you read this article on your computer or smartphone, you are almost certainly using open-source technology in some way. It forms the foundation of the global digital economy, from operating systems and web servers to databases and encryption protocols....
West Africa’s cocoa industry is struggling to comply with new European Union anti-deforestation rules, raising concerns about supply disruptions and higher costs for chocolate makers. The EU law, known as the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), will require importers to prove...
Amna Idres Musa Mahamod leads the Al-Wifag Women’s Association in Toker, Sudan. Photographed for the Through Her Lens: Women Rising for Peace Exhibition . Credit: UN Women/Mona Elfateh By Shuli Wong UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 2026 (IPS) Women-led and women’s rights organizations (WLOs) in...
Emerging from the chaos of supplying the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, the War Department sought to foster domestic production of standardized muskets. Out of this industrial project arose an invention that laid the foundation for automation and...
One of the first tasks of Whitehall’s mandarins – the permanent government – is to indoctrinate a new prime minister in the need for official secrecy, especially around the intelligence agencies. Andy Burnham should be more sceptical judging by his comments...
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has secured a license from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control to return to Venezuela, Indian media have reported. India’s largest oil and gas company has a 40% stake in the San Cristobal...
Editor’s Note: The following article draws on themes from the author’s forthcoming book titled US Counterterrorism Operations in Afghanistan: Jackpots, Dry Holes, and Collateral Damage.Over the next month, the United States will pass two major historical milestones: the five-year anniversary...
Taiwan is set to increase defence spending by 16% next year, taking its proposed military budget above T$1 trillion ($31.40 billion) for the first time as the island faces growing military and political pressure from China. President Lai Ching-te said...
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) announced his opposition to Medicare for All on the same day a CBS News poll found 90 percent of Democratic voters support the idea — and 72 hours after a Yale University study showed...
The Financial Times has run a striking assessment: Pakistan, it argues, has become an emerging “hinge power” – a state whose simultaneous ties to Washington, Beijing, the Gulf and Tehran let it broker where others can only choose sides. The...
A poster depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as wanted by the International Criminal Court is displayed in a corridor of the European Parliament in Brussels, June 2026. Credit: Frédéric Pétry/HansLucas via AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Aug 17 2026 (IPS) In a...
Zambia’s Green Revolution campaign generated stagnant productivity and rising hunger. Credit: Timothy A. Wise By Timothy A. Wise and Jomo Kwame Sundaram CAMBRIDGE, MA, USA / KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Aug 17 2026 (IPS) As AGRA turns 20, a new report exposes its worsening...
The war in Ukraine and the sanctions that followed it redrew the geo-economic map of Eurasia almost overnight. Supply chains assembled over decades were severed, and for Central Asia — a region long held within Moscow’s orbit — the disruption...
When a fire destroys the Silk Store, Darius risks his life to save Weili and Arslan – only to face the consequences of the secret he kept. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part...
Tanker traffic via the Strait of Hormuz slowed further over the weekend, maintaining upward pressure on oil prices. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $88.62 per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $82.18 per barrel. Earlier...
U.S. President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with South Korea, citing the cost of the drills and Seoul’s refusal to participate in U.S. actions against Iran. Trump said on Sunday that he was...
Hey Mr. Trump? Are you paying attention? In a long interview broadcast on Russian state television on August 14, 2026, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov delivered Moscow’s sharpest characterization in months of where relations with Washington stand in the fifth year...
On August 7, 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Belgrade for his first official visit to Serbia. On the surface, it was a standard diplomatic event. But the location made it anything but routine. The ceremonial welcome included a guard of...
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