This is a story of the unintended consequences of a Pyrrhic victory celebrated 35 years ago as a history-making triumph. As the U.S. fights its latest war in the Persian Gulf — this time against Iran, the country that benefited...
As the Trump administration mulls a ground deployment in Iran, veterans fear a grueling, long-term campaign lies ahead — and that the U.S. military may be ill-prepared to sustain it. First of all, ongoing preparations and deployments suggest the administration has...
This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 18 March 2026. Uganda’s Constitutional Court has delivered a major ruling that has outlawed several sections of the Computer Misuse Act, Cap 96, and ordered the government and its agencies to...
Grammy winner seeks more than $20m in damages over mistranslation of The Lion King chant A Grammy-winning South African composer who wrote and performed the opening chant in Circle of Life for Disney’s The Lion King is suing a...
The world has given Israel "a licence to torture Palestinians", a UN expert said Monday, with life in the occupied territories " a continuum of physical and mental suffering ". Francesca Albanese , the UN's special rapporteur on the rights...
- - - - On March 3, the Malaysian government was forced to slow the development of data server farms, the facilities housing networked computer servers that act as the backbone of digital services, cloud computing and websites. By 2030,...
Lebanese state media reported on Wednesday that Israeli strikes killed at least six people in a town and a Palestinian refugee camp in the southern Sidon area, and three more in another town. Israel has stepped up its campaign against...
Libya 's security authorities on Tuesday recovered two exploded projectiles from a damaged crude oil pipeline of Sharara oilfield, said the Tripoli -based interior ministry in a statement. The ministry said in the statement the two exploded projectiles are an...
There is something revealing about the way Western governments talk about war when Iran is involved. The language changes almost instantly. Questions of legality fade into the background. Questions of power, stability, and markets move to the front. What is...
Last week, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission threatened to rescind the broadcast licenses of media entities that do not relate events in Iran or Ukraine as the Trump administration would like them to be related. He also attacked...
U.N. Security Council members have begun negotiating resolutions to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz , including a Bahraini draft that would authorise the use of "all necessary means" — language France has warned will...
Three survivors of the fatal Wang Fuk Court blaze in November have testified at a public inquiry, recalling their narrow escapes from the burning housing estate without hearing any fire alarms. From left: Wang Cheong House resident Ko Yee-lui and...
On March 23, Ashab al Yamin, a group with ties to the Islamic Republic, took responsibility for attacks in Antwerp and in London. The incidents raise the total number of claimed attacks by the Iran-linked group against Jewish and Western...
London's police chief pledged Monday over 250 more officers and "highly visible" armed patrols to protect the Jewish community after an arson attack on four volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organisation next to a synagogue. The promise of...
Liverpool superstar forward Mohamed Salah announced on Tuesday that he will leave the Premier League club at the end of the season after a nine-year run as one of its greatest players. The club confirmed the news later, saying...
DOHA, (PIC) A delegation of senior leaders from Hamas offered condolences on Tuesday evening to the victims of the Qatari plane crash during a visit to four mourning gatherings held in Doha. The delegation included Mohammed Nazzal and Abdel Jabbar Said, who...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian child was killed by Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, amid ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement. Medical sources reported that 13-year-old Khaled Saif al-Din Suleiman Arada was killed after...
Egyptian blogger Mohamed Ibrahim Radwan, better known by the moniker Mohamed Oxygen, has been freed after spending more than six years in prison for spreading fake news, according to the press freedom NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF). "RSF, which awarded...
Less than 48 hours before the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American leader once had...
The Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP), known locally as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), raided and burned down a Chinese-owned mine in eastern Congo earlier this month. The raid, which was far from the jihadist group’s normal area of...
Over the past decade, capitals from Australia to France, India to Japan and South Korea to the UK, have rolled out Indo-Pacific strategies with the confidence of a shared script: that maritime coalitions stabilize the system, secure sea lanes and...
A ballistic missile launched from Iran fell in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, marking the first time that Iranian missiles have been intercepted over Lebanon. Reuters suggests that the missile could have been intercepted by a...
Trump blinked because he can’t afford the financial meltdown which would follow total war in the Middle East, but that doesn’t mean the war is over. Soumaya Ghannoushi is a British Tunisian writer and expert in Middle East politics. Her journalistic...
Europe is still unable to define and defend its own strategic interests. Dr Alain Gabon is Associate Professor of French Studies and chair of the Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures at Virginia Wesleyan University in Virginia Beach, USA. Cross-posted...
A critique of David Harvey’s new book, ‘The Story of Capital’. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Picture by Robert Crc Professor David Harvey...
As the U.S.-Israel-Iran war enters its third week, Pakistan is seeking to play a role as a bridge between Tehran, Washington and Riyadh. But by avoiding direct involvement in the war theatre next door, Islamabad is carrying out...
Israel said on Tuesday that its military would take control of south Lebanon up to the Litani River, around 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the border, as deadly strikes pounded the country . In the latest unprecedented step by...
Global air travel remains severely disrupted, with many people still unable to fly as planned to destinations after the Iran war forced the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs , including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. Below is the latest...
Syria's army said on Monday that one of its bases in the northeast was targeted by a missile attack from neighbouring Iraq , while an Iraqi official said a local armed group was behind the attack. "One of our military...
Israel announced on Tuesday that a strike it carried out near Beirut the day before killed a member of Iran's Quds Force , who a Lebanese security source said had survived a previous attack in the same area. On Monday...
Israel has been ramping up its targeting of Palestinians over the past week in Gaza, killing field commanders from Hamas’s and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s military wings, despite a months-long ceasefire in place. Yahya Fayez Abu Labda, the commander...
Just minutes before US President Donald Trump momentarily boosted the stock market – and sent oil prices tumbling – with his disputed Monday announcement of peace talks with Iran, unknown traders loaded up on positions that allowed them to profit from the resulting movement in equities...
Israel’s Knesset National Security Committee will be holding a final vote on Tuesday to advance the controversial death penalty bill that enables executions of Palestinians convicted of alleged "terror" offences. The bill, pushed by far-right National Security Minister...
The street market in the Afghan border town of Torkham in Nangraha province has “gone silent.” Anxiety about the future is rising as trade halts and incomes dry up, a local shopkeeper tells Truthdig. His name has been withheld for...
The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) on Tuesday called for the Israeli Football Association (IFA) to receive a ban after a FIFA report found "multiple breaches" of its anti-discrimination obligations. "We maintain our right and continue our efforts to ensure...
The Israeli army used a "double tap" strike when killing five-year-old Hind Rajab in 2024, analysis by a global campaign group found, as calls for accountability continue two years after the Palestinian's killing. The US-based Avaaz NGO revealed that...
Six Peshmerga fighters were killed, and more than 20 were wounded in a missile strike north of Erbil on March 24, marking the deadliest attack on the Kurdistan Region since late February. The strike is part of a broader wave...
Mona Mangloña grew up on the southernmost of the Northern Mariana Islands. Rota is known for its unspoiled scenery and warm-hearted residents. She says living in this small but sacred Pacific island fosters a deep connection to the land, the...
Filling gaps in neonatal care is a proven way of stopping preventable deaths, writes Dr Farhana Zareef Your coverage of Unicef’s child mortality report ( 18 March ) paints a stark picture. Progress is plateauing and most childhood deaths...
On March 19, 2026, a truly remarkable scene unfolded in the Oval Office. President Donald Trump , hosting Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi , decided to explain his decision to launch a massive bombing campaign against Iran without...
Videos of young girls punching fiercely into a boxing bag, their bare feet kicking up sand between rows of refugee tents, go viral every time. But they capture more than just exercise in an unlikely setting. For the young girls...
In his recent social media diatribes , President Donald Trump has complained that our allies are ungrateful for the war he has initiated against Iran. He is angered that they aren’t anxious to send in their military forces...
After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A — nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction — and displacing communities, a joint investigation reveals. The post ‘Erasing the lines’: How settler outposts are...
Pakistan could see itself playing a significant role on the international stage should Islamabad successfully mediate a truce between the US and Iran , as the war in the MENA region stretches into its fourth week. US President Donald...
Israel is preparing to escalate its war on Lebanon, with reports that the government is set to approve the mobilisation of up to 400,000 reserve soldiers to expand its ground offensive in the south . The planned mass...
Like many others , I’ve spent the last few days looking at the many iconic photos of Dolores Huerta , the renowned feminist, labor organizer and powerhouse co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union. In one of my favorites...
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz since 2 March is sending shockwaves through Asia's energy systems, exposing the region’s heavy reliance on oil and gas from Arab Gulf states. The narrow Gulf waterway, through which roughly a third...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has slammed the US's war on Iran , saying its arch-rival was "committing state terror and acts of aggression all over the world". Kim spoke at the People's Assembly on Monday, after...
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