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Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime. Source: World Population Prospects 2022 report from the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs...

Civil Society, Featured, Global

The image above tells you why Donald Trump is in political trouble over his decision to launch a war on Iran. Previous presidents have understood that you must rally public support before sending US troops and planes overseas to attack...

Larry C. Johnson

Countries across the continent have spent more than $2bn on Chinese tracking technology that is not ‘necessary or proportionate’, new report finds The rapid expansion of AI-powered mass-surveillance systems across Africa is violating citizens’ right to privacy and having a chilling...

Global development, AI (artificial intelligence), Surveillance

The US President’s annual State of the Union address to Congress became a milestone in the further polarization of domestic political life. The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the illegality of imposing certain tariffs was perceived by most of...

Politics, USA, Internal policy

Iran set ablaze two tankers in Iraqi waters as it stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, warning the world should be ready for oil at $200 a barrel in defiance of President Donald Trump's...

MENA

My Lord, I cannot account for the praises that are due to You; You are as You praise Yourself. Sublime is the Countenance of Your Face; Exalted is Your position. You do as You will by Your Power and Ability, and...

#Islam, featured, Featured Islam

Lebanon said an Israeli strike on a Beirut seafront killed at least seven people early on Thursday, making it the third attack on the capital since fighting resumed between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel. The Israeli military said separately it had carried...

MENA

As fighting spreads across the Gulf, the war is often portrayed as a unified campaign against Iran. It is not. The reality, as is often the case in the Middle East, is more complicated. The United States and Israel both...

Opinion, Block 2, Hezbollah

Donald Trump is trying to make it easier for American businesses to access critical minerals and other resources across the Global South, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Venezuela. But widespread armed group violence on the...

Trump, Venezuela, Democratic-republic-of-the-congo

The Bunker appears originally at the Project on Government Oversight and is republished here with permission. Ten lessons of the Iran war (so far) The U.S. military is always busy studying the last war so it can be sure...

Iran-war, Iran, Defense-tech

Recent data released by the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) suggests that a strong majority of Iranian Americans support diplomacy to resolve tensions between the U.S. and Iran — a finding at odds with the dominant conversation online suggesting that...

Iran, Diplomacy, Iranian-americans

Shortly after U.S. and Israeli bombs and missiles began falling in Tehran, Iranian missiles flew in all directions at U.S. bases in Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and others. The people living in these countries were justifiably terrified, which...

Escalation, World-war-i, Russia

Iran’s strategic outlook is undeniably linked to its physical topography. The Iranian Plateau is a vast geographical region characterized by its mountainous terrain, with the Zagros and Elburz mountain ranges. Shielded from the north and west are zones of large...

Middle East, Block 2, china-russia

China’s energy security may be put to its first true test in 2026 with the seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in January and joint US-Israeli military action against Iran beginning in late February. These events have disrupted two sources...

China, Block 1, China EVs

This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. Raising Children Who Feel the Ummah There is a specific kind of Muslim parent anxiety that doesn’t get talked...

#Islam, #Society, Family and Community

By: Shobha Shukla - - - - The Indian government is faced with the monumental task of ensuring functional, gender-segregated toilets in all schools and distributing free, biodegradable sanitary pads via vending machines for millions of girls in the wake...

Drones were shot down on Wednesday over the north Iraq Kurdish city of Erbil, as an explosion was reported near the US Consulate and the Erbil International Airport area. "Two drones were downed over Erbil," with debris falling near a...

MENA

Drones were shot down on Wednesday over the north Iraq Kurdish city of Erbil, as an explosion was reported near the US Consulate and the Erbil International Airport area. "Two drones were downed over Erbil," with debris falling near a...

MENA

Prime Minister Keir Starmer was warned of risks in making Peter Mandelson Britain's ambassador to Washington, documents released on Wednesday showed, reviving questions about his judgment in appointing a man close to Jeffrey Epstein. The publication of the first tranche of...

World

Zakah is often described as a financial obligation. Yet in reality, it is one of Islam’s most profound acts of spiritual discipline, shaping how believers understand wealth, responsibility, and trust in Allah . Allah says in the Qur’an: “...

#Islam, Aqeedah and Fiqh, featured

Dozens of civilians have been killed in drone strikes across southern Sudan over the past two days, medical sources told AFP , as some of the heaviest fighting of the nearly three-year war grips the region. Sudan has...

MENA

Israel’s war on Iran reveals a deeper crisis: the collapse of a psychological doctrine built on fear and invincibility. Origins of Israel’s Psychological Warfare Wars are rarely fought only on battlefields. They are also fought in the minds of societies,...

Uncategorized

In coverage of the war against Iran, a familiar choreography is playing out again, one that the media have carefully refined to exploit the perceived credibility of diaspora groups in order to push war and empire. This phenomenon of selectively...

Uncategorized

The Trump administration has enlisted the support of Kurdish activists in Syria, Iraq, and Iran to join the U.S.-led war to unseat Iran’s clerical regime. CNN reports that the Central Intelligence Agency is already arming Iranian Kurds. CNN and other...

Uncategorized

After 12 days of war—and the death of Iran’s supreme leader—the Islamic Republic is under unprecedented pressure. Bill Roggio and Janatan Sayeh assess this initial phase of the war, the gap between Washington and Jerusalem’s goals, and the decisive question...

Generation Jihad, Long War Journal, Iran

US group Citi, consultancies Deloitte and PwC and other firms in Dubai have closed offices or asked employees to evacuate Wednesday after Iran threatened US and Israel-linked economic assets in the Middle East. The evacuations at the heart of the Middle...

Economy

- US, Canada and Mexico hosting 48-team tournament - - Iran minister says ‘under no circumstances can we participate’ - - Iranian team scheduled to play all three group games in US - Read Article HERE The post Reuters: Iran cannot...

Geopolitics, Link, Reuters

The Russia-Iran strategic partnership – even if does not include a military treaty – works in several interlocked levels. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su This is part 2 of a two-part analysis....

Middle East, Russia & CIS, World

Il blocco di Hormuz potrebbe mettere in ginocchio l’Occidente. Ma non metterà in ginocchio la Cina. Segue nostro Telegram . Andiamo al sodo: il BRICS è in uno stato di profonda crisi. È stato compromesso, almeno temporaneamente, dall’India, che ospiterà...

Italiano, BRICS, China

A report in the Washington Post the day after the Iran war began suggested that Saudi Arabia and Israel had both lobbied Donald Trump to attack Iran. The Saudis swiftly denied that they had pushed for war. In the days...

Opinion, Donald Trump, Gulf States

When US and Israeli forces launched airstrikes on Iran, the shock waves were felt far beyond the region. As the conflict escalates, understanding who benefits from this crisis might be as important as counting its costs. Peace benefits ordinary citizens,...

Middle East, Block 3, Defense industry

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday again signalled there could be a swift ending to the war on Iran, saying there is little left in the country for American forces to attack. There is "practically nothing left to target" and the...

MENA

BEIRUT, (PIC) Hebrew media reported on Wednesday evening that Lebanon’s Hezbollah fired a massive rocket barrage exceeding 100 rockets toward the Upper Galilee, Western Galilee, and wide areas across northern Israel within just a few minutes. Israeli reports described the attack as...

News, Lebanon

This is the type of war that the fascists Trump and Netanyahu and their allies revel in. Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s Blog The United...

Geopolitics, Article, Craig Murray

GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement on Wednesday welcomed the Spanish government’s decision to recall its ambassador from Israel and reduce its diplomatic representation. In a statement, the Movement said the step continues the honorable positions taken by the Spanish government and people...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli genocide

Strike in Shukeiri killed schoolgirls, teachers and healthcare workers in latest incident in three-year war At least 17 people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Wednesday when an explosive-laden drone blamed on Sudan’ s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces struck...

Sudan, Africa, Middle East and north Africa
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