“As to [nuclear war] dangers arising from an American president, the best protection is not to elect one.”-General Maxwell D. Taylor (ret.), 14 March 1976.[1] More than fifty years ago, retired USA four-star general Maxwell D. Taylor sent me a...
HEBRON, Occupied West Bank /PNN / Like many communities across the occupied West Bank, residents of the town of Idhna, west of Hebron, are struggling with a worsening water crisis that has become part of their daily lives amid continued Israeli...
From July 17 to 20, the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) was held in Shanghai, China. In this context, China was trying to promote international cooperation in AI governance; developing countries generally face shortcomings such as a weak foundation...
BETHLEHEM, Occupied West Bank (PNN) Israeli forces carried out widespread military raids across the occupied West Bank for a third consecutive day on Sunday, as Israeli settlers launched coordinated attacks on Palestinian communities and property in several governorates, according to Palestinian...
The caravan is plagued by thievery, and Darius discovers Arslan’s dark secret. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part...
Al Udeid Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC I spoke with Scott Horton on Friday (I’ll post the video when its available) and told him I fully expected that Trump would deliver on his vow to open the Gates of Hell on...
Much of the Western debate about artificial intelligence centers on the machine itself. Will AI become conscious? Will it surpass human intelligence? Could it acquire goals of its own and escape human control? Japan’s Society 5.0 begins from a different...
One of the outcomes of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the DPRK was the decision to hold celebratory events to mark the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the DPRK...
Last Friday, in Berlin, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune signed an expanded gas agreement with Germany — the second Algerian-German gas deal in three years, and the first since Sonatrach’s inaugural LNG cargo docked at the Wilhelmshaven terminal on 2 July....
Thousands have fled amid months of anti-immigration protests as campaigners demand undocumented people leave the country In Thembelihle, an informal settlement south of Johannesburg where thousands of breeze-block houses and metal shacks line dirt streets flooded with filthy water, Malawians had...
Southern Lebanon has been devastated by the Israeli assault; ruins dot the county of Nabatieh. A significant aspect in the ongoing war and negotiations between the United States and Iran has been the related Israeli attack on Lebanon, whose Shia community...
In July 2026, OpenAI models undergoing an internal cyber evaluation escaped the intended boundaries of the test and compromised parts of Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The models chained vulnerabilities across both organizations to obtain answers from Hugging Face’s production database....
Russia and Sudan established diplomatic relations after the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. Prior to that, the Soviet Union had closely knit ties with the country. Until today, historical evidence clearly shows Russia’s rising interest in Sudan. Looking beyond at...
China has unveiled a daring new plan to integrate artificial intelligence throughout the nuclear energy life cycle. This week, at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed a new plan...
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology grew in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic as several governments and private companies pledged to support a green transition. The use of CCS was expected to help decarbonise hard-to-abate industries until a long-term transition...
Green hydrogen was supposed to be a silver bullet solution for decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors like shipping and steelmaking. It was the buzziest technology out there – and then it fizzled out completely. But after years of languishing in labs without...
Photo by Hannah Olinger on Unsplash These days, if we find an interesting bit of information we want to refer to later, we bookmark it in our browser or tag it in the book we’re reading, digital or otherwise. But in 1390,...
The European Commission (EC) has informed EU governments that they should waive penalties for oil and gas companies that breach its methane emissions law for the next three years, owing to pressure from the United States government to scrap the...
In celebration of the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), established in August 1927, the PLA commemorates its founding on August 1st each year (remembering the Nanchang Uprising of 1927). This anniversary is marked...
By: Salman Rafi Sheikh The US-Saudi nuclear agreement is not really about reactors. It’s about rules and Washington deciding its own rules are negotiable. That decision will ripple through the region soon after the first Saudi reactor breaks ground. Riyadh is calling...
Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . With Washington’s revised ceasefire initiative drawing cautious engagement from Khartoum and diplomatic activity around Sudan intensifying, much of the week’s political maneuvering both abroad and at home revolved around preparing for a...
GENEVA / PNN/ UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory Francesca Albanese said that “armed Israeli groups are escalating their deadly attacks against unarmed Palestinians in the West Bank,” referring to attacks carried out...
NABLUS, occupied West Bank / PNN / Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas said Israeli military operations and attacks by Israeli settlers across the governorate have killed six Palestinians and left dozens injured or detained over the past two days, describing the developments...
Throughout the history of international relations, major crises have often produced a predictable outcome: they force states to make choices. When rivalry between two powers intensifies, smaller actors move closer to one side in an effort to reduce their vulnerability....
‘I can’t tolerate this life,’ said the 24-year-old in his last voice message to his relatives. Attacked by the military, a rebel army and criminal gangs, Siraz Ullah risked all for a better future The fear was audible as he spoke,...
From September 1 to 4, 2026, Vladivostok, Russia, will host the 11th Eastern Economic Forum, organized by the Roscongress Foundation, the largest organizer of international public and business events. Traditionally, this event is attended by Russian President V. Putin, representatives...
The West Africa Religious Affairs Symposium, held in Accra last week, was easy to overlook if one expected a conventional military conference. It was not about weapons systems, battlefield tactics, or counterterrorism operations in the narrow sense. Yet the gathering...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new package of tariffs targeting 60 countries that account for over 99% of US imports, a move that—if upheld in court—would cost Americans an estimated US$100 billion per year in the form of higher costs. The duties, ranging from...
Few restaurants in Türkiye enjoy the reputation of 7 Mehmet. For many people, it is reason enough to travel to Antalya for a meal. Despite its popularity, the restaurant has always avoided expansion. It never considered opening a second location,...
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has dismissed the country’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after a turbulent week in which he also removed his defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov. The dismissal of the popular defense minister, who is credited by many as the...
With Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey reviving global interest in Homer’s epic world, the Troy Museum in the northwestern province of Çanakkale is inviting visitors to explore an experimental reconstruction of an ancient vessel that offers a rare insight into the...
A war is entering Pakistani homes right now. Not through headlines, but through the electricity bill, the bus fare, the price of vegetables at the local market. Wars in the Middle East rarely stay confined to the countries that start...
Evidence from 2026 shows that China is not simply filling the gap or staying out. Instead, China is acting strategically-getting involved where its own interests match global needs, but stepping back when leadership or political risk is involved. The Scale...
Today, Indonesia stands as one of the most formidable digital economic powerhouses in Southeast Asia. Bank Indonesia recorded digital payment transaction volumes reaching 5.22 billion in May 2026, marking 28.14% year-on-year growth. Meanwhile, QRIS transactions — the country’s standardized QR...
Mamdani’s declaration that he will not arrest Netanyahu is, as a factual matter, a reversal. As a candidate, he pledged to arrest Netanyahu if he came to New York, and as recently as July 18 he said in an interview...
Jazan Oil Refinery We are seeing a major escalation in the Red Sea in the undeclared war between AnsarAllah and Saudi Arabia and this may spill over to the war the US is waging on Iran. As I write this the...
The Houthi threats remain in the stage of statements and have not yet translated into an actual closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. However, markets are closely monitoring developments with caution, because the mere possibility of disrupting this strategic passage...
Crop prices just hit a three-year high, indicating major downstream pain soon to come at the supermarket. There are two major factors leading to high crop prices and a potential global food crisis: heat waves and intensifying conflict in the...
It’s called the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress—China’s newest law under President Xi Jinping, passed on March 12, 2026, and in effect since July 1, 2026. The law contains 65 articles, many of which have raised concerns among Tibetans...
Ireland’s football matches against Israel are due to take place later this year but activists are campaigning to stop them Read Article HERE Republic of Ireland fans display a banner saying ‘Show Israel the red card’ during the recent World Cup qualifier...
In May 2026, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant stood before a courtroom and described unemployed youth activists as cockroaches and parasites. He almost certainly did not intend to name a movement. Within weeks, Abhijeet Dipke had founded the Cockroach...
For years, Saudi Arabia's strategic answer to any disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has been remarkably straightforward. If volumes via the Persian Gulf were threatened, the answer was to pump west through the East-West Pipeline to Yanbu on the...
Africa is set to make history as it hosts the World Public Summit for the first time, with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, welcoming global leaders and changemakers from July 29–30, 2026, for the landmark gathering under the theme “New World: Africa...
As the price of gold has hovered around $4,000 an ounce in recent weeks, the men in the small-scale mines north of the village of Soykechar in Uzbekistan have watched every bounce and slide. They pull up apps on their...
Russia's largest Black Sea oil export terminal has effectively gone offline just days after drone attacks shut down the neighboring Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, tightening another artery that moves crude onto the global market. The Sheskharis terminal at Novorossiysk hasn’t...
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. ***IranThe U.S.-Iranian ceasefire agreed in April began deteriorating — and the Memorandum of Understanding signed on June...
This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 8 July 2026. As African societies become increasingly digital, governments are grappling with the balance between the protection of citizens from online harms while preserving the fundamental freedoms of free expression, access to...
The world isn't just staring down another weather event. It's staring down a weather event colliding with a supply-driven oil shock. JPMorgan warned Friday that a "super" El Niño combined with higher energy prices from the Middle East conflict could...
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