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The “fog of war” refers to confusion and uncertainty on the battlefield and the attendant possibility of fatal error. This principle has a parallel when it comes to the economic consequences of wars as well, especially when they occur in...

United States, $120 Oil, Block 3

When Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the intensification of US combat operations against the Islamic State group in 2017, he assured the American public of his commitment to “get the strategy right” while maintaining “the rules of engagement” to...

Opinion, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Hegseth Kill Talk

Nvidia has reportedly halted production of its H200 artificial-intelligence (AI) chips intended for China amid rising political tensions between the United States and China and Beijing’s policy of supporting domestic chips. The company has reallocated manufacturing capacity at Taiwan Semiconductor...

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Biren Technology

Despite bold claims from Donald Trump and his Secretary of War that Iran has lost the war and is on the cusp of surrendering, Iran has not got the memo and continues an unrelenting wave of a drone and missile...

Larry C. Johnson

After US bunker-buster strikes exposed the vulnerability of Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, China is moving to bury its own critical assets deeper underground. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Chinese energy experts have suggested the construction...

Military, Beijing Military City, Block 2

Within a single week in early March 2026, Beijing unveiled a sweeping five-year plan to build a “childbirth-friendly society,” committing 180 billion yuan (US$25.8 billion) to free prenatal care, IVF coverage, childcare subsidies and housing support for families. Across the...

US-China, Asia Fertility Rates, Block 3

Dozens of former senior national security and military officials are members of a secret society known as the Bohemian Grove, according to membership lists obtained by RS. The Bohemian Grove is an exclusive mens-only club that hosts a two-week summer retreat...

Cia, Endless-war, Revolving-door

Over the weekend, airstrikes targeted water desalination plants in Iran and Bahrain, threatening a vital life source in one of the most water-scarce regions in the world. Analysts said that this development was not only a “serious escalation” in the...

Iran-war, Desalination-plants, Water

With Iran resisting the U.S./Israeli onslaught for the second week, what was supposed to be a quick transition to a pro-U.S. regime following the decapitation strike that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is fast turning into a quagmire. While...

Kurds-iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia

On Monday, oil prices briefly touched $120 a barrel before falling back after President Trump told CBS the “war is very complete, pretty much”, claiming Iran has “no navy, no communications, no air force.” Earlier, however, his Defense Secretary Pete...

World, $120 Oil, Asia Energy Shock

The American and Israeli attacks on Iran and the confusion within the United States over the war’s objectives are making headlines. The attacks, and Iran’s counter-tactics of targeting American military bases and allies in the region, is having geopolitical ramifications...

World, Block 2, Iran War

Trump’s “all over the place” press conference at his Miami resort on Monday appears to have had two key objectives: a) Calm the markets by signalling the conflict may soon be over because it has been so "successful,”...

Trump, Iran, Israel

- - - - No way out. Hospital in south Lebanon. Photo by Mahmoud Zayyat / AFP On March 6, the US State Department announced that the first charter flight of Americans from the Middle East had arrived back in...

President Trump’s unconstitutional and unjust war against Iran is setting back his “affordability” agenda. The war has caused a big rise in gasoline prices. Among the related concerns is the hindering of the movement of oil through the Strait of...

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The United States has once again launched a war in the Middle East based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction. Like the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the U.S. assault on Iran rests on allegations that international inspectors...

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Hitler came up with the concept of ‘Lebensraum,’ or a living space that is vital for Germany’s survival. The Nazi idea meant that overcrowded Germany needs more space to grow into, exploit and inhabit. Expanding into surrounding countries such as...

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Come il sionismo è diventato un’ideologia aggressiva e sta distruggendo l’America dall’interno Segue nostro Telegram . Il nome di Carrie Prejean Boller non dirà molto al pubblico italiano. Modella di fama nazionale e già miss California nel 2009 e seconda...

Italiano, Ideology, Israel

This morning, my daughter woke up before Fajr. She beamed at my groggy face, “Baba, I’m doing my first fast today.” She’s young enough that she doesn’t have to. But she wanted to fast. Just like she wanted to go...

#Society, Family and Community, featured

Since the joint US-Israel war with Iran resumed on February 28, nine months after the previous attacks, many have asked whether President Donald Trump has a strategy for what he wants to achieve and for when he will declare another...

Opinion, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump

GAZA, (PIC) One Palestinian was killed, and several others were injured on Monday after Israeli forces opened fire in the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City, hours after an Israeli artillery strike in central Gaza killed a journalist and two girls. A...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

WEST BANK, (PIC) Jewish settlers attacked several Palestinians on Monday in different areas of al-Khalil Governorate in the southern West Bank, under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. Meanwhile, Israeli bulldozers continued uprooting hundreds of olive trees in the town of...

News, Israeli violations, settler arttack

North Korea’s list of close partners keeps shrinking. After the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria in December 2024, Iran became North Korea’s sole ally in the Middle East. Now, after the US-Israel strikes on Iran and Ayatollah Ali...

Northeast Asia, Block 3, Iran-North Korea

On Sunday, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz told ABC News that Arab Gulf states may soon step up their involvement in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. “I expect that you'll see additional diplomatic and possibly military action from...

Iran, Saudi-arabia, Israel

The ongoing Trumpian plot to rig the midterms and end democracy is getting crazier and more dangerous by the day. The plot is also becoming increasingly layered and will likely continue all the way to next Jan. 3, when newly...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday accused Hezbollah of working towards the "collapse" of the state, expressing Beirut's readiness for "direct negotiations" with Israel to end the war . Israel's renewed bombing campaign in Lebanon has killed at least 486...

MENA

The United Arab Emirates decried Monday that it was being targeted "in a very unwarranted manner" in the Middle East war, stressing it would "not partake in any attacks against Iran". "The UAE does not seek to be drawn into conflict...

MENA

Israeli security forces are reinforcing security measures around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in occupied Jerusalem , in the event of a potential retaliatory attack by Iran, Israeli media reported on Sunday. Israel's Shin Bet internal security agency has reportedly...

MENA

The Open University (OU) secretly committed to removing the historically accurate term 'Ancient Palestine' from its course materials after pressure from the pro-Israel lobby group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), newly obtained documents seen by The...

MENA

Credit: Marco Longari/AFP By Inés M. Pousadela MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Mar 9 2026 (IPS) Consider what International Women’s Day looked like a few years ago, and what it looks like now: the same date, the same global moment of reflection, but a...

Active Citizens, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society
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“I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw us,” said Alex Karp, the CEO of the emerging military tech firm Palantir. Far from an offhand outburst,...

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