In my recent article — Boots on the Ground in Iran… A Deception or a Suicide Mission? — I was shocked by the lack of OPSEC (aka Operational Security) surrounding the deployment of the 31st and 11th MEUs...
On March 19, Ras Laffan, the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in the world, supplying one-fifth of the world’s super-chilled fuel, was hit by Iranian missiles and drones. The Qatari terminal suffered substantial damage in the strikes – fires...
The WTO reform agenda is a distraction. The real prize is dismantling MFN through plurilateral precedents. Credit: WTO By Chien Yen Goh and Kinda Mohamadieh GENEVA, Mar 24 2026 (IPS) As trade ministers gather in Yaoundé, Cameroon, for the WTO’s...
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Kuhaneetha Bai Kalaicelvan KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 24 2026 (IPS) In mid-1971, US President Nixon ended the dollar’s gold peg at $35 per ounce, triggering de-dollarisation. The 2025 gold and silver rush followed private speculators...
In the second week of the Iran war – with the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, cutting off shipping of 20% of the world’s oil supply – the International Energy Agency announced the largest release of strategic oil reserves in...
Emerging reports of Russian intelligence support to Iran in its war with the US and Israel are raising critical questions about the scope, credibility and strategic implications of deepening Russia–Iran military cooperation. This month, reports citing US officials and sources...
As the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran intensifies, the specter of escalation presents major economic, political, and geopolitical threats not just in the Middle East, but across the most densely populated and dynamic region of the world: East, Southeast and South...
Americans are divided neatly along party lines on their opinion of U.S. military action against Iran, according to surveys conducted since the Iran war began on Feb. 28. But this is far from the only foreign policy issue dividing Americans...
A widening Middle East war is toppling leaders, devastating economies, and leaving millions caught in a humanitarian catastrophe. By Ibrahim Moiz for MuslimMatters Israel Broadens Its Murderous Assaults Twenty days into the American-Israeli war on Iran, the conflict has widened to...
There is a particular frustration that comes with being a Cassandra in Washington. You spend three decades writing books titled “Quagmire” and “Sandstorm”, you warn in magazine after magazine, op-ed after op-ed, that America’s compulsive entanglement in Middle Eastern politics would one day...
- - - - Image by NightCafe US President Donald Trump’s war of choice against Iran may leave the US economy, with the country’s substantial energy reserves, less battered than those of most of the world. As a net oil...
“War is the health of the state.” That phrase, coined by Randolph Bourne, explains why opposition to war is a priority of many libertarians. War allows governments to increase spending, taxes, and regulations in order to feed the war machine....
Blaming Israel is easy. With its actions in Gaza, the West Bank, and now Lebanon, it is too easy. Taking responsibility is harder – and the deeper strategic malaise within the United States deserves far greater scrutiny than it receives....
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have little patience for questions that do not conform to his preferred style of declaring unsubstantiated victories, whether against South Americans or in the Middle East. In a charged press conference on March...
This article was first published by Al Jazeera in Arabic. That the U.S. is awash in hypocrisy and mendacity should come as no surprise to the people of the world who have watched the U.S. launch one war and/or regime...
For more than a decade, naval and air forces of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have exerted a strong presence in Taiwan’s immediate neighborhood. One U.S. expert calculated that Taiwan recorded an average of about 10 Chinese military flights...
Between March 20 and March 23, Iran and its allied militias continued launching drones, missiles, and rockets against Arab countries, targeting energy infrastructure, airports, military bases, diplomatic facilities, and residential areas. The post Iran and proxies continue attacking regional...
The bombs are falling. The Iranian regime is reeling. But revolutions aren’t won from 30,000 feet. As Washington and Jerusalem pummel toward a mission accomplished, Bill Roggio is joined by FDD's Jon Schanzer to grapple with a harder question that...
By James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Mar 23 2026 (IPS) When the 11th Our Ocean Conference opens in Mombasa and Kilifi, Kenya, from June 16-18, 2026, it will mark the first time this influential meeting has been held on African soil....
Con enorme senso di responsabilità il Partito Comunista Cubano, per tramite del nipote di Raul Castro, Raulito Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, sta discutendo con gli statunitensi la possibilità di evitare uno scenario iraniano che sarebbe un’Ulteriore devastante disgrazia per il popolo...
This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 23 March 2026. L Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today condemned the reported assault on Albarka Radio journalist, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, by police officers over the weekend while he...
This statement was originally published on ipi.media on 19 March 2026. Resolution calls on states to investigate and remedy attacks on journalists covering environmental harm and climate impact The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the African Commission on Human...
Originally published by Pacific Forum, the article is republished with permission. Most Western analyses of the recent purge of two People’s Liberation Army four-star generals (上将) treat this development as something shocking. Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping has been...
‘Through more than three years in power, Italian premier Giorgia Meloni has often seemed to have an electoral magic touch. Her defeat in a judicial-reform referendum today tells us she still can’t rewrite the country’s constitution at will.’ In...
ANKARA, (PIC) A senior delegation from Hamas, led by Nizar Awadallah, met with Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin in Istanbul on Sunday to discuss the latest developments in the Palestinian territories. According to a statement issued by Hamas, the meeting addressed the...
WEsT BANK, (PIC) Hamas Political Bureau member Husam Badran said that the escalating assaults in the West Bank show that settler attacks have turned into an “open war” targeting the existence of the Palestinian people on their land and imposing a...
NABLUS, (PIC) Three Palestinians were injured Monday evening following an Israeli military raid and settler attacks in areas east of Nablus in the northern West Bank. Imad Ahmad, director of the Red Crescent’s Emergency and Ambulance Center in Nablus, said medical teams...
We won’t stop environmental destruction unless we can bring an end to war. Rick Steiner is a conservation biologist in Anchorage and a retired professor of marine conservation with the University of Alaska. As founder of Oasis Earth, he has worked...
Dropping sexual abuse and rape charges against Israeli soldiers proves that the Israeli legal system will never hold Israelis to account for their war crimes against Palestinians. Peter Oborne’s new book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza, was recently...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 12 March 2026. The Gambia Press Union (GPU) notes with concern the news of the arrest of the Editor of Jollof News Online , Momodou Justice Darboe, on...
Like Apartheid South Africa, Zionist Israel may be ending in an orgy of violence in all directions. Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. He is the author of six books. His forthcoming...
This statement was originally published on rsf.org on 17 March 2026. Since 10 January 2025, journalist Melvin Tejan Mansaray, a respected specialist in parliamentary affairs in Sierra Leone, has been barred from entering Parliament simply for criticising MPs on...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 20 March 2026. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on South African authorities to act swiftly on a criminal case of assault, robbery, intimidation, and malicious damage to the property of...
Most people know Chuck Norris, who died on Friday at age 86, as the inspiration for Chuck Norris Facts — the handle for a thousand jokes about his supposed fearsomeness and indestructability. But jokes aside, the karate champion turned actor was...
The death cult in West Asia strikes South Pars, part of the world’s largest gas field, shared with Qatar’s North Dome. Then it strikes Natanz nuclear power station. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us:...
In its recent airstrikes in Kabul, Pakistan reportedly targeted a drug rehabilitation center, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of patients. The United Nations and the World Health Organization have called for an investigation into the attack...
Human Rights Watch is accusing Israeli forces of carrying out war crimes in southern Lebanon in its intensified military campaign there, ongoing since early March, following the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The NGO said the Israeli...
The Home Office has blocked new study visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics explain - Six students challenge Home Office visa ban on...
Saudi Arabia has sharply increased crude oil shipments through its Red Sea infrastructure, as Iran's blockade on the Strait of Hormuz forces major producers to reroute exports, exposing new bottlenecks and risks across global energy markets. The kingdom,...
US President Donald Trump has said Washington and Tehran are moving closer to a potential agreement , claiming there are “major points of agreement” between the two sides, despite firm denials from Iran that any negotiations are taking place. Trump...
Israel should extend its border with Lebanon up to the Litani River deep inside the country's south, Israel's finance minister said on Monday as Israeli troops bombed bridges and destroyed homes in the area in an escalating military...
Thousands of Muslims across South Africa have marked the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid al-Fitr festival in a sombre atmosphere, as the United States and Israel pursue a war on Muslim majority Iran, and Israeli...
Pravda.Ru special correspondent Daria Aslamova conducted an interview with political analyst and Americanist Malek Dudakov, discussing divisions within Donald Trump's team and the potential threat of invoking the 25th Amendment. Hawks, Isolationists, and High-Profile Resignations Q: Joe Kent — a special...
This article concludes the three-part series examining key methodologies required for successful multi-die design. The first article [hyperlink to SemiWiki first article] focused on feasibility exploration and early architectural validation, while the second article [hyperlink to SemiWiki...
This article concludes the three-part series examining key methodologies required for successful multi-die design. The first article Reducing Risk Early: Multi-Die Design Feasibility Exploration focused on feasibility exploration and early architectural validation, while the second article Building...
At least five people have died in Oman over the past 24 hours after vehicles were swept away by floodwaters, authorities said on Monday. Oman's Civil Defence and Ambulance Authority said seven people were rescued after a vehicle carrying...
A lobbying firm with close ties to senior figures in Donald Trump’s administration has signed a $2 million deal to represent Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar and his self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces, according to reporting by...
A British man detained in Tehran urged Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday to "step out of the shadows" and publicly deny the spying charges against him and his wife, who fear for their lives more than three...
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