Norwegian oil and gas firms Equinor and Aker BP have made a gas and condensate discovery close to the operating Balder field in the North Sea, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate, the regulator of the industry in Norway, said on Monday....
Our intrepid team covers a lot of ground in this episode: the increasing fluidity of the battlefield, drones and air defense, the biting Black Sea campaign, the causes and aftermath of the firing of Ukraine’s popular defense minister, why Ukraine...
The Norwegian government is asking the country’s Supreme Court to overturn lower-court rulings that invalidated the development permits of three new oilfields in Norway’s North Sea. The case was brought to court three years ago by environmental organizations Greenpeace Nordic...
The collapse of multiculturalism in Ceuta works in Russia’s favor, as it could trigger the fall of Europe’s Russophobic governments. Sanchez Uses Rubber Bullets Against Migrants in Ceuta Spanish police used rubber bullets in Ceuta to contain migrants attempting to leave a...
Ebola is a disease that spreads through communities, so we need to listen to communities if we want to halt its spread Each time we travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), we go first to listen. In Bunia,...
GAZA, Gaza Strip / PNN / Report by Nesma Al-Harazin — For Palestinian Mahmoud Abdel Karim Skik, losing both legs in a wartime injury was only the beginning of a much larger struggle. The double amputation not only changed how he moves...
Japan’s nationwide day-ahead electricity price soared by 20% in one week to settle on Monday at the highest level since January 2023, as gas supply disruptions from the Middle East and an intense heatwave pushed up prices and consumption. The...
Britain’s decision to provide Ukraine with classified information on British-made components used in SCALP long-range cruise missiles has triggered a sharp response from Moscow, with the Kremlin accusing London of deliberately prolonging the war and warning that its latest support...
By Kizito Makoye DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Aug 24 2026 (IPS) For pastoralists in Arvaikheer — a village in Mongolia’s dry central plains — rain can determine whether there is enough grass for cattle to roam, whether waterholes are replenished and whether...
Pakistan has stepped into a delicate diplomatic role as tensions between Washington and Tehran enter a potentially dangerous new phase, with Army Chief Asim Munir visiting Iran on Monday for talks aimed at promoting regional peace and stability. His visit...
Norway plans to continue exploring for oil and gas in its Arctic waters in the Barents Sea regardless of whether the European Union supports or lifts a moratorium on Arctic drilling, Norway’s Energy Minister Terje Aasland told Reuters. Norway, not...
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has signalled that London wants to move beyond its cautious post-Brexit approach to the European Union, arguing that Britain must be “bolder” in pursuing closer ties with the bloc. His meeting with European Council President...
U.S. refiners are facing an unprecedented test as they operate near maximum capacity to capitalise on extraordinary profits created by the Iran war, but the strategy carries a growing risk: the harder refineries are pushed, the greater the possibility of...
Donald Trump’s renewed outreach to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is raising broader questions about the reliability of the United States as a security partner in Asia, particularly after Washington’s decision to scale back military exercises with South Korea....
Mildred Okwo’s earnest film about the conflicting romantic wishes in a Nigerian family struggles to connect with its promising premise It’s a stretch for this Nigerian romcom to bill itself “the first Nollywood-Bollywood collaboration” based on the fact that it features,...
I never knew Birol Altınkılıç in person, but I knew of him far enough to be writing these words in his memory. The news of the sudden loss of Birol Altınkılıç spread quickly through gastronomy circles in Türkiye, almost at...
The Western commentariat filed the Mecca agreement under a comfortable heading. When Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on August 7 — an armed attack on one to be treated as an attack on all...
Nikolai Patrushev’s visit to Brazil demonstrates that Moscow is not isolated and that Brasília is resisting renewed U.S. strategic pressure in Latin America. Russia and Brazil are quietly expanding cooperation in naval operations, maritime logistics, shipbuilding, fisheries, trade, and technology,...
Politicians don’t often find themselves on packages of cookies. Nor do their bags tend to go viral, sparking a fashion craze. But few politicians are quite like Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. Since she took office in October,...
The latest U.S. strategy in the Middle East is defined as one of “ maximum pressure ,” combining military containment and economic sanctions in an attempt to compel Iran to accept a deal. But it lacks clearly defined, civilian-led outcomes,...
In the last decade, 31 former members of Congress and top staff have left Capitol Hill and joined the military-industrial complex as lobbyists or contractors, according to a new report from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The 21 lawmakers named...
On August 18, Israel bombed a non-operational Syrian air base , reportedly to derail Turkish plans to deploy military forces to the installation. The move drew swift condemnation from the United States, which did not receive prior notification despite its...
By CIVICUS Aug 24 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses the rapid erosion of civic space in Ecuador with Gabriela Panchana, an activist, communicator and founder of the En Voz Alta and Rumbo Plural digital platforms. Gabriela Panchana Gabriela faces legal proceedings as a result of...
Here’s a realistic scenario how the next serious crisis around digital sovereignty will play out. It will not be a conventional cyberattack. An AI agent, pursuing an assigned objective, will identify another AI system as an obstacle and attempt to...
Oil prices fell by more than 2% in early Asian trade on Monday as traders took profits and markets awaited details of a new U.S. sanctions package against Iran. At the time of writing, WTI futures were trading at $85.18...
In early August, a Pentagon official stood in front of reporters and conceded something the department almost never says out loud: the world’s best-funded military cannot out-produce a country under invasion. Travis Metz, deputy director of the Defense Innovation Unit,...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. I have been stunned by the number of officials from a wide variety of countries who, while hardly favoring Iran or feeling much empathy for the Islamic Republic, have privately expressed to me...
In the following lines, the OSCE Secretary General (2011–2017) argues that the erosion of multilateralism calls for renewed investment in inclusive regional frameworks capable of sustaining dialogue among states with conflicting interests. Drawing on the OSCE experience, Zannier identifies the...
Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex and Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras are joining efforts and expertise to drill prospects in Mexican waters in the Gulf of Mexico, hoping to unlock huge oil resources from source rock formations that are miles...
Ajit Prabhu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Quest Global, a global engineering services company driven by a single purpose: to be the most trusted partner for solving the world’s hardest engineering problems. Under his leadership, Quest Global has built...
The world is set to experience an extremely intense El Niño weather event this year, with warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific. This could disrupt typical weather patterns and lead to heavy rainfall in some regions and severe...
While it seems that Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on much of anything these days, there’s at least one common enemy that’s bringing both sides of the aisle together: data centers. Representatives on both sides of the aisle are increasingly...
In the West we are being led to believe that Ukraine is a bulwark of democracy. It is a den of corruption and nazism, which the West is paying for. Kit Klarenberg is an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence...
Dr. Adam Hamawy says that to move forward, the Democrats must embrace an anti-war, economically progressive agenda, and abandon the categories of left vs. right. Transcript Chris Hedges: There are a string of Democratic Party insurgents who defied party leadership to run on...
In this final part of the series on the causes of inflation, Roberts considers the period since the end of the pandemic slump in 2020. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from...
Chinese media and intelligence are closely following the exodus of the American Central Intelligence Agency CIA personnel, particularly the months-long wait for new retirees to receive their financial entitlements. The agency is facing what it describes as an unprecedented number...
A Seattle startup is seeking to revolutionize geothermal energy by tapping into undersea volcanoes. In September, a 100-kilowatt geothermal generator will be deployed to the seafloor off Oregon’s coast, where a hydrothermal vent emits temperatures of up to 750 degrees...
On August 2nd — sixteen days before Israeli jets hit a Syrian airbase and set off the loudest week in Israeli-Turkish relations in years — Turkey’s defence minister told parliament something almost nobody outside Ankara noticed. Yaşar Güler said Turkey...
GAZA, Gaza Strip / PNN — As fuel supplies dwindle and access to petrol and diesel in the Gaza Strip remains severely restricted, residents are turning to locally produced alternatives to meet basic needs, from powering vehicles and bakeries to cooking...
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Ramallah, West Bank /PNN / For Manar Fattayer, 3D printing began with curiosity — and quickly became a way to turn imagination into something people can hold. An engineer and entrepreneur, Fattayer became fascinated by the technology while following foreign videos and...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip / PNN / Amid the rubble left by the war in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians are trying to save what remains of their books and libraries, seeing them as part of a cultural memory under threat. Among them...
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to impose strong economic measures on Iran, following remarks by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that unprecedented sanctions will be announced soon. Bessent is scheduled to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. EDT on...
More than 2,000 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the first case of this epidemic was recorded in May. The Guardian's global health correspondent, Kat Lay, spoke to CDC Africa's Yap Boum II...
A social media post by U.S. President Donald Trump about the Keystone XL oil pipeline generated interest during U.S.-Canada trade talks. Keystone XL was a proposed crude pipeline, about 1,900 km (1,181 miles) long, intended to transport 830,000 barrels of...
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Ukraine has opened a “Pandora’s box” by attacking Russian economic targets, promising retaliation focused on Ukraine’s key economic sectors. This summer, Ukraine intensified drone strikes on Russian infrastructure, aiming to disrupt facilities essential to...
Kazakhs began voting on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election that is expected to increase President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s power. This election follows a new constitution that changed parliament from two chambers to one. The supreme court confirmed that this allows...
Every single day, my mother and I played a cat-and-mouse game of who could love and adore my father more than the previous day. Was it fair to say that I won most of the time? For whatever reason, for...
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