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As the United States and its Western allies remain preoccupied with the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, tensions with Iran, and a broader series of geopolitical crises, China has sought to use the resulting strategic space to expand its economic,...

Money managers have reduced their bullish bets on both Brent and WTI crude futures over the past two weeks despite little progress on a potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. In the latest reporting week to August 4, portfolio...

Ukraine's long-range "miracle missiles,” the Flamingo, which their manufacturer has used to threaten Iran, have shown little effectiveness in strikes against Russian territory. Flamingo Missiles Struggle to Find an Effective Flight Path On July 8, Ukrainian forces attacked Russia with five Flamingo...

Shares in Australia-listed Sunrise Energy Metals Ltd (SRL:ASX) jumped by 29% at opening on Monday after the U.S. Department of War announced a conditional commitment for a US$400-million loan for the company to build out its scandium operations. The Department...

DAC was abuzz this year with new AI-fueled approaches to chip design and debug. New tools powered by deeply trained models opened substantial possibilities to deliver higher quality designs much faster, potentially with less resources. Every new technology has its...

This year’s heat waves and related productivity declines and lower agricultural output could erase as much as 1% of the gross domestic product of the European Union, wiping out most of the EU’s economic growth expected for 2026, according to...

Messi and his family had traveled from Miami on a private plane and were escorted by a police motorcade to a Rosario cemetery, where a private family wake was held before the burial early on Sunday. Messi's father Jorge Messi died...

Iran has appointed Mohsen Rezaei as secretary of its Supreme National Security Council, promoting a prominent hardliner and close ally of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei to a key security role more than five months into the conflict with the...

Trump’s latest Gaza roadmap hinges on two deeply contested conditions: Hamas must disarm, while Israel must withdraw from the territory. Hamas has endorsed the roadmap in principle, but Israel has rejected the idea of withdrawing before Hamas’s weapons are fully...

Kazakhstan is looking to re-route part of its crude oil exports away from its Black Sea export terminal and on pipelines through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey amid continued threats to its shipments from the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk....

By: Jens Kastner Impressed by Ukraine’s success in using low-cost sea drones against Russia’s Black Sea navy, Taiwan is increasingly focusing on asymmetric coastal defense by pushing the development and procurement of unmanned surface vessels (USVs), evidenced by new drone orders...

Dhaka Seeks a New Start Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman told India’s envoy on Monday that the two countries needed to create a “conducive environment” to strengthen bilateral ties, as Dhaka continues to press New Delhi over the politically sensitive...

Hungary expects its only nuclear power plant to resume producing electricity as early as Monday evening after one of the turbines at the Paks nuclear plant is switched on, Prime Minister Peter Magyar said. Hungary and Romania have been hit...

Lars Gottschligg bought an abandoned building in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, covered it with solar panels and transformed it into a sleek black cube that produces and stores energy, houses data centres and charges electric cars. “We turned...

A Ukrainian drone attack on a city in Russia’s Tatarstan region killed 12 people and wounded at least another 39 in a massive strike that also hit one of the most technologically advanced oil refineries in Russia. Radmir Belyayev, the...

Grace Adama puts on her earrings in her two-room flat in Abuja before grabbing her handbag and heading to work. The health NGO worker earns 135,000 naira ($99) a month, nearly twice Nigeria’s minimum wage. Yet she says her income...

Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a limited series celebrating American defense technologies born from wartime and their effects on broader national security, politics, and society. This series will run for several weeks to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary,...

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese pairs his literary-grade voiceover with propulsive, prophetic images to interrogate his identity and that of his colonialism-carved homeland Here is a captivating stream of consciousness film about exile, roots and identity by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, director of the...

ADNOC Gas, the gas business of the Emirati energy major, will spend more than $8 billion on its Rich Gas Development project, the company said today, as it eyes 60% growth in its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization...

The United States has bluntly signaled a deprioritization of the Indian Ocean at a peculiar time. The reversion of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to its former name, U.S. Pacific Command, signifies no material change in force posture or organizational responsibilities, but...

Why Are South Korea and the US Holding New Military Drills? South Korea and the United States will conduct major joint military exercises from August 17 to 27, as the allies adapt their defence preparations to what they describe as...

In April 2026, over a month after the United States launched its attack on Iran, leading to thousands of reprisal strikes across the Gulf, the United Arab Emirates shut down a network of money changers connected to the Islamic Revolutionary...

Trump’s big con convinced too many that Patriot interceptors were coming to Ukraine The actual reporting of war and politics these days in most media outlets can be incredibly weak. The system often seems broken – reporting White House-inspired narratives...

Iran has reportedly hit another tanker in the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Oman, setting it on fire, Gulf News reported earlier today, noting the information had yet to be verified. The information first emerged on social media, with...

Myanmar’s military-backed government is pushing back against renewed efforts by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to address the country’s civil war, challenging the bloc’s special envoy and rejecting calls for the unconditional release of detained former leader Aung...

Asian stocks rose on Monday, following Wall Street higher after weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data reduced expectations of an immediate rise in borrowing costs. However, oil prices edged higher as uncertainty over efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz kept investors...

I am in Malatya to celebrate the Türkiye Culture Route Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, specifically for the gastronomy leg. The event is held at a different destination every other week, beginning with a tour of...

Crude oil prices began this week with a gain following a statement by Iran setting six demands for a peace deal with the United States and claims from the Houthis that they had struck an Aramco refinery in Jazan. At...

For anyone in Europe who still viewed climate change as a problem for future generations, this summer’s extreme heat has offered a stark reality check. Record temperatures, droughts and wildfires are already imposing significant economic costs across the continent, disrupting...

On July 30th, a projectile object landed in Tarnawa-Kolonia, a village in eastern Poland. Upon further investigation, this object was identified as a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile. An F-16 was scrambled in defense, although the strike appeared to have been...

When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that “they will try to interfere in the Brazilian elections,” he was not referring only to a diplomatic dispute between Brazil and the U.S. He was pointing to a broader geopolitical...

Japan has remained at the forefront of global attention for several reasons in recent times — from concerns over an economic bubble and a slowing economy to a weakening yen. On the leadership front, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s first...

The Africa CDC and the World Health Organization called on August 6 for an urgent scale-up of the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, conceding that the outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to contain it. Contact...

In Brazil’s 2026 election, a voter may ask a chatbot which candidate best matches her priorities. Under Resolution No. 23.755/2026, which amended Brazil’s standing electoral-propaganda rules, the Superior Electoral Court, known as the TSE, prohibits AI providers from ranking, recommending, or...

On Friday, July 31, 2026, Lieutenant Commander James M. Ennes, Jr., US Navy, ret., slipped his cable and unfurled his sails. With the Great Pilot at the helm, he set a course to his final home port. LCDR Ennes, then...

The events in Tell, southwest of Nablus, were not an isolated act of violence. They were a warning. For years, Israel has treated Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank as open spaces for military raids, settler invasions, land theft...

Reprinted with permission from The Jason Jones Show substack. Have you seen the ruling classes’ latest ploy for holding onto power rather than allow the public to hold them accountable through straightforward and honest elections? It’s clear as day to...