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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...

Africa, Asia-Pacific, Biodiversity

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...

News

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...

Energy Security, Economics, energy security

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....

Defense, Japan, North Korea

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...

Arts & Life

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,...

Latin America, Politics, Russia

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,...

Northeast Asia, Japan, Japan gender issues

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...

Congress, Silicon-valley, Defense-tech

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,...

Military-strategy, Forever-wars, Iran

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...

Enewsletter, Israel, Us-military

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...

Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice

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,...

Defense, Analysis, drones

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...

Uncategorized

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...

Middle East & Africa, Economics, Gulf Countries

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...

CEO Interviews, AI-assisted design tools, Ajit Prabhu

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...

News

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...

News

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...

Geopolitics, National Politics, Article

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...

Economics, Article, Michael Roberts

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...

News

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...

Middle East & Africa, Analysis, Cyprus

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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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...

Economy, Analysis, Economics

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...

Oil & Gas, Analysis, Canada

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...

World News, Defense, Economics

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...

World News, Kazakhstan

Nine members of the opposition, including former Prime Minister Succès Masra, have been pardoned by President Mahamat Idriss Déby, in line with his commitments. The decision had been anticipated for several days, as Chad has just celebrated the 66 th anniversary...

Politics, Chad

Saudi Arabia’s claim to oppose outside interference in Sudan is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. Riyadh is no longer merely a venue for mediation or an advocate for a ceasefire: it is emerging as the principal regional underwriter of General...

Middle East & Africa, Africa, Defense

Sometime ago I was asked to address a number of issues which contrasted Western and Eastern positions. My sense was the questions were framed mostly from the western perspective. My goal was to suggest that there are alternatives to conflict. The...

News

U.S. President Donald Trump’s scaling-back of joint military exercises with South Korea is the latest impulsive and thoughtless decision in an accumulation of foreign policy insults that is leading to the U.S.’s abandonment of the world’s democratic community. These include...

Americas, Defense, European Union

By Abdirahman Abdillahi Ibrahim Agriculture is one of the foundations of livelihoods and food security across Somaliland. Yet farmers face a persistent and often underestimated threat: insects, plant diseases, invasive weeds, rodents and other organisms that can damage crops before they...

Nature/Environment/Resources, Somaliland

Order a heavy-duty gas turbine from GE Vernova today and it won’t arrive until 2031. That’s the company’s actual production schedule, confirmed on its July 22 earnings call, and it’s the fact sitting underneath every AI data center power plan...

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