Some claims making the rounds on social media start with an observation that is basically correct: crude oil was more expensive after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 than it is today, yet diesel prices are now higher. The conclusion often...
By Mawlana Muhammad Haroon Abasoomar Shaykh ‘Abdullah Sirajuddin (rahimahullah) was the foremost teacher of my esteemed teacher, Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwamah (hafizahullah) and was a senior ‘Alim of Syria. In June of the year 2000 (Rabi’ul Awwal 1421 A.H.) I travelled with...
The war with Iran is Trump’s folly but Congress’s disgrace for not stopping it. Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network,...
If the consent decree clearing the Paramount megamerger were a movie, it wouldn’t be an original — it would be the latest installment in a long-running horror franchise. In exchange for the plaintiffs (all Democratic attorneys general, sigh) removing one of...
Can civilisations pull together the fragments of older insights and knowing to give the context by which to make moral discourse intelligible again? Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Stategic...
Modern system-on-chip (SoC) and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) designs are extraordinarily complex. They may combine processors, accelerators, memory controllers, high-speed interfaces, security functions, and millions—or even billions—of logic gates. Verifying these systems entirely through … Read More The post S2C Prodigy...
Workers remain a repressed and exploited group. Caitlin Johnstone is a reader-supported independent journalist from Melbourne, Australia. Her political writings can be found on Medium . Articles are re-posted from Caitlins Newsletter . Cross-posted from Caitlin Johnstone’s Substack Doordash has reached a historic...
It was just this month that saw the Iran conflict spill over into a renewed fight between the Saudi coalition and Yemen's Houthi rebels. Now Iran is threatening to expand the fight further, even into the Indian Ocean. Yahya Rahim...
The main news of the day is the Chinese leader's first state visit to the United States in 11 years, a meeting that directly affects Russia's interests. Trump Welcomes Communist Xi on the Red Carpet Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in...
Somewhere in the briefing papers prepared for this week’s meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sits a request that quietly retires a decade of American strategy. Washington wants Beijing to lean on Tehran over the Strait of Hormuz. China...
Global debt has passed US$365 trillion, and the cost of carrying it is now rising faster than any government can control. For investors with money anywhere in the world, few risks matter more over at least the next two years....
Fighting escalates after Tigrayan rebels form new coalition aimed at overthrowing Abiy Ahmed government There are growing fears of a return to civil war in Ethiopia after an offensive by fighters from Tigray into the neighbouring states of Afar and Amhara...
This story is the second of a two-part collaboration between Truthdig and the Texas Observer. Read the first part here . In the late spring of 2009, Andrew Collins learned that an oil and gas drilling waste landfarm, operated by a...
“The History of Concrete” is one of the year’s most fluid documentaries. This intriguing, often amusing reorientation of how we see the material world features, and is directed by, the inimitable John Wilson (HBO’s “How To With John Wilson”) as...
TODAY’S NUMBERS 36 months (the EU’s new Russia asset-freeze renewal cycle, up from six) · 100% (top US tariff on Russia’s five biggest buyers) · 2.96m bpd (India’s Russian crude imports in July). Sanctions are getting harder to unwind, and...
Ten months, one tariff threat and several "sleepless nights" later, South Korea has finally found somewhere to put the first piece of the $350 billion it promised to invest in America. The winner is a gas-fired power complex in Encinal,...
Allies are hedging against the US: why Brussels, Madrid and Paris no longer see Washington as their most reliable partner Belgium no longer regards the United States as an unequivocally reliable ally. In its new foreign policy strategy, developments in Washington...
Throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century, Brazilian governments of all ideological persuasions have consistently resisted perceived subordination to the US. Regardless of who wins the presidency, we should expect Brazil to continue prioritizing national sovereignty. The post Structural...
Saudi Arabia has sold almost 100 million barrels of crude to Asian buyers via the Strait of Hormuz since the middle of last week, when it pivoted to the chokepoint it wanted to avoid with the East-West pipeline to the...
Earlier this month, Britain, France, and Canada announced a coordinated round of sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank: an import ban on settlement goods, measures against the firms that sustain them, and sanctions on Israeli settlers. British...
Credit: Amanda Cotton / Ocean Image Bank By Gareth Johnstone and Jan Thomas Odegard OSLO, Norway, Sep 24 2026 (IPS) As Norway undertakes Vendepunkt , or “Turning Point,” its reflection on the future of Norwegian development policy, it is critical that oceans remain...
A tarmac welcome, a paused Taiwan arms package and a trade truce that conveniently outlasts the midterms. Trump’s White House summit with Xi Jinping will produce few agreements, but it reveals exactly who is setting the terms. On a blustery...
The UK government’s new sanctions on Israel have resulted in zero arms export licences being revoked or suspended, it can be revealed. Earlier this month, Ed Miliband announced a fresh range of measures against Israel including a ban on trade with...
HARGEISA, 24 September 2026 — The two Houses of the Republic of Somaliland’s Parliament have adopted a joint resolution endorsing President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi “Irro’s” diplomatic mission to the United States and calling for Somaliland’s admission to the United Nations....
Artificial intelligence is emerging as one of the defining concerns of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy, with the Vatican warning that the technology could reshape society in ways that governments and institutions may struggle to control. The Vatican’s concerns predate the...
Credit: IAEA IAEA’s 70th General Conference highlights growing strains on safeguards and nuclear security as attention shifts to the first review of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty. By Katsuhiro Asagiri VIENNA, Sep 24 2026 (IPS) The international nuclear order is facing another test as...
The U.S. government is ready to support Argentina’s key LNG project by lending up to $6 billion to the project led by Argentina’s energy group YPF in partnership with Italy’s Eni and Emirati energy firm XRG. As part of a...
Main image: Members of the Ugandan dance group “the Ghetto Kids” pose for a group picture after a day’s rehearsal at their home in Nakawuka, Wakiso, Uganda, on May 25, 2026. The popular dance group is scheduled to perform alongside...
Prediction market platforms allow people to bet on real-world events like politics, culture, economics, war, and sports. Their defining feature is the buying and selling of contracts. They operate on a peer-to-peer model in which participants buy and sell contracts...
By James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Sep 24 2026 (IPS) After decades in which the high seas were too often treated as a distant frontier—vast, ownerless and beyond meaningful protection—the High Seas Treaty entered into force on 17 January 2026. It was a...
Chinese investment has long been a cornerstone of development policy for many Southeast Asian nations. From roads and buildings to green energy that helps countries keep up with global environmental regulations, Beijing’s investment has created significant development opportunities. But it...
Beirut / PNN / Plastic pollution is costing Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia between US$1.7 billion and US$5.5 billion every year in net terms, according to a new report by Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa (MENA). If current plastic trends continue,...
Dr. Agnes Kalibata, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Africa Food Systems Forum in 2019. Credit: Wikimedia Commons By Agnes Kalibata NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 24 2026 (IPS) I was born in Rwanda, but my family soon became refugees in Uganda during the...
Africa already has pan-African banks, monetary unions, regional markets, payment systems and a growing institutional savings sector. Yet credit, guarantees, financial information and capital do not yet flow across its borders with the ease that this framework should enable. How...
Artificial intelligence is widely expected to transform businesses and reshape the labor market. But its biggest economic consequence could extend beyond companies and workers: AI driven productivity gains could also give heavily indebted governments a way to improve their finances....
Indian state refiners are ramping up their production of liquefied petroleum gas amid a seasonal jump in demand as the country enters festive season and imports from the Middle East remain strangled. So far in September, local production of LPG...
“If one is to judge by the fire and ardor with which this book is sought after, it is the most excellent of all books. Never were so many copies printed of any work; never were so many editions made...
The irony in all of this, which I am now researching is that the calls for ‘individual freedom’ which characterised the rise of neoliberalism and the messaging that captured political support for the reconfiguration of the state has manifest in...
Traumatic brain injury became the signature wound of the post-9/11 wars because the battlefield changed. Improvised explosive devices changed the nature of American combat injuries. But the medical and legal systems that followed — including the Department of Veterans Affairs’...
Countries in Southeast Asia are still building natural gas-fired power plants despite the price inflation in gas caused by the Middle East war. Asian countries are also building more LNG import capacity, Global Energy Monitor reported. The net-zero think tank...
This article is the result of my conversation earlier today during my flight from Istanbul to London. I was sitting next to a FEDEX pilot who was on his way to Paris via London. I asked him about aviation fuel...
A battlefield dominated by fully autonomous drones capable of selecting and engaging targets without human intervention sounds like a dystopian sci-fi plot. And while that scenario has not yet arrived, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has moved modern warfare...
Dear Members of Congress, In truly deranged remarks to world leaders at the UN, Donald Trump declared that “I have a big decision to make,” whether to negotiate a deal with Iran or instead to “annihilate the Islamic Republic” and drive Iran...
Credit: United Nations By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 2026 (IPS) The world’s ongoing arms race is threatening to extend beyond planet earth—and spillover into outer space. The US has deployed weapons in space and will use them to defend American forces, Air...
Japan did what economic intuition says should strengthen a currency. On September 18, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised its policy rate by 25 basis points to 1.25 percent, its highest level in 31 years. Yet the yen weakened rather...
As world leaders gather in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly, US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting in Washington, creating a striking contrast between traditional multilateral diplomacy and direct great power engagement....
Crude oil prices took a dip today amid reports that there was willingness for peace in the Middle East on both sides of the conflict. The dip partially offset gains made earlier in the week, keeping oil benchmarks elevated. At...
Few things better illustrate how charged the American debate over China has become than the reaction to Jennifer Kavanagh’s recent proposal for a radically different U.S. military posture in Asia. Kavanagh, a senior fellow at Defense Priorities, has argued that Washington...
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