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Experts have been alarmed at the growth of deep misogyny dressed up as self-help on social media. We profile seven men from across the continent who are gaining traction It is not just Europe and the US that are grappling with...

Global development, Men, Kenya

Discussions about Israel’s role in the Middle East still revolve around threats and responses. Yet recent developments suggest that Israel isn’t only reacting to events, but is increasingly shaping the conditions in which they occur. This involves both direct interventions...

Middle East, Bab elpMandeb Strait, Benjamin Netanyahu

Iran has experienced meaningful attrition in a war it entered already weakened by international sanctions and a five-year drought. These operating constraints nevertheless leave Iran with a rare window of opportunity to realize a postwar reality that leaves it in...

Middle East, Block 1, De-dollarization

As President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" gears up to launch its ambitious initiatives in Gaza, a worrying pattern is reemerging: the recruitment of U.S. private security contractors to manage humanitarian operations. UG Solutions, which previously guarded aid distribution sites...

Board-of-peace, Gaza-humanitarian-foundation, War-crimes

Vice President JD Vance is in Hungary today to help Prime Minister Viktor Orban resuscitate his campaign in the last few days ahead of the country’s contentious April 12 elections. After 16 consecutive years in power — following a shorter stint...

Viktor-orban, Jd-vance, Ukraine-war

The number of human cases of guinea worm, a painful and debilitating tropical illness, fell to a record low of just 10 last year, according to the Carter Centre, the foundation set up by the late former US president Jimmy...

Science, Infectious diseases, Medical research

The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Tuesday on a resolution to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz , but in significantly watered-down form after veto-wielding China opposed authorizing force, diplomats said. Oil prices...

World

By: Nava Thakuria - - - - Balendra takes charge. AP Photo Nepal’s new prime minister Balendra Shah is wasting no time, having ordered the arrest of the immediate past premier and others in an action denounced by opponents as...

Two blasts were heard near Erbil's airport, which hosts advisers from the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition, in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, an AFP journalist said on Monday. Some hours earlier, air defence systems downed four...

MENA

A pro-Palestinian campaign group on Monday accused Greek shipping firms of transporting oil and military equipment to Israel that helps its war in Gaza , in some cases breaching a Turkish embargo on trade with Israel. The "No...

MENA

If you wanted to indulge in partisan spin you could wax hotly about the Donald’s Easter morning desecration of the office of the presidency. His meld of profanity, blasphemy and bellicose madness all rolled into a single social media post...

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$1.5 trillion. With a “t.” That’s how much US president Donald Trump wants Congress to appropriate for military (falsely called “defense”) spending in 2027. And that number — there’s no other way to put this — is insane. The only...

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Included at the end of this article is a simple guide to lobbying your Members of Congress including contact info and a basic script. – Please contact them today! Up to 15,000 of the 50,000 American troops in the Middle...

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Following President Trump’s address to the nation on Wednesday about the Iran War, stock markets suffered losses while oil prices rose. The decline in stocks and increase in oil prices reflected disappointment over President Trump’s failure to articulate a plan...

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The World Health Organization announced it was suspending evacuations from Gaza after a worker contracted to help them was killed on Monday. "@WHO is devastated to confirm that a person contracted to provide services to the Organization...

MENA

As President Donald Trump continues threatening to commit war crimes in Iran by bombing power plants, Iran is signaling that it could put a further squeeze on global oil prices by shutting down yet another strait used for transporting petroleum outside the Middle East. Ali Akbar...

Middle East, Block 2, Donald Trump

If China and Russia were to have a joint slogan for their “strategic partnership,” it could be “MAWA – Make America Weak Again.” And if they had a dream, it would have been that Donald Trump would have been elected...

Middle East, Block 2, Donald Trump

Oil prices edged down Monday amid subdued Easter holiday trading as investors took some encouragement from news of some oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz . "There is definitely some sort of volumes being shipped through...

Energy

Taiwan will redirect ships to bring crude oil from Saudi Arabian Red Sea ports, the government said Monday, as it seeks to avoid the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz . Oil prices have soared due to the Middle...

Energy

Sono passati ormai 27 anni dall’aggressione della NATO alla Federazione Jugoslava di Serbia e Montenegro nel marzo 1999, eppure la sua importanza nel cambiamento dell’ordine internazionale continua ad essere sottovalutata. Segue nostro Telegram . Un processo di disgregazione del diritto...

Italiano, Montenegro, NATO

Originally published by Pacific Forum, the article is republished with permission. What happens when North Korea demonstrably acquires an operational, reliable capability to strike the US mainland with a nuclear weapon? For two decades, this question has lingered at the...

Opinion, Denuclearization policy, North Korea

Europe is increasingly dependent on American LNG, but what gets little discussed is the damage this LNG production is doing to the health of Americans and the environment they live in. Luca Manes is an Italian journalist. Cross-posted from Gree...

Energy, Environment, Sustainability

Chinese spy cameras remain in widespread use in the United States, in Canada and Mexico and worldwide. They are sold as security and traffic cameras, but that is a cover story for their real use. Such cameras are used for...

US-China, Barksdale Air Base, Block 2

Credit: US Department of Defense / Wiki Commons By Herbert Wulf Apr 6 2026 (IPS) Donald Trump ran on a platform of ending wars. After his success in Venezuela, he is intoxicated by his military achievements and is banking on regime...

Armed Conflicts, Civil Society, Crime & Justice

President Donald Trump and company tried to make lemonade out of lemons today as they endeavored to convey the rescue operation of a downed F-15 operator as the greatest, most exciting event of Operation Epic Fury so far. “A resourcing demonstration...

Iran, Enewsletter, Pete-hegseth

Credit: Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via AFP By Inés M. Pousadela MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Apr 6 2026 (IPS) Bangladesh’s first credible election in nearly two decades delivered a landslide win for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its leader Tarique Rahman , son...

Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society

Iranian authorities are seeking to reassure the country’s population over the stability of the country's electricity grid , amid persistent US-Israeli threats to strike the country’s power plants and energy infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz isn’t...

Energy

We all know the semiconductor industry is seeing a new era of data intensity. The industry’s response includes advanced semiconductor design strategies, the adoption of chiplets, and the integration of optical I/O and photonics to enable higher performance, faster AI...

AI, EDA, Events

Iran has rejected a proposed truce in its war with the United States and Israel , state media reported Monday, despite a stark threat by US President Donald Trump to destroy its vital infrastructure. "Iran has conveyed to Pakistan its...

MENA

At least 10 Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli shelling that targeted a school sheltering displaced people east of al-Maghazi camp in central Gaza , amid clashes with militias reportedly backed by Israel, medical...

MENA

Following the launch of the US-Israeli war on Iran in late February, at least eight countries shut their airspace: Iran, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the UAE. By 3 March, cancellations across seven major Middle East airports...

In-depth

A Syrian interior ministry spokesman has announced plans to introduce a law regulating protests in the country, after a demonstration at the UAE embassy sparked tension between Abu Dhabi and Damascus. Speaking to Al-Ikhbariya TV...

MENA

Hunger and lack of access to adequate food remain a persistent problem in Syria , with over 80% of households unable to secure sufficient and diverse food on a stable basis, according to a recent study by the Food...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) At least ten Palestinians were killed on Monday evening in an Israeli massacre east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. According to reports, armed clashes broke out east of the camp between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israel-linked militias, alongside...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

RAMALLAH, (PIC) Institutions specialized in prisoners’ affairs reported, on Monday, that the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons reached more than 9,600 prisoners until the beginning of April 2026, based on official data issued by Israel Prison Service. This came...

News, Administrative detainees, Israeli jails

On Easter Sunday , God’s chosen in the White House issued a vulgar and unbalanced posting on Truth Social that epitomizes the insanity of his Iran war . Attending to it closely will help us understand how President...

Business & Economy, Column, Courts & Law

Iran's renowned Sharif University of Technology in Tehran was targeted by an Israeli-US strike in the early hours of Monday, hitting and damaging its data centre, as well as the compound’s mosque and laboratories, state media reported. The data...

MENA
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