Crop prices just hit a three-year high, indicating major downstream pain soon to come at the supermarket. There are two major factors leading to high crop prices and a potential global food crisis: heat waves and intensifying conflict in the...
It’s called the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress—China’s newest law under President Xi Jinping, passed on March 12, 2026, and in effect since July 1, 2026. The law contains 65 articles, many of which have raised concerns among Tibetans...
Ireland’s football matches against Israel are due to take place later this year but activists are campaigning to stop them Read Article HERE Republic of Ireland fans display a banner saying ‘Show Israel the red card’ during the recent World Cup qualifier...
In May 2026, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant stood before a courtroom and described unemployed youth activists as cockroaches and parasites. He almost certainly did not intend to name a movement. Within weeks, Abhijeet Dipke had founded the Cockroach...
For years, Saudi Arabia's strategic answer to any disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has been remarkably straightforward. If volumes via the Persian Gulf were threatened, the answer was to pump west through the East-West Pipeline to Yanbu on the...
Africa is set to make history as it hosts the World Public Summit for the first time, with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, welcoming global leaders and changemakers from July 29–30, 2026, for the landmark gathering under the theme “New World: Africa...
As the price of gold has hovered around $4,000 an ounce in recent weeks, the men in the small-scale mines north of the village of Soykechar in Uzbekistan have watched every bounce and slide. They pull up apps on their...
Russia's largest Black Sea oil export terminal has effectively gone offline just days after drone attacks shut down the neighboring Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal, tightening another artery that moves crude onto the global market. The Sheskharis terminal at Novorossiysk hasn’t...
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. ***IranThe U.S.-Iranian ceasefire agreed in April began deteriorating — and the Memorandum of Understanding signed on June...
This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 8 July 2026. As African societies become increasingly digital, governments are grappling with the balance between the protection of citizens from online harms while preserving the fundamental freedoms of free expression, access to...
The world isn't just staring down another weather event. It's staring down a weather event colliding with a supply-driven oil shock. JPMorgan warned Friday that a "super" El Niño combined with higher energy prices from the Middle East conflict could...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 13 July 2026. President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, on July 9, 2026, granted presidential clemency to two opposition Members of Parliament (MPs), Mariem Mint Cheikh Dieng and Ghamou Achour Salem, who were...
The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US to 587, up 45...
The U.S. midterm elections are all but guaranteed to be chaotic and contentious, but no matter what their results portend for 2028 and beyond, recent moves by the president of Nicaragua offer a cautionary example for anyone worried about the...
Leaks reveal failed journalist Paul Mason secretly advised ex-Prime Minister Keir Starmer, his Defence Secretary and now-Chancellor John Healey, and top aides on important security matters. Mason’s belligerent pronouncements on the need for Britain to “deter” Russia through a massive...
On the eve of the announcement, official sources in South Korea declared a major shift in the country's approach toward its northern neighbor. Whereas Seoul had previously maintained that North Korea's unconditional denuclearization should come first, the new priority is...
Saudi Arabia, which at the start of the Iran war redirected virtually all crude exports through its East-West pipeline to Yanbu on the Red Sea, has seen crude exports from Yanbu crumble by 41% to about 2.39 million barrels per...
The dual disruption of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb is tightening global oil flows, raising transport costs and fueling expectations of $100 oil. Friday, July 24, 2026 The double blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb has turbo-boosted...
The Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia voted at its July 24 meeting to lower the key interest rate by 25 basis points to 14%, according to the regulator's official statement. This marks the tenth consecutive meeting at...
For years, Washington treated economic sanctions as the Goldilocks instrument of foreign policy: tougher than diplomacy, safer than war, and cheap enough to impose without asking much of the American public. That formula is beginning to break down. Sanctions can...
Beijing has imposed strict restrictions on a number of European corporations, a move that could delay weapons deliveries and increase the cost of military assistance to Ukraine. China Responds to EU Sanctions with Mirror Measures Against European Defense Companies China's Ministry of...
A man walks past a sign reading 'unjustly persecuted' featuring journalist José Rubén Zamora, former CICIG lawyer Claudia González and Maya leaders Luis Pacheco and Héctor Chaclan in a Guatemala City, 12 May 2026. Credit: Johan Ordóñez/AFP By Inés M. Pousadela MONTEVIDEO,...
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack . This morning as I took my daily walk with my son I was listening to the latest episode of The Big Picture , the Ringer’s colossus of a movies podcast, and...
Global liquefied natural gas exports grew by about 1.2 trillion cubic feet in 2025. The United States supplied approximately 1.10 trillion cubic feet of that increase. Put another way, roughly 93% of the world’s additional LNG came from the United...
NABLUS / PNN / Israeli settlers attacked several Palestinian villages in the Nablus and Ramallah areas on Friday, under the protection of Israeli forces, amid warnings of further assaults in the coming hours and days, Palestinian officials and local sources said. The...
Photo by Constantinos Kollias on Unsplash I haven’t talked a lot about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey here, in part because while I have some issues with the casting—and how it’s fine to take European stories and make them “diverse” but, to...
Indian refiners are in search of crude supply from as far as Angola in Africa and Venezuela in South America as their term supplies from the Middle East are trapped again and unable to reach India as planned. Some of...
On July 22 , the House of Representatives approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), H.R. 8800, for fiscal year 2027, which includes a provision expanding defense cooperation and integration between the United States and Israel. The vote was 216-212, largely along...
This story was originally published by The 19th . The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has taken a step beyond most other women’s sports leagues by requiring genetic sex testing for female athletes. Despite being targeted at transgender women, this policy has the...
Last month, the Boston Celtics traded 29-year-old superstar Jaylen Brown to their division rival, the Philadelphia 76ers. A former NBA finals MVP and vocal activist who is arguably a top-five player in the league, Boston settled for an overpriced, injury-prone,...
´US, a key player in narcotics trafficking. In some ways, life during the US occupation was even worse´ An Interview with Afghan Journalist Awaaz Armani Torn Afghanistan, facing the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world for decades. More than half the...
While many were waiting for U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to acknowledge that the so-called Spirit of Anchorage had faded, another prominent member of the American elite was enthusiastically investing in the creation of humanoid combat robots. Somewhat surprisingly,...
Senior fellow Gary Miller spoke with Cape Cellular about the exploitation of mobile network vulnerabilities to track US personnel during the Iran war. He also discussed a recent Citizen Lab report about commercial surveillance vendors using the global telecom interconnect ecosystem...
Syria is expanding energy and infrastructure cooperation as it seeks economic recovery and greater regional relevance. Damascus is also rebuilding state institutions, including graduating 1,000 new air force cadets. The post Syria focuses on energy deals, works to revive infrastructure and...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Japan’s nuclear taboo is slowly unravelingScott Foster reports that Japanese officials are increasingly willing to debate nuclear weapons, nuclear sharing...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC has issued its seventh tender offering crude from the United Arab Emirates since the beginning of June, expecting to sell millions of barrels of oil between August and October, both from within and outside...
The top US and Russian diplomats met in a new push to find an end to Moscow's more-than-four-year-old war on Ukraine, but both sides signaled no new breakthroughs or cause for optimism. The July 23 meeting between US Secretary of...
As EU-China relations sink into mistrust, the European Parliament is attempting to reopen a political channel with Beijing. The question is whether Europe can move beyond bloc confrontation and recognize that engagement with China is not a concession but a...
Governments have become remarkably efficient at producing information. During crises, official statements, emergency regulations and public updates appear almost instantly. Yet recent global emergencies have exposed a fundamental paradox: more information does not necessarily create greater public trust. The COVID-19...
Pakistan’s alliance of goods transporters has warned it could launch a nationwide strike over soaring fuel costs in another economic pressure that the South Asian country is feeling from the Middle East crisis. “Transporters across Pakistan should remain prepared; a...
Earlier this month, the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was buried in his hometown of Mashhad after a four-day ceremony. Many international delegations were present, but each country will have chosen their representatives with the utmost care. Sending...
The “ Silicon Shield ” describes the idea that Taiwan’s central role in advanced semiconductor manufacturing raises the economic and strategic cost of military action against the island. The shield is not a literal defense system. It is a form...
Only one oil tanker transited the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, the lowest number of crossings since May 7, as war risks spiked this week to hike crude oil prices above $100 per barrel again. Three tankers transited the Strait...
The Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear War brought together more than 200 of the world’s most authoritative figures on peace and artificial intelligence. Here the 'The Rome Declaration for a Disarmed and Disarming Peace' was signed...
UN experts alarmed by renewed escalation of hostilities in Iran, call for accountability UN condemns as war crimes US military attacks targeting civilian structures in Iran GENEVA (24 July 2026) – UN experts* today expressed grave concern over reports of serious...
Last week, on July 13, 2026, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a “whole-of-government” campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court, vowing to take it apart “brick by brick” if necessary. The ICC is the world’s permanent international criminal tribunal....
At least one oil tanker carrying Saudi crude oil has transited the Bab al-Mandeb Strait with its transponder switched off as risks to vessels in the Red Sea spiked this week after the Houthis announced a blockade on Saudi shipments...
Trump likes to test big ideas in real time, and very publicly. Earlier this week, Washington was prepared to surrender one of its most valuable bargaining chips with Saudi Arabia, without the conditions one would expect from American foreign policy....
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