By speaking to women across the continent, I discovered how reclaiming pre-colonial rites and rituals can help us find joy in our bodies In the kitchen of my Airbnb in Dar es Salaam I stripped down to my underwear and wrapped...
By Monday morning, three days into the Israeli-led strikes backed by US intelligence and logistical support, Iran had entered what felt like full wartime mobilisation. Tehran and the country's other major cities were bearing simultaneous pressure...
US President Donald Trump has summed up his rationale for attacking Iran fairly simply, saying, “This was our last best chance to strike.” Not known for adhering to any particular lasting strategy, Trump sees each day in the White House...
Credit: Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Mar 3 2026 (IPS) As the build-up for a proposed “new world order” continues, a lingering question remains: will the country with the most powerful military reign supreme? The...
Access to upgraded shea processing equipment is helping women in northern Ghana improve livelihoods and contribute to more peaceful, resilient communities. Credit: UNDP Ghana By Praise Nutakor UNITED NATIONS, Mar 3 2026 (IPS) Across the world’s fragile borderlands where insecurity, climate...
People argue back and forth about when artificial superintelligence will arrive. The truth is that it’s already here. Go back a hundred years, and the popular notion of “intelligence” would probably include things like calculating speed and memorization. Then we...
The second American-Israeli attack on Iran in as many years has killed Iran’s longstanding ruler, Ali Khamenei, and triggered a wave of escalation that has rattled across the region as Oman-brokered negotiations with Tehran were dramatically sabotaged by the United...
Trump Shocked to Discover that Hegseth is an Imbecile Donald Trump and his national security team continue to push the narrative that the US is dominating Iran and that it is only a matter of time before Iran crumbles in...
Israel’s new war with Iran coupled with slaughter in the Gaza Strip — where Israeli military operations have killed more than 600 Palestinians since a “ceasefire” supposedly went into effect last October, adding to the tens of thousands...
When the news broke that a U.S. military operation had kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas and transported him to New York to face trial, among the most enthusiastic and immediate cheers came from Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated...
This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. For Parents: Insha Allah, you’ve now watched (or your teen has watched) six nights of content about relationships and...
In the lead-up to the weekend’s US and Israeli attacks on Iran, the US Department of Defense was locked in tense negotiations with artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic over exactly how the Pentagon could use the firm’s technology. Anthropic wanted...
Indonesia’s recent discovery of Chinese workers without proper work permits in the Galang Batang special economic zone exposes a systemic enforcement failure with serious human costs. Provincial labor inspectors found dozens of Chinese nationals working without the mandatory Foreign Worker...
An attack by two drones early Tuesday on the US embassy in Riyadh sparked a small fire, a Saudi defence ministry spokesman said in a statement, while Iran pressed on with retaliatory strikes across the Gulf. "The...
US Marines opened fire on demonstrators during the storming of the Karachi consulate over the weekend, two US officials said on Monday - a rare use of force at a diplomatic post that could sharply escalate tensions in...
Conflict may entrench fossil fuel infrastructure today while simultaneously locking in Asia’s structural advantage in renewables tomorrow. Energy volatility in the Middle East is serving as a new accelerant for energy security and thus strategic autonomy. The confrontation involving Iran,...
The Tehran regime responded to the US-Israeli military campaign against it by launching coordinated missile and drone strikes across the Middle East on the first three days of the conflict. The attacks struck multiple Gulf Arab states and targeted civilian...
By: Nava Thakuria - - - - Nepali rioters take charge. Times of India photo The battered Himalayan country of Nepal is preparing for March 5 national elections, dictated by the government’s collapse last September amid mass anti-corruption riots and...
US President Donald Trump's Republicans insisted on Monday that the attack on Iran was fully within his authority as commander in chief, while Democrats said the administration has not made its case and planned a war powers vote...
The US Department of State on Monday called on Americans to immediately depart more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, amid US-Israeli strikes against Iran . Mora Namdar, the State...
As US President Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of bombings on Monday in what is rapidly spiraling into a regional conflagration, Iran’s security chief said the country is ready for a long war – but questioned whether the US is prepared for...
- - - - With the war in Iran rapidly expanding into a full-on and increasingly dangerous regional conflagration, I had the opportunity to debate this new war with former IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus. I usually avoid panel discussions...
Unfortunately, President Trump listened to the neocons and Benjamin Netanyahu instead of his MAGA base and other voices of caution as he launched a surprise attack on Iran over the weekend. For the second time in nine months, the US...
On February 28, 2026, President Trump announced the start of Operation Epic Fury. In a surreal twist, he described the mission’s primary objective as defending the American people by eliminating “imminent threats” from the Iranian regime. Trump specifically cited the...
The sheer barking hypocrisy of the Donald’s, yes, unprovoked and senseless attack on Iran over the weekend is surely one for the record books. After years of noisy campaigning against the Forever Wars and 12 months back in the Oval...
The United States attacked Iran only after learning that ally Israe l was going to strike and fearing Tehran would retaliate against US forces, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday. "We knew that there was going to...
President Donald Trump signaled Monday that US strikes on Iran could go much longer than originally predicted, as his administration sought to counter criticism about conflicting messages on the war's goals. In his first public comments since...
Beijing is now placing energy security at the top of its strategic agenda following the February 28 confirmation of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death. China now faces a halt, enforced by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, to shipping through the...
L’Iran è una civiltà millenaria, la cui spada è pronta a uccidere il leone israeliano. Segue nostro Telegram . Che cosa sappiamo fino ad ora Sembrava un brutto scenario lontano, e invece è successo: sabato 28 febbraio 2026, l’entità sionista...
A lonely convert quits cigarettes cold turkey in Ramadan, and the brutal withdrawal becomes the fire that burns her into a new life. Note: This is part two of a two-part story. Read Part 1 * * * Cold...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticised the US and Israeli attacks on Iran as a "clear violation" of international law, adding that Turkey shared the pain of the Iranian people amid the widening war. Turkey, a...
President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that France will expand its atomic arsenal and could deploy nuclear-armed aircraft to allied countries for the first time, as he unveiled an unprecedented plan to bolster security on the continent. Speaking from the...
Only one in four Americans approves of US strikes on Iran that have plunged the Middle East into chaos, while about half - including one in four Republicans - believe President Donald Trump is too willing...
Qatar downed two Iranian bombers and halted LNG production on Monday, as Tehran widened its attacks to hit oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE in a sharply escalating Gulf crisis that has sent prices...
Now that President Trump has launched an illegal, unprovoked war of choice on Iran , the next question inevitably becomes: how does this end? Or, what are some off ramps Trump can take to end it before the situation...
Europe’s rulers are sycophants for American empire. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign policy expert and Non-resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Cross-posted from Responsible Statecraft In the aftermath of the new U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran , the...
Crystal clear analysis of why the Iranian government has decided to reject any attempt by Trump to stop the war on America’s terms. Trita Parsi is the co-founder and Executive Vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Cross-posted from...
An energy price shock is very much a possibility, and Europe is not well-placed to cope with that. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Picture...
A series of new polls show that the American public is overwhelmingly opposed to President Trump’s war on Iran. Nearly three days after the beginning of the joint U.S.-Israel attack, Trump and his top aides have offered a series of...
On February 28, demonstrations took place throughout Greece and in cities around the world to mark three years since the Tempi rail disaster—a crime of capitalism, which took the lives of 57 people. WSWS reporters spoke to protesters in London,...
Three US F-15E fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait on Sunday, March 1, by Kuwaiti air defense systems. No deaths were reported. While an accidental shootdown can happen at any time in a complex warfighting environment, shooting down three...
(PIC) The Hamas Movement has condemned the Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory, describing them as a “dangerous escalation” within the broader pattern of ongoing violations against Lebanon and its sovereignty, as well as an extension of Israeli actions across the region. In...
In a recent congressional hearing , the top U.S. diplomat in Haiti warned the country was “experiencing systemic collapse” as killings, kidnappings, hunger, poverty, mass displacement, and chaos surge, and as violence cuts off humanitarian aid to the 6...
In the Trump administration’s first public remarks to reporters on the strikes the US and Israel launched in Iran over the weekend, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blamed the Middle Eastern country for the attacks that have killed at least 555...
by Jagadish Nayak RISC-V adoption continues to accelerate across commercial and government microelectronics programs. Whether open-source or commercially licensed, most RISC-V processor cores are integrated as third-party IP (3PIP), potentially introducing supply chain security challenges that demand structured,… com/ip/arteris/367067-securing-risc-v-third-party-ip-enabling-comprehensive-cwe-based-assurance-across-the-design-supply-chain/">Securing RISC-V...
Pioneering Iraqi feminist and activist Yanar Mohammed was shot and killed outside her residence in the capital Baghdad on Monday. Mohammed was reportedly killed after two unidentified gunmen opened fire on her at around 09:00 am local time...
The Accessible Sea & Aquatics Project (ASAP) Announces Capital Campaign for Advocacy and Programs Benefitting People with Disabilities in Lebanon The Accessible Sea & Aquatics Project is excited to share the official launch of our campaign – Everyone Deserves the...
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates has warned that people can face prosecution if they share or repost rumours from unverified sources related to Iranian attacks on the country. Arab Gulf states have come under Iranian strikes since Saturday...
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