Kuwait has since the beginning of the Iran War in February been targeted by Iranian drones and missiles 1,400 times. Why has this state—smaller than the US state of New Jersey—been targeted more than any of its larger neighbors including...
Although Donald Trump insists that the Strait of Hormuz is open, it ain’t. There are no direct talks between Iran and US representatives. In fact, it looks like Pakistan’s attempt at mediation is going nowhere. Iran has been talking with...
Suppression or Reformatting? How Turkey’s Century-Old Equation Enters a New Phase. In May 2025, something happened that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago: the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), designated a terrorist organization in Turkey, announced its self-dissolution...
For almost six decades, the United Arab Emirates had been a member of OPEC, but all of that came to an end on May 1, 2026, when Abu Dhabi announced its exit from OPEC as well as the OPEC+, which...
9 August 2026 Trump’s reckless war on Iran is threatening global economic collapse — as the region breaks out into a matrix of conflagrations, Trump seemingly has no way out. The United States and Israel’s attacks on Iran have inflamed West Asia...
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry Second European Department Director Yury Pilipson, "promoting the subject of unification between the two countries in the media is part of a campaign to shape Moldovan public opinion and create the impression of growing...
Although Donald Trump insists that the Strait of Hormuz is open, it ain’t. There are no direct talks between Iran and US representatives. In fact, it looks like Pakistan’s attempt at mediation is going nowhere. Iran has been talking with...
At roughly 4am on 30 July, a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile came down in farmland near Tarnawa-Kolonia, Poland, after Polish radar lost track of it seconds from impact. Within hours, the open-source geolocation collective GeoConfirmed had posted the exact coordinates,...
By: Majid Maqbool Over the two decades following 2001, Afghan women earned law degrees, rose to the bench as judges and made all efforts to reshape their nation. They confronted corruption and struggled to curb rising violence targeting women and children....
Authors: John A. Calabrese and Aaron Jon Pasha* Saudi Arabia’s approach to the Iran war has been defined by a sustained effort to avoid direct entanglement. That restraint was notable given Riyadh’s position as Iran’s principal Gulf rival, its close...
The U.S. energy system has helped mitigate the shock loss of oil and LNG supply from the Middle East when the Strait of Hormuz closed to traffic and sent refiners and gas importers worldwide scrambling for alternative supply. The record...
Since returning to office in January of 2025, President Trump has made securing critical mineral supply chains a cornerstone of his political and economic agenda. Yet one country critical to achieving that objective has received little attention in Washington: Kazakhstan....
Southeast Asia has been hit harder than anywhere else on Earth by the energy crisis stemming from the War in Iran, leaving many nations scrambling to shore up localized energy supply chains. The newfound volatility in global energy markets has...
The US may be entering a period of significant nuclear reassessment as it confronts a growing mismatch between its predominantly strategic arsenal and adversaries increasingly prepared for limited nuclear use. This month, Breaking Defense reported that the US Department of...
The months-long closure of the Strait of Hormuz has led to severe fuel shortages around the globe, as companies battle to continue operations. Airlines have been hit hard as they struggle to obtain enough jet fuel to maintain their regular...
Room 10 at the Danieli has been empty longer than usual. It is the room where, in 1834, George Sand nursed a fever in Venice while her lover Alfred de Musset took up with the doctor summoned to treat her...
On August 7, 2026, at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement — a trilateral pact declaring that an armed...
Scientists at UC Davis and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory just made a major breakthrough in the design of nuclear fusion reactors. The team is at the vanguard of a new field of nuclear fusion research known as materials-driven fusion, which...
Iran has effectively rejected expectations of an imminent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, laying out sweeping conditions that would require the United States to fundamentally change its policy toward Tehran. In a statement issued by Mohammad Baqer Zolghadr, secretary...
The recently signed Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Turkey Joint Defense Agreement, concluded in Mecca on August 7, 2026, and referred to as the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, marks a significant development in the evolving strategic architecture of the Middle East. The agreement was...
Photo by Tim Wildsmith on Unsplash When I first saw the Amazon Kindle, I was in love. Here was a device that would allow me to carry thousands of books that would fit in my back pocket. I could order and...
Europe is deepening its ties with North Africa to develop stronger clean energy connections between the two regions in support of a green transition. The European Union and several European countries have invested in Morocco and Egypt in recent years...
The absence of Iran’s supreme leader, doubts about his condition and internal power divisions are turning the country into a failing state — spreading chaos as far as China. What will Beijing do? Iranian regime media have claimed the emerging...
The Mecca Compact in Brief On 7 August 2026, in the presence of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca (Makkah) Joint Defense Agreement, a trilateral collective-defense compact declaring that an armed attack on...
Silicon Valley built its reputation by making transistors smaller and smaller. For decades, each shrink delivered a predictable payoff: faster computers, cheaper computing power, new products and new industries. Moore’s Law became a self-reinforcing cycle. Lower costs expanded demand, rising...
Good things are happening! Michiganders blow up an oil pipeline, a state court puts a drugmaker under the microscope, Virginia settles scores with Jim Crow, and Illinois goes grocery shopping. You Love To See It is a benefit of a Lever...
Bethlehem / Battir /PNN/ Monjed jadou In the heart of the historic village of Battir, renowned for its ancient agricultural terraces and traditional irrigation system, the annual “Battir Eggplant Market Festival” has been launched, drawing senior officials and local residents in...
The foundational principles of the balance of power has found its textual footing primarily through the works of Hans Morgenthou and Kenneth Waltz. It was formalised as a core principle of diplomacy and international relations following the Peace of Westphalia...
North Korea officially gave up on its dream of unification with the South in January 2024. Though this may appear relatively insignificant, after all, who believes in such hopes? The news still comes as a big shock to many observers...
Russian attacks against Ukraine on Aug. 7 targeted critical energy sites operated by state oil and gas company Naftogaz, shutting down production at several facilities, the firm reported. The targeted sites were owned by the oil and gas extraction company Ukrnafta...
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed a trilateral defense pact on Friday, ostensibly binding three of the Muslim world’s most militarily and economically significant states into a mutual-defense arrangement, but the details of the agreement have not been published. Signed in...
Every time Russia crosses a line NATO said mattered and NATO’s response looks functionally identical to its response to the previous violation, the alliance doesn’t just fail to deter; it actively teaches Moscow where the real ceiling is. The Russian...
Authorities wrestle with fallout from mass border crossing, as tense Spanish enclave fears it will happen again Along the wide avenues and tree-lined plazas of Ceuta’s centre, there were few hints of the recent events that catapulted the Spanish enclave on...
As the 2026 midterm elections near, polls show American voters’ top priority is the economy, including concerns that the unpopular U.S. war in Iran appears to be driving up prices at home . Might these voter concerns give Republican hawks pause? Apparently...
On 23 July, the EU adopted its toughest sanctions package yet against Russian oil and gas revenue — asset freezes on 94 banks, an expanded shadow-fleet tanker list, a squeeze aimed squarely at the money funding Moscow’s war. On 24...
International Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over Freedom of Religion and Expression in South Korea SEOUL, South Korea, 7 August 2026 — Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), together with CAP Liberté de Conscience (CAP LC), which has accredited ECOSOC status at...
International Human Rights experts call for religious freedom and due process in South Korea By Ray Hanania The prestigious organization Human Rights Without Frontiers joined several human rights scholars and organizations detailed during a webinar on Thursday, August 7, 2026,...
The atomic age began with a lie. Eighty-one years ago this week, a single American airplane, flying almost unnoticed over a Japanese city, dropped a single bomb that destroyed the entire city. Three days later another American plane destroyed a...
While President Trump says the US is not short of weapons, he has told Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky that the US does not have Patriot interceptors to send to Ukraine because “we need them for ourselves.” The best face to...
Despite continued hostilities in the Middle East and an expansion of the war to the Red Sea, oil traders have remained largely bearish on the commodity, betting on a quick peace deal—and they might get a nasty shock. Earlier this...
Europe desperately needs an energy storage revolution. As the region gets rocked by the third energy crisis in four years, the continent’s insufficient indigenous energy systems, and backups to those systems, has become abundantly and painfully clear. "We swore we’d...
More than 150 years after Karl Marx penned his famous line: “Capital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt”, it remains hauntingly accurate today. Unlike many analyses of U.S. policy in the Middle East...
Move comes in response to Rome imposing similar measures after mass migration rush to Ceuta Spain has announced it will introduce temporary border checks on visitors from Italy in response to Rome imposing similar measures after a mass rush of people...
This statement was originally published on lesotho.misa.org on 12 June 2026. Lesotho’s first fully digital census has revealed surprising realities about the country’s population, but questions remain about public access to the data. As the nation embraces digital statistics, the absence...
Global energy grids are under unprecedented stress as energy flows become more complex with the addition of intermittent energy sources and the artificial intelligence boom drives demand to new heights. Managing variable inflows and outflows of electricity while also keeping...
Elevated US gasoline and electricity prices are seeping into the upcoming midterm elections in November. Candidates are prioritizing consumer affordability over the environment, with Democrats linking gas price increases to President Trump’s foreign policy decisions. Meanwhile, a debate over data...
Critically acclaimed writer and award-winning poet, Abigail George sits down with visual artist and entrepreneur Wesley Pepper, and talks about mental health awareness and sanity in the arts, the high risk of suicide and suicide ideation, high risk behaviours such...
For decades, buying a plane ticket hasn’t been a simple process. In the late 2000s, consumers were inundated with ads for special $79 or $99 flights, but were met with sticker shock when they went to buy the tickets and...
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