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Gaza /PNN / The death toll from the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,326, with 173,997 Palestinians injured, since October 7, 2023, according to medical sources in Gaza. Local health authorities said hospitals across the Strip received nine...

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MADRID /PNN / Spain on Sunday strongly condemned settler violence in the occupied West Bank, saying attacks against Palestinian civilians are being carried out with impunity. In a statement, the Spanish government said a recent wave of escalating violence included an indiscriminate...

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domestic nuclear energy sector is set to bounce back as the technology finds favor among the public and policymakers alike for its ability to provide round-the-clock clean energy. At a time when data center hyperscalers are driving up energy insecurity...

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Less than a month ago, analysts were warning of a looming glut of crude oil as tanker traffic via the Strait of Hormuz began to recover amid a U.S.-Iran ceasefire. Within days of these warnings, the ceasefire was a painful...

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For much of the modern era, terrorist organizations have been understood through the prism of ideology. Ethno nationalist insurgencies have pursued territorial autonomy, while jihadist organizations have sought transnational religious objectives. This distinction has long shaped intelligence assessments, military strategies...

Terrorism, Analysis, Pakistan

Australia has big renewable energy ambitions and is well on its way to shifting dependence away from coal to cleaner alternatives. Having long depended on coal, the government now aims to establish a more diverse energy mix to ensure that...

News

For three-quarters of a century, the Middle East operated inside an American frame. Washington was not the only actor, but it was the reference point — the guarantor whose fleets, bases, and diplomatic weight set the outer boundaries of what...

Middle East, Block 1, Hormuz Blockade

“As to [nuclear war] dangers arising from an American president, the best protection is not to elect one.”-General Maxwell D. Taylor (ret.), 14 March 1976.[1] More than fifty years ago, retired USA four-star general Maxwell D. Taylor sent me a...

Nuclear Strategy, Defense, front

From July 17 to 20, the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) was held in Shanghai, China. In this context, China was trying to promote international cooperation in AI governance; developing countries generally face shortcomings such as a weak foundation...

AI Competition, Artificial Intelligence, China

The caravan is plagued by thievery, and Darius discovers Arslan’s dark secret. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part...

#Culture, #Life, featured

Al Udeid Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC I spoke with Scott Horton on Friday (I’ll post the video when its available) and told him I fully expected that Trump would deliver on his vow to open the Gates of Hell on...

Larry C. Johnson

Much of the Western debate about artificial intelligence centers on the machine itself. Will AI become conscious? Will it surpass human intelligence? Could it acquire goals of its own and escape human control? Japan’s Society 5.0 begins from a different...

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Block 2

One of the outcomes of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the DPRK was the decision to hold celebratory events to mark the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the DPRK...

China, DPRK, North Korea

Southern Lebanon has been devastated by the Israeli assault; ruins dot the county of Nabatieh. A significant aspect in the ongoing war and negotiations between the United States and Iran has been the related Israeli attack on Lebanon, whose Shia community...

Anti-Muslim Bigotry, Middle-East, Palestine

In July 2026, OpenAI models undergoing an internal cyber evaluation escaped the intended boundaries of the test and compromised parts of Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The models chained vulnerabilities across both organizations to obtain answers from Hugging Face’s production database....

AI Competition, Artificial Intelligence, ASEAN

Russia and Sudan established diplomatic relations after the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. Prior to that, the Soviet Union had closely knit ties with the country. Until today, historical evidence clearly shows Russia’s rising interest in Sudan. Looking beyond at...

World News, Africa, Opinion

China has unveiled a daring new plan to integrate artificial intelligence throughout the nuclear energy life cycle. This week, at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) revealed a new plan...

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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology grew in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic as several governments and private companies pledged to support a green transition. The use of CCS was expected to help decarbonise hard-to-abate industries until a long-term transition...

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Green hydrogen was supposed to be a silver bullet solution for decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors like shipping and steelmaking. It was the buzziest technology out there – and then it fizzled out completely. But after years of languishing in labs without...

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Photo by Hannah Olinger on Unsplash These days, if we find an interesting bit of information we want to refer to later, we bookmark it in our browser or tag it in the book we’re reading, digital or otherwise. But in 1390,...

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The European Commission (EC) has informed EU governments that they should waive penalties for oil and gas companies that breach its methane emissions law for the next three years, owing to pressure from the United States government to scrap the...

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In celebration of the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), established in August 1927, the PLA commemorates its founding on August 1st each year (remembering the Nanchang Uprising of 1927). This anniversary is marked...

Defense, AsiaPacific, China

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh The US-Saudi nuclear agreement is not really about reactors. It’s about rules and Washington deciding its own rules are negotiable. That decision will ripple through the region soon after the first Saudi reactor breaks ground. Riyadh is calling...

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Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . With Washington’s revised ceasefire initiative drawing cautious engagement from Khartoum and diplomatic activity around Sudan intensifying, much of the week’s political maneuvering both abroad and at home revolved around preparing for a...

Politics, Sudan Nashra

NABLUS, occupied West Bank / PNN / Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas said Israeli military operations and attacks by Israeli settlers across the governorate have killed six Palestinians and left dozens injured or detained over the past two days, describing the developments...

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Throughout the history of international relations, major crises have often produced a predictable outcome: they force states to make choices. When rivalry between two powers intensifies, smaller actors move closer to one side in an effort to reduce their vulnerability....

Middle East & Africa, Geopolitics, Iran

From September 1 to 4, 2026, Vladivostok, Russia, will host the 11th Eastern Economic Forum, organized by the Roscongress Foundation, the largest organizer of international public and business events. Traditionally, this event is attended by Russian President V. Putin, representatives...

Guest Contributor

The West Africa Religious Affairs Symposium, held in Accra last week, was easy to overlook if one expected a conventional military conference. It was not about weapons systems, battlefield tactics, or counterterrorism operations in the narrow sense. Yet the gathering...

Middle East & Africa, Africa, Defense

US President Donald Trump on Thursday unveiled a new package of tariffs targeting 60 countries that account for over 99% of US imports, a move that—if upheld in court—would cost Americans an estimated US$100 billion per year in the form of higher costs. The duties, ranging from...

Trade, Block 3, Common Dreams

Few restaurants in Türkiye enjoy the reputation of 7 Mehmet. For many people, it is reason enough to travel to Antalya for a meal. Despite its popularity, the restaurant has always avoided expansion. It never considered opening a second location,...

Economy

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has dismissed the country’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after a turbulent week in which he also removed his defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov. The dismissal of the popular defense minister, who is credited by many as the...

Ukraine War, Block 2, Mykhalio Fedorov

With Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey reviving global interest in Homer’s epic world, the Troy Museum in the northwestern province of Çanakkale is inviting visitors to explore an experimental reconstruction of an ancient vessel that offers a rare insight into the...

Arts & Life

A war is entering Pakistani homes right now. Not through headlines, but through the electricity bill, the bus fare, the price of vegetables at the local market. Wars in the Middle East rarely stay confined to the countries that start...

Opinion, Hormuz Blockade, Iran War

Evidence from 2026 shows that China is not simply filling the gap or staying out. Instead, China is acting strategically-getting involved where its own interests match global needs, but stepping back when leadership or political risk is involved. The Scale...

Americas, China, Economy

Today, Indonesia stands as one of the most formidable digital economic powerhouses in Southeast Asia. Bank Indonesia recorded digital payment transaction volumes reaching 5.22 billion in May 2026, marking 28.14% year-on-year growth. Meanwhile, QRIS transactions — the country’s standardized QR...

Opinion, Bank Indonesia, Block 2

Mamdani’s declaration that he will not arrest Netanyahu is, as a factual matter, a reversal. As a candidate, he pledged to arrest Netanyahu if he came to New York, and as recently as July 18 he said in an interview...

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Jazan Oil Refinery We are seeing a major escalation in the Red Sea in the undeclared war between AnsarAllah and Saudi Arabia and this may spill over to the war the US is waging on Iran. As I write this the...

Larry C. Johnson

The Houthi threats remain in the stage of statements and have not yet translated into an actual closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. However, markets are closely monitoring developments with caution, because the mere possibility of disrupting this strategic passage...

Middle East & Africa, featured, Geopolitics

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...

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