There are thousands of ships in the global oil tanker fleet, by some estimates nearly as many as 9000 (and that excludes sanctions vessels). Just a fraction of these are either waiting to enter the blockaded straits of...
Israel renewed its strikes on Beirut on Thursday, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that if the Lebanese government did not disarm Hezbollah , Israel would do the job "on the ground". "You are playing with fire," Benjamin...
NASA is preparing for an imminent launch of Artemis II, a manned lunar flyby flight – the first in 50 years. While the launch is planned for April, and NASA announced on March 12th that the launch will go ahead,...
Germany has become the new big spender in the worldwide arms build-up, reveals think-tank data. But the billions diverted into weapons programmes are damaging an economy in need of education investment. Read Article HERE This photo is licensed under...
Nablus /PNN/ Two Palestinians were killed on Thursday evening by Israeli forces’ gunfire near the Za’tara junction, south of the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. The Ministry of Health said it was informed...
RAMALLAH, West Bank / PNN / The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Thursday that Israeli prosecutors have dropped charges against soldiers accused of raping a detainee from Gaza at the Sde Teiman military detention camp, a move the group said reflects a...
President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that Iran's national football team should withdraw from the upcoming FIFA World Cup as a personal safety measure. Trump wrote on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns, that Iran is welcome...
L’aggressione imperialista-sionista contro l’Iran non mira solo a colpire Teheran: punta a intimidire il Sud globale e a spezzare la spinta multipolare incarnata da BRICS e cooperazione eurasiatica. Difendere l’Iran significa difendere sovranità, Carta ONU e diritto internazionale. Segue nostro...
Two deportees sent to Eswatini were from Somalia, one was from Sudan and one was from Tanzania The government of Eswatini announced on Thursday it received four more “third country” deportees from the United States, as part of...
Ramadan has a way of surfacing what we usually manage to keep buried. Through our constant snacking, scrolling, and background noise playing, we rely on small escapes throughout the day without noticing. When this blessed month arrives and strips away...
The Israeli military said on Thursday it had dropped charges against five soldiers accused of raping and abusing a Palestinian detainee at the controversial high-security Sde Teiman prison, a case that had sparked widespread outrage. "In light of significant...
This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 11 March 2026. On February 10-11, 2026 , researchers and experts convened in Dakar, Senegal, for the first Africa Forum on Countering Foreign Interference (CFI) . The forum brought together participants from Africa, Europe...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 12 March 2026. Burkina Faso’s transitional authorities have taken a decisive step that could reshape the country’s political landscape. On February 9, 2026, members of Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly (ALT)...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 4 March 2026. The Independent Media Commission (IMC) of Sierra Leone has issued a ruling requiring the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) to provide compensation to Umu Thoronka, a former journalist...
Senior researcher Wolfie Christl spoke with Forbes about OpenAI’s deal with the Pentagon that permits the gathering of bulk data from users. While OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims his deal won’t allow that kind of mass surveillance, many...
In late 2024, the Citizen Lab published a report on the gendered dimensions of digital transnational repression, calling for better support for victims. Senior researcher and co-author of the report, Noura Aljizawi, speaks to the...
Iranian authorities have arrested nearly 200 people nationwide on charges related to the US-Israeli war against the Islamic republic, a US-based rights group said on Thursday. The charges relate to accusations including over activity on social media,...
(PIC) Israeli Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Itai Ofir has canceled the indictment against five Israeli reserve soldiers who were accused of sexually assaulting and torturing a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman military detention facility in 2024, in what observers...
NABLUS, (PIC) The Hamas Movement condemned the burning of a mosque by extremist Jewish settlers in the town of Duma, southeast of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, describing the incident as a serious crime and a direct attack on...
NABLUS, (PIC) Two Palestinian men were killed on Thursday evening after Israeli occupation forces opened fire near the Za’atara Junction, south of the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, reportedly over allegations that they attempted a vehicle-ramming attack. According...
Citigroup and Standard Chartered have begun evacuating their Dubai offices , telling staff to work from home instead, sources said on Wednesday, as banks step up precautions after Iran threatened Gulf banking interests linked to the US and Israel. US...
Recent developments in the escalating confrontation in the Middle East have sparked debate among analysts about the limits of Western technological superiority in modern warfare. Former Central Intelligence Agency analyst Larry Johnson argued that the current conflict has exposed structural vulnerabilities...
The International Energy Agency said Thursday that the US-Israeli war on Iran and its reverberating impacts across the region have sparked “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market,” with flows of crude and other fossil fuel products...
A UK citizen was arrested while holidaying in Dubai after he was accused of filming missiles fired at the country by Iran , according to campaign group Detained in Dubai. The tourist, 60, is facing charges despite deleting...
Oil prices surged to more than $100 a barrel on Thursday as attacks in the Gulf and hawkish rhetoric from the US president overshadowed news that countries would tap their emergency reserves to minimize the shortfall. The US-Israel...
Ukrainian anti-drone experts have begun working in three Gulf states targeted by Iranian attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday. Kyiv has sought to leverage its expertise in downing Russian drones to help the Gulf nations , which...
Residents in Syria’s Rif Dimashq province , which surrounds the Syrian capital Damascus, have said that debris from an intercepted Iranian missile fell near the village of Ma'as early on Wednesday, causing panic. According to the Syrian state news...
The High Court in the UK on Thursday ruled in favour of journalist Owen Jones after a BBC editor brought a libel case over an article he wrote in December 2024. Raffi Berg, the BBC's...
The semiconductor manufacturing industry has hit a new era of data intensity. We know that we need to look at alternatives to silicon and that electrical interconnects are unable to keep pace. We know we need to design more chiplets and alter microchip architecture. But how...
The injuries caused to US troops in Kuwait from Iranian attacks are far more severe than initially revealed, reports on Thursday said, citing multiple sources. Some of the injuries sustained include shrapnel wounds and burns, with at least one...
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the Iranian men's national soccer team was welcome to participate in the 2026 World Cup but that he believed it was not appropriate that they be there "for their own life...
February 28. Iran, Minab, Hormozgan Province. Shajareh Tayyebeh Primary school massacre. Hands blown off little girls. Not even an apology… The United States of America, a joke, a pariah, the worst state terrorist nation in the history of humankind, a coward....
China and the war in Iran + The new Five-Year Plan + NPC outcomes J.Heller Thu, 03/12/2026 - 17:22 picture alliance / Xinhua News Agency | Yan Yan Download (pdf - 1.04 MB) MERICS Briefs MERICS China Essentials Mar 12,...
Veteran Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim died on Wednesday in a hospital in northern Iraq due to health issues, his party said. For years, Muslim led the Democratic Union Party (PYD), Syria's most powerful Kurdish...
The opening week of the war against Iran cost the United States more than $11.3 billion, lawmakers were told in a Pentagon briefing, according to a New York Times report underscoring the pace at...
Iranian source claims Israel staged Oman attack to damage Tehran–Muscat ties and destabilize Gulf diplomacy amid widening war. Key Developments - An Iranian security official told Al-Mayadeen that Israel orchestrated a “false flag” attack targeting fuel storage facilities in Oman. - - The...
Years before the first known COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China, a loose network of scientists — backed by U.S. government grants and linked through recurring collaborations — was already running experiments to answer a deceptively simple question: What would...
Israel's closure of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque has forced Palestinian Muslim worshippers to pray outside the holy site during the final ten nights of Ramadan. The situation marks a stark contrast with previous years, when tens of thousands...
As the world grapples with the intensifying war in the Middle East, where U.S. and Israeli forces have been pounding Iranian targets since late February, another storm is brewing far from the battlefield. This one is in the quiet corridors...
GAZA, (PIC) Relief and food supplies to the Gaza Strip have witnessed a sharp decline amid the continued restrictions imposed by Israel on the crossings, which has worsened the humanitarian crisis experienced by more than 2.4 million Palestinians in the Strip. The...
Days before International Women’s Day, the European Commission presented a new Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030. Its language, filled with ‘intersectionality’, ‘empowerment’, and ‘gender mainstreaming’, projects an ambitious vision. It promises progress, yet it deliberately omits the EU's complicity...
China plans to cut its carbon emissions per unit of GDP 17% by 2030, according to its draft five-year economic plan. The target, down slightly from the 18% of the previous plan, offers insight into the policy trade-offs behind China’s development...
Up until the end of February, a steady flow of ships bound for destinations across the world would pass daily through the Strait of Hormuz. A narrow channel running between Oman and Iran, the waterway serves as the only...
Francesca Albanese , the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, is calling for submissions on a study on genocide and the media amid the Gaza war. The research seeks to investigate the killings of and attacks...
Within hours of joint US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran , anti-war activists across the US had mobilised demonstrations. This wasn't a spontaneous movement, but one rooted in over two decades of anti-war activism, largely spurred by the 2003 US-led invasion of...
For the Christian nationalist Heritage Foundation , the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is an opportunity to move the country further to the right. “ Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the...
While speculation rages on over the potential use of American boots on the ground in Iran, one of Tehran’s neighbours from which there are serious indicators that action could be taken by the US military to launch a ground invasion...
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who is yet to appear in public, vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths since the start of the war with the US and Israel , in a statement read out by...
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