Tehran, Iran - When the first US and Israeli airstrikes hit Iran on 28 February, they arrived with an intensity and precision that marked something genuinely new in the history of armed conflict. This was not a conventional...
By: B A Hamzah - - - - The once and future sultanate of yore The Malaysian territory of Sabah came under the spotlight again during a recent routine briefing by the Department of Foreign Affairs, the latest in a...
The signage outside Metallon, one of Zimbabwe's largest gold producers. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Mar 18 2026 (IPS) Africa’s eye on minerals as the be-all-and-cure-all for the continent’s development agenda is being tested by geopolitical gamesmanship as...
Last October, Palestinian novelist Bassem Khandaqji was released from prison as part of a prisoner exchange. It was during his years behind bars that he wrote A Mask, the Colour of the Sky (السماء بلون قناع), a psychologically...
About 90 ships including oil tankers have crossed the Strait of Hormuz since the outset of the war with Iran and it is still exporting millions of barrels of oil at a time when the waterway...
A UN body said the execution of Egyptians in Saudi Arabia on drug-related charges was inexcusable and urged Riyadh to pay reparations and change its laws to stop the use of the death penalty for such crimes. Two Egyptians,...
US President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at "foolish" NATO over Iran, saying the United States needs no help after allies rebuffed his calls to join efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said most US...
Israel's assassination of Ali Larijani, the powerful secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council — now confirmed by Iran — carries far greater political than operational significance. The Iranian system has demonstrated considerable resilience in replacing political and...
Japan’s quiet deployment of upgraded Type-12 missiles marks a decisive shift from defensive posturing to operational counterstrike capability, with implications for the balance of power in the East China Sea and around Taiwan. This month, multiple media outlets reported that...
GAZA, (PIC) In a small space amid a reality burdened by the effects of the Israeli war and the ongoing displacement situation in the Gaza Strip, dozens of children find a breathing space for expression inside a simple art studio in...
Amid a drastic increase in Israeli military operations in Lebanon by air and land, there is chatter that Israeli government officials are signalling the cancellation of the maritime border demarcation agreement reached with Lebanese authorities in October 2022. This...
The United Arab Emirates may join a US-led effort to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran all but shut the vital waterway to ships as Tehran wages war with Israel and the United...
Iraq announced on Wednesday it had resumed limited oil exports of 250,000 bpd through the Turkish port of Ceyhan after the country's output plunged due to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz . A founding member of the OPEC...
An explosion was heard in Baghdad early Wednesday, an AFP journalist said, as Iraqi officials reported a drone and rocket attack targeting the US embassy . The latest explosion came hours after multiple blasts were heard across the...
For the first time in nearly two years, the markets of the Gaza Strip are slowly regaining the familiar rhythms for Eid al-Fitr preparations . In the crowded alleyways of Gaza City, Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, vendors...
Is there a better Eid present for a child or young person than a book? Between the pages of our choices – for everyone from toddlers to teenagers – lie adventure, knowledge, excitement, and messages about community and faith. Pre-school...
When the United States entered a war with Iran, the expectation in Washington was predictable. Historically, foreign conflicts have often produced a short-term rally-around-the-flag effect. Political leaders assume that once military action begins, public support will follow. Yet this time...
È stato dopo la visita di Netanyahu che la posizione ufficiale di Washington nei confronti di Teheran ha assunto toni decisamente più aggressivi. Segue nostro Telegram . Non ero certo l’unico a concludere, non appena è stata resa pubblica la...
TEHRAN, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has extended its heartfelt condolences to the Iranian leadership and people over the martyrdom of Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, along with his son and several companions, in an Israeli strike in...
By CIVICUS Mar 18 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses China’s tech-enabled repression with Fergus Ryan, a Senior Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), where he specialises in how the Chinese Communist Party shapes global information environments through censorship, propaganda and...
Iran vowed to take revenge against the US and Israel on Wednesday as it prepared to hold the funerals of security chief Ali Larijani and the head of the Basij paramilitary force, who were assassinated by...
Raed Subhi was following the news that reached him after midnight on Saturday about Israeli soldiers opening fire on a Palestinian vehicle in the town of Tammoun, south of Tubas in the northern occupied West Bank . He never imagined...
The gigantic electoral victory of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in the recently concluded general election of Nepal demonstrates how the country is turning a new page in the history of its electoral politics. In the realm of politics, every...
By Dania Abul Haj My friend and I were standing near Damascus Gate, observing how empty the Old City of Jerusalem was during the last stretch of Ramadan, when we noticed that we had become surrounded by more than a dozen...
GAZA, (PIC) One Palestinian civilian was killed and others were wounded following an Israeli airstrike in the al‑Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday morning. According to Palestinian media sources, an Israeli warplane bombed a group of...
Muslim History Month poster- artist Siddhesh Gautam By Mariya Salim DELHI, India, Mar 18 2026 (IPS) In public discourse today, Muslims often appear as subjects of debate rather than authors of their own histories. Discussions about Muslim societies tend to revolve...
The US-Israel war on Iran has been described as “the first AI war.” But recent deployments of artificial intelligence are, in fact, the latest in a long history of technological developments that prize a need for speed in the military...
Egypt is calling for the formation of a joint Arab military force to protect Arab countries against threats, but the proposal is coming under fire from a growing number of Gulf influencers. "The UAE and other Gulf countries have proven...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens, including several women, during raids in the West Bank last night and at dawn Wednesday. According to local sources, Israeli forces kidnaped about 16 women from their homes...
A sign outside the UN Secretariat building last year. By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Mar 18 2026 (IPS) As the world continues to be weighed down in political and military turmoil, drones are being increasingly used as weapons of war in...
Many global leaders are looking for the best ways to thrive in a rapidly evolving economy, but find themselves at a crossroads. Some are choosing to rely on a familiar – and perhaps, more comfortable – model of rigidity: regulation...
Science in the modern era is increasingly reliant on enormous datasets and automated analysis. In astronomy, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) – a ten-year survey covering the entire southern sky almost a thousand...
TOKYO — With the Iran war sending oil prices into a vertical climb, the resulting shockwaves across global markets have investors balancing their portfolios like a high‑stakes game of Jenga on a trembling table. The problem isn’t so much oil...
Mobile World Congress 2026 (MWC26) came and went without an outburst of anti-Huawei rhetoric from Washington, DC, as the US government was busy repivoting from its obsession with China to its old standby: war in the Middle East. But Huawei,...
The most revealing aspect of the National Intelligence Council’s recent assessment that a U.S.-Israeli campaign was unlikely to topple the Iranian regime is not the estimate itself. Intelligence analysts are supposed to puncture exuberant assumptions. What makes the episode significant...
At long last, a European leader has said what should have been apparent from the very first: that the Israeli-U.S. war against Iran and Iran’s retaliation against energy exports from the Persian Gulf, make it urgently necessary for European Union...
U.S. military bases in the Middle East have served as a key launchpad for American attacks on Iran. But they’ve also served as a vulnerable target for retaliation. In less than two weeks, the Iranian military has fired thousands of...
As the U.S. and Israel expand their war with Iran, Lebanon is once again being drawn into a volatile regional conflict. Hezbollah launched rockets against northern Israel in solidarity with Iran, triggering a new round of Israeli military operations inside...
US President Donald Trump’s remarks on Tuesday questioning why China, Japan and South Korea have not taken a more active military role in safeguarding key energy transport routes, namely the Strait of Hormuz, draw attention to a deeper shift already...
Miriam Adelson, Tulsi Gabbard and the degenerate Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Joe Kent resigned today as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the top U.S. government post responsible for integrating and analyzing terrorism-related intelligence because of his opposition to the...
This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. What the Prophet Yunus Teaches Muslim Parents About Purpose, Escape, and the Shore That Waits There is a specific kind...
Lebanon said two Israeli strikes on central Beirut early Wednesday killed at least six people, with local media also reporting raids on Iran-backed Hezbollah 's stronghold in the city's southern suburbs. Local media reported one strike hit an...
This statement was originally published on ipi.media on 13 March 2026. IPI calls on authorities to safeguard media freedom after series of recent arrests and attacks on journalists The IPI global network expresses deep concern over a series of...
By: Andy Wong Ming Jun - - - - Singapore International Arbitration Center headquarters Singapore’s reputation as a center for impartial international legal arbitration is facing an unexpected challenge to its credibility from an internal whistleblower within the Singapore International...
This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 10 March 2026. By Larissa Kojoué, researcher Proposed law threatens rights to nondiscrimination, free expression Lawmakers in Ghana have reintroduced a draconian bill that jeopardizes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
- - - - Tulsi Gabbard, the Trump administration’s Director of National Intelligence (DNI), has spent years warning of the evils of regime-change wars in general and a U.S. war with Iran in particular. When she was running for...
Joe Kent’s resignation is not an anomaly but an alarm: elite dissent is surfacing early because this war is built on deception. Joe Kent’s resignation is shocking, but not for the obvious reason. It is not shocking simply because it...
Not distracted by the war on Iran, on March 3, President Trump, once again, warned that Cuba was in its “last moments.” The next day, he said, “It may be a friendly takeover. It may not be a friendly takeover....
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