The Government Media Office of Hamas, which technically rules Gaza, said today 77 per cent of the Strip’s territory was now under direct Israeli occupation, and called on the UN to act to stop “continued genocide, ethnic cleansing, colonialism, aggression” and what it...
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The hidden battle: India’s water war against Pakistan
New Delhi’s escalation over the Indus River isn’t just environmental–it’s strategic, existential, and signals a new front in the war of attrition with Islamabad.
Staging for a strike? U.S. quietly moves bombers as Israel prepares to hit Iran
As threats of an Israeli strike on Iran grow louder, the United States is making quiet but unmistakable moves of its own.
Extermination as negotiation: Understanding Israel’s strategy in Gaza
Whether it's total conquest or managed containment, Israel doesn't have a single grand strategy for Gaza, but it uses the possibility of both to prolong the war.
MAGA and the pope
Inside the Catholic Church’s misguided plan to fix American Catholicism.
Britain returns Chagos, but shadow of nuclear ambiguity over Diego Garcia remains
As Britain hands the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, the continued exclusion of Diego Garcia from resettlement and scrutiny raises alarms. Despite Mauritius’s commitments under the Pelindaba Treaty establishing an African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone, U.S. control of...
‘We’re building a new way of life’: A conversation with National Assembly candidate Albanys Montilla
The Venezuelan youth has faced special hardships under the U.S. blockade. The new parliament could help.
Iranian diplomats suspect Trump using talks as instrument of sabotage
In Tehran, bewildered diplomats told me they suspect the Trump administration is exploiting nuclear negotiations as a instrument for generating instability to weaken Iran’s economy and foment social strife.
No more dog whistles
Under Trump, Racism Isn’t Just the Subtext, It’s the Text.
U.S. reinstates funding to propaganda outlet NED
The brief freeze and rapid partial reinstatement of National Endowment for Democracy (NED) funding in early 2025 helped expose it as a U.S. regime-change tool.
The Havoc caused by Say’s Law
JEAN-BAPTISTE Say, a French economist who wrote in the late eighteenth century, had formulated a law to the effect that ‘supply creates its own demand’, which meant that there could never be an inadequate demand for the aggregate of goods produced in any economy.
Department of Homeland Security revokes Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) head Kristi Noem sent a letter to Harvard University Thursday informing the school’s administration that she was revoking its ability to enroll international students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.











