1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (259+ words) Juan Cole Informed Comment The 19th century American naval theorist Alfred Thayer Mahan stressed that a great maritime empire needn’t control the seas but rather must establish dominance over what he called “the narrows.” We would now say “chokepoints.” The United…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (731+ words) Researchers have examined how weakening currents in the Atlantic Ocean could impact global agriculture — and the results are concerning. Weakening Atlantic Ocean currents could cripple agriculture in some of the world’s major breadbaskets, threatening global food security and raising the…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1002+ words) Finally someone in high public office has had the nerve to state the obvious: that Britain’s Orthodox chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, is talking complete nonsense. Sadly, no one in the media seems ready to listen to Ed Miliband, the UK’s…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (235+ words) Robert Inlakesh MintPress News Iran launches newly acquired precision missiles towards US warships in the Persian Gulf as the Trump administration’s ‘Economic D-Day’ backfires tremendously. In this Monday’s episode of The Target Stream Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh takes a…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (699+ words) And a reaffirmation of the UN charter and international law. Chinese President Xi Jinping underlined the need for stronger international coordination for common security in West Asia and a reaffirmation of the UN Charter and international law. Xi demanded external…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (928+ words) But with purchasing power destroyed by nearly three years of war and displacement, food on the shelves remains out of reach for the majority of Gaza’s population. In a tent in Tal al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, 39-year-old Iman Abdel…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (790+ words) In every war, there is supposed to come a moment when the guns fall silent and families carry their dead to the cemetery. In Gaza, that moment has still not fully arrived. Nearly three years into the war, thousands of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1553+ words) Southern California is home to one of the largest Palestinian diasporas in the country, and at least 57,000 Palestinians are spread across the state. Despite decades of oppression and displacement by Israel, generations of these Palestinian families persevered and now call…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (757+ words) This article was originally published by Truthout What happens when journalistic work itself becomes the justification for imprisonment, beatings, and insults? On August 9, 2026, Israeli authorities informed the Palestinian Commission of Detainees Affairs of the death of journalist Ihab Diab while…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (351+ words) President Donald Trump was accused over the weekend of exploiting an energy crisis of his own creation to make the case for what he dubiously characterized as “the biggest oil deal in world history” with Venezuela, a country that the…...