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fromwww.npr.org
15 hours ago

Israel is building a buffer zone inside Lebanon

Israel's military deployment in southern Lebanon includes five maneuvering divisions, matching the number present in Gaza during the height of conflict. This reflects a significant escalation in military presence aimed at countering threats from Hezbollah.
France politics
fromThe Walrus
1 day ago

Can Alberta Keep Foreign Meddling Out of Its Secession Vote? | The Walrus

Justice Shaina Leonard found the potential for 'irreparable' harm to the treaty relationship between First Nations and the Crown and blocked election officials from certifying the separatist petition for one month.
Canada news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

Netanyahu next to Middle East map: We strangled them and have more to do'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described how six countries wanted to strangle us but instead we strangled them and we have more to do.
World politics
#greater-israel
#ukraine
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago
Miscellaneous

We are not losers, we are winners': Ukraine reflects on four years of war

Kyiv and Ukraine display resilience and recovery despite territorial losses and heavy casualties, strengthened by NATO expansion and a rapidly built, battle-ready Ukrainian military.
Right-wing politics
fromTruthout
1 week ago

No Kings Must Mean No War: Foreign Policy Is Least Democratic Space in Politics

The majority of Iranian Americans oppose the war on Iran, despite media portrayal of pro-monarchy sentiments.
Science
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon

Satellite infrastructure in the Gulf is increasingly contested, affecting the reliability of information during conflicts.
Social justice
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

'Erasing the Lines': How Settlers Are Seizing New Regions of the West Bank

The Palestinian Bedouin community of Ein Samia was uprooted in May 2023 due to pressure from Israeli settlers, marking a significant displacement event.
Roam Research
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

Navigation satellites guide the world and its wars

GPS is part of a broader family of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that are crucial for various applications, including military operations.
fromwww.dw.com
3 weeks ago

'Vulnerable' satellites guide the world and its wars

Signals from Global Navigation Satellite Systems are quite vulnerable. They are exceptionally weak, meaning that any radio noise near their frequency, accidental or malicious, can interfere with reception. I am confident that there are people in every government who understand the problem. The challenge is getting leadership to both understand and act to reduce the risk.
France politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Israel's planned expansion of Lebanon ground campaign fuels fears of prolonged occupation

Israel announces ground operations in southern Lebanon with conditions for displaced residents' return tied to Israeli border security, raising prolonged occupation concerns.
World politics
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

The Same War, on a Loop

Israel faces continuous missile threats requiring residents to sleep in protective clothing and respond to repeated alerts, while schools operate online and military conflicts persist across multiple fronts.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Israeli settlers kill two Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Israeli settlers shot two Palestinians in the head and a third died from tear gas exposure in Abu Falah village, marking at least six Palestinian deaths by settlers in one week.
World politics
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

How Israel Used the War in Gaza to Accelerate Settlements in the West Bank

Netanyahu's government accelerates West Bank settlement expansion and annexation while the Trump administration tacitly enables these policies through diplomatic recognition of Israeli settlements.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Top Trump Pentagon Official Says He's Not The Right Person' to Ask If the US Is At War

The Trump administration uses inconsistent terminology regarding military action against Iran, with officials avoiding formal war declarations while the president and Defense Secretary describe operations as war.
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Historian reveals the three signs that a world war has already begun

Anthony Glees, Emeritus Professor at the University of Buckingham, called the US and Israeli decision to attack Iran a 'war of choice' and the first red flag which previously led to the last two world wars. He claimed that the conflict in the Middle East did not start out of necessity or self-defense, but as a deliberate decision by two leaders focused on gaining power and keeping it.
World politics
EU data protection
fromInfoWorld
1 month ago

Sovereignty isn't a toggle feature

European cloud alternatives like Hetzner and Scaleway can deliver comparable performance and capabilities to AWS while significantly reducing costs, though they require greater operational responsibility and architectural commitment to sovereignty.
World politics
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 month ago

The War's Next Phase: Five Indicators That Matter Most

Military operations against symmetric targets succeed historically, but asymmetric threats like Shahed drones require adaptive branch plans rather than predetermined sequels.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

America's Crimea

Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, can rarely be described as looking happy. His brick wall of a face and somber voice, worn down by many years of smoking Marlboros, have earned him the nickname "Minister No." But when the question of Greenland came up yesterday at his press conference in Moscow, Lavrov seemed to come alive, even permitting himself a smile and a chuckle as he talked about President Trump's imperial designs on the Danish territory and the response from NATO allies.
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History
fromemptywheel
2 months ago

Voiding International Agreements Can Have Awkward Consequences - emptywheel

The United States purchased the Danish West Indies in 1917 for $25 million; Denmark obtained tacit U.S. assent to extend interests in Greenland.
Business
fromHarvard Business Review
1 month ago

Rethinking Strategy in a Hyperpolitical World

Corporate decisions face intense public scrutiny for political implications, resulting in boycotts, revenue loss, reputational damage, and executive terminations, yet political engagement remains unavoidable for businesses.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Spending even more on defence won't buy us peace | Letters

MoD procurement failures, waste, and lack of accountability must be fixed before substantially increasing defence spending.
#international-law
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago
World politics

Why international law is still the world's best defence

The post-World War II international legal order faces erosion from ultranationalism, great-power rivalries, and norm violations, risking a return to force-based politics where power supersedes principle.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago
World politics

Israel puts a target on the back of the rules-based order

Israel's foreign ministry posted a threatening message comparing The Hague Group's diplomatic efforts to enforce international law to a destroyed Iranian warship, suggesting military consequences for those pursuing accountability in Gaza.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Why international law is still the world's best defence

The post-World War II international legal order faces erosion from ultranationalism, great-power rivalries, and norm violations, risking a return to force-based politics where power supersedes principle.
#greenland
#west-bank-land-registration
Europe politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

EU Weighs Deploying Its Own Economic Weapon Against Trump's Greenland Aggression

The European Union is considering using an anti-coercion economic "bazooka" against the United States in response to Trump's attempts to seize Greenland.
#greenland-acquisition
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Ukraine claws back southern territory as Russia's war enters fifth year

Ukraine regained 300-400 square kilometers of territory in southern Ukraine since January, while Russian offensive capabilities show significant weaknesses and limited territorial gains despite massive casualties.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

From Cyprus to Greenland? UK Sovereign Base Areas explained

The United Kingdom retained two Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus (Akrotiri and Dhekelia), covering about 3% of the island, under full British sovereignty since 1960.
Miscellaneous
fromFortune
2 months ago

Trump's fight with NATO over Greenland 'crossed a line that cannot be uncrossed' and weakens the alliance long term, expert says | Fortune

Internal divisions and high-profile U.S. actions have weakened NATO's unity and credibility, undermining its deterrence posture against Russia despite rising European defense spending.
#west-bank
Miscellaneous
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

'We Are Learning to Bully Back'

Trump's withdrawal of tariff threats and softened stance on Greenland averted immediate confrontation but inflicted significant, potentially lasting damage on U.S.-European relations and security ties.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Gulf countries back Kuwait's sovereignty after Iraq draws new boundaries

Gulf countries have pledged support for Kuwait's sovereignty after Iraq submitted new maritime coordinates and an updated map to the United Nations. Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates backed Kuwait after the emirate summoned Iraq's charge d'affaires on Saturday to protest Baghdad's move, calling it a violation of its sovereignty. list of 3 itemsend of list Iraq said it made the updates based on the lowest low-water line used to measure its territorial sea.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The world order we're leaving behind may be replaced by no order at all

The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, inspired a wave of enthusiastic nodding among the cosmopolitan crowd gathered in Davos last month when he took to the podium and proclaimed that the world order underwritten by the United States, which prevailed in the west throughout the postwar era, was over. The organizing principle that emerged from the ashes of the second world war, that interdependence would promote world peace by knitting nations' interests together in a drive for common security and prosperity, no longer works.
World news
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Believing Borders Make Us Safer Is Like Believing the Sun Revolves Around Earth

Western governments, the U.S. under Donald Trump leading the pack, are caught in the grip of an anti-immigration fervor, enforcing cruel and degrading laws that violate human rights and undermine public safety. This entire approach toward immigrants is not only immoral but also rests on false economic claims, argues Daniel Mendiola, assistant professor of history and migration studies at Vassar College, in the interview that follows.
US politics
#us-foreign-policy
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Mapping the 10 countries with the most overseas territories

Countries retain overseas territories—often colonial remnants—for strategic military, economic, environmental, and governance reasons, exemplified by US interest in Greenland for defense.
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

I've Covered Migration and Borders for Years. This Is What I've Learned.

U.S. imperialism escalated under Trump, combining foreign military aggression with domestic repression and deportation of migrants and refugees.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Bitter dispute between Trump and EU over Gaza's future breaks out into the open

Europe alleges Trump's Board of Peace bypasses UN mandates, omits Palestinian input, excludes European funders, and risks unaccountable reconstruction funds.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

What's the fallout from Israel's land grab?

Last week, its security cabinet approved a move that makes it easier for settlers to buy land there, repealing decades-old laws and regulations. This week, the Israeli government went a step further. It has approved a proposal to reactivate land registration in the area for the first time since 1967. The move paves the way for Israel to gain ownership of vast swaths of land Palestinians hoped would have been part of their future state.
World news
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Berlin slams Putin over 'stubborn insistence on crucial territorial issue' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Wadephul said speaking in Latvia that what was seen during the peace talks in UAE is "Russia's stubborn insistence on the crucial territorial issue." "And if there is no flexibility here, I fear that the negotiations may still take a long time or may not be successful at this stage," he said. He added, "Our commitment to diplomacy does not weaken our determination to support Ukraine."
World politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Trump's Board of Peace' Includes Country That Putin Used to Stage Invasion of Ukraine

The charter for President Donald Trump's newly formed Board of Peace claims the organization aims to secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict. Some of its member states seem less than committed to that goal. The president faced widespread backlash for his highly controversial invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is reportedly still considering accepting a place on the board.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Israeli plans deepen de facto annexation of occupied West Bank

The new measures, which aim to expand Israel's power across the occupied West Bank, will make it easier to seize Palestinian land illegally. We are anchoring settlement as an inseparable part of Israel's government policy, said Katz. Experts say it will fundamentally alter the civil and legal reality of the territory, removing what the Israeli ministers termed legal obstacles that have existed for decades against the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied territories.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Regavim': Israel's new Rafah border site carries coded annexation message

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has reopened partially for a few Palestinians after an 18-month closure in tandem with an added restriction to control the movement of returnees. The Israeli army has set up a checkpoint called Regavim in an area under its control outside the crossing for those entering Gaza from Egypt. As the first trickle of humanity passed through the gates on Monday, official Israeli military documents gave it a name that indicates the facility is no longer being treated as a border crossing but as an operation for population control.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Israel to restart land registration in West Bank. What that means

The Israeli government has approved a plan to begin land registration in the occupied West Bank, meaning it will be able to seize land from Palestinians who cannot prove ownership. For the first time since Israel's occupation of the West Bank in 1967, it will register such land as property of the state also known as settlement of land title in Area C of the occupied West Bank.
World news
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