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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has become the world’s largest regional association, bringing together countries whose combined population accounts for about half of the world’s population, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. “The SCO today is in fact the largest regional organization in the world, where half …
September, 2026
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7 September
Katz threatens ‘full-scale war’ against Palestinian Authority
Israeli Security Minister Israel Katz said Monday that he had instructed the occupation army to prepare for a “full-scale war” against the Palestinian Authority’s leadership, security forces, affiliated bodies, and what he described as “offensive infrastructure” in the occupied West Bank. Katz said the instructions were intended to …
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7 September
The Forgotten Frontline: Why Europe’s Overseas Territories Are No Longer Just Relics of Empire
For decades, Europe’s overseas territories have been treated as quaint historical curiosities—leftovers of defunct empires, tropical islands for holidaymakers, or icy outposts for climate scientists. But in an era defined by predatory revisionism, shrinking rules-based order, and the return of great-power competition, these territories have become something far …
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2 September
Bank of Canada keeps policy rate unchanged
Ongoing conflict in Middle East keeps energy prices high, Bank of Canada syayes The Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its policy rate unchanged at 2.25% for the seventh consecutive meeting. In a statement, the bank said that the policy rate was left unchanged because the economy and inflation …
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2 September
Greenland’s right to determine own future at stake, foreign minister tells European lawmakers
‘We do feel that we have support because NATO is involved, the West is involved,’ Mute Bourup Egede says Greenland’s right to determine its own future is at stake amid ongoing geopolitical tensions over the semi-autonomous Danish territory, Greenland’s Foreign Minister Mute Bourup Egede said Wednesday. “We are …
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2 September
Trump touts US control of Strait of Hormuz after striking Iranian boats
US president suggests renaming strait as ‘Trump Strait,’ says strikes a year ago stopped Tehran from being ‘2 weeks away’ from nuclear bomb US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, crediting last year’s US strikes with halting Tehran’s …
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2 September
The Islamic State’s Buried Fortune: How ISIS Hid Its Wealth Across the Deserts of Syria and Iraq
The Islamic State may have lost its territory, its cities and the illusion of statehood that once allowed it to control large parts of Syria and Iraq, but it did not necessarily lose its wealth. Beneath abandoned farms, desert tracks, private properties and the ruins of its former …
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2 September
Yesterday’s Enemies, One Electoral Trench: What Brings Hamas, Dahlan and the Palestinian Left Together?
Palestinian politics is approaching a potentially extraordinary moment. With legislative elections scheduled for November 28, 2026, forces that spent years fighting one another may now find themselves sharing the same electoral list. Hamas, which has governed the Gaza Strip since 2007, is seeking the broadest possible political coalition. …
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2 September
Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq and Iran: Who Belongs Inside the Mecca Alliance?
The emerging Mecca Alliance could become one of the most consequential attempts in years to reshape the security architecture of the Muslim world. What began as closer strategic coordination among Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan is increasingly raising a larger question: who else belongs inside this new framework, …
