China’s Aiming for the Moon, and NASA Is Looking Over Its Shoulder wpadminApril 3, 2026Artemis Program, China, China Aerospace, internal-open-access-from-nl, Moon, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Robots and Robotics, Rocket Science and Propulsion, Space and Astronomy, Space Exploration Technologies Corp, United States International Relations
Russia Is Sending a Second Oil Tanker to Fuel-Starved Cuba wpadminApril 3, 2026Cuba, Embargoes and Sanctions, internal-open-access-from-nl, Leavitt, Karoline, Mexico, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Peskov, Dmitri S, Russia, Sheinbaum, Claudia, Ships and Shipping, Trump, Donald J, United States Coast Guard
Cuban Patients Are Dying Because of U.S. Blockade, Doctors Say wpadminMarch 27, 2026Cuba, Deaths (Fatalities), Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Miguel, Embargoes and Sanctions, Food Insecurity, Hospitals, Infant Mortality, internal-open-access-from-nl, Johns Hopkins University, Medicine and Health, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Power Failures and Blackouts, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Shortages, Stanford University, Trump, Donald J, United Nations, United Nations Children's Fund, United States, United States International Relations, vis-photo, World Bank, World Health Organization
French Far Right Falls Short of Statement Win in Yardstick Local Races wpadminMarch 23, 2026Elections, France, France Unbowed (Political Party), internal-open-access-from-nl, National Rally (France), Politics and Government, Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Socialist Party (France)
The Billionaire Funding France’s Far Right wpadminMarch 23, 2026Belgium, Budgets and Budgeting, Computer and Video Games, Discrimination, Elections, Mayors, Entrepreneurship, France, Fringe Groups and Movements, High Net Worth Individuals, Immigration and Emigration, internal-open-access-from-nl, Mayors, Muslim Veiling, Muslims and Islam, National Rally (France), Philanthropy, Politics and Government, Religion-State Relations, Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right, Roman Catholic Church, Sterin, Pierre-Edouard
Attack on a Sudan Hospital Kills Dozens, Head of W.H.O. Says wpadminMarch 23, 2026Civilian Casualties, Darfur (Sudan), Hospitals, internal-open-access-from-nl, Rapid Support Forces (Sudan), Sudan, Sudanese Armed Forces, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, United Nations, War and Armed Conflicts, World Health Organization
A Lebanese Cafe on the Edge of Destruction wpadminMarch 19, 2026Beirut (Lebanon), Dahiya (Lebanon), Defense and Military Forces, Hezbollah, internal-open-access-from-nl, Israel, Lebanon, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), vis-photo, War and Armed Conflicts
Entering War’s Third Week, Trump Faces Stark Choices wpadminMarch 16, 2026Caine, John Daniel (1968- ), Defense Department, Hegseth, Pete, internal-open-access-from-nl, Iran-Israel Proxy Conflict, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Khamenei, Ali, Middle East, Netanyahu, Benjamin, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Persian Gulf, Ships and Shipping, Trump, Donald J, United States Defense and Military Forces, United States Economy, United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Xi Jinping
Iran’s Frantic Attempt to Save Its Ships Before Torpedo Attack wpadminMarch 13, 2026Deaths (Fatalities), Defense and Military Forces, Dissanayake, Anura Kumara, Hegseth, Pete, India, Indian Ocean, internal-open-access-from-nl, International Relations, Iran, Politics and Government, Ports, Rescues, Ships and Shipping, Sri Lanka, Torpedoes, United States Defense and Military Forces, United States Navy, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), War and Armed Conflicts
How Russia’s Scorched-Earth Attacks Put Ukraine’s Power Grid Near Collapse wpadminMarch 13, 2026Cold and Cold Spells, DTEK, Electric Light and Power, internal-open-access-from-nl, Kyiv (Ukraine), Nuclear Energy, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Ukraine, Ukrenergo, Winter (Season), Zaporizhzhia Power Plant (Ukraine)
China Wants Its Ethnic Minorities to Blend In. Now It’s the Law. wpadminMarch 13, 2026China, Chinese Language, Communist Party of China, Forced Assimilation, Human Rights Watch, Inner Mongolia, internal-open-access-from-nl, International Relations, Kunming (China), Law and Legislation, Leibold, James, Religion-State Relations, Tibet, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang (China)
Ground Down by War, Hezbollah’s Loyal Base Shows Cracks wpadminMarch 13, 2026Civilian Casualties, Dahiya (Lebanon), Defense and Military Forces, Evacuations and Evacuees, Hezbollah, internal-open-access-from-nl, International Relations, Iran, Iran-Israel Proxy Conflict, Israel, Khamenei, Ali, Lebanon, Nabatieh (Lebanon), Nasrallah, Hassan, Peace Process, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Shiite Muslims, Syria, United States, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), War and Armed Conflicts
Israel Drops Case Against Soldiers Accused of Abusing Palestinian Detainee wpadminMarch 13, 2026Defense and Military Forces, Detainees, internal-open-access-from-nl, Israel, Palestinians, Prisons and Prisoners, Sde Teiman (Israel), War and Armed Conflicts
15 Are Sentenced to Life for Moscow Concert Hall Massacre wpadminMarch 13, 2026Courts and the Judiciary, internal-open-access-from-nl, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Islamic State Khorasan, Russia, Terrorism
Yanar Mohammed, 65, Iraqi Women’s Rights Advocate, Is Killed by Gunmen wpadminMarch 13, 2026Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Baghdad (Iraq), Deaths (Obituaries), Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, internal-open-access-from-nl, Iraq, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Mohammed, Yanar (1960-2026), Popular Mobilization Forces (Iraq), Sex Crimes, Women's Rights, Yazidi (Religious Sect)
Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s New Supreme Leader, Says Strait of Hormuz Must Remain Closed in Defiant Statement wpadminMarch 13, 2026internal-open-access-from-nl, Iran, Khamenei, Mojtaba (1969- ), Middle East, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), War and Armed Conflicts
Deadly Attack on Oil Tankers Prompts Iraq to Close Oil Terminals wpadminMarch 13, 2026internal-open-access-from-nl, Iraq, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Ships and Shipping, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
Why Oil Prices Surged Even After the Release of Strategic Reserves wpadminMarch 13, 2026Energy Department, internal-open-access-from-nl, International Energy Agency, Iran, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Shortages, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
Fear and Hope for Iranians Trapped Between Bombs and Defiant Rulers wpadminMarch 10, 2026Basij, Civilian Casualties, internal-open-access-from-nl, Iran, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Khamenei, Ali, Kurdistan, Tehran (Iran), United States, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), War and Armed Conflicts
