Friday, October 23, 2026
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where the Shanghai Cooperation Organization held its summit. Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Shanghai Cooperation Org. Roundly Condemns War on Iran

A bloc representing 40 percent of the world's population, from Russia and China to India and Pakistan, jointly denounced the US and Israeli strikes on Iran at a summit in Kyrgyzstan.
A US Navy aircraft carrier on station in the Persian Gulf. Photo: US Navy, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hormuzing It Up

Or "Bombing the Shit" Out of Them (Whoever They Might Be)
A gas station price sign in New York, May 2026. Photo: Tdorante10 / CC BY-SA 4.0

Highest Gasoline Prices ever in Aug., as US-Iran Tit for Tat Strikes Continue

Americans paid nearly $60 billion more at the pump this spring than a year earlier, and the Gulf shipping crisis shows no sign of easing before the price hits again.
The Strait of Hormuz, between Iran and Oman. Photo: CIA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pakistan’s “Fresh” Proposals to End Iran-U.S. Conflict

Opening the Strait of Hormuz has become the number one U.S. goal.
The U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Latest sanctions on Iran risk strengthening Tehran and undermining US credibility

Two London-based political scientists argue the sanctions could backfire, uniting Iran's government against outside pressure while costing the US diplomatic credibility abroad.

Pakistan’s “Fresh” Proposals to End Iran-U.S. Conflict

Opening the Strait of Hormuz has become the number one U.S. goal.
The United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York. Photo: Patrick Gruban, cropped and downsampled by Pine / CC BY-SA 2.0

A Divided Vote for the UN’s Human Rights Chief

Ten states, including the US, Russia and Israel, opposed reappointing Volker Turk, whose office faces its own budget crisis as he begins a second term.
Uzhhorod in western Ukraine. Photo: Uzhstudent / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Retired in Ukraine: One Cheese, Two Chickens and a Dozen Eggs

Ukrainian pensioners sell flowers, eggs and produce as war, low pensions and rising prices make retirement increasingly precarious
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. Photo: Shlomi Amsalem / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Israeli Security Chief Ben Gvir’s Murder Spree against Palestinian Civilians- “30 to 40 Every...

In a podcast interview with former hostage Ron Braslavski, Ben-Gvir said targeted assassinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night.
The village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. Photo: יעקב / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Meet Loui Ridi: Palestinian American Returns to West Bank Home Besieged by Israeli Settlers

Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American man who lives in Ohio, traveled to the occupied West Bank on Monday to help relatives defend their family home in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus.