Friday, October 16, 2026

Tag: international diplomacy

Israel escalates conflict with massive bombing in Lebanon as US weapons...

The Israeli military launched devastating airstrikes in Lebanon, escalating tensions as U.S. military aid continues to flow. Lebanese hospitals, overwhelmed with casualties, are bracing for more attacks, while analysts warn of a growing regional crisis.

Averting Crisis: Global Calls for Restraint as Tensions Escalate Between Israel...

Amidst calls for peace, a night of retaliation heightens fears of an all-out war.

Brink of conflict: Escalating tensions in Middle East following Iran blasts

Tensions rise in Kerman: Middle East edges closer to conflict amidst blasts and accusations.

Defrosting the cold war with China

Biden and Xi urgently need to go to a couples counselor to air their grievances, identify mutual interests, and commit to the process of getting to maybe.

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The Zone of Interest at the Cannes Film Festival. Photo: Canal22 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

30 Months After Uproar Over Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech, What Do His Pro-Israel Denouncers...

Ten signers of a 2024 open letter condemning the director’s Academy Awards speech told the author whether their views have changed since.
Clinton Street in Iowa City, Iowa. Photo: Billwhittaker / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Iowa hospital custodian deported to Sierra Leone before judge ruled on stay request, advocates...

Fatou Traore held a 2011 order barring removal to her home country. Co-workers, her congresswoman and three bishops had asked for her release.

America’s Broken Promises, Iran’s Resolve, and the dangerous Game over the Strait of Hormuz

Iran is telling Washington that the age of expecting automatic concessions in exchange for ambiguous promises is over.
Solar cells and wind turbines at the Technical University of Łódź. Photo: Zorro2212 / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Clean energy finance passes fossil fuels for the first time, but little reaches low-income...

Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. report G20 and development bank clean energy finance averaged $52.7 billion a year from 2023 to 2025
A guillotine on display in Luxembourg. Photo: Christian Ries / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

If Trumpism descends to grisly entertainment, why not hangings, guillotines, hungry lions, even burning...

Ready, Aim, Fire! with the latest culture of death stunt politics.