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The Rice Report | Unravelling the Western and Israeli agenda in the Middle East and the risks to global stability and security.

The not-quite-snack has a storied past and some surprising benefits.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 11 (IPS) - Since the breakdown of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, the Gaza Strip has been subjected to significant bombardment and blockages of humanitarian aid. With aid deliveries having been halted from entering the Gaza Strip for over one month, roughly two million Palestinians have been relying on dwindling resources, facing heightened risks of malnutrition and disease.

A new Griffith University-led study shows that numerous humid intervals occurred in the Saharo-Arabian Desert over the past 8 million years.

A new full-body reconstruction depicts a warrior wearing armor and holding weapons, all of which were found in a 4,000-year-old burial in Siberia.

The launch supports the group's growth plans in the country while strengthening its presence in Central Asia.

Japanese director Takeshi Kitano's samurai epic 'Kubi' will open the sixth edition of London's Queer East Festival at BFI Southbank.

ROME, Mar 28 (IPS) - Degrading soil, air pollution, vanishing biodiversity, emerging plant and animal health issues and more are coming together in the current situation of multiple crisis. Ensuring water security is just one, among the many challenges individuals, countries, and the world faces. Yet, we shouldn't forget that water makes up the largest percentage of our bodies and the same applies to animals,…

The new approach, including the first known visit by U.S. officials to Kabul since 2021, comes down to transactionalism.

Some Westerners see Russia as a place to build a better, more conservative life. Moscow, facing a demographic crisis, is willing to let them try.

Foreign Office responds to expulsion of British diplomat and diplomatic spouse with tit-for-tat move

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Foreign ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday rejected President Donald Trump's calls to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and backed a plan for an administrative committee to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead. Meanwhile, Hamas reported "positive signals" in

ROME, Mar 05 (IPS) - "The PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) should dissolve. I make this call and take historical responsibility," read the letter from Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdish guerrilla, on Thursday, 27 February.

A home literally fit for a king.

To address the insurgencies, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have employed a strategy of counterterrorism. Of the three counterterrorism strategies a government

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Breitbart News that his conversations with leaders across the Middle East suggest a "strong desire" in the region to see expansion of the historic Abraham Accords, and that worldwide the planet is thrilled President Donald Trump is back in the White House, as the "world has been dying for" Trump's "kind of leadership" again in Washington.

It has been a pressing question regarding Syria's new rulers. How would the Islamist group treat religious freedom in a diverse country? For Syria's religious minorities, the answer has been encouraging, but incomplete.

The president's demand that the Taliban return U.S. weaponry shows he is looking for new leverage.

The origin of the Huns in fourth-century Europe has long been debated, but centuries-old DNA has revealed their diverse backgrounds.

FPRI President Dr. Aaron Stein sits down with author Edward Fishman to discuss his latest book, Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare.