Iran sees American demands as reaching far beyond what the United States achieved in war. Tehran is gambling that it can withstand further bombardment more than Washington is willing to sustain economic chaos, experts say. A billboard of Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, on Saturday in Tehran. Iranian officials argue that the United States did not actually want to negotiate during talks this weekend in Pakistan.Credit...Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times Vice Presi

China and Russia view the U.S. grand strategy as increasingly out of focus. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte’s maxim may well have been in the minds of policymakers in Moscow and Beijing these past weeks, as the U.S. war in Iran dragged on. And now that a 14-day ceasefire between Tehran and Washington is in effect – with both sides claiming “victory” – Russian and Chinese leaders still have an opport

Wikimedia Commons JAKARTA, 08 April 2026—ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) calls on ASEAN and its member states to take urgent and coordinated action to address the worsening food insecurity and deteriorating conditions in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh—host to more than one million Rohingya, almost half of whom are children. During APHR’s advocacy mission to Cox’s Bazar in 2025, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned of imminent food shortages as fundin

French soldiers in Rwanda, ten days after the start of Operation Turquoise. © HOCINE ZAOURAR ARCHIVES. AFP. In Bisesero, French troops abandoned the Tutsi, who had mounted a resistance. This act symbolizes the international community’s failure to prevent the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, highlighting its significant responsibility in both the preparation and execution of these atrocities. The genocide against the Tutsi represents a profound failure of the international com

For perspective on President Trump’s talk about bombing Iran’s bridges and power plants and whether that's legal under international law, Geoff Bennett spoke with retired Lieutenant Colonel Rachel VanLandingham. She spent 20 years in the Air Force and is now a professor at Southwestern Law School. President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 1. Photo by Alex Brandon/Pool via Reuters Amna Nawaz: Fo

FILE PHOTO: Myanmar's military leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing participates in a parade commemorating the 81st Armed Forces Day in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo JAKARTA, April 6 - A criminal case against Myanmar's newly-elected President ⁠Min ⁠Aung Hlaing was filed in ⁠Indonesia on Monday by a group of civil society organisations, accusing the leader ​of acts of genocide against the Rohingya ethnic group. Myanmar is a member of the Asso

Financing underpinning the artificial intelligence bubble is also on the table for reconsideration, sources told Drop Site. The Dubai skyline with the landmark Burj Khalifa skyscraper a smoke plume rises from an ongoing fire near Dubai International Airport on March 16, 2026, as Iran kept up its Gulf attacks. Photo by AFP via Getty Images. We made a commitment from day one: no paywalls. Ever. Someone living paycheck to paycheck can access the same reporting as anyone else. Ou

Legal expert says targeting civilian sites would be ‘collective punishment’, which is prohibited under laws of war. US President Donald Trump says he is in talks with a 'new' government in Iran [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters] Donald Trump has renewed his threat to “blow up” a range of civilian infrastructure in Iran, including all of the country’s desalination plants, in a move that would threaten the water source for millions of people and that experts say would be illegal. The

Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger. MSF Dr. Dilorom Babakhodjaeva provides consultations for people with HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. | Uzbekistan 2022 © Umida Akhmedova/MSF In an open letter published today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on the US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences to immediately sell the organization the

Several settler outposts have been erected in the West Bank in recent days | EPA A Palestinian man has been killed and others seriously injured in separate settler attacks in the occupied West Bank. Locals say that in the past day, several new outposts – clusters of settler homes unauthorised by the government – have been set up in areas where the Palestinian Authority is meant to have full control. Settler violence has continued to surge in the West Bank since the start of t