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CIA Director John Ratcliffe told skeptical US lawmakers that American military strikes destroyed Iran’s lone metal conversion facility and, in the process, delivered a monumental setback to Tehran’s nuclear program that would take years to overcome, a US official said Sunday. The official, who spoke on the condition
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Environmental groups raised concerns Thursday over a $6 billion Indonesian EV battery megaproject backed by Chinese giant CATL which is set to open on a once-pristine island, as Jakarta exploits its huge supply of nickel. Indonesia is both the world’s largest nickel producer and home to the biggest-known reserves,
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The whipsaw chain of events involving Iran, Israel and the United States that culminated in a surprise ceasefire has raised many questions about how the Trump administration will approach the Middle East going forward. Yet, the answer to the bottom line question — “what’s next?” — remains unknowable and unpredictable. That
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The year 2024 was Morocco’s hottest on record, the North African country’s meteorological agency said on Friday, mirroring the record surface temperatures measured globally. In an annual report, the agency said it recorded an average temperature anomaly of +1.49 degrees Celsius (+2.7 Fahrenheit) last year compared
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From carbon pollution to sea-level rise to global heating, the pace and level of key climate change indicators are all in uncharted territory, more than 60 top scientists warned Thursday. Greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and deforestation hit a new high in 2024 and averaged, over the last
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei confirmed on Friday that several military commanders and scientists were “martyred” in Israeli strikes on Tehran. In a statement carried on state television, Khamenei warned that Israel will not go unpunished for its attacks. State television earlier said that Hossein Salami, the chief of the
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The number of people forcibly displaced from their homes worldwide has dropped slightly from a record high but remains “untenably high,” the United Nations said Thursday. A record 123.2 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced from their homes at the end of 2024, said UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.
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President Donald Trump said on Monday he has no plans to discontinue Starlink at the White House but might move his Tesla off-site, following his announcement over the weekend that his relationship with Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of both companies, was over. “I may move the Tesla around a
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On a small farm in India’s Maharashtra state, Mirabai Khindkar said the only thing her land grew was debt, after crops failed in drought and her husband killed himself. Farmer suicides have a long history in India, where many are one crop failure away from disaster, but extreme weather
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A small charity on the Kenyan coast has become vital to the region’s majestic turtle population, saving thousands from poachers, fishermen’s nets and ever-worsening plastic pollution. On the beach of the seaside town of Watamu, it takes four men to heave the huge Loggerhead sea turtle into the
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In an unusually revealing article published May 29, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) media outlet Javan Online offered a window into the regime’s deepening anxiety over the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), highlighting both its domestic presence and expanding international influence. While the headline attempts
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Paris, France – May 2025 In a powerful address at the Second Free Iran 2025 Conference titled "Regime Change for a Democratic Republic," Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), emphasized that the only viable solution to Iran’s deepening crises—including its nuclear
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Half the global population endured an additional month of extreme heat over the past year because of manmade climate change, a new study found Friday. The findings underscore how the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming health and well-being on every continent, with the effects especially under-recognized in developing
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In a rare tone of urgency masked as advice, the Iranian regime’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has called on officials to “go among the people” and “listen patiently, even if their words are harsh.” But this uncharacteristic appeal is less a sign of openness—and more a veiled admission
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The arrest of Gholamreza Ghasemian—an influential Iranian cleric with ties to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s inner circle—by Saudi authorities during the Hajj pilgrimage has exposed not only the regime’s long-standing double standards, but also the fragility of its recent diplomatic overtures toward Riyadh. According to multiple
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Rouzbeh Parsi, the director of the Middle East program at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI), has stepped down following months of public scrutiny and institutional pressure over his connections to a covert influence network tied to the Iranian regime. Parsi’s resignation comes despite the findings of an