What About Some Israeli Tolerance?

By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 8 October 2025 (IDN) — The Israelis are obsessed with themselves, with their history, with the present time and with their destiny. Every nation has some of this, but Israeli navel-gazing is something else. At this level of intensity, it makes compromise difficult and condemns Israel to political paranoia […]

The End of the Shinawatra Clan in Thailand?

By Jan Servaes* BRUSSELS | 7 October 2025 (IDN) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 39, the daughter of divisive but influential billionaire Thaksin Shinawatra, from office. The Court ruled that she committed a “grave breach of ethics” in a leaked phone call with Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen, in which she made disparaging […]

Russia’s Rosatom Readies to Offer Africa Floating Nuclear Technology

By Kester Kenn Klomegah* MOSCOW | 6 October 2025 (IDN) — Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation, Rosatom, showcased its latest floating nuclear technologies at African Energy Week 2025 (AEW 2025) in South Africa, engaging African energy experts, entrepreneurs, and policymakers on the adoption of floating nuclear plants. The corporation underscored its long-term commitment to delivering […]

Situation Report Horn of Africa: ICC convicts Darfur militia leader for war crimes

Situation in Sudan (per 6 October) An FB-10A short-range surface-to-air missile system has fallen into the hands of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Chinese-made air defense system was originally purchased by Chad from China in February 2025 under a deal backed by the United Arab Emirates. The diversion of the air defense system to […]

The Strange New World of Quantum Computers

The Next Internet Won’t Be American or Chinese By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN | 3 October 2025 (IDN) — Europe is placing its bet on quantum networking—linking machines through entangled particles—as the foundation for a new era of secure communications and distributed computing. And it’s determined to lead, as […]

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