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The Great Unknowns of Space (John “Jay” Raymond, Peter W. Singer, New America)

Whether it’s UFOs, military weaponry in space, or just too-close-for-comfort encounters between satellites, the frontiers of space can spark imaginations and heighten our fear...

Children ‘indoctrinated’ to fight for insurgents in Mozambique: UNICEF (UN News)

In northern Mozambique, worrying reports emerged on Tuesday that children as young as five have been shown how to handle weapons and indoctrinated to...

Tigray: Food aid reaches Afar and Amhara, but situation still ‘dire’ (UN News)

The first round of food distributions to people in Afar and Amhara regions impacted by the spread of the conflict in northern Ethiopia has...

Violence, aid access, continues to obstruct humanitarian effort in DR Congo (UN News)

For Bintou Keita, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO), food insecurity and cyclical epidemics are major...

Democratizing commerce (Amjad Ahmad, Atlantic Council)

In Season 2, Episode 2 of empowerME Conversations podcast, host and Atlantic Council empowerME Director Amjad Ahmad speaks with Facebook Managing Director for the Middle East and...

The United States at the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting (US Department of State)

“This is a special institution, a special organization heading to its 60th anniversary…  A very powerful forum for coming together, working together on real solutions...

‘Frank conversations’ sends positive signal for China-US trade relations: expert (Global Times)

The US will hold "frank conversations" with China on trade in the near future, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said in a speech on...

Lockheed Opens New Hypersonic Weapons Factory In Alabama (Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One)

Lockheed Martin opened a new hypersonic weapons manufacturing site in Northern Alabama on Monday that will build missiles for the U.S. Navy and U.S....

America Should Help Iran Get COVID Vaccines (Sina Toossi, Defense One)

Following withering criticism amid a deadly fifth wave of COVID-19 in Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appears to have done something he is often loath...

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