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  • Doomsday Clock: scientists say the danger is increasing

    The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced today the new position of the Doomsday Clock, an international symbol representing the level of global risk linked to nuclear weapons, climate crisis, geopolitical instability, and emerging technologies. With today’s update, the Doomsday Clock stands at 85 seconds to midnight, 4 seconds closer than last year, when it…

  • The Doomsday Clock is now set at 85 seconds to midnight

    For the first time in history, the symbolic clock has moved to its most perilous point ever—just 85 seconds from global catastrophe. This historic move was announced by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board, citing a critical “failure of leadership” in the face of escalating existential threats. The time was moved closer…

  • Guatemala: International Women’s Meeting

    Guatemala hosted the International Meeting “Women and Indigenous Women in Latin America: Moving Toward Parity and Democracy.” During the two-day meeting, around 100 women leaders from Guatemala, Bolivia, Mexico, Chile, and Costa Rica discussed how parity, alternation, and the inclusion of women and indigenous women and peoples has been a historic demand. In this Central…

  • Trump’s Board of Peace, the UN, Gaza and Opportunism

    By Anuradha Chenoy Anuradha Chenoy is an IPB Board member. The thoughts in this article areher own and do not necessarily reflect those of the IPB. Nothing can be more cynical than President Donald Trump’s proposal for a new “Board of Peace” (BoP). Marketed as an international peace-building organization, this initiative would enact a self-serving…

  • Gendered dimensions of climate-related security risks in the OSCE area

    This report examines how climate change is exacerbating security risks across the OSCE region through gendered and intersectional pathways.

  • Bangladesh Scribes Attacked by Extortionists, PEC Demands Probe

    Geneva (Switzerland): At least 12 Bangladeshi journalists were injured in an attack by extortionists and terrorists in the Narsingdi locality of the South Asian nation on 26 January 2026, as the media professionals were returning to Dhaka by bus after attending a leisurely program of the Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh. According to Bangladesh Sangbad…

  • The Minneapolis Insurgency Poses A Very Serious Challenge For The Federal Government

    Folks can acknowledge that this is indeed an insurgency, regardless of their opinion about it. Elon Musk shared a post by Eric Schwalm, a retired Green Beret, who argued that the unrest in Minneapolis should be considered an insurgency. For background, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol (BP) have been tasked by Trump 2.0 with enforcing associated…

  • “Latin America is becoming the US backyard again” – Ulrich Brand on Trump’s new interventionist policy

    With the abduction of Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro, the United States under Donald Trump is returning to a power-based logic of influence in Latin America—one that many in the region believed had long been overcome. In this interview, political scientist Ulrich Brand analyzes why Latin America is once again becoming a geopolitical priority in the…

  • Joint Statement by Progressive Forces Calling for the Immediate Release of the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

    We, the undersigned organizations and movements committed to social justice, democracy, and international law, grounded in anti-imperialist struggle and peoples’ sovereignty, unite in unequivocal condemnation of the recent kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, the constitutionally recognized President of Venezuela, by armed forces acting on behalf of the United States government. This act constitutes an expression of…

  • ICE Is at War with the United States

    The U.S. government has the world’s most expensive military waging wars around the world. It also now has a military aimed at the United States itself. ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has a budget larger than any military in the world except 12. It has military weaponry and vehicles. It has military training from the…