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Turkey’s marine park plans heighten tensions between Athens and Ankara over territorial waters
Le Monde 21 Aug 2026

Turkey’s marine park plans heighten tensions between Athens and Ankara over territorial waters

After nearly three years of relative de-escalation, a series of Turkish initiatives in the Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, along with Greek military partnerships, have reign…

How cheap weapons are changing the balance of military power
The National 21 Aug 2026

How cheap weapons are changing the balance of military power

The US-Iran war has highlighted how rapidly modern warfare is changing, with drones and other relatively inexpensive technology playing an increasingly prominent role alongside so…

How Do You Know That You Love Somebody? Philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s Incompleteness Theorem of the Heart’s Truth, from Plato to Proust
The Marginalian 20 Aug 2026

How Do You Know That You Love Somebody? Philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s Incompleteness Theorem of the Heart’s Truth, from Plato to Proust

“The alternations between love and its denial, suffering and denial of suffering … constitute the most essential and ubiquitous structural feature of the human heart.”

Mont Blanc massif destablilized by summer heatwaves and rockfalls
Le Monde 21 Aug 2026

Mont Blanc massif destablilized by summer heatwaves and rockfalls

As a result of extreme temperatures, which have weakened both its ice and its rock faces, the highest peak in the Alps is currently inaccessible by any of its three standard climb…

Morocco: Migrants caught between Ceuta dreams and reality
DW 21 Aug 2026

Morocco: Migrants caught between Ceuta dreams and reality

The Moroccan city of Fnideq is next to Spanish-controlled Ceuta. In Fnideq, would-be migrants dream of crossing to a better life, even as locals who witnessed recent mass migratio…

What is Arabian Shield? Why Saudi Arabia is keen to dig geological formation
The National 21 Aug 2026

What is Arabian Shield? Why Saudi Arabia is keen to dig geological formation

Saudi Arabia is betting that its next major economic opportunity lies not in oil under the desert, but in the rocks beneath the kingdom. Saudi authorities estimate the kingdom has…

France joins European powers in call for Israel to halt West Bank settlement plan
Le Monde 20 Aug 2026

France joins European powers in call for Israel to halt West Bank settlement plan

France, Britain, Germany and Italy condemned on Thursday the Israeli government's opening for bids to build more than 1,200 homes in a controversial West Bank settlement plan appr…

Syrian Kurds announce completion of civil and military integration with Damascus
Le Monde 21 Aug 2026

Syrian Kurds announce completion of civil and military integration with Damascus

The announcement follows months of negotiations between the two sides after a January agreement that called for the full integration of Kurdish institutions into the state – a mov…

Nine cultural events to look forward to in Abu Dhabi before the end of 2026
The National 21 Aug 2026

Nine cultural events to look forward to in Abu Dhabi before the end of 2026

Abu Dhabi’s cultural calendar is set for a busy final stretch of 2026, with major exhibitions, art fairs, biennials and museum openings taking place across the emirate. Highlights…

UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada condemn Israel's West Bank settlement project
BBC 20 Aug 2026

UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada condemn Israel's West Bank settlement project

European countries and Canada pile on pressure over Israel's plans to expand settlements in a strategically vital part of the occupied West Bank.

The Resilience of Uncertainty: How to Hold the Universe in You
The Marginalian 20 Aug 2026

The Resilience of Uncertainty: How to Hold the Universe in You

The great mercy of life is that we can change, we can reroute, we can surprise ourselves. The great pitfall of prediction is that, mercifully, we are unpredictable. — “All things …

Russia strikes Kyiv twice in one day, killing at least 17, as Zelensky vows a ‘long-range’ response
Meduza 20 Aug 2026

Russia strikes Kyiv twice in one day, killing at least 17, as Zelensky vows a ‘long-range’ response

Russia struck Kyiv with drones again on the evening of August 20 — after a massive combined attack the night before.