A quick recap of the day’s events in #Lebanon for @nymag.com #beirut nymag.com/intelligence...

This is certainly going to complicate things: Israel says ceasefire with Iran doesn’t include war in Lebanon against Hezbollah apnews.com/live/iran-wa...

Both Fatima Fatouni from Al Mayadeen and Ali Shoeib from Al Manar were the only on-the-ground journalists who brought forward verifiable footage of the IDF outposts' expansions, as well as demolitions such as those that took place in Meiss el Jabal months after the ceasefire and up until recently.

Israel has continued to strike and to strike journalists. The playbook of calling them “terrorists” continues. The reign of lawlessness is unending. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

More than half of nearly 250 documented strikes hit residential or agricultural land. The pattern points to a deliberate strategy: scorch the land, push people out, establish a buffer zone. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

This reporting affirms that a U.S. A-10 Warthog slaughtered Iraqi military medics with cannon fire after an airstrike: "We tried to rescue them from under the rubble... but the pilot returned and targeted us directly," he said. "The medics and those who came to rescue the trapped were killed."

More than 20% of Lebanon's population has been displaced from their homes. For many of them, this is not the first time they've been displaced in the last few years. In the midst of a harrowing war, Jasmin L. Diab brings us stories from the residents of south Lebanon. Don't skip this one.

In 1991 the US had a reason to fight. In 2003 it manufactured one. In 2026 it didn’t even bother. Tracing the decay of the unipolar order via three Gulf conflicts. new post

The city of Tyre is now being asked to evacuate, which is just utter madness. Tyre is 1.5 hours by car from Beirut. x.com/AvichayAdrae...

A pro-Israel WhatsApp group has claimed credit for the public campaign targeting former Australian of the Year Grace Tame. www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...

My latest: In barely a fortnight, India’s Modi went from hugging Israel’s prime minister Netanyahu to begging Iran’s president for cooking gas. open.substack.com/pub/bobbygho...

Someone in the Prime Minister's office apparently thought it would be a good idea to leak this to the media!

The odds of Pakistan honoring its mutual defense pact with Saudi Arabia grows daily, I think. (The Pakistanis don't appear to want to have to do this for a variety of reasons, but Riyadh gets a say.)

“Stronghold” makes it sound like Israel bombed a military base. They did not. They bombed a densely populated part of the capital city. One of those rancid, enabling words that needs to be retired.

Powerful piece: Wars of choice rarely confine themselves to their intended targets. They consume not only the combatants but the assumptions that animate them. What began as an attempt to alter the regional balance may instead hasten the erosion of the order … www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

When is a ceasefire not a ceasefire? Ludicrous term to keep using.

Good piece by Gonul Tol on how Turkey wants to avoid choosing between Saudi Arabia and UAE mei.edu/publication/...

Dear SMH, What happened to your motto; ‘Independent Always.’ The Wilcox cartoon regarding the clamour for a Royal Commission should not have caused an apology. Cartoonists play an important role in our democracy to spark debate and highlight issues that need broader considerations. CathyWilcox

Reports across the Middle East that Syria has given the US an airbase outside of Damascus and has given the Trump organization exclusive rights to build a new hotel there. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Do not miss this stunning investigation that reveals how a Koch-funded machine and Silicon Valley's new found interest is behind the dangerous advanced nuclear hype in the US. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

In this one a doctor talks about doing an emergency c-section on a beheaded woman to deliver her baby.

Thread 👇 #Gaza #doctors

“Israel is able to kill Palestinian journalists with impunity not just because of the unconditional military support it receives from the US, but also the failure of many western media organizations and journalists to stand up for their Palestinian colleagues” — my oped @theguardian.com

I am sick at heart that we have not been able to prevent this. Israel’s deliberate starvation of Palestinians was there for governments of the world to see …

This is unforgivable

Sri Lanka's new president has the opportunity to help the nation come to terms with its violent past. Will he take it? My latest, (FREE TO READ) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

"Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can recall seeing a colleague die of hunger.” www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...

Finland's national security model is more relevant than ever, and lots of countries, now including Australia, are paying attention. My latest (free to read) with thanks to @rorymedcalf.bsky.social) www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

With refreshing candor, my @newlinesmag.bsky.social colleagues Kareem Shaheen and Rasha Elass explain the schadenfreude and ambivalence that many Arabs feel about the taboo-shattering exchange of missiles between Israel and Iran. newlinesmag.com/argument/the...

"...large groups chanted racist slogans including 'Gaza is ours' 'death to the Arabs' and 'may their villages burn'." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Foreign buyers face zero barriers for property in Japan: no additional taxes, no limits, no residency needed. With Tokyo apartment prices soaring and locals starting to get priced out, it's time for a rethink. My latest, free to read: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Starvation in Gaza www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

There's a lesson for Hong Kong from 1967: As Asia’s rich seek havens other than the dollar, the financial center must fight for its money, writes @andymukherjee70.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

US attacks have galvanized China's industry to unite, while Americans have shown an unwillingness to let cheap imports go, writes @thorbecke.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

It's no longer fringe to seriously question American financial pre-eminence. That speaks volumes about Trump's direction, writes @mosseco.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

🧵 on the IDF's investigation into the slaying of 14 paramedics and a UN worker, alongside unanswered questions and findings from media investigations.

There's a climate cost from Trump's infinite tariffs. Levies of up to 3,521% on Asian solar imports will set energy transition back even further, writes @davidfickling.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The trade war is threatening India's code-writers, but AI is giving a boost to call centers and back offices., writes @andymukherjee70.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This standoff is more perilous than ever, now that the US cannot be relied upon to bring New Delhi and Islamabad back from the brink, Mihir Sharma writes for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Beautiful piece Rachel. Must read

The dollar's monopoly in payments will soon be history, and the shift may start with transactions where it just greases the wheels of commerce, writes @andymukherjee70.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com FREE TO READ www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Read the full piece here (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Our guest columnist today is President Lai Ching-te -- he writes that closer US-Taiwan relations are a critical pillar of regional security @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The level of detail here is absolutely horrifying: "I found out that we’re not only killing them – we’re killing them, we’re killing their wives, their children, their cats, their dogs. We’re destroying their houses and pissing on their graves.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Video obtained by @nytimes.com confirms the IDF fired on and killed clearly identified Red Crescent medics in Gaza. 15 were killed. Satellite pics analyzed by @ckoettl.bsky.social & @sanjanamv.bsky.social show the IDF then buried the medics andambulances. Story 👇 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...

Beijing was always going to retaliate against tariffs. That doesn't detract from the big opportunity Trump handed Xi, writes @mosseco.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This 💔: The war in Gaza has killed more journalists than the US Civil War, WW I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, combined. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/p...

The Modi administration needs to reconsider putting tycoons' interests first, writes @andymukherjee70.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

If tariffs are liberating, who was supposed to be oppressed? asks @mosseco.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

How deep will Asia’s tariff shock be? 🎙️ Tune in as @ruthpollard.bsky.social joins @davidfickling.bsky.social, @thorbecke.bsky.social and @mosseco.bsky.social for a Live Q&A: 9pm EDT bloom.bg/3G2GNeC