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Global news coverage from The Christian Science Monitor.
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Iranian rulers fought to survive. They found leverage en route to an endgame.
Published: March 24, 2026 17:34
The Iranian military’s destructive capacity is far from that of the United States and Israel. Yet its asymmetric strategy, including closing the Strait of Hormuz, has given it the confidence to issue its own demands. What that means for ending the war, and…
When TikTok failed them, Kenyans began policing their own feeds
Published: March 24, 2026 15:45
Inaccurate and incomplete moderation on TikTok and other social media platforms has pushed users in Kenya to police themselves.
Europe’s energy policy was reshaped by Ukraine. It’s being tested by the Iran war.
Published: March 23, 2026 15:23
Germany was supposed to have learned how to protect itself from energy shocks after the Ukraine war. But the Iran war has shown that gaps still exist.
Tracking migration routes of the endangered monarch? There’s an app for that.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/0323/monarch-butterfly-migration-Mexico?icid=rss
Published: March 23, 2026 12:14
The endangered monarch butterfly migrates thousands of miles across the Americas. A new Bluetooth-enabled smartphone app means you can follow along.
Iran threatens to ‘completely’ close Strait of Hormuz after Trump ultimatum
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0322/iran-war-trump-hormuz?icid=rss
Published: March 22, 2026 20:02
The United States and Iran are threatening to target critical infrastructure as the war in the Middle East puts lives and livelihoods at risk.
Why Hezbollah fighters are embracing an unpopular and costly war with Israel
Published: March 22, 2026 09:58
In Lebanon, Iran ally Hezbollah has plunged into a battle with Israel that its rank and file has embraced as existential. Yet the regional conflict involves far larger powers with much higher stakes, and how Hezbollah emerges and what it achieves might be…
Japan emerges from high-stakes US meeting ‘unscathed’ – but its China woes remain
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2026/0320/japan-us-meeting-china-security?icid=rss
Published: March 20, 2026 16:14
Although Japan’s prime minister navigated a high-stakes meeting in Washington this week, concerns remain about the reliability of the U.S. partnership long term.
For the Trump administration, ‘taking Cuba’ would not be easy
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/0320/trump-cuba-castro-embargo?icid=rss
Published: March 20, 2026 16:06
A surprise U.S. military intervention took down Venezuela’s president. But a U.S. attempt at something similar in Cuba would probably be very different.
Iraq was enjoying newfound peace and prosperity. Then came the Iran war.
Published: March 19, 2026 17:41
After decades of conflict, Iraqis have enjoyed increased political stability and a promising future, even embracing a unified national identity. But attacks by Iran, the United States, and homegrown militias are tugging at the divides that had held Iraq…
What constitutes victory in an ‘asymmetric’ war with Iran?
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2026/0319/Iran-victory-trump-asymmetric-war?icid=rss
Published: March 19, 2026 15:18
In the Iran war, victory looks different for each side: The U.S. and Israel must decisively win, while the Iranian regime only has to survive.
Haiti’s ‘Resistance Artists’ believe in new beginnings
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/0319/Haiti-art-gangs-violence-port-au-prince?icid=rss
Published: March 19, 2026 15:01
Millions of Haitians are internally displaced, including members of a Port-au-Prince artist collective still trying to make art despite unrest.
54 million cases, and counting. Why India's court backlog keeps growing.
Published: March 18, 2026 19:27
Indians have the right to a speedy trial, yet it can take decades for cases to make it through the country’s overworked and understaffed courts.
Seeking a stronger connection to Africa, young Egyptians learn Swahili
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2026/0318/swahili-learning-egypt-africa?icid=rss
Published: March 18, 2026 11:13
Interest in studying Swahili – the lingua franca of much of East Africa – is booming in Egypt.
Caught between unremitting attack and unyielding regime, Iranians try to cope
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0317/iranian-war-mood-feeling-trapped?icid=rss
Published: March 17, 2026 17:56
Israel’s killing of Ali Larijani, a pivotal Iranian leader, served only to escalate the crisis atmosphere that Iranians are feeling: How to cope and envision a future, while facing crushing U.S.-Israeli attacks and a rigid regime that sees protesters as…
War, and more war. Israelis support defeating Iran, but they are exhausted.
https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2026/0317/iran-israel-endless-war-fatigue?icid=rss
Published: March 17, 2026 15:13
After nearly 2 1/2 years of intermittent war, with sirens, dashes to shelters, and sleepless nights – “this madness that is our new normal” – Israelis acknowledge war fatigue’s toll even as they want arch foe Iran to be defeated.
Women shut out of landownership in Nigeria cultivate a path forward
Published: March 17, 2026 11:09
Women are increasingly challenging social norms by forming farming cooperatives.