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Denial of Humanitarian Asylum: Germany to Reject Ukrainian Men Fleeing Conscription By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida In a recent statement, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced that his country will suspend automatic temporary protection for Ukrainian citizens fleeing military conscription, making it clear that evading enlistment is no longer grounds for receiving asylum on German soil. Read here

Modish Blockades: The Houthis, Trump and Expanding the War By Dr. Binoy Kampmark The Iranians were the first to realise an eventuality long suspected: that the Strait of Hormuz might be feasibly shut for lengthy periods of time with minimum use of force, periodically and selectively opened to balance the strategic books when needed. Read here

Imminent Collapse of Western States Water Resources and Infrastructure By Helena Glass Lake Powell is a reservoir created in 1968 to store water primarily for agriculture. It now sits at 25% of capacity and ‘scientists’ are debating calling it a day and draining the entire reservoir. While agriculture was the main driver, it was a necessary evil to support ‘eating’. By contrast, data centers are gobbling waterways dry in a matter of a couple years. Read here

Football in the Background: What the 2026 World Cup Will Really Be Remembered for By Archil Sikharulidze and Alex Ksiądz The political tensions surrounding the 2026 World Cup did not emerge from nothing. International sport has always reflected the political order around it. Governments have used tournaments to display prestige, legitimacy and economic power. Sporting organizations have excluded countries, relocated competitions and changed rules under pressure from states. Read here

Getting Away with Murder: Under Trump, the Buck Stops Nowhere By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon is facing an urgent budget shortfall caused largely by the Iran war, with some critical funding accounts expected to run dry within weeks. Training, maintenance and other military priorities are reportedly being squeezed as the government struggles to sustain Trump’s escalating conflict. Read here

Racial Injustice in America: Voting Rights Advocates Continue Legal Challenges to Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Ballots By Abayomi Azikiwe Millions of votes could be thrown out in the upcoming midterm elections if the Trump administration has its way of restricting eligibility without any valid reasons. Read here

EU/NATO Pressures Greece to Hand Over Its ‘Patriot’ SAMs for Kiev, Copies Soviet S-300? By Drago Bosnic Greece is coming under renewed pressure from the European Union and NATO to hand over its “Patriot” SAM (surface-to-air missile) systems to the Kiev regime, with the focus now shifting from full battalions to “only” interceptor stockpiles held by the Hellenic Air Force (PA).  Read here