“Global Fishing Watch's vessel tracking shows that in 2026 the krill fishing fleet operated primarily in the Bransfield and Gerlache straits of the Antarctic Peninsula and northwest of the South Orkney Islands (...). Krill fishing is now happening in precisely the concentrated pattern the regional-cap conservation measure was created to prevent.”
The companies fishing for Antarctic krill have harvested so much so quickly that the season had to close in August 2026, three months before it (…)

Iran's parliament has approved the general framework of a controversial bill that expands the definition of “foreign influence,” potentially criminalising ordinary forms of contact with foreign media, academic institutions, and international organisations.
Iran's parliament has approved the general framework of a bill titled “Countering the Infiltration of Foreign Intelligence Services and Institutions.” The proposal has triggered widespread concern among political, legal, and media (…)

Israel is unabashed about its policy of taking over West Bank land, and Israeli soldiers seem content to prevent Palestinians, Israelis, or international journalists from documenting the settler takeover in Qusra
Israeli soldiers standing in front of a home where three Palestinian families are besieged in Qusra, northern West Bank, on Friday. Credit: Itai Ron
It isn't easy to visit the families of Qusra, in the northern West Bank, whose homes have been besieged by settlers since last (…)

Settlers have been besieging a Palestinian family for 10 days in an effort to seize their home. The army's unwillingness to stop them tells the whole story.
For the past 10 days, Qusai Abu Ridi has watched from his balcony as Israeli settlers and accompanying soldiers lay siege to his home.
Qusai Abu Ridi is seen in his besieged home as Israeli soldiers block activists from reaching him, Qusra, occupied West Bank, August 14, 2026. (Oren Ziv)
The settlers arrived in Qusra — located (…)

As medicine runs out under Israel's blockade and care is routinely disrupted, dialysis and cancer patients in the enclave are left to die slowly.
Dialysis patient Basel Al-Dahdouh in his family's tent on Al-Shuhada Street in central Gaza City, August 13, 2026. (Hussain Al-Jerjawi)
Four days a week, 5-year-old Ibrahim Abdullah travels three kilometers from his family's tent in Al-Mawasi to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where he spends nearly four hours connected to a dialysis machine. (…)

Des publications anglo-saxonnes sont devenues récemment alarmistes sur une possible dérive autoritaire de l'Indonésie sous la présidence de l'ancien général Prabowo Subianto. Les signes d'un durcissement politique se sont effectivement multipliés, mais il existe dans cet immense archipel une société civile dynamique qui garde vivante la flamme de la démocratie.
Prabowo Subianto. Photo de candidature à l'élection présidentielle en 2019. DR.
On peut en effet constater une évolution (…)

Le 11 août 2026, le Conseil des oulémas d'Indonésie (Majelis Ulama Indonesia, MUI) déclare que le port de vêtements féminins par des hommes lors des festivités du 17 août, jour anniversaire de la proclamation de l'indépendance de l'Indonésie, est interdit par la sharia, la loi islamique. Un épisode de plus dans un pays où la population musulmane est la plus nombreuse du monde mais où l'homophobie ne cesse de croître.
Le MUI est une organisation non-gouvernementale fondée en 1975 par le (…)

“The University of Edinburgh's Peace Agreement Database and Dataset recorded four agreements related to the Gaza ceasefire process in 2025. (...) These agreements addressed things such as the exchange of hostages and prisoners, and created a transitional authority for the Gaza Strip. But they did not build the machinery that decides what counts as a breach, who adjudicates in case of disputes and how the process resumes once a breach has been found.”
Donald Trump's Board of Peace published (…)

While wildfires dominated the headlines this summer, the effects of extreme heat and drought are also visible on a much smaller scale: parched lawns, wilting and browning trees and dry ditches and bogs. These changes may look temporary, but for wildlife they can have consequences that last long after the rain returns.
In some parts of the world, species have evolved to adapt to extreme heat and drought. However in Britain, which has a history of cold winters, cool summers and abundant (…)

Marieme Hélie-Lucas as a young woman.
We learned of Marieme Hélie-Lucas's death on August 9, 2026. Her passing marks the loss of an extraordinary feminist intellectual, organizer, and political activist whose influence extended across continents and generations. For those of us committed to gender equality, secularism, and human rights, her legacy will continue to challenge, inspire, and guide us.
Marieme Hélie-Lucas, born in Algiers in 1939, was an Algerian sociologist, political (…)

Près de 700 000 données fiscales ont été dérobées et mises en vente par des pirates informatiques. Alors que le premier ministre réclame un audit, et l'opposition une commission d'enquête, les syndicats de la direction des finances fulminent face à l'ampleur du désastre.
Pseudonyme : « ZeroBytes ». Motivation : « L'argent et la recherche de pouvoir. » Deux pirates informatiques se présentant comme français ont révélé, mercredi 12 août, avoir mis la main au mois de juin sur des centaines de (…)

Qaem Hosseini was executed in connection with Isfahan's Alikhani Square protest case, amid growing concerns over Iran's use of the death penalty against protesters.
Mizan News Agency, affiliated with Iran's judiciary, reported on Thursday morning, August 20, that Qaem Hosseini, known as “Arian,” had been executed in Isfahan. The judiciary identified him as a “foreign national” but did not disclose his nationality.
According to the official report, Hosseini had been sentenced to death in (…)

Qaem Hosseini a été exécuté dans le cadre de l'affaire des manifestations de la place Alikhani à Ispahan, sur fond d'inquiétudes croissantes concernant le recours à la peine de mort contre les manifestants en Iran.
L'agence de presse Mizan, affiliée au pouvoir judiciaire iranien, a annoncé jeudi matin 20 août l'exécution de Qaem Hosseini, dit « Arian », à Ispahan. Le pouvoir judiciaire l'a qualifié de « ressortissant étranger » sans préciser sa nationalité.
Selon le rapport officiel, (…)