Key Takeaways: Palestinian fighters are attacking Israeli forces in areas of the northern Gaza Strip where Israeli forces conducted clearing operations previously.The Gaza Strip is experiencing the longest, largest-scale internet blackout since the Israel-Hamas war began.Israel and Hamas began implementing a deal on January 17 that aims to supply medicine …

Yemen’s Houthi militia group, which controls the capital, Sana’a and parts of Yemen’s Red Sea coast, has attacked another ship in the Gulf of Aden, following a rash of attacks over the past several weeks. Iran’s supreme leader is encouraging the Houthis, which serve as an Iranian proxy in the …

In 10 years before the proverbial 2035 date when many mandated transitions to “green electricity” occur to reduce or eliminate usage of fossil fuels, most of today’s elected officials, policy advisers, and policymakers are: Mostly not trained in engineering.Only from wealthy countries.Unaware of the engineering reality that without the petrochemicals …