Iran’s War Economy Under Siege as US Unleashes “Economic D‑Day”
The war that erupted in February 2026 has left Iran’s economy battered, but the latest US sanctions push threatens to turn a severe downturn into a full-blown crisis. With inflation nearing 90%, oil exports at multi-year lows and the rial collapsing, Tehran now faces what Washington calls an “economic D‑Day” designed to choke off the […]
A radioactive colonial legacy defines France nuclear tests Algeria
More than six decades after France detonated its first atomic bomb in the Algerian Sahara, the radioactive legacy of those tests continues to shape health, land use, and diplomatic relations between Algiers and Paris. Between 1960 and 1966, France carried out 17 nuclear explosions on Algerian soil—four atmospheric blasts near Reggane and 13 underground tests […]
