Humanity is "under attack" from a predatory world order in which powerful states trample international law with near-total impunity, Amnesty International has warned in its annual assessment of global human rights on Tuesday. The organisation said 2025...
A group of Lebanese Americans have announced that they will sue the US administration over the destruction of their homes due to Israel's war on southern Lebanon . At a press conference on Monday at the Bint Jbail Cultural Centre...
Egypt has welcomed the ceasefire hammered out between Lebanon and Israel, expressing support for efforts made by Lebanese institutions to impose control over Lebanese territories. During a phone call with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on 18 April, Egyptian President...
Brussels / PNN / Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa met on Monday with several European and international officials on the sidelines of donor meetings and the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution meeting in Brussels. The meetings were attended by...
CAIRO, (PIC) The Hamas Movement said it held numerous meetings and consultations in Cairo with mediators and Palestinian factions regarding the implementation of the first phase of the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement. In a statement released on Tuesday, Hamas added that its delegation...
North Korea’s ballistic missile. Credit: Wikipedia By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Apr 21 2026 (IPS) The ongoing military conflicts in the Middle East—involving the US, Israel, Palestine, Iran and Lebanon—have indirectly bolstered North Korea’s plans to expand its nuclear arsenal. North...
GAZA, (PIC) Seven Palestinian citizens were martyred early Tuesday morning in separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the 194th consecutive day. Local sources reported that an Israeli drone bombed a security checkpoint in al-Amal neighborhood west...
Foreign aid groups are struggling to work in the occupied Palestinian territories including in war-torn Gaza despite Israel's top court lifting a ban against them, a director at one of the charities said Monday. Israel in December...
In the Middle East, the perception of ordinary Americans has long followed a familiar script: detached, uninformed, inward-looking, and politically shallow – a society of ‘gas guzzlers’, with little grasp of global realities beyond their immediate geography. This perception did...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) After air raid sirens sounded at 8:00 p.m. on Monday in Occupied Jerusalem and areas inside Israel, marking the start of “Memorial Day” commemorations, observed by Israelis to honor soldiers killed in their wars, the call to the...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that Israel continues to tighten its blockade on the Gaza Strip by closing crossings and controlling the entry of aid and the number of travelers through the Rafah crossing. In a video statement on Monday,...
A long read on the consequences of the current Strait of Hormuz crisis. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host , The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by CounterPunch Books. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Announcing that “A...
The two-week ceasefire is nearly over and we are no closer to a deal than when it started. The US will have to take Iran’s 10 points seriously if an economic catastrophe is to be averted. Nicolas J. S. Davies is...
GAZA, (PIC) An international report released on Monday estimates that recovery and reconstruction in the Gaza Strip will cost approximately $71.4 billion, following the widespread devastation caused by Israel’s war. The report highlights major challenges facing rebuilding efforts on both humanitarian...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Different areas of the occupied West Bank witnessed aggressive and violent practices by extremist Jewish settlers targeting Palestinian citizens and property on Monday. According to media sources, settlers attacked several citizens and their homes in towns and villages south...
Hungary's incoming prime minister Peter Magyar said on Monday the country will execute International Criminal Court warrants against anyone , after he invited Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu - wanted under just such a warrant - to Budapest...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) displaced a Palestinian family after demolishing its home in the town of Tarqumiyah, northwest of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank. Local sources reported that Israeli forces with bulldozers stormed the Shaab al‑Bir area...
The UK's Green Party has suspended prominent Jewish anti-Zionist activist, Tony Greenstein , over alleged 'antisemitism', following his strong criticisms of Israel. The Canary reported that Greenstein's suspension was approved by the Green Party's regional council...
An Israeli-American soldier is facing a war crimes complaint over his suspected complicity in carrying out systematic demolitions of civilian infrastructure during Israel’s war on Gaza - the first such case to be filed against an American citizen...
Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said, and fighters from Hamas clashed with gunmen from an Israeli-backed militia, witnesses said. Medics said one man was killed in...
European backers put on a show of support for the Palestinian Authority and the push for a two-state solution Monday, as the US-Israeli war with Iran has dragged focus away from Gaza. The efforts to bolster the Palestinian Authority...
BEIRUT, (PIC) A recent photo of an Israeli soldier smashing a statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon has sparked widespread condemnation. The soldier was filmed smashing the statue in the Christian village of Debel in southern Lebanon, according...
On the eve of rare direct negotiations last week, the first in decades between Israel and Lebanon, Israeli forces said they had encircled the south Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil . Located just kilometres from the border with Israel, the...
Israeli soldiers were filmed damaging a statue of Jesus Christ in the southern Lebanese village of Debel, an incident that drew condemnation and renewed scrutiny over attacks on religious sites during the war. The episode is not an isolated...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Jerusalem Governorate has warned of a social media campaign launched by extremist Jewish temple groups, inciting their followers and supporters to storm the Aqsa Mosque en masse and raise Israeli flags inside it next Wednesday to mark...
GAZA, (PIC) In the war-ravaged streets of Gaza, work is no longer a choice; it is a necessity for survival. As jobs disappear, salaries go unpaid, and income sources vanish, many residents are turning to small, often rudimentary projects as a...
Israeli ministers on Sunday officially reopened Sa-Nur, an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank that was evacuated 20 years ago, while making calls with declarations to resettle Gaza and "burying" the notion of Palestinian statehood. Several...
GAZA, (PIC) In a harrowing testimony that captures the brutal reality of daily life inside Israeli prisons, political writer and former Palestinian prisoner Hilal Nassar, released as part of the Al-Aqsa Flood prisoner exchange, paints a stark portrait of the conditions...
GAZA, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have fully closed the Rafah land crossing in southern Gaza, halting the evacuation of wounded and critically ill patients seeking treatment abroad, Palestinian authorities said on Monday. The Palestinian Authority for Crossings and Borders confirmed...
In the central Gaza Strip city of Deir al-Balah , election posters are layered over cracked concrete walls, and conversations in markets shift between survival and politics. After nearly two decades without local elections, the city is preparing...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian civilian was martyred and several others were injured in Israeli attacks in different areas of the Gaza Strip on Monday, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the 193rd consecutive day. According to Palestinian media sources, a citizen identified as...
Interpreting the Israeli-Turkish rivalry as a simple contingent dispute would be misleading. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The logic of prevention To understand why Turkey has gradually come to be viewed as...
Madrid / PNN / Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Sunday that Spain will ask the European Union on Tuesday to terminate the association agreement with Israel, which it says is violating international law. Sánchez said during an electoral rally in...
JERUSALEM / PNN / The European Union and the United Nations on Monday released a final assessment estimating that Gaza will require $71.4 billion for recovery and reconstruction over the next decade following nearly two years of conflict. The Gaza Rapid Damage...
NABLUS, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army bulldozed on Monday dozens of fruitful trees and swaths of land belonging to Palestinian citizens in the village of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus in the West Bank. According to local sources, Israeli bulldozers escorted by...
When a truce came into effect at midnight on 17 April, Lebanese civilians from across the country breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone told The New Arab they were exhausted from displacement and war. For more...
GAZA, (PIC) Health reports are warning of an unprecedented deterioration in the condition of children in Gaza, as ongoing war and blockade drive a deepening humanitarian crisis that could have long-term consequences for an entire generation. According to a report cited by...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi has strongly denounced the Israeli reestablishment of the illegal Sanur settlement in Jenin, calling the step a “dangerous escalation targeting the Palestinian presence in the occupied West Bank.” In a statement on Sunday, Mardawi...
In 2024, President Donald Trump handily beat Vice President Kamala Harris with Catholic voters by a 12-point margin. Almost a year-and-a-half into Trump’s second term, he began attacking Pope Leo XIV, personally and aggressively. Then he shared an image depicting himself...
The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its allies have long been considered one of the strongest lobbies in Washington, exercising outsized influence, especially on U.S. policies toward Israel and the Middle East. Recently, its purported muscle has come under...
GAZA, (PIC) Medical personnel held a solidarity protest on Sunday in the courtyard of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, reaffirming their support for fellow doctors, nurses, and paramedics detained in Israeli prisons amid escalating violations against them since the outbreak...
GAZA, (PIC) Ongoing violations by Israeli occupation forces of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip since early Sunday have resulted in the killing of three Palestinians and the injury of several civilians, amid a continued tight blockade affecting more than...
The Israeli military published for the first time a map of its new deployment line inside Lebanon on Sunday, bringing dozens of mostly abandoned Lebanese villages under its control , days after a ceasefire with Hezbollah took...
UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, lambasted the Israeli army on Saturday, as more of its abuses against children and other civilians became public. In a post on social media platform X, Albanese wrote: "I...
Argentina's far-right President Javier Milei arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday for a three-day visit during which he is expected to open his country’s embassy in Jerusalem and deepen ties with Israel . Milei’s arrival was given...
18 April 2026 On April 16, the Trump administration forced the Israeli military to cease its attacks on Lebanon as part of an agreement with Iran to fully open the Strait of Hormuz. This marked another victory for the Axis...
Spain will ask the European Union to end its association agreement with Israel over violations of international law, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday. Spain has criticised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government over the war...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has called for pressuring the Israeli occupation government to honor its obligations under the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement in order to pave the way for serious talks on issues related to the second...
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