A truly bizarre series of events off the coast of Iran today that in my opinion were entirely provoked, if not staged, by the US. It started with multiple news reports that a US Army Apache helicopter had been shot...
Welcome. Here are the latest key updates: - The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said it carried out “self-defence strikes” against Iran after the downing of a US helicopter allegedly by Iranian forces over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday...
UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese presents her latest report before delegates at the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on 23 March 2026. Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Jun 10 2026 (IPS) For a...
Buried deep inside a 192-page intelligence authorization bill is Section 622, titled “United States-Israel Intelligence Sharing Enhancement.” It would require the president, acting through the director of national intelligence and as necessary the secretary of defense, to “expand and enhance...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from an Israeli strike in Gaza City rose on Tuesday evening after Malak Abdullah Qaddoum, a young Palestinian girl, succumbed to wounds she suffered two days earlier in an attack in western Gaza City. Local sources said...
On this Monday’s edition of The Target stream, Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh breaks down the confrontation between Israel and Iran, cutting through the propaganda and presenting the evidence available to suggest what damage was inflicted. After warning that any...
Israel is a deeply sick colonial power and it’s the responsibility of the world to free the Palestinians from this nightmare. Read the full article HERE . The post Al Jazeera – ‘They were laughing’: Israel’s use of rape...
More than 100 public figures, including Greta Thunberg, Bobby Vylan, Sally Rooney and Alaa Abd El Fattah, have signed an open letter warning that four UK pro-Palestine activists could effectively be sentenced as terrorists despite never...
Prominent Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya has been transferred to a maximum-security Israeli prison and placed in solitary confinement after being held for 17 months without charge, according to rights groups and family members, raising fresh...
GAZA, (PIC) As Israel’s military assault continues on the ground in Gaza, another battle is unfolding in parallel in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, a very different kind of battle, centered on wording, guarantees and understandings. This round of negotiations revolves around a...
GAZA, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army continued its ceasefire violations for the 243rd consecutive day on Tuesday, carrying out artillery shelling and shooting attacks in different areas of the war-ravaged coastal enclave. Media sources reported that the Israeli army carried out today...
By Chris HEDGES Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The war on Iran has not only ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States, but resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance...
By Ron PAUL Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Not since the notorious 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) provided for indefinite detention of American citizens, has the annual funding bill been as...
CAIRO, (PIC) Senior Hamas official Taher an-Nunu has said that progress has been made in the Cairo talks over the Gaza Strip during the past few days. “The Hamas delegation, alongside other national parties, has prepared a joint and responsible response to...
The Israeli army on Tuesday expanded evacuation threats in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre to include its historic Christian quarter, an area that had largely been spared previous warnings and had become a...
Signed on the White House lawn on 15 September 2020, the Abraham Accords reordered Middle Eastern diplomacy by normalising full diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco, moving past decades of Arab League policy that had conditioned...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has warned of the escalating demolition campaigns carried out by the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) across the West Bank. In a statement on Tuesday, Hamas said that the IOA recently issued dozens of demolition notices for...
(AI image for representative purpose) By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 9 2026 (IPS) As ongoing military conflicts in Europe and the Middle East continue with no signsof winding down, there is increasing focus on nuclear weaponsamid heightened risks of escalation....
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Caught between deep internal austerity measures and mounting political and field-level pressures, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is facing one of the most serious challenges in its history. The agency has become...
Britain and the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, France and Norway said on Tuesday they had taken coordinated action to hold extremist Israeli settlers accountable in response to what they described as a "deteriorating situation" in the...
GAZA, (PIC) Despite the harsh humanitarian and living conditions surrounding the people of Gaza, the city’s seashore remains a vital refuge and a rare outlet for thousands of residents who head there daily. Fleeing the suffocating heat inside tents and overcrowded shelters,...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Hordes of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources,...
An Israeli-backed militia abducted seven Palestinian paramedics in central Gaza on Tuesday while they were carrying out humanitarian duties, sparking renewed concerns over the growing security role of local armed groups operating in the enclave despite...
From the moment that the first ayah of the Qur’an was revealed – “Iqra!” – reading has been a foundational part of the Islamic tradition. The Qur’an was the first book established by the Muslim community, heralding the beginning of...
New testimonies published by Adalah , the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, have revealed fresh allegations of rape and sexual violence against activists detained by Israeli authorities after attempting to break the blockade on Gaza...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said negotiations over a peace deal to end the US-Israeli war on Iran were in their final stages, after Iran and Israel halted attacks that threatened to reignite the months-long war. Iran fired...
NEW YORK, (PIC) UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday that 136 UN personnel were killed while carrying out their duties last year, including 80 staff members in the Gaza Strip. Speaking during a memorial ceremony for UN personnel killed in 2025,...
Waseem Al-Asouli spent months planning for the proudest moment in his country's footballing history. The 19-year-old software engineering student at the Hashemite University had watched Jordan reach its first-ever World Cup , and he wanted to be in the...
As progressive, left-wing, and pro-Palestine candidate Nithya Raman advances in Los Angeles’s mayoral primary, is this part of a larger trend of a shift to the left in US politics? For the first few days after the election, Republican...
Italian prosecutors put Israel's fanatical National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir under investigation over the treatment of activists who were part of a Gaza flotilla last month, a judicial source said on Monday. The source, who asked not to be...
The heads of the Pakistani and Lebanese armed forces agreed to boost cooperation on Tuesday as they met in Pakistan with peace talks over the US-Israeli war on Iran and its fallout dragging on. Pakistan has been mediating between...
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has renewed calls for a congressional investigation into Israel's 1967 attack on the USS Liberty , delivering a rare speech on the floor of the US House of Representatives to honour the 34 American...
Iran says it will no longer wait for threats, declaring new strategic regional defense doctrine , so says Sadeq Larijani. Larijani is a prominent Iranian Shia cleric, conservative politician, and senior regime figure. He is best known for serving as...
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Felice Noelle Rodriguez KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 9 2026 (IPS) Recent geopolitical trends threaten more food crises, especially in developing countries. A new IPES-Food report urges a strategy of ‘resilient self-reliance’, proposing available opportunities to...
On Monday, the Washington Post ran an opinion article defending Section 224, the controversial proposal to integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries by expanding cooperation in co-production of weapons, joint ventures, and research. However, the Post did not...
Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci recently sparked controversy by expressing his desire to one day govern Jerusalem and suggesting that territories once ruled by the Ottoman Empire could again fall under Turkish sovereignty. Ciftci's remarks are the latest indication that...
Arab Center analyzes prospects for an effective Arab Joint List in Israeli elections Arab Center of Washington D.C. Executive Director Khalil Jahshan has authored an analysis of the prospects for an effective Arab Joint List in the upcoming Israeli elections....
A key governing body of the International Criminal Court on Monday suspended chief prosecutor Karim Khan as he faces sexual abuse allegations against a member of his office. The 21-member bureau of the Assembly of...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli government and its people to come to the negotiating table to end the war, warning in a CNN interview aired Monday that a military...
Iran has sent a clear message to Trump that if he wants a deal, the US President will have to rein-in Israel. Connor Echols is the managing editor of Responsible Statecraft. He was previously the managing editor of the NonZero Newsletter....
Shocking that these protestors of good conscience could be sentenced as if they are terrorists, despite not being charged with a terrorist offence. Read the full article HERE . The post Middle East Eye – Palestine Action: Judge refuses...
More than a third of lawmakers from Britain's governing Labour Party signed a letter on Monday calling on the government to end trade with Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. "There is an urgent need for accountability...
Aid organisations and rights advocates have warned that Israel 's decision to shut all land crossings into Gaza could have catastrophic consequences for Palestinians in the territory, with experts telling The New Arab that the move risks...
JENIN, West Bank / PNN/ Israeli occupation forces began large-scale demolition operations on Monday in the village of Barta’a, southwest of Jenin, targeting 15 Palestinian homes on the grounds that they were built without permits, in one of the largest...
Moroccan-American actor Ali Louis Bourzgui used his acceptance speech at the Tony Awards on Sunday night to speak out in support of Palestinians , immigrant communities and LGBTQ people after winning Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his...
Iran said on Monday afternoon it will end the latest round of strikes against Israel following the first exchanges of fire since the April ceasefire. Israel responded to last night's missile attacks with heavy attacks on Iranian industrial sites in the...
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday lashed out at Turkey's Interior Minister, Mustafa Ciftci, after the latter said he hoped to one day see Jerusalem "liberated" and revealed that he had prayed to...
A Metropolitan policeman who was filmed calling a Palestinian journalist a “dog” had already been accused of harassing an Iranian woman in a previous incident, Declassified can reveal. Special constable David Soffer was at the front of...
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