Injured civilians, having escaped the raging inferno, gathered on a pavement west of Miyuki-bashi in Hiroshima, Japan, at about 11 a.m. on 6 August 1945. Credit: UN Photo/Yoshito Matsushige By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK, Apr 21 2026 (IPS) It is hard...
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...
The United States expressed confidence that peace talks with Iran would proceed in Pakistan, and a senior Iranian official said Tehran was considering joining, but significant hurdles and uncertainty remained as the end of the ceasefire...
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...
English and Italian football giants Manchester City, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Juventus will square up for pre-season friendlies in Hong Kong in August, the clubs announced on Tuesday. A test football match held at Kai Tak Stadium on February 4,...
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...
While inter-Korean diplomacy stagnates despite Seoul’s recent initiatives, Southeast Asian nations are stepping in to bridge the gap. Vietnam, Indonesia and Laos are leveraging their long-standing relationswith Pyongyang to emerge as practical mediators. The shift is gaining momentum as the...
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...
China’s equivalent of Netflix, iQIYI, faced backlash on Monday over a new initiative that facilitates the use of actors’ likenesses in artificially generated dramas and films. Logo of the 2026 iQIYI World Conference. Photo: iQIYI, via Weibo. More than 100...
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...
Pakistan is trying desperately to hold a new round of talks in Islamabad between the US and Iran. After conflicting statements from the Trump administration, it appears that JD Vance, accompanied by his Zionist watchers — Steve Witkoff and Jared...
Amid another anti-North Korean moves by Seoul, the administration of Lee Jae Myung decided to make use of the ‘drone case’ to smooth things over – and ran into a tough North Korean response. New Charges and Links with Intelligence...
By Anis Chowdhury SYDNEY, Apr 21 2026 (IPS) The global economy, is at the precipice of “stagflation” – growth slowdown and higher inflation – due to the energy price shock following the illegal US-Israel war on Iran. The International Monetary Fund...
China recently pledged to expand military support to Somalia in its fight against al-Shabaab militants. Beijing has promised equipment, training and closer security cooperation with Mogadishu. This marks a shift from China’s traditionally cautious and small presence in the country....
Hong Kong will launch a public consultation this quarter on its first five-year blueprint in tandem with China’s, Chief Executive John Lee has said, earlier than previously announced. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee meets the press on April 8,...
The global geoeconomic volatility wrought by the second Donald Trump US presidency and hostilities in the Middle East make the shift in China’s Africa strategy even more important for China and for Africa. China’s Africa strategy started to shift in...
When the United States and Israel launched their war on Iran on February 28, Tehran responded by firing missiles and drones at many countries, targeting members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with particular intensity. Kuwait, second only to the...
China’s minelaying drones point to a new way of enforcing a Taiwan blockade, using stealthy, autonomous systems to disrupt maritime access and deny entry to contested waters. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported this month that China’s People’s Liberation...
One way to pay for wildlife conservation is to allow the rich to bag a few animals for high prices. But critics see this approach as an exercise in neocolonialism You can kill almost anything if you’re willing to pay. Big...
The United States and Iran on Monday each warned they were ready for war as the clock ticked on a ceasefire, with uncertainty on talks that President Donald Trump had announced would resume in Pakistan. The White...
Taliban officials are expected in Brussels in the coming weeks for talks on deporting Afghans from the EU to their home country, sources told AFP . The European Union has been working on plans to deport those...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - China is attracting international users to its commodities pricing benchmarks, reducing although not replacing the US as the dominant arbiter of commodities prices, according to witnesses at an April 16 US-China Economic...
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...
The US government under Donald Trump has twice used disingenuous negotiations with Iran to provide cover for attacking it, in June 2025 and again before launching the current war in February. Now it is trying to do so for a...
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...
France is investigating allegations that two Lebanese banks transferred billions of dollars out of the country despite strict capital controls during a financial crisis, a source close to the case and lawyers said Monday. The probe is the...
Enforcement agencies “failed in their duties” despite receiving complaints about the renovation project at Wang Fuk Court, a former member of the estate’s owners’ board has told a hearing into the deadly fire. Jason Kong, a former member of the...
Upon close examination, the global economic psyche reveals humanity as recently caught between two opposing poles. On the one hand, unprecedented technological advancement promises to colonize the Moon and Mars, eradicate diseases at their roots, and deliver an unimaginable rise...
Iraq reopened a once-bustling border crossing with Syria on Monday, more than a decade after it was closed to trade following the rise of the Islamic State group. With the al-Rabia post - known as al-Yarubiyah on the...
Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni should take comfort from the fact that the main thrust of Donald Trump’s attack on them contains a clue as to how peace can be restored between Iran and the United States. By alleging...
A high-profile paramilitary commander in Sudan has changed sides and joined the country's army in a move welcomed by army chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan shortly after the war entered its fourth year. Burhan on Sunday welcomed Maj....
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...
Iran is considering attending another round of peace talks with the Trump administration in Islamabad this week, even after Iran’s top diplomat accused the US delegation of sabotaging the previous round with maximalist demands and “shifting goal posts.” The spokesperson for Iran’s...
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...
One hears a lot recently that the United States lacks the wherewithal or the bandwidth to protect its allies, partners and interests in the Asia-Pacific owing to demands of the Iran War. This is said within the context of America...
‘Microsoft and DigitalEurope, a lobby group whose members include Amazon, Google and Meta, secured a secrecy provision in EU law to block public access to critical information on data centres’ environmental impact, Investigate Europe can reveal.’ Read the article HERE...
People are increasingly getting their information from profit-driven chatbots which present their recommendations as full-proof when they are anything but. Carsten Eickhoff is a Professor of Medical Data Science and Computer Science at the University of Tübingen. Cross-posted from The...
‘In Hungary’s election, Péter Magyar rallied urban white-collar workers, business figures excluded from state patronage networks, intellectuals, and youth. It’s much less clear that his new government can satisfy all these groups’ expectations.’ In Jacobin . Read the article...
Algeria's former industry minister, Ali Aoun, was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison after being convicted of corruption, local media reported. Prosecutors had sought a 12-year sentence, according to the reports. Algerian media said the case centred on the...
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...
Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Monday they arrested members of an Iran -linked group plotting "terrorist" acts in the country, attempting to recruit Emiratis and funnelling funds to "suspicious" foreign entities. The arrests came as Gulf...
Divorced spouses failing to pay spousal or child support will be placed on travel ban and arrival watch lists, according to a decree issued by the Public Prosecution on Monday. The decision comes amid an outpouring of anger — from...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that planned talks with Israel aim to end hostilities and the occupation in the south, even as Hezbollah and its supporters rejected the negotiations. Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah told AFP...
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