This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 3 June 2026. On 30 October 2025, six journalists were arrested in Niamey and on 3 November, charged with “disseminating data likely to disturb public order”, an offence under Niger’s...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 15 June 2026. Two Malian journalists, Chahana Takiou, Editor-in-Chief of the bi-weekly newspaper 22 September , and Abdramane Keïta, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Le Témoin , have been remanded in custody...
A little over a week since the US and Iran signed the MoU, some ships that had been trapped in the Persian rushed to travel through the corridor, with many trying to use an alternative route on the southern...
ISTANBUL, (PIC) Member of Hamas’s political bureau Basem Naim has said that the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have demonstrated today that their national allegiance and political awareness are too profound to be manipulated by unruly elements serving suspicious agendas. “All respect...
Japan advised more than a million people to leave their homes as two tropical storms swept towards the archipelago on Friday, with torrential rains also pounding Taiwan where at least two people have been killed. A tow lorry driver retrieves...
In a laboratory in Broomfield, Colorado, 98 atoms are suspended in mid-air, held in place by electric fields and cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero. Each atom is far smaller than anything the naked eye could ever see, yet...
“Making peace with Iran may be just as painful as winning the war,” a recent CNN report noted. As negotiations roll on during a shaky ceasefire, what a deal between the US and Iran might look like and whether it...
US forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions on Friday after Washington accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship, jolting a fragile ceasefire as diplomats struggled to contain the Middle East war. US Central...
Polish supplies of TNT have been discovered to be central to filling the bombs that have destroyed Gaza. And now there is a push for proper criminal charges. Read Article HERE Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike...
Western imperialism and its NATO weapons, proxies, and media are at it again. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su This week marked 85 years since Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the...
There are many who think Trump’s about face on Iran, virtually embracing the radical Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (now the IRGC is linked up to CENTCOM in Doha, Qatar) is a sellout of US and allied forces, not to mention the...
A Paris court has referred a key constitutional question over France's controversial " terrorism apology " law to the Constitutional Council in the case of left-wing political figure Anasse Kazib , a move supporters hailed as a...
One of the world's best-known children's educators delivered an emotional plea for governments to act to protect Palestinian children on Friday, apologising directly to a young girl from the occupied West Bank, saying world leaders had failed an...
Chanting rhythmically in the summer sun, the men marched through the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh as part of their annual tradition to mark Ashura, the holiest day in the Shia Muslim calendar . This year, they walked through...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon and Israel signed a US-brokered framework agreement on Friday following a new round of direct negotiations held in Washington. The agreement was signed by Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Mouawad and Israeli Ambassador to Washington Yechiel...
It’s only been on presale for a day and Grand Theft Auto VI is already predicted to be the highest-selling cultural product of all time. Fans were united in relief that the video game’s latest edition has seen a minimal...
TEL AVIV (PNN / Israel’s i24 News channel reported that the Israeli military is preparing a large-scale operation targeting refugee camps across the occupied West Bank, in a move that could significantly expand ongoing military activity in the territory. The report said...
The expanded men’s World Cup in 2026 has given fans the chance to cheer on the exploits of first-time qualifiers, some of which many people might previously have struggled to locate on the map. Standout moments have already included Curaçao’s...
Hezbollah has rejected the newly signed Lebanon-Israel framework agreement, warning that any attempt by Lebanese authorities to implement it would trigger a "civil war" backed by the United States, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli troops...
The past few years-or rather, recent events-have forced even those who have never been interested in political philosophy to reflect on the world order. We live in a world that, after World War II, was designed as a system to...
A whopping 78% of Americans want to end the war with Iran. The few holdouts itching for more war seem to be concentrated in our nation's capital, where Democrats, Republicans, and the op-ed class are clamoring for continued violence. These...
- Manager Magazin reported VW could cut up to 100,000 jobs worldwide. - - VW declined to comment, saying internal approval processes must run first. - - VW is under pressure from weak margins, Chinese rivals and the EV shift. - Read Article...
Ukrainian drone strikes are devastating Russian communities. The city of Sevastopol, the largest in Russian-occupied Crimea, is the latest community to be hit, losing power as Ukrainian drones strike energy facilities in the region. Given the immense importance attached to...
Oligarchs are now our greatest threat and they are out of control. The only hope for the good society is to build a world beyond their reach. Robin McAlpine is Head of Strategic Development at the Common Weal think-tank in Scotland....
Traffic levels in the Strait of Hormuz fell back from Wednesday's high, but vessels continued to use a non-Iranian-approved passage despite a ship being struck by a projectile, tracking platforms showed Friday. At least 42 commodity vessels, including tankers...
Egypt is mulling whether to approve a takeover bid for Pharos Energy, a move which would for the first time see an Israeli company take a direct interest in Egyptian energy assets. Israeli oil firm Ratio Petroleum this week agreed...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Palestine Information Center “Mu’ta” has documented a sharp increase in Israeli military and settler violations across the occupied West Bank, recording 1,298 incidents between June 19 and June 25, 2026. According to the center’s weekly report, the violations...
AI job exposure and risk of human jobs lost to AI. Image generated by IA By Isabel Ortiz and Bill Shoulder NEW YORK, Jun 26 2026 (IPS) Artificial intelligence (AI) promises remarkable gains in productivity, science, medicine and education. But...
Israeli prosecutors filed rare charges against six settlers, including for "acts of terrorism", after an attack on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank that included the torching of a mosque, police said Friday. Authorities rarely punish...
With Egypt and Iran set to meet in a decisive Group G clash on Friday, the Middle East and North Africa region could be on course for one of its strongest FIFA World...
GAZA, (PIC) Three Palestinian police officers were killed Friday evening after an Israeli airstrike targeted their vehicle in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. Another Palestinian was killed earlier in the day in a separate Israeli drone strike in...
Two Moroccan public figures have been sentenced to at least a decade in prison over a major drug trafficking scheme linked to a convicted Malian kingpin. The case implicates more than 20 people accused of playing a role in...
The leader of Yemen's Houthi movement has threatened to target any Israeli presence in Somaliland , accusing Israel of seeking to establish control over strategic waterways linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Abdul...
(L-R) Horacio (Luis) Carvalho, CEO of Climate Change Ventures, and Faraz Khan, MBE, at London Climate Action Week. Carvalho's firm advises on carbon mitigation and green investment projects. They signed an MOU to develop markets with Brazilian CPR Verde (green...
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar will this week propose an official recognition of the Armenian genocide in a move that will likely further escalate tensions between Israel and Turkey . Israel, which itself is widely accused of carrying out...
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar will this week propose an official recognition of the Armenian genocide in a move that will likely further escalate tensions between Israel and Turkey . Israel, which itself is widely accused of carrying out...
Prominent Tunisian rights activist Sihem Bensedrine told AFP on Friday that she had been sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges including falsifying part of a transitional justice commission's final report. Tunisia emerged from the...
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer , a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter , or follow them on Facebook , X , and Bluesky . Around 4 a.m. on May...
Dozens of NGOs, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, called on Friday for international action to avert looming "atrocities" in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid . In an open letter addressed to member and observer states to the United...
The Swedish government has appointed senior diplomat Jessica Svärdström as its new ambassador to Syria, in a move paving the way for direct Swedish diplomatic representation in Damascus , after 14 years of downgraded presence. Svärdström is expected...
The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt met in Cairo this week to discuss regional affairs in the wake of the Iran war. Their discussions ranged from security in the Gulf to developments in Lebanon and the...
From out of the horses’ mouths. “They have to be able to defend themselves,” Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall said on CNN of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ stockpile of ballistic missiles. Until a couple of weeks ago, Marshall, a...
This story was originally published by THE CITY. Sign up to get the latest New York City news delivered to you each morning. As the U.S. Supreme Court ruling came down giving the president permission...
SALFIT, (PIC) Between two pictures separated by only two years and eight months, the story of the released prisoner and journalist Abdullah Shatat summarizes a part of the suffering of Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli prisons. In the first picture, he appears as...
Westwood, one of the most affluent neighborhoods on the Westside of Los Angeles, has long served as the symbolic capital of the Iranian diaspora. Restaurants advertise kebabs and saffron rice in Farsi, and a conversation started here often ends somewhere...
While El Salvador’s government promotes its countries’ beaches, volcanoes, and safe streets in gentrified neighborhoods, thousands of Salvadoran families are denouncing arbitrary detentions and seeking justice for relatives imprisoned under President Nayib Bukele’s extended state of emergency. The contrast is stark:...
Israeli forces dropped leaflets over the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri on Friday, ordering residents to leave, Lebanese state media reported, the first such order issued since the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. A senior Lebanese military official...
Lebanon, Israel and the United States on Friday signed a trilateral framework agreement in Washington aimed at paving the way for a peace deal between the two long-time Middle East adversaries, following five rounds of negotiations focused on ending decades...
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