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Seven OPEC+ members decided on Sunday to again raise oil production quotas as Gulf countries reel from the Middle East war. Ministers from key OPEC+ countries Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman met virtually on Sunday...

Economy

Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir , has cancelled a planned trip to New York next week following calls for his prosecution and plans for protests against his visit, various reports said on Sunday. Ben-Gvir was expected to...

MENA

Three sons of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of four other family members on Sunday, but Mojtaba, the son who succeeded him as Iran's supreme leader, did not make an appearance. State...

MENA

WEST BANK, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers rampaged through the Wadi al‑Sha‘er area, located between the city of Salfit and the village of al‑Lubban al‑Sharqiya, south of the governorate, at dawn Sunday. According to local sources, settlers set fire to...

News, Arson attacks, Jewish terrorism

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed 14 troops in an attack south of the port city of Hodeidah , a military official aligned with the country's internationally-recognised government told AFP news agency on Sunday. The official said pro-government forces...

MENA

After Washington and the West’s failure to achieve strategic goals vis-à-vis Iran after decades of sanctions and ill-conceived bombing campaigns, Western pundits have reverted to an exhausted scare tactic: reviving the USSR’s caricature. This framing of the West’s defeat as...

Columns, Locations, Politics

GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has warned of an imminent threat to the lives of nearly 650 kidney failure patients in the besieged Gaza Strip due to the depletion of sodium bicarbonate, a key component in dialysis...

News, Dialysis patients, Gaza Strip

The late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral prayers drew Iran's top officials, but his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, stayed out of public view as ceremonies were underway. In day two of the funeral procession, Ali Khamenei’s...

MENA

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed last night and at dawn Sunday different areas of the West Bank, breaking into homes and kidnaping Palestinian citizens. According to local sources, Israeli forces confiscated a tractor and kidnaped its driver as...

News, Arrests, IOF raids

Europe is rejecting peace with Russia and seeking war. The US and Israel Want War with Many – Thoughts Introduction In 1959, Ingeborg Bachmann concluded that the truth is something people can be expected to handle, since they are quite capable...

Guest Contributor

Darts development organisations and win for David Munyua at PDC World Darts Championship have turbocharged a resurgence in interest in the sport Peter Wachiuri pumped his fists as he sensed victory at the Jacaranda showground in the Kenyan city of Nakuru....

Kenya, Darts, Africa

Islam Times - The war between Iran and the US may have reshaped American domestic politics more than it altered battlefield realities. An unprecedented divide between younger and older Republicans over the conflict signals the gradual decline of the "endless...

US

Last month marked six years since the Beijing-imposed national security law took effect in Hong Kong. Hong Kong activist Lui Yuk-lin walks and chants a Buddhist mantra in Causeway Bay on June 4, 2026. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The crackdown continued...

HKFP Reports, Hong Kong, Law & Crime

By: John Elliott - - - - A.Ramachandran’s “ Girl on the Swing” oil on canvas at Vadehra’s exhibition The spread of South Asia’s modern artistic talent in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as India is being demonstrated in...

The Chinese ambassador in Berlin was summoned for urgent talks over media reports that Russian soldiers were being trained in China, the German foreign ministry said on Friday. German flag in front of the Reichstag Building in Berlin, Germany. Photo:...

China, Defence & Foreign Policy, AFP

Herve Renard, who took over from Sabri Lamouchi as Tunisia coach in the middle of the World Cup , announced on Saturday that he was stepping down after just two matches in charge of the Eagles of Carthage. "My adventure...

Sports

The United States celebrated its 250th birthday on Saturday with parades, flyovers and fireworks to come, as President Donald Trump stamped his mark on the landmark anniversary in a deeply divided nation. Washington's traditional pyrotechnic display on the National...

World

Our live coverage of developments in the Middle East is closed and will be back tomorrow at 9am BST. Here are the top stories we tracked this evening: • Iran's deputy foreign minister issued a "serious warning" over foreign military deployments...

MENA

Well-preserved fourth-century quarters reveal details of daily life, urban development and economic activities Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a well-preserved Byzantine-era city in the western desert. The fourth-century quarters had residential and religious structures, including a basilica-style church in the Dakhla oasis....

Egypt, Middle East and north Africa, Archaeology

Morocco dispatched a determined Canada 3-0 in the World Cup last 16 on Saturday as Azzedine Ounahi scored twice and the the North Africans ended the co-hosts record run while advancing to the quarter-finals for the second time in...

Sports

Islam Times - The commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards [IRG] Navy, Rear Admiral Ali Azmaei, warned the United States and the Zionist entity that revenge for the martyrdom of late Leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei...

Iran

Islam Times - From the very first moment the martyrdom of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, was announced, many began asking the same question: What if the Sayyed of the Nation’s Martyrs, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah,...

Lebanon

Ukraine denied Saturday Moscow's announcement that Russian forces had captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka, a stronghold for Kyiv's troops in the eastern Donetsk region and a key target for the Kremlin. A Ukrainian army spokesman told AFP...

World

The UK's media regulator is facing growing pressure to investigate Elon Musk's promotion of the controversial film Citizen Vigilante, with Muslim organisations arguing that its mass distribution on X raises serious questions over whether UK law can be...

World

The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has defended the country's negotiators against accusations of treason from hardline conservatives over a recent memorandum of understanding with the United States. Abdollah Hajji Sadeghi said...

MENA

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) When Jerusalem is mentioned, we do not speak of an isolated city of antiquities separated from its present, but rather of an arena of confrontation over meaning, identity, and sovereignty. Any guide to holy sites in Jerusalem is...

Jerusalem, Aqsa Mosque, Church of Holy Sepulcher

Dozens of women took part in a protest in Aleppo to denounce what they said was a lack of women’s representation in the newly appointed People’s Assembly. The protest took place in the square opposite Aleppo University,...

MENA

A counter-narcotics unit moved on a criminal network in Port Sudan’s Libya Market. Gunfire broke out, with two suspects killed and two officers wounded. The incident quickly set in motion a much broader political response. The Red Sea State security...

Sudan

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) seized a house in the West Bank village of Arabbuna on Saturday, converting it into a military post after forcing its residents to evacuate. According to local sources, Israeli forces raided the village in...

News, Home takeover, IOF raids

Morocco are set to face World Cup co-hosts Canada on Saturday as both seek to progress into the Quarter-Finals in their knockout match at the Houston stadium in Houston, Texas. Coming fourth in 2022's tournament in Qatar, the...

Sports

RAMALLAH, (PIC) A Palestinian family narrowly escaped what local sources described as an attempted mass killing early Saturday morning, after a group of extremist Jewish settlers set fire to their home in the village of al-Tayba, east of Ramallah in the...

News, Jewish terrorism, Settler crimes

Israeli forces and settlers demolished Palestinians homes in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank earlier this week despite an Israeli Supreme Court order temporarily freezing the demolitions, Haaretz reported on Saturday. The Israeli Civil Administration,...

MENA

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday urged the United States to stand by his country after a recent US-backed framework deal with Israel aiming to permanently end hostilities after the latest Israel-Hezbollah war . The deal reached in...

MENA

An Egyptian court on Saturday handed a suspended six-month prison term to a former doctor convicted of spreading false information on social media alleging abuse of women at a university hospital, her lawyer said. Omnia Swaydan was convicted over...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian civilian was martyred and several others were injured Saturday evening in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City, amid ongoing ceasefire violations. Local sources reported that a civilian was killed and several others were wounded when an Israeli...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's internationally recognised government has warned it will respond with "unprecedented determination and force" following fresh threats by the Houthi movement against the kingdom. In a statement issued on Saturday, coalition spokesperson Major General...

MENA

ISTANBUL, (PIC) The Palestine Scholars Association (PSA) has warned that the Israeli occupation regime has transitioned from targeting the Palestinian people and their land to a new phase of warfare directed at Islamic rituals and holy sites. “[Israel’s] attacks on mosques, the...

News, Holy sites, Islam

By Peter VAN BUREN Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The U.S.-Iran War may be dwindling its final phase, though the durability of any ceasefire remains uncertain. So who won? As the...

Editor's Choice, Diplomacy, Iran

By Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Or Is It Buying Time for Another War? No week goes by in Washington without another display of Trumpism, i.e. the expressed desire by...

Editor's Choice, Conflict, Diplomacy

Israel may have been plotting to kill Iran’s top negotiators while peace talks were underway, US officials have said, with experts telling The New Arab that the incident has revealed greater cracks in US-Israeli interests and relationship. Former...

MENA

The Fourth of July should mark 250 years since the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence—a moment to reflect on freedom, self-government, and the fragile architecture of democracy. Instead, under Trump, America’s birthday risks becoming less a civic...

Politics, USA, Donald Trump
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