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The most striking moment in recent talks between United Arab Emirates officials and U.S. Treasury officials in Washington wasn’t the Emiratis’ suggestion of a currency swap line, but the warning they attached to it. If the UAE runs out of...

Gcc, Persian-gulf, Iran-war

This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 22 April 2026. By CIVICUS CIVICUS discusses the spread of AI-powered surveillance in Africa with Wairagala Wakabi, executive director of the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern...

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 23 April 2026. Bill mimics widely condemned Russia-style foreign agents law A bill before Uganda’s parliament that proposes sweeping controls over “foreign funding” and political activity threatens fundamental rights and could...

This statement was originally published on hrw.org on 24 April 2026. End attacks; respect freedom of expression over presidential term extension Zimbabwean authorities have harassed, abducted, and arbitrarily detained student leaders protesting a proposed constitutional amendment to extend presidential...

- - - - The global economy doesn’t always shift in obvious ways. One minute it’s business as usual, the next, the rules start to feel different. Lately, those changes have been creeping in across everything—from how prices are set...

EU leaders vowed Friday to build closer ties with Syria after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad, following talks with the country's leader in Cyprus. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa was in Nicosia, along with the leaders of Egypt...

World

By Laurence Benhamou Chinese carmakers have quickly built up their presence in the lucrative European auto market, buoyed by technological advances their competitors are trying to copy, and analysts say their next step is to begin producing locally. Geely showroom...

Business, China, AFP

The Hong Kong government’s attitude to the rule of law is interestingly ambiguous. It wishes to claim credit for being a law-abiding government, but it does not want to sacrifice for this purpose the achievement of other desires. A restaurant....

Law & Crime, Opinion, Politics & Protest

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Azerbaijan on Friday for talks on "energy and security," a senior Ukrainian official told AFP . "We landed in Azerbaijan," the official said, adding that the visit was aimed at "security and...

MENA

Hong Kong is famous for its tiny, cramped living spaces. Many flats lack balconies, making drying laundry a major challenge. Clothes and bedding hang on outdoor laundry racks installed at a public estate in Ngau Tau Kok on March 25,...

Arts, Lifestyle & Events, HKFP Lens, Aberdeen

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that a US blockade on Iran is going global, adding Tehran had a chance to make a "good deal" with Washington. "Our blockade is growing and going global," Hegseth told reporters. "No...

World

Rebuilding trust between Abu Dhabi and Tehran will take "ages and ages", UAE presidential advisor Anwar Gargash said Friday, after Iran targeted the United Arab Emirates during the Middle East conflict. "You can't be attacked with 2,800 missiles and...

MENA

A look at the Ottoman Empire’s rare and dramatic victory over the British at the 1916 siege of Kut, and what it reveals about colonial ambitions and Muslim resistance. By Ibrahim Moiz for MuslimMatters A Rare Ottoman Victory The First World...

#Current Affairs, featured, Featured Current Affairs

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to propose legislation within weeks to proscribe Iran's Revolutionary Guards, a report said Friday. Starmer made the comments while speaking to the Jewish Chronicle newspaper during a visit on Thursday...

World

Italian biopharmaceutical company Kedrion said on Friday it may struggle to ensure the timely delivery of vital plasma-based medicines to patients in Iran if the United States and Israel's war creates supply chain disruptions. Chief Executive Ugo Di Francesco...

World

Islam Times - Asymmetric diplomacy can be defined as the art of political maneuvering in an unequal world; a world where not all actors enter the arena with equal hands, but all are compelled to redesign the rules of the...

Iran

Criminally, the NATO aggressors are creating a boiling frog situation for Russia. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The European Union announced its 20th round of economic sanctions against Russia this week. The...

Business, Editorial, Europe

Washington has vowed to curb what it sees as the unauthorized extraction of intellectual property from United States-developed artificial intelligence models, sharpening its stance just as China’s DeepSeek unveiled its latest system. The White House Office of Science and Technology...

US-China, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence

An Iranian delegation arrived in Pakistan on Friday for talks to revive ceasefire negotiations, two Pakistani government sources told Reuters . The delegation includes Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Araghchi "will hold meetings with Pakistan's senior leadership to...

World

The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil. The move, announced Friday and first reported by The Associated Press , makes...

World

Pravda.Ru editor-in-chief Inna Novikova conducted an interview with Professor, Doctor of Biological Sciences Galina Nechitailo to talk about risks of genetically modified products. From nutrition on Earth to the survival of our planet — a conversation about health, science, and...

Science

Extreme weather has swept across large parts of the United States this month, bringing dozens of tornadoes, flooding, softball-sized hail, and winds near 200 miles per hour. Although much of it hit Texas, the Midwest, and Vermont, the extreme weather...

Environment, climate change, Mariana Islands

Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured - Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox - An American millionaire big-game hunter has died...

California, Hunting, Gabon

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday once again suggested the international community should show gratitude for President Donald Trump’s illegal war with Iran, which has led to a global oil supply shock and created the potential for food shortages in the...

Middle East, Block 3, Common Dreams

The Trump era outpaces expectations. It routinely shows us that we can be abandoned by more institutions, and become much more fascist, much faster than we thought. The worst things happening for the worst reasons can feel hacky...

Column, Courts & Law, Opinion

Gaza’s healthcare system, devastated by over two years of Israeli war, now requires $10 billion in investments over a period of five years, the World Health Organization said on Friday. Reinhilde Van de Weerdt, WHO Representative for the...

MENA

US software giant Palantir Technologies is expanding its work with several UK public bodies despite growing controversy over its political relationships, military contracts and the potential impact of its technology on privacy and civil liberties. Founded in 2003, Palantir builds...

MENA

The US is considering lifting sanctions on the repressive East African state of Eritrea as it looks to deepen its influence along the Red Sea coast, according to The Wall Street Journal . Trump's Africa envoy...

MENA

The closure of a UK Foreign Office unit tasked with documenting, recording, and verifying incidents and attacks where Israel has potentially breached international law has closed, citing funding cuts. The unit focused on Israeli activities in Gaza and, more...

MENA

BEIRUT, (PIC) The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has revealed documented testimonies indicating a pattern of Israeli forces looting civilian property in southern Lebanon, including breaking into homes and stealing money and personal belongings, in a serious violation of international humanitarian law...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was seriously wounded in the US-Israeli airstrike that killed his father and predecessor Ali Khamenei but is mentally sharp, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Citing several Iranian...

MENA

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice dropped its investigation Friday of the Federal Reserve and Chair Jerome Powell over building renovation costs, a move that could open the door for new Fed leadership next month — and signaled a victory...

Finance, Block 3, Donald Trump

When plans were announced for an open-pit copper mine in the cloud forests of Ecuador in 2004, they were vigorously opposed by residents. The project risked damaging forests, water sources and the area’s rich biodiversity, they said. In a rare victory...

Business, Conservation, Mining

The manifesto published by Palantir Technologies last week is neither a technical document nor an economic vision. It is an explicit political document announcing a new phase in the trajectory of digital capitalism, a phase in which it has...

Activism, Business & Economy, Column

The Metropolitan Opera said Thursday that a major partnership with Saudi Arabia had fallen through, removing a key potential source of funds as it faces tough fiscal challenges. In September, the 143-year-old New York opera...

MENA

At the recent British Academy Film Awards ceremony in London, the BBC failed to edit out of the TV broadcast a guest hurling a racial slur at members of the cast of “ Sinners .” What seemed a...

Arts & Culture, Film, Opinion

A saint, a prophet, a dragon-slayer. Saint George has made his mark on religion, folklore, and as a national symbol. He is the patron saint of dozens of countries and cities, including England, Ethiopia, and Stockholm but Saint George probably never...

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