China accused the United States on Thursday of distorting facts and smearing its political system, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said censorship could not “erase” the memory of Beijing’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers...
Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film "Persepolis", has died aged 56. "Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and...
A local couple arrested on suspicion of child neglect has been confirmed as the biological parents of an infant born with no medical records, according to local media. A Hong Kong couple arrested on June 2, 2026, on suspicion of...
Over two months after his detention by immigration agents, advocates of Wisconsin-based Palestinian activist Salah Sarsour are raising concerns over reports of a dramatic decline in his health. Family and attorneys of Sarsour, who is in his...
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said Thursday that a peacekeeper was killed and two others wounded when shelling hit their base in the country's south the previous night. "A UNIFIL peacekeeper died early this morning from critical...
The 2026 summit between Xi Jinping and Donald Trump, despite having resulted in no specific agreements, demonstrated that the Korean question is no longer a priority for either the United States or China. Both parties appear to have come to...
Portugal and Austria defeated Germany for seats on the powerful but deeply divided UN Security Council on Wednesday in a hotly contested race after intense campaigning. Germany's close relations with Israel and leading role in rallying support for Ukraine...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Five Palestinians were injured on Thursday morning after Israeli soldiers assaulted them during a raid in the town of Dawha, west of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. According to Palestinian security sources, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed...
With the Bundibugyo strain of the disease spreading across the DRC and Uganda, scientists and researchers are trying to find rapid solutions There is no vaccine or treatment available for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola that is spreading in the Democratic...
Picture alliance/abaca. Even the world’s strongest fleet is reaching its limits. Source: International Politics and Society, Brussels The US failure in Iran exposes the limits of power. But it also shows a deeper loss of moral and leadership capital that...
Government troops and militias allied with the opposition exchanged fire overnight and on Thursday morning in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, damaging property and forcing some civilians to flee, residents say. The violence flared up ahead of planned protests on Thursday...
GAZA, (PIC) Nine Palestinian civilians were martyred and 15 others were wounded early Thursday morning in a series of Israeli airstrikes on apartments in Gaza City. Medical sources at al‑Shifa Hospital reported the arrival of nine fatalities and 15 injured following air...
Global airline bosses gathering in Rio de Janeiro this weekend will be searching for answers to the industry's biggest crisis since the pandemic, with the US-Israel war on Iran driving up jet fuel costs, forcing flight detours, and...
Iran is losing the war against the US and Israel by most visible measures. Its air defenses have been obliterated, its senior leadership dead, and its already flagging economy is on the verge of collapse, with its crucial oil and...
No, I have not been given access to NSA Sigint, but I have confirmed that the phone call last week between Iranian President Pezeshkian and Pakistani Prime Minister Shariff was over a non-secure line. I am reliably informed that this...
The wave of currency depreciation that battered Indonesia’s foreign exchange market throughout April and May 2026 has pushed the rupiah to record lows, dangerously close to a new psychological threshold of 18,000 against the US dollar. When the currency broke...
For the fourth consecutive year, a patriotic carnival is being held in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park on the anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown , the former site of a traditional commemorative candlelit vigil. A five-day patriotic food...
As the government’s standing plummets to an all-time low due to a reckless disregard for the welfare of its people, mass protests sweep across major Iran’s cities, including Shiraz, Tabriz and Tehran. Driven by a threat to their economic survival,...
Up until last week, it would have been unthinkable that a partner and mediating stalwart like Oman would be a target in Washington. Yet, here we are. President Donald Trump, in a characteristically offhand remark during a cabinet meeting, warned that...
Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with disease fled clinics Rebel attacks around a town that is one of the centres of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have...
By Ben Strang Beijing said Thursday it barred a group of New Zealand lawmakers from entering China after they visited officials in Taiwan in May, accusing them of interfering in Chinese domestic affairs. Taiwan’s Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (centre) poses...
For three decades, Iffat Rachid Edriss walked Lebanon’s coastline with a clear purpose: protecting the sea she loves. She organised cleanups, conducted research, and helped rescue marine species, including turtles, seals, and dolphins. Through wars, economic crises, and environmental challenges,...
“This prosecution is, in fact, a trial of the law itself,” Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung told a court last month. Hong Kong’s Tiananmen crackdown vigil. File photo: Etan Liam, via Flickr. Chow, 41, made the remark...
By: Salman Rafi Sheikh - - - - On May 24, a suicide car bomb tore through a military train near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan Province, killing at least two dozen soldiers. Hours later, Pakistan’s army chief...
NATO partisans in both Europe and the United States are perpetual optimists about Ukraine’s prospective fortunes in its war against Russia. Lately, there has been yet another inundation of such accounts in Western news media outlets. Many of them emphasize...
Lebanon and Israel have agreed to the implementation of a ceasefire, according to a joint statement with the United States released by the State Department on Wednesday following negotiations in Washington . The ceasefire is contingent on a complete...
The administrator of the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court has said it is studying the Lands Tribunal’s judgment after the court denied its bid to extend the statutory deadline for an owners’ meeting. Wang Fuk Court on April 22, 2026. Photo:...
The US House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday ordering the withdrawal of American troops from the US-Israeli war on Iran - a largely symbolic move that nonetheless delivers a political blow to President Donald Trump. Four...
The House of Representatives successfully passed a resolution Wednesday that would direct President Donald Trump to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran absent congressional approval. The legislation passed by a vote of 215-208, with all Democrats voting in favor....
Hundreds of people have flocked to a tent in Damascus to mourn a former national chess champion who was forcibly disappeared by the former Assad regime 13 years ago, along with her husband and six children, now that...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a resolution Wednesday to force President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran and require congressional approval for further military action in the country. The 215-208 vote, in which four Republicans voted...
Washington has moved to close a one-year-old loophole that allowed Chinese technology companies to acquire banned high-end Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) by routing purchases through subsidiaries based in Singapore and Malaysia. The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and...
When the US and Israel launched their strikes on Iran on February 28 and Iran retaliated by targeting the Gulf Arab states, I was closely monitoring social media accounts from the region. I research Middle East politics, with a focus...
La Global Partnership for Poverty Alleviation and Development, promossa dalla Cina con decine di Paesi e organizzazioni internazionali, rilancia la cooperazione contro la povertà come pilastro del Sud Globale, dello sviluppo condiviso e della governance internazionale multilaterale. Segue nostro Telegram ....
Satellite images published Wednesday by Al Jazeera show that Israel, instead of leaving Gaza as required under the ceasefire deal it signed last October, is quietly building dozens of heavily fortified permanent military bases around the entire inner perimeter of the coastal...
When discussions turn to the Strait of Hormuz, the language is almost always strategic. Analysts debate naval deployments, military deterrence, freedom of navigation and the balance of power between Iran and the United States. Markets track oil prices and shipping...
On 3 June Germany failed for the first time to secure a seat on the UN Security Council, with Portugal and Austria receiving more votes for the two Western European spots starting in 2027. Read Article HERE Photo: Wikimedia Commons...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli police forces on Wednesday evening arrested Khalil Al-Tarhouni, a guard at Aqsa Mosque, after summoning him for questioning and detaining him in Occupied Jerusalem. Jerusalem-based sources reported that Al-Tarhouni was taken into custody following an interrogation summons, although...
Credit: Dmitriy Prayzel / shutterstock.com By Jordan Ryan Jun 3 2026 (IPS) The joint declaration issued by Russia and China on 20 May , Joint Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the Establishment...
GAZA, (PIC) British magazine The Economist published an extensive testimony from a former Israeli soldier who took part in the war on Gaza, describing practices he says he witnessed firsthand during military operations and expressing deep feelings of shame...
GAZA, (PIC) Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights in Gaza has revealed that more than 9,500 Palestinians have been reported missing or unaccounted for since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, including around 4,700...
After Ukrainian drone attacks on facilities in St. Petersburg on the opening day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia's current response strategies require fundamental changes. Strike on St. Petersburg Oil Terminal Had Been Anticipated Ukrainian forces attacked the...
"His fate is in God's hands," said hospital director Mona Abou Zeid , pointing to a middle-aged man who lay in a coma and would likely not survive longer than a week. He was unloading a goods lorry when...
By Oxfam BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jun 3 2026 (IPS) Governments are falling 90 percent short of adaptation finance targets and leaving people in climate-vulnerable communities drastically under-equipped to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change, Oxfam warns ahead of Bonn climate...
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the virus ‘had a big head start’ but that the response was catching up The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could have begun as early as January, the head of the World...
Saudi Arabia's economy has shown resilience in the face of headwinds triggered by the Middle East war thanks in part to energy and logistics infrastructure that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, the IMF said Wednesday. The Gulf has...
GAZA, (PIC) The consumer protection police in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, destroyed 750 kilograms of spoiled foodstuffs after seizing them during inspection tours carried out in local markets during the Eid al‑Adha holiday, in cooperation with the ministry of economy. The director...
British far-right demonstrators have been accused of exploiting the murder of British student Henry Nowak to amplify Islamophobia - despite the incident having no links to Islam or Muslims In Southampton on Tuesday, a group of far-right individuals...
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