Members of La France Insoumise (France Unbowed Party) and dozens of their supporters, who gathered outside the National Assembly building last month, celebrated the removal of the Yadan bill from the parliamentary agenda. The proposal was introduced by...
Israel's parliament is expected to vote on Wednesday on a bill to dissolve itself, potentially bringing the next national election forward by a few weeks, which surveys predict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lose. When is the ballot? An...
Trump’s China pilgrimage revealed not American strength but the exhaustion of an empire that increasingly mistakes spectacle for strategy, beneath smiling children and waving flags, standing between two civilizations moving in opposite psychological directions: one obsessed with image, the other...
Around 11,000 subdivided units have been registered under a grace period system that will give landlords three years to ensure their properties meet new government requirements for the city’s infamous substandard housing. A subdivided unit in Tsim Sha...
Credit: Bibbi Abruzzini/Forus - Rabat, Morocco By Silla Ristimäki, Miguel Santibañez, Emeline Siale Ilolahia and Aoi Horiuchi HELSINKI, Finland / SANTIAGO, Chile / SUVA, Fiji / TOKYO, Japan, May 20 2026 (IPS) Just four years of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable...
The Sharjah Ports, Customs and Free Zones Authority announced on Sunday the launch of an integrated logistics corridor linking ports in Sharjah with Omani ports , most notably Sohar Port, via the emirate’s land crossings. The move has...
Credit: Amnesty International Vanuatu has spearheaded a UN General Assembly resolution, expected to be tabled on May 20, 2026, to endorse and operationalize the 2025 International Court of Justice (ICJ) Advisory Opinion, which confirmed that nations have binding legal duties...
India has withdrawn its bid to host the 2028 United Nations climate summit, a move that indicates a recalibration of its global climate engagement even as it projects itself as a leader in renewable energy and climate action. India’s environment...
Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King won the International Booker Prize on Tuesday for “Taiwan Travelogue”, a playful postcolonial novel with a culinary bent. Taiwanese writer Yang Shuang-zi (right), who authored “Taiwan Travelogue,” poses with her translator Lin...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and injured a Palestinian young man, bulldozed swaths of agricultural land and seized a building in the West Bank on Tuesday evening. According to local sources, the IOF opened fire at Kamal Abu...
Good morning, readers! For those just joining us, here are the latest updates: - US Vice President JD Vance has told a press conference that a lot of progress has been made on talks with Iran and that the US had...
Ama Qamata plays a teenage survivor of sexual violence in the DRC with compelling power, and searingly drawn footage of street life in Goma gives authentic edge Here is an underdog boxing movie from the Democratic Republic of the Congo that...
Tokyo has asked Beijing to ensure its citizens’ safety after a stabbing in a Shanghai restaurant in which two Japanese were injured, Japan’s consulate in Shanghai told AFP Wednesday. Shanghai skyline. Photo: Pexels. It is the latest diplomatic point of...
Whether it’s questioning top officials, gathering breaking news from court, or live-streaming from the ground, HKFP’s tight-knit team is on the frontlines of Hong Kong’s political twists and turns every day. At the city’s only independent English-language outlet, our...
Hong Kong police have dismantled an alleged drug manufacturing laboratory inside a public housing flat in Tsuen Wan, seizing HK$2.5 million worth of etomidate – also known as space oil – and arresting three women. Hong Kong police...
I have been in contact with a friend who is privy to a source in West Asia that has some interesting insights into the behind the scenes activity to prevent a new US attack on Iran. Russia and China are...
When the Iran war began, the Trump administration told the American people that if the U.S. did not attack and assassinate Iran's leadership, the Islamic Republic could soon be launching missiles at U.S. cities . Now, as Americans absorb skyrocketing...
During a panel appearance at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum last month, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack managed to anger observers in both Turkey and Israel. Israelis took umbrage at his comments that both Israel and Hezbollah are “equally untrustworthy,”...
As President Donald Trump considers the path forward in Iran, Americans’ economic troubles are apparently not a concern. “I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” Trump said in response to a reporter’s question last week about efforts to end the...
The US Senate advanced a war-powers resolution on Tuesday that would end US military force against Iran unless President Donald Trump obtains Congress' authorisation, a rare rebuke of the Republican leader 80 days after US and...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) lost his bid for re-election to primary opponent Ed Gallrein 54% to 45% with nearly all votes counted on Tuesday night. Massie’s defeat will no doubt be seen as a triumph of both the continued durability of...
By: Ainur Rohmah - - - - Indonesia spent the last decade selling itself as Southeast Asia’s most promising industrial frontier — a democracy rich in minerals, open to foreign investment and determined to climb the global manufacturing ladder. Today,...
On May 14th, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced the Selective Service Repeal Act, S. 4537). This bill already has the endorsement of dozens of peace and antiwar groups, draft resisters, religious organizations, antiwar...
The Legislative Council (LegCo) has confirmed that the Designated Demonstration Area at the complex, along with the surrounding LegCo Square, is being used as a car park. LegCo Square and the Designated Demonstration Area at the front of the Legislative...
Somewhere in the foothills of Nepal, old men still gather around a wooden board carved into a five-by-five grid, moving carved tigers and goats across its intersections with quiet concentration. The game is called Bagh-chal — literally, ‘Tiger Move’ —...
Zane Goebel, The University of Queensland; Sonia Roitman, The University of Queensland, and Udiana Dewi, University of Sydney Indonesia plans to build a “giant sea wall”, more than 500 kilometers long, to defend Java’s north coast from rising sea levels....
A US military investigation into a strike at a girls' school in Iran has been described as "complex" by a US military commander on Tuesday, saying that it was located on an active Iranian cruise missile...
The reported deployment of Pakistani troops, fighter aircraft and air defencs systems to Saudi Arabia under a confidential mutual defense agreement may prove to be one of the most significant yet understated developments in Middle Eastern security politics in recent...
Internet access is often used as a tool to control the media during conflicts Originally published on Global Voices Advox Image from iMEdD, used with permission. This article is an excerpt from a longer piece , first published...
Given the fact that there are nearly three-quarter of a million Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, EU sanctions on a handful of them looks like little more than political damage control. Eldar Mamedov is a Brussels-based foreign...
The United States cannot compete with China in the global goods market and this is the key to its decline, but it Uncle Sam will not be on his knees any time soon. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City...
A wide-ranging interview exploring US imperialism and the emerging multipolar world. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host , The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by CounterPunch Books. Ali Alizadeh is an Iranian-British YouTuber and political commentator....
The following letter, signed “A. Lincoln” but without a return address or subject line, appeared in my email this morning. No sooner had I made a copy of the letter than it disappeared from my inbox. Despite its strange and...
Islam Times - The meaning behind the appointment of Ghalibaf as Iran’s special representative for China affairs is clear: the future world will be less West-centered and more Asia-centered. Economic growth, technology, energy, trade corridors, and even part of the...
GAZA, (PIC) The Government Media Office in Gaza warned Tuesday of a “sharp and dangerous” decline in the number of humanitarian aid trucks allowed into the Gaza Strip due to restrictive measures imposed by the Israeli occupation. Ismail al-Thawabta, director of the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC) Palestinian officials and groups have warned of the consequences of a new Israeli move aimed at evacuating the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar east of Occupied Jerusalem, after Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich signed orders related to the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Council and preacher of Aqsa Mosque, said his legal team presented a “logical defense” during the latest court session reviewing the indictment against him, stressing that the speech cited in...
With his approval ratings hitting a second-term low in recent polling, President Donald Trump decided on Tuesday to show off the progress being made on the luxury ballroom he’s building at the White House. While speaking with reporters outside the White House, Trump...
US secretary of state says WHO was ‘a little late’ in identifying deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, said on Tuesday that the World Health Organization (WHO) was “a little late” in...
Credit: Osugi / shutterstock.com By Jordan Ryan May 19 2026 (IPS) Where does real power reside in the UN development system? A new policy brief from Cepei, a Colombian development policy institute, and the German Institute of Development and...
On May 8, the U.S. military struck another small speedboat in the eastern Pacific that it alleged was smuggling drugs. The strike killed two people, once again violating international law, and brought the total death toll from such attacks to...
Sustainable beekeeping is increasingly recognized as a key asset for not only farming communities but for sustainable agrifood systems, the environment and the global community as a whole. Credit: Farai Shawn Matiashe/IPS By Thanawat Tiensin ROME, May 19 2026 (IPS) For...
A report aired by Israel's right-wing Channel 14 , widely seen as closely aligned with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, has sparked outrage after appearing to reveal details of a possible Israeli-American plan to seize enriched uranium from...
Elon Musk announced plans to roll out Tesla’s autonomous driving technology in Israel "soon", despite mounting boycott calls from Palestinian rights advocates targeting companies accused of supporting Israel during its ongoing war on Gaza. The tech billionaire addressed...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 11 May 2026. Just one week after World Press Freedom Day 2026, Niger’s authorities have intensified restrictions on the media landscape with the suspension of nine French international media outlets across...
A year after their brief war in 2025, both India and Pakistan are revving up their war frenzy. The drums of victory are being beaten with nationalistic zeal on both sides. The two nations teem with jingoism, a sense of...
The government is once again directing the majority of its off-budget borrowing toward the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) in the upcoming fiscal year, despite the authority’s track record of defaulting on its loans. Over the past years, the NAT,...
Hamas has rejected a report by Trump’s Board of Peace to the UN Security Council regarding delays in implementing the Gaza Strip roadmap and saying that its failure to disarm was the "principal obstacle" to full implementation of...
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