On June 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko a one-week ultimatum: remove all equipment assisting Russia with drone targeting or Ukraine would strike Belarus. “If he doesn’t do it, we will,” he said, adding that “a week...
Sir Keir Starmer bowed to the inevitable Monday and resigned from leadership of the Labour Party and, therefore, from his role as prime minister. The resignation had been brewing for some time. While Starmer led the Labour Party to an...
For decades, aid to Israel was treated as one of the most durable pillars of American foreign policy. Israel has gotten more U.S. foreign assistance than any other country since its founding, receiving more than $300 billion in inflation-adjusted economic...
Autobiographical work Free Me aims to encourage victims to speak out in country where violence against women is rising There are audible gasps in the auditorium in Nairobi as a husband launches a volley of blows and slaps on his wife...
In a “major bipartisan rebuke” of President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran, the US Senate on Tuesday passed a war powers resolution instructing Trump to withdraw US forces from Iran. The vote was 50 to 48, with four Republicans joining the vast majority of Democrats...
By: Ainur Rohmah - - - - The question that has consumed Jakarta’s political circles in recent months is deceptively simple: who will become Indonesia’s next finance minister? President Prabowo Subianto has reportedly consulted a number of prominent figures, fueling...
On June 23, Israeli and Lebanese delegations began a new round of talks in Washington even as the U.S.-Iran memorandum entered its first serious test. The interim deal, signed on June 17, was meant to create 60 days of space...
The Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, embraces two value sets. The first is natural rights, and the second is limited government. After 250 years, neither value has survived, and the opposite of each currently prevails in America. Thomas...
The 60-day extension of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran may lead to lasting peace or it may be over within a week, doomed by the dysfunctional alliance between the US and Israel. If it holds, it could...
A Hong Kong pro-Beijing party has staged a demonstration outside the city’s British consulate over a high-profile spying case that led to the jailing of two Chinese-Britons in the UK . The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, a...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Washington would not accept Iranian tolls or fees on the Strait of Hormuz, as disputes over the vital waterway, nuclear inspections, and missiles exposed early strains...
After 10 attempts, the Senate finally voted on Tuesday to block President Donald Trump from resuming the war with Iran without congressional approval. Four Republicans — Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) —...
Dal 19 al 21 maggio 2026 sulle rive bosforine di Istanbul si è svolta l’assemblea mondiale del World Anti-Imperialist Youth Union, in sigla WAYU, ovvero l’Unione Mondiale Giovanile Antimperialista, l’Internazionale giovanile promossa oltre un decennio fa dall’Unione Giovanile di Turchia...
AI inference is quickly becoming the real battleground for next-generation computing. Training still gets the headlines, but inference is where AI becomes a business, a service, and an infrastructure problem. Every chatbot response, agentic workflow, code assistant, scientific model, and...
GAZA, (PIC) Palestinian Civil Defense crews in Gaza on Tuesday recovered the remains of 40 victims from Sheikh Radwan Cemetery in Gaza City after parts of the cemetery were bulldozed and disturbed during Israeli ground operations in the area. In a statement,...
GAZA, (PIC) A demonstration was held on Tuesday in Gaza City in protest against the ongoing daily and systematic Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement. The demonstration, organized by Palestinian national and Islamic factions, was held outside Al-Shifa Hospital to protest the...
The US Senate passed a largely symbolic resolution Tuesday calling for an end to President Donald Trump's war with Iran, delivering a fresh rebuke to the White House as it tries to negotiate a lasting settlement with...
GAZA, (PIC) Taher Al-Nunu, political adviser to the head of Hamas’s Political Bureau, said that Israel has effectively returned negotiations to “square one” by presenting a new proposal that differs significantly from previous understandings. He stressed that Hamas rejects moving to...
There are no guarantees that an Iran-US deal will ever come to fruition, either way the economic damage to the global economy is real and lasting. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger ....
As Israel intensifies attacks on Lebanon and seeks to entrench its occupation of southern Lebanese territory despite repeated ceasefire violations, another front of the war is coming into focus: psychological operations conducted through some of the world’s most popular technology...
The attempts to re-write history about Keir Starmer are in full flow, but some of us won’t forget what he did and said about Gaza. Peter Oborne’s new book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza, was recently published by...
There are important structural reasons why ‘the Greenback’ will retain its position as global reserve currency, despite Trump’s recklessness. Sam Fraser is a writer based in New York City. He holds a Master’s in International Finance and Economic Policy from Columbia...
Hidden under the guise of a civilian “countering disinformation” organization, British intelligence outfit MI6 has helped build a vast propaganda apparatus, leaked documents reveal. Once targeting only Russia, it has recently expanded its scope to Iran, Gaza, and beyond, as...
The families of Lebanese people detained by Israeli forces during their invasion of south Lebanon have urged officials to make their release a priority in ongoing negotiations, warning that the issue has been neglected despite months...
The Sudanese city of El-Obeid is only "weeks" away from a humanitarian disaster unless aid is urgently allowed in, a UN official said on Tuesday, as fears grow of an imminent paramilitary offensive. A strategic hub in the southern...
Flags of countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iraq will not be placed on the ground during pre-match activities at the World Cup as they bear sacred Islamic text. At World Cup matches across the United States,...
A prominent pro-Israel lobbying group has publicly admitted to pressuring the US government to sanction leading UN human rights expert, Francesca Albanese , who has repeatedly warned that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and called for...
German intelligence services are escalating their surveillance of Palestine solidarity activists and organisations in a manner that violates fundamental rights, a legal group challenging the practice in court has told The New Arab. The European Legal...
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Iran has "fully and completely agreed" to allow nuclear inspectors to return to the country, and that US Navy forces would no longer blockade the Strait of Hormuz. Washington has...
Living under constant surveillance is to exist in a permanent state of hypervigilance. Originally published on Global Voices Advox Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay . Used under a Pixabay license . By...
More than 13 million Syrians -- over half the population -- are facing acute food insecurity, the United Nations warned Tuesday, calling for clearing explosive-littered fields to revitalise agriculture in the war-shattered country. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation...
A man accused of carrying out a series of anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh that left five people injured has been charged with five counts of terrorism -linked attempted murder, as Muslim leaders warned the attack reflects a...
DOHA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has extended its heartfelt condolences to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Al Thani, his government and people over the tragic blast incident that happened on Sunday at the Ras Laffan industrial complex. In a statement on...
Germany striker Deniz Undav has become one of the breakout stars of the World Cup, but for many Kurds and Yezidis, his success represents far more than football . After scoring three goals in Germany's first two matches...
The European Union is preparing to open a national Erasmus+ office in Syria in 2027, The New Arab has learned, marking a significant step in the restoration of educational ties between Damascus and Europe following the...
Americans usually think about confrontation with Iran in terms of sanctions, warships, nuclear sites, and diplomatic ultimatums. But an equally important front doesn’t involve firepower or government threats: the media space. Here, political narratives are built, repeated, legitimized, and eventually...
Good evening and welcome to our live coverage. You can catch up with our earlier coverage here . Below are the latest updates: - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has said he rejects Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon and foreign...
Three pregnant Palestinian women are being held in overcrowded cells, sleeping on floors and facing shortages of essential supplies in Israel's notorious Damon Prison, according to a Palestinian lawyer and a former detainee who spoke to The New Arab...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) The Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs has condemned the Israeli occupation army for removing the canopy inside the Ibrahimi Mosque’s courtyard in al-Khalil City, calling the move as a “new Judaization crime” against the holy site. In...
British MPs compared their colleagues to Nazis during a debate about Israel’s influence on UK politics on Monday. The event in Parliament was triggered by a petition signed by more than 118,000 people, calling for a “public inquiry into pro-Israel influence...
The US military operation against Iran thoroughly cleaned out the powder magazines of the pirate ship called "Trump's America." With that metaphor, we begin this rather "sad" story about the depletion of America's missile stockpile. Of course, this subject is sad...
As South Korea hosts the Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity from June 24 to 26, an important question confronts policymakers across Asia: What is the future of peace on the Korean Peninsula? Equally important is how South Korea’s evolving...
In between the three or more ceasefires that Israel has fractured in Lebanon this month, its military has crept forward in the country’s south, edging toward higher ground that would increase its firepower over the Nabatieh valley. Israel’s crawl uphill,...
Iran said Tuesday that the UN's nuclear watchdog will not be able to inspect key nuclear sites bombed by the US and Israel last year, as the first round of talks to end the US-Israeli war on...
Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to expose Britain's complicity in Gaza and pursue accountability for Palestine after reintroducing a bill calling for an independent inquiry into the UK's role in Israel's war, telling The New Arab...
The Trump administration illegally overhauled a U.S. Department of Homeland Security computer program in its hunt for noncitizen voters, a judge ruled Monday in a stinging decision that laid into federal officials for violating the privacy of...
As he stood behind the Downing Street lectern, welling up, struggling to get his words out, Keir Starmer’s public resignation address signalled precisely what was such a disaster about his two years as Prime Minister. Starmer’s premiership was responsible for cutting...
- - - - Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash California isn’t the real world. Well, most of the time, it’s not, though plenty of actual people live there. Not all of them deserve what they’re getting...
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