China’s market regulator announced a sweeping investigation on Friday against three major brokers running cross-border trading, as it launched a two-year crackdown on investment leaving the country. Photo: David Dennis via Flickr. China does not allow private individuals to directly...
As someone born with a physical disability, I was told during my early childhood by many in my community that I was exempt from going for Hajj . I knew this was only out of reassuring comfort, but I...
The author of “Taiwan Travelogue”, Yang Shuang-zi, told AFP she hopes her International Booker Prize-winning novel can one day be read in China and facilitate dialogue about the “future Taiwanese people want”. Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi. Photo: Yang Shuang-zi, via...
Talks at the UN to reaffirm nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament goals failed on Friday, according to the leader of the talks, after four weeks of negotiations held amid low expectations. Vietnam's Do Hung Viet, the president of the...
The United States is weighing new military strikes on Iran , US media outlets reported on Friday. The reports, from CBS and Axios , come just hours after US President Donald Trump said he would...
Western mainstream media and podcasters have dismissed the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing. When you listen to Jake Sullivan and Aaron Friedberg, China hawks from diagonally opposite political background – the liberal elite of the Democratic party and the Republican neoconservative...
South Korea: Samsung Electronics union suspends planned walkout; India: Punjab municipal sanitation workers still on strike; Gig workers across India strike over rising fuel costs and declining wages; Air India ground staff hold one-day strike in Mumbai; 20,000 South Australian...
Italy , France, Britain and Germany on Friday urged Israel to stop expanding its settlements in the occupied West Bank , arguing it was "undermining stability" and prospects for a two-state solution. The statement was welcomed by the Palestinian Authority...
A standoff between the chairman of Turkey ’s main opposition party and his predecessor, who was reappointed by court order, escalated Friday. An appeals court in the capital of Ankara on Thursday nullified the November 2023 party congress of the...
As the region scrambles to secure a ceasefire in Iran, the ceasefire in Gaza looks more unstable by the day. Israel continues to bomb the besieged enclave, killing civilans and adding to the misery that the people of Gaza have...
Before getting into World War Three, let’s head back to the United States dust-up of the 1860s. The American War of Northern Aggression (misnamed The Civil War) occurred for reasons very different than what you have been told…and which are here...
A divided federal appeals court on Friday declined to reconsider a ruling in Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil 's case that opened the door to President Donald Trump's administration re-arresting and deporting the pro-Palestinian activist. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court...
Thankfully, a path for peace and development is defined and workable. The challenge is for the world to take it, and in particular, for the people of the Western hegemonic nations to demand it. Join us on Telegram , Twitter...
Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . The military has begun implementing plans to integrate allied fighting forces into the state’s security institutions this week. The armed movements signatory to the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement, however, are still...
If you’ve been following the slow-motion strategic panic over critical minerals, you know that Japan, Australia, the US, Canada, Europe and others are busy talking about China’s dominance both of rare earth mining and refining and of the production of...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard resigned from her position Friday after months of simmering tensions with President Donald Trump over the Iran war. Officially , Gabbard said she made the decision to leave because her husband is suffering...
US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation on Friday, ending the tenure of a long-term contrarian who appeared to be at odds with President Donald Trump over the Iran war. Gabbard said in a letter to Trump...
Today, the word "soldier" seems like the only natural way to describe a person in military uniform. But a century ago, using that term in the young Soviet Red Army could easily earn someone an official reprimand. The Bolsheviks viewed the...
Even by the standards of plutocratic dead-thought exercises, Jeff Bezos’ Wednesday sit-down with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin was mortifying. The billionaire founder of Amazon conceded there are a lot of problems, then declared they could be solved by eliminating taxes...
Bangladesh’s rulers have a habit of renaming institutions when they become politically radioactive. Roads are renamed after coups, and laws after public outrage. The practice is usually useless. Now, the same survival instinct is being applied to the Rapid Action...
Israeli strikes killed 10 people on Friday, including six rescuers and a child, as Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire despite a ceasefire. In a statement, the Lebanese ministry said "six people were martyred" including two rescuers...
Credit: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, May 22 2026 (IPS) Narges Mohammadi , awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her human rights activism in Iran, has been allowed to go home. After guards found her unconscious in her...
Allah is Al-Fattāḥ — the One Who opens doors and creates pathways, granting His Servants opportunities to increase in reward and closeness to Him. The first ten days of Dhul Hijjah are among the greatest manifestations of this...
Hundreds of Greenlanders demonstrated outside the new US Consulate in Nuuk on Thursday as President Donald Trump’s envoy signaled that Trump still seeks to control the self-governing Danish territory that straddles the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. Various Greenlandic politicians also declined invitations to attend the...
GAZA, (PIC) The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza said on Friday that the Israeli occupation continues to impose severe restrictions and reduce the entry of essential supplies into the Gaza Strip, deepening the ongoing siege and humanitarian suffocation. The statement came...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli authorities forced Jerusalem resident Jumaa Mohammad Qaraein on Friday to demolish his own home in the Al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Aqsa Mosque. Qaraein carried out the demolition himself to avoid heavy fines imposed by the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) In a dangerous and unprecedented development since 1967, Israeli settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque on Friday, carrying ritual “bread offerings.” Jerusalem sources said nine settlers entered the Mosque compound after the Asr prayer through Bab al-Ghawanmeh, assaulted two Aqsa...
The continued evolution of semiconductor technologies has created a growing demand for devices capable of operating reliably under extreme conditions, particularly high temperatures. Among the most promising candidates for such applications are gallium nitride (GaN)-based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs).…...
The Trump-backed Board of Peace's proposed Gaza roadmap is unlikely to bring about an end to the war, analysts say, as the continued stalemate over Hamas's disarmament chips away at the ceasefire. The plan, outlined by the...
A historical analysis of the relationship between Europe and the US Richard D. Wolff is an American Marxian economist known for his work on economic methodology and class analysis. He is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts...
In his new book, “Palaces of the Crow,” Ray Nayler examines human nature through the lens of caring and community amidst the often hidden horrors of World War II. “We tell the stories that perpetuate the narrative or the myth...
The Democratic National Committee’s long-awaited "autopsy" into Kamala Harris’s 2024 election defeat has sparked backlash after critics noted that the 192-page report entirely omits the war on Gaza and US support for Israel . The omission...
NAZARETH, (PIC) National security circles in Israel have begun to look with growing concern at the ongoing transformations within American society, in light of accelerating indicators of a decline in traditional support for it, especially among American Jews and liberal youth...
Continued Israeli attacks, regional conflict and a drop in remittances have strained Lebanon’s dollar reserves, fuelling fears of another financial crisis in a country already battered by years of economic collapse. Amid Israel’s war on the country which resumed...
The world recoiled in horror this week as Israel's far-right minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, personally administered abuse to international activists detained and tortured by his government after intercepting their life-saving flotilla mission to Gaza. Western foreign ministers made...
There is an old Chinese proverb that says the skilled hunter does not chase the rabbit — he positions himself where the rabbit must eventually run. Xi Jinping, whatever his many critics may argue, has been extraordinarily patient. And now,...
RAFAH, (PIC) A report by Al-Araby Al-Jadeed has raised growing concerns in Gaza over plans by Palestinian companies to take part in UAE-funded reconstruction projects in Rafah while the city remains under Israeli military control. The report said recent leaks suggested that...
ROME /PNN/ A joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, and the Netherlands, in addition to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, called on the Government of Israel to "end its expansion of settlements...
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer , a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter or follow them on Facebook , X and Bluesky . It’s 3 a.m. in Austin...
London /PNN/ PSC welcomes the news that a £50m Metropolitan police deal with the notorious US tech company Palantir has been blocked by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan. Prior to today’s announcement, over 1,000 PSC supporters in London emailed the...
Situation described as ‘deeply worrisome’ by officials as aid cuts and community distrust impede responders The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo poses a “very high” risk to the country, the World Health Organization said on Friday, revising...
Two legal organisations have filed a complaint against three senior barristers from a prominent pro-Israeli organisation , two of whom are members of the House of Lords, alleging misuse of professional status in a campaign targeting Palestine solidarity organisations...
By Ramzy BAROUD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The video is horrifying, though it is the kind of horror now synonymous with the behavior of Israel, its military, its armed settlers, and...
BEIRUT /PNN / Greenpeace Middle East and North Africa welcomed a United Nations General Assembly vote backing a landmark advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice on countries’ legal obligations to address climate change, calling it a step forward...
This story was originally published by The 19th . The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum has been years in the making — and now, transphobia is threatening to derail the whole thing. A bill to approve building the...
- - - - Photo by De'Andre Bush on Unsplash Mainstream publishing has a profoundly left-wing bias. There are exceptions, as in most things, though you’ll find most of them as small publishers that were created expressly...
“It’s got no anything,” President Donald Trump said of Somalia in a recent xenophobic rant. “All they do is run around shooting each other.” As is true of so much with this administration, every accusation is also a...
The strategic and spiritual resonance of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply woven into Iran’s identity. It represents a profound geographic constant in Iranian history. This narrow waterway has served as a central artery for Persian political and economic...
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