A new ethnic unity law came into effect Wednesday in China despite warnings from Taiwan, the United Nations and rights groups that it could threaten freedoms, especially for minorities. This picture taken on July 18, 2023, shows women walking past...
The Observatory (HKO) hoisted the T1 storm signal at 7.45am on Thursday, as a tropical depression approached China’s Hainan Island. Photo: Observatory. “According to the present forecast, the tropical depression will intensify gradually and move in the general direction of...
By: Majid Maqbool - - - - The killing and maiming of children globally has increased to alarming levels, particularly in the murderous struggle between Israel and its foes, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Myanmar and Somalia as out-of-control...
The World Bank board of directors on Thursday approved $265 million in financing to support construction of a new pumped hydropower storage plant in Morocco, two days after abandoning a goal to devote 45% of its lending resources to climate-related...
Though relegated to the sidelines thanks to President Donald Trump’s decision to launch an illegal and unjustified war on Iran at the behest of the Israeli warfare state, the war in Ukraine grows more dangerous with each passing day. In...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. Will Israel restart the war with Iran before the October elections? This is the consensus view emerging within Iran’s internal national security debate over the past week. Several factors are driving Tehran to...
After President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance committed the United States to a deconfliction cell with Iran in Switzerland – a mechanism enforcing a ceasefire in Lebanon as well as Iran – Israel and its powerful lobby moved...
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that indirect talks with Iran in Qatar were making progress, offering a tentative sign that diplomacy was holding after recent exchanges of fire threatened efforts to end the Middle East war . Iran's Deputy...
For a quarter of a century, consumer technology was the most dependable disinflationary force in the world economy. Each year, the device in the hand did more and cost less, and that quiet subtraction flattered every inflation print on earth....
Attackers targeted the homes of three politicians from Greece's ruling party with homemade explosives on Wednesday, leaving one person dead and four wounded, police told AFP . The attacks at dawn in the northern city of Thessaloniki targeted figures from...
Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Wednesday that he met senior Iraqi oil and foreign ministry officials to discuss energy cooperation, including on the Iraq-Turkey Crude Oil Pipeline that runs from Kirkuk to Ceyhan. The decades-old Turkey-Iraq Crude Oil Pipeline...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said Wednesday that escalating Israeli discussions about new plans to displace the population of the Gaza Strip underscore the seriousness of what he described as efforts to forcibly remove Palestinians by destroying the territory’s basic...
- Total fertility rate at lowest level since 1997 – decline registered among both German and foreign women - - Fertility highest in Niedersachsen , lowest in Sachsen - Not mentioned in the English translation: Women...
GAZA, (PIC) Spain has welcomed 20 Palestinian children from Gaza, accompanied by their families, as part of the sixth medical evacuation mission from the Strip to receive treatment in Spanish hospitals. Spanish Health Minister Mónica García announced the children’s arrival in a...
The Palestinian technocratic committee tasked with administering post-war Gaza said Wednesday it concluded two days of "highly productive" talks in Cyprus on easing humanitarian suffering and advancing plans to rebuild the territory. The National Committee for the Administration of...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has condemned the Israeli Knesset’s preliminary approval of a bill to restrict the Muslim call to prayer (adhan) at mosques in Occupied Jerusalem and the 1948-occupied territories, describing it as a dangerous escalation against Islamic...
At a speech in Jerusalem today, Mike Huckabee described Israel as “the 436th congressional district of the U.S.’” Speaking at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel announced Washington will build a permanent embassy in Jerusalem —...
Islam Times - Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed that Iran and Iraq are preparing for a “historic” funeral for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, speaking following meetings with Iraq’s top leadership...
Islam Times - Iran’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, has submitted an official letter to the UN Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council condemning recent remarks by “Israeli” War Minister Israel Katz against Ayatollah...
Alexandra Voitolovskaya, a senior researcher at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, says Americans are dissatisfied with US President Donald Trump's desire to expand domestic political powers to the detriment of the legislative and judicial...
History remembers those who committed atrocities. It also remembers those who looked away. Vijay Prashad is the Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. His most recent book (with Grieve Chelwa) is How the International Monetary Fund Suffocates Africa (from Inkani...
Roberto Savio, left, and Giuliano Rizzi, right, co-authors of Manuale per il Cittadino Globale (The Global Citizen Handbook), a 19-chapter guide that invites readers to understand, reflect on and respond to today’s interconnected global challenges—from inequality and climate change to...
Mohamed Salah remains in a race to be ready for Egypt's last 32 clash with Australia in Dallas on Friday with the forward continuing his recovery from a hamstring strain sustained in the 1-1 draw with Iran. The Egyptians are...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip /PNN / Stor by Nesma N Harazeen In a small tent stitched together with patterned fabric that offers little more than the illusion of walls, Palestinian writer Mahmoud Albasiony continues to write, surrounded by the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Resistance Committees in Palestine issued a statement on Wednesday asserting that the remarks from the US-sponsored “Board of Peace” on eliminating UNRWA’s role in post-war Gaza exposed the complicity of this council and its members with the...
GAZA, (PIC) Sa’er Abu Daraz did not close his eyes all night. Grief hovered closer than sleep. In a single instant, he found his infant daughter, Suwar, not yet one year old, lying lifeless on the floor of their displacement tent....
The report - Military Escalation in the Middle East: Cushioning the Global Shock – reveals that low- and middle-income countries have partially protected their populations from soaring oil prices through fossil fuel subsidies, price caps, tax rebates and demand-management measures....
This live blog has now ended. Make sure to follow us for the latest news on Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram . Here were key updates of the day: - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi...
Water meter readers and bill collectors in the Qaliyubiya governorate were informed by mail at the beginning of June that come July their old temporary contracts would end. Instead, the Qalyubiya Drinking Water and Sanitation Company told them they should...
Britain’s ruling class and PMC keep plumbing new depths Internal emails reveal changes resulted directly from complaints by pro-Israel activists, with the museum and its director subsequently misleading prominent critics Namir Shabibi is an independent investigative journalist Cross-posted from Middle East Eye...
Bayern Munich on Wednesday announced the signing of Morocco midfielder Ismael Saibari from Dutch side PSV Eindhoven until 2031. The midfielder joins the German champions for a reported fee of 50 million ($57 million). An attacking midfielder with a goal...
Russia is not participating in the relief effort following the earthquake in Venezuela. For the first time, it has demonstrated an extremely pragmatic approach toward a former ally. The United States Prevented Caracas From Accepting Russian Assistance Russia has so far...
Cuba is entering a phase of radical transformation of its economic model amid increasing external pressure, according to Russian historian, politician, Secretary of the United Communist Party (OKP), and chair of the New Labor trade union, Darya Mitina. In comments...
Syria's parliament has announced the remaining 70 names of MPs appointed by President Ahmed al-Sharaa and set the date for the opening of Syria's People's Assembly. Mohammad Taha al-Ahmed, chairman of the Higher Committee for People's Assembly Elections, said...
Will Israel restart the war with Iran before the October elections? This is the consensus view emerging within Iran’s internal national security debate over the past week. Several factors are driving Tehran to this conclusion. Beyond its deep — and not...
One of the prominent faces of Morocco’s Gen Z 212 protests has been handed a 6-month suspended sentence by a court in Casablanca over allegedly "inciting to commit crimes or offences by electronic means". Zineb Kharroubi has also been ordered...
The sentencing of one of the prominent faces of Morocco’s Gen Z 212 protests has raised alarm among human rights groups in the country, who are calling it "another example of the criminalisation of freedom of expression and...
The "Peace Council" is set to launch a pilot project within weeks to manage humanitarian shelters in parts of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, as Israeli military operations continue despite a ceasefire. Citing unnamed sources, Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported...
Huawei’s assertion that it could match TSMC in producing the world’s most advanced chips by 2031 reflects both technological ambition and geopolitical necessity. As one of China’s leading technology companies, Huawei has faced significant restrictions on access to advanced semiconductor...
Huawei’s assertion that it could match TSMC in producing the world’s most advanced chips by 2031 reflects both technological ambition and geopolitical necessity. As one of China’s leading technology companies, Huawei has faced significant restrictions on access to advanced semiconductor...
The innumerable assasinations, putsches, and proxy wars by the West are never mentioned with regard to post-War World II colonialism in Africa and Western Asia. Still, there are some useful takeaways in this piece. Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to...
The Trump administration concluded a recent mineral deal with Kazakhstan that, not surprisingly, enriches not only Trump’s own family but that of his secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick. Trump’s two eldest sons, part owners of Dominari Securities, are set to...
Born on the Fourth of July in 1946, I grew up proud to be an American. I felt blessed to have entered the world on such a special day, as if it made me a real-life Yankee Doodle Dandy, a...
Residents of two villages in the Yarmouk Basin area in southwestern Syria blocked roads on Tuesday evening to prevent Israeli forces from advancing into the area, amid ongoing tensions and growing fears of expanding Israeli military movements . Speaking to...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army delivered demolition orders for three homes and other structures in the village of Susiya, south of al-Khalil in the West Bank, on Wednesday. A total of 20 individuals from the al-Nawaj’ah family, including women and children,...
Gaza Strip - US envoy Steve Witkoff announced Phase 2 of the Gaza ceasefire in January 2026. The plan on paper detailed how Israeli forces would begin withdrawing, an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) would move...
Lebanese political forces appear to be mobilising to block a newly signed framework agreement with Israel , with Speaker Nabih Berri leading efforts to build a cross-party front aimed at toppling the deal through institutional channels. Since the agreement...
I had no intention of writing about the organisation I work for. Institutions should be judged by their work, not by opinion pieces written in their defence. But I am writing today because the allegations directed at the Committee to...
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