PEN America has insisted it continues to defend Palestinian writers and regards Israel's actions in Gaza as "a genocide", after its outgoing president accused the organisation of sidelining Palestinians and resigned in protest, the organisation told The New Arab on...
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Certus Semiconductor, a trusted leader in custom I/O and ESD solutions, will exhibit at Booth 839 during DAC 2026 , July 27–29 in Long Beach. This year, Certus is announcing two new developments in GlobalFoundries 12LP and 12LP+ Processes: one...
Toppling the AI Empire: Interview with Karen Hao
Full ArticleThe author of ‘Empire of AI’, a book about OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman, discusses technology, power and sovereignty. Alessio Giussani is the editor-in-chief of the Green European Journal . He was formerly contributing editor of Eurozine (Vienna) and a...
The Houthis and Iran attempted to resume direct flights between Tehran and Sanaa, the Houthi-controlled capital of Yemen, in early July. On July 14, Saudi Arabia struck Sanaa International Airport to prevent one such flight, prompting the Houthis to launch...
NATO 3.0, where European countries do the heavy-lifting of arms spending to keep the US happy, is under construction. Dr. Joseph Gerson is the president of the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament, and Common Security; co-president of the International Peace Bureau; and...
Restoring some semblance of a moral core to the Labour Party won’t be easy, but is politically necessary for Andy Burnham. David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye. He is a commentator and speaker on the region and...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli authorities on Tuesday forced a resident of the Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, to demolish his own business. According to local sources, Yasser Al-Shani, a resident of Jalazone, was ordered to carry out the self-demolition of his...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement said Tuesday that Israeli Army Minister Israel Katz’s announcement of plans to establish three new settlement outposts in northern Gaza demonstrates “contempt for international law” and United Nations resolutions and reflects Israel’s continued efforts to impose...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) Palestinian prisoner advocacy organizations, together with several former detainees, launched an international campaign on Tuesday to combat sexual violence against Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli detention facilities. The campaign was announced during a press conference at the Al-Bireh Municipal Hall,...
The Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan’s choice of the New Indian Express editor Santwana Bhattacharya for his first major media interview after assuming office 50 days ago comes as no surprise. Both are noted intellectuals and humanists at the core...
GAZA, (PIC) When a residential apartment is reduced to rubble within minutes, and when a doctor leaves an operating room only to find the hospital itself under threat, the issue is no longer about abstract numbers or “collateral damage.” Israel’s assault on...
Sunday marked a decade since an Arbitral Tribunal at The Hague handed a near total victory to the Philippines, a U.S. treaty ally, in its maritime dispute with China. Despite the ruling, the dispute has escalated in recent years with...
France has announced that the "Coalition of the Willing" will hold large-scale military exercises near Ukraine's borders in the coming months, while Russia says it will assess the scope of the drills and take appropriate measures in response. Macron Outlines Coalition's...
From Lexington to Hormuz, US foreign policy at 250
Full ArticleAs the United States marks 250 years since its founding as an anti-colonial republic, its global power and democratic system are facing a profound crisis, according to Khalil Jahshan, executive director of Arab Center Washington DC. In an interview conducted byThe...
Harry Kane under fire for World Cup double standards
Full ArticleEngland captain Harry Kane has displayed a "clear double standard" by speaking out on Qatar before the 2022 World Cup while warmly discussing Donald Trump and remaining silent on controversies surrounding this year's tournament, British-Palestinian commentator Hamza Yusuf told The...
A License Is Not a Teacher
Full ArticleBy Vani S. Kulkarni PHILADELPHIA, Jul 14 2026 (IPS) Ask why so many Indian classrooms struggle, and the answers arrive in the language of audit: Too few trained teachers, too many vacancies, weak colleges of education and low accountability. Each of these...
A Fossil Fuel Phaseout?
Full ArticleIt’s no secret that the climate negotiations are failing. The simple fact is that the carbon concentration of the atmosphere continues to rise, rapidly and along a pathway that threatens—but does not yet guarantee—true catastrophe. That said, there’s little agreement on...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has condemned a new agreement between the Israeli occupation government and the northern West Bank settlement council, which greenlights 12,000 new housing units for Jewish settlers. In a statement released on Tuesday, Hamas warned of severe...
Millennial MAGA Meets MKULTRA
Full ArticleOn June 30, the U.S. Congress held its first hearings in 49 years on the Cold War-era mind control program known as MKULTRA. Prior to this latest meeting of Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s Task Force on the Declassification of...
The Globe and Mail reports that Canada’s electronic eavesdropping agency, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), conducted cyberattacks to disrupt the activities of online foreign criminals involved in selling fentanyl components. These efforts are part of a greater period of expansion...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Anxiety inside Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps is no longer limited to shrinking healthcare and education services provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). As calls to sideline or replace the agency intensify, refugees are...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian ministry of interior and national security in Gaza on Tuesday mourned six police officers and personnel who were martyred in an Israeli strike on a police post in Jabalia refugee camp today. In a statement, the ministry identified...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump “acted in bad faith” when he swiftly dropped his tax return lawsuit and directed his Cabinet members to establish a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, a federal judge in Florida ruled Monday. Federal Judge Kathleen Williams of...
- - - - Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash When Elon Musk hit trillionaire status, albeit briefly, the left went absolutely nuts vilifying him. Why? Because he was rich. Never mind that he’s made his money by defending free speech, building electric cars, making...
US President Donald Trump has threatened to strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, home to a heavily fortified underground complex linked to Tehran's nuclear programme that has not been inspected by international monitors since construction began in late 2020. Nuclear experts told The...
Exxon’s Attorney Is Joining the DOJ Division That Dubs Itself ‘the Nation’s Largest Environmental Law Firm’
Full Article“In one of the executive orders , President Trump described the coal industry as beautiful,” said Robert L. Levy, ExxonMobil’s executive counsel, at a 2025 event organized by the Federalist Society . “No such reference to the beauty of the oil...
The New Red Scare Is Dumber Than Ones Past
Full ArticleThe following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . The recent swathe of electoral victories by the Democratic Socialists of America has provoked a predictably delicious meltdown throughout the political establishment. James Carville is apoplectic . Centrist Democrats are suddenly...
Syria's new authorities had exactly five days to sit with the shock of one attack before another followed . On 2 July, a bomb tore through a popular café near the Justice Palace in central Damascus, killing ten people. The day...
BRUSSELS, (PIC) European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said that a majority of member states support taking action against trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, claiming that ambassadors have been tasked with advancing the...
Good afternoon and welcome to our new live page, where we're continuing to track developments in the region. Visit our previous live page to catch up on developments earlier today. Here are the key developments on Tuesday afternoon: • The US military has...
The sister of recently deceased US Senator Lindsey Graham has been appointed to serve the remainder of her late brother's Senate term. Darline Graham Nordone, Graham's younger and only sibling, was appointed by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster on Monday to...
Project a Black Planet: Film, a new season of screenings at the Barbican in London exemplifies how the movement was an act of solidarity, resistance and fierce creativity Algiers, 1969. What had, for seven years, been the metropolis of a newly...
Political sources and others close to the Iraqi government said to The New Arab on Tuesday, 14 July, that the US administration is seriously pushing a plan to strip Iran-backed Iraqi armed factions of drones and advanced long-range missiles with...
GAZA, (PIC) Fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed at least 10 Palestinian civilians, including a woman and a child, and injured several others on Tuesday, while another citizen died of wounds from a previous strike. The Palestinian Information Center (PIC)...
Red Ribbons calls for implementation of Israeli Supreme Court ruling restoring ICRC access to Palestinian prisoners
Full ArticleLONDON, (PIC) The Red Ribbons Campaign for the Release of Palestinian Hostages and Prisoners held in Israeli prisons has renewed its urgent call on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take immediate humanitarian action to ensure the practical...
Synopsys is catalyzing the era of pervasive intelligence with comprehensive engineering solutions spanning silicon design, IP, and simulation and analysis. At this year’s Design Automation Conference (DAC), the company will showcase innovations transforming silicon and systems development for a wide...
Vietnam–Japan: Strategic Trust Without an Alliance
Full ArticleBy: Khanh Vu Duc - - - - High level defense meeting. Photo from VNA/VIET NAM NEWS In early June, General Uchikura Hiroaki, Japan’s joint staff chief, met in Hanoi with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang and General Staff Chief...
The first fertilizer stock to be supplied by the Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development Authority was distributed on Monday for sale through agricultural cooperatives across the country . Fertilizer distribution adds yet another market to the fast-expanding portfolio in which...
American actor Zendaya has come under fire from historians and archaeologists after wearing 3,000-year-old Iranian earrings on the red carpet, with experts telling The New Arab the choice had reflected "Orientalist practices" and a disregard for the cultural heritage of...
Trump Promised Erdogan the F-35 But the Law Says No
Full ArticleTurkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Donald Trump at the airport in Ankara, which heads of state generally do not do. There were cannons. There were soldiers on horseback. Jets flew overhead trailing red, white, and blue smoke. Then the...
There are, and perhaps always have been, two American republics. The first declared that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed". This US Republic, founded through revolutionary war in 1776 by "enlightened Englishmen", defined itself against kings,...
As the United States hosts the FIFA Club World Cup, critics are drawing comparisons with the scrutiny faced by Qatar during the 2022 World Cup, arguing that visa restrictions, deportations, and travel bans affecting players, officials, and fans have received...
Strait of Hormuz: A constant in Iranian history
Full ArticleBy M. Reza BEHNAM Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su 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...
An Islamabad High Court ruling awarding a divorced woman an equal share of assets acquired has sparked debate in Pakistan. Credit: Handout By Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Pakistan, Jul 14 2026 (IPS) A landmark Islamabad High Court ruling that recognised marriage as an economic...
BRUSSELS / PNN / Palestinian Minister of Finance Dr. Istifan Salameh said the Palestinian government has received broad international support and praise for its reform agenda, adding that growing confidence among international partners is helping mobilize additional political and financial backing....
Direct talks between Lebanon and Israel resumed in Rome on Tuesday, with disagreements over Israel's conditions for withdrawing from southern Lebanon threatening to delay implementation of the US-brokered framework agreement signed last month. The sixth round of negotiations, held at the...
In the realms of the ‘Act East’ policy actively promoted by New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a fresh overseas tour, this time paying visits to Indonesia, Australia, and New Zealand. However, the priority destination was...
Imprisoned Palestinian Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti was wounded and left bleeding after an Israeli prison guard shot him in the leg with a rubber bullet at close range, his family said on Monday. Barghouti had informed his lawyer of the violent...
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