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This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 15 June 2026. Two Malian journalists, Chahana Takiou, Editor-in-Chief of the bi-weekly newspaper 22 September , and Abdramane Keïta, Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Le Témoin , have been remanded in custody...

A little over a week since the US and Iran signed the MoU, some ships that had been trapped in the Persian rushed to travel through the corridor, with many trying to use an alternative route on the southern...

Larry C. Johnson

ISTANBUL, (PIC) Member of Hamas’s political bureau Basem Naim has said that the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have demonstrated today that their national allegiance and political awareness are too profound to be manipulated by unruly elements serving suspicious agendas. “All respect...

News, Gaza Strip, Hamas Movement

Japan advised more than a million people to leave their homes as two tropical storms swept towards the archipelago on Friday, with torrential rains also pounding Taiwan where at least two people have been killed. A tow lorry driver retrieves...

Community & Education, Taiwan, AFP

In a laboratory in Broomfield, Colorado, 98 atoms are suspended in mid-air, held in place by electric fields and cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero. Each atom is far smaller than anything the naked eye could ever see, yet...

Technology, Block 2, Helios Quantum Computer

“Making peace with Iran may be just as painful as winning the war,” a recent CNN report noted. As negotiations roll on during a shaky ceasefire, what a deal between the US and Iran might look like and whether it...

Middle East, Ancient Persia, Ancient Rome

US forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions on Friday after Washington accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship, jolting a fragile ceasefire as diplomats struggled to contain the Middle East war. US Central...

World

There are many who think Trump’s about face on Iran, virtually embracing the radical Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (now the IRGC is linked up to CENTCOM in Doha, Qatar) is a sellout of US and allied forces, not to mention the...

Opinion, Donald Trump, Iran war 2026

A Paris court has referred a key constitutional question over France's controversial " terrorism apology " law to the Constitutional Council in the case of left-wing political figure Anasse Kazib , a move supporters hailed as a...

World

One of the world's best-known children's educators delivered an emotional plea for governments to act to protect Palestinian children on Friday, apologising directly to a young girl from the occupied West Bank, saying world leaders had failed an...

World

Chanting rhythmically in the summer sun, the men marched through the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh as part of their annual tradition to mark Ashura, the holiest day in the Shia Muslim calendar . This year, they walked through...

MENA

BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon and Israel signed a US-brokered framework agreement on Friday following a new round of direct negotiations held in Washington. The agreement was signed by Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Mouawad and Israeli Ambassador to Washington Yechiel...

News, Israeli aggression, Israeli violations

TEL AVIV (PNN / Israel’s i24 News channel reported that the Israeli military is preparing a large-scale operation targeting refugee camps across the occupied West Bank, in a move that could significantly expand ongoing military activity in the territory. The report said...

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The expanded men’s World Cup in 2026 has given fans the chance to cheer on the exploits of first-time qualifiers, some of which many people might previously have struggled to locate on the map. Standout moments have already included Curaçao’s...

Opinion, Central Asia, Ferghana Valley

Hezbollah has rejected the newly signed Lebanon-Israel framework agreement, warning that any attempt by Lebanese authorities to implement it would trigger a "civil war" backed by the United States, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli troops...

MENA

A whopping 78% of Americans want to end the war with Iran. The few holdouts itching for more war seem to be concentrated in our nation's capital, where Democrats, Republicans, and the op-ed class are clamoring for continued violence. These...

Iran-war, Chuck-schumer, Saudi-arabia

Ukrainian drone strikes are devastating Russian communities. The city of Sevastopol, the largest in Russian-occupied Crimea, is the latest community to be hit, losing power as Ukrainian drones strike energy facilities in the region. Given the immense importance attached to...

Ukraine War, Block 3, Drone geeks

Oligarchs are now our greatest threat and they are out of control. The only hope for the good society is to build a world beyond their reach. Robin McAlpine is Head of Strategic Development at the Common Weal think-tank in Scotland....

Economics, Finance, Financial Institutions

Traffic levels in the Strait of Hormuz fell back from Wednesday's high, but vessels continued to use a non-Iranian-approved passage despite a ship being struck by a projectile, tracking platforms showed Friday. At least 42 commodity vessels, including tankers...

MENA

Egypt is mulling whether to approve a takeover bid for Pharos Energy, a move which would for the first time see an Israeli company take a direct interest in Egyptian energy assets. Israeli oil firm Ratio Petroleum this week agreed...

Energy

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Palestine Information Center “Mu’ta” has documented a sharp increase in Israeli military and settler violations across the occupied West Bank, recording 1,298 incidents between June 19 and June 25, 2026. According to the center’s weekly report, the violations...

News, Israeli violations, Occupied Jerusalem

Israeli prosecutors filed rare charges against six settlers, including for "acts of terrorism", after an attack on a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank that included the torching of a mosque, police said Friday. Authorities rarely punish...

MENA

Two Moroccan public figures have been sentenced to at least a decade in prison over a major drug trafficking scheme linked to a convicted Malian kingpin. The case implicates more than 20 people accused of playing a role in...

MENA

The leader of Yemen's Houthi movement has threatened to target any Israeli presence in Somaliland , accusing Israel of seeking to establish control over strategic waterways linking the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Abdul...

MENA

(L-R) Horacio (Luis) Carvalho, CEO of Climate Change Ventures, and Faraz Khan, MBE, at London Climate Action Week. Carvalho's firm advises on carbon mitigation and green investment projects. They signed an MOU to develop markets with Brazilian CPR Verde (green...

Aid, Armed Conflicts, Asia-Pacific

Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar will this week propose an official recognition of the Armenian genocide in a move that will likely further escalate tensions between Israel and Turkey . Israel, which itself is widely accused of carrying out...

MENA

Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar will this week propose an official recognition of the Armenian genocide in a move that will likely further escalate tensions between Israel and Turkey . Israel, which itself is widely accused of carrying out...

MENA

Prominent Tunisian rights activist Sihem Bensedrine told AFP on Friday that she had been sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges including falsifying part of a transitional justice commission's final report. Tunisia emerged from the...

MENA

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 . Around 4 a.m. on May...

Business & Economy, Courts & Law, Labor

Dozens of NGOs, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, called on Friday for international action to avert looming "atrocities" in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid . In an open letter addressed to member and observer states to the United...

MENA

The Swedish government has appointed senior diplomat Jessica Svärdström as its new ambassador to Syria, in a move paving the way for direct Swedish diplomatic representation in Damascus , after 14 years of downgraded presence. Svärdström is expected...

MENA

The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt met in Cairo this week to discuss regional affairs in the wake of the Iran war. Their discussions ranged from security in the Gulf to developments in Lebanon and the...

US-Israeli war on Iran

From out of the horses’ mouths. “They have to be able to defend themselves,” Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall said on CNN of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ stockpile of ballistic missiles. Until a couple of weeks ago, Marshall, a...

Activism, Column, Middle East

SALFIT, (PIC) Between two pictures separated by only two years and eight months, the story of the released prisoner and journalist Abdullah Shatat summarizes a part of the suffering of Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli prisons. In the first picture, he appears as...

Reports, Israeli prisons, Palestinian prisoners

Westwood, one of the most affluent neighborhoods on the Westside of Los Angeles, has long served as the symbolic capital of the Iranian diaspora. Restaurants advertise kebabs and saffron rice in Farsi, and a conversation started here often ends somewhere...

Activism, Immigration, Los Angeles

While El Salvador’s government promotes its countries’ beaches, volcanoes, and safe streets in gentrified neighborhoods, thousands of Salvadoran families are denouncing arbitrary detentions and seeking justice for relatives imprisoned under President Nayib Bukele’s extended state of emergency. The contrast is stark:...

Democracy & Governance, Environment, Human Rights

Israeli forces dropped leaflets over the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri on Friday, ordering residents to leave, Lebanese state media reported, the first such order issued since the latest ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect. A senior Lebanese military official...

MENA

Lebanon, Israel and the United States on Friday signed a trilateral framework agreement in Washington aimed at paving the way for a peace deal between the two long-time Middle East adversaries, following five rounds of negotiations focused on ending decades...

MENA
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