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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has amended the law governing elections to the Palestinian National Council , a move analysts say could reshape Palestinian political representation as the leadership prepares for long-delayed elections amid internal divisions and mounting...

MENA

An Iranian national football team player's United States visa has expired, state media reported Tuesday, leaving his future at the World Cup shrouded in doubt with Tehran engulfed in a bitter diplomatic row with Washington. Winger Mehdi...

Sports

By Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Netanyahu always says “What you own belongs to me” In addition to the regular lethal American and Israeli attacks on Iran, last week...

Editor's Choice, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has insisted that Israel must fully withdraw from occupied Lebanese territory under the terms of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, rejecting a proposed "pilot zone" arrangement and warning that any prolonged...

MENA

Britain’s recent local elections revealed more than a routine midterm backlash. Labour’s heavy losses, the continuing erosion of Conservative support, and the rise of the far-right Reform UK point towards a deeper crisis unfolding within one of the West’s traditional...

Immigration, Kier Starmer, populism

For years, advanced packaging has been described mostly in planar terms: chiplets placed side by side, connected through interposers, bridges, redistribution layers, substrates, and short-reach electrical links. This view remains important. It supports today’s GPU, HBM, chiplet, and 2.5D integration...

3D IC, AI, 2.5D integration

By Tamas ORBAN Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su A quick explainer on the EU’s landmark migration management legislation and why the European Right is not happy about it. After nearly eleven years in...

Editor's Choice, European Commission, European Union

A group of children sit near a garden in Tamasgo Primary, in Burkina Faso, which is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Credit: UNICEF Office in Burkina Faso By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS, Jun 16 2026 (IPS) A...

Africa, Asia-Pacific, Climate Action

Inside a narrow room in a Beirut displacement shelter, Fatima Bittar keeps the door slightly ajar. Not for air, but because she cannot afford to be alone if something goes wrong. The 54-year-old widow was displaced from Bourj el-Shemali...

Society

While Pakistan has been publicly credited with mediating the framework agreement between the United States and Iran, officials and diplomats say Qatar played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in helping bridge differences between Washington and Tehran, hosting...

MENA

A dozen Israeli company stands were shut down on Monday at a major international defence and security exhibition outside Paris, after French authorities enforced restrictions on the display of Israeli military equipment amid growing scrutiny of Israel...

World

The photo above is not from China; it’s from Japan. In the 1970s, Daiei was Japan’s top retailer. But after Japan’s asset bubble burst around 1990, it became Japan’s most famous “zombie” company — staggering along unprofitably, kept afloat by a constant...

China, Block 3, China Economy

Leaders from Southeast Asia gather in Kazan this month for the Russia-ASEAN summit, and one of the most closely watched developments may not be found on the official agenda. Instead, it lies in a diplomatic request from Manila: a proposed...

Politics, Russia, Southeast Asia

Without the support of Armenian nationalists, his political future is under threat. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The recent electoral victory of Nikol Pashinyan and his pro-EU coalition in Armenia was welcomed...

Americas, Europe, Russia & CIS

Belfast is burning, and in its ashes lies the very question that Europe continues to evade: do we want to address the causes, or do we prefer to keep standing guard over the gasoline can? Join us on Telegram ,...

Europe, Society, World

By: Ben Kiatkwankul - - - - Can Suvarnabhumi compete regionally? Thailand is in the middle of its most ambitious aviation expansion in a generation, a five-year investment program of around Bt80 billion (US$24.3 billion) , with the Suvarnabhumi...

The UK government has referred the Great Israeli Real Estate event to the Advertising Standards Authorities (ASA) as it has emerged that properties for sale in illegal Israeli settlements were promoted at the show. Organisers had said last week that all...

Archive, Middle East, Top Stories

Dozens of Doctors Without Borders staff have been accused of sexually abusing Sudanese refugees in Chad , the organisation said Monday, adding that it dismissed 18 workers after investigations found "serious misconduct". The medical charity, which goes by...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) As summer sets in with soaring temperatures, the suffering of Gaza people is reaching unprecedented levels. A new and harsh chapter of daily hardship is unfolding, driven by the widespread and systematic destruction of water infrastructure during the Israeli...

Reports, Gaza Strip, Israeli genocide

When Kamel Hawwash retired from academia last year, he imagined a quieter life. Instead, he entered May's local elections in Birmingham and made history. By winning a seat in Stirchley, Hawwash became the UK's first councillor of Palestinian...

Interviews

Washington has been stepping up its airstrikes in the campaign against al-Shabaab, but the militants make continued gains and civilians are increasingly the victims - theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/16/somalia-us-trump-war-alshabaab-islamists-drone-airstrikes-civilian-deaths-children"> Killed walking home from school: why did Somali children become targets of US drone strikes?...

Global development, Somalia, Middle East and north Africa

Hong Kong’s Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body (AMCB) has urged the government to ensure a living wage, standardised working hours, better living conditions and the abolition of live-in arrangements for the city’s foreign domestic workers. Photo: Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body....

Domestic Workers, Hong Kong, Asian Migrants' Coordinating Body (AMCB)

GAZA, (PIC) Hospitals in the Gaza Strip recorded the arrival of five new martyrs and eight injuries over the past 24 hours, according to the daily statistical report issued by the Ministry of Health, amid the ongoing Israeli assault. The ministry stressed...

News, death toll, Gaza Strip

GENEVA, (PIC) Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has taken exceptional and involuntary measures in response to a systematic Israeli campaign of disinformation, defamation, incitement, and direct and indirect threats targeting the organization, its chairman, and members of its team. The campaign escalated...

News, Euro-Med Monitor, Gaza Strip

China’s new naval gun promises unprecedented range and firepower, yet its effectiveness in a Taiwan invasion scenario may ultimately hinge on overcoming the island’s formidable anti-access defenses. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China’s military is...

Military, Block 2, China

June did not bring the long-awaited summer to much of Europe. And for Germany, the forecast was particularly grim. Earlier this month , Germany failed for the first time to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council,...

Voices

The resignations of Defence Secretary John Healey and Armed Forces Minister Al Carns have hastened the demise of the Premiership of Keir Starmer. As Britain looks towards a new Prime Minister, their credibility will be tested by whether...

Perspectives

Oliver Larkin, a 33-year-old democratic socialist running for Congress in South Florida, thinks his state is on the verge of swinging blue. It is a bold prediction for a state that has voted Republican in the last three presidential elections and...

World

GAZA, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces continued violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement on Tuesday through gunfire, artillery shelling, and demolition operations across several areas of the Strip. Local sources reported that Israeli military vehicles opened heavy fire east of Khan Yunis in...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

MERICS Data Insight: EU-China trade H.Seidl Tue, 06/16/2026 - 09:27 Comment Jun 16, 2026 1 min read MERICS Data Insight: EU-China trade In this edition of MERICS Data Insights, MERICS Visiting Fellow Esther Goreichy looks at the European Union's trade...

LONDON, (PIC) The Hamas Movement on Monday condemned a British Court of Appeal ruling upholding the ban on the activist group Palestine Action , describing the decision as “highly politicized” and aimed at suppressing solidarity movements supporting the Palestinian people. In...

News, Hamas Movement, Israeli genocide

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a wide-ranging raid and arrest campaign across the West Bank overnight and into early Tuesday, with operations centered on the city of Nablus to secure a settler visit to Joseph’s Tomb. Large...

News, Arrests, Occupied Jerusalem

Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip received the announcement on Monday of a framework agreement between the United States and Iran , brokered by Pakistan, amid growing concerns that the coastal enclave may be absent from a broader...

MENA

Halmahera, the largest island in Indonesia’s North Maluku province, is unlikely to be familiar to most readers outside Southeast Asia. Yet this forested island, located between Sulawesi and New Guinea, has become one of the most important places in the...

Opinion, Halmahera Company Island, Halmahera Island

The Russian state has, through legislation and stigmatising rhetoric, systematically worked to isolate the LGBTQ+ community. Graphic: IPS By Ed Holt BRATISLAVA, Jun 16 2026 (IPS) LGBTQ+ people in Russia are being forced to increasingly use self-censoring strategies in their daily...

Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society

Welcome to our live coverage... Here are the essential updates of the day: - US President Donald Trump says the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran has been "all signed" electronically, and the Strait of Hormuz will be completely open by...

MENA

In every revolution, there is a moment when a movement stops being a protest and becomes a project. For the American colonies, that moment came not in 1776 but in 1787, when 13 quarrelsome states finally bound themselves to a...

Opinion, Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar Civil War
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