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Russia today wants to intensify its relationship with China and complains that China is not equally warm in return, treating Russia as a junior partner. Francois Godement observed acutely that Russia had “let out some public anxiety about China’s behavior. On...

World, Block 2, china-russia

Washington brokered a 45-day ceasefire extension between Israel and Lebanon last week, scheduling a fourth round of talks for June 2-3. Presidential Special Envoy Simon Karam is leading the Lebanese delegation. Hezbollah is not at the table, and...

War & Peace, Hezbollah, Israel

Somaliland could be on the verge of gaining international recognition from a second country, the United Arab Emirates , nearly five months after being recognised by Israel in a controversial decision that sent shockwaves across the international...

MENA

Iranian filmmaker and playwright Karim Lakzadeh has long moved along the edges of form and genre. Graduating from a theatre school in 2004 and studying TV directing, he has developed into a filmmaker working between alternative fiction and multi-genre...

Culture

As millions of Muslims gather in Mecca in Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Hajj , Palestinians in Gaza mark three years of being unable to perform the pilgrimage due to Israeli genocidal war and ongoing border...

MENA

Rats have overrun a major Israeli naval training base in Haifa, exposing signs of decay and dysfunction inside Israel's military infrastructure as the country presses ahead with its wars across Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region. Staff...

MENA

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) closed the headquarters of the Jenin Central Zakat Committee and confiscated its contents during a raid in Jenin City, and carried out assaults and arrests in other areas of the West Bank on...

News, Arrests, closure orders

When Iraqi officials confirmed in early May that Baghdad was finalising the purchase of 20 Turkish air defence systems following months of regional escalation , the announcement reflected more than another procurement deal. It signalled a broader transformation in how...

In-depth

Top Democrats on a pair of panels in the US House of Representatives have demanded that Justice and Treasury department leaders answer for how they settled President Donald Trump’s $10 billion “sham” lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax...

Asia Times, United States, Corruption

Iran's Supreme Leader has issued a directive that the country's near-weapons-grade uranium should not be sent abroad, hardening Tehran's stance on one of the main US demands at peace talks. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei's order could further frustrate US President Donald...

MENA

Syrian forces have joined military exercises outside the country for the first time since the fall of the Assad government, taking part alongside troops from 50 countries in Turkey 's large-scale EFES 2026 drills as Ankara deepens its...

MENA

Palestinians who have injuries caused by Israeli forces have continued for a full week a sit-in on the pavement opposite the cabinet headquarters in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, in protest against the suspension of their...

MENA

What happens when you put a prefect, an emo, a girl who runs an underground tuck shop, and the most popular girl in school together in detention? This is no punchline joke, but the premise of the new BBC Comedy Short...

Culture

The United States Treasury has removed Francesca Albanese from its sanctions list, a week after a federal judge blocked the measures imposed by the Trump administration over her advocacy for Palestinian rights and accountability for Israeli actions in...

World

In the most expensive primary race in House history, Israel critic Thomas Massie of Kentucky lost to a candidate backed by AIPAC and US President Donald Trump, drawing a clear red line by the Republican establishment on dissent...

World

GAZA, (PIC) The scenes broadcast by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir of the activists of the “Freedom Flotilla” were not just individual behavior from a far-right minister, but turned within hours into a major international issue that reopened a long...

Zionist Terrorism, Global Sumud Flotilla, Israeli piracy

British companies are suffering their most widespread drop in activity in over a year due to the economic fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran and political uncertainty at home, a survey showed on Thursday. Data company S&P Global's...

Economy

Times for war-battered Syria seem to be rapidly changing as its officials attend G7 meetings in France. But while gains are being made abroad, the dire economic conditions on the domestic front curb enthusiasm for the future. Syria is...

MENA

HAIFA, (PIC) The human rights and legal center Adalah has said that its legal defense team, with the participation of volunteer lawyers, provided legal consultations to hundreds of detained activists from the “Freedom Flotilla” and the “Global Sumud Flotilla” inside Ashdod...

News, Adalah, Detained activists

GAZA, (PIC) Two Palestinian citizens, including a child, were martyred and others were injured in Israeli attacks, while the bodies of two victims, shot dead several days earlier, were recovered Thursday in the Gaza Strip, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the...

News, Ceasefire violations, Gaza Strip

President Donald Trump 's administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador refused to end his candidacy for the vice presidency of the UN General Assembly, according...

MENA

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te said Thursday he would be “happy” to talk to US leader Donald Trump — a conversation that would break more than four decades of diplomatic protocol and risk angering China. Taiwan President Lai Ching-te delivers a...

Defence & Foreign Policy, Politics & Protest, Taiwan

Africa’s continuing battle against the dreaded malaria is hamstrung by insufficient funding. It is time the private sector, which also suffers the consequences of the disease, joined in the fight. During the World Health Assembly (18-23 May), Minsters of Health...

Opinion

Good morning, readers! Welcome to another day of news, as everyone waits to see what the future holds. Meanwhile, here are the latest updates to start your day: - After much bluster by US President Donald Trump and various Iranian officials, both...

MENA

Tensions across the Middle East remain high as diplomatic efforts continue between Washington and Tehran, while conflicts in Gaza and southern Lebanon show little sign of easing. Here are the latest developments: • After weeks of escalating rhetoric from US President Donald...

MENA

Tensions across the Middle East remain high as diplomatic efforts continue between Washington and Tehran, while conflicts in Gaza and southern Lebanon show little sign of easing. Here are the latest developments: • After weeks of escalating rhetoric from US President Donald...

MENA

The HAJJ. The Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is one of the Five Pillars of Islam — the core religious obligations that define Muslim practice. Every Muslim who is physically and financially able is...

Uncategorized

President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia’s “unyielding” ties in talks with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump’s own visit to Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) welcomes Russian President...

Business, China, Defence & Foreign Policy

The back-to-back summits in Beijing revealed not only China’s growing diplomatic confidence but also the emergence of a deeper Sino-Russian axis that increasingly challenges the foundations of the US-led global order. Donald Trump flew home from Beijing with Boeing orders...

China, Columns, Politics

I attended Ḥajj at the end of 2006, just four months after embracing Islam. I was still in college with no real financial means, yet I was blessed with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join an American delegation. During that journey,...

#Islam, featured, Featured Home

In the tragic event that a sovereign state chooses to attack another, the party under attack will often shoot back. Russia experienced this after attacking Ukraine. The United States, Israel, and the Gulf Arab monarchies did as well after the...

Trump-administration, Drones, Marco-rubio

Since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, the number of articles proclaiming the death of the petrodollar increased nearly as quickly as the price of oil. As a representative headline in the Japan Times declared...

Enewsletter, Iran, Global-south

As drones dominate warfare in the Middle East, Ukraine, and beyond, civilians are caught in the crosshairs. Hailing the machines as the future of war , the Pentagon is pouring funds into their development and procurement, as are other...

Ukraine-war, Ukraine, Sudan
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