International Organization for Migration chief Amy Pope told AFP on Thursday in Beirut that the prospects for prolonged mass displacement in Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah are at war, were "very alarming". "I think those prospects are very alarming...
Nel corso del mese di marzo 2026 a Pechino si sono svolte le due sessioni dell’Assemblea Nazionale del Popolo e della Conferenza Politica Consultiva del Popolo Cinese. Segue nostro Telegram . Lontano da ogni atteggiamento di nascondimento della difficile situazione...
Import-dependent Morocco has enough diesel and petrol to cover respectively 51 days and 55 days, while coal and gas supplies have been secured to the end of June, the energy ministry said on Thursday. The unprecedented energy supply disruption that has...
President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia and Egypt could discuss plans to create a "grain and energy hub" in the North African country. Putin raised the idea at a meeting in the Kremlin with Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty,...
Israel, funded and armed by the United States, is destroying Palestinian life in Gaza, accelerating ethnic cleansing in the West Bank and expanding its war across the region, from Lebanon to Iran. Read Article HERE The post Ali Abunimah:...
Supporters of prominent LFI politician decry the move as a form of harassment against Palestinian campaigners Read Article HERE Photo: [Table] The copyright holder of this file, European Commission, allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the...
Libyan authorities on Thursday said efforts to tow a Russian gas tanker, abandoned after a series of explosions, had failed due to bad weather and that the vessel remained adrift in the Mediterranean. The Arctic Metagaz was abandoned in...
Drone strikes by the parties to Sudan's civil war were killing and wounding civilians in the border region with neighbouring Chad, Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontiers said on Thursday. The attacks "are endangering both aid workers and civilians, including many refugees...
There isn’t much to hand George W. Bush, but he did peg Trumpism better and earlier than most of the Beltway when his immediate response to Trump ’s first inaugural speech was allegedly, “That was some weird shit.” Last...
The US-Israeli attack on Iran has revived a 23 year old war front in Iraq, a blowback against the US military that continues over two decades after the US invasion and occupation of Iraq. Unlike in 2003, today’s Iraqi resistance...
Sudan's army on Thursday named General Yasser al-Atta as its new chief of staff , part of its biggest military shake-up since the war with the Rapid Support Forces began nearly three years ago. Atta, who serves as a deputy...
China is moving to resume large-scale purchases of United States liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil, as supply disruptions in the Middle East and tightening fuel markets across Asia force Beijing to recalibrate its energy strategy. Some observers view...
Iran has taken its control over the Strait of Hormuz to the next level, effectively moving toward a “toll booth” system on one of the world’s most critical energy routes. According to Reuters, Iranian officials and lawmakers are actively considering...
Iranian authorities have arrested the prize-winning rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, her daughter said on Thursday, as activists accuse the Islamic republic of cracking down on civil society during the war with Israel and the United States . "Mum was arrested...
Cyber threats against Iranians both in the country and abroad have surged during wars and protests over the past nine months, a rights group said Thursday. Iranians had seen a "paradigm shift in digital repression" using a variety of techniques since...
The government is holding consultations to increase the price of gas it supplies to fertilizer manufacturers — the single largest energy-consuming industry in the country — in light of the global energy crisis caused by the American-Israeli war on Iran, according...
GAZA, (PIC) In Gaza, autism is no longer just a health condition requiring special care, but has turned into doubled suffering in light of a war that leaves no room for calm or stability. Here, where the shelling does not stop,...
Investigative Analysis – A series of arson attacks and alleged incidents targeting alleged Jewish-linked sites across Europe have been attributed to a little-known group called Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI), or Ashab al-Yamin. The group has been widely described...
Eighteen European countries on Thursday urged Israel and Hezbollah to stop fighting as their latest conflict reached one month and with fears over Israeli plans to control part of southern Lebanon post-war. "Israeli military operations in Lebanon and Hezbollah's...
US President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday after reportedly growing frustrated by her failure to pursue his political enemies with sufficient zeal and her handling of the Epstein files. Trump confirmed in a Truth Social post that Bondi is out as attorney...
On 2 March 2026, a suspected Iranian-made drone was shot down over the British military base of Akrotiri in Cyprus. The incident pushed the island’s long-overlooked bases into the international spotlight, as security alerts and fears of...
On 27 October, Omer, a Community Development Committee member, supports health workers at the UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Al Jadab village in Atbara, River Nile State. Through this initiative, UNICEF is restoring lifesaving healthcare services, such as nutrition, immunization, antenatal...
Invasions of ancient Persia were always daunting tasks. They often led to disaster. In the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, the Persian empire came to dominate a vast and varied geography with what’s now Iran at its heart. Comprising modern...
Iranian authorities Thursday executed a teenager convicted over January protests after a fast-track trial rights groups labelled as "grossly unfair", as the Islamic republic ramps up executions during the war with the US and Israel . Amir Hossein Hatami, 18,...
It was the beginning of spring in Karachi, and frigid mornings were giving way to balmy afternoons. But Bilal Colony was already far warmer than the rest of the city, and uncomfortably so. This is a CATCH story This story is part...
It’s still possible the Federal Reserve will slash interest rates again this year – but don’t count on it. With input prices soaring, interest rates aren’t the top concern for farmers and ranchers these days. Still, lower rates would be...
The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called Thursday for the UN Security Council to authorize the use of force to protect the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks. Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping...
This informative webinar discusses a significant issue that is cropping up for sub-5nm designs. As the graphic above shows, modeling uncertainty at advanced nodes results in excessive guard banding. These guard bands result in reduced performance and profit. A loss...
The short answer is ‘no’ Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online journal The short answer is ‘no’. Trump was confabulating when he said that he was...
Although written about the USA, the same applies to Europe In addition to reducing our security and jeopardizing the well-being of people around the world, his belligerence will cost us a huge amount of money. But at least he and his...
The war on Iran emphasises the need for something better than populism as a response to the failure of the old order Peter Ramsay is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics. He is also one of the founding...
Relying on foreign aid is bad for Africa’s health and it must stop if the continent is to enjoy health security. This was the collective view of government and corporate leaders meeting at the 58th session of the Conference of...
By CIVICUS Apr 2 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses Italy’s restrictive immigration policies with Eleonora Celoria, a researcher at FIERI (Forum Internazionale ed Europeo di Ricerche sull’Immigrazione), a research centre on migration, and a member of the Association for Legal Studies on...
Lebanese artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri is filing a civil complaint at a French war crimes unit alongside the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) over an Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut dating back to...
GAZA, (PIC) A video of Palestinian university students taking exams on Gaza’s shores has sparked widespread social media interaction, in the midst of the unprecedented collapse of the educational sector in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli war. Activists have circulated...
Rima Hassan , a French pro-Palestinian member of the European Parliament, was arrested on Thursday over a comment she posted on X last month about an attack on an Israeli airport in the 1970s, her fellow party member Jean-Luc Melenchon...
Emergency medical needs in Iran are rising exponentially, and stocks of trauma kits and other gear could run low if the war persists, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies delegation there...
Argentina on Thursday expelled Iran's diplomatic envoy following what the foreign ministry called "false, offensive and baseless accusations" by Tehran. Mohsen Soltani Tehrani, Iran's charge d'affaires and counselor, was ordered to leave the country within 48 hours, the ministry said...
Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . The repercussions of the war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the Gulf, are being felt along the RSF’s supply lines. Shipments sent...
The US and Israel widened their attacks against Iran's civilian infrastructure on Thursday after President Donald Trump threatened to unleash widespread destruction across the country. Warplanes destroyed one of the country's oldest medical research institutes in Tehran while...
The Istanbul-based Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) launched an urgent ‘Al Aqsa Appeal’ this week to urge the reopening of one of Islam’s holiest sites. The PCPA denounced the Israeli closure of the Al-Aqsa complex as unprecedented,...
The Israeli army imposed a curfew on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank 's flashpoint city of Hebron on Wednesday, sealing off entrances to neighbourhoods as the Jewish holiday of Passover began. Residents of the Jaber, Salaymeh, and...
Romania is weighing up cancelling a 1.89 billion lei ($427.2 million) contract to buy drones from Israel's Elbit Systems due to delivery delays, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said on Thursday. The deal, signed in 2022, envisaged deliveries beginning in...
Yahya Shamali's mother stands at the entrance of a worn-out tent in a displacement camp in Al-Saraya, central Gaza City. She scans the road anxiously, terrified her 16-year-old son might slip away again. For Yahya, who is on the autism...
The Israeli Knesset passed a bill on March 30 to institute the death penalty only for Palestinians. The new law mandates military courts to sentence Palestinians in the West Bank and other Israeli-occupied territories to execution by hanging if...
Lebanese artist Mounira Al Solh channels decades of her country's pain into her work, responding to a history of war and displacement that continues to shape lives across West Asia. Amid the US-Israel war on Iran, which...
- - - - Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash It started with a horrific murder. It was, to all outward appearances, about nothing but race. An immigrant to this country, trying to make a life for...
President Trump has systematically broken virtually every promise made on the campaign trail to court health-focused voters. His most recent walk-backs on pesticide reform are a cruel insult to the idea of “making America healthy again.” Among other...
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