New Tunisia head coach Hervé Renard held his first practice with the squad on Tuesday, shortly after replacing Sabri Lamouchi, who was fired after the team's 5-1 thumping by Sweden . The 57-year-old Frenchman had four days to get the...
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The Ebola outbreak sweeping the region has become an excuse for the United States to seize control of Kenya’s strategically important Laikipia Air Base. This raises serious questions about Washington’s true intentions and its attitude toward Kenya. Satellite imagery from...
By CIVICUS Jun 17 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses a proposed United Nations (UN) tax treaty with Jenny Ricks, General Secretary of Fight Inequality Alliance, a global movement that organises to counter the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of...
MOU, minus 3 and counting. What is in the actual memo? Israeli politicians and their Zionist collaborators in the United States are going wild after seeing Iranian press reports that outline the deal that Donald Trump is prepared to sign...
Jordan can hold their heads up high after delivering an "honourable performance" on their 2026 World Cup debut, coach Jamal Sellami said following his side's 3-1 defeat by Austria in Group J on Tuesday. Austria took the lead...
On May 28, 2025, a localized skirmish along the Thailand-Cambodia border rapidly escalated into one of the region’s most significant military conflicts in recent decades. More than a year later, a tenuous ceasefire is in place, and recent talks —...
NEGEV, (PIC) Israeli authorities on Tuesday forced the owners of 20 homes in the unrecognized village of Al-Sirr in the occupied Negev to demolish their own houses, in one of the largest home demolition operations in the region in recent years. According...
New Caledonia’s Election to Set the Stage for New Talks With France on Its Political Future
Full ArticleOvercoming political divisions between Pro-France Loyalists and the Pro-Independence movement is a major challenge in ongoing negotiations between the French Government and leaders in New Caledonia to define the territory's future political status. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS By Catherine Wilson SYDNEY, Jun...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The occupied West Bank and Jerusalem witnessed a major escalation overnight and into Wednesday morning, marked by coordinated Israeli military raids and a wave of settler attacks targeting Palestinian communities, homes, and property. Violence intensified across several areas in...
Hello, Here are the latest key updates: - Iranian officials hailed the agreement with the US as a "diplomatic victory". For his part, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed any agreement with the US must include the release of frozen Iranian assets,...
In the first few weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump announced a massive AI infrastructure project dubbed Stargate. It was an unexpected and rather odd event for a new administration’s first major initiative. It now seems obvious that the project was a highly coordinated...
Far Away [Part 17] – The Caravan
Full ArticleDarius is sent on a journey that shows him sights he never would have imagined, as well as feelings he did not expect. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |...
By Warren Krafchik and Paolo de Renzio Jun 17 2026 (IPS) In the human body, connective tissue rarely gets the attention given to the heart, lungs or brain. But without it, even the strongest organs cannot function as a system....
Vietnam’s relationship with the United States is entering a new phase. While the two countries have strengthened cooperation on semiconductors, critical minerals and Indo-Pacific security, Hanoi’s record trade surplus with Washington is testing the economic foundations of the partnership. The...
Exclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over comments by Fatima Maadi Bio, who denies supporting the practice The first lady of Sierra Leone has denied that she supports female genital mutilation amid rising anger around her...
Heads of state and participants from more than 80 countries at three-day event in Accra to pursue actionable commitments to reconciliation and restitution Ghana is hosting a conference to advance the continent’s push for reparatory justice after the adoption of...
MOU, minus 3 and counting. The image above illustrates a major problem not directly addressed in the MOU, and I will explain more at the end of this piece. What is in the actual memo? Israeli politicians and their Zionist...
US President Donald Trump and his top advisers have spent months insisting that extracting and confiscating highly enriched uranium from Iran was the top objective of the unprovoked war he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began in February—but on Tuesday at the Group...
A headteacher, a motorcycle taxi driver and a travel agent are among those who are counting the human and economic cost of the virus Justin Keno watches more than 400 pupils stream through the Nelson Mandela school’s gate each morning, and...
After three months of war with two of the world’s most technologically and militarily advanced countries, Iran has proved far more resilient than anticipated. Indeed, strategically at least, Tehran appears to now have the upper hand in the conflict. How...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - The international rating service Moody’s has joined a substantial chorus warning of China’s growing influence in Latin America, an indication that US President Donald Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” seeking to wall the US’s...
Gaza requires urgent international attention. What is happening in the besieged and devastated Strip at the moment by far exceeds an unfolding humanitarian disaster; it is a calculated geopolitical reshaping. Israel is actively executing a plan to permanently occupy the...
Thanks heavens. The bombs, missiles, planes and guns of every size, shape and lethality have gone silent in the middle east. What could have imminently and rapidly mushroomed into a full bore Demolition Derby among the Persian Gulf oilfields, petroleum...
As the fragile ceasefire hangs over the Middle East, two longtime allies who once seemed inseparable are now locked in a tense standoff. Donald Trump, the president of the United States, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, launched this war...
Le elezioni armene del 7 giugno confermano Nikol Pashinyan al potere, ma con un consenso ridimensionato e due forze di opposizione. Il voto apre una fase complessa, segnata da pressioni occidentali, contestazioni interne e incertezza strategica. Segue nostro Telegram ....
At the 2026 VLSI Symposium , Intel Foundry provided a detailed update on its process technology roadmap, highlighting the continued maturation of Intel 18A, the introduction of Intel 18A-P, and several advanced research initiatives that extend beyond current gate-all-around...
Washington has a habit of dressing up its foreign policy in the language of moral purpose. Presidents invoke democracy, human rights, and the rules-based international order as if they were divine mandates rather than rhetorical conveniences. So there is something...
Corporate lobby spending in Brussels has risen by 50% since 2020, and the number of registered lobbyists has grown by 30%. Cross-posted from Corporat e Europe Observatory Corporate spending on lobbying the EU keeps on rising – and the lobbyists...
There are still many deluded Western leaders who really believe that Russia is the weak party in this war. Read the article HERE . The post Al Jazeera – Trump says he will push for peace in Ukraine...
Trade union strength has weakened in the baby boomer era partly because the supply workers have been abundant – a tighter labour market in the context of population decline could act as a boon to worker organising. Jeremiah Nollenberger is a researcher...
Jim Lamson, Matthew Moran – How Iran gained the strategic upper hand in the war with the US and Israel
Full ArticleIran’s use of cheap drones and missiles to attack Isreal and Gulf states shifted the ‘balance of vulnerability’ onto its enemies. Jim Lamson is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and is based...
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...
Gaza war’s environmental impact reaching Israel through water and crop contamination, study finds
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) A new environmental study conducted by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Volcani Institute, and the Agricultural Research Organization in southern Arava has raised concerns that the environmental consequences of Israel’s war on Gaza are extending beyond...
FIFA is reportedly considering staging a football match between the Palestinian and Israeli U-15 national teams ahead of a global youth football festival in the United States in September, a proposal likely to spark outrage among Palestinian football...
President Donald Trump is facing a choice between ending the war with Iran, which is tanking his popularity and the economy, and continuing his deference to Israel. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made it clear on Tuesday that Trump cannot have both....
Indian fertility has fallen below the rate required for population stability, in further evidence of the unexpectedly rapid decline in births internationally The global fall in fertility rates has arrived faster and spread further than anticipated. Two-thirds of people now live...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A group of 42 members of the US Congress has called on the State Department to disclose how much money the Israeli government spends on building and expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, reflecting growing demands within...
Trump’s Carter Nightmare in Iran
Full ArticleThe revealing moment in Donald Trump’s latest Iran messaging was not the boast. It was the hesitation. Asked about sending U.S. special operations forces into Iran to extract the country’s enriched uranium, Trump said that his team had...
This Qurayshi woman remains anonymous, but her story features most prominently in the Qur’anic exegetical literature in connection with the well-known 20th ayah from Surah An-Nisa 1 . Her claim to fame was an incident in which she confronted ʿUmar...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement said that the statements and measures announced by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich regarding the city of al-Khalil represent a dangerous escalation in efforts to Judaize the occupied West Bank and a new attempt to...
Anas Mohammed recounts his own experience and details of what he said took place during his time in Israeli custody after his boat in the Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces on international waters. Some readers may find...
The revocation of Kuwaiti citizenship from two of the Gulf's most influential musicians has sent shockwaves through Kuwait's cultural community , making singer Abdulmohsen Al Muhanna and composer Yousef Al Muhanna the latest high-profile figures to be stripped...
I was just guessing at numbers and figures Pulling the puzzles apart Questions of science, science and progress Do not speak as loud as my heart – Coldplay Nine of the world’s current top,-ten-ranked research universities are in China, according...
As semiconductor manufacturing pushes toward advanced nodes with tighter feature sizes, the optical proximity correction (OPC) workflow is adopting curvilinear masks to achieve the larger process windows that traditional Manhattan geometries cannot deliver. Traditional Manhattan masks constrain shapes to vertical …...
The son of imprisoned Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya has described his devastation after Israel's Supreme Court rejected his father's appeal against detention on Tuesday, leaving the prominent physician jailed without charge despite mounting concerns over his health. In...
The Palestinian presidency has warned that a decision announced by the far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to revoke parts of the Hebron agreements represents a dangerous escalation that threatens the political and legal status...
US President Donald Trump maintained on Tuesday that an interim accord with Iran makes clear that Tehran would never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, and he also suggested Syria could be better positioned to disarm...
American Arab Chamber of Commerce of Illinois host fundraisder for Orland Park Mayor Jim Dodge The American Arab Chamber of Commerce will host a fundraiser on Tuesday June 16, 2026 to support Jim Dodge, who was elected the mayor of...
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