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Foreign policy analysts and peace advocates expressed relief Wednesday that the end of the unprovoked US-Israeli war on Iran could be in sight, as the US government released the text of the memorandum of understanding reached this week by the Trump administration and Iranian...

Middle East, Block 1, Donald Trump

Turkey on Wednesday rejected a report by the European Parliament that called for possible sanctions on the country’s justice minister and other officials it accuses of violating human rights and freedoms. The annual report approved in a plenary session...

MENA

It has long been the dream of the U.S. foreign policy elite to bring Japan and South Korea into a tighter alliance. Notoriously dismissive of history, American leaders don’t understand why the two countries can’t just overcome their past differences. For...

War & Peace, Donald Trump, Japan

GAZA, (PIC) Palestinian prisoner advocacy organizations issued an urgent appeal on Wednesday to World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, calling for immediate intervention over the worsening health conditions of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons. In a statement, the organizations...

News, Israeli crimes, Israeli violations

WEST BANK, (PIC) Abdul Rahman Shadid, a senior Hamas official, has warned of the implications of Israel’s approval of 576 new settlement housing units in the occupied West Bank, describing the move as a dangerous escalation in Israel’s settlement expansion policies. In...

News, Hamas Movement, Israeli violations

US officials have released the text of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, set to end the US-Israeli war on Iran , signed electronically on Wednesday and speculated to be signed in person on Friday, in Switzerland. The following is the...

MENA

Senior legal advisor Siena Anstis and senior researcher John Scott-Railton spoke with Forbes about the lagging legal safeguards that allow spyware to proliferate. Scott-Railton warns that “companies’ incentives, for the most part, misalign with your personal...

American Arab Chamber rallies community for Orland Mayor Jim Dodge Orland Park, IL – The American Arab Chamber of Commerce hosted a rally and fundraiser on Tuesday June 16, 2026 for Orland Park Mayor Jim Dodge and his board team....

American Arabs, Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Wednesday hailed an understanding reached between Tehran and Washington to end the regional war as a "great victory", calling it a "pivotal point" for Lebanon. Although the US-Iran deal to end the...

MENA

US Envoy to Iraq and Syria Tom Barrack’s recent visit to Iraq on June 15 highlighted Washington’s efforts to support stability, security cooperation, and political reform in the country amid continuing regional tensions. Discussions focused on strengthening ties between Baghdad...

Long War Journal, News, Ali al Zaidi

US President Donald Trump hailed the deal ending the US-Israel war with Iran with a triumphant message: “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” he wrote on his online social media platform. But how realistic is...

Middle East, Block 3, Donald Trump

On this Monday’s edition of The Target stream, Mint Press News’ Robert Inlakesh cuts through the corporate media’s spin on the newly agreed Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran, focusing on the broader issues that will determine...

Behind The Headlines, Foreign Affairs, Front Page: Foreign Affairs

While US President Donald Trump has recently hailed the resumption of oil flows from Gulf allies, Iran, too, appears to be gearing up to resume exports and trading. At least three tankers carrying some five million barrels...

MENA

A Pentagon official revealed in a court filing earlier this week that the US military used a version of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool, Grok, to help carry out attacks on Iran. Cameron Stanley, the Pentagon’s chief digital and AI officer, wrote in a sworn statement to a...

Military, Block 3, Elon Musk

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday that his country's negotiations with Israel in Washington were independent of the recent deal to bring an end to the US-Israeli war on Iran . Lebanon and Israel have been holding direct...

MENA

The semiconductor industry has experienced several defining transitions over the last three decades. We moved from single-core to multicore processors, from ASIC-centric designs to IP-based SoCs, and from monolithic integration to heterogeneous architectures. Today, another transition is underway, one that...

IP, RISC-V, ASIC-centric

The West, including, Britain have abandoned the rule of law. Now anything is permitted. Ideology and might make right. Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s Blog...

Geopolitics, National Politics, Article

In what sense could it be useful to show that western society is suffering from something analogous to schizophrenia? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Last week’s essay on the importance of psychological factors...

Economics, Finance, National Politics

Hello, Here are the latest key updates: - US President Donald Trump defended his deal with Iran during the G7 summit, telling reporters that he didn't want to see economic catastrophe: "So the one thing I didn't want to see is,...

MENA

Hello, Here are the latest key updates: - The US has released the text of the agreement with Iran that seeks to bring an end to the US-Israeli war on Iran, after days of circulation in US and international media. -...

MENA

Hello, Here are the latest key updates: - Both US and Iranian officials have confirmed that the two states have signed the memorandum of understanding, ending war between the two. The signing came after the US released the text of the...

MENA

Calls are mounting for an investigation after a London property fair marketed homes in Israeli settlements built on occupied Palestinian land , despite weeks of warnings from politicians, lawyers and human rights groups. The Great Israeli Real...

World

As Somalia’s private sector continues to expand, a new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging in industries that were once largely overlooked. Among them is Abdirahman Daacad, a Somali entrepreneur and business leader who has been involved in the development of...

Economy/Business

Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine is often, and misleadingly, characterized as a great power conflict. The narrative goes like this: Russia went to war against Ukraine because it felt threatened by NATO’s enlargement into eastern Europe after 1991; the real...

Ukraine War, Block 2, Europe

Sources close to the Iraqi government told The New Arab on Wednesday that two shipments of US dollars arrived in Baghdad simultaneously during the visit of US envoy Tom Barrack to Iraq, as part of efforts to maintain...

MENA

A federal judge dismissed on Wednesday the US Justice Department's criminal indictment of Halkbank after President Donald Trump's administration reached a deal with the Turkish state-run lender, ending a prosecution brought in 2019. The bank's shares on the Istanbul...

World

As millions of fans around the world feast their eyes on the largest World Cup in history, co-hosted by the US, Canada, and Mexico, the event once again finds itself tangled up in ugly political realities. While the governing body,...

Perspectives

A cimeira que se realizou na Suécia não clarificou a posição dos EUA quanto à NATO, depois de Trump anunciar o envio de 5.000 tropas para a Polónia. Os grandes temas estarão guardados para o verão. Ana MARCELA Junte-se a...

Português, European Union, Lithuania

Chloe Bailey leads Malcolm D. Lee’s new psychological thriller, “Strung.” Bailey plays Laila, a musical prodigy who takes a job as a tutor for a young girl. As Bailey’s character learns more about the family she works for, she recognizes dark...

On the road from Cairo to the Egypt–Gaza border, passing through no fewer than ten security checkpoints, a bus convoy of over 150 Egyptian journalists inched towards the gates of an internationally enabled genocide. It was 19 January 2025, and this...

US President Donald Trump has suggested that Syria should intervene in Lebanon against Hezbollah, after weeks of speculation about this idea and denials from the Damascus government that it had any intention of getting involved in the conflict. On...

MENA

This story was originally published by ProPublica . Frank Ssekamwa says the United States presented his country with an impossible choice. If it accepted the terms of a new health assistance agreement, Uganda would have to give the...

Africa, Courts & Law, Health & Wellness

On June 16, outside Seoul’s Olympic Park Handball Gymnasium, an extraordinary scene unfolded. For days, the venue had been at the center of controversy surrounding South Korea’s June 3 nationwide local election, with participants in the election transparency movement alleging...

Opinion, Northeast Asia, People’s Power Party

French police are using minor public order fines as a tool of racial discrimination against Black and Arab youths in working-class neighbourhoods, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch and two French advocacy groups. The 68-page...

World

In 1950, the U.S. State Department revoked Paul Robeson’s passport when he refused to sign an affidavit saying he was not a member of the Communist Party. The renowned singer, actor, athlete and activist filed a federal lawsuit in response,...

Activism, Arts & Culture, Author Interview

- - - - Photo by Aslam Sha on Unsplash For ages, the idea of anyone being worth a trillion dollars sounded like a four-year-old throwing out a big number for the sake of throwing out a...

The clock is ticking on the Iran peace deal. A memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US is due to be signed in Geneva on June 19, allowing for a 60-day ceasefire extension and the opening of the strategically...

Opinion, Iran peace deal, Iran war 2026

Aymen Hussein made history on Tuesday by becoming the first Iraqi player to score at a World Cup since 1986, finding the net in the Lions of Mesopotamia's group-stage defeat to Norway. His header in the 39th minute briefly brought...

Sports

Less than 48 hours after Iran and the United States reached a deal to end the war and begin negotiations on a durable peace, Israeli attacks in Southern Lebanon killed at least four people, and Hezbollah carried out...

Analysis

A major gap in the peace accords is the lack of measures to ensure justice or accountability for past atrocities. Unless those responsible – including commanders like Makenga – face consequences for their horrific crimes in eastern Congo, impunity will...

Africa, Armed Conflicts, Headlines
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