TOKYO – No one complains about holding a winning lottery ticket. By that logic, South Korea has nothing to apologize for — it’s landed, almost by accident, at the center of the AI windfall now being minted in real time....
Cécile Koffi and her colleagues collect salt from concrete pans on the beach in rural Benin. Credit: Neha Banka/IPS By Neha Banka OUIDAH, Benin, Jun 25 2026 (IPS) It is barely noon, and a group of women sit near the beach...
Jerusalem /PNN / Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) yesterday inaugurated a newly established Endoscopy Unit and reopened its upgraded Adult Kidney Care Unit. This initiative is funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to strengthen...
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Thursday warned that vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz without prior authorisation would be “dealt with,” declaring that any unauthorised passage is “unacceptable and extremely dangerous.” In a statement, the IRGC said...
The US-China technology rivalry is expanding into biotechnology, with export controls and investment restrictions opening a new front in strategic competition. East Asia’s push for biotech autonomy is gaining momentum — but it risks slowing innovation. A turning point came...
SALFIT, (PIC) A Palestinian young man was martyred early Thursday morning after being shot inside his home by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the town of Sarta, west of Salfit. According to local sources, Israeli forces stormed the home of 32-year-old...
Today, foreign ministries across the world are drowning in information — news reports, intelligence assessments, social media posts, satellite imagery, economic data, speeches and diplomatic cables. AI can summarize thousands of documents in minutes, track political sentiment across countries, detect...
Clarke A survivor of sexual violence covers her face with her hands in a camp for displaced people in Tawila, North Darfur. Credit: UNOCHA/Giles By Mariya Salim DELHI, India, Jun 25 2026 (IPS) Three years ago, during a mission to the...
By Anis Chowdhury SYDNEY, Jun 25 2026 (IPS) June 27-28 is the 16th Social Business Day, observed in Savar (Dhaka) Bangladesh. In June 2024 at the Western Sydney University’s graduation ceremony where I was conferred Emeritus Professor status, I urged...
In a Seoul courtroom in March this year, a prosecutor read out charges against Jeon Seung-il, a former art student, from an indictment first written in 1989. The language had not changed, nor had the charges. Thirty-seven years later, only...
On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, President Donald Trump claimed that a record volume of oil was flowing through the Strait of Hormuz following the recent US-Iran ceasefire deal. He announced that 19 million barrels of oil had moved through the...
Hassan Aweys, the second-in-command of the Islamic Courts, was a longstanding target of the United States. ( Picture: African Arguments ) 2026 brings a seminal anniversary to the history of Somalia and East Africa, but also an important and overlooked one...
Afghanistan finds itself in a complex and dire economic predicament. Nearly five years after the Taliban returned to power, the South Asian nation continues to struggle with deep-rooted domestic structural challenges that coincide with persistent regional geopolitical constraints. While discussions...
After months of diplomacy punctuated by military strikes, the United States and Iran have stopped fighting and signed a memorandum of understanding. The technical grind of nuclear issues and the Strait of Hormuz will consume much of the 60-day period...
As Western leaders departed the G7 summit in Évian talking of a “ strategic awakening in support of Ukraine ,” the night sky over Moscow was illuminated by the fires of a burning oil refinery just nine miles...
On June 18, Venezuela’s political transition took a surprising, if not entirely unexpected, turn. Dinorah Figuera — the president of the 2015 National Assembly, the last elected body in Venezuela that the U.S. actually recognizes — traveled to Caracas to...
There is a ritual quality to the reassurances that flow from Washington to Jerusalem after every crisis, every ceasefire, every awkward telephone call between an American president and an Israeli prime minister. “The bond is unshakeable.” “Our commitment to Israel’s...
Steven Linell Smith, a black maintenance mechanic at the USPS St. Paul Processing and Distribution Center in Eagan, Minnesota, endured five years of racial harassment, including death threats and slurs, before being fired. He won his hostile work environment case...
The European Union’s decision to host a Taliban delegation in Brussels on June 23 marked a significant moment in the evolving relationship between Europe and Afghanistan’s de facto rulers. While European officials stressed that the talks were technical and did...
By: Salman Rafi Sheikh - - - - Realization is growing across the world that the Trump administration in Washington has spent blood, bombs, money, and years of diplomacy on a war it did not need to fight and handed...
Painting by Safia Latif Our Prophet ﷺ never gave up on fasting on Ashura, which is the 10th day of Muharram (Sunan al-Nasa’i, 2416). The Quraysh used to fast on this day in times of Jahiliyyah, and so did he ﷺ...
Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. The United States Congress, on the very eve of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, is preparing to formally diminish American independence and sovereignty through a proposed merger and...
US President Donald Trump asked Congress on Wednesday for nearly $88 billion in extra spending, most of it to cover the cost of the US-Israeli war on Iran , at a moment of growing unease in both parties over...
As the caravan passes through Central Asia, Darius slowly falls in love, and Kuangren experiences something brutal. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part...
Colombia and Israel will share a relationship "like never before" once hard-right president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office, he said Wednesday. De la Espriella won Sunday's runoff presidential vote by less than a percentage point and has promised...
Leaked emails expose how British military-intel officials deliberately provoked riots among occupied Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant communities, which they then exploited to justify repression. In private diatribes, veterans of occupied Ireland who later became MI6 officers still obsess over “keeping...
The House Rules Committee has advanced an amendment by Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to strip $3.3 billion in funding for the Israel Defense Forces from the federal budget. That means that as early as Thursday, every member of the House will have...
Egypt and Iran both go into their final group game on Friday with good chances of progress, but geopolitical tensions between Iran and co-hosts the United States - plus the nations' unease over local Pride celebrations - loom...
“What is the international community willing to do after all these empty promises?" These are the words of Abu Khamees pleading for action as his village once again faces demolition. Abu Khamees is a community leader in the...
Quanto gli sbarchi angloamericani del giugno 1944 in Francia hanno realmente contribuito alla liberazione del continente? Segue nostro Telegram . Celebrazioni solenni per gli 80 anni dello sbarco in Normandia, invitati, parate, come di regola ogni giugno dalla fine del...
Every family has that one wedding where, halfway through the toasts, someone leans over and whispers “wait, who’s paying for all this?” This is that wedding. OpenAI and Broadcom are the happy couple. Apollo Global Management walked the bride down...
Switzerland has authorized federal prosecutors to carry out a criminal investigation of former top police official Nicoletta della Valle for her role in the 2025 detention and expulsion of Ali Abunimah , The Electronic Intifada’s executive director. Read Article...
Your experience matters. Whether you have served in combat, supported missions from home, or navigated the transition to civilian life, your perspective can help inform how Americans think about war, peace, and the use of military force. The Veterans Essay Contest...
It is often said that Russians do not understand "soft power.” That is not true. Reports indicate that Netflix has acquired the rights to broadcast the hugely popular Masha and the Bear animated series in more than 100 countries. Commenting on...
Syria on Wednesday held the first session in the trial of Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, as the new authorities face growing demands for accountability . Wassim al-Assad appeared in the dock at a Damascus criminal...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said that the main problem with Nikolay Mladenov, a representative involved in the Trump administration’s mediation efforts, is that he “expresses the Israeli position rather than that of a mediator,” saying that his approach...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that accelerating the entry of the national committee tasked with administering the Gaza Strip and enabling it to begin its work was a central topic of recent discussions in Cairo. In a press statement on...
The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is seeking to acquire air-defense systems following months of missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure and Iranian opposition groups across northern Iraq. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Iranian-backed proxies continue to...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced Wednesday that 465 dunums of Palestinian land have been designated as “state land” as part of plans to expand the settlement of Givat Haroeh north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. In...
When NASA administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled the crew of the Artemis III mission at Johnson Space Center in Houston earlier this month, he was ebullient. We wish you godspeed on the journey ahead. You carry the fire of exploration from...
There is a storm of controversy surrounding US flights that departed from Italian bases bound for Iran as part of Operation “Epic Fury”. Interviewed by Fox News , NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks of the...
A former Australian resident living in Iraq directed the attack on Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue in December 2024, Mike Burgess, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, has revealed. Burgess said Iran, which was behind the attack, recruited the...
President Donald Trump's administration is planning to push ahead with the sale of dozens of jet engines to Turkey worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite objections from the US Congress, four sources familiar with the matter said...
US President Donald Trump derailed a housing overhaul that he was set to sign into law Wednesday, canceling a signing ceremony for the broadly popular bipartisan bill until Congress passes an election security measure. Trump had been scheduled to sign...
Trump’s Iran deal shatters Israel’s 40-year dream of regime change. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Stategic Culture Foundation The Iran-U.S. de-escalation framework has been signed. As always,...
Co-packaged optics, silicon photonics, optical I/O, and photonic engines are becoming central topics in the future of AI infrastructure. The common story is simple: Copper is reaching limits. Light can move data farther and more efficiently. Therefore, AI systems will move from...
Israel is turning on its last important ally in an act of suicidal hubris. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle...
History is terrifyingly contingent, and what seems obvious now was not always obvious then: nor, indeed, was it inevitable Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Joseph Ducreux : Self-portrait, called the Surprise Photo is in...
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