A prominent Muslim civil rights organisation in the United States is suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after he designated the group as a terrorist organisation for a second time. DeSantis announced on Wednesday that his administration was placing the...
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Humans have long sought to geoengineer the Earth’s environment. Tim Flannery outlines a few of the wildest ideas from the 20th century An increasing number of scientists think we have let the climate crisis fester for so long that...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian citizen was martyred last night and others were reported injured today, Sunday, following Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. According to media sources, an Israeli strike last night killed a civilian in the west of Jabalia refugee camp...
The life of a prominent Palestinian doctor held in Israeli detention without charge is in "imminent danger" following months of abuse and solitary confinement, an Israeli rights group warned on Saturday. Hussam Abu Safiya , the head of...
Hit by the biggest energy supply shock in decades during the Middle East war , import-dependent India is expanding domestic crude exploration, its oil minister says. India, the world's third-largest importer of oil and the second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum...
The long-range/mid-range Ukrainian strike campaign is continuing to grow, ominously for Russia. Some Ukrainian analysis just released about the damage to Russian oil production for June, if true, shows that if a Russian counter is not in the works the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Palestinian human rights institutions have warned that the lives of detained Palestinian doctors Hussam Abu Safiya and Marwan al-Hams are in grave danger due to their exposure to daily torture in Israeli prisons. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and...
ISTANBUL, (PIC) The delegation of the “Palestine Flotilla” in Türkiye announced the completion of its preparations to launch the Flotilla from France on July 26, in a land journey aiming to reach Palestine, within the framework of a movement aimed at...
US President Donald Trump has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off from attacking a strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, which Israeli forces have for weeks been trying to capture from Hezbollah. Citing what it said were informed sources,...
Israel said on Sunday it has named its first-ever resident ambassador to Slovenia , signalling a diplomatic reset after Ljubljana's change of government. Ties between Israel and Slovenia had soured under the previous centre-left government of prime minister...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Sunday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources,...
OPEC+ raises quotas again as Middle East calms
Full ArticleSeven OPEC+ members decided on Sunday to again raise oil production quotas as Gulf countries reel from the Middle East war. Ministers from key OPEC+ countries Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman met virtually on Sunday...
Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir , has cancelled a planned trip to New York next week following calls for his prosecution and plans for protests against his visit, various reports said on Sunday. Ben-Gvir was expected to...
Three sons of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of four other family members on Sunday, but Mojtaba, the son who succeeded him as Iran's supreme leader, did not make an appearance. State...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers rampaged through the Wadi al‑Sha‘er area, located between the city of Salfit and the village of al‑Lubban al‑Sharqiya, south of the governorate, at dawn Sunday. According to local sources, settlers set fire to...
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed 14 troops in an attack south of the port city of Hodeidah , a military official aligned with the country's internationally-recognised government told AFP news agency on Sunday. The official said pro-government forces...
Yemen's Houthi rebels killed 16 troops in an attack on government-aligned forces south of the port city of Hodeidah , two medical officials told AFP news agency on Sunday, in some of the most violent fighting between...
Between the flames and the summer heat, Gaza’s ovens turn into a battleground for a livelihood
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) Fire in Gaza is no longer just a means to prepare food, but has become a daily trial faced by men and women driven by loss and hunger to work under harsh conditions, where the blaze of the ovens...
After Washington and the West’s failure to achieve strategic goals vis-à-vis Iran after decades of sanctions and ill-conceived bombing campaigns, Western pundits have reverted to an exhausted scare tactic: reviving the USSR’s caricature. This framing of the West’s defeat as...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has warned of an imminent threat to the lives of nearly 650 kidney failure patients in the besieged Gaza Strip due to the depletion of sodium bicarbonate, a key component in dialysis...
Roger Köppel, Eigentümer und Chefredakteur der «Die Weltwoche», über Russland, westliche Arroganz, die Gefahr eines Weltkriegs und die falschen Lehren, die die Deutschen aus der Geschichte gezogen haben. Teil drei Teil eins hier Teil zwei hier Denn das habe ich...
The late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral prayers drew Iran's top officials, but his son and successor, Mojtaba Khamenei, stayed out of public view as ceremonies were underway. In day two of the funeral procession, Ali Khamenei’s...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed last night and at dawn Sunday different areas of the West Bank, breaking into homes and kidnaping Palestinian citizens. According to local sources, Israeli forces confiscated a tractor and kidnaped its driver as...
People Are Able to Handle the Truth!
Full ArticleEurope is rejecting peace with Russia and seeking war. The US and Israel Want War with Many – Thoughts Introduction In 1959, Ingeborg Bachmann concluded that the truth is something people can be expected to handle, since they are quite capable...
An optimistic, capable and intelligent Africa
Full ArticleImmersed in drawing from a very young age, Emmanuel Nguema Omeme is a passionate storyteller. At a very young age, he embarked on a course in animated film. His love for creating animated stories led him to turn his attention...
Darts development organisations and win for David Munyua at PDC World Darts Championship have turbocharged a resurgence in interest in the sport Peter Wachiuri pumped his fists as he sensed victory at the Jacaranda showground in the Kenyan city of Nakuru....
Charles Thomson This is a story you have probably never heard. Please read to the end to learn why it is important to me. Charles Thomson is one of the most consequential forgotten men of the American founding — a...
By: John Elliott - - - - A.Ramachandran’s “ Girl on the Swing” oil on canvas at Vadehra’s exhibition The spread of South Asia’s modern artistic talent in Pakistan and Bangladesh as well as India is being demonstrated in...
Herve Renard, who took over from Sabri Lamouchi as Tunisia coach in the middle of the World Cup , announced on Saturday that he was stepping down after just two matches in charge of the Eagles of Carthage. "My adventure...
US turns 250 with Trump center stage
Full ArticleThe United States celebrated its 250th birthday on Saturday with parades, flyovers and fireworks to come, as President Donald Trump stamped his mark on the landmark anniversary in a deeply divided nation. Washington's traditional pyrotechnic display on the National...
Our live coverage of developments in the Middle East is closed and will be back tomorrow at 9am BST. Here are the top stories we tracked this evening: • Iran's deputy foreign minister issued a "serious warning" over foreign military deployments...
Dalla Colombia al Perù, la nuova avanzata delle destre filostatunitensi segna una fase di restaurazione continentale. Dietro il linguaggio dell’ordine e della sicurezza riemerge la Dottrina Monroe, aggiornata dal Corollario Trump e orientata contro sovranità, integrazione regionale e governi progressisti....
Well-preserved fourth-century quarters reveal details of daily life, urban development and economic activities Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a well-preserved Byzantine-era city in the western desert. The fourth-century quarters had residential and religious structures, including a basilica-style church in the Dakhla oasis....
Morocco dispatched a determined Canada 3-0 in the World Cup last 16 on Saturday as Azzedine Ounahi scored twice and the the North Africans ended the co-hosts record run while advancing to the quarter-finals for the second time in...
Ukraine denied Saturday Moscow's announcement that Russian forces had captured the strategic Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka, a stronghold for Kyiv's troops in the eastern Donetsk region and a key target for the Kremlin. A Ukrainian army spokesman told AFP...
The UK's media regulator is facing growing pressure to investigate Elon Musk's promotion of the controversial film Citizen Vigilante, with Muslim organisations arguing that its mass distribution on X raises serious questions over whether UK law can be...
The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has defended the country's negotiators against accusations of treason from hardline conservatives over a recent memorandum of understanding with the United States. Abdollah Hajji Sadeghi said...
A guide to Jerusalem’s holy sites
Full ArticleOCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) When Jerusalem is mentioned, we do not speak of an isolated city of antiquities separated from its present, but rather of an arena of confrontation over meaning, identity, and sovereignty. Any guide to holy sites in Jerusalem is...
Dozens of women took part in a protest in Aleppo to denounce what they said was a lack of women’s representation in the newly appointed People’s Assembly. The protest took place in the square opposite Aleppo University,...
GAZA, (PIC) Israel’s “yellow line” is a de facto partition that cuts through the Gaza Strip, granting the Israeli military control over approximately 60% to 70% of the territory, including vital farmland. It confines more than two million Palestinians into a narrow,...
A counter-narcotics unit moved on a criminal network in Port Sudan’s Libya Market. Gunfire broke out, with two suspects killed and two officers wounded. The incident quickly set in motion a much broader political response. The Red Sea State security...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) seized a house in the West Bank village of Arabbuna on Saturday, converting it into a military post after forcing its residents to evacuate. According to local sources, Israeli forces raided the village in...
Morocco are set to face World Cup co-hosts Canada on Saturday as both seek to progress into the Quarter-Finals in their knockout match at the Houston stadium in Houston, Texas. Coming fourth in 2022's tournament in Qatar, the...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) A Palestinian family narrowly escaped what local sources described as an attempted mass killing early Saturday morning, after a group of extremist Jewish settlers set fire to their home in the village of al-Tayba, east of Ramallah in the...
Israeli forces and settlers demolished Palestinians homes in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank earlier this week despite an Israeli Supreme Court order temporarily freezing the demolitions, Haaretz reported on Saturday. The Israeli Civil Administration,...
El Obeid becomes key battleground in war between Sudan’s armed forces and their paramilitary enemies, the RSF Fatima has lost count of the number of drone attacks on the besieged city of El Obeid in Sudan, but said the attacks this...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday urged the United States to stand by his country after a recent US-backed framework deal with Israel aiming to permanently end hostilities after the latest Israel-Hezbollah war . The deal reached in...
An Egyptian court on Saturday handed a suspended six-month prison term to a former doctor convicted of spreading false information on social media alleging abuse of women at a university hospital, her lawyer said. Omnia Swaydan was convicted over...
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