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...
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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...
Japan and South Korea: An Alliance of Middle Powers?
Full ArticleIt 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...
Synopsys has announced the availability of the first wave of its Multiphysics Fusion Solutions, extending its vision of a unified engineering environment that connects EDA, semiconductor physics, system simulation, and artificial intelligence-driven optimization. The announcement addresses one of...
US president suggests that Iran will need to keep ballistic missiles to match its neighbours’ arsenals Read Article HERE Photo: Wikimedia Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license The post Middle East Eye: Trump justifies Iran deal as a...
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...
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...
GAZA, (PIC) Two Palestinians were killed and six others injured on Wednesday evening after an Israeli drone strike targeted Al-Rashid Street in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. According to local reports, the victims were identified as Mohammed...
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...
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....
The Armed Forces of the Netherlands have conducted large-scale military exercises to deploy a temporary camp designed to hold up to 2,000 Russian prisoners of war. 'Russians, Surrender!' This is not a joke. The exercise took place at a specialized training...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Alastair Crooke – Post-Iran war: The end of an era, not to decline, but as a trigger to abrupt change
Full ArticleTrump’s chokehold on oil, tariffs, and tech backfired – forging a new era of self-sufficient economies and generational confrontation Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Stategic Culture Foundation Professor...
Craig Murray – Britain Joins the Pirates
Full ArticleThe 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...
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...
Jonathan Cook -The Labour MPs determined to show they represent Israel, not the British people
Full ArticleBritish politicians live in their own corrupt delusional reality, ignoring what their citizens want. That is not democracy. It is fascism. Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the Martha Gellhorn...
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,...
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. -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Since February, Hussein* has been a regular at the insurance office. He has been returning frequently, trying to obtain a document proving he is uninsured. Without this document, he cannot complete the paperwork for the state to fund his heart...
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...
The days of ground beef and chicken legs are long gone at the Ritenour Co-Care Food Pantry just outside St. Louis. The nonprofit has swapped out those staple proteins for cheaper ground chicken and hot dogs as it faces...
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...
When Mr. Robeson Went to Washington
Full ArticleIn 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,...
A trillion here, a trillion there...
Full Article- - - - 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...
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...
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...
Trump Declared Peace in Congo. This Is the Reality
Full ArticleA 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...
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