The joint Israeli-US strikes on Iran on Saturday targeted the Islamic republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and President Masoud Pezeshkian, Israel's public broadcaster reported. "Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were among the targets of the attack," Kan...
Killings and strikes continued in Gaza on early Saturday morning, while restrictions in the occupied West Bank have been tightened, as Israel and the US launched a huge blitz on Iran. A Palestinian man was shot dead...
In a 1952 song entitled “Bye Bye Big Brass,” anti-war singer Woody Guthrie dreamed up a scenario in which he is shipped off to the Korean War and, rather than kill a Chinese soldier he encounters, sits and talks with...
Giacomo BONDI Segue nostro Telegram . Il segretario di Stato ha evitato gli attacchi frontali che il vicepresidente Vance aveva adottato l’anno scorso. L’ultimatum all’Europa rimane però: adottare i valori trumpiani o perdere la protezione Americana Quando Marco Rubio ha...
President Donald Trump released a video on Truth Social at 2:30 a.m. ET this morning announcing major U.S. combat operations in Iran. At the end he demanded disarmament by Tehran: "lay down your arms and you will be...
Israel and the United States launched joint attacks on sites across Iran on Saturday morning, marking the beginning of an operation that comes after weeks of US military build-up in the region. Impacts were visible in downtown Tehran, sending plumes of...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Israeli army carried out a series of airstrikes on towns in southern Lebanon on Saturday, marking a new violation of the ceasefire agreement signed between Lebanon and Israel. Lebanese sources reported that Israeli raids struck Wadi Barghaz, the town of...
GAZA, (PIC) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees UNRWA is experiencing one of the most complex crises since its establishment, amid administrative and financial decisions that have sparked widespread concern and anger among its employees, who constitute...
In an unprecedented demonstration of communal solidarity during the holy month of Ramadan, Dahabshiil, on Thursday, organized simultaneous mass iftar gatherings across five major cities: Hargeisa in the Republic of Somaliland, Mogadishu and Baidoa in Somalia, Djibouti in the Republic...
TEHRAN, (PIC) Iran has started responding to the Israeli-American aggression by launching salvos of ballistic missiles and drones on Saturday morning towards Israeli targets in the occupied Palestinian territories and US military sites in the region. “In response to the aggression of...
“This is a doctrine of domination… It is the enforcement of permanent inequality” Abbas Araghchi is the Foreign Minister of Iran This was delivered earlier this month at the 16th Al Jazeera Forum held in Doha Excellencies, Distinguished colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, السلام علیکم It...
This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. The Relationship Nobody Talks About Muslim parents worry about haram relationships—romantic ones, primarily. But the toxic relationships destroying Muslim teens...
US Vice President JD Vance (R) met with Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi (L), Washington, February 27, 2026 Any longtime observer of the US-Iran hostility would know that appearances can be deceptive diplomacy. Over time, one gets to read the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different West Bank areas, raiding homes and kidnaping a number of Palestinian citizens last night and at dawn Saturday. According to local sources, the IOF stormed the town of Ya’bad, south of Jenin,...
Israel announced what it called a "preemptive strike" against Iran on Saturday, amid continued mediated talks between Washington and Tehran that were meant to avert a military conflict. "The State of Israel has launched a preemptive strike against Iran. Defence Minister...
The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Saturday, with Israel's public broadcaster reporting that supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had been targeted, as the Islamic republic retaliated with barrages of missiles at Gulf states and Israel. Explosions were...
TEHRAN, (PIC) The Israeli occupation regime and the US army said on Saturday morning that they launched joint strikes against Iran, as multiple explosions resounded in Tehran. The attack followed months of growing war threats against Iran by US president Donald Trump. Several...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers performed on Friday the Isha and Tarawih prayers at the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on the 11th night of the holy month of Ramadan. According to the Islamic Awqaf Administration, about 70,000...
This will be a relatively short piece. Since my last article, there have been two important developments that signal that Trump is going to authorize an attack on Iran… The only question is when. First, Donald Trump finally commented on...
The arrest of a former US Air Force pilot for allegedly training Chinese military aviators exposes a widening shadow war over airpower expertise, where Western know-how has become as strategically contested as stealth jets themselves. This month, the US Department...
An Israeli-funded firm is hoping to boost evangelical support for Israel through a guided Bible study program that features interviews with Israel Defense Forces soldiers, theologians, and West Bank settlers, according to a new website uncovered by RS. The firm, California-based...
The United States is again talking to Iran. That simple fact, coming after months of threats, sanctions, and even joint military action with Israel, says more about the limits of Washington’s “maximum pressure” strategy than any official statement. The policy...
At the time of writing, Bitcoin was hovering just above $65,000, down again from a short-lived rally earlier this week. The price represents a massive 48.5% drawdown from the all-time high of $126,272 last October, with no end in sight....
France suspects Russian ‘provocation’ amid worries Moscow will interfere in European elections as part of broader strategy against Ukraine. What we know on day 1,466 The Swedish military confirmed on Friday that a drone it jammed near a French aircraft...
The latest escalation between Pakistan and Afghanistan marks one of the most serious turning points in relations between the two neighbors since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in August 2021. What began as recurring border skirmishes and mutual accusations...
London police said they caught a vandal red-handed, or at least with red paint, after he spray-painted a statue Friday of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in central London with pro-Palestinian graffiti. The 38-year-old suspect was arrested on...
The imprisoned leader of a militant Kurdish group in Turkey on Friday urged new legislation that would advance a peace initiative with the Turkish government in the wake of their decades‑long conflict. The appeal by Abdullah Öcalan...
South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, is reported to have issued an assessment earlier this month that Kim Jong Un has settled on a daughter of about 13 as his successor. It’s possible the future will play out...
The UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Friday called for an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty in Iran, warning that dozens more people risk execution after the first death sentence linked to January...
The Ninth Congress of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party covered ground this past week that was familiar from its last gathering five years ago. Kim Jong Un proclaimed his goals of state-driven economic development, a military buildup focused on nuclear...
The United States on Friday designated Iran a "state sponsor of wrongful detention," its first such move under a new blacklist that could eventually result in a travel ban. The step comes as the United States builds up...
Risultati delle Olimpiadi per l’Italia Segue nostro Telegram . Gianni Brera, cantore della “pedata” italica, come lui spesso chiamava il calcio, ne ha sempre ricordato e affermato il senso e il significato di sport popolare, plebeo e proletario. Una passione...
Israel's Supreme Court decided in a ruling published on Friday to freeze a government ban on 37 foreign NGOs working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank pending a final decision. "Without taking any position, a temporary interim order...
Donald Trump famously hates stupid wars and claims to have set the record for ending wars in a presidential term. It’s not the worst idea to wonder if he’s starting the former so he can keep resetting the latter....
President Donald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in its effort to strip deportation protections from about 6,000 Syrians living in the United States. The Justice Department in an emergency request asked the Supreme...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 26 February 2026. Journalist Peter Maseke Mwita has a keener interest than most in Friday’s upcoming ruling on the constitutionality of Kenya’s cybercrime law — legislation that could see him jailed...
The UN nuclear watchdog stressed on Friday the "utmost urgency" of its request to verify all nuclear material in Iran, according to a confidential report seen by AFP . Two new reports are to be discussed at an...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 24 February 2026. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to immediately restore the registration of independent outlet Addis Standard after the Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) revoked its online...
This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 25 February 2026. The Court of Appeal in Abuja has deferred its judgment to an unspecified date in an appeal by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) seeking to overturn a Federal...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 18 February 2026. After eight years of litigation, the Attorney-General and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) have initiated steps to compensate JoyNews journalist Latif Iddrisu, who was assaulted by police in...
Last weekend, the Pakistani military targeted jihadi training camps in Afghanistan. After the Afghan Taliban, which shelters the terrorists, responded by attacking Pakistani military outposts, the Pakistani military launched Operation Righteous Fury on February 27, striking multiple targets throughout Afghanistan....
Pakistan’s airstrikes on Kabul and Kandahar over the last 24 hours are nothing new. Islamabad has carried out strikes inside Afghanistan several times since the Taliban’s return to power. Pakistan claimed that the Afghan Taliban used drones to conduct strikes...
Israel's actions in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip seem aimed at creating "permanent demographic change", UN rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday. "Taken together, Israel's actions appear aimed at making a permanent demographic change in...
The sociologist James Petras died on January 17, 2026, at the age of eighty-nine. This article originally appeared in Monthly Review 51, no. 6 (November 1999). Frances Stonor Saunders, Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold War (London:...
US President Donald Trump said Friday he was frustrated by Iran's position in talks, but added he had not yet decided whether to carry out a threatened attack. A day after the United States and Iran held talks...
By CIVICUS Feb 27 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses the criminalisation of dissent in the Philippines with Kyle A Domequil, spokesperson of the Free Tacloban 5 Network, a campaign supporting journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, human rights defender Marielle Domequil and their co-accused...
As the indirect negotiations in Geneva between the US and Iran concluded their last scheduled meeting, mediator Oman said there’d been “significant progress” made by the two sides. In reality, however, it appeared that the son of the Obama administration’s...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Several towns across the West Bank witnessed a new escalation in Jewish settler attacks on Friday, resulting in injuries and widespread property damage. In the town of Jalud, south of Nablus, a number of residents sustained bruises while attempting...
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