Some nations govern through policy, others through spectacle, but some eventually become trapped in their own mythology. By the summer of 2026, the Trump White House seemed increasingly determined to inhabit a world where setbacks were rarely the result of...
The idea of "burial in trust" is not new to Lebanese people. It has recurred during successive wars waged by Israel against Lebanon over the decades. Its psychological impact is severe for the families of those killed, who...
Despite being billed as a “reset” to the Gaza peace process, no major shifts emerged from the Board of Peace meetings convened in Cyprus last week. But the gathering in Larnaca — which brought together board officials and Gaza’s new...
Military cooperation between Egypt and Turkey has rapidly ascended to heights not seen in decades, if not altogether unprecedented ones. The increased cooperation between these two heavyweight Middle Eastern powers has caused some consternation within Israel. In June, Egypt hosted...
By: Wong Chin Huat - - - - Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim could be forced to call for an early general election by year-end despite holding 151 seats, a 68 percent super-majority, in the 222-seat parliament if the Barisan Nasional, the...
Hundreds of thousands of mourners filled the streets of Tehran on Monday as Iran held the central funeral procession for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , with authorities describing the turnout as one of the...
As the funeral of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei continues, his body is set to be taken to Iraq on 8 July for processions through the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala...
It is ironic to see the Islamic Republic of Iran burying its slain supreme leader and the United States celebrating its 250th independence anniversary in the same week. Both sides have used mourning and commemoration occasions to claim victory in...
Dozens of Israeli settlers attempted to cross into Syrian territory on Sunday in an apparent bid to establish an illegal settlement , but were intercepted by Israeli forces before reaching the border, according to the Israeli military. Around 70 activists...
Back in the 2010s, a lot of people marveled at China’s seemingly recession-proof economy. Throughout the global financial crisis of 2008 and the Chinese stock market crash and capital flight of 2015, the country never recorded a single quarter of...
BEIRUT, (PIC) The recent Israeli escalation in southern Lebanon has brought the Ali al-Tahir heights back to the forefront of the military scene, after the occupation forces intensified their raids on the area amid indicators that observers see as a prelude...
Il memorandum tra Stati Uniti e Iran riapre lo Stretto di Hormuz, sblocca l’economia iraniana e orienta l’America verso la Cina. Ma la sfida di Israele e la polveriera libanese minacciano di mandare all’aria tutto. Segue nostro Telegram . Cambiamento...
For more than a decade, Indonesia has measured its economic partnership with China in dollars and cents. The numbers are certainly impressive: Chinese companies have poured billions into nickel processing, industrial estates, power plants and, more recently, electric vehicle batteries....
CARICOM Heads of Government during the opening ceremony of the 51st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, on July 5, 2026. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS By Alison Kentish GROS ISLET,...
GAZA, (PIC) Three Palestinian civilians were martyred and several others were injured in fresh Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday, while another one succumbed to wounds sustained in a previous attack. The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter said that a...
Judge Hussein Madkour left his post as head of the State Lawsuits Authority last week. But unlike other heads of official bodies who received presidential honors upon exiting their positions, Madkour exited without any celebration of his time atop the...
More than 300 children have been killed in the last six months in the war in Sudan , mostly from drone strikes, the UN children's agency said Monday. Sudan has been mired in a war between the Sudanese military...
JENIN, (PIC) The scene in Zububa village, west of Jenin, was not just a bulldozing operation of agricultural lands, but it seemed like an uprooting of a memory that is decades old. During three continuous days, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The West Bank witnessed raids and attacks by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and settler groups overnight and early Monday morning. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped two young men from their homes following raids in the cities...
FIFA cleared US star striker Folarin Balogun to play in the World Cup co-hosts' showdown with Belgium despite his red-card ban after a personal phone call from President Donald Trump, it emerged Sunday, igniting a furious row,...
Across the Indo-Pacific, governments are increasing defense spending, strengthening alliances, and placing renewed emphasis on deterrence. Strategic competition has once again become the defining feature of international politics. And in such an environment, international law can appear increasingly secondary to...
Welcome, Here are the key updates for the day: - Massive crowds are in Tehran as a funeral procession of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is underway - - Israeli forces continue to launch strikes on Lebanon and Gaza. In...
UNICEF unloads emergency humanitarian supplies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in response to the Ebola outbreak. The shipment includes protective equipment, hygiene kits, medicines, and medical supplies to support frontline health workers and nearly 100,000 people. Credit: UNICEF/Ndomba...
Technician repairing control panel. Mickael Ange Konan/pexels.comù Credit: United Nations The United Nations General Assembly’s proclamation of the Fourth Industrial Development Decade for Africa (IDDA IV) is far more than a symbolic milestone. By Fatou Haidara and Francisca Tatchouop...
In late 2024, Rasha Maher was rushed to Mansoura University Hospital after her water broke and a uterine rupture left her in critical condition, requiring urgent medical care. Instead, she spent three days waiting in a delivery room before being transferred...
Every few months, another Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough makes global headlines. A Chinese AI model closes in on American rivals, a Chinese research team tops a benchmark, a Chinese factory gets smarter, a city more connected, a supply chain...
I received the following email and question from a friend, a man with extensive experience in the US defense realm, who is a solid analyst. His question is legitimate and I will attempt to answer it. He wrote: Dear Larry I...
President Donald Trump has proved, yet again, why America’s founders wisely insisted that only Congress could declare war. The legislative branch must empower the government’s chief executive to, in the words of Constitutional Convention delegate James Wilson, “involve us in...
The mood ahead of NATO’s 34th summit in Ankara beginning on Tuesday can hardly be described as jubilant, and for good reason: the alliance and the transatlantic relationship underpinning it faces a crisis of purpose unlike anything in its history....
At Davos in January, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney surprised the audience with his open call for “middle powers” to band together and resist pressure from the great powers. His implication that these states need to resist both China and...
As if its wars on Earth were not enough, Israel now plans to develop offensive laser weapons for use in space. "No country has the ability to mount attacks in space. We must be the leading country in the world...
By: Ainur Rohmah - - - - When President Prabowo Subianto unveiled Danantara last year, he presented it not merely as another state investment agency but as the financial cornerstone of Indonesia’s economic future. The sovereign wealth fund was designed...
Born into the rubble of post-war Germany, Herma Huber belonged to a generation that demanded answers to the great catastrophe of Nazi fascism. Rejecting both Stalinist lies and capitalist hypocrisy, she found her answer in Trotskyism. Herma dedicated her entire...
The Israeli government said on Sunday it would ignore a High Court ruling regarding a broadcasting regulator, marking a direct challenge to the authority of Israel's highest judicial body. The move deepens a long-running dispute between Prime Minister...
Whether Israelis will ever comprehend the irreparable damage inflicted upon their country’s reputation by their UN Ambassador, Danny Danon, is a moot point. The damage Israel has done to itself through its barbaric practices in occupied Palestine is simply impossible...
The 250th anniversary of American independence is fundamentally incompatible with a foreign policy defined by overwhelming civilian casualties and global devastation. As the United States commemorates its semiquincentennial with celebratory pageantry, this milestone forces a reckoning. How can a nation...
Massive crowds are expected on Monday for the funeral procession of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran , with authorities hoping to avoid a repeat of the chaos that accompanied his predecessor's funeral. After lying in state in...
A baby died in the occupied West Bank on Sunday after Israeli forces at a checkpoint prevented him from accessing urgent medical care. Israeli forces also shot dead a teenage boy in the Qalandia refugee camp on the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel, in order to be protected from Hezbollah militants. Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war on...
Brice Cruchon is the Founder and CEO of Dracula Technologies, a company he established in 2011 to develop and industrialize organic photovoltaic (OPV) technologies for indoor energy harvesting. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Nantes...
Le recenti rivelazioni statunitensi sulla rete globale di biolaboratori finanziati da Washington, compresi quelli in Ucraina, impongono una rilettura delle denunce russe. Non si tratta di propaganda, ma di fatti documentati, rischi concreti e interrogativi ancora senza risposta. Segue nostro...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) A 16-year-old Palestinian was killed and two other children were wounded by Israeli army gunfire on Sunday evening in the Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Occupied Jerusalem. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the victim as Walid Nidal Abu...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced Sunday that the death toll from Israel’s military offensive has risen to 4,304 people killed while 12,203 were injured between March 2 and July 5. In a brief statement, the ministry said the figures...
Genta Taniguchi serves as Executive Officer and Head of the Corporate Ceramic Materials Semiconductor Components Group at Kyocera Corporation. He leads initiatives in advanced ceramics and semiconductor-related technologies, supporting the company’s global business in electronic and communication components. With… com/ceo-interviews/370494-executive-interview-with-genta-taniguchi-of-kyocera/">Executive Interview...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Hamas Movement said that Israeli authorities, with the participation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, laying the foundation stone for what is being called a “Heritage Center” at the site of the historic Jerusalem International Airport in the...
Iraq's government and US oil services giant Halliburton signed a deal Sunday to manage two oil fields in the country's south, as Baghdad looks to boost production. The state-owned "Basra Oil Company has signed a joint management contract with...
On 26 June, the Lebanese government and Israel published a ‘framework agreement’, which threatens to reform the Lebanese state into a security sub-contractor of Tel Aviv. In ‘International Viewpoint’. Read the article HERE . The post Joseph Daher –...
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a series of nearly 2,000-year-old tombs on the Mediterranean coast and the remains of a planned Byzantine-era city in the western desert, the tourism and antiquities ministry said. The coastal discovery was made at Marina...
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