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Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan has been dropped from officiating at the 2026 World Cup after being barred from entering the United States, world football's governing body FIFA said on Monday. A FIFA spokesperson confirmed in a statement that...

A promising new life with Five Star brings friendship and the beginnings of prosperity, but the job exacts a bloody price. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4...

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has renewed calls for a congressional investigation into Israel's 1967 attack on the USS Liberty , delivering a rare speech on the floor of the US House of Representatives to honour the 34 American...

Iran says it will no longer wait for threats, declaring new strategic regional defense doctrine , so says Sadeq Larijani. Larijani is a prominent Iranian Shia cleric, conservative politician, and senior regime figure. He is best known for serving as...

By Anis Chowdhury SYDNEY, Jun 9 2026 (IPS) The World Bank considers corruption a major obstacle to eradicating global poverty . The Bank officially has a zero-tolerance policy against fraud and corruption in its projects. Concerned with widespread...

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Felice Noelle Rodriguez KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 9 2026 (IPS) Recent geopolitical trends threaten more food crises, especially in developing countries. A new IPES-Food report urges a strategy of ‘resilient self-reliance’, proposing available opportunities to...

For a small, land-locked nation between the Black and Caspian Seas and surrounded by Iran, Russia, and Turkey, Armenia has had a bright spotlight shone on it the last couple of months. The reason? The country’s most consequential election since...

Given the uneven course of the Russian economy during the first five months of 2026, Russian authorities, especially President Vladimir Putin, were keen to minimize the impacts of any possible stagnation at the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. When...

Years ago, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev described Baku’s relationship with Israel as an iceberg, with 90% hidden below the surface. Last week, CNN attempted to pull the hidden portion into full view. Notably, the report relied on four anonymous sources with...

On Monday, the Washington Post ran an opinion article defending Section 224, the controversial proposal to integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries by expanding cooperation in co-production of weapons, joint ventures, and research. However, the Post did not...

By: Wong Chin Huat - - - - Scattered pictures/of the smiles we left behind/Smiles we gave to one another/For the way we were… Three and a half years into leading an ideologically diverse coalition government, Malaysia’s Prime...

Iran and Israel said Monday that hostilities between them had halted, after the two countries exchanged strikes that threatened to reignite the Middle East war . Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the "fire on that front is contained"...

Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed at least 14 people on Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said, including seven after Iran threatened to attack Israel again if it continued bombing the country . Iran-backed Hezbollah meanwhile said it...

As we mark 100 days since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran and two months of a dubious 'ceasefire', direct hostilities between Iran and Israel have resumed. Iran's missile strikes came after its leadership warned that...

Dai grandi parchi nazionali alla protezione delle specie rare, la Cina ha trasformato la tutela ambientale in pilastro della modernizzazione socialista, integrando sviluppo, biodiversità, transizione verde e il principio secondo cui “acque limpide e montagne verdi” sono ricchezza. Segue nostro...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun made a rare direct appeal to the Israeli government and its people to come to the negotiating table to end the war, warning in a CNN interview aired Monday that a military...

Iran has sent a clear message to Trump that if he wants a deal, the US President will have to rein-in Israel. Connor Echols is the managing editor of Responsible Statecraft. He was previously the managing editor of the NonZero Newsletter....

Spanish Prime Minister and PSOE leader Pedro Sánchez has been the great political survivor, but the constant corruption scandals may finally push him out of power. Asbel Bohigues is professor of political science at the University of Valencia. Cross-posted from...

A Labour government banning left-wing activists from entering the country because they advocate for Palestine just about sums up the moral dearth of those in power in the UK today. Bart Cammaerts is Professor of Politics and Communication and Head of...

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi called on Iran on Monday to "re-engage" with him so inspections can resume at sites the US and Israel bombed a year ago , as the US led a push for a...

More than a third of lawmakers from Britain's governing Labour Party signed a letter on Monday calling on the government to end trade with Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. "There is an urgent need for accountability...

Iran launched its first direct ballistic missile strike against Israel on Sunday night since the fragile 8 April ceasefire went into effect. Tehran made clear its strike was in retaliation for Israeli strikes against the Dahiyeh district...

It remains unclear whether Iran's effort to establish a new equation in the region has truly succeeded — an equation in which, for the first time, Iran would directly strike Israel if Israel attacks Lebanon. What is clear is that recent...

Aviation across the Middle East has once again been disrupted after a brief but intense exchange of attacks between Iran and Israel prompted airspace restrictions, flight diversions and renewed safety measures across the region. The latest escalation saw...

EUA atacam relatores da ONU que denunciam racismo, pobreza ou sanções. Defendem “interferência” quando convém e arruínam quem investiga seus crimes. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su As tensões entre Washington...

GAZA, (PIC) The eastern areas of central Gaza Strip, especially the vicinity of the al-Bureij and al-Maghazi refugee camps, are witnessing an escalation in the outbreak of fires during the recent period, amid field data and local testimonies suggesting the use...

Campanha de desinformação anti-russa se intensificou devido ao Fórum. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su A realização do Fórum Econômico Internacional de São Petersburgo (SPIEF) em 2026 consolidou mais uma vez a...

Es probable que esta fase del conflicto iraní solo termine cuando Occidente caiga por el precipicio económico que se avecina… Únete a nosotros en Telegram , Twitter y VK . Escríbenos: info@strategic-culture.su La guerra de Estados Unidos con Irán ha traspasado...

Aid organisations and rights advocates have warned that Israel 's decision to shut all land crossings into Gaza could have catastrophic consequences for Palestinians in the territory, with experts telling The New Arab that the move risks...

Often, when Graham Platner comes up (which is too often), my mind drifts to Claire McCaskill. The current MS NOW analyst was the last Democrat to represent Missouri in the Senate. Notably, she lost in 2018 to Josh Hawley, the...