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Reform UK’s deputy leader said last week that a parliamentary debate into Israeli influence on British politics was “antisemitic in its very motivation and at its core”. “As such, we should utterly reject it,” argued Richard Tice...

Archive, Middle East, Golan Heights

Strong marriages are built on more than tawakkul – they’re built on honest conversations about money. When Expectations Collide Khadija, a 26 year old woman living in New York, has been searching for a marriage partner for a few years now...

#Life, featured, Featured Home

Asylum seekers in Britain could have to repay the state around £10,000 ($13,222) for accommodation and basic living support before becoming eligible to apply for settlement, the government said on Monday in its latest effort to deter illegal migration....

World

Some 400,000 displaced Lebanese have gone back to their areas of origin, according to officials, even as Israeli forces continue to occupy swathes of southern Lebanon . In an announcement on Monday , Social Affairs Minister Dr. Hanin El-Sayed...

MENA

Government fears repeat of anti-migrant violence in 2008 that led to looting and resulted in deaths of 62 people South African authorities have deployed police units to towns and cities around the country before planned demonstrations against undocumented foreign nationals...

South Africa, Africa, World news

The Asia-Pacific is experiencing an unprecedented transformation in ocean governance. Governments across the region are expanding marine protected areas, investing in blue carbon initiatives, deploying digital fisheries monitoring systems and positioning the ocean as a cornerstone of climate resilience and...

Opinion, 2026 Our Ocean Conference, Blue Carbon Projects

When I arrived in Cuba, I did not expect to be speaking Arabic. Organisers from the United States arrived at Mezquita Abdallah hours before the Jummah prayer to deliver bags full of Spanish translations of the Quran, donated by a...

Society

GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,066 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Tuesday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...

News, death toll, Gaza Strip

US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin celebrated Iran's elimination from the World Cup , saying he did a "happy dance," Sports Business Journal reported on Monday. The Iranian team barely missed out on reaching the knockout...

Sports

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of raids across several cities and towns in the West Bank last night and on Tuesday, arresting at least one Palestinian, breaking into homes and forcing businesses to close. According...

News, Arrests, IOF raids

In a seminal article, entitled “Spoiler Problems in Peace Processes,” Stephen Stedman writes that “peacemaking is a risky business.” The greatest source of risk “comes from spoilers—leaders and parties who believe that peace emerging from negotiations threatens their power, worldview...

Opinion, Block 2, Common Dreams

Scores of residents have been left fearing for their future following the US government’s order to remove temporary protected status for Syrians and Haitians. On Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 vote along ideological lines that...

World

C’è ormai un divario quasi inconciliabile fra il buon senso e la politica europea. La prospettiva di una pace sostenibile dipenderà dalla capacità di superare questa mentalità illogica e assurda Segue nostro Telegram . Grammatica e dilemma Nella grammatica classica...

Italiano, European Union, Politics

Einer aktuellen Umfrage zufolge wollen 98 Prozent der in Russland tätigen deutschen Unternehmen dortbleiben. Ein erheblicher Teil von ihnen erwägt zudem neue Investitionen, und zwei Drittel würden eine möglichst baldige Wiederaufnahme russischer Energieimporte unterstützen. Die deutsche Wirtschaft bereitet sich demnach...

Deutsch, Economy, Germany

America’s biggest educational exchange program is on its last legs. President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 Budget recently proposed to cut the Fulbright Program by nearly 80%. The cut comes during the 80th year of the program, which was founded...

Opinion, Donald Trump, Fulbright Program

We visited Youssef M. in jail at the end of May 2026. The Regional Court ruled to continue to keep them there. On what grounds is Youssef a suspect in the Pardubice arms factory arson? What does their defence lawyer,...

Narrated

GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian woman and her child were martyred, and other citizens were injured last night as a result of an Israeli airstrike on tents sheltering displaced families in the south of the Gaza Strip. Local sources said that an Israeli...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

Malawian migrants wait to board a bus during repatriation efforts, 29 June 2026, at the Malawian Consulate in Woodmead, Johannesburg. Credit: Alaister Russell/IPS By Cecilia Russell JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Jun 30 2026 (IPS) Usually, the fiesta to celebrate St Antony at...

Africa, Civil Society, Economy & Trade

A UN Peacebuilding Week Event held in Egypt’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York. Credit: Maximilian Malawista By Maximilian Malawista UNITED NATIONS, Jun 30 2026 (IPS) As the United Nations held its first-ever Peacebuilding Week (June 22-26), UN officials...

Active Citizens, Africa, Armed Conflicts

Trade tensions between the EU and China are deepening. On June 16, the EU’s trade chief, Maros Sefcovic, said the bloc’s unbalanced trade relationship with China “had reached a point that requires a reset.” The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, then...

Finance, Block 3, China Exchange Rate

China may be facing a confusing short circuit in its economic and political calculations that could seriously harm the nation over the next few years. A huge and growing trade surplus seems to be the main obstacle driving China toward...

China, 1973 Oil Shock, Appia Institute

At a recent hearing of the House Select Committee on China, State Armor CEO Michael Lucci, urged lawmakers to treat Chinese influence in the United States as a national security priority. “The American homeland is contested. States are on the...

Foreign-influence, China, Congress

This article is part of an RS series reflecting on the 250th anniversary of American Independence and its impact and meaning for modern U.S. foreign policy, war, and peace. On the Fourth of July, 1821, the 45th anniversary...

Us-foreign-policy, Enewsletter, American-revolution

The Trump administration is winding down America’s HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services in South Africa, with the termination of most of the program expected to be completed by September , though critical support is scheduled to continue through next...

Usaid, Pepfar, Humanitarian-aid

This is the first part of a series. Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical offers theological and humanistic insights into the potential and risks of artificial intelligence for human dignity. It is also a declaration of the “dream of a new...

World, Artificial Intelligence, Pico della Mirandola

By: Toh Han Shih - - - - Cambodian scam compound. Photo from Amnesty International US authorities, in recent operations coordinated with Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Australia and Cambodia, have sanctioned individuals and companies, arrested suspects connected to the notorious...

Congress has refused to even allow a full House vote on a provision that would pave the way for an unprecedented integration of the U.S. and Israeli military industrial complexes. The move came through the House’s Rules process for the National...

Congress, Israel, Thomas-massie

On September 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order which revived the original name for the Department of Defense, “The Department of War.” While technically the name remains the Department of Defense for legal purposes (as only an...

Uncategorized

There is a particular kind of arrangement that no law forbids and no scandal quite captures, because nothing in it is hidden. It sits in plain view, in regulatory filings and procurement requests, and it works precisely because everyone involved...

Uncategorized

Israeli forces killed five people, including a child, in Gaza on Monday after a drone targeted a group of civilians, Gaza health officials said. Israel continues to regularly conduct attacks across Gaza , defying the October ceasefire...

MENA

A month ago, the CEO of the world’s most valuable company boarded Air Force One in Alaska as a last-minute addition to President Trump’s Beijing delegation. Jensen Huang came to sell Nvidia’s H200 chips, just cleared for export by Washington....

China, Block 2, Chinese Economy

US President Donald Trump said Iran has requested a meeting that will be held in Qatar on Tuesday, despite Tehran denying that any technical talks on the deal aimed at ending the Middle East war were...

MENA

Il voto del 7 giugno conferma la fragilità strutturale del Kosovo, costretto a tornare alle urne per la terza volta in circa 18 mesi. Dietro l’instabilità di Priština emerge il fallimento del progetto euro-atlantico contro la sovranità serba. Segue nostro...

Italiano, Balkans, Elections

Iraq's judiciary said on Monday it seized over $14 million from an oil official who was arrested a day earlier , along with others, as part of a government-led anti-corruption campaign . Iraq 's Supreme Judicial Council said...

MENA

For the past decade, the semiconductor industry has been moving in one direction: shift-left, specifically, shifting more validation into the pre-silicon phase. The idea was straightforward: if software ultimately determines how a system behaves, then software should become a primary...

EDA, Synopsys, CPUs

What is the point of NATO? The defense ministers’ summit on June 18 and the visit by the NATO Secretary General to Washington last week in advance of the leaders’ summit due to take place on July 7-8 in Turkey...

Opinion, Donald Trump, Mark Rutte

WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has documented the killing of 54 Palestinian children and teenagers by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank during 2025. In a report published Monday, the organization said that most of the children were...

News, Israeli crimes, Israeli violations

GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem condemned the international inaction after a young girl was killed on Monday evening in Khan Yunis, to the south of the Gaza Strip, following an Israeli airstrike that hit tents sheltering displaced families and set...

News, Gaza Strip, Hamas Movement

GAZA, (PIC) Israeli forces committed 11 reported violations of the Gaza ceasefire since dawn on Monday, including airstrikes, live fire, artillery shelling, and the demolition of homes across southern and central Gaza. The incidents left six Palestinians killed, including a child,...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression
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