When Bangladesh’s newly elected Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office earlier this year, there was a tentative hint that New Delhi and Dhaka might finally transcend the bitter recriminations that followed ex-leader Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic ouster in a 2024 uprising,...
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Will US Opposition to UN’s Socio-Economic Goals Play a Decisive Role in the Vote for Next Secretary-General?
Full ArticleSecurity Council. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 18 2026 (IPS) As the campaign for a new UN secretary-general gathers momentum, will the US exercise the decisive vote — or the veto– in the final selection?...
Despite long-standing predictions, Europe’s decline is now gathering momentum due to the incompetent policies of the elites, internal problems, and external factors, which call for a rethinking of its role in the world and the establishment of cooperation with Russia....
On June 16, the US Department of Defense announced that the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) will officially revert to its previous name, the US Pacific Command (PACOM). The move reverses a decision made during President Donald Trump’s first term to...
What Triggered Trump to Make the Deal with Iran?
Full ArticleTrump signs electronic copy of the MOU in Versailles To quote James Carville, “Its the economy stupid!” On Monday I wrote: So the question we ought to ask is why did Donald Trump blink and accept the proposal that Iran proffered...
After the Iran War, is the UAE the odd man out?
Full ArticleThe roles played by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey in facilitating the “ Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding ” underscore the extent to which regional actors have invested in creating off-ramps for the United States and Iran, and...
Meet the biggest winner of the war with Iran
Full ArticleAfter months of on-and-off talks, Iran and the United States are set to end their war and sign an interim peace agreement on Friday June 19 in Switzerland. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi led most of the negotiations, but no...
The Strait of Hormuz to re-open. Now what?
Full ArticleIn a flurry of diplomatic activity over the last days, Iran and the U.S. appear at last to have reached an initial agreement to wind down hostilities and open the Strait of Hormuz to seaborne traffic. The agreement is due...
On June 19, Aung San Suu Kyi turns 81 in military custody. Myanmar’s military says it moved her in late April to a “designated residence,” but her family remains cut off, with no independent confirmation of her condition or exact...
By: Andy Wong Ming Jun - - - - Mauerburger and coconspirator On June 12, a Canadian social media influencer named Ryan Kelly posted a reel on Instagram exposing a seemingly new and novel PR tactic being employed by...
US President Donald Trump and Iran's president signed a deal on Wednesday meant to end the US-Israeli war on Iran , with Tehran agreeing to dilute its enriched uranium in return for large-scale economic relief. Trump put his...
For more than 7 decades, leaders of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) have emphasized that their countries maintain an exceptionally close political, economic, and security relationship. Mao Zedong even stated during the...
Like most of America’s wars in West Asia, the current joint U.S.-Israel attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran is about securing control over the region’s energy resources and preserving oil currency policies; practices that have fueled its expansive economy...
The most important issue in imminent nuclear talks between Iran and the United States is how Iran's nuclear programme will be policed, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Wednesday. Washington and Tehran say they have...
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...
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: - 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: - 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: - 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...
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