During my years at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I published little on Palestine and Israel, not least because this would not have been accepted under the prevailing rules. Although publication was formally permitted, one had to reckon with...
The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centres abroad, in what rights groups compare to the Trump administration's aggressive...
GAZA, (PIC) Two Palestinian civilians were martyred and others were wounded in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip last night and on Tuesday morning. According to media sources, Ali al‑Odaini was shot dead by Israeli forces near the al‑Abbara area of Khan...
Israeli lawmakers voted Tuesday to back a bill, in its first reading, to dissolve parliament and pave the way for likely early elections. A total of 106 of the Knesset's 120 members backed the legislation, submitted by Prime Minister...
On Monday, after a heated telephone call between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, a decision was made. Not a decision to negotiate, to sanction, or to deploy, but a decision to tell. By that evening, reporters at Axios and CNN...
By External Source Jun 2 2026 (IPS) 2025 was one of the three hottest years ever recorded. The years from 2015 to 2025 were the hottest eleven years on record. The planet is now about 1.43 degrees Celsius warmer than the...
Walk into any mid-sized factory in Lahore, Pakistan, on a summer afternoon, and you’ll hear the same sound: loud, diesel-fueled power generators running because the electricity grid is down. For factory workers and owners, the heavy hum of the backup...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped several Palestinian citizens, including four young women, in the West Bank last night and at dawn Tuesday, while extremist settlers assaulted and injured two children on a road between Ramallah and Nablus. According...
About 800 Mozambicans said to be caught up in violence in Mossel Bay as anti-immigration protests sweep country Five Mozambique nationals were killed in “xenophobic attacks” in South Africa at the weekend, the Mozambican government said – the first deaths officially...
Male employees were working in a paper factory in Thimpu, Bhutan. Accession to WTO will enhance business opportunities for local SMEs. Credit: Unsplash/Bradford Zak By Jing Huang, Mikiko Tanaka and Rajan Ratna THIMPU, Bhutan, Jun 2 2026 (IPS) Bhutan’s decision to...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon continued at a significant pace in recent hours despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement that a ceasefire understanding had been reached between Israel and Hezbollah, highlighting a clear gap between the declared political track...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Settler groups, backed by the Israeli government and military, continued their attacks on Palestinian towns and villages across the occupied West Bank. In the Ramallah area, settlers set fire to two vehicles and spray-painted racist graffiti during a predawn...
Israel and Hezbollah clashed overnight despite US President Donald Trump 's announcement that both sides had agreed to halt fighting ahead of US-hosted talks between Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday. Israel's growing invasion and occupation of Lebanon, including...
Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, at the 71st GEF Council Meeting. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Stella Paul SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Jun 2 2026 (IPS) On day 2 of the Global Environment Facility’s 71st Council Meeting, which focused...
For those just joining us, here are the latest updates: - United States President Donald Trump reportedly got into a heated call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, forcing the latter to pull back plans to bomb the Lebanese capital,...
In a region crucial to global trade, ideological rivals may now be working together. United Nations and American intelligence reports suggest that Yemen’s Houthi insurgents and the Somali group Al-Shabaab — considered Al-Qaeda’s strongest affiliate — are exchanging logistical and...
China’s buildup at its remote Hami nuclear silo field reflects a broader effort to transform a historically vulnerable nuclear force into a resilient deterrent capable of surviving attack, constraining US intervention and reinforcing its position in a Taiwan contingency. Last...
Since April 2023, Sudan’s women and girls have been subjected to systematic rape and sexual torture. Specialised support and justice for them is key to the country’s recovery and future In a village in South Darfur, I met a young girl...
Pepe Escobar and I received the following intelligence report last Thursday, which was produced by a knowledgeable source with access. I am not reproducing the entire report, but want to highlight the issue of whether or not Iran now has,...
The idea of replicating Bali’s success across the Indonesian archipelago through the “10 New Balis” initiative was one of the country’s most ambitious economic development visions when it was first launched a decade ago. The objective was compelling: diversify tourist...
When Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he claimed one of his goals was the country’s “denazification.” The Kremlin still uses this narrative as a cornerstone of its war propaganda. Both Ukraine and the West reacted by...
On October 13 of last year, shortly after signing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, President Donald Trump addressed a room of world leaders congregated in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. “At long last we have peace in the Middle East,” Trump...
Son and stepson of Cameroon’s Paul Biya are seen as main contenders to be vice-president Since taking power in Cameroon 44 years ago, Paul Biya has done without a vice-president. In 1972, a decade before he first won the presidency, the...
- - - - Prior to a May 1 takeoff for a midnight flight out of San Francisco’s International Airport, by actual count, 61 wheelchair passengers or the people who were pushing them were congregated in a roped-off area waiting...
The Persian Gulf is a shallow body of water, averaging about 164 feet deep. Its water is very salty because only a small amount of fresh water enters the Gulf, and the average temperature is 30 °C (86°F). These warm...
Mehring Verlag, the publishing house of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party) in Germany, will soon release a new German-language edition of Leon Trotsky’s My Life
Reprinted from The Realist Review. Over the course of his three presidential campaigns (2016, 2020, 2024), President Donald J. Trump promised an America First foreign policy – one that would see America pull back from postwar European security commitments, end...
Lebanon said Monday Hezbollah had accepted a US proposal to stop attacking Israel in exchange for Israel halting attacks on south Beirut , after President Donald Trump reported having a "very good call" with the Iran-backed...
Oil prices jumped and equities were mixed Monday as Middle East peace talks stumbled , while Lebanese authorities said Hezbollah had accepted a US proposal for a "mutual cessation of attacks." Crude futures shot around seven percent higher...
UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday that it will be necessary to maintain peacekeepers in Lebanon after the mandate of the current mission expires at year-end. In a report to the Security Council seen by AFP...
Il recente attacco ucraino contro un dormitorio a Lugansk sembra aver determinato un cambiamento di posizione da parte della Russia. Segue nostro Telegram . I recenti avvenimenti nell’ambito dell’operazione militare speciale suggeriscono che il conflitto potrebbe finalmente entrare in una...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, the preacher of the Aqsa Mosque, has warned of a dangerous new Israeli attempt to restrict the Muslim call to prayer (adhan) in Occupied Jerusalem and areas within the 1948-occupied territories. In a statement issued Monday,...
Shortly after reporting emerged Monday that Iran was suspending talks with the United States over Israel’s ramped up assault on Lebanon, President Donald Trump claimed that Israeli forces headed toward Beirut have “turned back” and that Hezbollah has agreed that “all shooting will stop” following separate phone calls with...
As Europe’s population ages, the elderly are becoming an ever larger voting bloc, a growing “grey power” which is already reconfiguring political priorities. Ben Wray is a freelance journalist and researcher from Scotland, who lives in the Basque Country. Ben is...
The Paris Commune took place 155 years ago and only lasted 72 days but it still has valuable lessons to offer anyone thinking of making a revolution happen today. Kevin Guillas-Cavan is the France Research Fellow at the Institute for Economic...
The university system faces questions over its funding, value and purpose. Professor Dame Alison Wolf DBE, Baroness Wolf of Dulwich, is the Sir Roy Griffiths Professor of Public Sector Management at King’s College London, and sits as a cross-bench peer...
‘French capitalism has been underperforming for decades, but its companies still expect to receive generous state support without giving much in return. Emmanuel Macron has carried this policy of corporate welfare to new heights.’ In Jacobin . Read the article...
Citizen Lab senior research fellow Jon Penney and co-author Bruce Schneier wrote an op-ed in The Conversation arguing that despite younger Americans’ overwhelmingly soured view of Donald Trump’s second presidency, they are not protesting for a...
The Pentagon's decision not to mention Taiwan at a major security forum has sparked discussion about shifting US priorities, military-industrial challenges, and the future balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region. Pentagon Forgets About Taiwan Behind Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's diplomatic...
In recent weeks, Japan halted South Korean equity firm MBK Partners’ acquisition of machine-tool manufacturer Makino Milling Machine on national security grounds. Around the same time, the British government reportedly signaled discomfort with Bharti Enterprises’ plan to increase its stake...
The United States has designated two of Brazil's largest criminal organizations as foreign terrorist groups, a move that could reshape migration policy, security cooperation, and the country's political landscape ahead of presidential elections. Trump Administration Draws Brazil Into a New Political...
France has banned the display of Israeli offensive weapons at the 2026 edition of the Eurosatory international defence and security exhibition, the organisers told AFP on Monday. "Only Israeli exhibitors presenting anti-ballistic and anti-air defence systems...
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox demonstrated across Israel on Monday, blocking roads and trains and setting cars on fire to protest mandatory enlistment in Israel’s military. Israel’s police said demonstrators blocked major intersections and attacked a soldier...
Is Syria finally having its accountability moment? In this episode of The Brief In , we examine Syria’s fragile and deeply contested transitional justice process after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The episode examines Syria’s transitional justice process, the Atef...
As the White House proceeds full speed ahead on battleships that will bear President Donald Trump’s name, lawmakers want to know it won’t be a flop first. The House draft of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2027,...
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have hailed the 2026 Hajj as a public health success after the annual pilgrimage concluded without any confirmed or suspected cases of epidemic disease...
Egyptian up-and-coming talent Hamza Abdelkarim has signed an exclusive deal with sports manufacturer Nike , thrusting him into the limelight as he prepares to head to the World Cup with the Pharaohs for the upcoming FIFA...
Many of us think of DAC as an important trade show for the Semiconductors and EDA industries. That is certainly part of the history of DAC, but the event is also a highly prestigious technical conference dating back to 1964....
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