The agricultural sector's entrenched dependence on fertiliser has exposed it to geopolitical instability. Contemporary struggles over supply are nothing new. The closure over the past months of the Strait of Hormuz, through which passes roughly one-third of internationally traded fertiliser,...
Amnesty International on Tuesday condemned a European Union move to increase cooperation with Libya to stem migration despite an intensifying crackdown on migrants in the country. Libya is one of the main North African departure points for migrants...
While diplomats pinned their hopes on the agreements reached in Anchorage, the situation in Crimea and across Russia has reached a critical stage due to the influx of long-range drones supplied from Europe. An energy blockade of Crimea, panic buying at...
When looking at today’s Middle East, it is important to recognize that Israel is completely out of control, and no one has the will to rein them in. This should have been understood back in July of 2024, in the...
A Palestinian human rights lawyer and a youth activist have been handed suspended prison sentences and fines by Israel after being convicted over slogans chanted at an anti-war protest against Israel's assault on Gaza , in a...
Algeria stormed back to beat Jordan 2-1 and eliminate the World Cup debutants with a match to spare on Monday thanks to second-half goals from substitute Nadhir Benbouali and Amine Gouiri. Benbouali's header cancelled out Nizar Al-Rashdan's first-half opener...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Tuesday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources,...
The Green European Journal , Irpi Media and Altraeconomia co-published a set of edited versions of this investigation. Plastic sheets flap in the air, torn and battered, while weeds and fallow fields lie beneath the bare...
Talks in Switzerland between Iran, the United States , Qatar and Pakistan concluded on Tuesday with apparent agreement on a framework for advancing negotiations. The preliminary text includes temporary relief on Iranian oil sanctions, the phased release of $12 billion in...
Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children in what has become a key factor in an ongoing "genocide" in Gaza, United Nations investigators charged on Tuesday. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry said it had found evidence...
TOKYO — Kevin Warsh’s arrival at Federal Reserve headquarters isn’t playing out the way Asia hoped. Since taking the baton from Jerome Powell on May 22, Governor Warsh has run notably more hawkish than US President Donald Trump wanted —...
Japan isn’t just selling warships — it’s quietly building a new Indo-Pacific security architecture in the shadow of China’s rise, amid uncertainty in US leadership. This month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Japan is actively marketing its advanced, stealthy...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,039 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Tuesday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
Iraq may have been on the wrong end of another superstar striker masterclass, but manager Graham Arnold insists his team's tournament dreams remain intact despite Monday's 3-0 defeat by France. Kylian Mbappe scored twice in a Group...
When it was signed at the end of the G7 summit on June 17, the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) was hailed as a diplomatic breakthrough. By reopening the Strait of Hormuz, easing sanctions and launching a 60-day negotiating process,...
A leading British civil rights barrister faces contempt proceedings once again after a judge decided to refer allegations against him for a second time. The original proceedings brought against Rajiv Menon KC were thrown out last month for procedural reasons. But on...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Extremist Jewish settlers launched a new wave of attacks and violations in the occupied West Bank last night and at dawn Tuesday, specifically targeting Palestinian lands, vehicles, and property in Nablus and Ramallah. According to local sources, a horde...
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage. Here are the latest updates: - Iran has said that technical talks with the US in Switzerland have been completed, with $12bn in frozen Iranian funds set to be released alongside the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank last night and at dawn Tuesday, raiding homes and kidnaping several Palestinian citizens. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped nine citizens after raiding their homes in...
The Sustainable Development Report 2026, released by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), finds that fewer than one in five SDG targets are currently on track worldwide. Credit UN Photo/Laura Jarriel By Cecilia Russell SRINIGAR, India & PARIS, Jun 23 2026...
By UN Women UNITED NATIONS, Jun 23 2026 (IPS) A study of 133 AI systems found that 44 per cent demonstrated gender bias and 26 per cent demonstrated both gender and racial bias . Yet only 51 per cent of...
American power has a tell. When faced with a war it wants to end, Washington develops a comprehensive plan that includes phased withdrawals, monitoring arrangements, economic incentives, and a timeline. It then acts as though the document itself were the...
One of the features of the parliamentary elections that have taken place in Armenia is the geopolitical dimension of their outcome. What will the foreign policy course of Yerevan constitute, in the view of the rapid events and transformations unfolding...
While the US certainly suffered some reputational damage and significant economic costs from its unprovoked attack on Iran, the United Arab Emirates may really be the big loser. Let’s focus on Dubai. Think of Dubai as the World’s most expensive...
Millions of tonnes of the world’s food could be lost amid the uncertainties surrounding the strait of Hormuz and the dangers of a ‘Godzilla-strength’ El Niño When the US and Israel launched the war on Iran, south-east Asian nations were...
When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the G-7 summit in Evian, France, last week, he was ready with his latest set of military and economic requests. Near the top of his list was a new item: a license to...
On June 18, Iran and the U.S. signed an agreement, titled the “Islamabad Memorandum,” which committed both countries to an immediate and permanent end to hostilities, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and 60 days of negotiations to reach...
Even if the framework agreement to end the U.S.-Israel-Iran War is successful, economic fallout from the conflict will persist at least through the end of the year. And the consequences for the global economic system — particularly the centrality of...
When the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Trump administration and the Iranian government leaked last week, lawmakers from both parties said they looked forward to reviewing it. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a strong supporter of the war with...
By: Khanh Vu Duc - - - - Jennifer Wicks McNamara The June 19 swearing-in of Jennifer Wicks McNamara, a career professional rather than a political appointee, as the first female US Ambassador to Vietnam is more than a diplomatic...
Against the odds, the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the US and Iran appears to be holding, after threats and counter-threats. It may collapse, but it has survived a first round of talks between the two sides in Switzerland over...
The pattern is obvious. In an overworked House office, whoever has time and capacity to produce a clean draft often decides what gets written. On defense portfolios, that is increasingly a uniformed fellow on detail from the Department of Defense....
The United States on Monday warned that "mass atrocities" could soon be perpetrated in Sudan as paramilitary forces encircle the city of El-Obeid , with Washington echoing fears expressed by the United Nations. The majority-Muslim southern city, in...
A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and stabilise southern Syria have stalled nearly a year after deadly sectarian violence in a Druze-majority province shook the country. A UN investigation in March...
Clarence Thomas went more than 10 years without asking a single substantive question from the bench. His silence between 2006 and 2016 prompted commentators to call his courtroom quietude embarrassing, a sign of fatigue and a...
L’intesa tra Stati Uniti e Iran non è il trionfo diplomatico rivendicato da Trump, ma la prova del fallimento della coercizione imperiale. Washington non ha piegato Teheran: ha dovuto accettare la fine del blocco e il ritorno alla diplomazia. Segue...
In the jigsaw puzzle of Middle East peace talks under way, Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun is trying to remind the warring parties in the current Middle East wars that his country is important, too. He worries because two powerful adversaries,...
A deposition chamber drops out of production at 2 a.m. Forty minutes later it is back, the dashboard flips from red to green, and two people want opposite things. The operations-center operator has a step starving downstream and wants the...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank /PNN/ Palestinian officials in the town of Beit Fajjar are urging European and international representatives to intervene to end the ongoing closure of the town’s main entrance, calling for immediate action and inviting foreign delegations to...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced on Monday that the death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon has risen to 4,175 killed while 12,164 others were injured since March 2. In its daily report, the ministry said 49 additional victims...
JENIN, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have continued excavation and land-clearing operations for the seventh consecutive day in the Al-Jabriyat neighborhood of central Jenin as part of plans to establish a new military base in the area. Local sources reported that...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said his Movement and other Palestinian factions held a series of intensive meetings with mediators over the past week to discuss mechanisms for implementing the Gaza peace plan, adding that the consultations resulted in important...
“Keir Starmer ends as he started: with lies.” Oscar Rickett is a news editor and reporter at Middle East Eye. He has previously written and worked for the Guardian, Vice, openDemocracy, ITN, Africa Confidential and the Africa Report. Cross-posted from...
‘As pundits rush to portray Keir Starmer as a ‘decent man’ overwhelmed by events, they overlook the defining feature of his political career: a willingness to deceive and betray in pursuit of power.’ In Tribune . Read the article...
The World Cup has highlighted the problems of hyper-commercialisation and sportswashing in football, but the problems ultimately run much deeper than FIFA. Alessio Giussani is the editor-in-chief of the Green European Journal . Cas Mudde is a Dutch professor of political science...
Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has at long last resigned, outlining a timetable for his departure from Downing Street. His exit marks the end of a tenure that has done lasting damage to both people at home...
The West Bank is being deliberately made unbearable to live in, as part of Israel’s ethnic cleansing plan. Dr Hazim Faisal Abusondos is a physician in the emergency room and oncology ward at Dura Hospital in the occupied West Bank,...
Huey Long is one of my favorite politicians — likely because Yours Truly is a Socialist-cum-Populist. Way back in the 1930s, just about when a certain Mustachio was arising, The Kingfish reportedly said: "I don't know much about Hitler. Except that last...
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