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Calls mounted late Monday for Britain's embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer to quit, despite his pledges to prove his doubters wrong after his ruling Labour party was crushed in local and regional elections . More than 70 of...

World

The European Commission told AFP Monday it plans to invite Taliban officials to Brussels in the near future for talks on returning migrants to Afghanistan . According to sources close to the matter, a letter is...

MENA

Dal punto di vista diplomatico, la posizione della Cina durante l’attuale crisi mediorientale è rimasta coerente con la sua postura geopolitica tradizionale: diplomazia invece del conflitto, sostegno alla sovranità, all’integrità territoriale e alla dignità dell’Iran nel rispetto del diritto internazionale,...

Italiano, Chiina, Diplomacy

The United States on Monday issued sanctions against 12 individuals and entities that it said facilitated the sale and shipment of Iranian oil to China , days ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing. In a...

MENA

Syria said two soldiers were killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in the country's northeast on Monday, while a military source told AFP investigations were underway to identify the perpetrators. In recent months, Syria's new Islamist government...

MENA

A New York Times investigation has found that Israel ran a coordinated, government-backed campaign to transform Eurovision into a soft-power tool, spending more than $1 million promoting its contestants while lobbying to remain in the contest...

World

The United States has sanctioned a new group of mainland China- and Hong Kong-linked companies and individuals accused of helping Iran secure drone materials and missile-related components, raising fresh tensions days before US President Donald Trump’s state visit to China....

US-China, Beijing, Block 1

The Los Angeles Press Club has named Truthdig a finalist in 18 categories for the Southern California Journalism Awards, with nominations spanning a broad range of reporting, criticism, visual storytelling and more. We are honored by the recognition and grateful to...

Arts & Culture, Ear to the Ground, Media

Two out of three Americans think President Donald Trump has not clearly explained why the country has gone to war with Iran , according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday that also showed his approval rating...

MENA

The elections in the UK show beyond any doubt that the Labour party has completely lost the working class. John Westmoreland is a history teacher and UCU rep. He is an active member of the People’s Assembly and writes regularly for...

National Politics, Article, John Westmoreland

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to suspend a federal gasoline tax as consumers deal with surging energy prices in the wake of the Iran war . Responding to a reporter's question at the...

MENA

Armed vessels linked to the Libyan coast guard opened fire Monday on a humanitarian rescue ship shortly after it saved about 90 migrants from an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean, the group operating the vessel...

MENA

The UN has built a vast bureaucracy in Geneva based on lavish salaries which are a long way from the reality of the lives of those they are meant to serve. In that context, the US cutting its funding to...

Geopolitics, Article, JB Bae

In a conversation with Patrik Baab, Peter Hanseler analyzes why the war in Iran is not a regional crisis, but rather part of a larger conflict that is brewing. By Peter Hanseler via ForumGeopolitica.com Peter Hanseler with Patrik Baab...

Guest Contributor

Kokuho is a colourful, lengthy epic, spanning five decades and running almost three hours, set in the world of kabuki – Japan’s most popular traditional performing art. It has been a huge hit in Japan, becoming the country’s highest-grossing live-action...

Asia Times, Northeast Asia, Cinema

While the disastrous local election results may be the final blow that ends Keir Starmer’s premiership, his worst wound has been the continuing fallout from his disastrous decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the...

Voices

At his grandmother’s opulent riverside estate, Darius finds himself judged not for who he is, but for whose son he is. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4...

#Culture, #Life, featured

When American and Chinese presidents meet, it is usually the upstart China that is desperate to be treated as an equal by the world’s pre-eminent superpower. Yet on May 14 when Donald Trump flies to Beijing for the first of four...

Opinion, Donald Trump, Hormuz Blockade

The UK's local elections in May have offered a telling window into where British politics is heading. Arguably, they signal one of the most profound challenges to the post-World War II two-party system in modern Britain, as mainstream support...

Analysis

Human rights groups have warned that a new Israeli bill proposing public trials and possible death sentences for Palestinians accused of involvement in the 7 October 2023 attack could violate international law and turn court proceedings into "show...

MENA

Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a controversial bill that will establish a military tribunal for Palestinians accused of participating in the 7 October attack . Human rights groups have warned that public trials and possible death sentences could violate international...

MENA

Despite the newfound discovery of sexual harassment and the taxpayer-funded settlements, the United States Congress has failed to implement any lasting policy reforms to protect staff from sexual misconduct. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, May 11 2026 (IPS) After...

Gender, Headlines, Human Rights

The European Union approved a new wave of sanctions targeting Israeli settlers and organisations linked to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers on Monday. EU...

World

Britain on Monday slapped sanctions on a dozen Iran -linked individuals and entities accused of involvement in "hostile activities" by Tehran targeting the UK or other countries. Updating its official sanctions list, the Foreign Office in London imposed the...

MENA

An Israeli charity that offered to help Brits move to the West Bank has been photographed at an event in London, despite calls for it to be sanctioned. Shivat Zion had a stall at an ‘Aliyah Fair’, held in...

Archive, Middle East, Top Stories

Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. The war on Iran waged by the US and Israel has caused multidimensional and likely irreversible tectonic shifts. At the global level, the negative effects of the war extend...

Opinion, Donald Trump, Hormuz Blockade

It’s been a tough couple of months for women officials in Washington — or, more accurately, in Trumpland. In early March (Women’s History Month, by the way), in a Truth Social post, the president fired Secretary of Homeland Security...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

Tehran’s reply on May 10 was entirely predictable. Ceasefire, security guarantees for the Strait, total sanctions relief, reparations — the standard package. What apparently surprised Washington was the timing, which produced President Donald Trump’s terse verdict: “totally unacceptable.” Even so,...

Opinion, China-Iran, Donald Trump

- - - - Paying the price The British empire left behind many issues at the heart of world troubles today. Among the least recognized but a key to ongoing problems in the Middle East and the Gulf regions in...

Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permisson. The 2025 US National Security Strategy and the 2026 US National Defense Strategy emphasized the Trump administration’s renewed focus on defending the American homeland and diplomatic priorities toward the Western Hemisphere. Both documents...

Asia Times, Alaska, Opinion

- - - - Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash The term “grifter” gets thrown around an awful lot, often as an insult for anyone who makes money expressing opinions, but has a different opinion from me....

As President Donald Trump tries to assert power over U.S. elections, he has raged on social media, cajoled Republican lawmakers and unleashed the Department of Justice on his political enemies. What has he accomplished with all that effort? Not a...

Courts & Law, News, Politics

As the global target to eliminate hunger by 2030 fast slips out of reach, investing in how the world feeds itself is the only way to avert a crisis. Investing in agrifood systems—from production and processing to distribution and consumption—is...

Africa, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade

Writing for The Wall Street Journal in 1980, the godfather of neoconservatism, Irving Kristol, argued that conservatives ought to stop worrying about deficits and focus on the important work of cutting taxes. Unlike traditional fiscal conservatives, who insisted...

Column, Economic Justice, Opinion

Ruling the world is a tricky business The top story last week, at least in terms of shock value, might well be the ongoing saga of the Trump White House ballroom, which started out as a $200 million development off...

CNI Authors, Commentary & Analysis

Recently, I had the opportunity to stand in a friend’s kitchen eating pupusas , the Salvadoran national food, while listening to an update on conditions in Central America from Cristosal’s Noah Bullock. Cristosal is a key Central...

Environment, Human Rights, Immigration

GAZA, (PIC) Abu Obeida, spokesman for al-Qassam Bridges of Hamas, has expressed pride in martyr Ayman al‑Hashlamoun’s armed clash on Monday with Israeli forces in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Occupied Jerusalem. In a statement on Monday, Abu Obeida also commended West...

News, Abu Obeida, Resistance operations

Open-source information and commercially available facial recognition tools have identified three suspects— Amjad Qadoum, Yasir Samir, and Mustafa Shaheen—who were involved in the October 7 Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel. Facial recognition tools and social media exploitation can yield verifiable...

Long War Journal, News, Gaza
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