newarab (2025-06-16). France shuts Israeli weapons booths at Paris Air Show. newarab.com Geopolitical tensions roiled the opening of the Paris Air Show on Monday as French authorities sealed off Israeli weapons industry booths amid the The decision added drama to the major aerospace industry event, which was already under the shadow of last week's Black walls were installed around the stands of five Israeli defence firm…

newarab (2025-06-16). Iran-linked hackers launch wave of cyberattacks on Israel. newarab.com There has been a surge in cyber threats against Israel-based cybersecurity firm Radware said on Sunday it had recorded a 700 percent increase in attacks since 13 June, when Israel began its unprecedented attack against Iranian nuclear and military sites. | The data indicate a "significant escalation in malicious network activity…

newarab (2025-06-16). Iran: Preparing bill to leave nuclear non-proliferation treaty. newarab.com Iranian parliamentarians are preparing a bill that could push Tehran toward exiting the "In light of recent developments, we will take an appropriate decision. Government has to enforce parliament bills but such a proposal is just being prepared and we will coordinate in the later stages with parliament," the ministry's spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei…

newarab (2025-06-16). Iran renames Sadat assassin street to ease rift with Egypt. newarab.com Tehran's municipality announced on Sunday the renaming of Khaled Al-Islambouli Street to Hassan Nasrallah Street, in honour of the Hezbollah leader assassinated by Israel. | The announcement, reported by Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency, marks a shift in tone from Tehran and a Al-Islambouli, an army officer and member of the Islamist group Egyptian Islamic Jihad, assassinated President Anwar Sadat in 1981 in protest against the Camp David peace treaty with Israel. Iran had…

newarab (2025-06-16). Israel air defences failing to down 5-10% of Iran missiles: army. newarab.com Israel's air defences are failing to intercept between five and 10 percent of Iranian ballistic missiles, the Israeli army alleged on Monday, as it provided its first statistics of the The army claims it has successfully managed to shoot down between 80 and 90 percent of the Iranian missiles, The Jerusalem Post reported. | But according to the report, the army says it is "constantly adjusting strategies" and trying to understand how Iran carries out its attacks, as Iran itself adjusts to try and "outpla…

newarab (2025-06-16). Kyiv says 1,245 bodies returned to Ukraine from Russia. newarab.com Ukraine received another 1,245 bodies of its soldiers killed "Today marks the final stage of the repatriation of fallen soldiers," Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said. "Since last week, when the implementation of the Istanbul agreements began, we have managed to bring back over 6,000 bodies." | This marks one of the largest returns of war dead since Russia launched its full-sca…

newarab (2025-06-16). Lebanese MP calls for NATO membership, drawing public ridicule. newarab.com Lebanese MP Walid Al-Baarini, a Sunni lawmaker and member of the National Moderation Bloc, has called on the Lebanese state to "take a bold stance and submit a request to join NATO as soon as possible", triggering a wave of public ridicule and criticism over the political and legal implausibility of such a move. | Speaking during a tour of the Akkar region, Al-Baarini said his proposal was rooted in a desire to protect Lebanon, not to entangle it in global military blocs. | He said that the call came in response to what he described as years of deception by a regional axis that "collapsed more quickly than any…

newarab (2025-06-16). Middle East air travel disrupted amid Israel-Iran escalation. newarab.com Flights across the Middle East continue to be grounded or rerouted as Ben Gurion International Airport, Israel's main aviation hub, remains closed to all civilian flights amid fears of further missile attacks. Israeli flag carrier El Al has suspended services until…

newarab (2025-06-16). Minnesota lawmaker killing suspect appears in court for murder. newarab.com

newarab (2025-06-16). Mossad's reach inside Iran exposed as Tehran arrests 28 'agents'. newarab.com In the outskirts of Rey, south of Tehran, Iranian authorities announced the dismantlement of a "clandestine drone-bomb factory" To Iranian officials, the discovery was hailed as a sign of vigilance. But to analysts, it pointed to something more alarming. They see it as evidence of a sustained intelligence offensive…

newarab (2025-06-16). Rights groups slam Saudi execution of journalist. newarab.com Human rights groups and press freedom advocates have criticised Saudi journalist Turki al-Jasser was executed on Saturday, authorities said. He was arrested in 2018 and tried for terrorism, treason and endangering national security. | Jasser was a well-known journalist and blogger who had covered issues including women's rights, the Arab Spring revolts and corruption while working…

newarab (2025-06-16). Seeking unity, G7 meets amid escalating Middle East conflicts. newarab.com Leaders from the The G7 leaders from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US, along with the European Union, are convening in the resort of Kananaskis in the Canadian Rockies until Tuesday. | But beyond the serene and picturesque mountain setting, they confront challenges. The first five months…

newarab (2025-06-16). Trump administration weighs adding 36 countries to travel ban. newarab.com Earlier this month, the Republican president signed a proclamation that banned the entry of citizens from 12 countries, saying the move was needed to protect the United States against "foreign terrorists" and other national security threats. | The d…

newarab (2025-06-16). Trump orders deportation drive targeting Democratic cities. newarab.com "We must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside," Trump said on his Truth Social platform. | "These, and other such Cities, are the core of the Democrat Power Center," he…

newarab (2025-06-16). US envoy Huckabee: Iran missile caused light damage, no injuries. newarab.com The Iran unleashed a barrage of missiles on Israeli cities early Monday, after Israel struck military targets deep inside Iran, with both sides threatening further devastation. | According to news agency AFP, gutted buildings were seen in the coastal hub of Tel Aviv, after Israel's army warned people to take cover from incoming Iranian m…

newarab (2025-06-16). With Judea and Samaria Act Religious Zionism infiltrates US laws. newarab.com

Norman Solomon (2025-06-16). "No Kings Day" was historic. Now we need a powerful — and independent — movement against Trump. nationofchange.org People can unite to lead so that leaders will follow, and justice can prevail.

Leonid Savin (2025-06-16). Le Royaume-Uni se prépare à la guerre. thealtworld.com Le 2 juin, le gouvernement britannique a publié le rapport naguère promis sur sa stratégie de défense, ce qui a donné un document de 140 pages présentant sa vision du développement des forces armées du pays, leur utilisation et les menaces qui pèsent sur le Royaume-Uni. | Le préambule souligne que ´ la menace à laquelle nous sommes confrontés aujourd'hui est plus grave et moins prévisible que jamais depuis la guerre froide. La Grande-Bretagne est confrontée à la guerre en Europe, à l'agression croissante de la Russie, à de nouveaux risques nucléaires et à des cyberattaques quotidiennes sur son propre territ…

Caitlin Johnstone (2025-06-16). If It's To Be War With Iran, Let It Be The War That Nobody Comes To. thealtworld.com Let's make this clear: if the US bombs Iran, Iran And they will have died for nothing. | Anyone who dies in a war with Iran will have died for nothing. | They will not have died fighting for anyone's freedom. They will not have died prote…

Andrew Korybko (2025-06-16). Russia's BRICS Sherpa Shared Some Insight Into The Group. thealtworld.com Sergey Ryabkov sought to clarify Russia's approach towards BRICS, which is still grossly misunderstood by the Mainstream Media and the Alt-Media Community alike. | Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, who also serves as his country's BRICS Sherpa, shared some insight into the group during his latest interview with

Caitlin Johnstone (2025-06-16). Fox News Just Helped Netanyahu Spread The Lie That Iran Tried To Assassinate Trump. thealtworld.com Benjamin Netanyahu was given a platform to spout lies and war propaganda on Fox News Netanyahu promoted countless incendiary falsehoods and unsubstantiated claims throughout the interview, including the assertion that Iran was working on producing nuclear weapons and intended to give them to Yemen's Houthis to facilitate global terrorism, and that Iran was working on intercontinent…

Tom MacDonald (2025-06-16). SEPTA swears in new transit police officers amid budget woes and ongoing safety concerns. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? SEPTA swore in more than a dozen new transit police officers Monday amid a The 13 new officers took the oath at SEPTA headquarters, vowing not to discriminate against people and to uphold the law on Philadelphia's buses, trains and trolleys. The transit police force now has 192 officers — about 95% of its bud…

Marc Levy (2025-06-16). Talks in Pennsylvania are at crunch time over a budget, legalizing marijuana and taxing skill games. whyy.org Pennsylvania Gov. A push is also on to make Pennsylvania the 25th state to legalize marijuana for adult use, raise the minimum wage and slap taxes on slot machine-like "skill" games that are popping up in bars, pizzerias, convenience stores and even standalone parlors. | Pennsylvania's politically divided government has two weeks left to pass a new spending plan before the state loses some spending authority…

Lindsay Whitehurst (2025-06-16). Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal from New Jersey faith-based pregnancy center. whyy.org The justices agreed to consider an appeal from First Choice Women's Resource Centers, which wants to block a 2023 subpoena from

Mike Catalini (2025-06-16). New Jersey can have a grand jury investigate clergy sex abuse allegations, state high court rules. whyy.org New Jersey can have a grand jury examine allegations of clergy sexually abusing children, the state's Supreme Court ruled Monday, after a Catholic diocese that had tried for years to block such proceedings The Diocese of Camden previously had argued that a court rule prevents the state attorney general from impaneling a grand jury to issue findings in the state's investigation into decades of allegations against church officials. But the diocese notified the court in…

Studio 2 staff (2025-06-16). 'No Kings', ICE raids, Minnesota assassination, more: Political news roundtable. whyy.org We discuss the news of the past week with Solomon Jones, Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and WURD radio host, and lawyer and columnist Christine Flowers.

Aamer Madhani (2025-06-16). Trump directs ICE to expand deportations in Democratic-run cities. whyy.org President Trump in a social media posting called on

Zoà´ Read (2025-06-16). New Castle County residents seek accountability from Delaware City Refinery, regulators. whyy.org This story is part of the From the Poconos to the Jersey Shore to the mouth of the Delaware Bay, what do you want to know about climate change? What would you like us to cover? | When a mechanical failure caused toxic air pollutants to emit from the Delaware City Refinery for almost three weeks, nearby residents expressed their frustration. The refinery, located in New Castle County, has violated their permit on multiple occasions.

Nicole Leonard (2025-06-16). Pennsylvania lawmakers move to regulate private equity deals in health care, but a bill faces hurdles in the Senate. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Patients, laid-off employees, community leaders and legislators in Delaware County continue to deal with the fallout from last month's They blame the closure, in large part, on a series of business deals driven by profit-seeking private equity groups with controlling stakes in the hospitals' California-based par…

A A (2025-06-16). Europa: il tramonto di una civiltà. strategic-culture.su Europa sotto il dominio del capitale globale | Alberto BRADANINI | Segue nostro I meno sprovveduti tra gli abitanti del Vecchio Continente dovrebbero convenire che la rappresentazione dell'Europa — regione geografica, l'insieme disordinato di stati nazionali (sovrani solo sulla carta) o la cosiddetta Unione (Ue) — si colloca decisamente sopra le righe, in buona sostanza non risponde al vero. Coloro che sono persuasi del contr…

Allene Florence Darmawan (2025-06-16). Trump vs. Harvard: Defending the Human Right to Education Amid Political Turmoil. moderndiplomacy.eu In this year, 2025, the Trump administration once again took an unprecedented and outrageous step by blocking Harvard University from admitting international students in the name of "national security" concerns. The policy has sparked a fierce legal battle and raised serious questions about human rights, particularly the basic right to education. The impact itself has …

Anatol Lieven (2025-06-16). Europe's risky war on Russia's 'shadow fleet'. responsiblestatecraft.org The European Union's latest moves (as part of its 17th

Charles Rotter (2025-06-16). Settled Science Springs a Leak: Rivers Reveal the Carbon Cycle's Dirty Secret. wattsupwiththat.com To call climate science "settled" in the wake of this paper is not just intellectually lazy—it's laughable. It's the scientific equivalent of declaring victory halfway through a chess match while ignoring that your queen is missing and half your pawns are spies. The river CO2 study is not a minor correction. It's a flashing red light that we're still flying blind.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2025-06-16). The Folly Of A War With Iran. popularresistance.org The neoconservatives who orchestrated the disastrous wars with Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya — and who were never held accountable for the profligate waste of $8 trillion taxpayer dollars, as well as $69 billion squandered in Ukraine — look set to lure us into yet another military fiasco with Iran. | Iran is not Iraq. Iran is not Afghanistan. Iran is not Lebanon. Iran is not Libya. Iran is not Syria. Iran is not Yemen. Iran is the seventeenth largest country in the world, with a land mass equivalent to the size of Western Europe. It has a population of almost 90 million — 10 times greater t…

Dr. Arshad M. Khan (2025-06-16). The world with Trump's heavy hand on it. moderndiplomacy.eu So the National Guard has been called in to quell the riots in Los Angeles . . . without as much as a 'by your leave' to the California governor. No wonder Gavin Newsom is mad as hell and is suing President Trump plus the Department of Defense and Secretary Hyseth for the illegal takeover of …

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). New key flight route further bolsters Sino-Kazakh ties. ecns.cn Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, recently opened a direct flight route from Almaty — the country's largest city and a key industrial hub — to a major Chinese city, playing a vital role in advancing the already close economic relations between China and the Central Asian nation.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Adorable 'Tang Niu' IP thrives, showcasing China's creative economy. ecns.cn "I've created many cultural IP images before, but few have sparked such a huge market response and won so much genuine affection such as the chibi-style Tang Dynasty (618-907) lady figurine "Tang Niu," said Chinese artist Qiao Qiao.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Macao to grant visa-free entry to nationals of five gulf countries. ecns.cn The Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) will implement a visa-free entry policy for citizens of five Gulf countries, according to an executive order published in the Macao SAR Gazette on Monday.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Cultivating 'desert ginseng' in Xinjiang brings green wealth to arid lands. ecns.cn In the vast Taklimakan Desert of Xinjiang, a once-barren landscape is transforming into a thriving green economy ⚪ driven by the large-scale cultivation of Cistanche, known popularly as "desert ginseng."

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Beijing subway supports JCB, American Express contactless payments starting from Sunday. ecns.cn Beijing's urban rail transit system recently began accepting newly added support for contactless fare payments using overseas-issued JCB cards and both domestically and internationally issued American Express cards, authorities said Sunday.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Sino-Uzbek all-round cultural partnership bridging civilizations. ecns.cn Given that global uncertainty marks this era, the need for genuine intercultural dialogue and people-to-people exchanges has never been greater. Uzbekistan, strategically located on the Silk Road, is once again emerging as a meeting point for ideas, artists and civilizations.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). More in region are seeking to learn Chinese. ecns.cn Learning Chinese has become very popular in Central Asia, with the number of candidates taking the Chinese Proficiency Test — also known as the HSK — soaring to over 16,700 in 2024, a threefold increase compared with 2020, according to the test organizer.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Chinese-Kazakh energy cooperation a win-win. ecns.cn Amid the rapid changes in the global energy order, energy cooperation between Kazakhstan and China is gaining greater strategic significance. Kazakhstan, with its vast reserves of hydrocarbons and uranium, as well as its advantageous geographical location, has become a key partner of China in ensuring energy security.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). China, Central Asia witness deepened economic, trade ties. ecns.cn China and Central Asia have seen their economic and trade ties continue to strengthen with trade among them growing rapidly for more than a decade.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). China, Central Asia sees record-high trade growth in the first five months of 2025. ecns.cn China's total trade volume with the five Central Asian countries grew by 10.4% year-on-year in the first five months of 2025, reaching 286.42 billion yuan ($39.93 billion), a record high for the same period in the previous years, according to data released by China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). PLA conducts patrol in South China Sea, on high alert for destabilizing activities. ecns.cn The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command on Saturday conducted a joint sea-air patrol in the South China Sea, a spokesperson said on Sunday, noting that the armed forces stay on high alert for any destabilizing activities in the region.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Separatist acts can't stop civil exchanges. ecns.cn Genuine civil exchanges between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, as well as the emotional bond rooted in shared heritage, cannot be undermined by separatist actions, participants from both sides of the Taiwan Strait said at the 17th Straits Forum, held on Sunday in Xiamen, Fujian province.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Summit eyes closer, broader cooperation. ecns.cn The six countries are expected to issue an Astana declaration that comprehensively summarizes the successful experiences of China-Central Asian cooperation and sign a number of documents, Sun added.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Dialogue urged as Israel, Iran trade strikes. ecns.cn Israel and Iran traded attacks for the third day in a row on Sunday, deepening their most intense direct confrontation to date.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Bonded by the Silk Road, bound for the future. ecns.cn China and Central Asia have enjoyed a friendship spanning millennia rooted in the ancient Silk Road. Since the first China-Central Asia Summit, tourism exchanges between the two sides have become increasingly closer, with a noticeable increase in mutual tourist visits.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Demonstrators rally across U.S. on parade day. ecns.cn Chanting protesters flooded streets across the United States since Saturday morning for "No Kings "Day, rallying against the administration across multiple policy areas.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Shenzhen, Chengdu among model cities of beautiful consumption: survey. ecns.cn The data release event for the 2024-2025 "China Beautiful Life Survey" was held on Sunday in Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province. The model cities of a beautiful life as seen through the eyes of the public were officially unveiled.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Inaugural China-Central Asia international cultural tourism train serves as new channel for closer people-to-people, culture exchanges. ecns.cn The first China-Central Asia cultural tourism train, linking Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, with Almaty, Kazakhstan, recently completed its first round trip, marking the opening of a new channel for deepening connectivity and promoting people-to-people and cultural exchanges between China and Central Asia.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). China, Central Asia accelerate tourism cooperation. ecns.cn Recently, the first China-Central Asia cultural tourism train, running from Xi'an in northwest China's Shaanxi Province to Almaty in Kazakhstan, began operations, signaling significant progress in tourism exchanges and cooperation between China and Central Asian countries.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Tourism exchanges boom between China and Central Asia. ecns.cn Since the first China-Central Asia Summit in 2023, tourism exchanges between China and Central Asia have grown closer, becoming a key bridge for promoting people-to-people bonds. Today, China and Central Asia are popular destinations for each other, with a clear rise in two-way tourist flows.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). China launches satellite Zhangheng 1-02 for natural disaster monitoring. ecns.cn China launched an electromagnetic monitoring satellite Zhangheng 1-02 at 3: 56 p.m. (Beijing Time) on Saturday, successfully sending it into its planned orbit, which is expected to enhance the country's "space-air-ground" integrated monitoring capabilities for major natural disasters.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). Visa-free policy leads to rise in cross-border travel. ecns.cn While the volume of goods and number of trains crossing back and forth over the China-Kazakhstan border in Horgos, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, continue to break records, passenger crossings are also on the increase, border officials said.

ecns.cn (2025-06-16). China-Central Asia collaboration a necessity. ecns.cn Central Asia is undergoing significant changes. Its population, growing at the rate of about 2 percent a year, has reached 82 million, up 40 percent since 2000, with the combined GDP of the region's five countries touching $519 billion in 2024, an increase of 400 percent since 2000.

editor (2025-06-16). AUKUS: a very antipodean stupidity. onlineopinion.com.au AUKUS was conceived by paranoid armchair strategists, flabby think tankers and profligate spenders happy to expend other people's money.

editor (2025-06-16). Israel's attack on Iran and its potential fallout. onlineopinion.com.au Israel's attack on Iran's nuclear facilities may be justified if one takes Netanyahu's explanation at face value. I doubt, however, if he and Trump have fully considered the ominous regional ramifications of the attack.

Editor (2025-06-16). Iranians are "Outraged" : Iranian-American Professor on Tehran Attack Aftermath. scheerpost.com By Glenn Greenwald / | | Please share this story and help us grow our network!: | | Editor's Note: At a moment when the once vaunted model of responsible journalism is overwhelmingly the play thing of self-serving billionaires and their corporate scribes, alternat…

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Activists call for end to Australia-Israel two-way weapons trade. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Cancel AUKUS now! greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Fair for who? IWC's 'Fairer Future' housing plan. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Forum told a sanctuary network is being built to protect refugees, asylum seekers. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Greens, former major general, call for AUKUS review. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Hundreds protest illegal arrest of Madleen crew at office. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Nasser Mashni: 'We desperately need more from our Prime Minister'. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Pakistan's agriculture in ruins: Economic survey exposes failure of government policies. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Palestine and the fight to cut ties to Israel's Elbit systems. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Photos: Thousands stand with Yuendumu, demand justice for Kumanjayi White. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Protesters take aim at Maersk over ties to Israel. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Protests for Palestine continue as Israel attacks Iran. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Unions, parties continue to press NSW Labor over workers' compensation. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Vale Ian Colvin: A gentle activist leader. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Voice for Members calls for a member-led public sector union. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2025-06-16). Green Left Show LA protests: Resisting racist deportations. greenleft.org.au

Guest Blogger (2025-06-16). STEVE MILLOY: President Trump Moves To End The War On Coal. wattsupwiththat.com President Trump took two major steps this week to end the 14-year-old Democrat war against the coal industry and cheap electricity. Although greens have promised to sue, they are unlikely to succeed as the moves have pretty much been pre-approved by the Supreme Court.

Guest Blogger (2025-06-16). Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup. wattsupwiththat.com "Progress often involves the killing of an exquisite theory by an ugly fact." — Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate in Physics, The God Particle (1993)…

Hadi Pradnyana (2025-06-16). Cybersecurity Reform in Indonesia: How Far Can Decentralization Go? moderndiplomacy.eu The securitization of cyberspace has become an inescapable feature of contemporary governance. In many states, cybersecurity is no longer confined to specialized technical agencies or intelligence services. It has evolved into a broad concern involving multiple institutional actors operating across sectors and administrative levels. In Indonesia, the escalation of cyber threats—ranging from data breaches and …

Izzy Mccabe, Fight Back! News. (2025-06-16). Seattle Protesters Enforce Blockade Against ICE, Clash With Cops. popularresistance.org Seattle, WA — In the early morning hours of June 10, activists and community members gathered at the courtyard of the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle in solidarity with the rebellion in LA and against deportations. | The federal building is the site of the area's immigration court where ICE has been detaining and disappearing people before they can seek legal counsel or contact their loved ones. | The rally was organized by the Pierce County Immigration Alliance, Students for a Democratic Society, Freedom Road Socialist Organization and 50501 Washington.

jborinoco (2025-06-16). Pakistan Says to Stand by Iran 'In Every Way'. orinocotribune.com Pakistan voiced full support to Iran on Saturday, with its defense minister saying that Islamabad stands by Tehran "in every way." | As he addressed a session of Pakistan's National Assembly, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said the Zionist entity attacked Iran last night, targeted its military installations, and killed its military leaders. | "We stand by Iran in every way. We will protect Iranian interests," Asif said as quoted by dunyanews.tv. | "In this entire situation, Israel is not acting alone," he remarked, noting that Iran is a neighboring country of Pakistan and "we have centuries-old relations." | "In t…

John Ahni Schertow, Intercontinental Cry. (2025-06-16). 20 Major Wins For Indigenous Rights In 2025. popularresistance.org So far, 2025 has been a powerful year for Indigenous rights. Over the past 6 months we have seen many hard-fought victories and long-awaited acts of justice for Indigenous Peoples across the globe. While these wins vary in scale and geography, a common thread runs through them all: Indigenous leadership. | Whether resisting oil drilling in the Peruvian Amazon, overturning mining projects in Arizona, or securing court protections for uncontacted peoples in Colombia and Ecuador, these movements reflect a resurgence of Indigenous authority in matters that directly affect their survival and future.

Max Blumenthal, The Grayzone. (2025-06-16). 'Satanic acts': Iran's Dr. Foad Izadi on Israel's New Regime Change War. popularresistance.org The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Dr. Foad Izadi, professor of world politics at the University of Tehran, amid Israeli airstrikes on Iran which assassinated nuclear scientists and military officials while killing many civilians. As one of his country's most prolific political commentators, Izadi critiques the Iranian president's diplomacy with the US, Trump's perfidious actions, and the mood of Iranian society.

newleftreview (2025-06-16). David Harvey: On Sraffa's Trail. newleftreview.org David Harvey recalls a lifetime of encounters, actual and intellectual, with the enigmatic Piero Sraffa. Interlocutor of Wittgenstein, Keynes and Robinson; devastating critic of neoclassical economics; helpmeet of Gramsci and rescuer of his Prison Notebooks. Reflections on an éminence grise of twentieth-century intellectual life.

newleftreview (2025-06-16). Ed McNally: Instruments of Empire. newleftreview.org Ed McNally on Hugh Wilford, The CIA: An Imperial History. Antidote to apologias for the US intelligence agency, a periodization from the Truman Doctrine to the 'war on terror'.

newleftreview (2025-06-16). Jiwei Xiao: China's Worker Artists. newleftreview.org Jiwei Xiao on Margaret Hillenbrand, On the Edge. Analysis of working-class precarity as a structure of feeling, manifest in Chinese literary and visual culture.

newleftreview (2025-06-16). Loic Wacquant: Punish to Rule. newleftreview.org If punishment was central to colonial statecraft—police, courts and prisons forming a 'penal triad'—how has this logic mutated since? A comparative survey of the forms of official violence that upheld empires past sheds light on techniques for domesticating today's hyperghettos and banlieues.

newleftreview (2025-06-16). Lola Seaton: Trusting Art? newleftreview.org Replying to Malcolm Bull's hypotheses in NLR 151 on the balance of trust in the artworld and cryptocurrency, Lola Seaton asks what distinguishes readymade works, like Cattelan's banana, from everyday commodities—and what exactly buyers of conceptual art get to own.

newleftreview (2025-06-16). Ross Douthat: Condition of America. newleftreview.org Nick Burns quizzes the New York Times columnist on the contradictory ideological forces and factions driving the second Trump Administration, the strengths and weaknesses of American liberalism and the state of the country that he's described as sinking into economic and cultural stagnation.

newleftreview (2025-06-16). Wang Xiaoming: On Civilization and Its Barbarisms. newleftreview.org Lessons from the history of Chinese thought on the tension between the liberal-democratic internal order of great powers and the imperial 'law of the jungle' to which they subject weaker countries. How to resist their barbarity—how to civilize oneself—without barbarizing others?

newleftreview (2025-06-16). Wolfgang Streeck: The Road Right. newleftreview.org A high-turnout election, sharply polarized around immigration, has brought another centrist coalition to power in Berlin. Wolfgang Streeck offers an unsparing analysis of Germany's political situation as its hardline incoming Chancellor rams through an expansive fiscal revolution and the far-right AfD doubles its seats.

News Desk, The Cradle. (2025-06-16). Iran Will Not Stop Strikes Until US-Backed Israeli War Ends. popularresistance.org Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on 15 June that Iran will not end its strikes against Israel until the US-backed Israeli war against the country is halted. | "We are defending ourselves; our defense is entirely legitimate," the foreign minister said. | "This defense is our response to aggression. If the aggression stops, naturally our responses will also stop," he added. | Araghchi condemned the Israeli attack on Iran's offshore South Pars gas field on Saturday night, warning that "dragging the conflict to the Persian Gulf is a strategic mistake, and its aim is to drag the war beyond Iranian territory…

Shiwen Yap (2025-06-16). From Libertarian Enclaves to Global Trade Hubs: Reframing Prospera as a Global Trade Catalyst. moderndiplomacy.eu Honduras Próspera Inc. originated as an innovative developer of Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs). For sustainable growth, it must forge radical coalitions and international partnerships. To establish Próspera as a global brand rather than a promoter of isolated libertarian enclaves, the company should pursue three concurrent strategies: Translating this into a cohesive brand …

Staff (2025-06-16). øCómo afecta el impago a los productores y a la economía cubana? (+ Video). cubadebate.cu øPor qué se demoran los pagos a quienes producen alimentos en Cuba? øQué consecuencias tiene esto en la economía y en la vida cotidiana? øQuién debe responder y cómo se resuelve? Para debatir sobre estos temas invitamos a Zoila Victoria Leiva Oro, directora de economía del Ministerio de Comercio Interior; Alexis Santos Nin, director de economía del Ministerio de la Agricultura, y Silvio Gutiérrez Pérez, director del Centro de Estudios Contables Financieros y de Seguros.

Steven Ganot (2025-06-16). Coordinated Humanitarian Transfer Moves Families Out of Al-Hawl. themedialine.org

Steven Ganot (2025-06-16). Israel Strikes Iran as Hopes for Regime Collapse Resurface. themedialine.org

Steven Ganot (2025-06-16). Israeli Air Force Hits Deep Into Iran After Missile Barrages Rock the Jewish State. themedialine.org

Steven Ganot (2025-06-16). 'We Will Not Have a Second Holocaust,' Netanyahu Says of Iran Confrontation. themedialine.org

Tony Schick, Pro Publica. (2025-06-16). Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Tribes To Restore Salmon. popularresistance.org Less than two years ago, the administration of President Joe Biden announced what tribal leaders hailed as an unprecedented commitment to the Native tribes whose ways of life had been devastated by federal dam-building along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. | The deal, which took two years to negotiate, halted decades of lawsuits over the harm federal dams had caused to the salmon that had sustained those tribes culturally and economically for thousands of years. To enable the removal of four hydroelectric dams considered especially harmful to salmon, the government promised to invest billions of doll…

tvbrics (2025-06-16). China to eliminate tariffs on imports from all African countries. tvbrics.com The tariff elimination falls under the new China—Africa Economic Partnership for Shared Development…

tvbrics (2025-06-16). Kerala leads India's state IQ rankings as education-focused states dominate top positions. tvbrics.com These findings shed light on the strong correlation between robust educational ecosystems and cognitive development…

tvbrics (2025-06-16). Russia presents vision for future of global economy. tvbrics.com Essays from authors in 102 countries form the foundation of the report…

tvbrics (2025-06-16). UAE GDP reaches US$482.5 billion thanks to non-oil sector growth. tvbrics.com Transport and storage led with a growth rate of 9.6 per cent, helped by a 10 per cent increase in passenger traffic…

tvbrics (2025-06-16). Vietnam targets global leadership in sustainable seafood exports by 2030. tvbrics.com Vietnam's seafood business community is positioning itself to lead in both scale and sustainability…

United World International (2025-06-16). US debt: Global power on credit. unitedworldint.com The attractiveness of the US Dollar is in decline. By Stephan Kaufmann The US government is launching a new offensive to consolidate the economic foundations of its global power. The planned new budget is intended to make the US a magnet for capital from all over the world. Tax cuts are intended to channel investor …

United World International (2025-06-16). Peace is out of reach… uwidata.com Ukraine has hit Russia's strategic nuclear bombers and sabotaged rail lines. In doing so, it targeted both Russia's new nuclear doctrine and Russian civilians. So, it's no surprise that the Istanbul peace table fell apart without any real outcome. And now, it's back to war… What is happening on the front lines? Russia has responded …

Vijay Prashad, Counter Punch. (2025-06-16). The Illegal Attack On Iran. popularresistance.org Israel's consistent attacks on Iran since 2023 have all been illegal, violations of the United Nations Charter (1945). Iran is a member state of the United Nations and is therefore a sovereign state in the international order. If Israel had a problem with Iran, there are many mechanisms mandated by international law that permit Israel to bring complaints against Iran. | Thus far, Israel has avoided these international forums because it is clear that it has no case against Iran. Allegations that Iran is building a nuclear weapon, which are constantly raised by the United States, the European Union, and Israel, hav…

Helen Santoro (2025-06-16). Drugmakers' Secret Weapon To Keep Your Meds Overpriced. levernews.com Pharmaceutical companies are taking advantage of the drug patent system to keep prices of essential medications high, according to a

Veronica Riccobene (2025-06-16). Big Tech Is Behind Your Massive Electric Bill. levernews.com