(2025-06-19). The United States Must Force Israel To End Its War On Iran. popularresistance.org Israel's attack on Iran last week has opened a stark danger‚Äâ—‚Äâa predictable pattern of escalation ushering in a new phase of the long-standing crises roiling the Middle East region. Certainly Israel has a long history of attacking Iran‚Äâ—‚Äâincluding bombing raids; assassinations of political and military leaders as well as nuclear scientists; cyberattacks; assaults on Iranian allies in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and beyond‚Äâ—‚Äâand Iran has on occasion struck back. But while it is too s…
(2025-06-19). Syria's ancient sites looted as artifacts flood online markets. strategic-culture.su
(2025-06-19). Syria: the post-release emergency programme. icrc.org Windows to Survival and Hope…
(2025-06-19). C4 News ambushes Iranian ambassador with interviewer in Israel despite agreement. skwawkbox.org 
(2025-06-19). Israeli settler throws grenade at Norway ambassador's house BBC, ITV, Sky ignore. skwawkbox.org 
Israeli violence kept quiet again by 'mainstream' media An Israeli settler has thrown a grenade at the residence of the Norwegian ambassador to Israel, damaging the building but fortunately not injuring anyone. The Israeli regime has repeatedly attacked Norway for recognising Palestinian statehood and the Norwegian Sovereign Fund has divested from Israel's energy company, while …
(2025-06-19). The Hague Group's Bogota Meeting: What's At Stake? popularresistance.org A group of eight (formerly nine) nations known as The Hague Group recently announced an emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine, to be held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bogota on 15-16 July 2025. The meeting will focus on the question of international law and accountability in the context of the ongoing crisis in Gaza. | In a joint statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, co-chairs of the group, stated that the meeting will outline a plan for concrete actions to enforce internat…
(2025-06-19). Iran's Grand Strategy Vali Nasr. juancole.com 
Book Review: Vali Nasr, "Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History", (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025). Munich (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — The Islamic Republic of Iran faces its greatest moment of crisis since the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War. After Israel struck nuclear, military, and civilian sites in Iran on June 13, the two countries have …
(2025-06-19). Anorexic teenager in New Zealand starves to death alone. wsws.org The death of the extremely sick 17-year-old in a motel room in 2023 is an indictment of Jacinda Ardern's Labour government, which oversaw a worsening mental health crisis and declining access to services.
(2025-06-19). Alertan que información engañosa retrasa respuesta a crisis climática. radiohc.cu Berna, 19 jun (RHC) Un informe del Panel Internacional sobre el Entorno de la Información, disponible en su web, alerta que la respuesta humana a la crisis climática se ve obstruida y retrasada por la producción y circulación de información engañosa.
(2025-06-19). Is Greece Becoming a Non-Viable Nation State? counterpunch.org 
The secrets of Greek demography A Greek newspaper editor, Nikos Konstandaras, said in the midst of the country's debt crisis, in 2013, that: "The Greeks are in a struggle for survival. And the odds are piling up against us. The fight is not only on the economic front… that has resulted in greatly reduced incomes,
(2025-06-19). Transforming Mental Health Crisis Support. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Benon Kabale Kitafuna at the UN disability rights conference (COSP) in New York City, June 10, 2025. (C) 2025 Jonas Bull/ Human Rights Watch. | © | Turning my own lived experience into advocacy is what motivated me to participate in the UN's global annual disability rights conference this June.And indeed, joining the Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was an excellent opportunity to share two decades of experience and to learn from other disability rights advocates from around the world.I learned from perso…
(2025-06-19). Thai government in crisis amid fallout from PM's leaked phone call. aljazeera.com Backlash over Paetongtarn Shinawatra's leaked call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen could bring down her government.