(2026-06-22). US, Iran hold firstround of 'fragile' talks. tribune.com.pk 
US and Iranian negotiators ended the first round of high-stakes talks in Switzerland on Sunday without a breakthrough, as back-channel diplomacy continues amid mounting tensions triggered by renewed US threats, Iranian objections and escalating regional instability linked to Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz. | The quadrilateral talks, called 'Lake Lucerne Summit' at the Burgenstock resort lasted about 80 minutes, according to Iranian state media. The US and Iranian negotiating teams also held separate private talks with Pakistani and Qatari officials, various US media outlet stated. | CNN quoting its diplomati…
(2026-06-22). Ports Of Resistance: Blocking The War Machine And Genocide Economy. popularresistance.org As Israel's genocidal campaign grinds on — with over 70,000 Palestinians slaughtered in Gaza and its aggression now spreading into Lebanon — a powerful new front of resistance is emerging at the world's ports. Dockworkers, truckers, and solidarity activists are refusing to be complicit in the machinery of death, physically blocking weapons shipments and exposing the global supply chains that fuel endless war and profit from mass slaughter. | These actions are not symbolic gestures. They are a developing strategy to choke the war machine and dismantle the genocide economy at its weakest links.
(2026-06-22). True Spirituality Confronts The Abuses Of The Empire. thealtworld.com A spirituality that is uninterested in ending war, genocide, poverty and injustice is a dead spirituality. If you hold your time on the meditation cushion as something separate from the weeping mother clutching a small body in Lebanon, you're wasting your time. | Sometimes I get asked why I only occasionally write about "spiritual" matters like awakening, egoic delusion, inner work etc, but from my point of view everything I write is about that stuff. To oppose the injustices and abuses of our world is to directly interface with the mechanisms of humanity's struggle to become a conscious species. | The overwhelmi…
(2026-06-21). Israel lifts war curbs on northern border. tribune.com.pk 
Israel on Sunday announced the lifting of all restrictions imposed on northern border areas as part of the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, after fighting wound down following a flare-up. | "Starting at 6am on Monday, June 22, 2026, all restrictions will be lifted in the Confrontation Line area," the Israeli military said, adding that the border communities "will move to a full activity level, with no restrictions, instead of a partial activity level". | Israel's military chief said that Hezbollah had suffered a severe blow fighting Israeli forces and was now in a "very difficult position", as he met with troops…