Fri 22 May 2026: UN Security Council urged to press for Israeli obligations and Hamas disarmament under Gaza ‘ceasefire’ roadmap. The high representative overseeing the United States-founded Board of Peace for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, has warned that the deteriorating status quo in the devastated Palestinian enclave risks becoming “permanent”. Speaking on Thursday to the United […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: Saudi Arabia’s oil export revenues surged to their highest level in more than three years in March, as higher energy prices and the kingdom’s ability to reroute crude shipments helped offset disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Oil exports rose 37.4% year-on-year in March, while their share […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: Netanyahu ordered the swift deportation of detained flotilla activists after criticising a minister’s video mocking them while handcuffed. Israel has released hundreds of activists who attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza and are in the process of deporting them, according to a legal organization working with the flotilla. The […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: Israel is now perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, followed by North Korea, Afghanistan and Iran, according to new global polling published by Nira Data as part of its 2026 democracy and country perception research. The five most positively perceived countries were Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Sweden and […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: The United States has removed Francesca Albanese, a UN special rapporteur on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, from its list of sanctioned individuals, according to the US Treasury Department website. The removal on Wednesday comes a week after a federal judge temporarily blocked the sanctions, finding that the administration likely violated her […]
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Thu 21 May 2026: UN economists forecast global GDP to grow 2.5 percent in 2026 and 2.8 percent in 2027. The United Nations has cut its growth forecast for the global economy, citing the fallout of the war on Iran. Global gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow 2.5 percent this year and 2.8 […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs on Wednesday condemned the illumination of the walls of the Ibrahimi Mosque with the Israeli flag colors and Hebrew phrases. In a statement, the ministry called it “a blatant assault” on the sanctity of the mosque located in the West Bank city of […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: At least 87 people abducted by Israeli forces from an aid flotilla bound for Gaza have begun a hunger strike, organisers say, after Israeli forces intercepted the last remaining vessel in international waters. The group is striking “in protest of their illegal abduction and in solidarity with the over 9,500 Palestinian hostages held […]
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Wed 20 May 2026: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was being lined up by the US and Israel in Iran similarly to Rodriguez after Maduro in Venezuela. The United States and Israel went into war on Iran intending to replace the regime’s leadership with hardline former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, The New York Times reported. Quoting US officials who were briefed […]
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Tue 19 May 2026: It is impossible to understand the logic of America’s exorbitant military expenditures and successive wars in various countries – from Vietnam, Iraq to Venezuela and Iran – without understanding the international monetary system. By designing a global mechanism, the United States has been able to shift the “costs of war” onto […]
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