Andreas Krieg, King’s College London The Conversation Iranian attacks on Gulf vessels trying to transit via Omani sovereign waters have once again pulled the region into a tit-for-tat spiral of escalation. The US responded by cancelling the waiver permitting Iranian oil exports. Two nights of punitive airstrikes by the US air force against targets across southern […]
Juan Cole Informed Comment The multi-day funeral ceremonies for the assassinated leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ended this past week with four stages. On Monday, enormous crowds staged a procession through Tehran. On Tuesday, Khamenei’s coffin was taken to the Iranian holy city of Qom, a center of seminary life. On Wednesday, it was […]
Jonathan Cook Substack Actions speak louder than words, as the saying goes. So far, all we have from Andy Burnham – expected to become Britain’s new prime minister in little more than a week – are words. His three-minute monologue to camera on Gaza, communicated via social media, was carefully, and cynically, calibrated. Labour’s initial response […]
Nuriel Vera-Degraff, The Indypendent. On May 31, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir marched down Fifth Avenue as a part of New York City’s annual Israel Day Parade. He was joined by many of the state’s most prominent Democratic politicians including Governor Kathy Hochul, Senator Chuck Schumer and Attorney General Leticia James. In another sign of collapsing support […]
Petro reiterated claims of electoral fraud and promised to resist “peacefully and actively” the incoming government of De la Espriella, who has already vowed to initiate legal proceedings against several members of the outgoing progressive administration.
BreakThrough News , July 12, 2026
China called for the US to heed the call for justice made by the overwhelming majority of countries demanding that it end the blockade on Cuba.
Zoe. , July 12, 2026