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By Shahrokh Saei
Law above the clouds: Caracas counters Washington’s illegal threats
TEHRAN – Venezuela has forcefully rejected recent threats from President Donald Trump to treat its skies as closed, arguing the United States has no legal authority to impose restrictions on another nation’s airspace. Officials in Caracas insist that the move is not only illegitimate but also a direct challenge to the principles of international law.
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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s war anxiety: Between genuine peril and manufactured panic
BEIRUT- Lebanese society has long been marked by debates, disagreements, and deep ideological fault lines. Division is not a uniquely Lebanese pathology but a universal human reflex—dating back, as Rousseau suggested, to the moment the first man staked a claim and declared, “This is mine.”
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By Wesam Bahrani
Gaza’s death toll hits grim milestone of 70,000
TEHRAN – More than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed as the occupying Israeli regime’s genocidal assault on Gaza continues with no end in sight.
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Mass rallies mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
People marched across Europe and beyond at the weekend, denouncing Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and demanding urgent global action to stop its crimes against the Palestinian people. The demonstrations coincided with the United Nations’ International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, as the death toll from Israel’s assault on Gaza surpassed 70,000 lives.
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By Mahdi Zolfaghari
Economic storm ahead for U.S. Congress
TEHRAN - U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a new wave of negative economic polls, indicating that a significant portion of voters are dissatisfied with his administration’s handling of financial and livelihood issues. This growing dissatisfaction, reflected increasingly in public data, could directly impact his political standing, especially ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections.
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By Ranjan Solomon
Europe’s war, Ukraine’s ruin, and the case for a new architecture of peace
GOA, India - The Western narrative insists that Russia launched an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. This story, repeated endlessly by the Atlantic establishment, conveniently deletes the political timeline that made war inevitable.
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By Sahar Dadjoo
Israel waging ‘ecocide’ to erase Gaza’s future, expert warns
Omar Nashabeh says destruction of Gaza’s ecosystems proves a long-term strategy to make Palestinian life impossible
TEHRAN - As the “Right to Resist” International People’s Tribunal on Palestine delivered its landmark verdict in Barcelona—finding Israel, the United States, key European states, and other actors guilty of genocide, ecocide, forced starvation, and systematic violations of international law—one of the most compelling expert voices was that of Dr. Omar Nashabeh.
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Pope Leo XIV begins Lebanon visit expected to deliver strong peace appeal
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, marking the second and final stop of his first foreign tour as head of the Catholic Church, where he is expected to deliver a strong appeal for peace, Al Mayadeen reported.
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By Shahrokh Saei
Law above the clouds: Caracas counters Washington’s illegal threats
TEHRAN – Venezuela has forcefully rejected recent threats from President Donald Trump to treat its skies as closed, arguing the United States has no legal authority to impose restrictions on another nation’s airspace. Officials in Caracas insist that the move is not only illegitimate but also a direct challenge to the principles of international law.
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By Sondoss Al Asaad
Lebanon’s war anxiety: Between genuine peril and manufactured panic
BEIRUT- Lebanese society has long been marked by debates, disagreements, and deep ideological fault lines. Division is not a uniquely Lebanese pathology but a universal human reflex—dating back, as Rousseau suggested, to the moment the first man staked a claim and declared, “This is mine.”
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By Wesam Bahrani
Gaza’s death toll hits grim milestone of 70,000
TEHRAN – More than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed as the occupying Israeli regime’s genocidal assault on Gaza continues with no end in sight.
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Philippine protesters rally against trillion‑peso corruption scandal
Tens of thousands of people have marched in the Philippine capital, Manila, demanding President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s resignation over a corruption scandal linked to government spending on flood-control infrastructure, Al Jazeera reported Sunday.
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Death toll surpasses 600 in Southeast Asia floods and landslides
The death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, Reuters reported Sunday, citing regional officials, as relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced people continued over the weekend.
