New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday announced a Rs 10,000 crore Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) price stabilisation mechanism for Indian airlines to ensure stability in air services, and shield passengers from the impact of extraordinary volatility in the global fuel prices amid the continuing crisis in West Asia.
The Persepolis author understood us and translated us for the world. We have lost our most eloquent spokesperson Marjane Satrapi has died and every Iranian woman I know is in shock and mourning, while none seems confused by reports of the cause. She died “of sadness”, according to those close to her.
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities as the US attempts to overcome one of the largest barriers to reaching a broader deal to end the war with Iran. But the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is dependent on a complete halt of fire from Hezbollah, and the evacuation of all its fighters in southern Lebanon. Lucy Hough speaks to Beirut-based reporter William Christou Continue reading...
France throws weight behind Israel-Lebanon ceasefire President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France backs the ceasefire in Lebanon after the announcement of an agreement in Washington. The French head of state told reporters on a visit to Montenegro: "We support the ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel and everything that helps restore peace, combat terrorist activities, and fully establish Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity. "France is, of course, as we have always been, available to move forward along this path.
Israel and Lebanon have agreed to implement a ceasefire to end hostilities as the US attempts to overcome one of the largest barriers to reaching a broader deal to end the war with Iran. But the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire is dependent on a complete halt of fire from Hezbollah, and the evacuation of all its fighters from southern Lebanon. Lucy Hough speaks to Beirut-based reporter William Christou – watch on YouTube Continue reading...
(Photo credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images) Keeping World Cup players, fans and venues safe is an 'unprecedented' task being handled by both federal and local authorities from coast to coast, the executive director of the White House FIFA World Cup 2026 Task Force told ESPN. That's Andrew Guiliani, who watched his father, Rudy, deal with massive security issues as the mayor of New York City. This is much bigger.
Lebanon-Israel ceasefire plans in doubt following Hezbollah's rejection Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 06/04/2026 - 14:27 Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejects the outcome of talks, describing direct negotiations with Israel as 'shameful' for Lebanon. Plan is also criticised for lack of enforcement mechanism Lebanese Ambassador to the US, Nada Hamadeh, right, and US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa attend a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese delegations hosted by the US State Department in Washington, DC, 3 June 2026 (Reuters) Off A US -backed proposal to halt fighting between Israel and Lebanon has been met with immediate uncertainty, with Lebanese officials saying its implementation depends on Hezbollah’s approval and lacks a clear enforcement mechanism. It followed two days of US-brokered direct talks between Lebanese and Israeli representatives, the fourth round of such negotiations to be held in Washington.
Israeli strike wound two Syrians, two Bangladeshis in southern Lebanon An Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon injured four foreign nationals, two Syrians and two Bangladeshis, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. The agency said that Israel carried out a two-wave air strike on the al-Mashal area in Wata Abba, between the towns of Abba and al-Duwair, in the Nabatieh district. The military also targeted the towns of Jebchit and Arnoun, also in the Nabatieh district.
UN nuclear watchdog calls on Iran to fully cooperate, let inspections resume The UN nuclear watchdog sent a report to member states on Thursday, repeating its calls on Iran to urgently inform the agency of the fate of its enriched uranium since its atomic sites were bombed a year ago and let inspections resume fully. "The (International Atomic Energy Agency) Director General has emphasised to Iran that it is indispensable and urgent to implement effectively the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) Safeguards Agreement ... and that its implementation cannot be suspended by Iran under any circumstances," the confidential report seen by Reuters said.
She spent 7 years recovering the Jewish history Zionism tried to erase | Molly Crabapple Submitted by Mohamed Hashem on Thu, 06/04/2026 - 16:15 'Hundreds of people are coming to my events, many of them Jewish, and they tell me I gave them their ancestors back' Molly Crabapple is an Emmy Award-winning artist, author and journalist. Her new book, Here Where We Live Is Our Country, tells the largely forgotten story of the Jewish Labour Bund, a secular, socialist, anti-Zionist mass movement founded in 1897 that at its peak was the largest Jewish political organisation in Eastern Europe. The Bund believed that Jewish people had the right to stay in their homes, and refused to accept that the answer to antisemitism was a Jewish ethnostate in Palestine.
The Egyptian authorities must immediately halt the unjust prosecutions of three human rights activists arrested solely for organizing a peaceful event calling for the release of those arbitrarily detained, Amnesty International said today. On 25 May, Egyptian police arrested pharmacist Hanan Altantawy, and lawyers Mohamed Abu al-Dayyar and Wafaa al-Masry, all members of the informal group the Committee to Defend Prisoners of Conscience (CDPC), for the group’s involvement in organizing a public event in Cairo two weeks earlier highlighting cases of people unjustly detained for political reasons. Altantawy and al-Masry were released on bail on the day of their arrest but prosecutors ordered that Abu […] The post Egypt: Drop charges against activists arrested for demanding release of unjustly jailed prisoners appeared first on Amnesty International .
'Acts of revenge': Israel arrests Palestinian women footballers and students Submitted by Fayha Shalash on Thu, 06/04/2026 - 14:31 Families say the arrests came without explanation amid a sharp rise in the detention of Palestinian women and girls Rand Halawani, 20, was one of five women arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank this week, including two footballers and three university students (X) Off The pounding on the door came before dawn. When Ahmed Safi awoke to the sound of Israeli soldiers storming his apartment building in Birzeit town, he assumed they were there for someone else. The Palestinian father never imagined the raid would end with the arrest of his 20-year-old daughter, Sama, a psychology student at Birzeit University, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The IRGC called for an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, stressing that the Zionist regime must withdraw from occupied Lebanese territories and recognize the Arab country's territorial integrity.
The United States announced the ceasefire agreement on Wednesday night following a fresh round of talks.
Lebanese PM says army to start deploying in 'pilot zones' in south Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has said that the army would begin deploying in "pilot zones" in the country's south, a day after Israel and Lebanon agreed in Washington to implement a ceasefire. "The next step is practical and tangible: the deployment of the Lebanese army in pilot zones as a first phase," Salam said, according to remarks read out by Information Minister Paul Morcos after a cabinet meeting, adding that "this does not prejudice our right to a full (Israeli) withdrawal, but brings us closer to it". According to a joint statement released after the Washington talks, Israel and Lebanon agreed to create "pilot zones" in south Lebanon where the Lebanese army forces "will take exclusive control of the territory to the exclusion of all non-state actors.
Lebanon’s rulers have surrendered the country to colonialism - this is not peace Submitted by Amal Saad on Tue, 06/02/2026 - 16:06 In its defeatist worldview, the government now addresses Hezbollah through whatever terms are dictated by Washington and Tel Aviv US Deputy National Security Adviser Mike Needham and Ambassador Michel Issa attend a meeting with Israeli and Lebanese delegations, in Washington on 2 June 2026 (Kent Nishimura/AFP) On The US -brokered trilateral statement , issued by the US State Department on Wednesday following the latest high-level meeting between Lebanese and Israeli representatives, belongs to a category of political submission so extreme that it is difficult to locate a precedent in the history of modern statecraft. Lebanon, a state under attack, co-signs a document that conditions a ceasefire not on the withdrawal of the occupying power from its territory, but on the withdrawal of its own citizens from their land. The ceasefire agreement is not made conditional on Israel ending its aggression, withdrawing from occupied Lebanese territory, releasing prisoners, or enabling the return of the displaced, but on Hezbollah ceasing fire and withdrawing from the south.
Lebanon’s rulers have surrendered the country to Israel - this is no ceasefire Submitted by Amal Saad on Tue, 06/02/2026 - 16:06 What is presented as a cessation of hostilities is not the withdrawal of Israel from Lebanon, but the removal of Lebanese citizens from their land US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh during a meeting between Israeli and Lebanese delegations in Washington on 3 June, 2026 (AFP) On The US -brokered trilateral statement , issued by the US State Department on Wednesday following the latest high-level meeting between Lebanese and Israeli representatives, belongs to a category of political submission so extreme that it is difficult to locate a precedent in the history of modern statecraft. Lebanon, a state under attack, co-signs a document that conditions a ceasefire not on the withdrawal of the occupying power from its territory, but on the withdrawal of its own citizens from their land. The ceasefire agreement is not made conditional on Israel ending its aggression, withdrawing from occupied Lebanese territory, releasing prisoners, or enabling the return of the displaced, but on Hezbollah ceasing fire and withdrawing from the south.
The ceasefire has held just enough to prevent a return to all-out war, but neither side is close to achieving peace The US-Iran ceasefire is entering yet another round of escalation since it came into effect on 8 April . This week, there have been further strikes on Iran by the US, and Iranian retaliation on Kuwait and Bahrain , alongside Israeli escalation in Lebanon. Earlier flare-ups over the past two months were quickly contained.
As the battle for the country intensifies, the mineral-rich mountains of Syunik are emerging as a strategic prize in Eurasias new great power competition A geopolitical storm of global proportions is swirling around tiny Armenia. At stake are its relationships with Russia, Europe, and the United States, not to mention its immediate neighbors: Iran, Azerbaijan, and Türkiye.
Polanski and Corbyn join calls for Britons who served in Israeli army to be tracked Submitted by Imran Mulla on Thu, 06/04/2026 - 12:47 Around 2,000 British-Israeli dual nationals have served in the Israeli military during its genocide in Gaza An Israeli soldier raises his rifle as part of an occupation patrol through the market in the Old City of Nablus, in the northern West Bank on 12 April (AFP) Off Green Party leader Zack Polanski and Your Party leader Jeremy Corbyn have joined calls for the British government to place British citizens who have served in the Israeli military under surveillance. Polanski signed an open letter organised by Declassified UK to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper urging them to "track the movements of Brits who have served in the IDF" and "subject them to secondary screening where necessary at ports of entry". The letter called for "robust war crimes investigations in line with domestic and international law".
