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FIFA’s current crisis spotlights the need for governance reforms and transparent systems to protect human rights, the Sport & Rights Alliance said today. Though Gianni Infantino’s FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal has been rightly withdrawn, the growing calls for further measures should also address the deeper human rights crisis that, if ignored, risks yet another…

Recent cyberattacks carried out autonomously by two rogue OpenAI artificial intelligence models raises an untested legal question: who is responsible when AI acts on its own? On Friday, Clement Delangue, head of the Hugging Face…

Saudi Arabia’s transformation is moving at a pace that is difficult to appreciate from a distance. Across the Kingdom, organizations are digitizing services, adopting AI, modernizing infrastructure, expanding cloud-enabled operations, and building new customer experiences at remarkable speed. This is not simply technology modernization. It is part of a wider national shift: a more diversified,…

MAKKAH — Advisor at the Royal Court, member of the Council of Senior Scholars, and Imam and Preacher of the Grand Mosque Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Humaid affirmed that Saudi Arabia’s Hajj experience represents a global model for serving pilgrims in line with sustainable humanitarian and national values. He noted that this is reflected…

DUBAI: Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee has refused an invitation to attend an upcoming literary festival in Israel and has criticized the country’s actions in Gaza in a strongly worded letter to organizers. Writing ahead of the Jerusalem International Writers Festival, Coetzee said: “It will take many years for Israel to clear its name.”

COA- Wars are fought twice. The first battle is fought with missiles, bombers and soldiers. The second is fought with headlines, television studios, think tanks and official briefings. The first destroys cities. The second constructs memory. For decades the West has excelled at winning both. Military superiority was reinforced by informational dominance. Washington and its…

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has hit back at critics of the World Cup, accusing them of spreading hate and false narratives while defending the tournament as a success that celebrated unity, safety and inclusion. In…

If the world withdraws, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will believe it has a green light to purge society of all who resist its vision. The post Iran needs an insurgency – opinion appeared first on World Israel News .

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called new US tariffs unfair and a strategic mistake in a Sunday opinion column for The Washington Post, warning they would harm the countries' bilateral partnership and drive…

Sobh-e-No presented its view on America’s need to accept Iran’s conditions and exit the current crisis. Iran’s position regarding the Strait of Hormuz crisis is clear and non-negotiable: “Accepting Iran’s sovereignty over the Strait is the condition for a ceasefire and any kind of agreement.” This condition is not a maximalist demand but arises from…

At a time when library shelves are awash with ready-made recipes for “happiness in ten steps” and “the perfect life in thirty days,” Spanish philosopher Victoria Camps’ book “The Pursuit of Happiness” comes to suggest…

TEHRAN -The joint US-Saudi aerial aggression against Iraqi territory, launched in the early hours of Wednesday, marks not a display of strength but a profound strategic miscalculation. It underscores the unraveling of American military credibility and the steady ascent of Iranian power across the region.

Critics blasted Argentina for dirty tactics and poor sportsmanship during their 1-0 loss to Spain, cementing the country's status as World Cup villain that grew throughout the tournament. But Argentines argue they are just passionate…

At the beginning of Donald Trump’s first term as U.S. President in 2017, a senior White House official commented off-the-record to OilPrice.com that: “We’re not going to put up with any more crap from the Saudis.” The comment had followed the end of the 2014-2016 Oil Price War that had seen the Kingdom rally its…

Generative AI chatbots capable of writing emails and computer code, translating, organizing a trip or coming up with gift ideas are now readily available, prompting some to ask whether human brainpower could suffer for lack…

Iran’s enemies have yet to find an effective antidote to the IRGC’s ability to infiltrate and hollow out neighboring countries’ political systems. The post Iran’s grip on its Arab proxies remains powerful – opinion appeared first on World Israel News .

Over the years, English Heritage and Historic England have claimed to have identified large numbers of “witches’ marks” or “ritual protection symbols” on the walls of historic buildings, including medieval churches and houses. Now a…

Iran's aggression is steadily eroding whatever sympathy it once enjoyed among many Arabs. The post Iran’s war on the Arabs: Time for the Gulf to stand with Israel appeared first on World Israel News .

Two successive explosions struck one of Syria’s most sensitive locations at a particularly delicate moment for the country’s authorities, occurring about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from where French President Emmanuel Macron was staying during his…

The stigma associated with foreign powers sponsoring separatist movements still overshadows political discourse 80 years on. The post There’s one move that could keep Iran’s hated regime in power—and Washington insiders keep pushing for it appeared first on World Israel News .

A new message from Egypt national team coach Hossam Hassan has sparked widespread debate on social media after he once again voiced support for Gaza, just days after dedicating Egypt’s historic qualification for the Round…

The letdown after Saudi Arabia's World Cup run has naturally led to a lot of discussion. A big part of the talk has been about the coach's decisions, who was picked to play, the team's strategy, and how individual players did. But these are just a few pieces of a much bigger puzzle. There's more…

No one prepares you for that moment. For that phone call. For the instant you feel the life you have built, with care, patience, and love, beginning to collapse. “I’m sorry... we found cancer cells.”…

Mamdani also referred to AIPAC as "monsters" and referred to Israel's military actions as 'genocide.' The post Mamdani reaffirms opposition to Israel as a Jewish state in ABC interview appeared first on World Israel News .

A frenzied push for artificial intelligence dominance comes with a different kind of cost for Meta, where massive layoffs, employee surveillance and departures have fueled reports of a heated internal climate. As Meta spends billions…

By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT, June 24 (Reuters) - The biggest casualty of the U.S.-Iran deal may not be Israel's Iran strategy, but the political brand Benjamin Netanyahu spent decades constructing as the Israeli leader who could uniquely bend Washington to his will on Iran, analysts, former U.S. officials and diplomats say.

Sweden's environment minister brought her baby to an EU meeting Thursday, in a barrier-breaking move she said showed it was possible to be both "a present minister and a present mother". Romina Pourmokhtari arrived at…

'The Iranian regime will now receive more money from this deal in a single year than Israel receives in 10 years,' wrote Mark Levin. The post Levin: Israel aid critics suddenly silent on billions for Iran appeared first on World Israel News .

Former US President Barack Obama said while he is happy to see a ceasefire, it seems like the United States is “worse off” now than before President Donald Trump launched the war on Iran in…

There is a particular irony — the kind that history savors — in the fact that the United States set out in February 2026 to destroy Iran as a regional power and instead ended up cementing its dominance. This is not a paradox – it is a pattern. Anyone who has paid attention to American…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang — whose work helped propel artificial intelligence — stressed in an Associated Press interview Tuesday that society needs to change with the advent of AI, arguing that a fuller embrace of…

ISLAMABAD - The official 14-point memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States does not read like the document Washington and Tel Aviv said they were fighting to impose. It does not announce regime change in Tehran. It does not place Iran’s missile program on the table.

After two years of steadily improving ties that appeared to be moving toward the restoration of full diplomatic relations, Egypt and Iran now seem to be facing a major setback. Egypt views Iran's current war…

Earlier this week, the United States Department of War restored the US Indo-Pacific Command’s name to the US Pacific Command, reversing an eight-year-old title change and restoring operational clarity. The announcement comes in the same week that a growing chorus of commentators is arguing that America just lost the war in Iran: ● The Atlantic…

At first glance, Tehran’s retaliation for Israeli attacks in Lebanon might seem like a reckless act that risks rekindling a devastating regional war. For Iran, those strikes were necessary — part of a more aggressive…

The 2026 G7 summit, in Evian, France, marks India’s 13th participation as a guest nation and Prime Minister Modi’s seventh appearance as India’s representative since 2019. These repeated invitations highlight a central reality: India is too important to be excluded from major global conversations, even though it remains outside the world’s most exclusive club of…

Bernadette Chirac, who has died aged 93, stood by her late husband, former French president Jacques Chirac, during 12 years as first lady, but also forged her own, more discreet, political career. Quiet, traditionally Roman…

The QME must rest less on American political moods and more on Israeli industrial sovereignty, technology leverage, and regional security architecture. The post Israel’s qualitative military edge must be Israeli appeared first on World Israel News .

One week after the Iranian Revolution declared victory on February 11, 1979, two photographs emerged from Tehran that, in retrospect, help explain many of the storms that would later sweep the Middle East, from Iran’s…

Since the beginning of the Iran war, Saudi Arabia has been grappling with how best to respond to the expansion of Middle East conflict. Having issued condemnations of Tehran’s strikes on the kingdom – and other Gulf states – in response to the initial US and Israeli action in late February, Saudi Arabia has since…

Environmental causes face an uphill battle. Overshadowed in politics, overlooked in budgets and defeated in courts, nature is often treated as a niche concern, second to more pressing matters. Two Frenchmen -- one a philosopher,…

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Since the beginning of the Iran war, Saudi Arabia has been grappling with how best to respond to the expansion of Middle East conflict.Having issued condemnations of ...

Most people in today’s Middle East were born after 1979. Yet they often overlook how profoundly that year shaped their countries, their stability, and their daily lives. It unleashed storms, wars, and leaders whose ambitions…

(MENAFN - Mid-East Info) By Feras A. Al-Al Shaikh, Regional Director, Saudi Arabia, North Gulf, Levant Adrian Pickering, Regional General Manager, Middle East and North Africa Martin Lentle, VP ...

Albert Manifold on Wednesday hit out after being sacked as chairman of British energy giant BP, saying that he would "not allow a false narrative to go unchallenged.” "I dispute entirely the characterization of my…

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Strategic autonomy is having a moment.European leaders are invoking it to justify a historic defense buildup; India's foreign ministry has made it the organizing ...

An AI system will work with humans to make a Nobel prize-winning discovery within 12 months and tradespeople will be helped by bipedal robots in two years, according to the co-founder of Anthropic. Jack Clark…

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The author is president of UAE Safety and Emergency Security Association and professor of sustainable development at the American University of Sharjah. He is former UAE ...