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Jun 16 2026 
Araghchi: Israeli occupation of Lebanese land a violation of MoU
Al Mayadeen
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iranian and US delegations will meet in Switzerland next Friday, sign a memorandum of understanding, and launch formal negotiations aimed at achieving a tangible economic breakthrough.
In a televised statement, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi affirmed that, from Iran’s perspective, the two parties to the Memorandum of Understanding are… Continue reading -
Jun 16 2026 
Qwen opens platform to third-party AI Agents, onboards KFC, Luckin Coffee, Mixue and more
Image generated by the Yuanbao AI
Alibaba-backed Qwen App announced on Wednesday that it is opening its platform to third-party Agents and Skills, allowing companies to operate branded AI agents within the app.
According to the company, Luckin Coffee, KFC, Mixue, and China Eastern Airlines are among the first businesses to begin testing related services, with some… Continue reading -
Jun 16 2026 
The Human Mosaic as a Civilisational Approach for a Multipolar World
The Global Mosaic: “The diversity of world civilisations and values” – honoured and sealed by both ink… and blood…
by Nora Hoppe and first posted at Al Mayadeen English
Leaders and Ink
The Joint Declaration on the Emergence of a Multipolar World and International Relations of a New Type – signed at the May 2026 Beijing summit –… Continue reading
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Jun 16 2026 
Prof. Marandi on CGTN : What to expect from US-Iran deal?
The US and Iran have announced a major peace breakthrough. A formal agreement is scheduled to be signed this Friday in Geneva. Mohammad Marandi, professor of literature and orientalism at University of Tehran and a former advisor to Iran’s nuclear negotiation team, shared his views on what to expect from US-Iran deal
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Jun 15 2026 
‘Jewish lobby’ deceived Putin – Lukashenko
So now we know what happened in the far away time of 2022, when Russian forces closed on Kiev, and then retreated.
RT
Moscow and Kiev were on the verge of a peace deal in early 2022 before the agreement was derailed, the Belarusian president has said
Russian President Vladimir Putin was deceived into withdrawing troops from near… Continue reading
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Jun 15 2026 
Former intelligence officer: Russia could be at war for decades
The Ex-Spy at Spief – Andrey Bezrukov
Andrey Bezrukov is a retired colonel of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service who previously worked as a spy for the Soviet Union. Beginning in the 1980s, he lived abroad under the name Donald Heathfield. Soviet intelligence recruited him alongside Elena Vavilova (Tracey Foley), whom he had married in Russia… Continue reading
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Jun 15 2026 
Next – Netanyahu
This morning, in the short update Iran War – Friday is an age away – short update, we were waiting for Netanyahu. And now is the time that we should have had a reliable copy of the MoU.
Really not good form, but let me quote myself: “So, we are waiting for Netanyahu and also, for… Continue reading
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Jun 15 2026 
Iran War – Friday is an age away – short update
By Amarynth
Cast the minds back – not very far back to the first Nakba for example, only to the Board of Peace. The zionist entity has not stopped shooting and destroying Gaza and her people. They have not for one moment stopped their cruelty in the West Bank. Do you think that Israel will suddenly… Continue reading
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Jun 15 2026 
Alastair Crooke : Post-Iran war: The end of an era, not to decline, but as a trigger to abrupt change
Trump’s chokehold on oil, tariffs, and tech backfired – forging a new era of self-sufficient economies and generational confrontation.
Strategic Culture
Professor Michael Hudson, in a recent discussion, takes issue with those who speak today of the ‘decline of the U.S. hegemon’. A decline implies something goes up and down, Hudson says, but it always recovers. “But… Continue reading
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Jun 15 2026 
Asian countries must never pave way for revival of Japanese neo-militarism
Global Times – Opinion
On June 8, at a press conference marking the first anniversary of his inauguration, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung commented on the South Korea-Japan Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA). He noted that he had told Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that, given public sentiment in South Korea, it would be difficult to… Continue reading
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Jun 14 2026 
MOATS : George Galloway – A peace deal on paper. War still raging in practice.
🚨 A peace deal on paper. War still raging in practice.
Day 107 and the details are finally emerging.
Trump claims a breakthrough, but the central question remains: who actually won? While Washington sells peace, Britain boards a Russian tanker and Israel bombs Beirut, exposing the widening gap between diplomatic language and military reality.
Tonight George Galloway examines… Continue reading
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Jun 13 2026 
What Russian people do on Holy Trinity Day?
Send off the mermaid, bury the cuckoo, dry a birch tree and make a jester. What other traditions and rituals were once associated with this holiday?
[Note: This interesting essay gives us a glimpse of how rituals from Old Russia are carried across to the current Russian Orthodox Church. Ancient Slavic traditions are still honored in… Continue reading
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Jun 13 2026 
Under The Western Empire You Get Punished For Having A Conscience
Caitlin Johnstone
It’s a war on the human conscience. Sentencing anti-genocide activists as terrorists. Working to deport mainstream foreign policy experts for criticizing an American war. They’re actually punishing people for not acting like sociopaths.
The UK has sentenced four anti-genocide activists to years in prison on terrorism charges, and the US is working to deport a… Continue reading -
Jun 13 2026 
Seyed M. Marandi: BREAKING: US & Iran on Brink of FINAL Deal – Here’s What We Know
For background, here is the gist of Seyed Abbas Araghchi, Foreign Minister, Islamic Republic of Iran : live speech yesterday.
FM outlines contours of proposed MoU, says diplomacy’s role is to consolidate battlefield gains
