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How the Arts Can Create the Foundation for a Multiracial US Democracy

Trumpโ€™s hostile takeover of Americaโ€™s flagship arts institutions challenges us to reimagine the role of the arts in public life to create a robust culture of democracy.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Nonprofit Quarterly favicon Nonprofit Quarterly

WATCH: State Department asked about U.S. funding $30 million for group distributing food in Gaza

The Trump administration has authorized providing $30 million to a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group that is distributing food in Gaza, a U.S. official said Tuesday, an operation that has drawn criticism from other humanitarian organizations.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Israeli 'regime' was 'begging' US for ceasefire, Iran says

Israeli 'regime' was 'begging' US for ceasefire, Iran says Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement on Tuesday that the Israeli "regime" was "begging" the US for a ceasefire before President Donald Trump made the announcement on Monday, according to Iran's Press TV. Israel was โ€œfrustrated by the heroic resistance of the Iranian nation", the IRGC said. It added that the last phase of its...

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

What the Israel-Iran-US conflict taught Pakistan

What the Israel-Iran-US conflict taught Pakistan Submitted by MEE correspondent on Mon, 06/23/2025 - 16:18 Standoff introduced a new security calculus that pushed Pakistanโ€™s policy of non-alignment to the brink Pakistani protesters, predominantly Shia Muslims, hold portraits of Iranโ€™s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest in Karachi against US and Israelโ€™s attacks on Iran, on 22 June 2025 (Asif...

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

NATO shifts focus as US under Trump retreats from leading role on Ukraine

European NATO allies are grappling with the fact that the US no longer views success in Ukraine as pivotal to NATO security. Meanwhile the situation on the battlefield is as threatening as ever, with NATO officials warning of a difficult summer ahead for Ukrainian forces.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

For New York City mayoral candidates, the future could hinge on ranked ballots

New York City is using ranked-choice voting in its Democratic mayoral primary election on Tuesday, which means the final outcome might not be known until the second- or third-choice votes are counted.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Starmer faces growing Labour rebellion over welfare cuts

Dissenting MPs say more than 125 signatories to an amendment to block UK premierโ€™s legislation from a vote next week

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

BoEโ€™s Bailey warns on UK productivity in challenge to Reeves

Governor said he was โ€˜scepticalโ€™ about OBR assumption of a rebound in growth rates

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

France: State responsible for jogger's toxic algae death

A court in Nantes found the French state bore partial responsibility for the 2016 death of Jean-Rene Auffray, who died of exposure to deadly toxins. The problem of toxic algae bloom stems from the region's farms.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

How a volatile 24 hours edged Iran and Israel to a ceasefire

From an attack on a US air base to a fragile ceasefire, this is how the Middle East conflict changed overnight.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

WATCH: Schumer blasts last-minute postponement of classified briefings on Iran

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer voiced anger with the Trump administrationโ€™s postponement of a classified briefing Tuesday for senators on the U.S.โ€™s military strike in Iran, calling the delay โ€œoutrageousโ€ and โ€œevasive.โ€

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Too soon to celebrate peace between Iran and Israel?

Tensions remain despite Trumpโ€™s claim to have ended the war

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

NATO summit: The defence โ€˜tech raceโ€™ is on. This is how NATO aims to get ahead.

Euronews Next learned about NATOโ€™s plans to better integrate new technologies and the defence tech to watch in the future, ahead of the summit at The Hague.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Egypt welcomes Israel-Iran ceasefire, defends Palestinians

Cairo, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Egypt welcomed on Tuesday the announcement of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, after 12 days of conflict initiated by the latter country's aggression, and called for a just solution to the Palestinian cause. The post Egypt welcomes Israel-Iran ceasefire, defends Palestinians first appeared on Prensa Latina.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Prensa Latina favicon Prensa Latina

Travel disruptions still hit Middle East in wake of US-Israel-Iran conflict

The conflict has prompted airlines to reroute or cancel flights, affecting major hubs like Doha and Dubai.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

โ€˜Itโ€™s not peace โ€“ itโ€™s a pauseโ€™: Iranians sceptical ceasefire will hold

From Tehran to Yazd, Iranians are wary of the truce with Israel holding as officials trade accusations and threats.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Georgia jails opposition figures as ruling party denies arrests are politically motivated

Anti-government protests continue daily in central Tbilisi with demonstrators accusing the ruling Georgian Dream party of being pro-Russia and derailing the countryโ€™s efforts to join the EU.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

The war that will remake Iranโ€™s Islamic republic

Even without toppling the regime, Israel and the USโ€™s assault is set to bring sweeping change rivalling the 1979 revolution

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Resurgence of Suicide Bombings in Nigeriaโ€™s Boko Haram Conflict

Click to expand Image A victim of a recent wave of suicide attacks arrives for treatment at a hospital in Maiduguri on June 29, 2024. 2024 Audu Marte/AFP via Getty Images On the night of June 21, a woman detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) in a crowd of people at a fish market in Konduga town, about 25 km southeast of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in Nigeria. The attack, whichreportedly killed at least...

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Human Rights Watch favicon Human Rights Watch

Palestinians in Gaza are calling for their own ceasefire

As Iran and Israel talk peace, Palestinians in Gaza feel left behind. Israel killed more than 70 Palestinians on Tuesday

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

French Socialists threaten to topple Bayrou government over pensions

Failure of talks between unions and employers about retirement age could trigger censure vote

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Five Israeli soldiers killed, more than 15 wounded in Gaza: Report

Five Israeli soldiers killed, more than 15 wounded in Gaza: Report Israeli media outlets reported on Monday that five soldiers have been killed and at least 15 others were wounded in Khan Younis, in the south of Gaza. Local news sources in Gaza suggest the attack stemmed from an ambush by Palestinian fighters.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Middle East Eye favicon Middle East Eye

'We thought it was the end': Israeli town reels after deadly strike

Four people were killed by an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba just before a ceasefire came into effect.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

'We are exhausted' - how Iranians are feeling after fragile ceasefire

The war has stirred within Iranians a mix of fear, despair and - among some - flickers of hope.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: BBC Middle East favicon BBC Middle East

New York City hits 100 degrees under extreme heat wave baking Eastern U.S.

Large swaths of the country were broiling under a heat dome, worsened by a humid atmosphere thatโ€™s circling the East.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

China is working to undermine UK democracy, British government says

Long-awaited official report also recommends increasing trading links to boost economic growth

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Many insurance underwriters won't offer Middle East coverage to U.S., Israel, U.K.-linked vessels at any price

Many underwriters in maritime insurance won't offer Mideast coverage to shipping vessels linked to the U.S., Israel or U.K. as the war risk premium spikes.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Bonn bulletin: Developing nations call for adaptation finance to tripleย byย 2030

The chair of the Least Developed Countries group called for a new and more ambitious goal for adaptation finance The post Bonn bulletin: Developing nations call for adaptation finance to tripleby2030 appeared first on Climate Home News.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Climate Home News favicon Climate Home News

Gulf expat bubble punctured by missiles

Overseas workers moved to an oasis of prosperity and security in the region. Then the explosions started

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

AIIB at 10: A decade of development and the road ahead

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is holding its 10th Annual Meeting of Board of Governors from June 24 to 26 in Beijing.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Attack on Christians threatens Syria's postwar cohesion

Syria's new president has promised to replace the Assad dictatorship with a multireligious society where all faiths are represented. Sunday's terror attack in Damascus shows how much work remains to be done.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Powell says US Fed to wait to reduce rates even as Trump demands cuts

The US central bank chair said that data will soon show the impact of inflation, and decisions will be based on that.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

40 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Aid Seekers and Homes Across Gaza

Palestinian health authorities reported that at least 40 Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured Tuesday in a wave of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, as civilians gathered in densely populated neighbourhoods, aid distribution points, and private homes were targeted. The bombardment began before dawn and swept through multiple districts, including central, southern and [โ€ฆ]

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

In charts: why Labour MPs are rebelling over Starmerโ€™s welfare reforms

The prime ministerโ€™s benefits overhaul would hit the UKโ€™s poorest

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

252 Venezuelan Migrants Mark 100 Days of Detention Without Trial in El Salvador

Since arriving in this Central American country, the detainees have not been formally charged nor granted access to a fair trial. Monday marked 100 days of illegal detention for 252 Venezuelan citizens who remain imprisoned without charges or sentencing in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador originally built to house terrorists. RELATED: Venezuelan Prosecutor Rejects [โ€ฆ]

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English