Every day, a few thousand NGO members act in support of peaceful coexistence with Palestinians, a halt to settlements and an end to the military occupation of the West Bank. Yet, their political and social influence has been steadily declining over the past 20 years.
Left-wing Israeli activists protest as other Israelis celebrate Israel's Independence Day at the Palestinian spring of Al-Auja, in the village of Ras Ein el-Auja, from which the Bedouin community was expelled by Israeli settlers earlier this year, on April 22, 2026.
'How China is Devouring Europe' (2/4). Beijing has caught up with and then surpassed the West across an impressive number of technologies and economic sectors, seeking to control entire value chains.
A model of Hualong One, a Chinese third-generation nuclear reactor, displayed at the Nuclear Industry China 2026 trade show, in Beijing, on April 22, 2026.
Israel's intervention in southern Syria has played into the hands of drug traffickers, forcing Jordan to carry out airstrikes to stem the flow of captagon into its territory, writes historian Jean-Pierre Filiu.
Tehran said the attacks were intended as a 'warning' following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs earlier in the day, adding that any further aggression would be met with a 'broader' response against all US-Israeli targets in the region.
The Iranian national football team arrives at Antalya Airport for their departure to Mexico ahead of the FIFA 2026 World Cup football tournament, in Antalya, on June 6, 2026.
Sunday's vote serves as a referendum on peace with Azerbaijan and on closer ties with the European Union and the US at the expense of Russia. This geopolitical shift is spearheaded by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, in office since 2018 and leading in the polls.
The Russian president's hometown was targeted by more than 100 Ukrainian drones on Saturday, June 6, the final day of the annual Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum. Present at the event the day before, Vladimir Putin had firmly refused a proposal from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a meeting to begin peace talks.
Tehran also fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait that were intercepted early Saturday, Bahrain’s government said, and called on Iran to halt attacks on Gulf neighbors.
The pontiff is expected in Barcelona on June 10 for the inauguration of the monumental main tower of the basilica envisioned by Antoni Gaudí. Chief organist Juan de la Rubia is in charge of the musical repertoire for the ceremony.
The French courts have launched an investigation into 'torture' and 'war crimes' following a foreign ministry report on Israel's treatment of French nationals in the Gaza flotilla. One of them, Malika Baouya, said Israeli soldiers tortured her.
Malika Baouya, a 48-year-old nurse, suffered severe injuries while she was being detained by Israeli authorities. Pictured here in Nice, on June 5, 2026.
Pope Leo XIV delivers remarks as Spain's King Felipe, Queen Letizia and members of the royal family listen during a meeting with authorities, civil society members and the diplomatic corps at the Royal Palace in Madrid, on June 6, 2026.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, attends a ceremony at the US cemetery to commemorate the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings, in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, on Saturday, June 6, 2026.
Pope Leo XIV landed in Madrid on June 6. He is also set to visit Barcelona and the Canary Islands as relations between the Spanish Catholic Church – still a major force in the country – and Pedro Sánchez's government are in a good place. Yet behind the official cordiality, some tensions remain.
New regulations would allow EU member states to pay poorer countries, with questionable human rights records, to take in undocumented migrants who cannot be deported to their own countries. This unacceptable policy highlights the EU's abdication of the humanitarian principles on which it was founded.
The British monarch has stressed the importance of the rule of law, while the pope has warned against leaving societies defenseless in the face of technology. Columnist Gilles Paris examines these symbolic statements, which could break the current climate of paralysis.
'How China is Devouring Europe' (1/4). In just a few decades, China has gone from being the world's factory to a major technological rival for Europeans, who had hoped to profit on China's vast domestic market but underestimated its capacity for innovation.
Behind the offer of an outstretched hand, the Ukrainian president's letter to the Russian leader seeks to exploit Moscow's vulnerabilities and the Russian people's exhaustion after four years of high-intensity war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte stand at the Wall of Remembrance for fallen Ukrainian fighters in Kyiv on June 3, 2026, in a photo released by the Ukrainian presidential press service.
After US Central Command announced that they struck the radar sites, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they hit 'enemy bases' in the Gulf. A ceasefire has been in place between the US and Iran since April 8, but subsequent talks to try to put a more permanent end to the conflict have so far been unsuccessful.
US President Donald Trump speaks with the press aboard Air Force One as he flies from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, June 5, 2026.
Several thousand people have been protesting since May 30 against large-scale projects that many Albanians consider a symbol of the prime minister's excesses ever since he came to power in 2013.
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