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A quick glance at the balance sheet of winners and losers of Trump and Netanyahu’s unilateral war on Iran places Europe on the top of the ‘losers’ list. Europe was not consulted about a war that would cost the continent...

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In both Singapore and Malaysia, Eid is called Hari Raya , or the Day of Celebration – it’s either Hari Raya Puasa (Eidul Fitr) or Hari Raya Haji (Eidul Adha). I have fond Raya memories from my childhood in...

#Culture, #Society, Eid

NABLUS, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers broke into and ransacked al‑Lubban Girls’ High School in the village of al‑Lubban al‑Sharqiya, south of Nablus, on the first day of the Eid al‑Fitr holiday. Local sources reported that settlers removed the Palestinian...

News, Jewish terrorism, Settler crimes

WEST BANK, (PIC) Extremist Jewish settlers launched attacks, under military protection, against Palestinians and their property in different West Bank areas over the past 24 hours. According to Palestinian media sources, a group of settlers stormed the hamlet of Khirbet al‑Kharaba in...

News, Jewish terrorism, Settler crimes

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Friday on a visit to Israel that Iran must make major concessions as part of any long-term political solution following the US-Israeli war on Iran . "Whatever the outcome of the ongoing military...

MENA

ZURICH — Walk into the Palace of Nations in Geneva these days and one of the first things you’ll notice is a sign informing visitors that the power will be shut off between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m....

Global Voices, Opinion, Politics

For the first time in history Al-Aqsa is closed for Eid. Where is the Ummah? – MuslimMatters Barred from Masjid Al-Aqsa, worshipers pray outside the Old City on Friday morning, the day of Eid. Israeli forces use stun grenades to...

#Current Affairs, #Islam, featured

Airstrikes on Iraq’s Iran-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) militia coalition have left dozens dead or wounded, officials say. As chaos spread, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani urged the nation to remain calm. The leader of the Iran-allied...

MENA

Israeli forces blocked Eid al-Fitr prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday for the first time since Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem in 1967, dispersing worshippers and preventing access to the site amid ongoing war...

MENA

By Ramzy BAROUD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su When Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched their military aggression against Iran on February 28, they appeared convinced that the war would be swift....

Editor's Choice, Benjamin Netanyahu, deterrence

Israeli police said on Friday they had arrested an army reservist who served on the Iron Dome air defence system on suspicion of passing secrets to Iran. The arrest comes as Israel and the United States are locked...

MENA

As families across the Muslim world prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr today — a holiday defined by gifts for children, new clothes and fairground visits — Gaza’s displaced families face a different reality. There is no Eid money....

Society

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation police barred Muslim worshipers from performing Eid al-Fitr prayers in the Bab al-Amud (Damascus Gate) area in Jerusalem on Friday morning, amid heightened security measures in and around the Old City. According to Palestinian media sources,...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Eid al-Fitr prayer

Many voices in Europe are now saying that Europe should have separated from America long ago, but as always, it is too late. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The European political leaders...

Americas, Europe, World

Sergio CARARO Segue nostro Telegram . La popolazione dell’UE contro la guerra. La persistenza e la consistenza della quota di popolazione contraria nonostante tutto al riarmo e al militarismo, rappresenta una base sociale per opporsi a questo piano inclinato verso...

Italiano, European Union, Militarism

Credit: Michaela Stache/AFP By Samuel King BRUSSELS, Belgium, Mar 20 2026 (IPS) When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the 62nd Munich Security Conference by declaring that the post-war rules-based order ‘no longer exists’, there was plenty of evidence to...

Active Citizens, Armed Conflicts, Civil Society

In recent days, Israel and the United States have expressed outrage over the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians and civilian residences and infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf by Iranian forces. They have cited the illegality of such attacks,...

Iran, Israel, International-law

Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony ​Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia's largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel's offensive in Gaza . Some in Australia's Muslim and...

World

Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony ​Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia's largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel's offensive in Gaza . Some in Australia's Muslim and...

World

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday renewed his call for a truce and the opening of negotiations with Israel to stop the war between it and Hezbollah, during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot . Lebanon...

MENA

Ziyad Motala, Professor of Law, Howard Law School A Troubling Spectacle A troubling spectacle continues during the nightly prayers of Ramadhan. In Islam’s holiest mosques, supplications lavish praise upon the Saudi ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, and seek divine favour for the...

#Current Affairs, featured, Featured Current Affairs

With incompatible war aims, no definition of victory, and a battlefield that keeps expanding, the US-Israel onslaught is doomed – and Iran only needs to survive to prevail Sami Al-Arian is the Director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs...

Geopolitics, Article, Sami Al-Arian

FIFA fined the Israeli Football Association (IFA) 150,000 Swiss francs ($190,700) on Thursday for "multiple breaches" of its anti-discrimination obligations. A report by the disciplinary committee of world football's governing body found the IFA "failed to take meaningful action against...

World

The Islamic Movement within Israel’s 1948 borders has called on Palestinians to gather in large numbers around Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Mosque in the run-up to Eid al-Fitr, as Israel continues to close Islam’s third most holy site during the final...

MENA

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes killed four people on Thursday, in the latest violence to hit the war-shattered Palestinian territory despite the ceasefire. It came as Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened for...

MENA
When AI Kills
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Artificial Intelligence once felt like humanity’s most benign creation—writing poetry, painting pictures, making films, composing music, helping scientists collaborate across labs. Then it crept into corporate boardrooms, assisting executives with organizational restructuring and employee layoffs. Panic set in. Would machines...

War & Peace, artificial intelligence, iran war

Gaza's border crossing with Egypt reopened on Thursday for a limited number of people, Palestinian and Egyptian officials told AFP , for the first time since Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran. An Egyptian...

MENA

Aid shipments into Gaza have plunged by 80 percent since the start of the Iran war , as Israeli authorities throttle deliveries into the devastated territory. Figures from the US-led Civil Military Coordination Centre show that just 590...

MENA

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli occupation authorities have continued the full closure of the Aqsa Mosque for the 20th consecutive day on Thursday, preventing worshipers from entering the site, with authorities confirming the shutdown will remain in place until the end of...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Eid al-Fitr

GAZA, (PIC) More than 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza are marking Eid al-Fitr under worsening humanitarian conditions, amid ongoing Israeli restrictions, widespread destruction, and severe shortages of basic necessities. According to the Government Media Office, the holiday comes with little sign of...

News, Eid al-Fitr, Gaza Strip

GAZA, (PIC) Amid an escalating water crisis that goes beyond natural scarcity, Palestinian women face compounded burdens in managing resource shortages, alongside warnings of an almost complete collapse of the water system in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Water Authority issued a...

Reports, Gaza Strip, Water crisis

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) arrested pro-Palestine activists against its own internal guidance, documents seen by Declassified suggest. The files, obtained through Freedom of Information requests, also show that the force is cracking down on the use of Arabic...

Archive, Middle East, Top Stories
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