US President Donald Trump’s threats to destroy Iran and send US forces to occupy the country on Sunday appear to have derailed peace negotiations in Switzerland, with the Iranian delegation reportedly walking out and demanding an apology. Following Iran’s announcement that...
An independent committee set up to probe the cause of last November’s deadly Tai Po fire has decided that it will not be converted into a commission of inquiry with statutory powers to summon witnesses, chairperson David Lok...
With aid funding falling by 70%, a change to HIV response is needed. The continent must treat health as a matter of sovereignty rather than charity The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak now being fought across the region shows again what...
It is open. Nope, it is closed. Wait… It is open. What? Closed again? If you are following the media reports on the Strait of Hormuz you are probably dizzy from hearing about the changing status of the Strait of...
The Strait of Hormuz isn’t China’s only chokepoint. The Strait of Malacca may be more strategically vital — and on June 12, Beijing arrested an American scholar to protect its access to it. Min Zin, a scholar of China-Myanmar relations...
Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks at a ceremony to unveil the official portrait of his predecessor, Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 2026 (IPS) When Egypt’s onetime Foreign Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali was running for the...
The Trump administration has spent the last several days blasting away at bipartisan critics in Congress and from the usually friendly rightwing media sphere after the president signed a deal last week with Iran to stop the fighting and move...
The debates in the Senate and House Armed Services Committees this month over this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Pentagon’s annual authorization bill, were anything but business as usual. Perhaps the biggest shift in tone and substance was...
As Congress debates the 2027 defense budget, members must confront an essential reality: their children and grandchildren will be left footing the bill. Many of the dollars that will be appropriated for military purposes in 2027 will be borrowed and...
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...
Hong Kong television host Lillian Sze has lost her battle against ovarian cancer, less than a month after disclosing her diagnosis on social media. Hong Kong television host Lillian Sze. Photo: lillianxlillian, via Threads. Sze passed away peacefully on Sunday,...
By: Tsering Namgyal Khortsa - - - - Prof. Robert Thurman, an American Buddhist scholar and activist who passed away recently, epitomized the optimum synthesis of Buddhist scholarship with activism for the Tibetan cause. His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in...
For more than twenty years now, American leaders from both parties have talked about turning over a new leaf in the Middle East. One president pushed hard for democracy promotion, another tried diplomatic outreach, and someone else swore we’d finally...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing perhaps the most precarious moment of his political career. He knows it. His allies know it. And his rivals – both within his coalition and across Israel’s political spectrum – are preparing to...
If you don’t think the Donald inhabits an alternative universe – just set your mandibles loose to chomp on his most recent missive. According to history’s most gifted practitioner of the Art of the Deal, only one thing really counts...
Hong Kong authorities are considering expanding the city’s home visit scheme to cover “young elderly” aged between 60 and 80 who care for chronically ill individuals after a recent tragedy involving a senior carer, the city’s welfare chief has said....
Mark Goranson is the Chief Executive Officer EMASS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nanoveu, for which they serve as the semiconductor technology division. With more than 45 years in the global semiconductor industry, he has held senior leadership roles at...
Expelled Fatah leader Mohammed Dahlan has re-emerged in discussions over Gaza’s post-war governance, raising questions about what role he could play in the devastated enclave's 'day after', even as the Gaza peace plan has stalled and Israel continues...
James Regan is a seasoned technology executive and physicist with over 30 years in optical communications. As Co-Founder and CEO of Oriole , he is pioneering the next radical breakthrough in advanced optical networking systems for AI. James...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed on Thursday between Iran and the United States, setting the stage for a 60 day negotiation period. As part of the “deal” both sides have to put an end to their blockade...
Munich-based Allianz and California subsidiary have amassed at least $2.67bn in Israeli government bonds since 2024 Sebastian Shehadi is a freelance journalist and a contributing writer at The New Statesman. His work has appeared in the Financial Times, BBC, Novara Media...
Human rights organisation Medico International and the German network “Coordination gegen Bayer-Gefahren“ (Coordination against Bayer Dangers, CBG) have reported that the glyphosate and white phosphorus used by the Israeli occupation forces in Lebanon which were presumably of German origin. Read Article...
GAZA, (PIC) Three Palestinian civilians, including a child, were martyred and others were injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter said that two civilians, including a girl child, were killed and several others...
Omnia Sweidan was referred to trial on false news charges on Saturday evening after her description of routine medical abuses against women went viral. Sweidan was arrested from her home last week after publishing her testimony on social media and...
British-Syrian activist Hassan Akkad has been released from detention in Damascus after spending four days in prison over allegations linked to his criticism of public figures and social media activity. Akkad, a filmmaker and campaigner, was detained...
Muslim associations in Scotland and the UK have spoken out against an 'alarming pattern of violence' against Muslim communities following the wounding of five in Edinburgh in suspected Islamophobic attacks. The attacks in Edinburgh on Friday night saw...
What a nation spends on education reveals its future ambitions. While economic giants dominate headlines in raw dollars, it is often smaller, developing nations that invest the deepest – sacrificing the largest share of their GDP to build classrooms, train...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank /PNN/ Monjed Jadou Palestinian residents have voiced frustration over what they described as local and international silence following an overnight attack by Israeli settlers on homes in the rural Khallat al-Louz area, south of Bethlehem, where residents...
By Bill ASTORE Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Who knows why we fight? It’s a most confusing time to be in the U.S. military. Who knows why we fight? At the top, there’s a...
By Hélène DE LAUNZUN Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The government is preparing to protect Corsican traditions and identity. But what about French identity? The French government is preparing to embark on...
The Vatican’s AI encyclical is a machine-gun blast at Klaus Schwab’s Davos dream. It condemns robot doctors, universal basic income, and a society where only a few work – warning that tech without accountability means anthropological regression. Join us on...
A suspected US-led coalition strike on a military site used by Uyghur fighters in Syria's Idlib province on Saturday night has renewed debate over the future of foreign fighters under the country's post-Assad government . Sources told...
How Iran demonstrated that conventional hegemony can be defeated by a nation that resists in all domains simultaneously Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The Doctrine of Full Spectrum Dominance It was not...
US Vice President JD Vance said he hopes Washington and Tehran can reset their relationship, at the start of what he called "historic" talks in Switzerland on Sunday. Yet, as the meeting was happening, US President Donald...
GAZA, (PIC) The book “Survivors from the Darkness” was recently published by the author and political analyst Wesam Afifa, by the Indian publishing house LeftWord Books, dealing with the experience of captivity through the testimony of the Palestinian journalist Osama inside...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Sunday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources,...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) When people ask how Al-Aqsa Mosque restrictions change, they are not asking about fleeting security measures, but rather about a shifting occupation policy that recalibrates entry to the Al-Aqsa Mosque based on the field, politics, and balances of...
DAMASCUS, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out an incursion into Syrian territory early Sunday morning, reaching the village of Abdin in the Yarmouk Basin area of the western Daraa countryside. The Syrian Arab News Agency reported that more than 10...
The new foreign tour of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in mid-June 2026 to France and Slovakia, as well as his participation in the G7 summit in Évian, confirmed New Delhi’s growing role in world affairs while successfully pursuing a...
Julien Segura was fresh off volunteering for the campaign of insurgent New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani , when he launched his own run for State Assembly. After Tuesday night, when the results of the state primaries begin to...
The actor who played Gustavo "Gus" Fring in Breaking Bad has converted to Islam during filming in Saudi Arabia , according to the country's entertainment chief. In a post on X on Sunday, Turki Alalshikh , chairman...
US and Iranian negotiators resumed talks in Switzerland on Sunday amid hopes of advancing a landmark agreement intended to end hostilities between the two countries and stabilise the wider region. The talks came a day after a ceasefire...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,032 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Sunday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN / Israeli authorities on Monday prevented prominent Palestinian activist Munther Amira from crossing the Allenby Bridge border crossing into Jordan, disrupting his planned participation in a series of human rights events in Europe, according to...
WEST BANK, (PIC) As part of its ongoing settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli government continues to push forward new projects aimed at imposing new faits accomplis on the ground and expanding control over Palestinian areas, particularly in...
JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) continues its efforts to dry out Sahl al-Baqi’a through the Crimson Thread settlement plan to isolate the northern Jordan Valley and liquidate the Palestinian presence in it. The IOA persists in targeting Sahl al-Baqi’a...
Israelis overwhelmingly believe that Iran emerged stronger from the Middle East war and its subsequent deal with the United States , a poll released on Sunday found. The poll of 3,644 respondents, conducted between June 17 and 20...
Tunisia were knocked out of the World Cup on Saturday after being thrashed 4-0 by Japan. Ayase Ueda scored twice while Daichi Kamada and Junya Ito were also on target as the Asian giants joined the Netherlands on...
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