A street scene in Herat, where calls to reopen schools and universities for girls have exposed activists and educators to Taliban detention. Credit: Learning Together. By External Source HERAT, Afghanistan, May 5 2026 (IPS) Qadoos Khatibi, an Afghan university lecturer, and...
Four British pro-Palestinian activists were on Tuesday convicted of criminal damage relating to a 2024 raid on a factory operated by Israeli defence firm Elbit , with one of the defendants found guilty of hitting a police officer with...
Two months after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, a tense standoff prevails. There is no active warfare, but no signs of a diplomatic breakthrough either. The war is a culmination of a 47-year trajectory which set...
Moscow has reset the rules of the game unilaterally. The Kremlin's ultimatum, voiced on the evening of May 4, is not just a diplomatic note but the dying gasp of the old system of deterrence. In response to Russia's proposal...
Syria 's Central Bank on Monday announced that local banks and electronic payment firms can now work with global payment networks, in a shift to modernise the country's financial infrastructure. Central Bank Governor Abdulkader Husrieh said the move will facilitate money...
This story was originally published by ProPublica . To the narcotics agents investigating drug smuggling in Puerto Rico prisons, it seemed at first like a typical scheme: associates of an inmate gang sneaking drugs into the prison, gang...
News out of the Pentagon is that the great retreat from Germany is beginning. Five thousand U.S. troops are being withdrawn at the request of a petulant president who can’t stand criticism of his disastrous war of choice with Iran. (Then again,...
To commemorate Nakba Day 2026, the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is honoured to host Lubnah Shomali from BADIL for a meeting to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the beginning of the Palestinian Nakba (‘Catastrophe’ in Arabic) – and to discuss how...
- - - - Photo by Avi Agarwal on Unsplash Political violence is more than a little unsettling. While there’s a time and a place for just that, no rational person can look at the world around...
Since 2018 , when it bought the chemical manufacturer Monsanto, the German conglomerate Bayer has set aside billions to settle legal claims that the active ingredient in the company’s weed killer Roundup has caused cancer and other health issues among...
FIFA has invited the Iranian football federation (FFIRI) to its headquarters for talks over the country's participation at this year's World Cup , a source told AFP on Tuesday. Iran's presence at the tournament, held in...
Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto has projected that bilateral trade between Kenya and Tanzania will exceed $1 billion (about R17bn) in 2026, signaling strengthening economic ties and rising cross-border investment between East Africa’s two largest economies. Speaking before Tanzania’s...
By Fabrizio POGGI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su May 2nd. On the anniversary of the Nazi massacre at the House of Trade Unions in Odessa, May 2, 2014, one must acknowledge that...
The Democratic Left Federation and the Unified Socialist Party are moving toward finalising details of an electoral alliance ahead of Morocco's parliamentary elections scheduled for 23 September. The step marks a notable shift after five years of estrangement between...
Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, had the illusion that it was possible to exist simultaneously within several incompatible systems without paying a price for it, but after Volodymyr Zelensky's statements, he will rid himself of that illusion. Pashinyan Allowed Zelensky to...
JENIN, (PIC) An extremist Jewish settler stormed the courtyard of a Palestinian school in the town of Silat al-Dhahr, south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday morning, driving his vehicle inside and chasing students while brandishing his weapon. Eyewitnesses...
Stuck in a deadlock with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump is attempting to undermine Iran's main leverage - its blockade over the waterway - with the launch of " Project Freedom ". While the...
As a child born and raised in the Middle East, I had little awareness of politics. When I arrived in the UK to pursue my education, my knowledge was so limited that when asked whether I was left or right-leaning,...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, Atallah Hanna, has warned of escalating Israeli attacks targeting Christians in Jerusalem, describing them as “systematic and racist” and part of efforts to alter the city’s identity. In remarks published by Al-Jazeera on...
Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians and wounded several others in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health officials said. Medics said a Palestinian was killed and two others were wounded by an Israeli airstrike near the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Two Lebanese men riding a motorcycle in southern Lebanon were martyred in an Israeli strike on Tuesday. An Israeli army spokesperson claimed the two men were Hezbollah members and were killed by a drone after they approached Israeli troops operating...
More than two dozen House Democrats demanded that the Trump administration acknowledge Israel’s possession of nuclear weapons in a letter revealed by the Washington Post Tuesday. The missive represents a rare public comment from U.S. leaders about Israel’s nuclear arsenal, which...
A Spanish court has launched a new legal step over the detention of a Spanish peacekeeper in southern Lebanon, requesting clarification from the United Nations on whether an investigation into the incident had been opened. Judge Antonio Pina of...
In 1666, a bipolar rabbi who married the Torah sparked a secretive, transgressive Jewish messianic cult. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In recent years, Israel has attempted to impose on public opinion...
CEOs got an 11% raise in 2025; workers just 0.5%. The average top exec now makes 490 years of a typical employee’s wages. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Top global CEO pay...
Syrian authorities have announced new conditions for street protests, with an official telling AFP on Monday that the move was purely regulatory, despite concerns over restrictions on freedoms. It is Islamist authorities' first such move since the ousting...
Given the success of the event in Silicon Valley last week, I would expect the Siemens U2U event in Munich to be even bigger. In my experience this has been the best user driven event in 2026 with the deepest...
U.S.-Iran talks have foundered. America's naval blockade has not reopened the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, for its part, has confronted Washington's "Project Freedom" directly — by denying passage to a South Korean vessel, and targeting two American warships and Fujairah...
A UK-based lawyer who represented Hamas in a legal challenge claims police falsely recorded him as a member of the group after detaining him under counter-terrorism powers, according to court documents. Fahad Ansari is challenging his stop...
One Hong Kong hiker has died, and another one survived after being rescued from a Japanese mountain, according to media reports. Japanese TV Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting (CBC) reported on Tuesday afternoon that two men, believed to be Chinese nationals, were stranded...
Every year on 3 May, the communities around the globe mark World Press Freedom Day, an occasion meant to reaffirm the protection of journalists and their right to report freely. In the war-torn Gaza , however,...
A Gaza flotilla activist detained by Israel has written an emotional letter to his young daughter, describing his participation in a humanitarian mission as a "historical task" driven by moral responsibility. Thiago Ávila, one of around 180...
Palestinian photographer Saher Alghorra has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his documentation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza , with judges praising his work as "haunting" and "sensitive". Alghorra, a contributor...
By Bashaer Abu Muammar In Gaza, the sound of drones does not fade. It lingers, day and night, above shattered neighborhoods and fractured lives. But beneath that constant noise, another threat is quietly growing, one that families say they can neither...
Stocks sank on Tuesday with a fresh spike in Middle East tensions fanning fears over the fragile US-Iran ceasefire, as the two sides appeared no closer to a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. And while oil prices fell,...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) Israeli far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich joined thousands of settlers in provocative dances and rituals at the courtyard of the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil City in the occupied West Bank on Monday evening. The minister and settlers defiled the Mosque...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has warned of escalating violations against Palestinian female prisoners held in Israeli Damon Prison, describing the abuses as “war crimes that cannot be ignored” and calling for urgent international action to protect detainees. In a statement on...
Nations have always had to negotiate shared waters. The sea carries trade and sustains coastal communities. It often hides valuable resources. It can bring neighbors closer together, but when claims overlap, it can also become a source of friction. Recent...
It’s been a year and two months since Vice President JD Vance delivered his famous speech in Munich, declaring that “the main threat [to Europe comes] from within.” In targeting political elites in general, Vance was aiming specifically...
Mali's junta leader, Assimi Goita , will assume the additional role of defence minister, according to a decree announced on Monday, after the death of the previous minister in large-scale attacks . Mali is facing a security crisis...
The rising number of centenarians and older individuals raises important questions and issues, such as retirement ages, healthcare, pensions, living expenses, and elder care. Credit: Maricel Sequeira/IPS By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, May 5 2026 (IPS) Throughout human history, reaching the...
Informed Iraqi sources in the capital, Baghdad, told The New Arab that several armed factions have agreed to hand over their weapons to the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in the coming phase. They said the move forms...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,615 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Monday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
We, undersigned members and partners of the Global Forum for Media Development and IFEX, strongly condemn the Zambian government’s decision to force the last-minute cancellation of RightsCon 2026 due to the foreign interference of China over the participation of Taiwanese...
A branch of the Catholic church expressed deep concern on Monday over reports that Israel was demolishing civilian and religious buildings in parts of southern Lebanon under its control, following allegations that a convent had been bulldozed. The...
Jihadists in Mali launched massive attacks across the country on April 25, sparking widespread speculation about whether Mali’s ruling junta will fall. Among the casualties on April 25 was a core junta member, Defense Minister Sadio Camara, whose death underscored the...
When Ayat Hani needs to get somewhere in Gaza, the hardest part isn't the broken roads or the heat. It's the change. Getting around after over two years of Israel's genocide in Gaza has become an exercise in negotiation...
The Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development Authority has been designated by a presidential directive as the country’s sole rice exporter, according to a letter the military-controlled body sent to the Egyptian Customs Authority dated April 23. The move grants...
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