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On 2 March 2026, a suspected Iranian-made drone was shot down over the British military base of Akrotiri in Cyprus. The incident pushed the island’s long-overlooked bases into the international spotlight, as security alerts and fears of...

In-depth

On 27 October, Omer, a Community Development Committee member, supports health workers at the UNICEF-supported mobile clinic in Al Jadab village in Atbara, River Nile State. Through this initiative, UNICEF is restoring lifesaving healthcare services, such as nutrition, immunization, antenatal...

Armed Conflicts, Climate Change, Crime & Justice

Invasions of ancient Persia were always daunting tasks. They often led to disaster. In the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, the Persian empire came to dominate a vast and varied geography with what’s now Iran at its heart. Comprising modern...

Middle East, Ancient war, Donald Trump

Iranian authorities Thursday executed a teenager convicted over January protests after a fast-track trial rights groups labelled as "grossly unfair", as the Islamic republic ramps up executions during the war with the US and Israel . Amir Hossein Hatami, 18,...

MENA

It’s still possible the Federal Reserve will slash interest rates again this year – but don’t count on it. With input prices soaring, interest rates aren’t the top concern for farmers and ranchers these days. Still, lower rates would be...

Finance, Block 2, Fed

The secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called Thursday for the UN Security Council to authorize the use of force to protect the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian attacks. Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping...

MENA

This informative webinar discusses a significant issue that is cropping up for sub-5nm designs. As the graphic above shows, modeling uncertainty at advanced nodes results in excessive guard banding. These guard bands result in reduced performance and profit. A loss...

ClockEdge, EDA, Events

The short answer is ‘no’ Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online journal The short answer is ‘no’. Trump was confabulating when he said that he was...

Geopolitics, Alastair Crooke, Article

The war on Iran emphasises the need for something better than populism as a response to the failure of the old order Peter Ramsay is Professor of Law at the London School of Economics. He is also one of the founding...

Geopolitics, Article, Peter Ramsay

Relying on foreign aid is bad for Africa’s health and it must stop if the continent is to enjoy health security. This was the collective view of government and corporate leaders meeting at the 58th session of the Conference of...

Africa, Aid, Development & Aid

Lebanese artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri is filing a civil complaint at a French war crimes unit alongside the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) over an Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut dating back to...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) A video of Palestinian university students taking exams on Gaza’s shores has sparked widespread social media interaction, in the midst of the unprecedented collapse of the educational sector in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli war. Activists have circulated...

News, Gaza Strip, Palestinian education

Rima Hassan , a French pro-Palestinian member of the European Parliament, was arrested on Thursday over a comment she posted on X last month about an attack on an Israeli airport in the 1970s, her fellow party member Jean-Luc Melenchon...

World

Emergency medical needs in Iran are rising exponentially, and stocks of trauma kits and other gear could run low if the war persists, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and ​Red Crescent ​Societies delegation there...

MENA

Argentina on Thursday expelled Iran's diplomatic envoy following what the foreign ministry called "false, offensive and baseless accusations" by Tehran. Mohsen Soltani Tehrani, Iran's charge d'affaires and counselor, was ordered to leave the country within 48 hours, the ministry said...

World

Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . The repercussions of the war launched by the United States and Israel on Iran, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes across the Gulf, are being felt along the RSF’s supply lines. Shipments sent...

Sudan Nashra

The US and Israel widened their attacks against Iran's civilian infrastructure on Thursday after President Donald Trump threatened to unleash widespread destruction across the country. Warplanes destroyed one of the country's oldest medical research institutes in Tehran while...

MENA

The Istanbul-based Popular Conference for Palestinians Abroad (PCPA) launched an urgent ‘Al Aqsa Appeal’ this week to urge the reopening of one of Islam’s holiest sites. The PCPA denounced the Israeli closure of the Al-Aqsa complex as unprecedented,...

MENA

The Israeli army imposed a curfew on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank 's flashpoint city of Hebron on Wednesday, sealing off entrances to neighbourhoods as the Jewish holiday of Passover began. Residents of the Jaber, Salaymeh, and...

MENA

Romania is weighing up cancelling a 1.89 billion lei ($427.2 million) contract to buy drones from Israel's Elbit Systems due to delivery delays, Defence Minister Radu Miruta said on Thursday. The deal, signed in 2022, envisaged deliveries beginning in...

World

Yahya Shamali's mother stands at the entrance of a worn-out tent in a displacement camp in Al-Saraya, central Gaza City. She scans the road anxiously, terrified her 16-year-old son might slip away again. For Yahya, who is on the autism...

Society

The Israeli Knesset passed a bill on March 30 to institute the death penalty only for Palestinians. The new law mandates military courts to sentence Palestinians in the West Bank and other Israeli-occupied territories to execution by hanging if...

Courts & Law, Middle East, Military

Lebanese artist Mounira Al Solh channels decades of her country's pain into her work, responding to a history of war and displacement that continues to shape lives across West Asia. Amid the US-Israel war on Iran, which...

Culture

- - - - Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash It started with a horrific murder. It was, to all outward appearances, about nothing but race. An immigrant to this country, trying to make a life for...

President Trump has systematically broken virtually every promise made on the campaign trail to court health-focused voters. His most recent walk-backs on pesticide reform are a cruel insult to the idea of “making America healthy again.” Among other...

Activism, Business & Economy, Column

If I asked you to name the most unpopular Supreme Court justice, you might choose the venal Clarence Thomas or the perpetually enraged Samuel Alito. In either event, you’d be wrong. The least popular member of the high tribunal is...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

GAZA, (PIC) Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Wednesday to protest new Israeli legislation that would allow the execution of Palestinian prisoners, amid rising public anger. The rally, organized by the Popular Committee for Refugees,...

News, Execution law, Gaza Strip

More than 100 international legal experts said Thursday that the United States military may be committing war crimes during its more than one -month-long assault on Iran . In a signed letter, the US-based practitioners expressed "profound concern" at what...

MENA

More than 100 international legal experts said Thursday that the United States military may be committing war crimes during its more than one -month-long assault on Iran . In a signed letter, the US-based practitioners expressed "profound concern" at what...

MENA

New York City police arrested a member of a Jewish Defense League group known as JDL 613 , for plotting to assassinate a Palestinian-American leader. The suspect is Alexander Heifler, whose Linkedin account lists his employment as...

Unfiltered

The US Embassy in Baghdad advised US nationals on Thursday to "leave Iraq immediately", stating that Iranian-backed Iraqi militias may be planning attacks in central Baghdad "within the next 24 to 48 hours". The warning comes as the fallout...

MENA

Brazil is now on the route of bioterrorism and biological warfare, and the lack of specific preparation for this may exact a high price. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Approximately two years...

Americas, Asia-Pacific, World

By Jude RUSSO Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The current war is already collapsing into a “mowing the grass” strategy. Let’s all give a hand for Marco Rubio, secretary of state, favored champion...

Editor's Choice, Imperialism, Iran

The short answer is ‘no’, Alastair Crooke writes. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The short answer is ‘no’. Trump was confabulating when he said that he was already in negotiations with ‘important’...

Americas, Middle East, Security

By Eric MARGOLIS Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Speaking as a former harbor master, operator of cargo ships, and a military specialist on the Mideast, the current war in Iran is a...

Editor's Choice, Iran, Israel

CAIRO, (PIC) A high-level delegation from the Hamas Movement arrived on Wednesday evening in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, to follow up on the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement and to hold talks with Egyptian officials. The delegation, led by Hamas leader...

News, Ceasefire agreement, Egypt

The Israeli army is preparing to intensify its air campaign in southern Lebanon as ground troops face mounting losses during its ongoing invasion of southern Lebanon. Israeli media reports on Thursday noted a potential shift in strategy that would...

MENA

The designation of Silicon Catalyst as the exclusive strategic partner for Microelectronics US 2026 represents a significant alignment between a leading semiconductor startup ecosystem and a rapidly growing U.S. microelectronics industry event. This partnership reflects broader trends in semiconductor innovation,...

Semiconductor Services, Silicon Catalyst, advanced manufacturing

Brian Wallace (center), Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations and Carolyn Schwalger (right), Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, both Co-chairs of the UN80 Initiative, brief reporters on the work of the UN80 Initiative informal...

Development & Aid, Editors' Choice, Featured

Several protests erupted across the Middle East this week, denouncing what has been lambasted as Israel's "racist" death penalty law targeting Palestinians. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets across several provinces to express their rejection of the law,...

MENA

An 21-month-old boy's mental state has 'greatly deteriorated' after he was released from Israeli detention with signs of torture , the toddler's mother has told The New Arab . A medical report found that Israeli soldiers extinguished cigarettes on...

MENA
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