The corruption trial of Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor entered its second month Thursday, in a case widely seen as a major setback for Turkey's opposition. Jailed since March last year, Ekrem Imamoglu of the main...
For more than five hours, experts and specialists in Washington discussed US President Donald Trump’s second term , focusing on US foreign policy in the Middle East, the war on Iran , and its implications for midterm elections,...
Ukraine is in talks with Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain to cooperate in the security sector and share its drone defence expertise and technology, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky visited several Middle Eastern countries last month to offer Ukraine's...
GAZA / PNN/ Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said conditions in the Gaza Strip remain “catastrophic” six months after a ceasefire took effect, warning that ongoing violence and restrictions on aid are continuing to cost lives. In a statement marking...
Indonesia said Friday it had submitted a joint statement on peacekeeper security with dozens of allied nations to the United Nations after three of its blue helmets were killed in Lebanon . In the joint statement, the countries urged...
Majlis speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf will be heading the Iranian delegation at talks in Islamabad with US officials (File photo) The glaring differences between the United States and Iran notwithstanding, the talks beginning in Islamabad tomorrow have a fairly good chance...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has defiantly declared that the sanctions imposed on Rwandan defence and security forces would not minimise its strength and integrity, emphasising: “They are among the finest that can be found anywhere”. On March 2, the...
A Fire Services Department (FSD) official has told a public hearing investigating the Wang Fuk Court blaze that water tank maintenance works that lasted more than half a year were acceptable. Keung Sai-ming, assistant director licensing and certification at the...
Attacks continued across the Gulf in the hours after the US-Iran ceasefire was announced on Wednesday. Dozens of ballistic missile and drones were launched from Iran, causing damage to key oil and gas infrastructure in several countries. Iranian media...
Syria has sought to position itself as a diplomatic actor amid the regional conflict with Iran, maintaining relative stability while several neighboring states faced significant missile and drone attacks. Damascus has intensified high-level engagements with Turkey, the United States, and...
Once again, Washington is weaponizing the language of values — and the target is Russia’s near abroad and Central Asia’s strategic resources. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The United States has once...
GAZA, (PIC) The bread loaf crisis has returned to the forefront once again in the Gaza Strip, to impose a harsh daily reality on the residents, who have been lining up since the dawn hours in front of bakeries and points...
We should not look too deeply at what got Trump in this mess. He’s just stupid and he surrounds himself with others who are much the same . Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us:...
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains severely restricted despite the recent US-Iran ceasefire , with tensions rising after Donald Trump criticised Tehran’s handling of oil flows and cast doubt on the durability of the...
Whether or not the ceasefire with Iran holds, and whether or not Iran keeps its uranium stockpile and enrichment program, one thing is clear: nuclear dangers are growing. The Trump administration’s last round of threats against Iran was widely received as nuclear saber-rattling . U.S.-Israeli air strikes near...
Iran-linked hacker group Handala announced it had obtained and leaked thousands of images, documents, and videos belonging to former Israeli army chief of staff Herzl Halevi . The group said on Thursday it was behind the operation, marking another instance...
FDD Senior Fellow David Daoud and Bill Roggio examine the recent and fragile ceasefire in the ongoing Iran war. Will the fighting in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah break the peace, and has the Iranian resistance movement missed a...
Sexual violence and threats of abuse against Palestinian men and women are part of the Israeli occupation forces' toolkit for oppression. A new report by NGO Equality Now cited one woman detainee who said an Israeli soldier threatened...
Grok has become a powerful tool for amplifying online gender-based violence (OGBV) Originally published on Global Voices Advox A screenshot from X (formerly Twitter) showing some X users using the AI chatbot Grok to sexualize women. By Victory Brown...
The Pentagon has failed to comply with a court order to restore press access, a federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting new restrictions put in place by the department after its prior rules were deemed unconstitutional. As part...
Five Palestinians, including a schoolgirl, were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Thursday, as journalists mourned the killing of an Al Jazeera reporter. The victims were killed in separate Israeli attacks amid a "ceasefire" theoretically...
For many Iranians, the ceasefire was a welcome development, not quite a cause for national celebration, yet far too significant to ignore, as it finally brought an end to relentless bombardment. But there are still segments of the...
The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have sparked intense debate over whether the attack is right or wrong from several perspectives: international law, morality, history, and realpolitik. At the center are questions of preemptive self-defense and humanitarian intervention. Join...
Farid al-Madhhan, the Syrian army defector also known as 'Caesar ', has sparked debate with a new Facebook post criticising the appointment of figures linked with the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad to positions in the current...
The fate of a Middle East ceasefire hung in the balance on Friday as Iranian and US negotiators prepared to meet in Pakistan for peace talks this weekend. Disputes over Lebanon and the Strait...
By Michael BRENNER Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The United States – the cynosure of Western society — has committed moral suicide in Gaza; and the death certificate was issued in Iran,...
Large protests erupted in cities and towns across the United States following US President Donald Trump’s threat to annihilate Iran and Israel’s large-scale bombing of Beirut this week. In dozens of cities on Wednesday, thousands of protesters marched through...
US First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise statement on Thursday denying any knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse, or that she herself was a victim of the convicted sex offender. The 55-year-old's rare on-camera remarks at the...
The Americans announced victory and negotiations—the Iranians did the same. Israel couldn’t care less and continues its murderous rampage. I’ve never been more skeptical in my life and believe this is all a mirage. I hope I’m wrong. By Peter...
Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced on Friday that the fierce Israeli strikes that rocked the country on 8 April killed at least 303 people and wounded 1,150 others, which comes as a Hezbollah MP says the...
In 2025, the EU exported €199.6 billion worth of goods to China and imported €559.4 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of €359.8 billion. Compared with 2024, exports decreased by 6.5% while imports increased...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday announced a 32-hour ceasefire over a two-day period for Orthodox Easter and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv would abide by the measure. The ceasefire for Orthodox Easter celebrations on...
Japan downgraded its assessment of China on Friday for the first time in a decade, marking a new blow to relations between the Asian superpowers. Japans Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at a meeting with British rock band Deep Purple...
Quello che è successo la mattina dell’8 aprile è un vero miracolo. O forse no. Segue nostro Telegram . Follia-via-terra “Questa notte un’intera civiltà verrà spazzata via.” – Donald J. Trump su Truth Social, 7 Aprile 2026 L’articolo potrebbe fermarsi qui,...
Hong Kong independent bookseller Pong Yat-ming has been found guilty of running an unregistered school after holding a Spanish interest class at his bookstore, Book Punch, last year. Hong Kong independent bookstore Book Punch owner Pong Yat-ming outside the Kowloon...
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in his latest written message the Islamic republic did not want war with the United States and Israel , but would protect its rights as a nation, state television reported...
French prosecutors have dropped an investigation into alleged drug possession by European Parliament member Rima Hassan , as scrutiny intensifies over her arrest on separate charges linked to a social media post. The Paris prosecutor's decision on Thursday to...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement said that reports revealing the Israeli cabinet’s approval of a plan to build 34 new settlement outposts across the occupied West Bank once again confirm the Israeli policies and crimes aimed at Judaizing Palestinian geography. In...
The Supreme Court of Japan avoids interpreting the constitutionality of the powers of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF). Article 9 of the Constitution renounces war as a right of the nation and the threat or use of force to settle...
Samuel Alpha Sesay, Founder, All Political Party Disability Association. Credit: Madina Kula Sheriff/IPS By Madina Kula Sheriff FREETOWN, Apr 10 2026 (IPS) As Sierra Leone prepares for its next national election in 2028, political parties across the country have begun setting...
For almost three years, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been fighting each other relentlessly. In the process, both sides have also attacked the civilian population, destroyed infrastructure, and weakened civil society engagement, benefiting...
GAZA, (PIC) In a morning that did not complete, the child Retaj Rehan, aged nine, became a martyr inside her educational tent in the north of the Gaza Strip, while she was holding her notebook and pen and preparing to receive...
Pakistan is gearing up to host US and Iranian delegations in the capital, Islamabad, for ceasefire negotiations aimed at ending the US-Israeli war on Iran. The US delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance, is...
GAZA, (PIC) The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza said on Thursday that Nikolay Mladenov’s statements about the entry of 602 trucks into the Strip are inaccurate, lack credibility, and contradict documented facts on the ground. In a statement, the GMO said...
Landlords at the training program in Kibera, Nairobi. Credit: Steven Ashuma When landlords are empowered, they can become a grassroots answer to the intractable problem of sexual violence in slums. By Meg Warren BELLINGHAM, Washington USA, Apr 10 2026 (IPS) Trigger...
The conscience of humanity resists “everything for us, nothing for others,” the creed of the predatory empire erected on the corpses of nations. The shameless rapacity and insolence have reached their zenith, and Trump’s threats illustrate the depraved spirit of...
WEST BANK, (PIC) One Palestinian was injured and several others were arrested during a series of military raids carried out by Israeli forces on Friday across different areas of the West Bank. Local sources reported that Israeli forces arrested two brothers during...
Families across Lebanon are searching for missing relatives and mourning loved ones after Israel dropped 160 bombs throughout the country in ten minutes on 8 April. The strikes hit hundreds of residential buildings without warning. The barrage came hours...
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