A report alleging that Israel operated a secret military base in Iraq’s Najaf desert has sparked controversy and conflicting statements among Iraqi politicians and security forces. The report emerged amid sensitive political negotiations in Baghdad and broader tensions involving Iran-backed...
A direct information campaign has begun against Volodymyr Zelensky, apparently aimed at removing him from political power. It appears that Donald Trump may have sensed an opportunity to secure a clear political victory. Personal Gain as the Driving Force Behind Zelensky's...
Microsoft has fired the head of its operations in Israel , Alon Haimovitch, and other senior figures, months after revelations about the Israeli subsidiary's use of Microsoft Azure cloud services to spy on Palestinians, Israeli business news...
Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) have launched a large-scale military operation in the deserts of Najaf and Karbala aimed at tightening security and reinforcing troop deployments, amid public anger over reports alleging the presence of an...
By Dr. Moh Kolbehdari The semiconductor industry has spent decades optimizing tools. Today, however, the central challenge is no longer whether individual tools are powerful enough. The real question is whether increasingly specialized tools, domains, models, and organizations can still...
Iranian parliamentary spokesman Ebrahim Rezaei said on Tuesday that the country could enrich uranium up to 90 percent purity, a level considered weapons-grade, if Iran is attacked again. "One of Iran's options in the event of another...
Just when the world needs it most, the multilateral system is coming apart. The institutional spaces created to confront threats like war, authoritarianism, and ecological disaster are collapsing because of direct attacks and longstanding cracks in their foundations. The old global...
SAO PAULO, (PIC) Brazilian activist Thiago Avila returned to Sao Paulo on Monday following his detention and deportation from Israel, where he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in custody. Avila and Spanish national Saif Abu Keshek...
Journalists on the frontlines and in exile share a commitment to truth Originally published on Global Voices Advox A woman journalist being interviewed. Image courtesy of ExileHub. Exile Hub is one of Global Voices’ partners in Southeast Asia, emerging...
This story was originally published by THE CITY. Sign up to get the latest New York City news delivered to you each morning. A month before the first World Cup soccer match takes place at MetLife Stadium across the Hudson...
Since 2014, U.S. lawmakers have introduced over 200 bills targeting the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. The vast majority of these efforts have failed to pass, but more than 30 states have adopted anti-BDS laws. The first...
Kuwait said Tuesday that four people arrested earlier this month as they attempted to enter the country by sea have confessed to belonging to Iran's Revolutionary Guards . The four men - two navy colonels, a captain, and a...
During U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China, pay special attention to China’s track record of manipulating information. The Chinese government has distorted the statements of foreign visitors and used them to serve its own rule over the people under...
The United Nations condemned Tuesday the toll from swelling Israeli military operations and settler attacks in the occupied West Bank on children, with 70 Palestinian children killed since early 2025. "Children are paying an intolerable price for...
GAZA, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army continued its ceasefire violations for the 215th consecutive day on Tuesday morning by carrying out artillery shelling and gunfire attacks in different areas of the Gaza Strip. According to media sources, Israeli gunboats fired projectiles into...
“ Shame! Shame! Shame!” chanted over a thousand voices at the May 4 meeting of the Box Elder County Commission in rural Utah as the three commissioners collected their things and quickly made their way toward the exit. Police...
Genocide denial frameworks identify recurring strategies: minimising victim numbers, victim-blaming, questioning witnesses, and reframing violence as unavoidable. Contemporary discourse surrounding Gaza reproduces many of these strategies, but also extends beyond classical typologies of denial. Unlike historical cases of genocide, which relied...
GAZA, (PIC) The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and its leader in Gaza, Khalil al Hayya, expressed their gratitude and appreciation to all who offered condolences for the martyrdom of his son, Azzam al Hayya, who was killed during Israel’s ongoing war...
Israeli forces occupying southern Lebanon have reportedly deployed lifelike mannequins dressed as soldiers inside homes and military positions in an attempt to lure and misdirect Hezbollah's increasingly effective first-person view (FPV) attack drones. Photographs circulated online in...
By Ron PAUL Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Last week “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth insulted Americans by claiming that a 50 percent increase in the US military budget – from...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) 22 Israeli ministers and Knesset members signed a petition calling on the police to allow extremist settlers to storm the Aqsa Mosque next Friday, May 15, to mark the anniversary of Israel’s occupation of east Jerusalem. The petition urged...
Israeli forces crossed the Litani River in southern Lebanon during a covert, days-long operation that reportedly led to close-range clashes with Hezbollah fighters and injuries among Israeli soldiers, according to Israeli military and media...
US President Donald Trump met with his national security team on Monday, raising fears that he could re-launch attacks on Iran and resume the joint US-Israeli war on the country. The meeting came amid weeks of deadlock between Washington...
Paris hosted its first-ever Modest Fashion Week. And across the board, from the brands promoting their Muslim-friendly designs to the hijabi influencers flown out to promote, it seems to have been lauded as a success for inclusion and progression. However, there’s...
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said Tuesday that his Iran-backed group's weapons were not part of upcoming negotiations between Lebanon and Israel, and vowed his fighters would turn the battlefield into "hell" for Israeli forces . "Nobody outside Lebanon has...
Israel deported on Sunday two foreign activists seized from a Gaza -bound flotilla, in what a rights group representing them described as a "punitive attack" on a civilian mission. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national of Palestinian origin,...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) In one of the most dangerous legislative shifts within the Israeli political system in recent years, the Israeli Knesset has approved, in its second and third readings, a law that would allow the prosecution of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners...
- - - - Photo by Leo_Visions on Unsplash I’m inherently distrustful of anyone or anything that has power. Yes, that includes billionaires, because when you have that much money, you have options that most don’t, and...
French president reaches out to new allies after setbacks in relations with his country’s former colonies in west Africa A French-African summit held every few years since 1973 is taking place in a non-francophone country for the first time as Emmanuel...
Relentless Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon , which began on 2 March, have forced more than one million people – roughly one-fifth of the population – to flee their homes, destroying entire villages, levelling infrastructure, and...
A forensic investigation into how Washington leveraged the war in Iran to replace Nord Stream, save the dollar, and establish total command over the world’s fuel from the Arctic to the Indian Ocean. By Richard MEDHURST Junte-se a nós no...
A leading human rights barrister has won his appeal against contempt of court proceedings, which were levelled at him for a closing speech in the trial of Palestine Action activists. The court of appeal’s ruling on Tuesday in the case...
Bankers and magnates of the American and European bourgeoisie fund NGOs to produce narratives; then UN officials grant legitimacy to those narratives, which are subsequently amplified by dominant media outlets. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK ....
This statement was originally published on africafex.org on 2 April 2026. Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has partnered with five other Nigerian and international media freedom organizations to write a joint letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging him to...
Jordan has been shaken by a case involving a man accused of impersonating a cosmetic doctor and allegedly sexually assaulting three minors at his home in the capital, Amman, sparking widespread anger across the country. The families of the three...
Iran should not use the Strait of Hormuz , which it has blocked since the start of the Middle East war , as a means to blackmail Gulf states, Qatar's top diplomat and premier said on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohammed...
After a lifetime of poverty, Évora found huge success aged 51 with 1992 album Miss Perfumado. As Cape Verdean singers celebrate her morna ballads on stage, those who knew her recall her power, pride and constant smoking Cape Verde,...
By Anis Chowdhury SYDNEY, May 12 2026 (IPS) The Republic of Korea (Korea), Vietnam and Bangladesh are on three different rungs of the development ladder. While Korea is a member of the rich nations’ club, i.e., the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
Security crises in the Middle East remind the importance of the balance of power in the Eastern Mediterranean. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Recently, I wrote about the possibility...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel appear to have emerged from the Iran war with a stronger relationship than ever. The UAE sustained the most Iranians attacks throughout that conflict and felt let down by the...
The US Justice Department has reportedly subpoenaed The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets at the urging of President Donald Trump, who has complained incessantly about coverage of his Iran war. The Journal reported Monday that it received grand jury subpoenas dated...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has denounced the Knesset’s preliminary approval of legislation to seize archaeological sites in the occupied West Bank, describing it as “unlawful” and “dangerous aggression against global heritage.” In a statement on Tuesday, Hamas accused the Israeli...
A U.S. carrier no longer induces fear as once it might have; It now radiates vulnerability. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Although the Iran war largely has been viewed through the...
Israel's parliament on Monday approved a new law paving the way for the prosecution and possible execution of alleged Hamas elite force members and other Palestinian detainees accused of taking part in the 7 October 2023...
Vietnam’s interest in acquiring India’s BrahMos missile has the potential to transform a routine arms deal into a high-stakes procurement impacting power, deterrence and strategic influence across the Indo-Pacific. This month, multiple media outlets reported that Vietnam is moving closer...
GAZA, (PIC) New testimonies from Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons, alongside a major investigation published by The New York Times, have shed renewed light on allegations of systematic torture, sexual abuse, and degrading treatment against Palestinians in Israeli detention facilities. The...
Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates to defend the country during the Iran war, the US ambassador to Israel said Tuesday. The comments by Mike Huckabee...
The announcement of a three-day ceasefire and a 1,000-prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine has predictably triggered a wave of optimism across Western financial capitals. For an American electorate increasingly fatigued by the attrition of “forever...
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