A rare glimpse of a snow leopard prowling through the high-altitude wilderness of Kangchendzonga National Park, captured by a trail camera. Credit: WWF/Sikkim By Diwash Gahatraj SIKKIM, India, Jun 17 2026 (IPS) The tea arrives before the conversation starts. Jayanta...
The statement issued by the US State Department following a closed-door meeting between US Presidential Special Envoy for Syria and Iraq Tom Barrack and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in Baghdad on Monday appeared as a series of...
Moscow continues advancing strategic integration with Asian nations – the West reacts with disinformation. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The commemorative summit marking 35 years of dialogue between Russia and the Association...
Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in a village north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the local mayor said. The incident comes amid an increase in attacks against Palestinian communities by fanatical Israeli settlers...
How the militarist drift subverts community law and enriches the U.S. military-industrial complex. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The problem of the European Union is not only a total disconnect between what it represents and the...
On May 12, 2026, the China Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia issued a sharply worded open letter to Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, saying that Chinese firms operating locally have been burdened by stringent regulations, arbitrary law enforcement, and corruption and...
"Why are minorities always the ones held responsible for the actions of a single perpetrator?" a 47-year-old Sikh man from the Midlands, who requested anonymity, told The New Arab . The man, who is visibly Sikh and wears a...
Abdiqadir Salah was pierced by shrapnel in a bombing that killed 12 in Somalia. But as the US denies civilians were hurt they face no hope of compensation theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/16/somalia-us-trump-war-alshabaab-islamists-drone-airstrikes-civilian-deaths-children">Killed walking home from school: why did Somali children become targets of...
Credit: HuyNguyenSG/iStock by Getty Images. Source: IMF By Kristalina Georgieva WASHINGTON DC, Jun 17 2026 (IPS) More than three months into the war in the Middle East, the global economy appears to be holding up. Commodity prices, inflation and expectations...
Progressives had another big night in the Democratic primaries , with a democratic socialist leading in the mayoral race in Washington, DC and a Palestinian American progressive, Ruwa Romman, winning a state primary in Georgia. As of late...
New Tunisia head coach Hervé Renard held his first practice with the squad on Tuesday, shortly after replacing Sabri Lamouchi, who was fired after the team's 5-1 thumping by Sweden . The 57-year-old Frenchman had four days to get the...
The Ebola outbreak sweeping the region has become an excuse for the United States to seize control of Kenya’s strategically important Laikipia Air Base. This raises serious questions about Washington’s true intentions and its attitude toward Kenya. Satellite imagery from...
By CIVICUS Jun 17 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses a proposed United Nations (UN) tax treaty with Jenny Ricks, General Secretary of Fight Inequality Alliance, a global movement that organises to counter the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of...
MOU, minus 3 and counting. What is in the actual memo? Israeli politicians and their Zionist collaborators in the United States are going wild after seeing Iranian press reports that outline the deal that Donald Trump is prepared to sign...
Jordan can hold their heads up high after delivering an "honourable performance" on their 2026 World Cup debut, coach Jamal Sellami said following his side's 3-1 defeat by Austria in Group J on Tuesday. Austria took the lead...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued overnight and early Wednesday raids across multiple areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem, carrying out searches, arrests, and field interrogations. In Nablus, IOF troops entered the city and the New Askar refugee...
On May 28, 2025, a localized skirmish along the Thailand-Cambodia border rapidly escalated into one of the region’s most significant military conflicts in recent decades. More than a year later, a tenuous ceasefire is in place, and recent talks —...
NEGEV, (PIC) Israeli authorities on Tuesday forced the owners of 20 homes in the unrecognized village of Al-Sirr in the occupied Negev to demolish their own houses, in one of the largest home demolition operations in the region in recent years. According...
Overcoming political divisions between Pro-France Loyalists and the Pro-Independence movement is a major challenge in ongoing negotiations between the French Government and leaders in New Caledonia to define the territory's future political status. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS By Catherine Wilson SYDNEY, Jun...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The occupied West Bank and Jerusalem witnessed a major escalation overnight and into Wednesday morning, marked by coordinated Israeli military raids and a wave of settler attacks targeting Palestinian communities, homes, and property. Violence intensified across several areas in...
Islam Times - Bloomberg News has released details of a memorandum of understanding [MoU] reached between Tehran and Washington, whose central provision stipulates that both countries and their respective allies will declare an immediate and permanent end to military operations...
Islam Times - What a difference a year makes! Last June, in the wake of the first joint “Israeli”-US attack on Iran, a joke was making the rounds in the Middle East. It described a bartender welcoming an American, an...
Hello, Here are the latest key updates: - Iranian officials hailed the agreement with the US as a "diplomatic victory". For his part, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stressed any agreement with the US must include the release of frozen Iranian assets,...
In the first few weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump announced a massive AI infrastructure project dubbed Stargate. It was an unexpected and rather odd event for a new administration’s first major initiative. It now seems obvious that the project was a highly coordinated...
Darius is sent on a journey that shows him sights he never would have imagined, as well as feelings he did not expect. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |...
By Warren Krafchik and Paolo de Renzio Jun 17 2026 (IPS) In the human body, connective tissue rarely gets the attention given to the heart, lungs or brain. But without it, even the strongest organs cannot function as a system....
Vietnam’s relationship with the United States is entering a new phase. While the two countries have strengthened cooperation on semiconductors, critical minerals and Indo-Pacific security, Hanoi’s record trade surplus with Washington is testing the economic foundations of the partnership. The...
China’s top diplomat told his Pakistani counterpart on Tuesday that the next phase of negotiations between the United States and Iran — which Pakistan has helped mediate — will be “more difficult”. Tehran, Iran. File photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. In a...
Chinese authorities are holding two leaders of a prominent Protestant church in detention after police raided a service over the weekend, a rights group told AFP Tuesday, the latest incident in a crackdown on unofficial Christian organisations. Early Rain Covenant...
Exclusive: health professionals, survivors and politicians voice concerns in open letter over comments by Fatima Maada Bio, who denies supporting the practice The first lady of Sierra Leone has denied that she supports female genital mutilation amid rising anger around her...
Heads of state and participants from more than 80 countries at three-day event in Accra to pursue actionable commitments to reconciliation and restitution Ghana is hosting a conference to advance the continent’s push for reparatory justice after the adoption of...
MOU, minus 3 and counting. The image above illustrates a major problem not directly addressed in the MOU, and I will explain more at the end of this piece. What is in the actual memo? Israeli politicians and their Zionist...
US President Donald Trump and his top advisers have spent months insisting that extracting and confiscating highly enriched uranium from Iran was the top objective of the unprovoked war he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu began in February—but on Tuesday at the Group...
When Trump launched a war against Iran in late February, his MAGA movement suddenly became nearly indistinguishable from the neoconservative foreign policy Trump once abhorred. For nearly four months, Washington hawks like Senator Lindsey Graham and radio jock Mark Levin were...
As Israeli officials lash out against a preliminary deal to end the war in Iran, President Donald Trump is returning the favor. “I'm not happy with the way Israel has handled themselves with Lebanon,” Trump said Tuesday. “Israel would have...
A headteacher, a motorcycle taxi driver and a travel agent are among those who are counting the human and economic cost of the virus Justin Keno watches more than 400 pupils stream through the Nelson Mandela school’s gate each morning, and...
Complaints of suspected corruption in major renovation projects surged by 150 per cent in the first four months of 2026 following the deadly Wang Fuk Court fire , Hong Kong’s anti-corruption watchdog has said. (Left to right) Simon Ho,...
After three months of war with two of the world’s most technologically and militarily advanced countries, Iran has proved far more resilient than anticipated. Indeed, strategically at least, Tehran appears to now have the upper hand in the conflict. How...
Hong Kong’s top court has rejected an appeal by a former student leader against a law which criminalises calls to boycott local elections by casting a blank vote. Hong Kong officials open a ballot box at the Election Committee by-elections...
Beijing’s top official on Hong Kong affairs has visited a temporary housing project and a community centre in the New Territories during his first day of inspections, housing chief Winnie Ho has said. Director of the Hong Kong and Macao...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - The international rating service Moody’s has joined a substantial chorus warning of China’s growing influence in Latin America, an indication that US President Donald Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” seeking to wall the US’s...
Gaza requires urgent international attention. What is happening in the besieged and devastated Strip at the moment by far exceeds an unfolding humanitarian disaster; it is a calculated geopolitical reshaping. Israel is actively executing a plan to permanently occupy the...
Thanks heavens. The bombs, missiles, planes and guns of every size, shape and lethality have gone silent in the middle east. What could have imminently and rapidly mushroomed into a full bore Demolition Derby among the Persian Gulf oilfields, petroleum...
As the fragile ceasefire hangs over the Middle East, two longtime allies who once seemed inseparable are now locked in a tense standoff. Donald Trump, the president of the United States, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, launched this war...
Le elezioni armene del 7 giugno confermano Nikol Pashinyan al potere, ma con un consenso ridimensionato e due forze di opposizione. Il voto apre una fase complessa, segnata da pressioni occidentali, contestazioni interne e incertezza strategica. Segue nostro Telegram ....
At the 2026 VLSI Symposium , Intel Foundry provided a detailed update on its process technology roadmap, highlighting the continued maturation of Intel 18A, the introduction of Intel 18A-P, and several advanced research initiatives that extend beyond current gate-all-around...
Washington has a habit of dressing up its foreign policy in the language of moral purpose. Presidents invoke democracy, human rights, and the rules-based international order as if they were divine mandates rather than rhetorical conveniences. So there is something...
Corporate lobby spending in Brussels has risen by 50% since 2020, and the number of registered lobbyists has grown by 30%. Cross-posted from Corporat e Europe Observatory Corporate spending on lobbying the EU keeps on rising – and the lobbyists...
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