Consumers should buy airline tickets as soon as possible to avoid the risk of higher fares caused by rising oil prices triggered by the war in Iran , Spain's industry and tourism minister said. After welcoming a record 97 million...
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Credit: Phil Nijhuis/ANP via AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Apr 27 2026 (IPS) Yasmin Ullah, from Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority, is determined to see justice. On 13 April, she filed a complaint alleging genocide against Myanmar’s president, Min Aung Hlaing, to...
Washington will not be able to think straight about Iran, and will opt for the wrong tactics. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Some fifteen years ago I wrote that western...
Iran on Sunday executed a man convicted of membership in the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl and involvement in attacks on security forces in the southeast, the judiciary said. Amer Ramesh was arrested during a counterterrorism operation in the Pirsahrab area...
Buildings Department did not conduct flame tests on Wang Fuk Court scaffold nets, fire probe hears
Full ArticleThe Buildings Department (BD) did not conduct flammability tests on the scaffold nets covering Wang Fuk Court before the housing estate was struck by a deadly fire last year, an official has told a public inquiry into the blaze. Foam...
Credit: Nikada/iStock by Getty Images. Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF) By Abebe Aemro Selassie WASHINGTON DC, Apr 27 2026 (IPS) Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies entered 2026 with significant momentum. The region had notched its fastest growth rate in 10 years—4.5 percent in...
India’s planned purchase of Russian ultra-long-range air-to-air missiles aims to counter Pakistan’s China-backed air network but exposes deeper integration and escalation challenges. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that India has signed a US$1.2 billion deal to...
Inadelso Cossa’s documentary grapples with the trauma left by the conflict through witness that wavers between real and imagined truths Lasting from 1977 to 1992, the Mozambique civil war left deep scars on the psyche of the whole nation. In...
Why don’t UK media mention the Israel lobby?
Full ArticleBritain’s national media fails to recognise the influence – and even the existence – of an Israel lobby, our new media analysis shows. Declassified researched two years of reporting by seven British media outlets and found only...
How long will borders control fate of Gaza students?
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) Humanitarian crises continue to pile up in the Gaza Strip, and the suffering of students stranded out of the Strip or those who won scholarships abroad is one of the most urgent issues. Educational opportunities for such students become a...
Iran is offering to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear programme, two regional officials with knowledge of the proposal said Monday, in an offer that is unlikely to be accepted by the...
In the bustling Chifubu constituency of Ndola, the provincial capital of Zambia’s mineral-rich Copperbelt Province, 31-year-old Victoria Bwalya is usually among the early risers, cleaning and setting up for the day in her restaurant business. But before now, Bwalya’s hustle...
A landmark agreement allowing China to issue sovereign bonds in Indonesia’s domestic market on a reciprocal basis signals a deliberate push for regional financial integration. The reciprocal sovereign bond issuance agreement between China and Indonesia marks a strategic breakthrough. For...
Beijing slammed on Monday an EU plan aimed to bolster the bloc’s industries against fierce competition from China, vowing countermeasures if it is enacted. European Union flags. File photo: EU. The EU unveiled in March new “Made in Europe” rules...
The challenge of civic trust in the face of AI is temporal as much as technical Originally published on Global Voices Advox Screenshot from Hong Kong's Smart Government Innovation LAB . Fair use. This post is part of...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed last night and on Monday morning different areas of the West Bank, raiding homes and kidnaping several Palestinian citizens. According to media sources, the IOF carried out raids on homes in the town...
More than 201,000 people took part in Hong Kong’s annual Cinema Day on Saturday, enjoying discounted HK$30 tickets at theatres citywide. A theatre on Cinema Day on April 25, 2026. Photo: Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, via Facebook. The Culture,...
In May 2025, President Donald Trump declared that the neoconservative era was over. This was of course not new rhetoric. He didn’t always live up to it, but Trump always made sure that bashing neocons and the Bush era and...
Earlier this month, the United States, citing heightened risk of terror attacks, pulled all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy in Nigeria’s political capital, Abuja. Nigeria responded in a typical fashion, issuing a statement acknowledging that American concerns are...
Bangladesh, South Asia’s second-largest economy and one of the world’s fastest-growing garment exporters, has spent much of the past two years trying to tame inflation after a prolonged cost-of-living squeeze. Now it risks undoing some of that work the old-fashioned...
Admiral Cooper with Emir of the State of Qatar I expected the US to renew its attack on Iran today, but that did not happen and, based on recent developments, I think it will not… At least if the views...
This week in New York, diplomats from almost every nation will convene for a four-week review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the most comprehensive nuclear arms agreement in the world. The stakes could hardly be...
By: Khanh Vu Duc - - - - Naval power rarely changes course through headlines. It changes through personnel. The removal of US Navy Secretary John Phelan and the elevation of Hung Cao as Acting Secretary is one such signal,...
In Cuba a deadlock is more likely than a deal
Full Article“I do believe I’ll be having the honor of taking Cuba,” President Trump told journalists in the Oval Office last month. “ “I think I can do anything I want with it, if you want to know the truth. They’re...
The modern international order rests on a contradiction rarely examined in full daylight. Western states present themselves as guardians of international rules, democracy, and self-determination, yet the historical record of their behavior abroad tells a different story — one written...
Here is a salient place to start regarding the economic impact of the Donald’s misbegotten war on Iran: To wit, approximately 7 billion ton-miles of freight moves by truck each and every day in the USA, which heavy truck fleet...
A respected human rights activist has spoken repeatedly against the US-Israeli aggression on Iran. She recognizes the illegality of the war and does not shy away from condemning it in clear terms. Yet, almost invariably, she feels compelled to qualify...
Tai Po fire: Residents return to retrieve belongings, take final photos and mourn neighbours
Full ArticleWang Fuk Court residents continued to return to their fire-scorched housing estate to collect personal belongings over the weekend. One family said they planned to take “one last photo” inside their flat, while a couple brought flowers to mourn...
By Dr. Moh Kolbehdari Dr. Moh Kolbehdari is a Senior Lead Architect at Socionext, where he specializes in the industrialization of high-performance AI chiplets and 1.8-Tb/s interconnects. With over two decades of experience in SI/PI, electromagnetic field theory, and system-level...
Car bomb kills Sadio Camara at home during coordinated assaults by rebel groups including West African al-Qaida affiliate Mali’s defence minister was killed in an attack on his residence, the government said on Sunday, a high-profile fatality during coordinated assaults staged...
Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least three people on Sunday, including a woman, the enclave's civil defence agency said. Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily Israeli violence, while strikes and demolitions also continue....
Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on the country's south on Sunday killed 14 people, the deadliest day since a ceasefire came into force over a week ago. It came as Israel and Hezbollah traded fresh accusations of...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg as part of a trip that begins on Monday for talks over the Islamic republic's war with the United States and Israel,...
The Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance) , a SEMI Technology Community, an international association of companies providing goods and services throughout the semiconductor design ecosystem, is a forum to address technical, marketing, economic and legislative issues affecting the entire...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanese authorities reported on Sunday that the number of casualties from Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours has risen to 13 killed and 30 injured, bringing the total since March 2 to 2,509 deaths and 7,755 wounded. At the...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli attacks on fishing boats off the coast of Gaza continue, amid repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement, worsening the hardship faced by thousands of fishermen who have lost their livelihoods. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Israeli forces continue to open fire...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A group of settlers attacked on Sunday evening Palestinian civilian vehicles in the town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah in the central West Bank. Local sources reported that the settlers gathered at the western entrance of the town...
Far Away [Part 10] – Lost And Found
Full ArticleA wounded figure appears in the darkness, and Darius is given a choice between two life paths. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part...
Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's most formidable political rivals said on Sunday they were joining forces in a bid to oust his coalition government in the upcoming election expected later this year. The former prime ministers -...
Iran's foreign minister departed Islamabad for Moscow on Sunday, his ministry said, ping-ponging from capital to capital as mediators hoped to keep peace talks between Tehran and the United States alive. Abbas Araghchi sandwiched a visit to...
Alfred McCoy – American “Micro-Militarism”
Full ArticleOr How Defeat in the Iran War Will Accelerate American Global Decline Alfred W. McCoy is the Harrington professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His new book, just published, is Cold War on Five Continents: The Geopolitics...
Palestinian authorities call local elections in a Gaza community and the West Bank a success
Full ArticlePalestinian authorities said Sunday that local elections in a single Gaza community and the occupied West Bank were a success and called them a step toward a long-delayed presidential election in the territories and eventual statehood. The Palestinian...
For years, conversations about Muslim children’s books have centred around one word: representation . We’ve been rightly focused on ensuring that Muslim children see themselves on the page – that they recognise their names, their families, their skin tones,...
Iran's foreign minister returned to Islamabad on Sunday, ping-ponging from capital to capital as mediators hoped to keep peace talks between Tehran and the United States alive. Abbas Araghchi visited Oman's Muscat on Saturday after leaving Pakistan, and...
A Syrian court conducted the first hearing Sunday in the trial of ousted ruler Bashar al-Assad and senior figures from his government, one of whom appeared in person. Assad and his brother Maher have fled Syria and...
Hezbollah on Sunday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation that it was jeopardising a ceasefire and said it would keep responding to Israel's own violations and occupation of south Lebanon. In a statement, Hezbollah said its attacks...
Islam Times - In economies under pressure, real power lies not only in resources, but in societal behavior. The more this behavior moves toward rationality, cooperation, and responsibility, the greater a country’s capacity to overcome crises becomes. This is precisely...
Israeli strikes on Sunday killed at least three people in Gaza , including a woman, the enclave's civil defence agency said. Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes and attacks continue. "Three martyrs and...
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