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Israel has not committed a single war crime in Gaza, the head of the newly-formed Reform Friends of Israel has claimed. Speaking to Declassified , Jason Pearlman also described the torture and abuse of Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons...

Archive, Middle East, Top Stories

Hundreds of university students trapped in the besieged Gaza Strip gathered on Monday outside the Journalists Syndicate’s headquarters in western Gaza City in a demonstration to demand permission to travel abroad and resume their studies. According to the student movement...

Israel blockade, Israel-Palestine, Israeli aggression on Gaza 2023

Uncertainty surrounds planned talks in Pakistan on Tuesday between Iranian and American officials, as a ceasefire is set to end in hours and the US and Israel make new threats against Iran. Iran said it has not yet sent...

MENA

A raiz do problema está no caos institucional interno, não em atores externos Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su A crise do fentanil nos Estados Unidos não pode mais ser tratada como...

Português, Criminal, Crisis

The developments surrounding the “Islamabad Talks” underscore a broader geopolitical realignment in which Pakistan, China, and other regional powers are deepening their strategic and economic integration, accelerating the rise of a Global South-led order while exposing the waning influence of...

Asia, Central Asia, Middle Asia

On Monday, in Khan Younis's al-Mawasi, Rasha Yousef Abu Jazar, 36, was preparing food in a tent with her four daughters when clashes erupted nearby between Israeli-backed militias linked to Ghassan al-Dahini and Palestinian security forces. Local...

MENA

After a long delay, Iraq has a new president . It represents a significant step forward in the government formation process, and all eyes now turn to the selection of a prime minister, but could the post become more...

Analysis

GAZA, (PIC) Gaza is facing a rapidly worsening water crisis as infrastructure destruction and mass displacement sharply reduce access to safe water, leaving residents struggling daily to secure minimal supplies. According to field reports, dozens of displaced Palestinians queue for hours at...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli genocide

After killing Iran’s supreme leader, Donald Trump told Iranians to “take over your government” because this was “probably your only chance for generations.” Five weeks later, as the human and economic costs of the war against Iran mounted while more...

Polling, Iran, Jcpoa

Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem early on Tuesday, raising an Israeli flag and performing Jewish rituals at the Muslim holy site. Settlers from the Jewish extremist "Temple Mount" movement entered the mosque's grounds under the...

MENA

Lebanon and Israel will hold a second round of talks in Washington on Thursday, as Beirut pushes to extend a fragile truce and halt Israel's continued occupation, attacks, home demolitions and scorched-earth campaign across southern Lebanon. The meeting...

MENA

Hezbollah announced it will hold mass funerals in south Lebanon on Tuesday for 44 fighters killed during more than six weeks of war with Israel. The burials come after Israel and Lebanon entered into a 10-day ceasefire on...

MENA

A Palestinian teenager was killed in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday after being hit by a vehicle belonging to the security detail of an Israeli minister, according to reports. Mohammad Ali al-Jabari, 16, was on his way to...

MENA

A panel named the Middle East Working Group gummed up all efforts to align the DNC with the views of most of the party’s voters, writes Norman Solomon. By Norman SOLOMON Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK...

Editor's Choice, Democratic Party, Establishment

Spain, Slovenia and Ireland have called for discussions on the suspension of the EU’s association agreement with Israel , ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Tuesday. In a joint letter to EU foreign policy chief...

MENA

Seeking to defend the family within the discourse of modern rights is like trying to save Gondor by using the Ring. By Sebastian MORELLO Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Liberalism is not...

Editor's Choice, Gender, Ideology

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Hordes of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Tuesday morning, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources, at least 152 settlers entered...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

American logistics giant FedEx has been targeted in France by a legal complaint alleging "complicity in the crime of genocide" over claims it transported parts for Israeli aircraft involved in bombing Gaza. The French Jewish Union for Peace...

World

In Washington, the phrase “peace through strength” operates as a national security lullaby. The American Spectator captured this sentiment in its purest form when it argued that “U.S. foreign policy, spearheaded by Trump’s overarching view of peace through strength, ought...

War & Peace, iran war, Versailles treaty

Beirut, Lebanon - The guns have largely fallen silent across southern Lebanon. But the fragile truce that halted the latest round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has done little to resolve the deeper questions...

Analysis

The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, formally directed against Iran, in fact reflects a broader U.S. strategy to contain China through control over the key energy routes of the global economy. The United States may say its blockade of...

China, Iran, Locations

GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,560 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Tuesday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...

News, death toll, Gaza Strip

The conversation around social media platforms and the companies that own them must shift toward accountability. For too long, tech companies have escaped accountability despite mounting evidence that online platforms are actively violating digital rights and contributing to harm, particularly...

Perspectives

Embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he had been wrong to appoint Labour politician Peter Mandelson as UK envoy to Washington, seeking to quell anger over a scandal surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's long-time associate. Starmer, already widely unpopular with...

World

In November 1989, Chinese farmer Hou Tiguo was hunting birds with a slingshot near his home in Baihualing, a remote village in subtropical Yunnan province, when a chance encounter changed his life. He met two tourists from Taiwan who offered...

Nature, Conservation, Livelihoods

WEST BANK, (PIC) A Palestinian child was killed in al-Khalil after being run over by a Jewish settler, while a woman in Jenin died from wounds inflicted by Israeli gunfire two years ago. Their martyrdom was reported on Tuesday morning. Medical sources...

News, Jewish terrorism, Palestinian martyrs

Violent crime rates among Black Americans are heavily influenced by structural disadvantages, including concentrated poverty, high unemployment, and residential segregation. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su On April 19, Shamar Elkins fatally shot...

Society, Criminal, Mass Shootings

The economic fallout from the crisis in Iran has cost France between 4 billion euros ($4.70 billion) and 6 billion euros, Finance Minister Roland Lescure said on Tuesday, as the government prepares new support measures alongside a freeze...

Economy

Pakistan has put a $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons and jets to Sudan on hold after Saudi Arabia asked for the agreement to be terminated and said it would not finance the purchase, two Pakistani security sources and...

MENA

The deadline for a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran is approaching, with uncertainty mounting over whether the two sides will enter talks in time to secure a longer-term agreement . The truce temporarily halted...

World

The deadline for a fragile two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran is approaching, with uncertainty mounting over whether the two sides will enter talks in time to secure a longer-term agreement . The truce temporarily halted...

World

Trump is not merely an individual sociopath — he is the system itself. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su And suddenly, the rot briefly dragged into the light by the little that is...

Americas, Europe, World

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is making preparations for the evacuation of hundreds of ships stuck while trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz , Secretary General Arsenio Dominguez said on Monday, as the Iran-US war leaves hundreds of...

MENA

Islam Times - The escalation of tensions between Turkey and the Zionist regime amid the complex developments in West Asia is a sign of shifting security equations; a situation in which field setbacks, energy competition, deliberate crisis-engineering, and disputes in...

Turkey

Justice systems in many countries are under pressure as a result of the high (and contradictory) expectations of societies, authoritarian impulses of governments and chronic under-resourcing. These factors have caused a profound democratic and social crisis. Contrary to the accusations...

TOKYO – One reason many economists were disappointed with Sanae Takaichi’s selection as Japanese prime minister last October was concern that economic policy isn’t really her thing. Sure, the long-time Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker assumed the position of a reformer....

Northeast Asia, Bank of Japan, Block 2

Paris is hosting an ambitious new exhibition that turns the spotlight on one of the Mediterranean's oldest and most culturally connected cities. Bringing together around 400 rare artefacts — including previously unseen archaeological finds — Byblos, cité millénaire du Liban traces...

Culture

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with kind permission. Read the original here. The effects of the Iran war on regional nonproliferation efforts are likely to lie along three axes. First, Indo-Pacific states are likely to...

World, Block 3, IAEA

The United States and Israel's war on Iran is creating the worst energy crisis ever faced by the world, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday. "This is indeed the biggest crisis in history," Birol...

Energy

Representatives of US President Donald Trump's " Board of Peace " have held talks with state-owned Dubai multinational DP World about managing supply chains and infrastructure projects in Gaza, the Financial Times said on Tuesday. Rehabilitation of...

World
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