By: Khanh Vu Duc - - - - Vietnam has formally merged its two highest offices, elevating Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm to the presidency by unanimous agreement in parliament on April 7. The move breaks decades of tradition...
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Thursday announced that Spain would reopen its embassy in Tehran in hopes of achieving peace in the region, as he accused Israel of violating international law and a newly brokered...
The crisis in central Europe and the Balkans looks to intensify, and sufficient attention needs to turn to this. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Most global attention is on the tenuous ceasefire...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visiting a shelter hosting displaced people from areas affected by the ongoing conflict in the Dekwaneh area of Beirut during his visit to Lebanon in March 2026. Credit: UN Photo/Haider Fahs By Naureen Hossain UNITED NATIONS, Apr...
The streets were full. Offices were occupied. Pupils were in schools, and students were at their universities. At nearly 2 p.m. on Wednesday, in the span of ten minutes, Israeli occupation forces struck more than 100 targets across Beirut...
China’s latest nuclear-response drills in the Taiwan Strait suggest a Taiwan conflict could escalate into a limited but dangerously uncontrollable nuclear war in Asia. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China’s Eastern Theater Command conducted a...
Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an ambitious tour to urge global leaders to address the needs of the continent where more than a fifth of the world's Catholics live on...
Libya's political crisis is entering a more complex phase as US efforts to unify the country's divided institutions face growing obstacles. Disputes have expanded beyond the traditional east-west divide, spreading within each camp, and thereby challenging the American plan...
Regardless of the future of the current agreement, Iran has already won. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The announcement of a temporary ceasefire between Iran and the coalition formed by the United...
NAZARETH, (PIC) In a move widely described as one of the most dangerous legislative developments tied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel’s Knesset has approved a law permitting the execution of Palestinian prisoners, a step that has triggered sharp Palestinian and international...
Gender-row boxer Lin Yu-ting’s coach said the Taiwanese Olympic champion would target Asian Games gold after stepping up in weight and winning bronze in her first event since the Paris Olympics. Taiwans gold medallist Lin Yu-ting, in the women’s boxing...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation municipality forced a Jerusalemite resident to demolish his own home in al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of building without a permit. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that Ahmad...
GAZA, (PIC) Palestinian farmer Ahmed Khudair is launching an agricultural initiative in the northern Gaza Strip, attempting to restore the pulse of the land and confront the escalating high prices, after the Israeli war of genocide destroyed 100 dunums of his...
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran has temporarily reduced tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, but the crisis itself has exposed the limits of coercive pressure and strengthened Tehran’s strategic position. The Strait of Hormuz, once a...
Just hours after the leaders of the United States, Israel and Iran reached a temporary ceasefire, it was clear that each party had its own version of what had been agreed to. Hundreds of people in Lebanon have been killed...
An Israeli airstrike that destroyed a synagogue in central Tehran on Tuesday has left many of Iran's religious minorities in shock, not only because of the damage itself, but because it laid bare Israel's apparent disdain for Jewish...
GAZA, (PIC) The crime of assassinating journalist Mohammad Samir Washah, the correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, sparked a wide wave of condemnations from press and media institutions and Palestinian factions, all of which confirmed that his targeting comes within the context...
Lebanon is reeling from a massacre in Beirut and other areas after Israel launched a wave of air strikes that killed dozens of people on Wednesday, putting an Iran-US truce in jeopardy. Israel carried out its heaviest strikes yet on...
Lebanon is reeling from a massacre in Beirut and other areas after Israel launched a wave of air strikes that killed dozens of people on Wednesday, putting an Iran-US truce in jeopardy. Israel carried out its heaviest strikes yet on...
Two concerts by Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK have been cancelled in Hong Kong due to “unforeseen circumstances.” Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK. Photo: ONE OK ROCK. The cancellation comes as Japanese artists find their events axed across...
Weeks after a video of him in a military uniform spread widely online, declaring that "the criminal United States and the Zionist regime" would never gain access to Iran's oil, fifth-grader Alireza Jafari was killed alongside his father in a...
Production in industry February 2026 (in real terms, provisional -0.3% on the previous month (seasonally and calendar adjusted) 0.0% on the same month a year earlier (calendar adjusted) January 2026 (in real terms, revised 0.0% on the previous month...
Americans are increasingly linking their country's high military budget to a lack of funding for social services. "Money for jobs and education, not for war and occupation!" is a common chant at anti-war demonstrations across the country. On Friday,...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Extremist Jewish settlers killed a Palestinian young man, assaulted other citizens, and kidnaped a child in separate areas of the West Bank on Wednesday evening. Local sources reported that 28-year-old Alaa Sobeih was shot and killed by settler gunfire...
A Hong Kong student has described an anonymous petition circulated by pro-Beijing supporters calling for her expulsion from university as an “intimidation” campaign. Students at City University of Hong Kong. File photo: GovHK. The petition targeted Hailey Cheng, a student...
In the sprawling tent camps of the Gaza Strip that house hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians, another threat has begun to emerge from the rubble and garbage: rats. Across the war-torn Gaza , families say rodents are...
NEW YORK / JERUSALEM - PNN After more than two years of war, displacement and deepening deprivation, young people in Gaza are facing alarming levels of psychological distress, while protection risks for adolescent girls are sharply increasing, with a notable...
Shaun Hughes (left), WFP Country Director for Palestine, walks amid massive destruction in Gaza. Credit: WFP/Maxime Le Lijour Excerpts from a statement by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, to the Security Council, pursuant to resolution...
April 7 began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended—just ten hours later—with the announcement of a 14-day ceasefire, on Iran’s terms. Even by the volatile standards of Trump’s presidency, the whiplash is extraordinary. What, then, have the...
US President Donald Trump announced a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, April 7, the 39th day of the Israeli-US war on Iran. He depended on Pakistani mediators and a 10-point peace plan put forward by Iran itself. And so, Iran won...
Australian artists and cultural workers are demanding stronger laws, more transparency, and remuneration Originally published on Global Voices Advox Artists are demanding tech companies to uphold transparency and fairness when rolling out AI to scrape and mine local content....
In Washington, every war eventually produces its “Mission Accomplished” moment — that triumphant declaration, banner unfurled or truth-social post composed, that allows policymakers to declare victory and head for the exits before reality reasserts itself. The two-week ceasefire announced on...
Here is the non-news news flash up front — The alleged ceasefire between the United States and Iran is kaput. While there has been no official announcement stipulating that it is over, trust me, it is over. The copium...
Hong Kong police have arrested a man suspected of stealing the personal data of more than 56,000 patients from a Hospital Authority (HA) computer system. The Hospital Authority logo. Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. On Wednesday, police identified the 30-year-old suspect as...
For decades, the rules-based international order provided an often-functional “guarantee” that the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints would remain open, navigable and shielded from the friction of great power competition. That era is now over. In the span of a...
What happened on the morning of April 8 is a true miracle. Or perhaps not. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Madness-on-Earth “A whole civilization will die tonight.” – Donald J. Trump This article...
Japanese computing and telecom company Fujitsu is aiming to develop an AI inference device that combines its own neural processing units (NPUs) with central processing units (CPUs), a high-stakes bid to forge greater technological independence and national economic security. According...
As Cuba’s economy struggles under the weight of a near-total American oil blockade, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) is pushing for a change in Washington’s policy toward the Caribbean island nation. Jayapal and fellow Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill.) traveled last week to...
The two-week ceasefire between Tehran and Washington — at least for right now — is allowing a collective global exhale following an intense month of war. As of Wednesday, oil markets were rebounding , with prices dropping significantly from...
Amid its war on Iran — now frozen by a tenuous ceasefire — the Trump administration has been exploiting emergency waivers to fast-track controversial foreign arms sales to Israel and Gulf states, tossing Congressional oversight to the wayside. On...
All Hong Kong restaurant licences will include national security clauses from September, Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan has said. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan meets the press on January 26, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Tse made...
The fragile truce between Iran and the United States entered its second day on Thursday, with Tehran threatening to resume hostilities as Israel launched a major bombardment of Lebanon . Washington and Tehran both claimed victory after agreeing to a...
The son of Iran's ousted shah said on Wednesday Iranians still "needed to free themselves" of their rulers after Washington and Tehran agreed to a two-week ceasefire . "What remains constant in our struggle as Iranians is to free...
Eleven leaders of a Turkish LGBT rights group went on trial Wednesday on charges of "obscenity" and "violating the protection of the family", their lawyer told AFP . The defendants, leaders of the Genc LGBTI+ association (Young LGBTI+...
Iran and its allied militias launched numerous drones and missiles against regional countries between April 2 and April 8, continuing attacks after a ceasefire between Iran and the United States was announced yesterday. Across this period, the attacks remained concentrated...
Self-evidently, the news has been overwhelmingly focused on Washington’s current endeavor to unload $200 billion of imperial destruction upon Iran and its neighbors around the Persian Gulf. Well, and also upon all other users of petroleum products, LNG, LPGs, nitrogen...
Originally set for March, the high-stakes summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping was postponed for about “five or six weeks,” due to the U.S. focus on military operations in Iran. The delay suggests that the...
On March 23, CBS News published a national poll saying that two-thirds of the American people felt the Iran War was a war of choice rather than one of necessity. The war has grown even less popular since then. I...
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