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Dozens of Turkish journalists have been denied accreditation for a NATO summit in the Turkish capital Ankara next month, media outlets and journalist associations said on Thursday, with NATO saying it relied on Turkey for guidance about journalists. Turkey...

A Scene Setter for an Energy Intelligence Colloquium Ambassador Freeman chairs Projects International, Inc. He is a retired U.S. defense official, diplomat, and interpreter Cross-posted from Chas Freeman’s website Peace is more than the absence of combat between warring parties....

What keeps the Gulf running is not aircraft carriers or air defense systems or generals talking about “maritime security” in policy briefings and strategic forums. What keeps the Gulf running is people. A welder from Tamil Nadu, India works 12-hour shifts...

As of now, geopolitics overtook trade policy uncertainty as the primary concern for countries. Credit: Unsplash / Sajimon Sahadevan By Maximilian Malawista UNITED NATIONS, Jun 25 2026 (IPS) Amidst increased geopolitical tensions, the risk of volatile energy markets, trade corridors, and...

The White House sent lawmakers a request for an $87.6 billion supplemental funding package Wednesday. Observers warn the request lacks transparency — and that it’s stuffed with pork. Of the $87.6 billion request, a majority ($67 billion) would go to the...

When agricultural crops are lost to flooding, food costs rise, food systems are weakened, and our ability to meet our food security needs is threatened. Credit: Shutterstock By Esther Ngumbi and Christy Gibson URBANA, Illinois, US, Jun 25 2026 (IPS)...

Painting by Safia Latif Our Prophet ﷺ never gave up on fasting on Ashura, which is the 10th day of Muharram (Sunan al-Nasa’i, 2416). The Quraysh used to fast on this day in times of Jahiliyyah, and so did he ﷺ...

The US Supreme Court on Thursday backed a Trump administration move to strip deportation protections from some 350,000 Haitians and 6,000 Syrians living in the United States. The 6-3 ruling by the conservative-dominated court could have implications...

A decision by prospective UK prime minister Andy Burnham to appoint former head of Labour Friends of Israel James Purnell as his chief of staff has sparked consternation amid Israel’s ongoing wars in the Middle East ,...

Expansionist Israel will not stop dragging the US to war in the Middle East Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from 2002...

Ali Abunimah Returns to Zurich to Give the Talk That Got Him Arrested Esad Širbegović is a writer and analyst based in Zurich, Switzerland. He is also a member of the International Expert Team at the Institute for Research of Genocide...

Although the United States and Iran reportedly made progress during their first round of talks in Switzerland, the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) remains fragile. The remainder of the 60-day negotiating period is likely to be turbulent. Further military...

By Vijay PRASHAD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In the southern Iranian city of Minab, where the heat rises from the earth in shimmering waves and the reality of imperialism lingers in every...

By Vijay PRASHAD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In the southern Iranian city of Minab, where the heat rises from the earth in shimmering waves and the reality of imperialism lingers in every...

By Thomas FAZI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The European Central Bank (ECB) scored a parliamentary breakthrough on Tuesday. The European Parliament’s economic affairs (ECON) committee endorsed its long-gestating plan for a digital...

Palestinians are expressing growing alarm as Gaza ceasefire negotiations stall , heightening fears of a broader Israeli military escalation and potential new displacement. The deadlock appears to centre on unresolved disputes over the second phase of...

Morocco twice overcame the shock of conceding to Haiti to win a World Cup thriller 4-2 in Atlanta on Wednesday, but missed out on top spot in Group C to Brazil. Haiti bowed out with their first World Cup goals...

President Donald Trump ’s energy secretary has downplayed the threat of rising temperatures at a fossil fuel industry-funded event in London, even as millions in the U.K., France, Spain and Italy endure a deadly record-breaking heatwave. Chris Wright...

Debkat al zamr (Dabke on the Flute) is one of the first titles that catches my eye as I browse the Syrian Cassette Archives website. Released in 2007, the cassette is a compilation of high-energy regional dabke and shaabi...

The red emergency light is flashing on America’s democracy dashboard, like a damaged aircraft teetering toward a mountain. Elon Musk becoming the planet’s first trillionaire should make us tremble for the future of self-governing republics. It’s as...

KINSHASA, DRC — When people first began dying in the dusty hills of Mongbwalu, a gold-mining town in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, few suspected Ebola. It all started in late April, when a nurse returned...

On Tuesday, a slate of progressive candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani swept several prominent congressional primaries across the city, toppling establishment rivals and incumbents in a display of the American left’s renewed strength. Of the night’s...

Shifra Ainomugisha from Uganda receives the 2026 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year award from the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Shirley Botchwey. Credit: Commonwealth By Kizito Makoye LONDON & DAR ES SALAAM, Jun 25 2026 (IPS) Before anyone called her an innovator, before...

Turkey is the new enemy of Israel. That ball has been rolling for some time. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The unintended consequences of Trump’s Iran Deal are too many to list....

Iraq has considered leaving OPEC if the oil producer group does not allow Baghdad to significantly increase oil production, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters . The prospect of Iraq leaving would be a serious blow...

Nothing will change while the same old elites continue to govern the United Kingdom. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Keir Starmer resigned, after serving as prime minister for just under 2 years....

Across the European continent, the beast continues to grow. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The event was reported with a certain discretion by the communication-propaganda apparatus of the official “liberal democracy” regime...

The presence of powerful armed groups in Iraq has been a persistent challenge to the state, undermining its authority and drawing the ire of the US. Numerous previous governments have tried to rein them in and bring all arms...