The representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has defended the country's negotiators against accusations of treason from hardline conservatives over a recent memorandum of understanding with the United States. Abdollah Hajji Sadeghi said...
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Dozens of women took part in a protest in Aleppo to denounce what they said was a lack of women’s representation in the newly appointed People’s Assembly. The protest took place in the square opposite Aleppo University,...
A counter-narcotics unit moved on a criminal network in Port Sudan’s Libya Market. Gunfire broke out, with two suspects killed and two officers wounded. The incident quickly set in motion a much broader political response. The Red Sea State security...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) seized a house in the West Bank village of Arabbuna on Saturday, converting it into a military post after forcing its residents to evacuate. According to local sources, Israeli forces raided the village in...
Morocco are set to face World Cup co-hosts Canada on Saturday as both seek to progress into the Quarter-Finals in their knockout match at the Houston stadium in Houston, Texas. Coming fourth in 2022's tournament in Qatar, the...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) A Palestinian family narrowly escaped what local sources described as an attempted mass killing early Saturday morning, after a group of extremist Jewish settlers set fire to their home in the village of al-Tayba, east of Ramallah in the...
Israeli forces and settlers demolished Palestinians homes in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank earlier this week despite an Israeli Supreme Court order temporarily freezing the demolitions, Haaretz reported on Saturday. The Israeli Civil Administration,...
El Obeid becomes key battleground in war between Sudan’s armed forces and their paramilitary enemies, the RSF Fatima has lost count of the number of drone attacks on the besieged city of El Obeid in Sudan, but said the attacks this...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday urged the United States to stand by his country after a recent US-backed framework deal with Israel aiming to permanently end hostilities after the latest Israel-Hezbollah war . The deal reached in...
An Egyptian court on Saturday handed a suspended six-month prison term to a former doctor convicted of spreading false information on social media alleging abuse of women at a university hospital, her lawyer said. Omnia Swaydan was convicted over...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian civilian was martyred and several others were injured Saturday evening in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City, amid ongoing ceasefire violations. Local sources reported that a civilian was killed and several others were wounded when an Israeli...
The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's internationally recognised government has warned it will respond with "unprecedented determination and force" following fresh threats by the Houthi movement against the kingdom. In a statement issued on Saturday, coalition spokesperson Major General...
ISTANBUL, (PIC) The Palestine Scholars Association (PSA) has warned that the Israeli occupation regime has transitioned from targeting the Palestinian people and their land to a new phase of warfare directed at Islamic rituals and holy sites. “[Israel’s] attacks on mosques, the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli occupation authorities have intensified their use of military orders as a tool to expand settlements in the West Bank, issuing 114 orders to seize Palestinian land since October 7, 2023, according to the National Bureau for Defending...
The next stage of U.S.-Iran relations
Full ArticleBy Peter VAN BUREN Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The U.S.-Iran War may be dwindling its final phase, though the durability of any ceasefire remains uncertain. So who won? As the...
Are there really Iran-U.S. peace talks?
Full ArticleBy Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Or Is It Buying Time for Another War? No week goes by in Washington without another display of Trumpism, i.e. the expressed desire by...
Israel may have been plotting to kill Iran’s top negotiators while peace talks were underway, US officials have said, with experts telling The New Arab that the incident has revealed greater cracks in US-Israeli interests and relationship. Former...
The Fourth of July should mark 250 years since the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence—a moment to reflect on freedom, self-government, and the fragile architecture of democracy. Instead, under Trump, America’s birthday risks becoming less a civic...
Humanitarian assistance or strategic entrenchment?
Full ArticleVenezuela’s reconstruction could become Washington’s next geopolitical opportunity Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Natural disasters often produce consequences that extend well beyond the humanitarian sphere. Earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes reshape not...
The Declaration of Independence wasn’t abstract philosophy – it was a legal indictment against occupation, taxation without consent, and military rule. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su A long time ago On...
Vast crowds of Iranians loyal to the Islamic republic massed in Tehran on Saturday to begin almost a week of funeral ceremonies for slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei , which authorities want to send a message of...
Peace activist and ecumenical Christian leader condemns Israel’s human rights violations “While America Celebrates Freedom, I Was Denied Entry to My Homeland Palestine and the Promise of Liberty,” Sir Rateb Y. Rabie, KCHS, HCEF founder says in newsletter statement. Click...
A moment of collective grief engulfed Syria on 30 May 2026, when Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons (NCMP) confirmed the fate of Dr Rania al-Abbasi’s six children. “We have reached reliable and corroborating results that allow us to...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,090 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Saturday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) The ban on raising the call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil city is no longer an isolated or temporary measure, rather it has become part of a series of escalating steps aimed at changing the historical...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) More than 1,403 Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem over the past week under heavy protection from Israeli police and special forces, amid a sharp rise in incursions and growing attempts to...
Weeks after four men went missing and their case made headlines in the country, the remains of three people were found in a South Lebanon area while a fourth man was found alive but injured, amid ongoing Israeli occupation...
Egypt’s renowned football coach Hossam Hassan dedicated the team’s win against Australia on Friday evening to the Palestinian people, waving their flag as crowds roared with jubilation. “Good things happen because of good people, in Egypt and all over the...
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday pressed Europe to do more to protect and integrate migrants as he visited Italy's Lampedusa island, a major port of call for those risking the perilous crossing from Africa. His trip to the migration frontline...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers attacked the homes of al-Masri family in the Khillet al‑Homs area south of Yatta in the occupied West Bank on Saturday morning, injuring two Palestinian residents. Local official Osama Makhamra said that Israeli forces...
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed on Friday that they are reviewing a legal submission alleging that an Australian citizen serving in the Israeli military committed war crimes in Gaza, as the onslaught on the besieged Palestinian enclave passed...
Mass protests in Germany as far-right AfD meets
Full ArticleThousands of demonstrators flooded a German city on Saturday, blocking major roads and disrupting public transport, in a bid to shut down the annual congress of the far-right AfD party . About 20,000 people flocked to Erfurt, in...
Mali hit by new wave of coordinated attacks
Full ArticleJihadists and their separatist Tuareg allies hit Mali with fresh coordinated attacks Saturday, striking multiple towns and a prison, according to the army, residents and security sources. The fighting, which started around 5:00 am (0500 GMT), came just over...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued on Saturday to ban the call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque in al-Khalil City for the 14th consecutive day, amid entry restrictions on Muslim worshipers and ongoing Judaization measures and violations at...
Messages of solidarity with Gaza top the scene of Egypt’s qualification to the next round of the World Cup
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) The Egyptian national team’s celebration of reaching the round of 16 of the 2026 World Cup was not limited to the unprecedented sporting achievement, but the moments of joy carried touching humanitarian messages, after the Palestinian cause topped the...
GAZA, (PIC) The secretary-general of the Palestinian Sports Media Association (PSMA), Mustafa Siyam, said the Israeli occupation army has killed around 1,012 Palestinians from Gaza’s sports, youth and scouting sectors since the start of the genocide on October 7, 2023. In a...
Poche sostanze hanno definito la modernità materiale quanto la plastica e pochi, come essa, determinano oggi trasformazioni silenziose il cui impatto, però, è enorme, almeno in termini di geopolitica. Segue nostro Telegram . La plastica come risorsa strategica Poche sostanze...
The last outlet: Gaza Sea embraces thousands of displaced people fleeing the heat of tents
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) Since the early hours of the morning, the beach of the Gaza Sea begins to receive thousands of citizens who found in it the only refuge from the scorching summer heat, after the displacement tents turned into unbearable places...
Bethlehem officials, residents discuss steps to counter settler attacks in Khallil al-Louz housing area
Full ArticleBETHLEHEM / PNN / Palestinian officials and residents held an expanded meeting to discuss ways to confront what they described as escalating attacks by Israeli settlers targeting a residential area in the village of Khallet al-Louz, southeast of Bethlehem. The meeting, convened...
The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cuts A leading higher education programme, aimed at keeping 1 million girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has...
Soon after disembarking at Hong Kong’s train station, Chinese private investor Feng was opening a stock trading account at a nearby brokerage, hoping to evade tighter restrictions on capital leaving the country. Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP....
Europe’s scramble for Chinese air conditioners is not really a story about China, or even about trade. It is a story about what happens when climate change disruption arrives faster than housing policy, public infrastructure and industrial strategy can adapt....
China’s mobile drone launcher is less a single weapon than a blueprint for dispersing airpower, exploiting civilian cover and exporting low-cost strike reach to states priced out of traditional military aviation. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported...
In June 2026, Kazan witnessed history when nine of the eleven ASEAN heads of state or government gathered with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the 35th ASEAN-Russia Commemorative Summit. This meeting was not simply a routine diplomatic ceremony but a...
When the Pentagon made Palantir’s Maven Smart System a formal “program of record” in March, it did more than approve software. It gave long-term status to a platform that analyzes data from satellites, drones, radars, sensors, and intelligence reports to...
Undecided Nation: How A Mosque In Kamagasaki Fills Japan’s Immigration Gap – A Photo Story
Full ArticleA Photo Essay by Tomohiro Oshima Japan has never declared itself a country of immigration. Through successive revisions of its immigration laws, the government has maintained that it “does not adopt an immigration policy.” It has absorbed foreign workers through...
A Retired American’s Perspective on Life in Russia
Full ArticleCrimea In light of the Western propaganda portraying life in Russia as a horror show of economic chaos and deprivation, I decided to post an article submitted to me by an ex-pat American who currently resides in Simferopol. Let’s call...
The Liberal government, led by former central bank governor Mark Carney, has played the leading role in the development of this new multilateral bank, as part of its effort to drastically increase Canada’s military spending and cultivate military ties with...
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