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Chinese startup DeepSeek released a new artificial intelligence model Friday, more than a year after it stunned the world with a low-cost reasoning model that matched the capabilities of US rivals. Chinese startup DeepSeek’s AI assistant. File photo: Kelly Ho/HKFP....

China, Science & Technology, AFP

Global Summit on Indigenous Peacebuilding is scheduled to take place April 25-26 at the United Nations. Credit: International Peace Bureau: Disarmament for Development By Binalakshmi Nepram WASHINGTON DC, Apr 24 2026 (IPS) About 132 wars are happening in the world today,...

Civil Society, Global, Global Governance

In “Alice in Wonderland”, the King of Hearts says gravely, “Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.” If US President Donald Trump had followed this advice, he would not have paused the...

Opinion, Donald Trump, Hormuz Blockades

SEOUL — Few top economies are as surrounded by paradoxes in 2026 as South Korea. As fallout from the Middle East sends shockwaves around the globe, Korea’s stock market is skyrocketing. This week, the Kospi index soared to new all-time...

Northeast Asia, AI Boom, Block 2

A new analysis by the Climate and Community Institute finds that the first two weeks of the US-Israel war on Iran produced more greenhouse gas emissions than Iceland with its volcanos generates in a year and that the consequences for...

A man has died after reportedly collapsing during a Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight from the UK. An aeroplane at the Hong Kong International Airport. File Photo: GovHK. Police said they received a report at around 6.15am on Friday that...

Community & Education, Hong Kong, Travel & Transport

This month, the United States launched its annual “Flintlock” military exercises in Libya for the first time. For the U.S., these multinational drills represent an opportunity to limit Chinese and Russian influence in the country and a “significant step forward...

Trump-administration, Africom, Military-exercises

On Sunday, two American and two Mexican officials were reportedly killed in a car crash while returning from a counternarcotics operation in the border state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The pair of Americans were revealed to be CIA officers, raising questions...

War-on-drugs, Claudia-sheinbaum, Cia

On April 19, parliamentary elections took place in Bulgaria for the eighth time in five years. It was the latest iteration of a pattern that has crept inwards from the European Union’s eastern periphery, from Georgia in 2024 to Romania...

Rumen-radev, European-union, Eastern-europe

In 1863, Francis Lieber, the Prussian-American jurist commissioned by Abraham Lincoln to codify the laws of land warfare, wrote that no soldier may kill an enemy "who has laid down his arms." War, however brutal, must remain an act performed...

Laws-of-war, War-crimes, Operation-epic-fury

By CIVICUS Apr 24 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses Gen Z-led protests in Nepal with Abhijeet Adhikari (Abhi), a lawyer and political activist who took part in the protests. Abhijeet Adhikari Gen Z-led protests erupted in September 2025, triggered by a government ban...

Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society

The White House on Thursday accused Chinese entities of a massive effort to steal US artificial intelligence technology and vowed to take action to prevent the alleged theft. The White House. Photo: White House, via Flickr. “The US has evidence...

China, Defence & Foreign Policy, Science & Technology

With the United States and Iran escalating confrontations along the Strait of Hormuz — including the seizure of ships — the waterway has become “pivotal to negotiations” between the two countries. Washington escalated to direct interdiction of Iranian-linked shipping near...

Trade, BlackRock, Block 2

Japan’s decision to supply advanced frigates to Australia marks a major step in defense cooperation between the two countries as questions over US commitment in the Pacific coincide with China’s expanding naval reach. Multiple media outlets reported that Australia and...

Military, Block 3, Japan

By: Andy Wong Ming Jun - - - - Despite the apparent success of the US Air Force during six weeks of intense operations over Iran which saw much of Iran’s high-end integrated air defense network suppressed or destroyed, the...

President Donald Trump said Thursday the United States is in no rush to end the war with Iran but "the clock is ticking" for the Islamic republic, as a third American aircraft carrier arrived in the Middle East. Iranian...

MENA

Iran's footballers will be welcome at this year's World Cup , Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, distancing the US government from a proposal that Italy could take their place in the tournament. Speaking to reporters in the Oval...

Sports

Israel and Lebanon on Thursday extended a shaky ceasefire by three weeks, President Donald Trump announced Thursday , as he voiced hope for a historic three-way meeting soon and a potential peace deal. Trump, at a standstill in negotiations with...

MENA

Britain and France Thursday voiced hope that military plans to secure the Strait of Hormuz were coming together and would succeed in restoring trade flows through the vital passage. At a two-day meeting in London, military planners discussed the...

World

Here he goes again. The phony “cease fire” is expiring Wednesday. So the Donald is back on the keyboard promising to obliterate what remains of Iran if the mullahs (or whoever) don’t raise the white flag of surrender forthwith. Yet...

Uncategorized

Reprinted with permission from EricMargolis.com. Once upon a time there was a magical little country named Lebanon. It was created by French imperialists out of the post-World War 1 wreckage of the Ottoman Empire as a mountainous stronghold for Levantine...

Uncategorized

A boat capsized in waters between Algeria and Spain, leaving at least 17 Somali migrants dead, Somalia's ambassador to Algeria said Thursday. Ambassador Yusuf Ahmed Hassan told Somali state media that he was contacted by distressed parents searching for...

MENA

Top UK rights groups have slammed the recent conviction of two prominent pro-Palestine activists as an attack on civil society freedoms, amid growing concern over a crackdown on pro-Palestine activism in the UK. In a joint statement ,...

World

Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate Iran’s nuclear capability, break its regional power, perhaps even...

Middle East, Block 1, Forever wars

Georgios Donis has been appointed as the new head coach of Saudi Arabia ahead of the 2026 World Cup , the country's football federation (SAFF) announced on Thursday. The Greek takes over following the sacking of Herve Renard earlier in...

Sports

Germany has announced a massive rearmament plan that includes development of new and sophisticated offensive weaponry and an increase in military manpower to levels not seen in Western Europe since the Cold War. The plan is built on a dual...

World, Block 3, Chancellor Friedrich Merz

The United States’ military campaign in the Western Hemisphere has cost American taxpayers at least $4.7 billion over the past eight months, according to a new report from the Costs of War Project at Brown University. In what they call a...

Costs-of-war, Caribbean, Venezuela

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri warned of escalating settler incursions into the Aqsa Mosque, stressing that Israeli authorities and extremist groups are exploiting religious and seasonal occasions to carry out plans aimed at altering the existing status...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

WEST BANK, (PIC) Several areas across the West Bank witnessed widespread settler attacks on Thursday, targeting Palestinian residents and their property, leaving two people injured. Meanwhile, Palestinian youths confronted settler assaults in Occupied Jerusalem and Nablus. In Nablus, a man was injured...

News, Israeli violations, settler attack

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued demolition and land-leveling operations on Thursday across various parts of the West Bank, targeting agricultural structures and vital infrastructure, causing widespread damage to land and property. In the city of Beit Jala, west...

News, Israeli violations, Occupied Jerusalem

Former Syrian rebel leader Issam Buwaydani returned to Damascus on Thursday nearly a year after his detention for unknown reasons in the United Arab Emirates , a Syrian military official told AFP. Buwaydani, who had been the leader of Jaish...

MENA

BEIRUT, (PIC) Three Lebanese citizens were killed on Thursday evening in an Israeli drone strike in the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, as the Israeli army continued to violate the ceasefire. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that the bodies of...

News, Israeli aggression, Israeli violations

- - - - Last week’s Q-and-A discussion was a great (re)start, and we’re thankful for everyone who was able to submit their questions over the preceding two weeks. For those who missed the live show, it can be found...

Israeli airstrikes killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, and Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 15-year-old during an army raid in the Israeli- occupied West Bank , Palestinian health officials said. One person was...

MENA

What lies behind the list of targets in Europe revealed by Russia? Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The recent release of information by the Ministry of Defense of Russia marks another step...

Europe, Middle East, World

Libya's eastern-based coast guard of the Libyan National Army rescued at least 404 migrants on board 10 boats after they had "faced harsh conditions at sea," the Tobruk Red Crescent said on Wednesday. Tobruk is a coastal city in eastern Libya...

MENA

The date of April 23 — symbolic for world literature — became the foundation for establishing the World Book and Copyright Day, intended to strengthen a love of books and reading. On this day in 1616, Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare,...

History, traditions
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