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GAZA, (PIC) Israeli attacks on fishing boats off the coast of Gaza continue, amid repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement, worsening the hardship faced by thousands of fishermen who have lost their livelihoods. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Israeli forces continue to open fire...

A wounded figure appears in the darkness, and Darius is given a choice between two life paths. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part...

Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's most formidable political rivals said on Sunday they were joining forces in a bid to oust his coalition government in the upcoming election expected later this year. The former prime ministers -...

Iran's foreign minister departed Islamabad for Moscow on Sunday, his ministry said, ping-ponging from capital to capital as mediators hoped to keep peace talks between Tehran and the United States alive. Abbas Araghchi sandwiched a visit to...

Or How Defeat in the Iran War Will Accelerate American Global Decline Alfred W. McCoy is the Harrington professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His new book, just published, is Cold War on Five Continents: The Geopolitics...

Palestinian authorities said Sunday that local elections in a single Gaza community and the occupied West Bank were a success and called them a step toward a long-delayed presidential election in the territories and eventual statehood. The Palestinian...

For years, conversations about Muslim children’s books have centred around one word: representation . We’ve been rightly focused on ensuring that Muslim children see themselves on the page – that they recognise their names, their families, their skin tones,...

Iran's foreign minister returned to Islamabad on Sunday, ping-ponging from capital to capital as mediators hoped to keep peace talks between Tehran and the United States alive. Abbas Araghchi visited Oman's Muscat on Saturday after leaving Pakistan, and...

Hezbollah on Sunday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation that it was jeopardising a ceasefire and said it would keep responding to Israel's own violations and occupation of south Lebanon. In a statement, Hezbollah said its attacks...

An Israeli police officer confiscated a Hungarian flag from a protester during a demonstration in Israel last week on the grounds that it bore too much resemblance to a Palestinian flag , and that it could cause "provocation". The protester...

Israeli security officials and residents near the border with Egypt have raised concerns over planned Egyptian military exercises involving live fire close to the frontier, according to Israeli media reports. The concerns follow what was described...

Kuwait has revoked the citizenship of 1,266 people, including a former MP and a national team footballer, in the latest phase of a sweeping campaign authorities say is aimed at "cleansing" the country’s nationality records. The decision, issued...

Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections , election officials said on Sunday, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the Gaza Strip...

By Mehmet PERINCEK Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The Cuban Revolution and anti-colonialism in historic perspective. Speech held at a round table discussion titled “Fidel Castro and World Politics: The Cuban Experience...

By Nick HALLET Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Leo XIV says formalised ceremonies exceed Vatican limits set under Francis. Pope Leo XIV has publicly rebuked the expansion of same-sex blessings...

President Donald Trump and officials in his administration were the likely targets of a suspect who fired on a security agent guarding the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, US Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche...

Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip experienced moments of respite and joy this week, as dozens of couples got married in a charity-sponsored mass wedding on Friday. As many as 20,000 people gathered in the central city of...

On 8 December 2024, after more than five decades in power, the Assad regime in Syria was overthrown. Syrians, at home and abroad, erupted into celebrations and were joined by people across the region, including many Palestinians. Despite cultivating a pro-Palestinian...

The fragmentation of Romania’s coalition signals a broader loss of legitimacy in the European-centered political order. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Romania has been thrust back into a period of political uncertainty...

BEIRUT, (PIC) Israeli military escalation in southern Lebanon has intensified, raising fears of a collapse of the fragile ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, as airstrikes, displacement, and broader political tensions converge on the ground. Israeli forces launched a series of...

The controversial negotiations between Lebanon and Israel that took place on 14 and 23 April expose the contradictions sustaining conflicts in Lebanon and across the region. Direct talks were requested before the current war by Lebanon as part...

WEST BANK, (PIC) The reopening of the Sanur settlement is not merely about a handful of buildings perched on a hill in the northern West Bank, it carries a clear political message: what was once dismantled under past pressures can now...

The Global Sumoud Fleet has completed preparations in Italy to set sail on Sunday in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip and deliver humanitarian aid, organisers said. The civilian initiative,...

GAZA, (PIC) The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported more than 17,000 cases of infection among displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip linked to rodents and external parasites since the beginning of the year, as health and humanitarian conditions continue to...

Fresh fighting erupted Sunday in the key Malian town of Kidal between Tuareg rebels backed by Islamist militants and government forces supported by Russian mercenaries, a day after insurgents launched coordinated strikes across the restive Sahel...

Israeli forces stormed a polling station during Palestinian local elections in the occupied West Bank on Saturday evening, injuring six people, as wider raids and settler attacks were reported across the territory. The vote formed part...

The Taliban government said on Saturday that Afghans who fled to Qatar , fearing reprisals over their collaboration with US forces, may return home "with full confidence". The administration of US President Donald Trump , which has...