Diplomatic ties between the US and Saudi Arabia could be seriously dented after President Donald Trump’s dissatisfaction with the country's refusal to heed Washington's demands during the war on Iran, which could see a serious reduction in military assistance...
By Ramzy BAROUD Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has every right to condition European relations with any other country or bloc on respect for...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Extremist Jewish settlers set up new illegal outposts and carried out violations in different areas of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, on Thursday. According to local sources, a group of settlers established a new outpost on swaths of...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces continue to commit acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip as the assault approaches its 1,000th day, amid an ongoing escalation in mass killings and systematic destruction and a persistent international failure to take effective action...
President Donald Trump is taking his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One on Wednesday—a retrofitted Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar that embeds his personality more deeply into the institution of the US presidency. Gone is the trademark...
For decades, Bangladesh’s foreign policy operated on a predictable, singular axis. Under the sixteen-year tenure of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka’s strategic and economic relations were deeply tethered to New Delhi. A flurry of bilateral agreements spanning digital connectivity,...
A photograph of a blindfolded Palestinian detainee , bound and posed for the camera, has provoked outrage after it was circulated on social media by soldiers from an Israeli unit already notorious for abuses against Palestinians. In the image, a...
It’s got Europe’s largest Black population, the world’s second-biggest rap scene and a long literary history. But even as diasporic culture takes hold in Paris, some ask when commercial success will lead to structural change - Don’t already get The Long...
A cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 120 people, with another 1,102 suspected cases since May in isolated war zones, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday. More than three years of war between Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid...
The Sudanese city of El Obeid is coming under increasingly intense drone attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), raising fears it could face the same prolonged siege and devastation seen in El Fasher. The International Rescue Committee (IRC)...
Batteries, especially for electric vehicles, are very much in the news these days. This technology is vital for many aspects of our modern lives, but people often worry about things like range limitations and the possibility of overheating. The industry...
With people jumping into the Canal Saint–Martin in 100°–plus temperatures in Paris, it’s a good time to recall Paul Valéry and his regrets at the mental and spiritual consequences of Europe’s Great War on itself. By Patrick Lawrence Join us...
RAFAH, (PIC) Talk has returned over the past hours about plans to establish what are called humanitarian shelter centers in Rafah, which is under the control of the Israeli occupation army, amid a lack of clarity regarding their management mechanisms and...
Iraq's ruling Coordination Framework has stopped short of giving Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi a free hand to pursue armed faction figures implicated in corruption, despite an expanding nationwide anti-corruption campaign that has led to dozens of arrests and the...
In 2015, Balochistan had power outages lasting 16 to 18 hours daily, according to provincial records at the time, roads that petered out into gravel tracks, and a port at Gwadar that saw fewer than 20 ships dock in an...
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...
The United States' largest Presbyterian denomination has voted to recognise the genocide in Gaza and impose an arms embargo and divest from Israel on Tuesday, adding to another major divestment vote that was conducted on Sunday. The General Assembly...
Several Palestinians returning to Gaza have accused Israeli soldiers of stealing their phones, cash, and jewellery during security checks at a new checkpoint near Kerem Abu Salem crossing in Rafah in the southern coastal enclave . The accusations...
GAZA, (PIC) The Al-Haris platform, affiliated with resistance security in the Gaza Strip, has warned that gangs linked to the Israeli occupation are attempting to undermine internal security by spreading narcotics and other suspicious substances. In a statement, the platform said the...
GAZA, (PIC) The Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza praised the role of the local police in protecting the internal front and serving the public despite the exceptional conditions facing the Gaza Strip, marking Palestinian Police Day on July...
One of the year’s most significant events took place in Kazan – Russia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations held their fifth summit. The agreements reached and the values that unite us are explored in this article by NEO....
Few substances have defined material modernity as much as plastic. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Plastic as a strategic resource Few substances have defined material modernity as much as plastic, and...
East Jerusalem - On 15 June 2026, officials from the Jerusalem Municipality, accompanied by Israeli police, raided property belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the neighbourhood of Silwan. The Israeli authorities forcibly removed the church...
Most commentary on the 26 June US-Israel-Lebanon Trilateral Framework agreement has focused on the text of the document, and specifically the extent to which Lebanon's leadership, under the pretext of restoring sovereign hegemony to the Lebanese state, in practice forfeits...
By: Bintang Agung - - - - When Indonesia’s most recognizable tech entrepreneur accepted the job of education minister in the Indonesian government of Joko Widodo in 2019, many people at the time warned him that the stultifying bureaucracy of...
The official launch of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism represents one of the most significant developments in China-Europe economic relations in recent years, underscoring a shared determination to manage an increasingly complex commercial relationship through dialogue rather than...
US President Donald Trump has discussed the possibility of returning to full-scale war with Iran in recent days but has so far opted to continue pursuing diplomacy, according to a report in the US media, as fresh...
The UN Peacebuilding Commission Celebrates 20 Years of UN Peacebuilding Architecture. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS, Jul 1 2026 (IPS) From June 22 to 26, the United Nations (UN) commemorated its first annual Peacebuilding Week, marking the...
Ordinary EU citizens should tell Britain to shove its absurd arrogance. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su So, how’s that for British arrogance? Britain quit the European Union 10 years ago, but...
By Vani S. Kulkarni PHILADELPHIA, Jul 1 2026 (IPS) India’s new education policy asks a great deal of its teachers. The National Education Policy of 2020 and its NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement) training scheme, want...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday visited Lebanese territory occupied by the Israeli military, telling soldiers that Israel would not withdraw from the country's south as long as Iran-backed Hezbollah continued to pose a threat. It was the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Hordes of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Wednesday morning, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to the Islamic Awqaf Administration in the holy...
GAZA, (PIC) The roads in the Gaza Strip are no longer just paths connecting cities and camps, but have turned into open arenas of danger. Between a crater left by a raid, a primitive cart pulled by a dilapidated vehicle, and...
GAZA, (PIC) Several Palestinian civilians sustained injuries in an Israeli strike on Gaza City on Wednesday morning, amid ongoing ceasefire violations in different areas. SAFA news said that a strike near the municipal park in Gaza City’s Omar al-Mukhtar Street left several...
Elon Musk, briefly the world’s first trillionaire – but now a mere billionaire again – is a man of exceptions. He’s built not one, but two of the world’s most pioneering technology companies (Tesla and SpaceX). He was talking about...
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term US Representative Diana DeGette on Tuesday in the Democratic primary in a Denver-area district, according to U.S. media projections, the latest victory of an insurgent leftist over an establishment Democrat. Kiros, a 29-year-old former attorney...
The deal America signed to end the war with Iran may do more to entrench Chinese power in the Middle East than any agreement Beijing could have negotiated for itself. The Limits of American Power Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged countries to cover a $100 million funding gap for the UN Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA , saying the body was nearing a breaking point after deep cost-cutting and austerity measures. Guterres told an...
Economic diplomacy circles are witnessing intensified activity to revive the long-stalled free trade agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the European Union after more than two decades of suspended collective negotiations, amid strong expectations of finalising the outlines...
The Egyptian government is facing increased pressure to reduce fuel costs following the sharp decline in global oil and gas prices, as well as the fall in the US dollar after the war on Iran started...
Three months after Myanmar’s civilian opposition and ethnic revolutionary organizations unveiled the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union — SCEF — the body is being sized up in the international press as the war for narrative...
A quiet but seismic shift is playing out across China’s globally dominant electric-vehicle supply chain, one with major implications for Indonesia’s EV-reliant nickel industry. BYD’s new Datang SUV recently racked up 150,000 pre-orders in a 53-day in China, marking a...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem last night and on Wednesday morning, raiding homes and kidnaping several Palestinian citizens, including women and an elderly man. According to local sources, the IOF...
Fears of resurgence of HIV/Aids amid loss of access to PrEP drugs as at least 40 people arrested in ‘toxic’ climate A “witch-hunt” is under way in Niger, where dozens of people have been arrested for homosexuality in the west African...
A protester holds up a placard thar reads ‘Resist, don’t compromise’ at a mass march held under the slogan ‘The people are hungry, the prisons are full’ through popular neighborhoods in Tunis, Tunisia, on 16 May 2026. Credit: Chedly Ben...
Hello, Here are the latest updates of the day: - Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has met US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Doha. Qatar's Foreign Ministry says Iranian negotiators...
Tehran, Iran before the conflict began. Credit: Unsplash/Mohammad Takhsh By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jul 1 2026 (IPS) The on-again, off-again US-Iran peace negotiations, which have been disparaged by Israeli leaders, have resulted in a rare rift between the US and...
This will be a relatively short article. I want you to see for yourself how the CIA inspired Ukrainian propaganda is planting itself in the minds of people living in the United States. I have received a couple of messages...
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