A US military-run body near Gaza that critics say failed in its mission to monitor the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and boost aid flows to besieged Palestinians is set to be shut by the Trump administration, sources familiar with the...
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China will not comply with US sanctions against five firms targeted for purchasing Iranian oil, Beijing's commerce ministry said on Saturday. China is a key customer for Iranian oil, mainly through independent "teapot" refineries that rely on discounted...
Archaeological sites in the Syrian city of Raqqa have suffered widespread damage and neglect after years of war, looting and fragmented control, with activists and officials warning that parts of the city’s ancient heritage are at risk of...
Israeli authorities have detained two activists who participated in a Gaza-bound aid flotilla who they accuse of having links to Hamas, the foreign ministry said Saturday, after the vessels were intercepted by Israeli forces . The flotilla...
At least 16 US military sites across eight countries in the Middle East were damaged in Iranian strikes during the war, a CNN investigation has revealed. The conflict began on 28 February when the US and Israel...
The ongoing war in Sudan , which has been raging since 2023, has caused various diseases to spread quickly, with the country grappling to deal with a recent measles outbreak. Thousands of children in Sudan are currently at risk of...
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Saturday to further restrict protests against the Israeli government following an attack in London this week that saw two Jewish men stabbed. The Labour leader has come under pressure from pro-Israel advocates...
‘Looksmaxxing’ White House
Full ArticleBy Alan Pell CRAWFORD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su It’s only a matter of time before Clavicular lands a position in the Trump cabinet. The early betting is that the “looksmaxxing” influencer...
Oman has adopted a unique diplomatic position during the war involving Iran, maintaining neutrality while strengthening its role as a mediator amid rising tensions in the Middle East. Oman is close to Iran in the east of the Arabian Peninsula...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) demolished 26 structures and arrested 250 Palestinians in Jerusalem during the month of April. The center explained in a report monitoring occupation violations in Jerusalem during April, that...
US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the war, leaving negotiations stalled and fears rising over the potential of war resuming. Earlier this week, Trump responded to the proposal from Tehran, saying: "At...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Eight people were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting the towns of al-Lwaiza, Ain Baal, and Shoukin in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning. Lebanese media reported that the Israeli occupation army also carried out strikes on other towns and villages in...
The goal is to just keep adding more and more protest laws until nobody’s willing to attend a pro-Palestine demonstration without a lawyer present. By Caitlin JOHNSTONE Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su...
GAZA, (PIC) At this time every year, the sea off Gaza used to breathe to the rhythm of the sardine season. Silver swarms approach the shore, and nets are filled with enough to give thousands of families an additional reason for...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has condemned the Israeli occupation forces for maltreating and assaulting activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) before releasing them, saying what happened to them was further evidence of “the scale of crimes and the moral...
It appears Donald Trump once again snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by heeding the hawkish counsel of the warmongers at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. As I have argued before, the fragile ceasefire disproportionately favored the United States...
Palantir’s project is literally reactionary, as it intends to prevent the advent of multipolarity. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The German philosopher Jürgen Habermas died on March 14th of this year, three...
Government blocks RightsCon 2026 conference saying it did not ‘align with national values’ The world’s largest conference on human rights and technology has been cancelled just days before it was due to start after the Zambian government told organisers it did...
The Israeli military continued striking several areas across southern Lebanon on Saturday as it issued new evacuation orders for more villages, despite an extended truce in place. Two people were killed when a strike targeted their vehicle in the...
As global attention is held by the US, Iran, and the Strait of Hormuz, in the West Bank, Israeli settlers are running wild and spreading terror. Settler violence has been a problem for years, but recently it has ramped up,...
The ghost of the easy-open valve of Russian gas
Full ArticleThe demand for peace is not dissociated from the broader struggle for a dignified life. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su As the European Union plunges vertically into what could be the greatest...
Saudi Arabia 's only official alcohol shop has run short of supplies ranging from beer and wine to tequila, as the disruption caused by the Iran war has delayed shipments, visitors to the store said. Situated in Riyadh's diplomatic...
Turkish authorities have released more than 500 protesters arrested at May Day rallies in Istanbul , a lawyers' association said Saturday. Police cracked down on Friday's demonstrations, firing tear gas to break them up and arresting hundreds of people. All...
The United Nations' telecoms agency decided on Friday to condemn, monitor and report on the impact of Iranian attacks on telecommunications infrastructure in four targeted countries in the Middle East. Since the war in the region began...
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been hospitalised in Iran, her supporters said, "following a catastrophic deterioration of her health". Mohammadi, who won the peace prize in 2023 in recognition of more than two decades of rights...
GAZA, (PIC) The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged that medicines and essential supplies be allowed into the besieged Gaza Strip without delay, to begin rebuilding health services on a wide scale. This came in a post by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom...
ISTANBUL / PNN/ A chartered plane carrying 59 activists from the “Global Sumud Flotilla” landed at Istanbul Airport on Friday evening, a day after the group came under an Israeli attack in international waters of the Mediterranean while attempting to break...
The US has warned shipping companies they could face sanctions for making payments to Iran for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz , as tensions over the vital waterway continue to drive a fragile...
Hamas issued a statement on Friday condemning Israel for "prolonging the war of extermination" through daily violations of the truce, while the Israeli army carried out violent raids across the occupied West Bank. Hamas said Israel...
Israeli ceasefire violations in Gaza: Daily crimes and an exacerbating humanitarian crisis
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) After about seven months have passed since the declaration of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the hopes that residents pinned on this stage as a gateway to recovery are dissipating, turning into a reality that consolidates humanitarian suffering...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,608 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Saturday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
Iran hanged two men on Saturday convicted of spying for Israel, the judiciary said, the latest in a string of executions in recent weeks. "Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bekrzadeh were hanged for the crime of intelligence cooperation and...
A Boeing 747 that Qatar gave to President Donald Trump has completed flight testing and is expected to make its debut this summer, the US Air Force said Friday. The aircraft "has officially completed modification and flight...
US to withdraw about 5,000 troops from Germany
Full ArticleUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the withdrawal of about 5,000 troops from Germany within the next year, the Pentagon said on Friday, in the latest rift in transatlantic ties over the Middle East war . The...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army’s military operations in the northern West Bank entered day 460 in Tulkarem City and its refugee camp and day 448 in Nur Shams refugee camp on Saturday. Local sources reported that at dawn, Israeli forces...
A tool for transparency in international trade
Full ArticleFive African countries are stepping up their use of the WTO’s ePing platform, which provides information on regulations and standards for products circulating worldwide. For the past ten years, the WTO (World Trade Organisation) has been developing the ePing platform....
There is a certain kind of “moderate” Muslim scholar whom empire adores: calm in tone, allergic to resistance, fluent in scripture, and permanently available to explain to the oppressed why their rebellion is impractical, premature, emotional, immoral, or insufficiently spreadsheeted....
A senior Iranian military official said on Saturday a resumption of the war with the US and Israel is "likely" after US President Donald Trump snubbed Tehran's latest proposal to end the weeks-long crisis in the Strait...
BEIRUT, (PIC) At least 23 people were killed and several others injured in renewed Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Friday, according to the National News Agency. Lebanon’s health ministry reported that an Israeli strike on Nabatieh al‑Fawqa killed two people and...
On Friday, people across the US marked May Day by taking to the streets to advocate for workers’ rights, peace and democracy. In thousands of cities and towns across the country, people walked out of their jobs and classrooms...
The US war on Iran is leading the world to a global depression. Professor Richard Wolff places the current crisis in the context of the capitalist system and the decline of US hegemonic power. The global economic impacts of the...
Jonathan Cook – The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself – is finally being burst
Full ArticleThe genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West’s military primacy Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a winner of the...
Airports have long competed through concrete: Bigger terminals, faster passport control, wider duty-free zones. But the real fracture in the passenger journey is not physical, it is digital. Today, a single trip is still experienced as a fragmented flow: An...
News that Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest has stirred deep emotions among Myanmar’s people and many abroad. For those who have long admired her courage in the face of persecution, it is natural...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on April 28 that it will leave the global oil producers’ cartel OPEC. Its decision is the latest sign that the war in the Middle East has not only deepened animosities between Iran and...
Robin McAlpine – What freedom can’t fix, hope can
Full ArticleFreedom is at times taken to be the ultimate goal of politics, but it is a corrosive idea that looks different from where you start. For a drug addict, the last thing you need is more freedom when what you...
Islam Times - A new investigation by CNN has found that a significant portion of the United States’ military installations across West Asia sustained damage following retaliatory strikes by Iran and its allies, raising concerns in Washington over the resilience...
Washington’s war with Iran may be unfolding thousands of miles away, but in Southeast Asia its political aftershocks are immediate and measurable. Energy shocks, disrupted trade routes, and deepening uncertainty about US leadership are quietly recalibrating regional alignments. For many...
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