The US/Israel/Iran-linked energy crisis has shifted from a commodity shock to structural geopolitics, with Asia at the epicenter due to its dependence on imported oil and LNG. Global reverberations can no longer be avoided. Dan Steinbock is the author of...
Jerusalem’s Palestinian governorate Saturday warned of a "new colonial" Israeli plan to seize dozens of properties near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, threatening Palestinian inhabitants. In a statement, the governorate said Israeli authorities are preparing to approve...
Iraq exported 10 million barrels of oil via the Strait of Hormuz in April, down from about 93 million barrels monthly before the Iran war, the country's new oil minister, Basim Mohammed, said at a press conference...
At least 80 deaths and 246 suspected cases in DRC’s Ituri province, while Uganda reports spread from travellers An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is a “public health emergency of international concern”, the World Health...
There is something deeply fascinating about Chinese geopolitics, something that traces its origins back to the ancient mythologies of China’s millennia-old civilization. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Passing through the Gate There...
GAZA, (PIC) For decades, the Zionist occupation state has pursued the policy of assassinations as one of its most important security and military tools in confronting the Palestinian resistance factions, targeting political and military leaders alike, in an attempt to disrupt...
Armed, funded and openly endorsed by Israel’s far-right government, settlers are terrorising Palestinians with impunity Peter Oborne’s new book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza, was recently published by Or Books. Cross-posted from Middle East Eye The 50km...
A Palestinian-owned dog that was brutally beaten by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank on Friday is now recovering and being treated for severe wounds. The Israeli settler was captured in video footage brutally clubbing the dog,...
Iraq coach Graham Arnold said on Saturday he expects his side to show a trademark "fighting mentality" at next month's World Cup after qualifying for the finals for the first time since 1986. Iraq secured the last berth...
China defies U.S. sanctions on Iran, declaring them void. With Russia and Iran, the multipolar triumvirate ends Western hegemony and reshapes global power. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The Western world often...
The UK announced on Sunday the deployment of a low-cost missile system in the Middle East, allegedly aimed at protecting its citizens and regional partners from drone attacks, as tensions continue to simmer between the US ,...
On 14 April, a court in Campobasso, southern Italy, sentenced Ahmad Salem, a Palestinian asylum seeker, to four years in prison. The decision followed a now-familiar pattern in Italian – and, more broadly, European – courts: charges...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Hordes of extremist Jewish settlers launched attacks in different areas of the West Bank yesterday and on Sunday morning, injuring a number of Palestinian citizens and damaging property. According to media sources, five Palestinians were injured on Sunday morning...
I thought it would be useful to highlight the reporting and analysis of the New York Times , the Washington Post and Politico regarding President Donald Trump’s trip to China. I read it so you...
At the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Jean‑Wilfried Kemajou, country brand manager for the Republic of Benin, delivered a pointed message in the presence of presidents William Ruto and Emmanuel Macron. Africa’s transformation is real, he argued, but the story...
GAZA, (PIC) Three Palestinian civilians were martyred and others were injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. According to media sources, a young man was killed and others were wounded in an Israeli strike near Abu Hussein School in...
GAZA, (PIC) The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced on Saturday that it will hold a second round of elections to choose its leader. In a brief press statement, Hamas said it had conducted a first round of voting to elect the head...
Germany’s industrial decline is taking a painful toll on communities that have long relied on local manufacturing titans for jobs, prosperity and a sense of a secure future. The logo of German chemical giant BASF is pictured in front of...
President Donald Trump departed China on May 15, 2026, after a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that was scrutinized from every angle for clues on where the relationship is heading. Trump hailed the trip as “incredible,” while Xi...
China’s accelerating missile buildup is increasingly turning industrial capacity, stockpile depth, and sustained precision-strike capability into decisive factors in the emerging military balance over Taiwan and the wider Indo-Pacific. This month, Bloomberg reported that China sharply accelerated missile production in...
- - - - Years before supply chains, overfishing, environmental depletion, and geopolitical influence became everyday global talking points, Asia Sentinel was already reporting on how China’s growing economic and industrial appetite was reshaping the world around it. Reading these stories...
I thought it would be useful to highlight the reporting and analysis of the New York Times , the Washington Post and Politico regarding President Donald Trump’s trip to China. I read it so you...
By Allison Jackson and Joy Chiang Taiwan said Saturday it is an “independent” nation, hours after US President Donald Trump warned the democratic island against declaring formal independence. Taiwan’s flag. Photo: Walid Berrazeg/HKFP. Trump wrapped up a state visit to...
Comoros announced the temporary suspension on Saturday of new fuel prices introduced in response to the Iran war, backing down after the hikes prompted demonstrations and deadly clashes across the East African archipelago. The announcement came after one person was...
The smell of smoke filled the flat as Mr and Mrs Wong brought home eight red-white-blue and IKEA bags filled with their belongings, retrieved from their old home, now charred and damaged by the fire. Their daughter should have been overjoyed...
Outspoken Spanish star Javier Bardem told AFP he was "getting more work than ever" despite his public campaigning against Israel's war on Gaza, something he attributed to "the narrative changing" around the war. At the last Oscars...
FIFA Secretary-General Mattias Grafstrom held a constructive and positive meeting with Iran's FA (FFIRI) President Mehdi Taj on Saturday, he told Reuters , expressing confidence about the country's participation at this year's World Cup. Iran is scheduled to...
Bulgaria wins the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with the party anthem Bangaranga , beating 24 other countries with 516 points, while protests went underway over Israel's participation in the contest over its war on Gaza. Dara,...
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) welcomes two new board members Board Additions Bring Decades of Legal Excellence and Deep-Rooted Commitment to Arab American Civil Rights The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) today announces the appointment of two new members to its Board of...
France's justice minister will head to Algeria next week to discuss improving cooperation and the fate of a detained French journalist, his office said Saturday, as ties warm following a diplomatic spat. "The purpose of this trip is to...
Israel launched a massive series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite an extension of the truce between the two countries. Israel claims it is targeting Hezbollah, but the strikes were preceded by an evacuation warning covering nine...
The first time one truly stands before a Ming-style horseshoe-back armchair, a quiet misperception arises. It does not feel like an antique. It feels like a piece of modern design completed several centuries too early. There is no heavy imperial...
GAZA, (PIC) Thousands of Gazans took part on Saturday in the solemn funeral procession for Izzuddin al‑Haddad, commander‑in‑chief of Hamas’s al‑Qassam Brigades, who was martyred along with his wife and daughter in an Israeli strike yesterday. The funeral procession set out from...
Hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday for the annual Nakba Day protest , in what organisers described as a mass mobilisation against Israel’s war on Gaza and the far...
However, the deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak notes, on Friday evening, the State Financial Monitoring Service warned banks that the sources of funds for the bail would be checked and sanctions would follow in case of violation of the rules of financial...
Improving US–Russia relations under the Trump 2.0 administration is being challenged by alleged deep-state actions targeting Russian diplomats. The forced granting of US citizenship to diplomats’ children is portrayed as a violation of international diplomatic norms and a means of...
GAZA, (PIC) The leader Izz al-Din al-Haddad, Abu Sohaib, was one of the most mysterious leaders of the Qassam Brigades of the Hamas Movement, as he remained for many long years leading military and security work for the Movement, while he...
Israel’s offensive on Lebanon this year has killed hundreds of children , who continue to face the devastating repercussions of war despite a ceasefire agreed last month, two children's welfare groups have told The New Arab . Earlier...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced two Jerusalemite citizens to demolish their own homes in east Jerusalem under the pretext of unlicensed construction. According to local sources, Omar Halsa was compelled to demolish his home at his own expense...
The Tisza leader campaigned as ‘Orbán 2.0,’ but days into office, he launched a Tusk-style parliamentary coup, purging conservatives, shutting down state media, and surrendering to Brussels on migration and foreign policy. By Rafael Pinto BORGES Join us on Telegram...
The US military, "in coordination with the Armed Forces of Nigeria," killed Abu Bilal al Minuki and several other senior Islamic State leaders in an operation in northeastern Nigeria. President Trump and US Africa Command described Minuki as the Islamic...
Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Tucker Carlson, like any genius in the media world, has an uncanny knack for zeroing in on men and mice who have something ‘original’ to contribute. His...
Farage went ahead with his new model in the parliamentary system as he had two chief advantages from players on the sidelines, Martin Jay writes. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su What are...
When Britain sent its first formal diplomatic mission to China in 1793, one of the participants from London, Peter Auber, remarked that the group had been “received with the utmost politeness, treated with the utmost hospitality, watched with the utmost...
Both Trump’s Iran war and the closely connected Israeli war for Jewish hegemony across the Middle East are unravelling fast. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Both Trump’s Iran war and the closely...
Hours after the US announced a 45-day extension to the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire, Israeli strikes once again pounded southern Lebanon . The US hosted two days of direct talks this week between Lebanese and Israeli officials, resulting in an...
US President Donald Trump’s historic visit to Beijing raises hopes of “a constructive and strategically stable relationship” between the US and China, Beijing, May 15, 2026 Narratives in international diplomacy are best formed through an organic process as the variables...
GAZA, (PIC) From the highest political and military levels in Israel, an announcement was issued regarding the execution of an assassination operation targeting one of the Palestinian resistance leaders in the Gaza Strip on Friday in a step that reflects a...
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