Israel is expected to raise the bar high in talks with Lebanon on Tuesday , with conditions that will place Beirut under further pressure as it seeks to end the Israeli offensive. The talks – the first of their kind...
Growing disagreements between the United States and its allies in the North Atlantic Alliance are intensifying the debate over NATO’s future and casting doubt on the resilience of the collective security system formed after the Cold War. One of my...
The New Arab learned that Britain and Syria are moving closer to concluding a comprehensive bilateral agreement on the return of Syrian migrants to Syria and the prevention of "irregular" Syrian migration to Britain, following the first...
Twin attacks rocked a city outside Algeria's capital Monday as Pope Leo XIV started a historic visit to the country, a source with knowledge of the case said and video images verified by AFP showed. "There were...
Slovenia is preparing to hold a referendum on whether to leave NATO, signaling a potential shift in European security policy amid growing global tensions and skepticism toward the alliance. Slovenia Pushes for Sovereign Foreign Policy The announcement was made by Zoran...
US President Donald Trump’s decision to block ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz presents China with a sticky choice: to accept Trump’s prohibition on trade with Iran, Beijing’s staunch ally, or challenge the closure and turn this Middle East...
US President Donald Trump's administration has fired more immigration judges, including two who blocked the federal government's deportation attempts against pro-Palestinian students, a union representing immigration judges said. The National Association of Immigration Judges said on Monday that overall,...
Signals overlap and at times contradict, with real direction embedded across channels rather than declared outright. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Trump has lost his mind. At least according to America’s most...
I was invited to listen in on an event hosted by Fujitsu and Quantum Insider on the reality of Quantum Computing (QC) in financial services today. This market is a good test for QC since multiple possible high value applications...
Students continue to protest against weapons companies fueling the U.S. and Israel's atrocities in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran despite intensified repression from the Trump administration. CONTACT: Palestine Legal Media, media@palestinelegal.org April 14th, 2026 — Three Harvard students who...
The perception of a tropical “paradise” in perfect balance between Catholic faith and Dionysian spirit that does not quite align with Zionist manipulations is misleading. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The role...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Fighting between Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah and Israeli occupation forces has sharply intensified, as Hezbollah’s secretary-general Naim Qassem warned that continued aggression leaves only two options: “confrontation or surrender,” ruling out the second option. Meanwhile Israeli forces confirmed the...
Hungary’s geographical location and energy dependence make it a decisive player in the European system Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The collapse Viktor Orbán’s defeat marks a major turning point in Hungarian...
The detention of journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin in Kuwait has sparked growing concern among rights groups, who warn of an escalating crackdown on freedom of expression across the Gulf during the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran. Shihab-Eldin, a Kuwaiti national...
Ronald Reagan’s budget director, David Stockman, spoke candidly years ago about why Republicans like tax cuts so much. In his 1986 book, The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed , he confided that tax cuts served the...
Gulf states are scrambling to replenish their depleted defence stocks after six weeks of sustained Iranian missile and drone attacks , turning to alternative suppliers beyond their traditional US security partners . The search for new sources comes as...
Hong Kong-based carriers Cathay Pacific and HK Express have said they will reduce flights from mid-May to the end of June, citing “huge cost pressure” due to surging fuel prices amid the Middle East conflict . Aircraft parked near...
A Hamas delegation and the director-general of Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" are due to meet on Tuesday in Cairo for the second time in recent days , amid efforts to move onto the second phase of...
In late March-early April, Japan hosted the presidents of Indonesia and France – a clear reflection of global political change. Growing influence of “second echelon” countries Over the last two decades, the United States and China have been considered the...
Nearly 700 civilians have reportedly been killed in drone strikes in Sudan since January, the United Nations aid chief said Tuesday, decrying that three years of civil war had created the "world's largest humanitarian crisis". Now entering a fourth...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian civilian was martyred and others were injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Monday evening. The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter said that a citizen identified as Islam Quneitah was killed and others were injured, one...
Military has described devastating attack that killed up to 200 people, many of them civilians, as a ‘precision airstrike’ Survivors and observers have questioned the Nigerian military’s rationale for a devastating airstrike on a busy market that killed as...
This article contains references to suicide and may be distressing for some readers. Egypt's parliament is expected to discuss family and custody laws following the death of a mother of two who died by suicide during a livestream, in a...
A court in Ulan-Ude has determined the fate of Mikhail Pichugin, a native of Buryatia who survived a 67-day drift in the Sea of Okhotsk after losing two relatives — his older brother Sergey and his 15-year-old nephew Ilya. A criminal...
Saudi Arabia is urging the US to drop its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz , despite claims from Washington that its Gulf allies are supportive of the action, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Citing unnamed...
I hesitated before writing a post on this war. Until today. Finally the fog of war has lifted. Trump’s decision to impose a blockade on shipping moving out of the Gulf is a deliberate act of economic sabotage of the global...
When Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Damascus on 5 April, the visit was framed as part of Kyiv’s broader diplomatic outreach across the Middle East. Yet behind the optics of post-war reconstruction and economic cooperation, a more consequential dimension...
Rashid* Ahmed Idris was playing on the banks of the Nile in Omdurman with his friends when, in 2023, life changed forever. "Suddenly, we saw dust rising and realised fighting had started," he said, the peace pierced by a shell...
Efforts are underway to secure a second round of talks between the United States and Iran before a fragile two-week ceasefire expires on 21 April, as mediators push to narrow remaining differences. Although neither side has officially confirmed participation, reports suggest...
Lebanese and Israeli representatives are scheduled to meet in Washington on Tuesday for rare, US-mediated talks on ending the war in Lebanon. The meeting mediated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio will include the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to Washington and...
From the left, Rev. Tolbert Thomas Jallah Jn with Mariann Bassey Olsson during the launch of the campaign in Cartagena, Colombia. Credit: AFSA. By Isaiah Esipisu NAIROBI, Apr 14 2026 (IPS) Over 800 households in Ikolomani Constituency in Kakamega County, Western...
A teenager opened fire at a high school in Turkey's southeastern province of Sanliurfa on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people, including students and teachers, before killing himself, Governor Hasan Sildak said. The assailant, a 19-year-old former student, used...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has expressed its appreciation to the participants in the second mission of the Global Sumud Flotilla for their bold efforts to break the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. In a statement issued Monday evening, Hamas hailed...
By: Tim Daiss - - - - China is in a tightening bind. A fragile two-week ceasefire has kept the Strait of Hormuz partially open, but flows remain constrained and increasingly shaped by political tolerance rather than market forces. For...
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday a "major" defence partnership with Indonesia following a meeting with the Southeast Asian nation's defence minister at the Pentagon. "We are elevating our relationship to a Major Defense Cooperation Partnership, in recognition of the...
The international rule of law must be upheld for peace and stability to prevail in the Middle East, China's President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, in a rebuke of the US-Israeli war on Iran. While Beijing has repeatedly criticised the US-Israeli...
Ten Taiwanese people, including former and active military personnel, were indicted Tuesday for allegedly spying for Beijing, Taiwanese prosecutors said. Taiwan flags. Photo: Taiwan Office of the President, via Flickr. China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory and has ramped...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem last night and at dawn Tuesday, raiding homes and kidnaping several Palestinian citizens. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped three young men from their...
Two shipments of military components bound for Israel from the UK have been seized in Belgium, it can be revealed. This follows an alert issued to authorities in Brussels by Declassified , Belgian NGO Vredesactie , Irish news outlet...
In the opening months of 2026, a fierce, 40-day conflagration between Iran, the United States and Israel upended decades of received wisdom regarding military power. The conflict did not hinge on the stealth of an F-35 fighter or the sophistication...
Dozens of protesters were detained by police in New York City on Monday during demonstrations calling for the blocking of arms sales to Israel and an end to US military support for its ally. Demonstrators included the anti-war group...
GAZA, (PIC) In front of the rubble of her destroyed home in Gaza, Majdal Saadallah stands still. She stares into nothing, trying to hold on to the last moment she shared with her eight-year-old son, Ahmad. “He was laughing,” she says. “Holding...
BAGHDAD, (PIC) Mohammad Darwish, head of Hamas’s leadership council, congratulated Iraq’s newly elected president, Nizar Mohammad Saeed Amidi, on his election as President of the Republic of Iraq, expressing his best wishes for success in his duties. In a statement on Monday,...
TULKAREM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army demolished on Monday a commercial facility and a house belonging to Palestinian citizens in Tulkarem under the pretext of unlicensed construction. According to local sources, bulldozers escorted by Israeli forces stormed the town of Izbat Shufa...
The Rohingya did not choose dependency on aid. It was created by the restrictions surrounding them. Credit: UNHCR/Amanda Jufrian By Mohammed Zonaid COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Apr 14 2026 (IPS) While global attention right now is on escalating geopolitical tensions involving the...
In the span of 12 days, two councils were formed claiming to lead Myanmar toward peace and unity. They could not be more different — and the contrast between them is the clearest argument yet for why Washington and the...
Pakistani officials said Tuesday that Islamabad has proposed a second round of talks to the US and Iran, as a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East still holds, and after the US announced a blockade on the Strait of...
The past week marked a decisive turning point in the trajectory of the US–Israel war on Iran . What began as a fragile pause in fighting quickly unravelled under the weight of unresolved disputes, competing priorities, and continued escalation...
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