The European Union’s diplomatic service has proposed a three-year military and civilian mission to advise and train Lebanese forces , including in border and maritime security, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The proposal stems...
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More than two years after six-year-old Hind Rajab was killed alongside her rescuers in Gaza, Hezbollah is systematically targeting commanders linked to the Israeli unit accused of killing her. In this week’s episode of The Target, Robert Inlakesh examines the...
There was a time not so many years ago when Washington believed in free trade and raced to sign free trade agreements. Exporting sectors like agriculture were among the beneficiaries. They’d love to go back to those days. Don’t hold...
On the morning of February 28th , the first day of Donald Trump ’s war on Iran, the children of the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab were at their desks a little after...
Bill Curry , 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an epidural in...
Yes, we know
Full Article- - - - Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash As anyone who has looked at the results out of New York knows, the socialists are on the march once again. I find it funny that a...
Three Democratic candidates for House seats in New York prevailed on Tuesday night in a massive rebuke to the party establishment. Though each race was representative of a broader dissatisfaction with incumbents and specific district-level dynamics, the U.S. relationship with...
A Trump Ally Vows to Bring Fracking to Colombia
Full ArticleThis article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here . Right-wing businessman Abelardo de la Espriella holds a razor-thin lead in...
A new group of Syrian prisoners in Lebanon, consisting of 128 inmates, will be transferred to Syria as part of the implementation of a recent agreement between the two countries concerning the release of prisoners , Syrian Justice Minister...
BETHLEHEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army delivered stop-work orders for 15 Palestinian homes in al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, on Wednesday under the pretext of unlicensed construction. According to local sources, Israeli soldiers stormed the village and positioned themselves in the northern...
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Full ArticlePride month is a time for celebration of queer joy, art and culture. This year, however, many transgender Americans are reminded of Pride’s origins as they face hundreds of anti-trans bills being introduced nationwide. First...
A wave of anti-Muslim attacks targeting hijab-wearing women has been reported in the Los Angeles area during Iran's World Cup campaign, with civil rights advocates calling for an urgent investigation into assaults, harassment and intimidation directed at spectators. Dozens...
Diaspora reporting has long connected struggles across borders. Our new editor asks: what can The Long Wave take from this? • Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up here A couple of months ago, I was...
GAZA, (PIC) In a scene that reflects the cohesion of the Palestinian internal front despite the conditions of the ongoing war and genocide, the Palestinian clans and families in the Gaza Strip organized a series of mass events and national conferences...
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said the Gulf state expects to resume normal liquefied natural gas production within weeks as efforts continue to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz , the Financial Times...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A young man succumbed to his wounds on Wednesday after being shot by Israeli forces in the town of al‑Yamun, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 29-year-old Mohamed Zayed was killed...
NABLUS, (PIC) Palestinian journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh spent 14 months in Israeli prisons, a long journey through darkness that left him with bleeding in his brain, accumulated injuries from repeated beatings and an anguish that continued to burn within him. No sooner...
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage. You can read this morning's coverage here . Below is the latest: - An Israeli drone strike on a car in south Lebanon has killed two people, according to the country's...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,041 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Wednesday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
For 24-year-old Mahmoud al-Sousi, the Mediterranean Sea offers one of the few escapes from the devastation that has engulfed Gaza during Israel's genocidal war on the territory. The Gaza City resident says surfing has become more than...
Qatar Post has launched a new international money transfer service allowing customers to send funds to five countries, including Egypt and Morocco, as it expands its financial services offerings. The new service enables transfers to Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Djibouti...
Authorities based in the eastern part of divided Libya have banned entry for people from four nearby African countries, a move likely meant to stem the influx of migrants seeking to set off for Europe from the country's...
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) to end the US-Israeli war on Iran has cast a spotlight on potential implications for Gaza amid ongoing indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel to implement a September 2025 ceasefire that has never...
30% of those killed in Gaza genocide were children, many from ‘deliberate’ targeting: UN commission
Full Article“By targeting children, Israel is attacking the very capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine their future,” said the commission’s head. By Stephen PRAGER Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su...
What systems can accomplish by combining semiconductors, AI, and software seems at times boundless. Chiplet-based semiconductors deliver this promise, allowing a myriad of complex digital, memory, analog and photonic functions to be condensed into a single semiconductor package for higher...
The Lady Imam reintroduces Amina Wadud to the world
Full ArticleWhen people think of amina wadud, they often think of the woman who led a mixed congregation of Muslims in prayer in New York in 2005 . While some Muslims found it inspiring, others were so incensed that they sent...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has accused the Israeli occupation army of systematically and deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip, calling for urgent international action to end these crimes. The remarks came shortly after a child, Ahmed al-Raqab,...
French health ministry says patient’s contacts are being traced and that risk to European public is very low The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in France, the country’s health ministry has said, in a doctor who had returned from...
Another week from hell
Full ArticleA bid to end a war might be sabotaged by Netanyahu By Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The week started on a positive note with President Donald Trump uncharacteristically declaring...
On June 8-9, 2026, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The visit was intended to strengthen cooperation...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said on Tuesday that Israel must withdraw from Lebanese territory according to a defined timetable. Speaking at the group’s Central Shura Council, Qassem emphasized that the current post-ceasefire phase necessitates a total pullout, an end to...
Trump’s Iran war debacle is ominous for Russia
Full ArticleEurope’s cynicism is dripping as thick as its sycophancy. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The sycophantic European leaders laid it on thick last week to ingratiate themselves with Trump. France’s Macon hosted...
There is now an almost irreconcilable gap between common sense and European politics. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Grammar and dilemma In the classical grammar of diplomacy, a ceasefire represents the first...
The head of the UN's nuclear agency signalled on Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim deal between the United States and Iran to reach an end...
History tells us that it was possible to design a war using Persian arrows specifically intended to destroy Crassus and the Roman legions. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su On this dark street,...
Oman has opened temporary shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz to facilitate the movement of vessels stranded, as the United Nations began evacuating thousands of seafarers following a US-Iran memorandum of understanding aimed at restoring...
Damascus, Syria - US President Donald Trump declared the memorandum of understanding that would end months of war between the US and Iran “all signed” last week. Those in Syria have been onlookers to the war, often literally,...
Dozens of people were arrested in Doha on Tuesday after a mass brawl involving Algerian and Jordanian football fans during the two countries' World Cup match . Videos circulating on social media showed men throwing chairs at one...
Newly released documents reveal the inner workings of Labour Together and its role in covertly undermining Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party. The documents were disclosed to Corbyn in response to a subject access request. They contain emails from Labour...
Now that an initial diplomatic deal between the US and Iran has been signed and intensive negotiations are under way to fully end the war, Congress should do everything possible to ensure this agreement is fully implemented. While the agreement...
Farmer-turned-fishermen from the local indigenous community are fishing in the Dumboor lake in north-eastern India. At the Eighth Global Environment Facility Assembly, a project was approved involving three communities across India, including Dumboor Lake. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Stella Paul DUMBOORNAGAR,...
A months-long rift between Malaysia and Norway has continued over the European state's revocation of an export license for a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system in March, despite more than 90% of the deal having been...
Tai Po fire: Simulation finds substandard scaffold nets caused rapid spread of blaze, inquiry hears
Full ArticleA fire simulation conducted to investigate the rapid spread of last year’s deadly apartment complex blaze in Tai Po has found that non-fire-retardant materials may have caused “secondary ignitions” that exacerbated the spread of the inferno. Wang Fuk Court in...
Seychelles: Public Media Alliance and partner organisations call for urgent review of SBC Bill
Full ArticleThe letter raises serious concerns about governance, the appointments process, and funding provisions that would “significantly weaken the institutional independence it claims to protect, undermining the core principles that underpin its role as a public service media organisation.” The signatories...
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has dismissed a prominent pro-Israel lobbying group's campaign to have her sanctioned by the United States as a "pathetic" attempt to silence criticism of Israel, saying she was more concerned by the politicians...
GAZA, (PIC) Diabetes in the Gaza Strip is no longer just a chronic disease that can be coexisted with through regular medical follow-up and the availability of treatment, rather it has turned into a daily battle fought by tens of thousands...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian child was martyred and others were injured in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, while another civilian was pronounced dead after succumbing to injuries sustained in a previous attack. The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter...
A Tunisian court on Tuesday upheld an eight-year prison sentence slapped on anti-racism activist Saadia Mosbah for financial misconduct, two of her lawyers said. Mosbah, the head of the anti-discrimination Mnemty association, was detained in 2024 as part of...
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