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Last Thursday , populist Democratic candidate Graham Platner shook up the Democratic establishment when his primary competitor, Maine Governor Janet Mills, suspended her Senate campaign amid polls showing her badly trailing Platner, an oyster farmer who had come out of...

Lucrecia Martel is one of Latin America’s acclaimed arthouse filmmakers of European descent. After dealing with Indigenous issues in short films like “ Leagues ” and “ New Argirópolis ,” she had a global breakout with 2017’s historical biopic “...

Egypt has deployed a detachment of Rafale fighter jets to the UAE , according to an analysis published by The Pundit , in what appears to be the first public confirmation of an Egyptian combat-aircraft...

UK leader Keir Starmer said Friday he took responsibility for "very tough" local election results that saw the hard-right make big gains, but vowed to carry on as prime minister. "I'm not going to walk away and plunge the country into...

Tensions between Sudan and Ethiopia are moving into a more dangerous phase after Khartoum accused Addis Ababa of allowing its territory to be used as bases for drones operated by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have been...

“All cases of attacks on civilians are being legally pursued based on the Geneva Conventions,” said the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society. By Jake JOHNSON Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su...

As in previous years, MENA films are once again spread across the Cannes Film Festival programme . This year includes one title in Competition, two in Un Certain Regard, a Special Screening, and one film each in Critics'...

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Thursday for the assassination of prominent Shia cleric Farhan Hassan al-Mansour in Syria , who was killed last week in a bomb attack targeting his vehicle in the Sayyida Zainab...

In the summer of 1998, I traveled to the northeast region of China to visit a unique educational institution. The Yanbian University of Science and Technology (YUST), founded six years before, was the first private and the first foreign university...

Two Hong Kong women convicted of money laundering have been jailed for over three years for transporting over HK$280 million cash from mainland China to Hong Kong between 2018 and 2019. An aerial view of Lok Mak Chau check point...

The OPCW has finally acknowledged concealing the assessment of German military toxicologists who ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of dozens of deaths in the alleged Douma chemical attack of April 2018. By Aaron MATE Join us on Telegram...

- - - - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, already heading a weakened coalition partly due to an opposition Perikatan Nasional coalition, particularly the Islamist party PAS, capitalizing on Malay-Muslim identity politics, is now faced with a head-on confrontation with...

GAZA, (PIC) In the Gaza Strip, the war is no longer merely political headlines or exchanged military statements, but it has turned into a heavy daily reality that haunts the residents in every detail of their lives. The continuous bombing, repeated...

Among the greatest accomplishments of the Prophet ﷺ was not merely that he conveyed revelation faithfully, but that he nurtured a generation whose hearts were anchored to revelation. He did not simply deliver verses; he cultivated a civilization shaped by...

A former head of the government’s housing checking unit has said he was “unaware” that his surveyors notified contractors ahead of inspections at Wang Fuk Court, the site of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades. People watch smoke coming from...

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and wounded at least four others in strikes targeting Gaza City on Thursday, as Hamas slammed what it called "the repetition of scenes from the genocide". Local sources told The New Arab...

The Hong Kong government has denied any link to the high-profile UK court case after its trade officer was convicted of spying on overseas activists . The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. “From...

Lula fears confronting Trump because he is concerned about the possibility of U.S. interference in Brazil’s elections, which will take place in October. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su This week, a meeting...

The entire visit should be seen as a charm offensive to win Trump over to what appears to be the most important thing for the European elites: Ukraine Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us:...

Kamal Morsal Mahmoud has lived in Lebanon for 27 years. The 59-year-old Sudanese arrived a few years after the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), when the country boomed, attracting migrant workers from all over the region. He is now the...

France's ambassador to Algeria has returned to the North African country along with a senior envoy set to commemorate a colonial-era massacre, a move seeking to improve frayed relations. Ties between France and Algeria have been fraught since 2024,...

Over the past weeks, UNESCO has raised concerns that US-Israeli airstrikes have damaged historic buildings in Iran. This comes amid incendiary rhetoric from US President Donald Trump, who threatened to decimate " a whole civilisation" and...

GAZA, (PIC) In light of the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip for more than 30 months, heart patients no longer face only their illness, but also face a collapsed health system that is almost unable to keep them alive....

In Gaza, the mission to save lives is inseparable from the mission to save heritage — Israel's ongoing genocide targets both people and culture with equal devastation. Against this backdrop, Haneen Alamssi, 33, an architect from Gaza City, has...

Taiwan rolled out the red carpet for Paraguay President Santiago Pena on Friday to shore up relations with its only South American ally, as Beijing urged Asuncion to sever ties with Taipei. Taiwan President Lai Ching-te and Paraguay President Santiago...

Attendees at the NPT Review Conference side event titled 'Preventing Nuclear Use and Escalation: Lessons from Nuclear Close Calls. ' Credit: Naureen Hossain/IPS By Naureen Hossain UNITED NATIONS, May 8 2026 (IPS) The consequences of nuclear warfare would transcend borders and...