Forced into a humiliating U-turn amid a potential global economic meltdown, the Trump administration announced today that it may remove sanctions on Iranian oil already at sea. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News that the move to free up...
Amid a crushing (and illegal) U.S. blockade, dozens of public figures, including Hasan Piker, Greta Thunberg, Jeremy Corbyn, and Kneecap are traveling to Cuba to deliver aid to the island. Traveling by land, sea, and air, this internationalist brigade, known...
Havana is unusually quiet. A city normally buzzing with traffic and nightlife lies still, dark, and silent. The Trump administration’s economic strangulation of the island has led to frequent and extended blackouts across the country, creating an economic crisis and...
Following a convincing victory in the February 8 general election, the Takaichi government has significantly strengthened its position domestically. This consolidation is also reflected on the international stage, where Japan is increasingly confident in its relations with both allies and...
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching‑te said Saturday two nuclear power plants “meet the conditions for reactivation”, as the energy import-dependent island moves to strengthen its domestic power generation capacity. Taiwan President Lai Ching-te speaks during a press conference on the defence...
As Washington and Beijing mull a new mechanism to adjust trade between the world’s two largest economies, some analysts warn that it could interfere with market forces, while others consider it a path to smoother coexistence. US and China flags....
s Trying to define Donald Trump’s position with respect to Iran is akin to watching a weather vane in a hurricane… i.e., it is spinning wildly in all directions. Consider the following statments that President Trump: — Friday: “We can have...
By: Tsering Namgyal Khortsa - - - - With the growing popularity of mindfulness and meditation, as well as a steady stream of converts, it may seem on the surface that Buddhism is expanding around the world. But recent research...
US President Donald Trump on Saturday gave Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping or face the destruction of its energy infrastructure, as Tehran launched its most destructive attack yet on Israel. The...
Saudi Arabia informed Iran's military attache, his assistant and three members of the embassy staff that they must leave the kingdom within 24 hours after being declared persona non grata, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Saturday, citing what...
A strike on a hospital in Sudan killed 64 people and wounded 89 others, the World Health Organisation said Saturday, with 13 children counted among the dead. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the attack on Friday hit El-Daein...
Almost four months have passed since a deadly blaze engulfed seven of the eight towers at Wang Fuk Court , a housing estate in Tai Po, killing 168 people and displacing thousands. For survivors, however, unresolved issues remain. Wang...
The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday it faced aerial attacks from Iran after the Islamic republic warned its neighbour against allowing attacks from its territory on disputed islands near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. "UAE air...
Ukrainian and US negotiators trying to move towards a settlement of the four-year war pitting Kyiv against Moscow opened their latest round of talks in Florida on Saturday, with more discussions planned through the weekend. Russian representatives...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank / PNN/ Extremist Israeli settlers carried out a series of violent attacks in the early hours of Sunday across several villages in the northern West Bank, setting fire to homes and vehicles and assaulting residents, leaving a...
The single most important prong of American war propaganda is that the U.S. is always winning. Americans were told prior to the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan that victory would be quick and easy, and were constantly told...
Victims of army drone attack on East Darfur health facility included children and medical personnel A strike on a healthcare facility in Sudan has killed 64 people and wounded 89 more, the World Health Organization reported on Saturday. The UN’s humanitarian...
An Iraqi officer was killed on Saturday in a drone attack targeting an Iraqi intelligence services building in a residential Baghdad neighbourhood, the agency said, as the Middle East war reverberates across the country. Iraq has been...
Britain said its Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus would not be involved in its defensive agreement with the United States to use UK bases, after a call on Saturday between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Cypriot President...
This is an interview from 13 March 2026 Robinson Erhardt You’ve been on the show and joined me a number of times now, but we’ve rarely spoken about the contemporary situation in the United States in our foreign policy....
The World Health Organisation has sent a first overland convoy of medical equipment bound for Lebanon from its global emergency logistics hub in Dubai, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Saturday. The UN health agency has dispatched 22 metric...
Iran was "unsuccessful" in targeting the joint UK-US Indian Ocean military base at Diego Garcia , a UK official source told AFP on Saturday, as Israel's army chief said Tehran fired an "intercontinental ballistic missile" at the...
Had Khan been in the Epstein Files it would never had come to this, but prosecuting Zionist Nazi war criminals is another matter. Panel appointed by war crimes court’s governing body says UN probe has not established any ‘misconduct or breach...
An Iranian missile struck the southern Israeli town of Dimona, home to the country's nuclear research facility, on Saturday. Medics said at least 39 people were injured by shrapnel. The Israeli military told AFP there was a "direct missile hit...
An Iranian missile struck the southern Israeli town of Dimona, home to the country's nuclear research facility, on Saturday. Medics said at least 39 people were injured by shrapnel. The Israeli military told AFP there was a "direct missile hit...
Two Iranian missiles struck southern Israel on Saturday, injuring more than 100 people in the most destructive attack of the three-week war , with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to retaliate "on all fronts". First responders said 75 people were...
Three people were killed and at least five others were injured on Friday as a result of random gunfire in the cities of Hasakah and Qamishli in northeastern Syria. The incidents reflect a growing pattern of such behaviour during...
Thirty-nine Palestinian mothers are currently being held in Israeli prisons , according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club , as the Arab world marks Mother’s Day . Mother’s Day is celebrated on 21 March each year across most of...
India has blocked the release of " The Voice of Hind Rajab ", a film about the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl by Israeli forces, the movie's distributor told AFP on Saturday. The Oscar-nominated docudrama by...
Damage to Gulf energy infrastructure in the Middle East war has turned attention to Algeria and Libya as possible fallback oil and gas suppliers, but both have little room to ramp up output in the short term, experts say. Since...
Israel has threatened a major escalation in its war with Iran , as Tehran announced new offensive tactics and claimed fresh attacks on Israeli and US-linked targets. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that attacks on Iran...
Donald Trump's war with Iran is weighing on independent US voters, a crucial bloc likely to determine if the president's Republican Party maintains control of Congress in the November midterm elections . At a breakfast diner in Pennsylvania, a...
Twenty countries have pledged to help secure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz , as part of a joint statement condemning Iran’s actions in the Gulf and warning of the global consequences of disrupted...
One of the most prominent philosophers of recent decades, German thinker Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026), passed away recently. He made significant contributions to philosophy, sociology, communication studies, and political science. He was widely known for his role in developing the German...
The United Arab Emirates has ordered the closure of an Iranian state-linked hospital in Dubai, three employees at the facility told AFP , as ties between the two neighbours deteriorate amid Tehran's aerial campaign against Gulf states. Since the...
Donald Trump's Board of Peace has presented Hamas with a written proposal on how it could lay down its weapons, two sources said, a step the Palestinian group has thus far refused to take as the US president pushes...
The US military claimed on Saturday it had damaged an Iranian bunker reportedly housing weapons near oil and gas shipments in the Strait of Hormuz , as thousands of Iranians marked Eid al-Fitr with prayer. The US statement appeared designed...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani performed his first Eid al-Fitr prayer on Friday since assuming his role at a public park in Brooklyn, alongside hundreds of worshippers. The prayer was held in Prospect Park and organized by...
NABLUS, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles near the town of Aqraba in southern Nablus, north of the occupied West Bank. According to local sources, several cars sustained damage when settlers hurled stones at them near the western...
By Wyatt REED Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Israel’s veiled threat to Moscow came just after Russian media warned traffic cameras in Moscow were vulnerable to the same exploits that Israel reportedly...
Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry condemned on Saturday Israel's strikes on Syrian army camps as "aggression", joining other Arab nations and Turkey in calling on the international community to intervene. Israel's military said on Friday it had struck southern Syria...
Islam Times - The Idul Fitri 1447 Hijriah address delivered by Ahlulbait Indonesia (ABI) Chairman Ustadz Zahir Yahya should not be read merely as a conventional religious message. Rather, it constitutes an epistemic intervention—one that challenges prevailing modes of interpreting...
By Peter KUZNICK and Ivana NICOLIC HUGHES Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su If we can imagine such a world, we can create it. That the U.S. is awash in hypocrisy and mendacity...
What’s the difference between Vietnam and the Iran War? Answer: Trump had an exit strategy for Vietnam. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su How much collective responsibility can the West take for the...
In the Zaporozhye direction, desertions are becoming an increasingly serious issue for the Kiev regime. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The institutional crisis within the Kiev regime continues to worsen. According to...
At both extremes of the life cycle, at birth and death, the spirit of Thanatos seems to have gained the upper hand. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Reverence for life is the...
Iran's attack this week on Qatar 's natural gas export facility threatens to disrupt not just world energy markets but also global technology supply chains because the helium it produces is crucial for a range of advanced industries. Best known...
Iran has rejected calls for a ceasefire to end the war that the US and Israel launched against it last month, insisting instead on a "full, permanent and comprehensive end" to the conflict, as hostilities...
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