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Pakistani security forces Sunday carried out an “intelligence-based” ground operation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border , followed by “calibrated strikes” against militant hideouts and safe havens, killing 29 fighters, officials said. In a post on X, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said...

World

Iran's top diplomat warned Sunday that any attempt by shipping to bypass its preferred route through the Strait of Hormuz would "increase tensions" in the Middle East, as US and Iranian forces again traded attacks. The exchanges underscored the...

MENA

Yossi Meyouhas is the CEO of Xsight Labs. Yossi joined Xsight Labs in May 2021 as Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Xsight Labs, Yossi was SVP R&D in Valens Semiconductors (2017-2021), and before that served in multiple senior positions in...

CEO Interviews, Lithography, 64 Arm Neoverse

GAZA, (PIC) The child Muhammad Riyadh Ghaboun, twelve years old, is not waiting for a new house on top of the rubble of his family home in al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, but rather is waiting for the remains of members...

Reports, Gaza Strip, Israeli genocide

Several thousand people rallied Sunday in the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir in southeast Turkey calling for the release of jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan , an AFP journalist reported. Protesters gathered in a central square in Diyarbakir,...

MENA

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed at least four Palestinians, including a 13-year-old girl, local health officials said. The first strike targeted a group of people in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing two and wounding another,...

MENA

For decades, India was synonymous with population explosion. But between 2001 and 2021, something quietly transformed the world’s most populous nation. Fertility rates fell by nearly half – dropping below replacement level in much of the country. This infographic tracks...

INFOGRAPHICS, Demography, India

Israel’s government on Sunday approved a proposal in the Knesset to recognise the Armenian genocide, in an apparent rebuke to Turkey amid deteriorating relations. Commentators have blasted the move as ironic, given that UN experts and...

MENA

A US television journalist apologised on Sunday after she appeared to speak disrespectfully about the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina during a World Cup report. ABC7 Los Angeles reporter Abigail Velez was covering the US national team's...

Sports

Star-laden Morocco and the Netherlands have the potential to produce a riveting Round of 32 tie at the World Cup, underpinned by a societal subtext that adds a healthy spice to the game in Monterrey on Monday. There is a...

MENA

Syria has deployed its first international search-and-rescue team to earthquake-hit Venezuela , where over 1,400 people have been killed as rescuers scramble to pull out survivors from the rubble. The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) announced...

MENA

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army started on Sunday to build a settler road on swaths of Palestinian-owned land in the village of Battir, west of Bethlehem in the West Bank. According to local sources, Israeli bulldozers began leveling swaths of...

News, Land grab, Settlement expansion

By Natasha TUSIKOV and Blayne HAGGART Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The rush to embrace flawed tech could bring disaster. The Mark Carney government has made “ deploying AI at scale ”...

Editor's Choice, Artificial Intelligence, Crisis

GAZA, (PIC) Four Palestinian civilians were martyred on Sunday, including one who succumbed to injuries sustained in a previous Israeli airstrike. According to media sources, two Palestinians were killed and another one was wounded in an Israeli drone strike on the as‑Salatin...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

By Sven R. LARSON Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Everyday life has become a pressure cooker. The question is when that pressure cooker is going to blow up, and what...

Editor's Choice, Capitalism, Criminal

Tens of thousands of people in Gaza have suffered significant hearing damage due to Israeli bombing since October 2023, the UN said Saturday. It also said that many people with disabilities have lost their assistive devices such...

MENA

The Vatican’s AI encyclical targets is a voice against totalitarianism disguised as progress б writes Bruna Frascolla. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In our time, woke ideology and social Darwinist ideology...

Americas, Europe, Society

The Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz, de-dollarisation, oil prices, debt moratoriums and the deepening global economic crisis. Hudson argues that Iran won the immediate military battle, while the wider conflict is a world war over US control of oil,...

Corruption, Economics, Finance

For Karim Ramadan, watching from a buzzing Cairo cafe before sunrise, the moment felt almost unreal as Egypt progressed from the group stage of a World Cup for the first time in their history on Saturday. "It...

Sports

Iraqi security forces launched raids in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone early Sunday to arrest officials including MPs suspected of corruption, amid heavy deployment in the area. The Green Zone houses the US embassy and other diplomatic missions, as...

MENA

Iraqi security forces launched raids in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone early Sunday, arresting 47 officials, including MPs and oil officials on corruption charges, amid heavy deployment in the area. Forty-seven members of parliament and officials from the oil...

MENA

By: Pitthayut Suradee and Akarawin Rimcharone - - - - Chadchart vs Chaiwat As Bangkok undergoes its gubernatorial election today, two front-running candidates are proposing sharply different visions for the city. Chadchart Sittipunt, the former Pheu Thai transport minister, now...

WEST BANK, (PIC) Jewish settler groups launched renewed attacks on Palestinian citizens and property in different areas of the West Bank last night and Sunday morning. According to local sources, a horde of settlers stormed the Khalayel al-Louz area in the southeast...

News, Israeli crimes, Jewish terrorism

For all the scrutiny surrounding the World Cup's expanded 48-team format, with the advantage its uneven scheduling may give sides playing later in the final round, Austria and Algeria offered a reminder of the sport's unpredictability...

Sports

The U.S.-Iran memorandum reopens Hormuz, unlocks Iran’s economy, and pivots America toward China. But Israel’s defiance and Lebanon’s powder keg threaten to derail it all. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Change...

Americas, Diplomacy, Middle East

Thanks to Zelensky’s bizarre bellicosity, Russia has everything ethically it needs to proceed. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Many questions arise with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...

Americas, Europe, Russia & CIS

Zheng Liwen, leader of Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT), began a two-week tour of the United States on June 1, which is an interesting development in one of the key issues at the current stage of the “Great...

China, Politics, USA

Analysts say that Friday's agreement aimed at ending the Lebanon war is heavily weighted in Israel's favour and warn that it could push the country towards civil war. The 14-point framework signed in Washington was the product of weeks...

MENA

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem overnight and early Sunday, kidnaping at least 13 Palestinians, most of them in Nablus, and injuring another citizen. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped...

News, Arrests, IOF raids

Good morning, and welcome to our live coverage. Here are the latest: - Iran has launched strikes against US forces in Kuwait and Bahrain as it expanded its retaliation against US strikes in southern Iran. - - Kuwait said that it...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) The scheduled travel for Gaza patients today, Sunday, has been cancelled due to the failure to obtain the necessary security clearances from the Israeli occupation authority (IOA), according to the health ministry in the war-ravaged territory. In a statement, the...

News, Gaza patients, Israeli war crimes

By: John Elliott - - - - Indian-born, British sculptor Anish Kapoor has hit the headlines with a dramatic exhibition at London’s Hayward Gallery that includes three massive red sculptures and over 80 other works, many creating the enigma and...

In a half-covered amphitheatre in eastern China, 20-year-old Wang Shuangshuang locked his shoulder against the neck of a bull, grappling with its horns to force it to its knees. This photo taken on June 17, 2026 shows a bull wrestler...

Animals, China, Sport

Pezeshkian’s Islamabad visit is a testament to Pakistan’s growing diplomatic clout and Iran’s strategic resilience. More than a ceremonial handshake, it reflects a region turning the page from confrontation to cooperation, proving that the East is no longer waiting for...

Iran, Middle East, Pakistan
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