Former Yemeni president Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has died in Saudi Arabia, a source in the Yemeni presidency told AFP on Thursday. Hadi, who was in his eighties, "died in the Saudi capital following a sudden health crisis",...
Former Qatar Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah died on Wednesday, 27 May, in London at the age of 74. Al-Attiyah was considered one of the leading figures behind the development...
The Hong Kong government could raise civil servants’ salaries by up to 4.12 per cent this year and plans to introduce a revamped appraisal system for its employees in October, a minister has said. Hong Kong’s government headquarters. Photo: Kyle...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian families on Wednesday in the Khalayfa area east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Local activist Fares Kaabneh said that the settlers assaulted Palestinian families in the Khalayfa area near the...
The United States has reimposed sanctions on the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese , just days after quietly lifting the measures that had targeted her over her advocacy for Palestinian rights...
Everything is bigger in Texas. On Tuesday, the state's closely watched primary runoff races saw important results that highlight some of the most important campaign issues of 2026 —from MAGA to AIPAC to dark money. In one of...
Notes from China on recent events Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest trip to China highlighted a reality that many Western observers still fail to understand: the strategic...
A Chinese dissident who fled to South Korea this week in a rubber boat will be transferred to an immigration detention centre, police told AFP on Thursday. Chinese dissident Dong Guangping. Photo: Front Line Defenders. Dong Guangping, a...
HKFP’s 2026 Reader Survey will help us to shape and prioritise our news coverage over the coming two years, and guide how we invest donor money. Take HKFP’s 2026 Reader Survey Take part before June 5 for a chance...
Wars in the Middle East are often decided less by what is destroyed than by what continues functioning afterward — and how quickly those systems begin to fail. That distinction has become harder to ignore in the aftermath of recent...
Man mano che le economie dei paesi BRICS continuano a diversificarsi e ad evolversi, cresce la necessità di allineare l’innovazione, la crescita industriale e lo sviluppo imprenditoriale ai principi di equità, sostenibilità e inclusione. Segue nostro Telegram . L’eredità del...
LED street lights have been installed in the area around Hyderabad's famous Necklace Road, a scenic boulevard in the heart of the city that curves around the Hussain Sagar Lake. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Stella Paul HYDERABAD, India, May 28 2026...
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic’s state visit to China on May 25, 2026, sent a major geopolitical and geoeconomic signal at a moment when the international system is becoming increasingly fragmented between competing power blocs. The visit, marked by meetings with...
Iran's football federation expects FIFA to facilitate multiple-entry visas for the United States for the Iranian national team ahead of the 2026 World Cup, its president said in a video broadcast by Iranian media Thursday. " FIFA is expected...
Credit: United Nations At a time of accelerating global crises and transformation, the question is no longer whether young people should be at the table, but how power is being shared with them. With more than 2.6 billion people aged...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to threaten to attack Oman if it sides with Iran over reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said that Oman must "behave" or he would "blow them up," when he was asked if...
“Acting on instructions from President Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov notified the US side that the Armed Forces of Russia, acting in response to the Kiev’s regime continued terrorist attacks on civilians and civilian facilities in the Russian territory are launching systematic and...
GAZA, (PIC) At least 10 civilians were martyred and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City on Wednesday night. The Red Crescent said its crews recovered the bodies of 10 martyrs, including four children and...
The Department of Health has said Hong Kong’s smoking rate dropped to a record low of 8.5 per cent, but it fell short of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended target. A man smokes in Hong Kong on October 20,...
Here are the latest updates: - Back and forth contradictory statements between Iranian and US officials about the deal and what it entails - - Meanwhile, the United States has carried out new strikes on an Iranian military site near...
Here are the latest updates: - Back and forth contradictory statements between Iranian and US officials about the deal and what it entails - - Meanwhile, the United States has carried out new strikes on an Iranian military site near...
Myanmar’s revolution is now being decided as much in headlines and briefing rooms as in the wartime hills of Sagaing and Karenni. The most dangerous narratives are no longer the crude slogans on military television; they are the polished “balanced”...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement and its armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, have mourned commander Mohamed Awda, who was assassinated in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Tuesday evening. In a statement released on Wednesday, Hamas said that Awda, the Brigades’ chief...
Hongkong Post has applied to the legislature for a HK$4.6 billion government bailout to support its operations in the next three years and to cover the refurbishment of the Air Mail Centre. According to a paper submitted by the...
South Korea’s push for nuclear-powered submarines could transform it from a US security client into an undersea strategic power, while at the same time accruing steep financial, technological and proliferation risks. This month, multiple media outlets reported that South Korea’s...
А war against Iran could be a test of the new South Korean government’s foreign policy in terms of multilateralism, combining international alliances with a stance of self-reliance and “independence.” Diplomatic relations between Iran and South Korea began in 1962....
Since the US–Israel war against Iran began in late February, images of giant billboards in Tehran have been ubiquitous across traditional and social media. These billboards have been placed in some of the busiest and most visible parts of the...
Donald-Trump-asleep-in-Oval-Office I am going to start wearing a neck brace… Trump’s conflicting comments about the peace negotiations with Iran have given me whiplash. Today at a Cabinet meeting , President Trump asserted that Iran is “ negotiating on fumes...
This month, as delegates from around the world gathered at the United Nations to talk about nuclear nonproliferation, the U.S. and Russia chose to remind everyone just how much destructive power they command. On May 12, Russia staged a test launch...
The emerging deal between the United States and Iran represents an existential danger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future. With his coalition fracturing and elections approaching, Netanyahu can’t survive a peace that leaves Hezbollah intact and Iran’s nuclear...
Ecuador’s president , Daniel Noboa, has used his country’s spiraling security crisis to tighten his grip on power. Under the banner of the “war on drugs,” his government has expanded emergency rule and intensified a crackdown on political opponents....
By Kang Jin-kyu A Chinese dissident who has long been a thorn in Beijing’s side has escaped to South Korea on a rubber boat, his lawyer confirmed on Wednesday, after repeated attempts to flee China. Chinese dissident Dong Guangping. Photo:...
by Ron PAUL Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The pattern of media reports – based on White House leaks – that an agreement with Iran is almost completed has become predictable. Where...
Hong Kong has overtaken Switzerland for the first time in cross-border wealth management, according to a study by the Boston Consulting Group published on Wednesday. Hong Kong. Photo: GovHK. Based on the volume of foreign capital under management in 2025,...
The Western-controlled “news” media are endeavoring to corner Russia in a no-win situation. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The increasing lethality of the NATO-backed Kiev regime’s attacks on Russian civilians is not...
A Hong Kong official has confirmed that the justice minister sent an internal memo urging department staff to provide information on the sources of allegations of a top government prosecutor’s misconduct . Department of Justice. Photo: GovHK. Deputy Secretary...
For the first time, the “Sudeten German Day” gathering took place in Brno, in the Czech Republic, rather than Germany. Following the Second World War ethnic Germans, many of whom had supported the Nazis, were expelled from the former Czechoslovakia....
By: B A Hamzah - - - - Photo from Exercise Balikatan Facebook page The unprecedented participation of 1,400 Japanese combat soldiers in the seven-nation Balikatan Exercise 2026, the longstanding annual drill between the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Islam Times - Amid the rapid transformations unfolding across the Middle East, political and military developments are no longer analyzed solely within the framework of the balance of power; rather, they are raising deeper questions regarding the durability of the...
Reprinted from Andy Worthington’s website. 962 days since Israel’s genocide in Gaza began, and 227 days since a ceasefire took effect through the implementation of the first phase of Donald Trump’s “Peace Plan”, Nickolay Mladenov, the Bulgarian former UN official...
Some Wang Fuk Court residents have said they “are given no choice” over the government’s plan to buy back their flats , urging authorities to reconsider rebuilding the fire-hit estate on site. Wang Fuk Court residents return to their...
The main problem with American policy in the Middle East is that Washington still does not understand whom it is dealing with. For decades, the West has continued negotiating with the East according to its own logic of compromise, diplomacy,...
Vampires preying on humanity & the planet…the US military is the World’s biggest threat …we are joined by investigative journalist @AbbyMartin to discuss her mind-blowing film ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ – a call to action for all Listen HERE The post...
RAMALLAH / PNN/ Economist Nabil Koukali said the Bank of Israel’s decision to cut interest rates to 3.75% reflects growing concern over an economic slowdown amid the impact of war and regional tensions, warning of direct repercussions for Palestinians closely...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday used his social media platform to boost prediction markets – a burgeoning industry from which Trump’s family stands to profit – and lashed out at state leaders working to regulate them, singling out officials in Illinois, New York...
Zelensky’s longtime business partner Timur Mindich fled Ukraine to Israel on a private jet with 800kg of gold + millions in cash — just hours before NABU raided his home. Read Article HERE The post Haaretz: Ukraine Seeks...
As Israel launched a new bombardment of Lebanon on Tuesday, its far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir suggested that it was trying to derail ongoing peace negotiations between US President Donald Trump and Iran. During a press briefing on Tuesday, the influential settler-politician railed against...
European leaders decided not to evacuate their diplomats from Kyiv and accepted all associated risks. Those risks are enormous, as they could ultimately lead to the collapse of the Ukrainian front. EU's Decision Described as Criminal Negligence Officials in Brussels and...
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