Israel’s escalating attacks in Lebanon risks collapsing a fragile US‑Iran agreement that appears closer than ever, turning Lebanon once again into a key testing ground for whether regional deals can hold. In recent days, Donald Trump...
Technology has now begun to move at such a pace that it is dragging the centers of geopolitical power along with it – no longer the other way around. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact...
Recent Ukrainian attack on a dormitory in Lugansk appears to have prompted a shift in stance by Russia. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The recent events in the special military operation indicate...
Hong Kong’s electricity bills are expected to hit a short-term peak in August due to the Middle East conflict , an energy advisory chair has said. Hong Kong skyline at night. Photo: Kyle Lam/ HKFP. Hong Kong’s current electricity...
The New York Times recently published Pulitzer Prize-winner Nicholas Kristof’s blockbuster account of IDF systematic rapes of Palestinian men and women detained at a notorious Gaza military prison camp, Sde Teiman (“fields of Yemen”). His account...
Iran has shown that it is possible to confront the Atlanticist powers with direct and intense attacks while simultaneously controlling possible negative consequences. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Geopolitics experts are quite...
Qatar has denied that it offered Iran $12 billion to finalise an agreement that would end the US-Israeli war on Iran. "Reports claiming that the State of Qatar 'offered' $12 billion to Iran to ensure the conclusion of an agreement are...
A group of seven women and 12 children linked to suspected Islamic State fighters returned to Australia on Tuesday after years in Syria , police said. The so-called "ISIS brides" are Australian nationals. They left the Roj camp, controlled by...
Progressives across the US are sweeping the 2026 midterm primaries, reflecting a shift not only away from the US President Donald Trump and the Republican Party, but also from the Democratic establishment. So far, progressives —including candidates with...
In recent weeks, the back-to-back state visits to Beijing by Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have put China in the global spotlight. For some international analysts, the summits showcased China as a “stabilising force capable of...
Chinese tech giant Huawei said on Monday it had developed a new way of making semiconductors that could get around its US-enforced lack of access to the most advanced chipmaking equipment. Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen. Photo: Huawei. Huawei has been...
Israeli lawmakers are expected to soon vote on legislation that would hand the Israeli government power over ancient sites in the occupied territories, which if passed would amount to an unprecedented step towards the annexation of Palestinian land...
In Cairo’s Faisal district, those who fled conflict at home say they face violence and uncertainty, making a voyage across the Mediterranean their only hope - Words and photographs by Simon Ruisch - There are an estimated 1.3 million Sudanese refugees living...
Alice Onyango walks through the trees on her farm. She has been an active participant of My Farm Trees, a farmer- and community-led tree-based project aimed at the restoration of degraded landscapes. Credit: Wilson Odhiambo/IPS By Wilson Odhiambo NAIROBI, May 26...
Large numbers of Muslims prayed on Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of the Hajj . From daybreak, thousands of white-robed worshippers recited Quranic verses on the 70-metre (230 feet) rocky hill near Mecca, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) More than 9,400 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are marking Eid al-Adha under suffocating restrictions, dire conditions, and an unprecedented rise in abuse and deprivation. The Palestine Center for Prisoner Studies said that, three years ago, Eid was a joyful...
Only a few years ago, Abu Mohammed Saidam would wake before sunrise on the first day of Eid al-Adha and head with his children to the livestock markets east of Gaza City . The family treated the annual...
China’s expanding nuclear industry is becoming a new instrument of geopolitical influence across Southeast Asia. From Vietnam to Indonesia, governments increasingly view nuclear energy as necessary to sustain industrial growth, AI infrastructure and rising electricity demand while reducing dependence on...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian girl was pronounced dead on Tuesday after succumbing to wounds sustained in an Israeli strike on Khan Yunis a day earlier, while Israeli warplanes last night bombed a neighborhood in an-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Local sources...
Credit: Derek Hudson/Getty Images. Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF) By Mario Mansour and Fayçal Sawadogo WASHINGTON DC, May 26 2026 (IPS) Developing countries face major difficulties as income from natural resource extraction industries decreases and wealthier nations reduce their aid....
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out renewed raids in West Bank cities and towns last night and on Tuesday morning, with no reported arrests. In recent hours, Israeli forces stormed the village of Qaryut southeast of Nablus, the...
For those just joining us, here are the latest updates: - United States forces attacked missile launch sites and mine-laying vessels in southern Iran, in what a US military spokesman described as "self-defence" strikes; meanwhile, Iran's top negotiators have travelled...
For the fourth year in a row, Hong Kong’s Victoria Park – historically the site of annual candlelight vigils to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown – will host a patriotic food carnival on June 4....
Allah will look at His creation and boast of them to the angels. He will ask: What do these servants of mine want? And then, before they finish asking, He will answer their dua. This happens on the...
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nurina Malek KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 26 2026 (IPS) The Federal Reserve Bank’s turn to ‘reserve management’ exposes the limited policy options still available as the US seeks to protect itself against international stagflation stemming...
More than 40,000 New York City subway and bus workers have now entered their second week without a contract after it expired on May 16. Workers are fighting to keep pace with the cost of living and to resist sweeping...
On May 19, a press release from the Nigerian military proclaimed that, in a joint operation with the United States, it dealt a “devastating blow” to ISIS and “eliminated” a senior leader and more than 170 fighters. The press release...
“ Birds in Ukraine are building nests from drone cable .” The headline itself tells a story, but the subsequent article in The Sunday Times missed the true magnitude of what the story represents. Almost from the beginning of...
For all the uncertainty about what will happen next on the military and diplomatic front in the Iran war, there is certainty about what has already happened on the economic front. And it is not good. The world has seen a...
By: Daniel Mitchum - - - - Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi met South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung in Andong. Photo from the Office of Japan’s Prime Minister Japan and South Korea have agreed to set aside their frequent diplomatic...
Today’s Lavrov-Rubio call was a highly significant and alarming diplomatic communication, covering three major topics. The call took place at Lavrov’s request, with Rubio currently on a four-day trip to India attending the QUAD meeting in New Delhi. State Department...
As China rapidly builds its largest and potentially first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Type 004 may mark a decisive shift from regional sea denial toward sustained blue-water power projection across the Indo-Pacific. This month, the Center for Strategic and International...
The driver of a Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) double-decker has been arrested after the bus collided with a maintenance vehicle on Tsing Kwai Highway on Monday, injuring 22 people. The driver was among the injured. A KMB bus...
GAZA, (PIC) Two Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli attack and two others succumbed to injuries sustained in recent days in the Gaza Strip on Monday. According to Palestinian media, an Israeli strike on a tent in the al-Mawasi area of...
For the better part of three years, the global conversation about artificial intelligence has been framed as a horse race, with the projected winners having the biggest models, largest data centers and fastest chips. By those measures, the United States...
Human Rights Watch is calling on the United Kingdom and other Western governments to hold the United Arab Emirates accountable over its alleged military support for Sudan's notorious Rapid Support Forces, as a new report further exposes Abu...
The pattern of media reports – based on White House leaks – that an agreement with Iran is almost completed has become predictable. Where once the markets fluctuated wildly (and some insiders made huge profits with the information), each time...
US President Donald Trum’’s state visit to China will go down in history as the day the United States finally acknowledged Beijing’s ascendancy as a global superpower. That acknowledgment does not need to be articulated in a formal statement; it...
Hong Kong authorities have slammed viral claims by an overseas activist, saying her allegations that a top government prosecutor used public funds to pursue a romance with a colleague amounted to “malicious smearing.” The Department of Justice (DoJ) said they have...
The Cheung Chau Bun Scrambling Competition attracted around 1,650 spectators on Sunday, as 12 finalists fought to gather as many buns as possible from a 14-metre tower within a three-minute time limit. Cheung Chau’s annual bun festival took place on...
Islam Times - At a moment when clear signs of progress toward an understanding are emerging and the regional atmosphere appears to be moving toward a relative reduction in tensions, Trump suddenly speaks in a tweet about incorporating the countries...
Tunisian lawyer and media commentator Sonia Dahmani, who was released from detention last year, was sentenced on Monday to two years in prison over comments she made about the country's jails, her lawyer said. A Tunis court issued the verdict...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 21 May 2026. The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the increasing spate of what appears to be the weaponisation of Section 76 of the Electronic Communications Act, 2008 (Act...
If this deal gets over the line, it will be dressed up as ‘everyone is a winner’, but the reality is that the US will have lost badly, and the Zionists know it. Trita Parsi is the co-founder and Executive Vice...
Good to see young people in Germany resisting attempts to conscript them into Germany’s militarist machine. Interview by Michael Lavalette, member of the Stop the War Coalition in the UK. Cross-posted from Counterfire Could you start by telling us a...
Regularisation campaigns create more equal and just societies and have benefits for everyone, but the public doesn’t often hear that message. Jean-Michel Lafleur is the Director of the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) of the University of Liège (ULiège)...
Iran's top negotiator and its foreign minister were in Doha for talks with Qatar's prime minister on a potential deal with the U.S. to end the three-month-old war, an official briefed on the visit said on Monday. This...
A mastermind of Trump’s hardline Latin American policies, Mauricio Claver-Carone no longer serves in the administration. But according to well-placed sources, he’s “picking who can operate” in Venezuela, controlling access to the government, and creating conflicts of interest. Speaking with...
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