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Lebanese environmental activist Mona Khali l, whose decades-long efforts to protect endangered sea turtles transformed a stretch of south Lebanon's coastline into one of the eastern Mediterranean's most important conservation sites, has died from wounds sustained in an...

MENA

The accepted wisdom in GenAI model making is that the door has closed. To build at the frontier, as per perceptions, is only for those who began years ago, with a real lab, a research culture compounded over time and...

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Block 2

German journalist Eva Maria Michelmann , who went missing in Syria in January and was later confirmed to be detained there, returned to Germany on Friday, her lawyer told AFP . "It can be confirmed that Eva M. Michelmann...

World

Ensuring fair compensation for those affected by legacies of enslavement and measures to address debt burdens, part of 18-point strategic roadmap More than money: the logic of slavery reparations A global framework for reparatory justice has been adopted at a...

Reparations and reparative justice, Ghana, World news

Protocol dictates that foreign leaders travel to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping. When the Chinese leader decides to travel abroad to Pyongyang, the world takes notice. This visit on June 8 and 9 was the first trip by Xi to...

War & Peace, China, kim jong-un

People hold electronic candles during a vigil at Liberty Square in Taipei on the anniversary of China’s 1989 crackdown on democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, 4 June 2026. Credit: Cheng-Chia Huang/AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Jun 19 2026 (IPS) When...

Active Citizens, Asia-Pacific, Civil Society

Israel's military has deployed almost two-dozen military cranes in Gaza to launch attacks and conduct surveillance operations, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Researchers at the rights monitor said they had documented cases of the cranes being...

MENA

The retreat into satirical attacks on Trump and his supporters fuels the solidification of fascism. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the...

Media, Media Influence, National Politics

Saudi Arabia has suspended plans to introduce compulsory skills tests for Nepali workers after the proposal sparked protests in Kathmandu over concerns it would burden migrant labourers with additional costs and delays before they can travel to the...

World

It’s hard to believe the Iran war is already over, principally because it’s not. There’s a Memorandum of Understanding to agree upon a real peace in 60 days. It’s sort of like an armistice, one of which we’ve...

Column, Courts & Law, Middle East

Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf , a cousin of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday announced the formation of an armed group he said was necessary to defend the country's Alawite minority. In a video statement, he described what...

MENA

US Vice President JD Vance has delivered some of the sharpest public criticism of Israeli policy by a senior American official in decades. The remarks came amid growing tensions between Washington and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government...

MENA

Children's educator Ms Rachel has called for the release of detained Gaza paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu Safiya , using a social media post to highlight the doctor's continued imprisonment by Israel more than 530 days after his arrest. In...

MENA

The City of Paris on Thursday granted honorary citizenship to Palestinian civilians and journalists , in a symbolic gesture of support for "the suffering the Palestinian people". "Honorary citizenship is not just a symbol, but a commitment to peace. We...

World

The New York State Assembly made history this month by passing what could become the country’s first statewide moratorium on large new data centers. To activists all over the U.S. who are fighting these facilities and their massive social...

Activism, Courts & Law, Environment

- - - - Photo by Cecilie Bomstad on Unsplash When Colin Kaepernick decided to take a seat during the National Anthem, outraging millions, we were told that athletes have every right to express their political opinions....

Fifty summers ago, in 1976, journalist and author Alex Haley published his masterwork, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family.” The timing was exquisite. As the nation celebrated the bicentennial with fireworks and paeans to freedom, “Roots” countered it with a deeply personal,...

Activism, Arts & Culture, Books

Israel and Hezbollah agreed a ceasefire on Friday, a US official said, amid deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon which killed 47 people. The dead included at least seven women and two children, according to the Lebanese health ministrym and...

MENA

Meta’s WhatsApp said it will ask a US court to hold NSO Group in contempt, accusing the Israeli maker of Pegasus of once again using WhatsApp to try to lure targets into downloading the surveillance spyware. This violates a court...

Women farmers using a thresher; they are beneficiaries of a UNDP project to bring agritech to smallholder farmers. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe , Jun 19 2026 (IPS) Long burdened by the labour-intensive nature of agriculture, Zimbabwe’s female...

Africa, Aid, Development & Aid

US and Iranian delegations delayed plans to travel to Switzerland on Friday for the opening round of talks to cement the details of a peace agreement as the Israeli military bombarded southern Lebanon, killing at least 18 people and threatening once again to...

Middle East, Block 3, Hezbollah

What Trump presents as a diplomatic breakthrough is more like a calculated surrender disguised as de-escalation. Tehran hasn’t been pressured into giving anything up; instead, they’ve walked away with quick wins, postponed any tough promises, and pushed Washington to agree...

Middle East, Politics, Iran

The British Bar Association temporarily suspended the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Friday, pending the outcome of disciplinary proceedings. British barrister Karim Khan was formally removed from his duties at the ICC last week after...

World

GAZA, (PIC) When a Palestinian family is forced to leave its home under bombardment, threat, or evacuation orders from the Israeli occupation, it is not merely moving from one place to another, but rather an uprooting from an entire network of...

Reports, Displacement policy, Gaza Strip

By Max BLUMENTHAL Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Charlie Kirk’s media empire and his right-wing activist organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), have come under the control of the Israel-directed forces he spent the...

Editor's Choice, Charlie Kirk, Iran

Long before she began assembling the fragments that would become Rehearsals for a Revolution , Pegah Ahangarani had already spent much of her life moving between cinema and memory. Born in Iran in 1984 and now based in...

Culture

The first round of talks between Iran and the US were cancelled on Thursday as continued fighting between Israel and Hezbollah threatened to derail the nascent peace agreement just hours after it was signed. Talks were scheduled to be...

MENA

By Larry C. JOHNSON Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su To quote James Carville, “Its the economy stupid!” On Monday I wrote: So the question we ought to ask is why did Donald...

Editor's Choice, Diplomacy, Donald Trump

The geopolitical theater of recent diplomatic summits has left political pundits celebrating a false sense of security. Following high-level bilateral discussions between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping in Beijing, and the subsequent security dialogues...

Labor, Trade, & Finance, minerals, trade

The responsibility of anti-imperialist forces today is not only to expose NATO’s military strategy, but also to build a political alternative against the poverty, insecurity, and political decay imposed on societies by this strategy. Join us on Telegram , Twitter...

Americas, Europe, Russia & CIS

In the end, which side will be able to deal with the consequences of their own actions? Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su As the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advance on...

Europe, Russia & CIS, Security

When Kamel Hawwash retired from academia last year, he imagined a quieter life. Instead, he entered May's local elections in Birmingham and made history. By winning a seat in Stirchley, Hawwash became the UK's first councillor of Palestinian...

Interviews

Extremist Israeli ministers have said that Lebanon should "burn" after four Israeli soldiers were killed in combat with Hezbollah, as Israel’s deadly offensive continues despite the US-Iran agreement explicitly calling for a ceasefire. National Security Minister Ben Gvir said...

MENA

The Muslim Council of Britain has called for more protection of mosques and Muslim community centres from repeated acts of vandalism and "targeted hostility". It has also published a handbook to ensure the safety of those institutions and the...

World

WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlers carried out a wave of attacks across the West Bank and Jerusalem over the past 24 hours, targeting Palestinians, their property, farmland, ambulances and religious sites, as eight countries lashed out at the escalating settler attacks. In...

News, settler attacks, West Bank

Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi , who is due to join the Morocco squad against Scotland later on Friday, said he faced trial on a rape charge and welcomed the opportunity to put across his point of view. Hakimi, 27,...

Sports

GAZA, (PIC) One Palestinian was killed and several others were injured on Thursday evening in separate Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, amid ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement. According to local reports, Abdullah Yassin was killed after being shot by Israeli...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

The alleged "ceasefire" declared in Gaza more than eight months ago is a "deadly illusion", the UN charged on Friday, with 265 children killed there since the fighting was supposed to have stopped. Despite a so-called ceasefire being declared...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) The Union of Gaza Strip Municipalities warned on Friday that essential services are on the verge of complete collapse as Israel continues to block the entry of critical supplies. Gaza Municipality spokesperson Husni Muhanna said the crisis has moved beyond...

News, Fuel supplies, Gaza municipalities

A rift of sorts is beginning to show between Trump and Netanyahu which is getting harder and harder to ignore. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su As the excitement builds over the possible...

Americas, Europe, Middle East
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