Global inflation has been climbing back for months. India’s June print — 4.38%, up from 3.93% in May and above every forecast — isn’t a shock out of nowhere. It’s the sharpest data point yet in a trend that started...
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The death of an Afghan asylum seeker who died shortly after being detained by ICE four months ago, allegedly from an allergic reaction, is raising questions over a lack of transparency. On 14 March, 41-year-old Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal reportedly died of...
Western Imperialist Unity Split by Rival Priorities
Full ArticleBy Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nurina Malek KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jul 14 2026 (IPS) Trump insists the West must unite on his terms against the Rest, particularly China and Iran. Europe, however, wants greater Trump support for Ukraine’s Zelensky regime to replace...
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Full ArticleLindsey Graham was a degenerate and a disgrace, even if viewed entirely within the context of his public life. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su De mortuis nihil nisi bonum , goes the adage of the...
Europe is Teetering on the Brink
Full ArticleThe NATO summit sent a message that no one wants to hear. Europe is openly declaring war on Russia—and it’s doing so with President Trump’s full support. By Peter Hanseler via ForumGeopolitica.com Two Fires That Could Escalate Into a Storm World War I...
Grieving relatives of the victims of a huge Bangkok bar fire claimed their bodies Tuesday as the death toll rose to 30, even as others held out hope that missing loved ones were alive. A relative hold a picture of victim...
The US push for a wartime industrial base is accelerating, but its real test is whether new weapons can be produced, delivered and sustained fast enough for a multi-front Indo-Pacific conflict. This month, the Center for Strategic and International Studies...
Israel's parliament on Monday passed a law declaring the study of Jewish religious texts a "fundamental value" of the state, a move widely seen as strengthening the ultra-Orthodox community's case for exemption from mandatory military service. The bill cleared its final...
In June 2026, Poland’s policy towards Ukraine split into two incompatible directions: the government continued to provide financial and logistical support, while the president, in defense of Poland’s historical interests, stripped Zelensky of his order. The Gdańsk Conference In June...
Iranian ballistic missiles targeted a US air base in Jordan on Tuesday, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said, while calling on Jordanians to dismantle American bases in the kingdom and elsewhere in the region. "You know very well that not only...
A Tunisian appeals court has sentenced imprisoned opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi to three years in prison and fined him for his decision to donate the prize money from a Gandhi Peace and Tolerance Award to the Tunisian Red Crescent, in...
Hong Kong independent bookstore Have a Nice Stay announces closure, citing financial difficulties and ‘red lines’
Full ArticleIndependent bookstore Have a Nice Stay has announced its closure, citing financial difficulties and “unclear red lines” that make it hard to determine which titles can legally be circulated in Hong Kong. Independent bookstore Have a Nice Stay in Mong Kok...
Over the past two decades, China’s rise as the world’s largest bilateral creditor has profoundly altered the global development finance landscape. Yet international scholarship on Chinese sovereign lending — especially to Africa — remains trapped in a binary: Western-centric “debt-trap...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank last night and on Tuesday morning, raiding homes and kidnaping a number of Palestinian citizens. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped at least 10 citizens following...
Acclaimed Hong Kong filmmaker Shi Nan-sun dies at 75
Full ArticleRenowned Hong Kong film producer Shi Nan-sun, who was behind the city’s classic cinematic works such as Infernal Affairs , has died following infections that resulted in multiple organ failure. She was 75. Renowned Hong Kong film producer Shi Nan-sun. Photo:...
EU Signs New Financial Support Agreement with Palestinian Authority at Brussels Donors Conference
Full ArticleBRUSSELS (PNN) – By Fairoz Odeh – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa signed a new financial support agreement with the European Union on Friday during a ceremony with European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Šuica, on the sidelines of the High-Level...
Nablus / PNN/ As brightly coloured kites climb above Burin, a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, children race across a sun-baked hillside, watching their creations soar into the sky. Behind them, the red-roofed houses of Har Bracha, an Israeli settlement,...
Egypt and Turkey have agreed to expand defence and security cooperation across various fields, building on improved political relations. During a closed-door meeting in Ankara on Monday, the defence ministers of both countries discussed ways to advance bilateral defence industry projects...
US vows campaign to end ICC 'threat' to Americans
Full ArticleThe United States on Monday announced a sweeping campaign against the International Criminal Court (ICC) that could include further sanctions and other measures, accusing it of posing "an intolerable threat to US sovereignty." The Trump administration said it would pressure other...
Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council announced on Monday, 13 July, that it had recovered 375 kilograms of gold as part of a corruption case involving detained Deputy Oil Minister Adnan Al-Jumaili, who remains under investigation. The announcement comes as Iraqi authorities persist...
Welcome, Here are the key updates of the day: - US President Donald Trump said a US blockade will be reimposed on Iran, and Washington will "become the guardian" of the Strait of Hormuz for a whopping 20 per cent fee. - - For...
Thinking Long-Term: The Legacy of Yahiya Emerick
Full ArticleQuiet service and a long-term vision for upcoming generations were the hallmarks of a little-known yet important Islamic teacher in the United States who passed away this week. Yahiya Emerick may not be a household name, but it is likely...
The Israeli army wiped out the family of Hamas military commander Mohammed Mahmoud Shabana from Gaza's civil registry after an airstrike killed his wife and five children in a displacement camp in southern Gaza. The strike, which hit a tent sheltering...
Damning evidence of the culture of Britain’s special forces, from their training camps in Herefordshire to the battlefields of Afghanistan, was released on Tuesday. It was disclosed by the judge-led inquiry set up in the wake of detailed reports of unarmed...
Aerial view of the Port of Dubai Emirate located in Jebel Ali district, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Credit: WikiMedia/Imre Solt By Maximilian Malawista UNITED NATIONS, Jul 14 2026 (IPS) Despite the importance of international trade as an engine for economic growth and development,...
Islam Times - As Donald Trump threatened to impose a naval blockade on Iranian ports, a military official warned that any attempt to implement such a scenario would trigger a response "beyond the calculations and imagination of its architects," with...
JAKARTA – The annual Indonesia-Singapore Leaders’ Retreat, held at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on July 6, was more than a routine diplomatic exercise. With Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Singapore’s Prime Minister Lawrence Wong presiding, the summit marked the full...
By Anis Chowdhury SYDNEY, Jul 14 2026 (IPS) Philippines was the most advanced Southeast Asian country with the highest per capita GDP until about the early 1960s. Its per capita GDP in purchasing power parity terms were about the same as South...
strait-of-hormuz-3-1024×536 The United States, according to Donald Trump’s letter to Congress, has started a new war with Iran. Apparently no one told the Orange Man that the US does not have enough weapons in its arsenal to pursue a campaign that...
Over a quarter of Wang Fuk Court homeowners sign contracts to sell flats to gov’t under buyback scheme
Full ArticleMore than a quarter of homeowners at the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court have signed contracts to sell their flats to the government, with funds already disbursed to homeowners of two units. Wang Fuk Court seen in the distance on April 20,...
Opening his new Presidential Center in Chicago, Barack Obama once again gave eloquent expression to his faith in the fundamental American values of democracy and community. Yet, a decade after his presidency, he has still not published his promised second volume...
Tucker Carlson's left-right, third party dream
Full ArticleAs the establishments of both major parties remain firmly wedded to Washington’s foreign policy consensus, particularly on U.S.-Israel relations, hard ideological factions on the right and left now seem willing to work together to present new challenges to that unanimity. Exhibit...
Seventy-nine years ago this month, President Harry Truman signed the National Security Act , which quickly morphed into today’s metastasizing, often abusive, national security state. With the stroke of his pen, Truman blessed the creation of the National Security Council to...
Islam Times - Ali Al-Aswad, a former member of the Bahraini Parliament, stated that the Bahraini authorities are exploiting the consequences of the U.S. and Israeli war against the Islamic Republic of Iran to expand the scope of domestic repression....
Islam Times - Ibrahim Al-Damistani, a Bahraini human rights activist, stated that in the aftermath of the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bahrain has witnessed an unprecedented escalation of security and political measures targeting a broad spectrum of...
Islam Times - Bahraini opposition figure Abdulilah Al-Mahouzi stressed that the Bahraini authorities' insistence on maintaining the travel ban on citizens traveling to Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iran ahead of the Arbaeen pilgrimage of Imam Hussein (AS) clearly...
Islam Times - Abdulraouf Al-Shayeb, Secretary-General of the Khalas Islamic Movement in Bahrain, stated that the developments witnessed in the country in recent months constitute one of the most dangerous political and security phases in recent decades. He noted that...
US President Donald Trump’s whimsical and profoundly ill-advised war against Iran has shredded the US reputation for probity. Trump committed a huge strategic blunder. The global consensus views the current crisis as an artificial emergency, and US allies are now...
A Jolting Autopsy on Malaysia’s Recent Elections
Full ArticleBy: Kalimullah Hassan - - - - As widely expected, Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional la st weekend swept to a resounding victory in elections in the populous southern state of Johor across the strait from Singapore, taking 48 of 56 seats and leaving its rival, Anwar...
The United States launched a fresh salvo of strikes against Iran early Tuesday, marking a new escalation in the resumption of hostilities, even as US President Donald Trump said a deal with Tehran was still possible. "We're going to hit them...
Hong Kong’s struggling Star Ferry is asking the government to let it hike fares by around 30 per cent. It is also proposing a pet-friendly service on its service between Tsim Sha Tsui and Wan Chai. The Star Ferry. File photo:...
Thanks to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Make America Healthy Again tribe, seed oils have been getting a lot of unwanted attention. The MAHA types despise them. Despise is not too strong a word. Cate Shanahan, a central MAHA...
Reprinted with permission from The Jason Jones Show substack. Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter recently offered what he apparently believed was a devastating answer to those decrying the genocide in Gaza. “Jews do not use children’s blood...
One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were wounded when two Emirati oil tankers were struck by Iranian cruise missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday , in the...
Taiwan’s government and overseas ethnic groups have raised concerns after China implemented the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress this month, warning it forces Taiwanese people to accept Beijing’s political framework and threatens minority communities well beyond China’s borders....
A taxi driver has been fined HK$8,000 for overcharging a passenger during a ride from Hong Kong Disneyland to a hotel in Sha Tin. West Kowloon Law Courts Building. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Joe Lau, 44, appeared at the West Kowloon Magistrates’...
The Trump administration is launching an effort to dismantle what it calls the threat to U.S. sovereignty by the International Criminal Court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Monday. President Donald Trump and others in Washington, such as former President...
The Iranian foreign minister on Monday mocked President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was renewing the US blockade of Iran and that he expected a 20% fee from commercial vessels for “guarding” the key waterway. “POTUS is absolutely right,” the minister, Seyed...
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