"Europe is for Christians only; go back to Muslim countries." M.Q.*, a Sudanese refugee, says these were the words a Croatian police officer shouted at him before he was "beaten, robbed of his phone, passport and money, and forced to walk...
As the US keeps fighting in Iran, China is watching not only what the US can destroy, but how quickly it can replace what it fires. Yet depleted US stockpiles do not make an invasion of Taiwan any less perilous...
Nineteen years ago, on February 6, 2007, Pakistan signed away Gwadar Port’s commercial future for four decades. The government would build the roads, the airport, the expressway, and the breakwater. A private concession-holder would run the port, fill the Free...
By CIVICUS Jul 13 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS speaks about efforts to use the 2026 FIFA World Cup to highlight Mexico’s enforced disappearance crisis with Ana Enamorado, a Honduran national who continues to search for her missing son in Mexico, and founder of...
Security Council. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By Shihana Mohamed NEW YORK, Jul 13 2026 (IPS) As the United Nations (UN) Security Council prepares for its first round of closed-door straw polls this month to select the tenth Secretary-General, the organization stands at a...
In a dimly lit red-brick house in central Taiwan, film hunter Wang Wei and his team haul out ageing film reels, salvaging the fragile remnants of a cinema boom that nearly vanished from history. Film collector Wang Chin-ting (R) points out...
An activist wanted by Hong Kong’s national security police has reportedly been blocked by Thai authorities from flying to Canada for resettlement, according to local media. Zhang Xinyan. Screenshot: Hong Kong Parliament, via YouTube. Zhang Xinyan, who has been detained in Thailand...
During the July 2026 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, Prime Minister Carney announced Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as Canada’s primary supplier for 12 diesel-electric Type 212CD submarines over the Republic of Korea (ROK)’s Hanwha Ocean to...
AI-driven semiconductor systems are the next major transformation in chip design and manufacturing. The central idea is that semiconductor workflows are becoming too complex, too data-intensive, and too time-sensitive to be managed only through traditional human-driven engineering processes. Modern chips...
By: Thai Scam Watch - - - - Photo courtesy of Amnesty International In April, Thai Police Lt. Gen. Jirabhop “Kong” Bhuridej, boss of the Thai government’s new “Anti Cyber Scam Center,” was photographed having lunch in a Bangkok restaurant with a notorious Cambodian cyberscam center...
Hong Kong will investigate whether any civil servant has been negligent over a 16-year delay in the medical watchdog’s handling of a complaint against a paediatrician found guilty over a blunder that left a boy permanently disabled. Secretary for Health Lo...
Israel is set to hold a national election on October 27, according to Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition, its first since the Gaza war and the wars on Lebanon and Iran. The precise ballot date had been unclear since the Israeli parliament voted...
The US military on Sunday said it had launched a new wave of attacks against Iran, after renewed fighting over the Strait of Hormuz saw several of Washington's Gulf allies targeted by incoming fire. The latest salvo by US forces began...
Archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old tomb near the southern Egyptian city of Luxor , authorities said on Sunday, t he latest in a series of discoveries that officials hope will boost tourism. The tomb, identified as belonging to a man named Paser,...
Dr. Albert Liu is the Founder and CEO of Kneron , a full-stack edge AI company pioneering next-generation Neural Processing Unit (NPU) architectures and localized AI infrastructure. Widely recognized as a pioneer in NPU architecture, Dr. Liu has spent decades advancing...
There are 22 women representatives in the new Syrian parliament – the first to sit since the overthrow of the Assad regime in 2024 – out of a total of 210 members. Their appearance at the first session of the parliament...
Certain military campaigns get hugely overblown in their importance (usually famous battles led by famous generals) and others slip by, not getting the coverage they deserve often until long after the war is over. I wonder if what we are...
The easiest mistake in war is to confuse the ability to strike again with proof that the previous strike worked. Donald Trump is making that mistake in Iran. The latest U.S. attacks may destroy more military assets and infrastructure, but...
The United States and Iran traded new attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end the war. According to President Trump, the ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran was...
As the United States commemorates the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the nation is set to abdicate its independence 250 years later. The U.S. Congress is slated to pass the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – “must-pass” legislation...
Ebrahim Hussain is Co-Founder of Architect Labs, where he is building AI-powered systems to accelerate semiconductor design and engineering. He brings deep expertise in AI and hardware development, with a focus on transforming how advanced chips are designed and brought...
On Sunday morning, Qatari authorities announced the death of the country’s former Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani , who passed away at the age of 75. In accordance with Muslim customs, funeral services were held on Sunday evening at...
Lo scorso 24 giugno, il «Financial Times» ha ospitato un editoriale vergato dal primo ministro canadese Mark Carney e dal suo omologo lussemburghese Luc Frieden in cui proponeva la creazione della cosiddetta Defence, Security and Resilience Bank Segue nostro Telegram . Lo...
The United States is on pace for another record year of military strikes in Somalia in 2026. At least 74 strikes have been carried out so far, the majority targeting Al Qaeda’s Shabaab—a clear shift from 2025, when the US...
Let’s follow the timeline. According to the official story: 911 call from his DC residence at 8:30pm ET on July 11 for suspected cardiac arrest. He “died at home.” This is total bullshit! So let’s go thru the timeline. Lindsey departed Dulles...
By Thomas S. KARAT Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su There was a time when the arms dealer waited in the corridor. He financed the campaign, endowed the think tank, took the general to dinner, and...
A shorter declaration masks deeper tensions, as Washington pushes to reshape NATO’s role from Europe to West Asia and Asia-Pacific. Mehmet Ali GULLER Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The six-point final declaration of the NATO Ankara...
The same bureaucrats who talk about “war with Russia” are afraid of a simple revolver. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su At the recent NATO summit, what appeared to be a minor episode ultimately exposed some of the...
The Grayzone has reviewed a sealed indictment for pro-Palestine donor Fergie Chambers, who was arrested in Spain on dubious money laundering charges concocted by the Trump DOJ. His partner accuses the US government of “political persecution.” Fergie Chambers, a communist...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,223 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Sunday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) Mustafa Barghouthi, secretary‑general of the Palestinian National Initiative, has affirmed that the brutal Israeli war of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip has turned into a “war of human, humanitarian, and economic attrition,” unfolding in full...
PEN America, once a fearless advocate on behalf of persecuted writers around the globe, has become a shill for Zionism and American imperialism. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New...
Iraq's efforts to bring all weapons under exclusive state control are facing resistance from powerful Iran-aligned armed factions, which say they will not disarm without guarantees over their future security, political status and the withdrawal of US forces from the...
Israeli settlers have established new outposts in the occupied West Bank while carrying out a series of attacks against Palestinian communities, including Bedouin villages in the Jordan Valley, amid Israeli military raids and arrests in several governorates. Hassan Malihat, general supervisor...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) have called on members of Congress to publicly condemn the reported arrest of US Representative Ro Khanna by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank this week. Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers...
GAZA, (PIC) Six Palestinian civilians, including a child, were martyred and others were injured in fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, while two others succumbed to injuries sustained yesterday. According to media sources, a citizen was killed and others...
In his message to Congress asking for a declaration of war against Germany and thereby bringing the United States into World War I, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed “The world must be made safe for democracy.” Yet a war to ostensibly...
The UK and other European countries are reportedly considering a proposal to introduce non-compulsory navigation charges in the Strait of Hormuz as diplomatic efforts involving Qatar, Iran and Oman continue to explore ways to reopen the strategic waterway. Several UK Labour...
Syria's newly elected People's Assembly convened its inaugural session on Sunday and elected its first speaker, marking the launch of the first legislative body formed since the ousting of former president Bashar al-Assad. The session comes under the Constitutional Declaration outlining...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Asra Media Office (AMO) has called for an urgent intervention to save the life of Palestinian prisoner Yasin Hilmi Karkari, 49, from the town of Salim east of Nablus, in light of the deterioration of his health condition...
A Sudanese court on Sunday sentenced paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and 15 others to death in absentia over the killing of a regional governor and committing war crimes in Darfur, state media reported. The ruling is the first against the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources, at least...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has extended its heartfelt condolences to Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Al Thani and his family, as well as the government and people of Qatar, and the Arab and Muslim nations, over the passing of the father...
Good afternoon and welcome to our new live page covering events in the Middle East. You can track developments from earlier today by visiting our previous live page here . These are the key events on Sunday afternoon: • Iran launched attacks across...
TEHRAN, (PIC) US forces launched a large-scale aggression on Iran, in a new escalation to which Iranian forces responded by targeting US military sites in the Gulf on Sunday. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the completion of a new round of...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who had just returned from another trip to Ukraine to pledge U.S. assistance to its war with Russia, has died of a "brief and sudden" illness. His office has not released any additional details. He was...
Iran said Sunday it was closing the Strait of Hormuz and launched missiles and drones at Gulf neighbours after the US carried out a new round of strikes as their conflict escalated . The latest exchange of fire was sparked by...
Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has announced a joint German-French initiative for Lebanon, which he said seeks to improve the prospects for peace in the region, as analysts believe European powers are seeking a greater role in shaping the country's...
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