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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Sunday that some Christian villages in southern Lebanon had asked to be annexed by Israel, in order to be protected from Hezbollah militants. Lebanon was drawn into the wider Middle East war on...

MENA

Brice Cruchon is the Founder and CEO of Dracula Technologies, a company he established in 2011 to develop and industrialize organic photovoltaic (OPV) technologies for indoor energy harvesting. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Nantes...

CEO Interviews, Atmosic Technologies, Brice Cruchon

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) A 16-year-old Palestinian was killed and two other children were wounded by Israeli army gunfire on Sunday evening in the Qalandiya refugee camp, north of Occupied Jerusalem. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the victim as Walid Nidal Walid...

News, Israeli crimes, Occupied Jerusalem

BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced Sunday that the death toll from Israel’s military offensive has risen to 4,304 people killed while 12,203 injured between March 2 and July 5. In a brief statement, the ministry said the figures include...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

Genta Taniguchi serves as Executive Officer and Head of the Corporate Ceramic Materials Semiconductor Components Group at Kyocera Corporation. He leads initiatives in advanced ceramics and semiconductor-related technologies, supporting the company’s global business in electronic and communication components. With… com/ceo-interviews/370494-executive-interview-with-genta-taniguchi-of-kyocera/">Executive Interview...

CEO Interviews, Genta Taniguchi, Kyocera

Iraq's government and US oil services giant Halliburton signed a deal Sunday to manage two oil fields in the country's south, as Baghdad looks to boost production. The state-owned "Basra Oil Company has signed a joint management contract with...

Energy

Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a series of nearly 2,000-year-old tombs on the Mediterranean coast and the remains of a planned Byzantine-era city in the western desert, the tourism and antiquities ministry said. The coastal discovery was made at Marina...

MENA

‘Since October 7, academic institutions have applied overt and covert pressure to discourage Holocaust and genocide scholars from criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza. Still, many academics are organizing new networks to defend free inquiry.’ In Jacobin . Read the article...

Geopolitics, Gaza, Genocide

European elites are back to putting their fingers in their ears over the Gaza genocide, despite the evidence of what has happened become more and more overwhelming. Hossam Shaker is a journalist and an author who has extensively covered the topic...

Geopolitics, Article, Gaza

US President Donald Trump will meet his Ukrainian and Syrian counterparts on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey , the White House said Sunday, as he seeks to make headway in addressing two key conflicts. "On Wednesday afternoon,...

World

Capitalism forces people to move, and at the same time takes advantage of that movement to extract greater profit. Tayfun Er is a writer and civil engineer based in Turkey. He is the author of two widely discussed books on oligarchy...

Economics, Finance, Globalisation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would not allow reconstruction in Gaza before Palestinian factions there including Hamas give up their weapons, as Israel killed two more people in the devastated territory. “There will...

MENA

With electronic music blaring and free food and drinks on offer at hundreds of stalls, the area around late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei's funeral ceremonies in Tehran on Sunday had the feel of a summer festival. Volunteers provided...

MENA

The leader of the most murderous and tyrannical power structure on earth can’t take a stand against the real problems in our world, because the power structure is the source of those problems. So instead he has to invent fictional...

Editor's Choice, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump

The UK’s revolving door of prime ministers reflects the exhaustion of a political and economic system that has run out of ideas Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su “Something is rotten in...

Editor's Choice, Keir Starmer, Labour Party

Is Bibi about to cheat Trump for a second time? Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Is Bibi about to...

Middle East, World, Benjamin Netanyahu

RAMALLAH, (PIC) A Palestinian infant died on Sunday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) blocked his access to vital medical treatment, medical sources reported. The baby was in critical condition when Israeli forces blocked his evacuation to the hospital through the Deir...

News, Israeli violations, West Bank

Iran's ambassador to China insisted Saturday that new fees would be charged to ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz -- an idea rejected by Washington -- while assuring that "friendly" nations would receive special treatment. The initial deal...

MENA

My friend and colleague, Anthony Kasozi, who has died of cancer aged 65, was a coach and consultant with the rare gift of making his clients feel more confident. Specialising in leadership development, Anthony worked over many years with a wide...

Management, PwC, Uganda

Syrian authorities have postponed the first meeting of the country's new transitional parliament , days after announcing the inaugural session had been scheduled for Monday. "The convening of the first session of the people's assembly has been postponed to a...

MENA

Syrian security forces have arrested a man who served in the military security apparatus under former president Bashar al-Assad and is accused of major human rights abuses, as the government continues its crackdown on figures from the...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem has warned of Israeli claims about the Movement’s alleged rapid military buildup, calling them “clear incitement” intended to provide a cover for ongoing attacks and daily ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip. In a statement on...

News, Gaza Strip, Hamas Movement

Independent Iraqi organisation Eco Iraq has expressed concerns over terms in the country's draft Cybercrime Law, which it said contains overly vague language that could be exploited to imprison people and would impose severe penalties on people found...

MENA

A prominent Muslim civil rights organisation in the United States is suing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after he designated the group as a terrorist organisation for a second time. DeSantis announced on Wednesday that his administration was placing the...

World

GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian citizen was martyred last night and others were reported injured today, Sunday, following Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. According to media sources, an Israeli strike last night killed a civilian in the west of Jabalia refugee camp...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

The life of a prominent Palestinian doctor held in Israeli detention without charge is in "imminent danger" following months of abuse and solitary confinement, an Israeli rights group warned on Saturday. Hussam Abu Safiya , the head of...

MENA

Hit by the biggest energy supply shock in decades during the Middle East war , import-dependent India is expanding domestic crude exploration, its oil minister says. India, the world's third-largest importer of oil and the second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum...

Energy

WEST BANK, (PIC) Palestinian human rights institutions have warned that the lives of detained Palestinian doctors Hussam Abu Safiya and Marwan al-Hams are in grave danger due to their exposure to daily torture in Israeli prisons. The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and...

Jerusalem, News, Detained doctors

ISTANBUL, (PIC) The delegation of the “Palestine Flotilla” in Türkiye announced the completion of its preparations to launch the Flotilla from France on July 26, in a land journey aiming to reach Palestine, within the framework of a movement aimed at...

News, Anti-siege journey, Flotilla activists

US President Donald Trump has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off from attacking a strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, which Israeli forces have for weeks been trying to capture from Hezbollah. Citing what it said were informed sources,...

MENA

Israel said on Sunday it has named its first-ever resident ambassador to Slovenia , signalling a diplomatic reset after Ljubljana's change of government. Ties between Israel and Slovenia had soured under the previous centre-left government of prime minister...

World

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards 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,...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

Seven OPEC+ members decided on Sunday to again raise oil production quotas as Gulf countries reel from the Middle East war. Ministers from key OPEC+ countries Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman met virtually on Sunday...

Economy

Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir , has cancelled a planned trip to New York next week following calls for his prosecution and plans for protests against his visit, various reports said on Sunday. Ben-Gvir was expected to...

MENA

Three sons of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prayed beside his coffin and those of four other family members on Sunday, but Mojtaba, the son who succeeded him as Iran's supreme leader, did not make an appearance. State...

MENA

WEST BANK, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers rampaged through the Wadi al‑Sha‘er area, located between the city of Salfit and the village of al‑Lubban al‑Sharqiya, south of the governorate, at dawn Sunday. According to local sources, settlers set fire to...

News, Arson attacks, Jewish terrorism

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed 14 troops in an attack south of the port city of Hodeidah , a military official aligned with the country's internationally-recognised government told AFP news agency on Sunday. The official said pro-government forces...

MENA

After Washington and the West’s failure to achieve strategic goals vis-à-vis Iran after decades of sanctions and ill-conceived bombing campaigns, Western pundits have reverted to an exhausted scare tactic: reviving the USSR’s caricature. This framing of the West’s defeat as...

Columns, Locations, Politics

GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has warned of an imminent threat to the lives of nearly 650 kidney failure patients in the besieged Gaza Strip due to the depletion of sodium bicarbonate, a key component in dialysis...

News, Dialysis patients, Gaza Strip
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