In a country where xenophobia has a legacy, a recent well-funded iteration has emerged that feeds on post-apartheid failures and local insecurities - Don’t already get The Long Wave in your inbox? Sign up here - It’s been a terrifying few...
Transport Minister of the internationally-recognised Yemeni government Mohsen Haidra Al-Amri revealed plans to The New Arab to expand air transport in Yemen and end reliance on the national carrier as the sole operator, particularly...
Damascus, Syria - The sound of explosions rang out through central Damascus again on Tuesday, following twin explosions near the Four Seasons Hotel, which French President Emmanuel Macron had vacated only minutes prior. According to Syria’s Ministry of...
As Israel's genocide in Gaza surpasses 1,000 days , the world still has limited access to the daily realities inside the enclave, with Gazans themselves becoming the primary witnesses documenting its devastation. Journalists from around the world have been barred...
Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on Britain to end all military cooperation with Israel, warning that the country's treatment of detained Gaza hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya reflects a broader pattern of abuse...
TEHRAN, (PIC) US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he believed the memorandum of understanding with Iran was over, after a new round of US strikes on Iranian sites triggered Iranian attacks on US military facilities in the Gulf. Speaking alongside...
Analysis by Arab Center Washington DC: Iran’s Nuclear Leverage Survives the War By Sina Azodi When President Donald Trump, in close partnership with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attacked Iran on February 28, 2026, he anticipated the total capitulation of the Islamic Republic....
By Javier VILLAMOR Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Brussels frames the digital euro, age verification, and Chat Control as separate solutions to real issues, but together they highlight who controls the...
It’s been one year since NPR reported that USAID had shut down and merged its operations into the State Department. Over the last year, the termination of USAID shuttered health programs, collapsed local partnerships, and eliminated thousands of...
Large design enterprises have multiple concurrent activities around IP of various types: software/firmware, blocks defined in RTL or HLS, verification IPs of multiple different types, physical implementations, scripts/files for timing, power management, etc., etc. Each of these continues to evolve...
Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan's decision to make FIFA's anti-racism gesture during his side's dramatic World Cup defeat to Argentina has become one of the most talked-about moments from the Round of 16 clash. Hassan crossed his...
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Ankara on Wednesday, where he was due to meet US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the NATO summit. The summit of the military alliance, which closes on Wednesday, has brought together 36...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces demolished a residential building in Sur Baher, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, on Wednesday, while carrying out demolition operations west of al-Khalil. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center said Israeli forces, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed Sur Baher and...
This summer, House Democrats did something they’d mostly avoided for two years: they argued about Israel out loud. A doomed Republican amendment to strip aid to Israel forced two closed-door caucus meetings that several members described as intense. Then, leadership...
By Ron PAUL Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su President Trump was reportedly “shocked” to see many thousands of Iranians in the street mourning at the funeral of the country’s late leader,...
An annual United Nations report documented more than 38,000 verified grave violations against children in wars and armed conflicts worldwide in 2025. For the first time in the report's 30-year history, national armies and security forces, rather than armed...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has strongly denounced the Israeli assassination of Mohamed al‑Wahidi, director of the Egyptian committee’s public relations in Gaza. In its Wednesday statement, PCHR expressed grave concern over the Israeli strike that killed al-Wahidi...
Cheers and boos greeted French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday as she launched her presidential campaign in western France, a day after an appeals court enabled her to run despite confirming her conviction for embezzling EU...
Apart from the Strait of Hormuz issue, the United States’ depletion of interceptors and missiles pushed President Trump toward conditional surrender to Iran. Most of President Trump’s critics have described the recent US-Iran MoU as humiliating for the United States....
Neda Korunovska, Vice President for Analytics and Results at the Roma Foundation for Europe. By Ed Holt BRATISLAVA, Jul 8 2026 (IPS) Governments, donors, NGOs, development banks and businesses recently gathered in Gdansk, Poland, to discuss reconstruction in Ukraine even as...
Until the EU is able to translate its ambition into coordinated capabilities, Cyprus will remain what it is today: a European territory de iure, an Atlantic instrument de facto, and a permanent fault line along Turkey’s southern border. Join us...
"I remember the stench of death permeating the entire island as if it were yesterday, and the Favaloro pier carpeted with swollen, lifeless bodies," Maria, a flight attendant on DAT Airlines, about to land in Lampedusa, recounts Pope Francis's...
For the second time since the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, Washington and Tehran have slipped back into direct military confrontation. The United States struck “ 80 targets in Iran with precision munitions ” after Iranian...
When Mohamed Ouahbi was a student, a professor told him he lacked the necessary skills to become a physical education teacher. In coaching Morocco to the World Cup quarter-finals with an attractive brand of football, Ouahbi has...
ALBAWABA - Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot by ICE agents during a traffic stop in Houston, Texas.The agents stopped Lorenzo at 6:50am and attempted to arrest him, according to ICE which described Lorenzo as a Mexican National and an “illegal...
China has signalled its intent to maintain a new coast guard patrol east of Taiwan, analysts say, as Beijing dials up pressure on the self-ruled island that it claims is part of its territory. A Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel...
The issue of Iran's frozen assets in Qatar, officially valued at $6 billion, has emerged as one of the most complex financial and diplomatic files, where international sanctions, regional mediation and global economic calculations intersect. Despite recent statements by Iranian officials...
The United States launched a wave of military strikes across southern Iran early on Wednesday, targeting more than 80 sites after attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, in a dramatic escalation that appears to have...
The UN strips Venezuela of voting rights over unpaid dues – but ignores that U.S. sanctions froze its finances. Iran, Sudan, and Afghanistan face the same trap. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us:...
TOKYO — South Korea has long been one of the world’s best early-warning systems. Its US$1.9 trillion economy is open, large, and sits at the intersection of every major shift in trade, finance and technology. Right now, Seoul, true to...
Hong Kong’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific has confirmed that a London-bound flight briefly lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday, an incident that triggered a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alert. An aircraft parked near the Cathay Pacific building....
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlement is not limited to establishing scattered housing units over the lands of the West Bank, but it is embodied as a comprehensive colonial system managed by the tools of law, force, funding, and political support. This...
In Axis Rules in Occupied Europe , the book in which he coined the term “genocide,” Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin explains that this crime does not necessarily involve killing the entirety of the targeted people, but the killing of...
Authorities have cleared two campsites in Sai Kung of tents and other belongings believed to have been set up by individuals occupying the public spaces long-term. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) personnel clear tents and other belongings from the...
For decades, the global financial system has been founded on a convenient assumption. The US would keep taking on more debt, and countries like Japan would cover the bill. America got to borrow money at low interest rates, while Japan...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday evening that the cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 had risen to 4,320, with 12,203 others wounded. The ministry’s Emergency Operations Center announced the figures as Israeli attacks continued in southern...
Moscow is in no hurry to bring the operation to an end. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Russia has launched a series of massive strikes against the Ukrainian capital. At this...
Thousands thronged the streets of Najaf on Wednesday as the coffin of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, moved through the holy city in a procession devoted to Iraq, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines. Iran began six days...
Turkey is seeking to leverage its role in developing the defence industry, its regional and international ties, and the relationship between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump to consolidate and strengthen its position within the North...
On July 7, South Korea began enforcing a sweeping law against false and manipulated information. The law authorizes punitive damages of up to five times proven losses against news organizations and large online channels that knowingly distribute prohibited content to...
Israeli settlers recently established an illegal outpost near the Bedouin community of Ma'azi Jaba', northeast of occupied Jerusalem , intensifying fears among residents that a months-long campaign of attacks and land seizures aims at displacing Palestinian Bedouin communities...
The liberal internationalist story has always been seductive: Democracies prefer each other, build institutions together and let shared values govern how they distribute power and resources. But this week’s NATO summit in Ankara showed that security imperatives trump liberal values...
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to make his first visit to Israel on Wednesday, amid regional tensions and Israeli fears over the possibility of Washington agreeing to sell F-35 stealth fighters to Turkey . It was not...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank last night and at dawn Wednesday, raiding several homes and kidnaping at least three citizens. According to local sources, violent clashes broke out between Palestinian youths and...
In recent years, the agricultural sector has been struggling not only with climate-related disasters, such as drought, frost, hail and excessive rainfall, but also with diseases and pests that cause yield and quality losses in crops. While producers are trying...
Hello, Here are the key updates of the day: - The US launched “powerful” and "largest" strikes since the cease-fire against Iran after attacks on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, including Qatari and Saudi tankers. The US also...
Hello, Here are the key updates of the day: - "As far as I'm concerned, it's over," US President Donald Trump said at a NATO summit in Turkey on Wednesday when asked if the truce was intact. "It's just a waste...
On the night of May 31, near Sadipur in Jashore’s Sharsha upazila, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel found a section of the border fence cut open. On the far side stood more than a dozen people, among them women and...
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