The latest statements by the Turkish side at the NATO summit call into question the future of the long-standing partnership and require Moscow to take decisive countermeasures. Erdoğan Expands Military Support for the Kyiv Regime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has,...
“As soon as I saw the coach speaking about Gaza, I knew the Egyptian team was finished.” Those were my wife’s words in the immediate wake of Egypt's loss to Argentina in the 2026 World Cup round of 16 match. Those...
Iraqi investigators say they have uncovered another 14 billion Iraqi dinars (around $10 million) hidden inside a stormwater drainage pit, the latest discovery in a sprawling corruption investigation that has shaken the country's oil sector. The money was recovered...
Lebanon demands Israel's withdrawal from two "pilot zones" in the south as a condition for participating in the next round of direct negotiations in Rome next week, a diplomatic source familiar with the talks told AFP on Wednesday. The...
The United States has launched a series of strikes on Iran in response to the Iranian targeting of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. These are the most severe violations yet of the Memorandum of Understanding that came into effect...
Benghazi, Libya - On 18 June 2026, Libya’s three main political bodies signed a trilateral power-sharing agreement, setting a roadmap for presidential and parliamentary elections before 17 February 2027, the first such agreement in fifteen years . It was...
The Trump administration is reviving an imperial application of international law as part of its efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Although it openly denigrates the idea of a rules-based international order, the U.S. government is claiming that Iran must...
President ordered investigation after fictitious federal body allocated funding and office space, triggering renewed scrutiny of corruption A fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3 billion naira (£705,24 in Nigeria’s 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in Africa’s...
Digital rights experts have urged Lebanese residents to exercise caution after anonymous text messages invited recipients to join online "dialogue" with Israelis, warning that while the campaign does not appear to be malicious, it could be used to collect personal...
Rahm Emanuel , a Democrat considering a 2028 US presidential run, said on Wednesday that Israel risks jeopardizing its alliance with Washington unless it changes course on Palestinians and the region, because of growing unease with its policies...
This story was originally published in the Daily Yonder’s data newsletter, the Rural Index. Subscribe to get a weekly map or graph straight to your inbox. For more rural reporting and small-town stories visit dailyyonder.com Rural residents in...
During his lifetime, Woody Guthrie saw America at ground level, riding boxcars, singing in taverns and on street corners, and even living for a time in a California migrant camp. These experiences shaped the songs he wrote, giving voice to...
GAZA, (PIC) At least three Palestinian civilians were martyred and others were injured in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. According to media sources, a citizen was killed and three others were wounded in a drone strike on a car...
- - - - Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash The good news is that Graham Platner is officially out of the Maine Senate race. The state party can replace him—because to save democracy, you have to...
Maritime risk in the Strait of Hormuz has surged back to "severe" as shipping companies, regulators and insurers warn that attacks on tankers and rising war‑risk costs through the key shipping route have once again turned...
Brokers representing President Donald Trump purchased between $9.7 million and $24.3 million in stocks from a dozen arms manufacturers and other Pentagon contractors in 2025, including Palantir, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics, according to a Responsible Statecraft analysis of a...
A Nation Based on Truth, Peace, and Love “For in your flaws, I see the strengths, The will to change, the power to be, The dream that once enchanted me, A promise of true liberty.” “America” — The Frontier Man Two hundred and...
GAZA, (PIC) Dozens of activists and residents held a protest on Wednesday outside Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, demanding the provision of medicines and medical supplies and greater support for the health sector. Participants in the protest, called by...
Welcome, Here are the key updates: - Iran claims attacks on US forces in Bahrain and Kuwait after the US attacked Iranian cities for a second consecutive night, with reports saying at least 14 people were killed by the US attacks...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his intention to remove Syria from its list of designated state sponsors of terrorism for the first time in nearly 50 years, as the country still struggles to rebuild following the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army demolished a two-story Palestinian house and finished the destruction of another one in the West Bank on Thursday. In al-Khalil, local activist Osama Makhamra reported that Israeli bulldozers escorted by forces stormed the Khilat al-Maiyya...
Belgium's prime minister was a little surprised on landing back home from Wednesday's NATO summit in Turkey to find that he had a handgun and ammunition in his luggage. After NATO leaders gathered for Wednesday's fractious summit...
The NATO summit in Ankara was advertised as a moment of unity. Instead, it laid bare the alliance’s fractures and hollow rituals: a U.S. president openly antagonistic toward Europe, a gaping missile-defence deficit, and a Turkey that has become indispensable....
Pro-Palestinian activists interrupted a presentation by Amazon Chief Technology Officer Werner Vogels at the UN's AI for Good summit in Geneva on Wednesday, accusing the company of providing technology used by Israel in its military operations. During Vogels' appearance,...
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Thursday morning, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to the Islamic Awqaf Administration, at least 144...
Could gas be a conduit for peace in Gaza? That was the intimation by Egypt's oil minister, Karim Badawi , in June when he called for new efforts to finally develop the Gaza Marine field. The gas -...
Oil is trading near its lowest levels since the war began in late February, with Brent hovering close to pre-war prices even as Gulf producers pump barrels back into a recovering market. The immediate trigger was a...
By Bruce BIALOSKY Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su We have known for some time that our federal employees have cushy lives compared to the people for whom they work (us). What...
Over the last year, the EDA industry has started using a new vocabulary: agents, super agents, mental models, native skills, playbooks, RAG, MCP, autonomous workflows, and AI-first design. The language is new, but the motivation is familiar to anyone who...
Scarlet Lady’s 2,000 passengers told of change as one of those onboard says they will ‘sparkle and spend elsewhere’ An LGBTQ+ cruise ship blocked from Turkish waters this week has been refused entry into Egypt. The Scarlet Lady’s 2,000 passengers, including the...
The US decision to indict jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his alleged North American associate, Satinderjeet Singh (“Goldy Brar”), for allegedly directing the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada is more than another organized crime...
The UK-based charity " Children Not Numbers " told The New Arab that the British government committed to receiving an additional group of sick and injured Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip, along with their families. Children Not Numbers...
Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining Life has colonised every corner of the planet by evolving ingenious survival strategies but these are increasingly being overwhelmed by destructive human activities, this year’s...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,118 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Thursday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
Gadi Eisenkot’s campaign-launching speech on 30 June set high stakes for Israel’s upcoming elections . “Twice, there was a sovereign Jewish kingdom here in the land of Israel,” the ex-army chief of staff and fledgling politician said, referring to...
Member states handed back Syria's voting rights at the global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday, following what they described as "a significant change in circumstances" since the fall of the Assad regime. Syria was stripped of its rights at the...
Egypt’s best-ever World Cup run has reignited an uncomfortable debate at home: why are there no known Coptic Christian players in the national squad? The question resurfaced after Egypt’s players were repeatedly seen performing sujood, the Islamic...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics announced that the number of Palestinians in the world reached about 15.5 million people by the end of 2025, at a time when the Palestinian society faces an exceptional demographic and humanitarian situation...
Military Watch Magazine Editorial Staff Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su he French Joint Staff on June 5 published footage showing a Rafale fighter conducting a close-range visual interception of a Russian...
The United States has resumed cash shipments to Iraq after a delay, signalling its support for Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's administration, with the premier expected in Washington later this month, a government spokesperson said Thursday. Iraq's revenues from oil...
TEHRAN, (PIC) The United States launched a new round of strikes on Iran overnight Wednesday, hours after President Donald Trump said the temporary memorandum with Tehran to end the war was “over.” US Central Command said the strikes targeted around 90 Iranian...
GAZA, (PIC) The deputy head of the Association of Private Transport Companies in the Gaza Strip, Jihad Isleem, said on Wednesday the association is moving toward closing the crossings and suspending work in protest against Israel’s continued targeting of drivers. Isleem said...
Pro-Palestine campaigners have launched a landmark legal challenge against the British government, seeking to prevent ministers from using a controversial definition of antisemitism to penalise support for Palestinian rights. The claim, filed on Thursday by the European Legal Support...
For the second time since the US-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 forces fired on several ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz without prior...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem on Thursday, raiding homes and kidnaping a number of Palestinian citizens. In Jenin, Israeli forces stormed the city’s Khillet al-Souha neighborhood and fired stun grenades...
Rail services between Tehran and Mashhad were suspended on Thursday after US strikes damaged rail infrastructure leading to Iran's holiest city, disrupting travel ahead of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's burial . Iranian authorities later said engineers had restored one...
A Macau court said Thursday it had completed a preliminary hearing in the city’s first national security case and determined a former pro-democracy lawmaker was a “principal offender” of subversion and other crimes, and would proceed to trial. Former Macau...
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