Russia held its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years on Saturday due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow's forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict...
MbS has shown verve and leadership, and his defiance now resets the game. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su They say only a fool never changes his mind. But for such a man...
The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for nine South Lebanon villages on Saturday as it continued its deadly strikes despite a truce, as the US said it will facilitate talks between the two countries next week. Israeli...
The Oscar-winning co-director of the 2024 documentary No Other Land addressed the UN Security Council on Friday, highlighting escalating Israeli settler attacks and life under occupation in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Basel...
GAZA, (PIC) The Gaza Health Ministry said thalassemia patients in the Gaza Strip are facing life-threatening conditions amid the collapse of the healthcare system and the continuing impact of the Israeli genocide, coinciding with World Thalassemia Day. In a statement issued on...
Virtually the whole planet will pay an extremely hefty price for the latest American Dementia. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Let’s start with a false flag. Iran attacked the UAE port of Fujairah...
A Palestinian citizen of Israel who works as a state prosecutor has accused police of breaking his nose during a violent arrest linked to a noise complaint, while newly released footage on Friday has cast doubt on the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlements extend and spread over vast areas of the West Bank to form an integrated colonial structure based on reshaping geography, demography, and the legal system to serve the occupation’s long-term control project. These settlements are distributed...
The collective West’s anti-Russian obstinacy has proven to be a total failure. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Historical memory shaping the present May 9 is one of the most significant dates in...
Israel is pushing the US towards a renewed war with Iran focused on destroying the country’s energy infrastructure, amid rising tensions over the Strait of Hormuz and fears of a broader regional confrontation. Israeli...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,736 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Saturday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
US officials are expecting Iran to respond to their proposal to end the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz as exchanges of fire in the disputed waterway threatened to collapse the month-long ceasefire. Tehran has not indicated...
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that its board had completed reviews of some of its agreements with Pakistan , clearing the way for the South Asian nation to access about $1.32 billion in fresh funding...
Iran is set to respond to the latest US proposal on ending the war, despite sporadic clashes between the two in the Gulf that have been ongoing over the past week. Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
Thai police are investigating a vast arsenal of military-grade weapons — including assault rifles, explosives, grenades and anti-personnel mines — found at the home of a Chinese man, authorities said Saturday. A photo published by Thai police on May 8,...
GAZA, (PIC) Nine Palestinian citizens, including a child, were injured on Friday evening following Israeli airstrikes on a house in ash-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. According to local sources, an Israeli warplane struck the house near Hamid Street in ash-Shati...
The so-called “free world” is an oxymoron. In truth, it is the very antithesis of freedom; it is its most absolute negation. The comparison is stark but necessary. When the United States invaded Iraq: no sanctions against Washington, no exclusion...
For three decades after the Cold War, Washington operated under a dangerous assumption: that military supremacy could indefinitely compensate for diplomatic exhaustion. The United States possessed the world’s most advanced armed forces, unmatched naval reach, and a financial system capable of weaponizing sanctions...
Putin, Araghchi, and Yi (AI Generated) Remember the word: “Security architecture.” Security architecture in the Persian Gulf, was used by President Putin and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi when speaking to Iran’s Foreign Minister during his visit to...
Ravi Kant’s recent Asia Times essay argues that the next world order will not be built like the old ones. Pax Britannica rested on sea lanes and finance. Pax Americana rested on markets, media and military reach. But the next...
In April, the 70th month since Beijing imposed the national security law, the Hong Kong government applied to the court to seize assets belonging to Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence. St Paul’s Co-educational...
Globally, hundreds of millions of users now interact regularly with AI companions. The World Health Organization has declared loneliness a global health threat. AI companions offer an immediate, if unproven, response. In 2014, Microsoft launched Xiaoice in China, an AI...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - A recent crackdown on an international scam and human trafficking ring in Dubai involving the US and China, Dubai and Thailand may indicate warming relations between the US and China, ahead of...
China’s Wu Yize is said to have shared a single bed with his father in a windowless flat as he sacrificed his home life to follow his snooker dreams. Chinese snooker player Wu Yize (centre) celebrates his first World Championship...
It’s doubly exciting to see that Chief Executive John Lee is launching a public consultation for Hong Kong’s inaugural five-year plan. The first reason for excitement is that we’ve just experienced a pretty well-run public consultation; the recently updated...
The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and carefully. The engineers hold...
Global stock markets diverged and oil prices rose Friday as fresh US-Iran clashes in the Strait of Hormuz jolted hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the crucial waterway. While European bourses...
Washington has revised its proposed U.N. resolution demanding Iran halt attacks and mining in the Strait of Hormuz but the changes are unlikely to avert Chinese and Russian vetoes, diplomats said on Friday. A Chinese veto would...
EU leaders like Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s top foreign diplomat, have played dumb about the endless scandals seeping out of Kiev. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su There was more evidence this week...
“The Iran war weakens deterrence in Asia, undercuts confidence of US allies and partners, and makes conflict with China more likely.” That’s become an article of faith among those opposing the US fight with Iran. The US military – the...
GAZA, (PIC) Youssef Ajjisa, head of the International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza, said Friday that several activists aboard the “Sumud Flotilla” were subjected to “horrific and blatant” Israeli abuses, including sexual assault, harassment, beatings, and violent dragging. In press...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that the Movement is holding ongoing talks with mediators, especially Egypt, regarding the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel, saying that Tel Aviv’s insistence on disarmament before other tracks represents “a...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A Palestinian man and his child were injured on Friday in a settler attack in the Shuweika area near the town of al-Dhahiriya, south of al-Khalil. Local sources said a group of settlers assaulted the man and his child,...
Old headlines pop into my head at the oddest times. I was booking plane tickets for a family trip around the Fourth of July, noticing the difference in price from last year, and there it was, a 2004 Harper’s headline:...
Russia’s inability to conquer Ukraine is spurring unusually harsh public complaints over both the lack of military progress and the growing economic costs of the war, a pair of failures being blamed on President Vladimir Putin’s leadership. The damage caused...
Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, he has also been one...
Qatar 's prime minister called Friday for renewed diplomacy on an agreement with Iran as he met in Washington with Vice President JD Vance. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met with Vance and discussed Pakistani-led efforts to broker...
Credit: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP By Inés M. Pousadela MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 8 2026 (IPS) When Péter Magyar took the stage in Budapest on the night of 12 April, he told the crowd they had ‘liberated Hungary’. The hyperbole seemed justified....
Islam Times - News related to Iran negotiations has now become a tool for financial speculation in the United States. This phenomenon can be described as “dollar diplomacy” — a system in which the foundation of foreign policy is laid...
Islam Times - This year’s selections for the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism in America carry a meaning that goes beyond merely honoring outstanding works. A significant portion of the awards went to reports that, either directly or indirectly, critiqued the...
Islam Times - The upcoming elections in the Occupied Territories are taking place under circumstances in which the Zionist regime is confronted with simultaneous security, economic, and political crises. Benjamin Netanyahu’s declining popularity, the protracted nature of the wars, and...
Iran’s nuclear program is in ruins, but the threat is far from dead. Deputy Director of FDD's Non-Proliferation Program Andrea Stricker and Bill Roggio dive into the desperate gamble Tehran is making at the negotiating table with the US —...
Poor health, hunger, and malnutrition are not just symptoms of poverty—they are barriers to education, socialization, and hope. By Colin Greer and Reynard Loki C lick here to read the article on the Observatory . In Peoria, Illinois,...
America’s suicidal march began long before Donald Trump. Trump and the buffoons around him are the inevitable final chapter of the decaying empire. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The...
By Mohammed A. Sayem SYLHET, Bangladesh, May 8 2026 (IPS) When catastrophic floods swept through the Haor wetlands of Sunamganj in 2022, they destroyed far more than homes and crops. They shattered childhoods. Jannat was only nine years old when floodwater...
UNICEF and partners established the first Primary Health Care (PHC) Centre and Child-Friendly Space/Learning Space in Jabalia, North Gaza on 12 January, 2026. Credit: UNICEF/Rawan Eleyan By Oritro Karim UNITED NATIONS, May 8 2026 (IPS) Despite the implementation of a ceasefire...
On May 6, Israel conducted its first strike in the greater Beirut metropolitan area since the onset of a ceasefire on April 16. The strike targeted an apartment building in Dahiyeh, and one of the alleged fatalities was Ahmad Ghaleb...
Syria's interior ministry on Friday announced the arrest of a general from ousted president Bashar al-Assad's era, accusing him of involvement in a 2013 chemical attack on a suburb of the capital, Damascus . In August 2013, the...
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