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Prominent Egyptian activist and writer Ahmed Douma has entered a new cycle of remand detention, with a court rejecting an appeal against its extension Thursday. He was rearrested on April 6 on false news charges for writing an article about...

activist arrests, Ahmed Douma, political prisoners

The joint Egyptian-Pakistani military drills currently underway in the south Asian country are not unprecedented. But the two-week exercises bringing together special combat forces come as Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia edge towards a growing security alliance...

Analysis

A commission investigating reported violence across 14 regions in Tanzania has recommended a national reconciliation process, deeper criminal investigations and an accelerated push to deliver a new Constitution by 2028. The commission was established following deadly unrest that erupted after...

Africa, African Politics, Chande Othman

Beekeepers harvest honey from an ABL hive in the Tana Delta, Kenya. Credit: Chemtai Kirui/IPS By Chemtai Kirui GOLBANTI, Kenya, Apr 23 2026 (IPS) Lydia Hagodana stands next to a bee yard (apiary) in Golbanti, Tana Delta, where she lives. The...

Active Citizens, Africa, Conferences

Reza Pahlavi , the son of Iran's ousted shah, argued Thursday that any negotiations with the clerical leadership in Tehran amount to "appeasement" and voiced hope that renewed street protests will topple it. Pahlavi, 65, was speaking on a...

MENA

Sweden's government said Thursday that the country might need to ration fuel in the coming months as the Middle East war has a "significant impact" on the country's economy. "We're not planning right now for any rationing. But we...

MENA

The Edmonton Police Service is trialing new bodycam facial recognition technology to identify what they have deemed “high-risk offenders.” Speaking to the CBC , senior research associate Kate Robertson says , “As someone who has been studying algorithmic policing...

It is likely that a long-overdue decision has been made in the Kremlin to stop oil supplies to the refinery in Schwedt, which Germany seized from Rosneft. Russia Stops Pumping Kazakh Oil to Germany The decision to nationalize the Russian stake...

World

- - - - Photo by Quilia on Unsplash I’m a big advocate for teaching financial literacy in schools. In theory, parents should be the ones teaching this, but considering just how few people have ever learned...

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has pledged swift government action on recommendations made by a commission of inquiry into the election violence that erupted on October 25 2025, saying the findings will guide national reconciliation, accountability and constitutional reforms. Responding...

Africa, African leadership, Chande Othman

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here . Nearly half of the nation’s children live in places with dangerous...

Environment, Health & Wellness, News

A Tanzanian commission investigating the October 2025 violence has released a report detailing the scale of human and economic losses, concluding that the events were organised, coordinated and financed riots aimed at disrupting the general election. The commission was established...

Africa, Chande Othman, East Africa politics

In an interview with Pravda.Ru, military expert, political scientist, professor, and director of the Center for Military-Political Studies Alexey Podberezkin explains what lies behind the seizure of an Iranian vessel and the escalation of the conflict. He analyzes US objectives,...

Opinion

When Democrats gathered in Philadelphia in 2016, Michelle Obama famously declared, “When they go low, we go high.” That became the supposed moral choice facing Democrats: Either maintain the integrity and dignity of our governing institutions or stoop...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

NABLUS, (PIC) A Palestinian teenager was martyred on Thursday after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during a raid in Nablus City. According to eyewitnesses, as IOF vehicles withdrawing from the western side of Nablus, specifically in the Beit Wazan...

News, Israeli crimes, Palestinian martyrs

Israel's Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday it had placed multi-year purchase orders for aerial munitions with arms manufacturer Elbit Systems , worth around $200 million. The ministry said in a statement that deal will prepare the country for what...

MENA

President of Russia Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with government members, spoke about the development of Russia’s Arctic regions, emphasizing the strategic importance of the region. Strategic Importance of the Arctic “I have repeatedly noted the special, strategic importance of this...

Russia

Israel 's top court on Thursday examined petitions seeking to force the government to establish a state commission of inquiry into the failures that led to Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has...

MENA

Israel 's top court on Thursday examined petitions seeking to force the government to establish a state commission of inquiry into the failures that led to Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has...

MENA

Iran on Thursday hanged a man convicted of membership in a banned opposition group , the judiciary said, with an NGO describing him as the latest "political prisoner" to be executed in an unprecedented trend. Sultan Ali Shirzadi Fakhr was...

MENA

The United Nations said Thursday it was "working on" maintaining a presence in Lebanon once the mandate for its UNIFIL peacekeeping force expires at the end of the year. "In terms of the post-UNIFIL, we're currently in the process...

MENA

Lebanon's leaders accused Israel on Thursday of committing a war crime, after a prominent Lebanese journalist was killed in a targeted strike in the country's south. Rescuers and the reporter's employer on Wednesday confirmed the death of Amal...

MENA

Raising questions about colonialism makes many people groan. They make out that Western nations, including France and Britain, gave up their empires long ago, and that we should all move on. To understand how wrong they are, you only have to...

Voices

The government will be implementing sweeping cuts to spending on petroleum subsidies and prioritizing export spending in the upcoming fiscal year’s budget, according to draft data submitted by the Finance Ministry to the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The data,...

draft budget, educ, energy and fuel subsidies

One of the main goals of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s trip to China is to strengthen economic relations with the world’s second-largest economy and Spain’s main trading partner outside the European Union, amid the trade wars that China and...

China, Europe, Politics

Dozens of Lebanese journalists and civilians gathered on Thursday morning for the funeral of veteran reporter Amal Khalil, after she was killed by Israeli forces in south Lebanon a day earlier. Crowds also gathered in Beirut to...

MENA

US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been acquitted in Kuwait after 51 days in detention, with rights groups welcoming the decision and saying he is expected to be released imminently. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) confirmed on Thursday that...

MENA

Conditions of Palestinians in Iraq have continued to deteriorate, according to community members who report a steady decline in economic circumstances amid ongoing pressure that they say is aimed at encouraging gradual departure from the country, either directly...

MENA

By Harrison BERGER Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald worry Congress will reauthorize a controversial intelligence tool. For nearly two decades, Congress has obediently renewed one of the federal...

Editor's Choice, Deep State, FBI

On 12 April, Viktor Orban's sixteen-year grip on power ended in a landslide electoral defeat that carries consequences far beyond Budapest. While Orban’s defeat was framed primarily as a domestic mandate against corruption and authoritarianism, it also reflects the...

Analysis

Pakistan’s instability is no longer a localized security concern-it is emerging as a structural constraint on US strategy in Asia. For Washington, three priorities are converging: reducing dependence on China in critical minerals, expanding access to Central Asia, and managing...

South Asia, Afghanistan-Pakistan War, Block 3

If psychiatry is a Western construct, how does a psychiatrist practise outside the West? For Palestinian psychiatrist Dr Samah Jabr , the question is not theoretical. Her work unfolds under the shadow of geopolitical violence, where Israeli occupation, siege,...

Society

By ASHES OF POMPEII Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Do assumptions of western Europe as “untouchable” still hold? “This line of argument that we shouldn’t be afraid of Russia… Maybe someone also...

Editor's Choice, European Union, Proxy War

The Trump Doctrine in the Americas has prioritized addressing China’s expanding regional influence. Over the last decade, Chinese investment in South America has increased dramatically . China is the leading economic partner of many of its countries and has...

Labor, Trade, & Finance, Chancay port, Peru

A proposed Saudi-Turkey railway would connect Makkah and Medina to Istanbul via Jordan and Syria, with feasibility studies expected to conclude by the end of the year. Saudi Transport Minister Saleh al-Jasser said on Wednesday that technical work on...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) Health officials are warning of serious risks to patients in Gaza following the repeated closure of the Rafah crossing, which has halted medical evacuations and left thousands without access to urgent treatment abroad. Raed al-Nims, spokesperson for the Palestine Red...

News, Gaza patients, Israeli closures

Palestinian villages depopulated since 1948 inside Israel held a series of events on Wednesday, 22 April, marking attachment to the right of return, the land, and the transmission of collective memory between generations to commemorate the Palestinian Nakba . Israeli-imposed...

MENA

Israeli attacks killed five people in Lebanon despite a 10-day ceasefire, with one of those killed identified as veteran journalist Amal Khalil, in yet another attack on civilians and media workers. Lebanon's National News Agency said...

MENA

A prominent British human rights and LGBT+ campaigner was granted unconditional bail on Wednesday after being arrested for carrying a placard reading "Globalise the intifada" during a pro-Palestine protest in January. At Westminster Magistrates' Court , the judge...

World

Israel's government is pressing ahead with plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank , in a further attempt to entrench occupation and eliminate prospects for a future Palestinian state. After re-establishing the settlements of Homesh and Sanur,...

MENA
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