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Beijing’s influence now extends well beyond the Indo-Pacific and reaches into Europe in ways Washington cannot ignore, writes Alexander Korolev. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su It’s been quite a week for Beijing,...

GAZA, (PIC) The Gaza Center for Human Rights (GCHR) warned of an escalating, systematic pattern pursued by the Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, based on forcibly evacuating what remains of residential homes via telephone calls, then bombing and destroying...

Elbit Systems has signed a new agreement with German submarine manufacturer TKMS, further deepening Israel-Germany defence cooperation despite ongoing boycott calls from the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement . In an announcement on Saturday, TKMS chief...

The Kiev regime ultimately ends up being undermined by its own leaders. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The image of Andrey Biletsky is once again causing discomfort behind the political scenes of...

ICC is a fake court that operates on the basis of only holding poorer countries in Africa to account — or more specifically, their leaders — and not Israel nor the U.S. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and...

The international outcry over Israel's mistreatment of the Gaza flotilla activists is unlikely to trigger a fundamental shift in Europe's relationship with the Netanyahu government, a former European diplomat has told The New Arab. European governments have...

The international outcry over Israel's mistreatment of the Gaza flotilla activists is unlikely to trigger a fundamental shift in Europe's relationship with the Netanyahu government, a former European diplomat has told The New Arab. European governments have...

Zelensky’s terrorist threats are not only aimed at Russia, but at his own Western backers as well. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Ukrainian President-cum-Dictator Vladimir Zelensky is a remarkably ferocious terrorist. The...

Tehran accused the United States of "excessive demands", Iranian media said on Saturday, as US media reports raised the prospect that Washington was mulling new strikes and leaders of the Islamic republic considered the latest peace proposal....

Two Turkish activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla have accused Israeli forces of torture, severe beatings and electric shocks after their vessel was intercepted in international waters en route to Gaza . The activists, speaking to...

GAZA, (PIC) Um Mohammed, a displaced woman from Al-Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City, no longer knows how to convince her children to sleep without food. For weeks, she relied on a hot meal arriving daily from a humanitarian kitchen near...

Monsters are imaginary beings, yet Nuland and Pompeo insisted on labeling almost every US adversary — e.g., Russia, China, Cuba and Iran — as Monsters Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intellig ence analyst, and former planner...

I plunked down $25 to watch the Wednesday night Munk debate between the team of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt vesus the team of Victoria Nuland and Mike Pompeo. The debate was titled, Foreign Wars Debate: Be it resolved,...

China’s market regulator announced a sweeping investigation on Friday against three major brokers running cross-border trading, as it launched a two-year crackdown on investment leaving the country. Photo: David Dennis via Flickr. China does not allow private individuals to directly...

As someone born with a physical disability, I was told during my early childhood by many in my community that I was exempt from going for Hajj . I knew this was only out of reassuring comfort, but I...

The author of “Taiwan Travelogue”, Yang Shuang-zi, told AFP she hopes her International Booker Prize-winning novel can one day be read in China and facilitate dialogue about the “future Taiwanese people want”. Taiwanese author Yang Shuang-zi. Photo: Yang Shuang-zi, via...

Talks at the UN to reaffirm nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament goals failed on Friday, according to the leader of the talks, after four weeks of negotiations held amid low expectations. Vietnam's Do Hung Viet, the president of the...

Italy , France, Britain and Germany on Friday urged Israel to stop expanding its settlements in the occupied West Bank , arguing it was "undermining stability" and prospects for a two-state solution. The statement was welcomed by the Palestinian Authority...

A standoff between the chairman of Turkey ’s main opposition party and his predecessor, who was reappointed by court order, escalated Friday. An appeals court in the capital of Ankara on Thursday nullified the November 2023 party congress of the...

Thankfully, a path for peace and development is defined and workable. The challenge is for the world to take it, and in particular, for the people of the Western hegemonic nations to demand it. Join us on Telegram , Twitter...

Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . The military has begun implementing plans to integrate allied fighting forces into the state’s security institutions this week. The armed movements signatory to the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement, however, are still...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard resigned from her position Friday after months of simmering tensions with President Donald Trump over the Iran war. Officially , Gabbard said she made the decision to leave because her husband is suffering...

US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard announced her resignation on Friday, ending the tenure of a long-term contrarian who appeared to be at odds with President Donald Trump over the Iran war. Gabbard said in a letter to Trump...

Even by the standards of plutocratic dead-thought exercises, Jeff Bezos’ Wednesday sit-down with CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin was mortifying. The billionaire founder of Amazon conceded there are a lot of problems, then declared they could be solved by eliminating taxes...

Israeli strikes killed 10 people on Friday, including six rescuers and a child, as Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire despite a ceasefire. In a statement, the Lebanese ministry said "six people were martyred" including two rescuers...

Credit: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, May 22 2026 (IPS) Narges Mohammadi , awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her human rights activism in Iran, has been allowed to go home. After guards found her unconscious in her...

Allah is Al-Fattāḥ — the One Who opens doors and creates pathways, granting His Servants opportunities to increase in reward and closeness to Him. The first ten days of Dhul Hijjah are among the greatest manifestations of this...