TOKYO – India and Indonesia aren’t often at the center of the global financial zeitgeist. But as the rupee and rupiah lead Asian currencies down and down, events in Mumbai and Jakarta speak to the ways the Iran war is...
When independent Moroccan-Italian singer-songwriter Abderrahman, known as NABD , looks back on his musical journey, he traces it first to what he heard at home. "I was raised hearing my mom singing all over the house," he tells The...
The story of the Sumud Flotilla highlights how the management of international waters in the Mediterranean is a realm of unstable conflict. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su How control of the Mediterranean...
Scores of activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off Crete disembarked on a Greek island on Friday, as international condemnation intensified over what was described as an act of...
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz as well as tensions in the Red Sea are reshaping trade routes, with Africa becoming a hub of global container ship traffic, according to logistics and maritime sources. Over the past two...
“The Technological Republic” è un libro scritto da Alexander Karp e da Nichiolas W. Zamiska. In esso, il CEO di Palantir ed il suo consigliere legale delineano quelle che, a loro modo di vedere, dovrebbero essere le implicazioni della tecnologia...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Japan grapples with Iran war, cyber risk and tightening financial conditionsScott Foster reports that Japan faces a convergence of shocks...
Russia has emerged as the main supplier of oil to Syria, Reuters reporting shows, despite the new government's alignment with the West and widespread distrust of Moscow over its military support for fallen leader Bashar al-Assad. Oil shipments from...
On 11 April, the United States brokered a unified spending framework for Libya, endorsed by both eastern and western factions—a sign of the attention that Washington has been devoting to the North African nation lately. The US-Israeli war...
Two months into the Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz is still mostly shut. Vessel traffic is running at a fraction of pre-war levels, with the patchwork of ceasefires, blockades and re-closures since February 28 not restoring confidence on...
While negotiations proceed in Washington, France, despite its longstanding relationship with Lebanon, has been deliberately excluded. This exclusion underscores a US-Israeli preference for controlled mediation and raises concerns regarding the legitimacy and distribution of power in the process. The exclusion...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) A video circulating online has documented a violent assault by a settler on a Christian nun in occupied Jerusalem, triggering widespread anger and condemnation. The nun was injured in the attack, sustaining facial wounds after being assaulted by an...
GAZA, (PIC) In a scene that summarizes the depth of the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, the danger is no longer limited to the Israeli bombing or the shortage of medicines, but has extended to threaten the rescue artery itself. Ambulances...
MADRID, (PIC) Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday called on the European Union to immediately suspend its partnership agreement with Israel following the attack on the “Global Sumud Flotilla.” In a post on X, Sánchez said Israel had “once again violated...
After OPEC and OPEC+, the UAE may leave the Arab League and even the GCC. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su So MbZ – the sole owner of the UAE – decided to...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip have continued for the 204th consecutive day on Friday, amid ongoing artillery shelling and gunfire targeting various areas across the territory. Artillery strikes repeatedly targeted areas northwest of Rafah since...
GAZA, (PIC) This year’s International Workers’ Day arrives as Gaza endures one of the darkest chapters in its modern history. Since October 2023, a relentless war has left neither the economy nor the labor market with more than the narrowest margins...
Tehran's air defences were activated to counter small aircraft and drones late Thursday, as the White House signalled that it will not be reined in by a congressional deadline on the Iran war . The Tasnim and...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli forces intensified their presence in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Thursday evening and overnight into Friday, deploying both foot and vehicle patrols throughout the city’s eastern and southern neighborhoods. The operations included the...
Britain’s Tobacco and Vapes Bill, passed by Parliament in April and awaiting Royal Assent, would permanently bar the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January 1, 2009. The measure is designed to create what British officials call...
On May 1, 2026, the United Arab Emirates formally departed from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ending nearly six decades of membership. Most analysis has fixated on what this means for crude prices, supply discipline and Saudi...
Little understood and still poorly documented in Africa, incidents of violence and harassment in the workplace are scourges that undermine both human development and labour productivity. Violence and harassment in the world of work constitute a universal phenomenon that remains...
EnComm Aviation says the firm’s action has cut off vital support for crisis-hit countries including South Sudan and the DRC Britain’s biggest weapons manufacturer, BAE Systems, is facing a £120m lawsuit after scrapping support for aircraft used to deliver aid...
Two months after the United States, along with Israel, launched a war against Iran, that conflict appears far from a lasting resolution. Much commentary on the protracted nature of the conflict has centered on the limits of both the military...
After five years of conflict and a tightly controlled election, Myanmar’s junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, shed his uniform, named himself president and spoke of peace and reconciliation. The release of elected President Win Myint, the reduction of Aung San...
By Farhana Haque Rahman TORONTO, Canada, May 1 2026 (IPS) Press freedom is on the retreat across much of the world. As documented by recent global surveys authored by the UN and media institutes, the erosion of an independent, fearless and...
China’s foreign minister on Thursday urged the United States to maintain “stability” between the two powers and warned that Taiwan posed the biggest risk, weeks before President Donald Trump visits Beijing. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at the 2026...
Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 1 2026 (IPS) A longstanding rule bars international civil servants from publicly taking a political stand against member states (or even participating in political demonstrations outside the UN). And more importantly,...
Suu Kyi, 80, has been detained by the junta since a deadly civil war erupted after the February 2021 coup Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to house arrest in the capital , more than five years...
President Trump and members of his administration have repeatedly claimed that the United States’ prodigious oil production insulates the country from price shocks stemming from Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. It’s not clear whether they’re acting as fools or...
In recent remarks to Fox News, Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined a plan to task the Lebanese army with disarming Hezbollah — an effort that could spark civil war in Lebanon. “That’s what we’re working towards establishing, is a system...
In the wake of the American-Israeli war on Iran, and Tehran’s retaliatory missile and drone attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, Gulf Arab states are reassessing their long-held assumptions regarding the U.S. security umbrella. While it remains unlikely that...
By: Khanh Vu Duc - - - - Fifty-one years after the April 30, 1975 fall of the Republic of Vietnam, the country is no longer defined primarily by war memory. It is defined by strategic positioning. In the Indo-Pacific...
Taiwan’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in nearly 39 years thanks to robust demand for artificial intelligence technology, data showed Thursday, despite concerns over the Middle East crisis. Taipei, Taiwan. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. The island is a global...
A peace initiative to end a decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants has been effectively “frozen” by the Turkish government, a top militant commander said on Thursday. He and another officials with the group accused Ankara of failing to enact...
An Israeli rights organisation petitioned Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday to demand the immediate release of 14 Palestinian doctors from Gaza who have been held without charge for more than a year. Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) said...
The US embassy in Lebanon on Thursday urged a meeting between Lebanese and Israeli leaders as the health ministry said Israeli strikes on the country's south killed at least 17 people despite an ongoing ceasefire . Israeli and Lebanese representatives...
Italy condemns Israel's seizure of aid ships bound for Gaza and demands the immediate release of all Italians who have been "unlawfully detained," Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni 's office said on Thursday. Israel intercepted the vessels in international waters near...
Hong Kong photographer Gareth Brown has spent the past 19 years working on a personal project called “Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest” – using dance to showcase the city’s unique spots. Hong Kong Dance Company dancer Debby Chuang at...
Palestinian soccer federation President Jibril Rajoub refused to stand alongside Israel FA Vice-President Basim Sheikh Suliman in a heated moment at the FIFA Congress on Thursday. Both men were called to the stand by FIFA President Gianni Infantino...
The Fourth Amendment protects all persons from warrantless government searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers and effects. It requires that warrants be supported by probable cause of crime and specifically describe the place to be searched and the...
In the second half of April, the public inquiry into the deadly Tai Po blaze heard from multiple government departments about authorities’ oversight during a major renovation at Wang Fuk Court before the tragedy unfolded. Andy Yeung, director of fire...
US President Donald Trump faces a deadline on Friday to end the Iran war or make the case to Congress for extending it, but the date is most likely to pass without altering the course of a conflict that...
US President Donald Trump’s war in Iran has passed the two-month mark with little to show for it besides thousands of dead civilians, gas prices exceeding $4 a gallon, and tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer funds spent. It’s just the latest in a decades-long series...
President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to capitalize on a US Supreme Court decision weakening the federal Voting Rights Act as he urged one governor to gerrymander his state and praised another for suspending an approaching primary. The court’s decision...
A federal court has agreed to dismiss a lawsuit by a right-wing Israel lobby organization against the University of California, Berkeley, as part of an anti-Palestinian deal that will infringe on the free speech and academic freedom rights of members...
Islam Times - The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford will depart West Asia and begin the sail for home in coming days, multiple American officials said, an expected relief for roughly 4,500 sailors who have been deployed for 10...
GAZA, (PIC) The foreign ministers of Jordan, Spain, Pakistan, Brazil, Bangladesh, Türkiye, South Africa, Colombia, Libya, Maldives, and Malaysia have condemned Israel’s attack on the “Global Sumud Flotilla” for the Gaza Strip. In a joint statement, the ministers said that targeting the...
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