When Safaa Nidal joined dozens of women gathered outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza , she held a handwritten sign that read: "We want to live with our families." Unlike others at the protest, Safaa...
An executive for Li Ka-shing’s CK Hutchison Holdings has dismissed speculation that its supermarket chain ParknShop could merge with rival Wellcome . ParknShop and Wellcome. Photo: HKFP collage. Dominic Lai, CK Hutchison’s group co-managing director, was responding to a...
Olalekan Jeyifous (Nigeria), Devotees of the Petrotopia 01, 2021. By Vijay Prashad May 22 2026 (IPS-Partners) In 1921, a few years into the Soviet experiment, V. I. Lenin published an essay with the revealing title ‘New Times and Old Mistakes in...
For those just joining us, here are the latest updates: - Mediated discussions overseen by Pakistan between Tehran and Washington are ongoing, with the two sides exchanging messages and draft texts to create a formal framework to end the war...
The acting US Navy secretary said Thursday that arm sales to Taiwan had been put on “pause” to ensure that the American military had sufficient munitions for its Iran operations. Acting US Navy secretary Hung Cao speaks before the House...
The owners of a dredger, which has been stranded off Lamma Island all year , have been ordered to expedite their salvage plan after failing to remove the vessel by a previous deadline set for April. The Sea Diamond...
An elderly Hong Kong taxi driver has appeared in court over dangerous driving that killed two pedestrians in Ngau Tau Kok . Ng Kam-cheong, 70, wore a mask and sunglasses when he appeared at the Kwun Tong Magistrates’ Court...
Until recently I had serious concerns that my old outfit, i.e., the CIA, was failing to do its job in providing accurate analysis to the President. Looks like my concerns were misplaced. While there have been a few occasions in...
While North Korea seems to have undergone constitutional changes, in South Korea attempts at substantial reform of the basic law have run into obstacles. Initially the main topic of the debate – the presidential term – was pushed into the...
On March 28, a pickup truck exploded on a highway north of Mexico City, killing two alleged cartel members. One of the victims was identified as Francisco Beltrán, alias ‘El Payín,’ a reported lieutenant of Sinaloa Cartel kingpin ‘El Meño’....
In a major policy shift, the British government decided this week to lift sanctions on Russian energy products, in two ways. First, a general trade license was issued allowing for the import of diesel and jet fuel from Russian oil that...
It is difficult to imagine anything more uncomfortable and embarrassing for leaders of Iraq than clandestinely established Israeli military bases on Iraqi territory. Two such bases were revealed recently when an Iraqi shepherd stumbled upon one of them in the...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope of progress on ending the war with Iran, as he looked to Pakistani mediators to help advance efforts to strike an agreement. Previous comments by President Donald Trump had suggested...
Kay Lay and Prosper Heri Ngorora report on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo “This outbreak I first heard about on Friday when an email popped into my inbox from the Africa CDC,” Kay Lay ,...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - Recently, Canadian intelligence and a Canadian think tank warned of Chinese interference and transnational repression in Canada. Alleging an example of Chinese influence in Canada, in September 2024, a Canadian media,...
The Gaza high representative of US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" warned on Thursday that the status quo in the divided and devastated territory - including an imperfect ceasefire - risks becoming "permanent" reality. In its first report...
The strategic and spiritual resonance of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply woven into Iran’s identity. It represents a profound geographic constant in Iranian history. This narrow waterway has served as a central artery for Persian political and economic power,...
Horrifically deadly and widely implemented on a global scale, landmines continue to speckle the landscape of current and past battlefields. And while effective in a passive sense, the hardware planted beneath the soil persists long after the inevitable conclusion of...
A Hong Kong court has ordered the forfeiture of more than HK$670,000 in “terrorist property” from three persons involved in a thwarted bomb plot during the 2019 protests. The High Court. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. In a written judgment on...
Chinese online gamers and hobbyist artificial intelligence (AI) developers have been dealt a setback as Beijing banned the import of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090D V2, a graphics card specifically engineered for the Chinese market to comply with United States export...
ANKARA, (PIC) Three Turkish Airlines planes carrying 422 activists from the “Global Sumud Flotilla” arrived at Istanbul International Airport on Thursday. The activists were released by Israeli occupation forces after being detained earlier this week in international waters while attempting to break...
BRUSSELS, (PIC) Members of the European Parliament have called for far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to be sanctioned under the European Union’s Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime following his publication of footage showing the abuse and humiliation of activists...
The New Silk Roads/BRI and its derivations such as the Northern Sea Route/Arctic Silk Road remain alive and kicking Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su SHANGHAI – This is it. The Russia-China strategic...
Today, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said the U.S. is pausing arms sales to Taiwan because of the war with Iran. “Right now we're doing a pause in order to make sure we have the munitions we need for Epic Fury,”...
Israel's ongoing war in Lebanon is expected to shrink the country's economy by at least 7 percent this year and could cost the country an estimated $20 billion, Finance Minister Yassine Jaber told Reuters . The current conflict,...
In a statement from the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s US arm, organisers say Israeli forces carried out a prolonged assault on civilian aid boats in international waters, using gunfire, water cannons and violent boardings against unarmed volunteers attempting to reach Gaza Read...
In July 2000, Mohamad Hammoud and his brother ran a multi-million-dollar cigarette smuggling operation in the US by transporting $7.9 million worth of cigarettes from North Carolina to Chicago – taking advantage of different tax regimes to turn...
TOKYO — Few market visuals are more striking than the South Korean won and the Kospi index suddenly tearing off in opposite directions. The won has slumped 4.5% this year, putting it among Asia’s weakest currencies. The Kospi, meanwhile, has exploded — up...
The Islamic Society of San Diego Tragedy struck the Muslim community of San Diego in a murderous attack by a pair of armed teenagers who killed three people, including a security guard, before shooting themselves at a mosque on 18...
An Ankara court on Thursday annulled the 2023 leadership election of Turkey's main opposition CHP party , in a sharp escalation against the country's embattled opposition, court documents showed. The move is the latest in a string of legal moves...
RAMALLAH /West Bank — PNN Economist Nabil Kukali said the strengthening of the Israeli shekel against the U.S. dollar and the Jordanian dinar is intensifying economic pressure on Palestinian households, amid a deep economic slowdown and structural...
The community works to preserve its identity amid pressure from real estate development and non-Indigenous settlers. Credit: Samuel Tremembé By Carla Ruas BELÉM, Brazil, May 21 2026 (IPS) On Brazil’s northeastern coast, the Indigenous community, Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú, lives...
The HAJJ. The Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is one of the Five Pillars of Islam — the core religious obligations that define Muslim practice. Every Muslim who is physically and financially able is...
Africa CDC says restrictions could increase public health risks and highlight ‘deeper structural injustice’ in global health A US travel ban for people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in response to the Ebola outbreak...
- - - - Our previous Q&A discussions were a lot of fun, and we’re grateful to everyone who submitted questions. If you missed any of the live shows, the full streams are available here on Substack. This week’s...
Texas Democratic congressional candidate Maureen Galindo has called for American politicians who accepted money from pro-Israel groups to face treason charges, as a new report by rights group Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) renewed scrutiny of the deep...
ANKARA, (PIC) Following global outcry over their inhumane treatment in custody, the Israeli occupation regime deported on Thursday all the foreign activists kidnaped by Israeli forces from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla earlier this week. According to different media sources, the Global Sumud...
Dr. Mansoor Malik is a professor of psychiatry at John Hopkins. For most of his career, his work has been what you’d expect from a clinician-educator at a major academic medical center: healthcare worker wellbeing, peer support programs, minority physician...
Accurate, complete, and consistent technical documentation is a critical element of success for any embedded system design project. This includes IP, SoCs, and the associated hardware and software infrastructure. When documentation contains errors, the consequences go beyond engineering inefficiency. Errors...
A new public artwork in New York City's historic "Little Syria" district has sparked backlash among Lebanese communities at home and abroad after several renowned poets, including Gibran Khalil Gibran, were described as Syrian rather than Lebanese. The installation, titled...
GAZA, (PIC) Hazem Qassem, spokesperson for Hamas Movement, said that the request by Nikolay Mladenov, the so called High Representative of the “Peace Council” in Gaza, for the UN Security Council to pressure Hamas by all means to fulfill its commitments,...
Saudi Arabia has reportedly urged the Trump administration to avoid any major military action against Iran until after this year's Hajj season , amid growing fears across the Gulf that renewed conflict could destabilise the region during one of...
GAZA, (PIC) In Gaza, forced evacuation does not seem to be an emergency event read within a limited military context, but rather turns with each new wave into a moment of complete collapse of daily life, and a forced resetting of...
18 May 2026 Lena Petrova: Welcome, everybody! Thank you so much for joining us. I’m Lena Petrova with a new episode of World Affairs in Context. Today, I have the privilege of welcoming back to the program a renowned American...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi stated that what prisoners, especially female detainees, are subjected to in Israeli prisons, particularly Damon prison, reflects a dangerous escalation manifested in repeated raids on women’s sections and what he described as brutal repression, alongside...
Israeli forces beat Brazilian activist Thiago Avila unconscious, threatened to kill him and subjected activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla to torture and abuse after intercepting the Gaza-bound aid mission in international waters last month, Avila...
Long before today’s attacks on leftist politicians and Palestine solidarity movements, Zionist leaders sold their movement as a defence against socialism and communism Joseph Massad is professor of modern Arab politics and intellectual history at Columbia University, New York Cross-posted from...
- - - - Photo by Alen Kajtezovic on Unsplash AOC doesn’t think anyone can earn a billion dollars. Well, she doesn’t think, but that doesn’t stop her from saying stuff like how it’s impossible to earn...
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