There will be no agreement with Lebanon, and Israeli forces will not leave southern Lebanon unless Hezbollah agrees to a ceasefire and disarms, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Thursday evening. Hezbollah struck down a US-brokered proposal...
New satellite imagery has appeared to show damage at an American air base in Kuwait following an Iranian strike on Wednesday, contradicting claims by the US military that it had successfully thwarted the attack. The high-resolution imagery, released by...
Reports of an explosion and alleged drone attack at Oman's Mina al Fahal port have raised questions about a further escalation of tensions in the Middle East, despite authorities insisting that crude export operations are continuing as normal....
A Model of Attritional Warfare Suggests Yes Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The Persian Gulf war of USA/Israel against Iran has largely displaced reporting on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Reading the news on...
Dr. Daniel Schall is CEO and Co-Founder of Black Semiconductor. He holds a PhD in graphene optoelectronics from RWTH Aachen University. His work has shaped integrated photonics for over a decade, driving innovation in chip-to-chip communication. As co-founder of Black...
By Danita YADAV Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The cartoon was published as a commentary by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten days before the prime minister landed in Oslo. Amid a massive row during...
By Augustin PALOKAJ Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Ironically, we could ask: “what would have happened if enlargement had not been a priority”. The fact that never in the history of the EU has...
A few months after Hamas' October 7 attack , filmmaker Gillian Mosley was talking to a friend in Lebanon about the devastation unfolding in Gaza as Israel's genocidal campaign intensified. Like millions around the world, they were watching...
A majority of Americans now hold unfavourable views of Israel , according to a new Pew Research Centre survey, with opposition particularly strong among younger voters and those on the political left amid continuing fallout from Israel's wars in...
Following the recent announcement that Australia would acquire three submarines already in US service rather than two used submarines and one new one, AUKUS has again dominated headlines. AUKUS is a defense capability agreement between the United States, the United...
Around the world, millions of women rely on the drug mifepristone for abortion care. That’s put access to the drug in the crosshairs of anti-abortion activists both in the United States and in other countries. Yet as false claims about...
Qatari officials have denied an Israeli report claiming that the non-profit organisation Qatar Foundation International has closed its educational operations in the US. The misleading report said that the NGO, affiliated with the state-led Qatar Foundation , was...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli restrictions on access to the holy site. Local sources said around 60,000 worshippers gathered at the Mosque and its courtyards, with large numbers arriving from Occupied...
After more than three years of waging war against its neighbors, Israel appears to be more negatively regarded not only in the United States , where Israel’s image has been sinking since shortly after the outbreak of its war...
In a remote mining town at the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, grief and mistrust are complicating efforts to stop the virus. Health workers are trying to treat the ill and bury the dead, but some...
Restricting arms to the hands of the state in Iraq shifted from a recurring political slogan to an unprecedented actual test for Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's government, after several armed factions announced the start of organisational steps to...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Stagnation problem is worse than it looks for BerlinDiego Faßnacht argues that Germany’s weak economic performance has been masked by...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week, state media said Friday, his first trip abroad this year after hosting a series of leaders as Beijing asserts itself as a global diplomatic superpower. Chinese President Xi Jinping (right)...
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has sought to overturn former pro-democracy lawmaker Lam Cheuk-ting’s acquittal on a charge of perverting the course of justice related to an incident during the 2019 protests and unrest. Lam Cheuk-ting. File Photo:...
Thiel’s drive to control Brazilian legal relations should serve as a warning about the need to affirm and reaffirm the fundamental importance of human centrality in all institutions and relationships. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK ....
Santa Claus and satire, postmen and prisoners – these are tiles in the rich mosaic of stories produced by Palestinian playwrights, given the prompt to write on whatever they want. These stories form part of Tomorrow Will Be A Palestinian...
A district court in The Hague on Friday convicted a 49-year-old Dutch woman of war crimes and sentenced her to seven years in prison for allowing her then 14-year-old son to become a fighter for Islamic State. The woman,...
NHS staff could be banned from wearing Palestine badges under new antisemitism measures, raising concerns about free speech and workplace rights. According to recommendations in a review published on Thursday by the UK government’s independent advisor on antisemitism, efforts...
RAMALLAH, West Bank / PNN/ Monjed jadou - Israeli authorities have issued a new set of military orders that could facilitate the takeover of more than 20,000 dunums (about 20 square kilometers) of Palestinian land across the occupied West Bank, according...
Three Kurdish activists accused of being members of banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will be retried after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in their case. Turkan Ozcan, Ali Boyraz and Ercan Akbal are accused of belonging to the...
The US Senate on Friday approved $70 billion in funding for Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown, but only after a long day of votes on multiple amendments that highlighted Republican infighting over some of the president's other contentious...
La recente visita di Vladimir Putin ad Astana smentisce le letture occidentali che avevano interpretato alcune mosse kazake come uno spostamento verso l’Occidente. Il Kazakistan non rompe con Mosca, ma diversifica le proprie relazioni mantenendo la Russia come partner strategico...
TOKYO — Like a horror film villain everyone thought was dead, Donald Trump’s tariffs are suddenly back — and the timing couldn’t be more unsettling for Asia’s embattled economies. Despite the US Supreme Court striking down his “Liberation Day” tariffs,...
Hong Kong police have launched a two-week campaign to clamp down on jaywalking and inattentive driving following a surge in fatal traffic accidents over the first five months of this year. A road crossing in Hong Kong. File photo:...
GAZA, (PIC) Gaza City lived one of the most difficult nights it has witnessed during the recent period, after a series of simultaneous Israeli raids targeted a number of inhabited residential apartments in separate areas of the city, which resulted in...
When it comes to relations with Belarus, the Trump administration has been pursuing a dual approach of late. In May 2026, President Donald Trump renewed the US national emergency on Belarus, noting that the government of longtime Belarusian leader Alexander...
As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola outbreaks For decades after the discovery of Ebolavirus in 1976, outbreaks of the disease were relatively...
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani met Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday evening, 4 June, in the presence of General Intelligence Service chief Hussein Al-Salama. According to the Syrian Foreign Ministry, the meeting discussed strengthening bilateral relations between the...
The UN on Friday more than doubled its aid appeal for Lebanon as the country reels from Israel's war , saying nearly $640 million was needed over six months. "The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon is severe and deteriorating,"...
Netanyahu and Trump are conditioning the end of the war in Iran on the condition that all countries in the region sign the Abraham Accords, a tacit submission to Israel. Drawing on Daniel Levy, Omer Bartov, and the Pew Survey,...
The release of the investigative documentary “Pesta Babi” (Pig Feast) has triggered an unusually intense wave of public debate and political unease across Indonesia. Directed by Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Cypri Jehan Paju Dale, the film captures the systemic collision...
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on June 4 to approve legislation that would provide billions of dollars in military assistance to Ukraine. The Ukraine Support Act came to a vote in the House despite opposition from Republican leadership...
A woman accused of enslaving a Yazidi teenager in Syria would agree to wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet and undergo religious counseling if she were freed on bail, her lawyer told a court Friday. Zeinab Ahmad ,...
Hong Kong’s competition watchdog has announced that it is considering criminalising bid-rigging , proposing a maximum penalty of seven years’ imprisonment. Barrister Jat Sew-tong, chairperson of the Competition Commission, announced on Friday plans to amend the Competition Ordinance to criminalise...
How digital democracy is expanding in some regions while facing severe authoritarian pushback in others Originally published on Global Voices Researchers, authors, and Paradigm Initiative team members stand on stage during the official launch of the LONDA 2025 report...
How digital democracy is expanding in some regions while facing severe authoritarian pushback in others Originally published on Global Voices Advox Researchers, authors, and Paradigm Initiative team members stand on stage during the official launch of the LONDA 2025...
Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family An African treaty that rejects longstanding international human rights obligations moved a step closer to becoming policy this week as governments across the continent...
The latest US-backed ceasefire proposal announced on Wednesday between Lebanon and Israel has introduced a new and largely undefined concept into negotiations: the "pilot zones". The term appeared in Washington's announcement following a fourth round of talks between Lebanese...
As I prepare to conclude my time as the UK Special Representative for Syria, I look back on Syria’s transformative journey over the last few years and reflect. I started this role in May 2023, a few months after...
Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, learns how to pan for gold in a free-mercury mine in Baguio, the Philippines, in 2024. Credit: Minamata Convention on Mercury By Kizito Makoye SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Jun 5 2026 (IPS) Ask...
"It seems the Nakba will haunt us until our last day as Palestinian refugees ," Abu Walid al-Awad, a 65-year-old refugee whose family was expelled from the Palestinian village of Simsimah during the 1948 Nakba, began his...
Chinese spies are posing as job recruiters to trick staff in western governments into disclosing sensitive information, the Five Eyes alliance of security agencies has warned. China’s military intelligence services advertise false jobs such as foreign policy or defence analysts on...
On June 4, Pakistan said what most analysts had been thinking for over a year: India is weaponizing water. The trigger was a pair of infrastructure projects on the Chenab River — a ₹2,352 crore (US$246 million) tunnel to divert...
Global Voices aggregates news from independent sources around the world. Articles are filtered by sentiment to highlight constructive discourse.
Learn more about Global VoicesTrending keywords, sentiment trends and publishing activity from the last 30 days.
View Statistics