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Pope Leo XIV amplified his condemnation of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on Friday, saying that “God does not bless any conflict” and certainly doesn’t side with those who drop bombs. Leo spoke during a gathering of top bishops of the...

Iran has managed to contain the aggressor with formidable courage and power. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su If diplomacy is to succeed, whether in ending the conflict in Ukraine or in the...

Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . A series of announcements this week has fleshed out the April 2 decision by Transitional Sovereignty Council Chair and military Commander-in-Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to reshuffle the Sudanese military’s high command....

A critique of how tech culture and venture capital are reshaping Muslim priorities, urging a return to spiritually grounded progress. “You will tread the same path as was trodden by those before you inch by inch and step by step...

What began as isolated reports quickly turned into a mass mortality crisis that has reignited the debate on sustainable agriculture. In late 2025, beekeepers in Uruguay began reporting that their bees were dying. Some 15,000 hives and more than...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Quds Foundation has called on the Arab and Islamic world, both at the official and popular levels, to take urgent action to confront the escalating threat of the Judaization of Aqsa Mosque. It emphasized the need for...

Failure, for Netanyahu, is never an endpoint. It is a trigger. With no victory to claim and no strategic gains to present, he turned—once again—to Lebanon. Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle....

Amir Saeid Iravani, Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By Oritro Karim NEW YORK, Apr 10 2026 (IPS) The...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted on Friday that NATO was "in America's interests" as he ended a three-day visit to the Gulf to discuss bolstering the "fragile" Middle East truce. Starmer's comments followed US President Donald Trump's...

Are we facing a global religious war? Or is this an opportunity to reestablish the relationship between revolutionary politics and religion? Paweł Mościcki is a professor at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the author...

Is the Chinese economic exceptionalism over? And if yes, will it simply join the average? Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of inequality , was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed...

Israel’s Shin Bet chief David Zini has been accused of minimising settler violence against Palestinians, with ex-military and intelligence officials sounding the alarm over growing extremism. A report published by Haaretz on Thursday said staff within...

The winter of 2025 was a particularly cold one for some households in rural Hebei. With government subsidies coming down and heating costs going up, people had to think carefully about when to put the heating on and how high...

Syria’s foreign minister has voiced support for the disarmament of Hezbollah while condemning Israel’s ongoing strikes on Lebanon and sharply criticising Iran’s role in Syria, in remarks that highlight shifting regional dynamics amid a fragile ceasefire...

Israeli settlers have increasingly tried to smuggle animals to sacrifice at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in recent days, around the Jewish holiday of Passover, triggering widespread fears of an attempt to take over one of the holiest sites in...

Many in the Middle East and the world want to believe that we are on the brink of peace, but it is worth reminding ourselves why we find ourselves here in the first place. In simple terms, we are here because...

His name is “Fossi.” He’s depicted as a swirl of gray smoke. And he’s liable to lose his temper whenever his classmates blame him for the climate crisis. Fossi is the protagonist of “Our Hidden Powers: The Big Switch,” a children’s...

Last June , at a conference and retreat center not far from downtown Berkeley, California, around 100 people gathered to mull a new, techno-centric future of human reproduction. There was the physics professor moonlighting as a biotech company executive. There...

A Badr misdemeanor court extended on Thursday the detention of prominent Egyptian activist and writer Ahmed Douma for an additional 15 days pending investigation, in a case that raised concerns among rights advocates for political detainees, especially those granted pardons....

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . After taking a beating for the first year of the Trump administration, the beleaguered wind energy industry may finally...

Hamas is engaged in ongoing talks in Cairo with the US-backed "Board of Peace’s" High Representative for Gaza, Nikolay Mladenov , as well as representatives from mediating countries including Turkey, Qatar, Egypt and the United States, as Gaza marked...

Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei has been selected to take part in a torch-lighting ceremony for Israel's 'Independence Day', alongside a rabbinical judge who has publicly boasted about demolishing buildings in Gaza , according to Israeli...

Lebanon is facing a food security crisis due to Israel's offensive against militant group Hezbollah , which has disrupted supplies of goods and pushed up prices, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Friday. A fragile two-day-old...

Supporters of Palestine in Britain have launched a campaign to defend British-Palestinian plastic surgeon Ghassan Abu Sittah, amid concerns that the General Medical Counci l (GMC) is seeking to bar him from practising due to his role in exposing...

Vice President JD Vance is on his way to Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad on Saturday. Amid a shaky ceasefire, Vance is hoping to make progress toward ending a war that has sent global oil prices skyrocketing...

The corruption trial of Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor entered its second month Thursday, in a case widely seen as a major setback for Turkey's opposition. Jailed since March last year, Ekrem Imamoglu of the main...

For more than five hours, experts and specialists in Washington discussed US President Donald Trump’s second term , focusing on US foreign policy in the Middle East, the war on Iran , and its implications for midterm elections,...

GAZA / PNN/ Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders said conditions in the Gaza Strip remain “catastrophic” six months after a ceasefire took effect, warning that ongoing violence and restrictions on aid are continuing to cost lives. In a statement marking...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has defiantly declared that the sanctions imposed on Rwandan defence and security forces would not minimise its strength and integrity, emphasising: “They are among the finest that can be found anywhere”. On March 2, the...

A Fire Services Department (FSD) official has told a public hearing investigating the Wang Fuk Court blaze that water tank maintenance works that lasted more than half a year were acceptable. Keung Sai-ming, assistant director licensing and certification at the...