The UN Human Rights Council said it will hold a meeting on Iran’s Gulf strikes , as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet G7 ministers in France to discuss the escalating crisis. The UN...
By Alan MACLEOD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Forced into a humiliating U-turn amid a potential global economic meltdown, the Trump administration announced today that it may remove sanctions on Iranian oil...
“It’s a huge problem, a real and present threat.” That was former US secretary of state John Kerry’s answer when I asked him last week about the shrinking space for trusted, fact-based climate reporting. We were talking at the Sustainable Markets...
These are stressful times in functional verification. We are being pushed to more aggressively embrace AI-based automation, knowing we will continue to be held accountable for quality of results. Verification misses could upend careers, maybe enterprises. It is tempting to...
"The Week of Resistance Against Israeli Colonialism and Apartheid" officially began today, Tuesday, 24 March, during a conference organised by the Student Frameworks Secretariat at the Media Solidarity Centre in western Gaza City, under the slogan "Palestine Liberates...
Conservationists celebrate second twin birth just two months after another found in Virunga national park A second set of mountain gorilla twins has been born in Virunga national park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in what...
More than 3,000 residents of Tehran whose homes were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by coalition airstrikes have been moved into 12 hotels across the city, according to officials at Tehran's municipal council. The displaced represent roughly 900 families. In cases...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni conceded defeat on Monday in a referendum on justice reform, but despite the major blow to her far-right leadership, she insisted she was going nowhere. With almost all ballots counted from the Sunday-Monday vote, the...
Eighty years ago, Aldous Huxley wrote that “in the field of international politics the gravest decisions are always taken not by reasonable adults but by boy-gangsters.” This metaphor, from his essay Science, Liberty and Peace , implies an immature,...
Israel intensified its assault on Lebanon on Tuesday, carrying out waves of strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs and across the south in what residents described a s a "night of terror". Multiple raids hit residential areas, including Bir...
Fish vendors wade into the water at a riverside market in Rufiji, Tanzania, anxiously waiting for canoes to arrive with the day’s catch as dwindling migratory fish stocks intensify competition and drive up bargaining pressure. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPS By...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank on Tuesday. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped five ex-detainees from their homes in Qalqilya City and another citizen in the...
Strikes from all sides continued across the Middle East on Tuesday as confusion swirled over an end to the three-week war , following an announcement by US President Donald Trump on Monday that attacks on Iranian power plants would...
Iran named a former Revolutionary Guards commander and senior figure in the hardline political faction on Tuesday to replace the powerful head of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani , killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes last week. Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr...
Despite Cuba’s historical resilience, we have already witnessed that, in the long term, embargoes and sanctions can undermine the willpower of leadership and the population. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Shortly after...
Lebanon 's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had withdrawn its approval of the Iranian ambassador's accreditation, giving him until Sunday to leave the country. The ministry said in a statement that it had summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires in Lebanon...
The Hong Kong government has unveiled its proposal for a blanket smoking ban on construction sites, seeking to impose hefty fines and possible jail time for workers and contractors. A construction worker in Hong Kong. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Smoking regulations,...
Five Palestinians have been injured by marauding Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, as residents continue to face a wave of attacks in the occupied territory. Jewish settlers ran over four Palestinian workers heading to work near the...
The internal transformation of power in the United States and the foreign policy decisions of the Trump administration are leading to a systemic weakening of American influence and an increase in global instability. Fourteen months into Donald Trump’s second term,...
Forget the Gulf as you have known it until now. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su A System in flux In the contemporary international system, the Sunni-majority countries centered around the Persian Gulf...
An air strike in Iraq killed 15 members of a former paramilitary coalition, the deadliest attack on the group since the Iran war began, as missile fire elsewhere in the country killed six Kurdish security personnel. Iraq has been...
More than 10,000 Starlink satellites currently orbit the Earth. We see them crawling across dark skies, no matter how remote our location, and streaking through images from research telescopes. SpaceX recently announced that it wants to launch one million more...
Americans urgently need to discuss how to recover the elements that could lead to a recovery of a state governed by Americans’ own interests. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Western propaganda machinery...
Donald Trump is flailing. Despite easy battlefield victories, the Iran War is quickly turning into a quagmire; the regime has not fallen, and threats against oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz are causing gasoline prices to soar and threatening...
Iran fired a fresh broadside of missiles at Israel Tuesday, causing damage and injuries in Tel Aviv, as uncertainty swirled over possible talks to end the three-week Middle East war . Images online showed rubble-strewn streets and the side of...
TEHRAN, (PIC) The confrontation between Iran and Israel has entered a more intense phase, with both sides exchanging large-scale strikes targeting each other’s territory, amid signs of deeper US involvement and parallel diplomatic efforts. Iranian authorities reported that 636 people have been...
War exposes truth faster than any policy paper ever could. The US-Israeli confrontation with Iran is stripping away assumptions that have underpinned global capital allocation for decades. Oil above $100 and disruption through the Strait of Hormuz are only part...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Several people were killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting different areas across Lebanon on Tuesday, amid evacuation orders issued by the Israeli army for southern towns in preparation for further strikes. According to the Lebanese health ministry,...
Social media full of complaints about digital nomads, while waiting list for social housing gets longer Earlier this month, graffiti appeared on the promenade in Sea Point, on Cape Town’s wealthy Atlantic Seaboard: “Digital nomads go home! Now!” Social media...
The Pentagon is asking Congress for another $200 billion for the war on Iran, which is almost a quarter of the annual U.S. defense budget. Democrats are largely, and predictably, against it . But what about Republicans? While many say they...
Iran has rejected US negotiation claims , with Iran’s parliamentary speaker, who was named in the report, accusing President Donald Trump of spreading "fake news" to manipulate financial markets. It comes after Trump hailed "very good" talks to end the...
In the ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran, it appears that all the countries agree on controlling the media . Despite differences in their political system, all three governments follow an approach that prioritises "national morale" and...
The expanding confrontation between Iran, Israel and the United States is approaching a point of no return. What began as a contained conflict is rapidly evolving into something far more dangerous: a war dynamic that threatens to ignite the very...
Hong Kong is set to see abnormally high temperatures in 2026, the Observatory has said. The warning comes after residents saw the hottest winter on record , as well as a sweltering start to the week with highs of...
GAZA, (PIC) As the world marks World Water Day, celebrating the importance of this essential resource, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip endure a starkly different reality. Water, once a basic human right, has been reduced to a daily burden, a struggle...
GAZA, (PIC) Over two years of unrelenting Israeli aggression and displacement have pushed children and young people in the Gaza Strip into what the UN has described as a “profound mental health emergency,” with girls facing heightened risks. “We have more than...
Ethiopia has announced plans to construct three new dams on the Blue Nile, the main tributary of the Nile River, sparking anger in Egypt, where there is concern that the projects will further increase water shortages when they...
Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq are eroding state institutions in a bid to tighten their grip on power, especially after Kataeb Hezbollah hinted at a role in Saturday's dramatic attack on the National Intelligence Service in central...
A new Macau law that allows judges to hear national security cases behind closed doors and which came into effect on Tuesday could be open to potential misuse by the government, a rights group said. Macau flag. Photo: gavindeas, via...
Accusations that a Housing Bureau inspection unit “tipped off” a renovation consultant at the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court about safety checks were “groundless” and amounted to “prejudgment,” a lawyer for the government has told a public inquiry. Wang Fuk Court...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers stole dozens of livestock from a Palestinian farm in the town of as-Samu, south of al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank, on Monday evening. According to al-Baidar Human Rights Organization, a group of settlers...
Postal rates in Hong Kong will increase from April 13, with Hongkong Post citing “increases in major cost components such as conveyance costs and terminal dues payments.” Photo: GovHK. Local letters weighing 30 grams or less will be adjusted from...
In my recent article — Boots on the Ground in Iran… A Deception or a Suicide Mission? — I was shocked by the lack of OPSEC (aka Operational Security) surrounding the deployment of the 31st and 11th MEUs...
On March 19, Ras Laffan, the largest liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in the world, supplying one-fifth of the world’s super-chilled fuel, was hit by Iranian missiles and drones. The Qatari terminal suffered substantial damage in the strikes – fires...
The WTO reform agenda is a distraction. The real prize is dismantling MFN through plurilateral precedents. Credit: WTO By Chien Yen Goh and Kinda Mohamadieh GENEVA, Mar 24 2026 (IPS) As trade ministers gather in Yaoundé, Cameroon, for the WTO’s...
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Kuhaneetha Bai Kalaicelvan KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 24 2026 (IPS) In mid-1971, US President Nixon ended the dollar’s gold peg at $35 per ounce, triggering de-dollarisation. The 2025 gold and silver rush followed private speculators...
Emerging reports of Russian intelligence support to Iran in its war with the US and Israel are raising critical questions about the scope, credibility and strategic implications of deepening Russia–Iran military cooperation. This month, reports citing US officials and sources...
By Joy Chiang The leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party said Monday she hoped to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and build a “bridge” to resolve disputes between China and the democratic island, which Beijing has threatened to seize by...
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