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The UK government has banned an annual pro-Palestinian march planned for Sunday, which London police claim is organised by a group "supportive of the Iranian regime". Interior minister Shabana Mahmood said late Tuesday she had approved the rare police...

World

"You're under arrest for blasphemy. Please go inside and get what you need for a few nights in jail. We'll wait." With these words, the world of philosophy professor Sara Tarek Al-Ahmed begins to implode as she heads into the custody...

Book Club

By Alan MACLEOD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Сorporate media of all stripes have rushed to support the U.S./Israeli attack on Iran, throwing objectivity and accuracy by the wayside in order to...

Editor's Choice, BBC, Iran

Deputy Minister for Energy, Salome Makamba, cooks during the launch of the project to distribute clean cooking energy in institutions serving more than 100 people, including 52 secondary schools. Credit: Kizito Makoye/IPS By Kizito Makoye DODOMA, Tanzania , Mar 11 2026...

Africa, Climate Action, Development & Aid

TOKYO — Whether US President Donald Trump cries “uncle” on the Iran war tomorrow or it drags on, the economic damage is already done on several fronts. For the globe’s top economic powers, the idea of returning to some semblance...

United States, Block 1, BRICS

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army has recently uprooted hundreds of trees, mostly olive, in various areas of the West Bank, particularly in Ramallah and northern Jerusalem, inflicting severe economic losses on local residents. The Israeli army also issued two military...

News, Land grab, Olive trees

Iran’s announcement of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s replacement after his death by US-Israeli bombing came at an unexpectedly rapid pace. Within days, the Assembly of Experts appointed his son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as supreme leader — a smooth transition, at least in...

Opinion, Iran, Iran War

Il Vecchio Continente diventa il primo importatore di armi al mondo mentre i funzionari di Trump si costruiscono rifugi nucleari. Due facce della stessa guerra. Segue nostro Telegram . L’Europa primo importatore di armi al mondo Il 9 marzo 2026...

Italiano, Energy, European Union

Narendra Modi’s recent visit to Israel was staged as a triumph of “strategic partnership,” but it landed as something more cynical: political cover for an Israeli leadership facing unprecedented legal and diplomatic scrutiny. Modi addressed the Knesset, met Benjamin...

Unfiltered

Credit: United Nations By Bisma Qamar NEW YORK, Mar 11 2026 (IPS) I have often been asked a simple but important question: How can we make it sustainable if we are not being compensated for it? That question sits at...

Civil Society, Featured, Global

An old rusty tsunami warning sign in Bali Indonesia. After the tsunami, countries in Asia have improved their early warning system and signs to save lives. Credit: Unsplash/Bernard Hermant By Temily Baker and Sofia Bilmes BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 11 2026...

Asia-Pacific, Climate Action, Development & Aid

Now that some time has passed, the moment for evaluation attempts has come: what did Malaysia’s 2025 ASEAN chairmanship actually deliver for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations? A Test of Mettle Perhaps the greatest challenge Kuala Lumpur faced during...

Malaysia, Politics, Southeast Asia

JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC) Israeli forces and settlers laid siege to a Palestinian Bedouin community in the village of Atuf, northwest of Tubas, while other settlers set fire to homes in the hamlet of Khirbet Yarza in the northern Jordan Valley. Local official...

News, Israeli siege, Jewish terrorism

The Iranian prosecutor's office threatened on Monday to confiscate the property of citizens living abroad who publicly support the US-Israeli war, a move targeting expatriates who took to the streets in Western cities to celebrate the...

MENA

Unexplained recent "airborne landings" in remote western Iraqi deserts have led to ongoing investigations. Although Baghdad filed a formal complaint with the US-led global coalition against the Islamic State group, the coalition claims that US forces were not...

MENA

The Iranian Revolution of 1979 reshaped the political landscape of the Middle East, replacing Iran’s Western-backed leader with an Islamic Republic. It transformed modern political extremism. Now, more than 40 years later, the Israeli–US attacks have killed the country’s supreme...

Middle East, Iran Radicalism, Iran Revolution

Hussein Shikha is a multidisciplinary Iraqi artist known for his textile art, interactive installations, experimental film and animation. Born in 1995 in Baghdad, he relocated to Antwerp, Belgium, in 2009, where he is currently based. Hussein draws inspiration from ancient...

Culture

Originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power, this article is republished with permission. Images from the missile strike in southern Iran were more horrifying than any of the case studies Air Force combat veteran Wes J...

United States, Afghanistan War, Block 2

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Kuhaneetha Bai Kalaicelvan KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mar 11 2026 (IPS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Munich speech last month seemed to seduce the European elite behind President Trump, against the ‘Rest’, especially...

Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Democracy

The United States military achieved every objective it set when it went to war in Iraq in 2003. Decapitation: Saddam Hussein was captured, tried and hanged. Air dominance: total, within days. Regime collapse: The Iraqi government fell in 21 days....

Middle East, Block 2, Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for the first time this year on Monday in a conversation that touched upon the Iran war, the content of which Putin’s senior aide Yury Ushakov described as “very substantive” and “useful”, along...

Middle East, Block 2, Donald Trump

Indonesia’s planned purchase of India’s BrahMos missile could transform its vast archipelago into a maritime barrier, reshaping regional deterrence from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean. This month, Reuters reported that Indonesian Defense Ministry spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait...

Military, AMTI, Block 2

This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. When Your Teen Asks “What is the My Purpose?” — A Guide for Muslim Parents on Purpose, the Khalifah...

#Islam, #Life, Development

Hezbollah and Israel continue to trade blows in the worst escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli front since a 66-day war in late 2024. The renewed fighting has taken an especially heavy toll on Lebanon, with more than 500 people killed and...

Hezbollah, Beirut, Israel

Last summer’s air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities failed to resolve the nuclear issue. Instead, they clouded the situation. When Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ceased all on-site verification and monitoring activities in Iran;...

Iran-war, Nuclear-weapons, Iaea

A drone struck a major U.S. diplomatic facility in Iraq on Tuesday in suspected retaliation by pro-Tehran militias over the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran , the Washington Post reported, citing an unidentified security official and an...

MENA

Member states of the International Energy Agency (IEA) met on Tuesday for crisis talks to assess security of supply and the potential release of emergency stocks as the Middle East war roils markets, the body's chief said. In a...

MENA

The United Nations rights chief voiced alarm Tuesday at the Middle East conflict 's deepening impact on civilians, warning of the dangers of the seeming "tit-for-tat dynamic" between the warring sides. The United States and Israel began striking...

MENA

By: Toh Han Shih - - - - ©Foreign Policy montage Despite strained relations stemming from US action against Iran, Venezuela and Cuba, which all have friendly relations with China, the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President...

A former holding company of US-sanctioned Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler will pay $30 million to settle a Dutch corruption probe over mining deals in the Democratic Republic of Congo , prosecutors said on Tuesday. In 2018, Dutch investigators...

World

The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump would not be "happy" if Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran during the Middle East war , but it held back any strong criticism for Moscow. The Washington...

MENA

A federal jury on Monday awarded $667,000 in damages to a group of Muslim men incarcerated in Missouri who were pepper-sprayed by state correctional officers while praying. The lawsuit in eastern Missouri's U.S. District Court alleged that...

World

Democratic U.S. senators expressed alarm on Tuesday about the Iran war , saying they were worried that President Donald Trump could deploy U.S. ground forces and noting the high risks given Russian support for Tehran's military. "We know...

MENA

So according to a White House official, and reported in every South Korean news portal, Trump is open to talking with Kim, “without any preconditions.” Some have been waiting for this for a while – at least Washington’s think-tanks have....

Uncategorized

This is the oldest mistake in Washington: treating the opening move as strategy. Bomb first, define success later, and assume the political debris will somehow arrange itself into a better Middle East. That fantasy has outlived too many presidents and...

Uncategorized

At the center of the White House justification for launching still another Forever War stands the most hideous neocon lie yet. And it’s one that blatantly betrays every campaign promise the Donald ever made on the subject. The latest Big...

Uncategorized

India ordered tighter controls over natural and cooking gas on Tuesday following import disruptions caused by the Middle East war , with restaurants warning it could spark widespread closures. The world's most populous nation is the fourth largest liquefied...

World

Two men accused of igniting homemade bombs at a chaotic anti-Islam protest outside the New York City mayor's mansion told police they were inspired by Islamic State group and were charged on Monday with federal terrorism-related...

World

California-based Planet Labs has expanded restrictions on accessing its imagery of the Middle East to prevent adversaries from using it to attack the U.S. and its allies , a sign of how the expansion of commercial space business can...

MENA
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