Syria on Wednesday held the first session in the trial of Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, as the new authorities face growing demands for accountability . Wassim al-Assad appeared in the dock at a Damascus criminal...
When NASA administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled the crew of the Artemis III mission at Johnson Space Center in Houston earlier this month, he was ebullient. We wish you godspeed on the journey ahead. You carry the fire of exploration from...
A former Australian resident living in Iraq directed the attack on Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue in December 2024, Mike Burgess, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, has revealed. Burgess said Iran, which was behind the attack, recruited the...
President Donald Trump's administration is planning to push ahead with the sale of dozens of jet engines to Turkey worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite objections from the US Congress, four sources familiar with the matter said...
US President Donald Trump derailed a housing overhaul that he was set to sign into law Wednesday, canceling a signing ceremony for the broadly popular bipartisan bill until Congress passes an election security measure. Trump had been scheduled to sign...
Trump’s Iran deal shatters Israel’s 40-year dream of regime change. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Stategic Culture Foundation The Iran-U.S. de-escalation framework has been signed. As always,...
Co-packaged optics, silicon photonics, optical I/O, and photonic engines are becoming central topics in the future of AI infrastructure. The common story is simple: Copper is reaching limits. Light can move data farther and more efficiently. Therefore, AI systems will move from...
Israel is turning on its last important ally in an act of suicidal hubris. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle...
History is terrifyingly contingent, and what seems obvious now was not always obvious then: nor, indeed, was it inevitable Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Joseph Ducreux : Self-portrait, called the Surprise Photo is in...
Journalist Haider Qandil, of Al-Dostor, was forcibly disappeared on Monday evening, members of his family and Journalists Syndicate council member Eman Ouf told Mada Masr. His family believes the arrest is part of a security campaign that has included the...
As Sudanese paramilitaries close in on the city of El-Obeid and fighting intensifies in the Kordofan region, hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the city are facing severe shortages of food, drinking water and medicine. Local officials estimate...
Iran has emerged undefeated after nearly four months of war against a nuclear-armed regional rival (Israel) and the world’s most powerful military (the United States). The regime is still in control of its population and territory. Though its economy is...
Donald Trump has always considered himself exceptional—that is, an exception to the rules. As a tycoon, he has demonstrated that multiple bankruptcies and an utter contempt for business associates have not hindered his accumulation of wealth. As a politician, he...
Andy Burnham must make a "clean and decisive break" with the policies of outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer if he is to win back Labour's lost Muslim supporters, the founder of The Muslim Vote said...
A cluster of progressive, outspokenly pro-Palestine Democrats have secured high‑profile primary wins against AIPAC‑aligned opponents, signalling a real shift in how parts of the party talk about Israel, Gaza and the power of the pro‑Israel lobby . Their...
Venezuela has entered a phase of political preservation and a hidden struggle for power six months after the forcible removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, according to historian, politician, Secretary of the United Communist Party, and chairwoman of the New...
The European Union’s diplomatic service has proposed a three-year military and civilian mission to advise and train Lebanese forces , including in border and maritime security, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The proposal stems...
More than two years after six-year-old Hind Rajab was killed alongside her rescuers in Gaza, Hezbollah is systematically targeting commanders linked to the Israeli unit accused of killing her. In this week’s episode of The Target, Robert Inlakesh examines the...
Sharp personnel changes within NATO's military command structure in Europe signal that the alliance is unlikely to undertake any major offensive moves near Russia's borders. Another Pentagon Hawk Resigns Secretary of War Pete Hegseth secured the resignation of General Christopher Donahue,...
There was a time not so many years ago when Washington believed in free trade and raced to sign free trade agreements. Exporting sectors like agriculture were among the beneficiaries. They’d love to go back to those days. Don’t hold...
On the morning of Feb. 28 , the first day of Donald Trump ’s war on Iran, the children of the Shajareh Tayyebeh elementary school in the southern Iranian town of Minab were at their desks a little after...
Bill Curry , 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City for an epidural injection...
- - - - Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash As anyone who has looked at the results out of New York knows, the socialists are on the march once again. I find it funny that a...
Pino CABRAS Segue nostro Telegram . Droni, escalation e riarmo: il modello sperimentato in Ucraina diventa paradigma continentale. Un viaggio dentro l’ucrainizzazione dell’Europa e il rischio crescente di uno scontro senza ritorno. Nella notte tra il 28 e il 29...
Three Democratic candidates for House seats in New York prevailed on Tuesday night in a massive rebuke to the party establishment. Though each race was representative of a broader dissatisfaction with incumbents and specific district-level dynamics, the U.S. relationship with...
This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News , a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here . Right-wing businessman Abelardo de la Espriella holds a razor-thin lead in...
A new group of Syrian prisoners in Lebanon, consisting of 128 inmates, will be transferred to Syria as part of the implementation of a recent agreement between the two countries concerning the release of prisoners , Syrian Justice Minister...
A new group of Syrian prisoners in Lebanon, consisting of 128 inmates, were transferred to Syria as part of the implementation of a recent agreement between the two countries concerning the release of prisoners , a Lebanese security source...
BETHLEHEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army delivered stop-work orders for 15 Palestinian homes in al-Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, on Wednesday under the pretext of unlicensed construction. According to local sources, Israeli soldiers stormed the village and positioned themselves in the northern...
Pride month is a time for celebration of queer joy, art and culture. This year, however, many transgender Americans are reminded of Pride’s origins as they face hundreds of anti-trans bills being introduced nationwide. First...
A wave of anti-Muslim attacks targeting hijab-wearing women has been reported in the Los Angeles area during Iran's World Cup campaign, with civil rights advocates calling for an urgent investigation into assaults, harassment and intimidation directed at spectators. Dozens...
Diaspora reporting has long connected struggles across borders. Our new editor asks: what can The Long Wave take from this? • Don’t get The Long Wave delivered to your inbox? Sign up here A couple of months ago, I was...
GAZA, (PIC) In a scene that reflects the cohesion of the Palestinian internal front despite the conditions of the ongoing war and genocide, the Palestinian clans and families in the Gaza Strip organized a series of mass events and national conferences...
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said the Gulf state expects to resume normal liquefied natural gas production within weeks as efforts continue to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz , the Financial Times...
Greve geral em Portugal para 3 de junho paralisa país contra pacote laboral escravagista. Trabalhadores derrotam projeto no Parlamento e dão “aviso claro”. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Apesar de o...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A young man succumbed to his wounds on Wednesday after being shot by Israeli forces in the town of al‑Yamun, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 29-year-old Mohamed Zayed was killed...
NABLUS, (PIC) Palestinian journalist Mujahid Bani Mufleh spent 14 months in Israeli prisons, a long journey through darkness that left him with bleeding in his brain, accumulated injuries from repeated beatings and an anguish that continued to burn within him. No sooner...
Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage. You can read this morning's coverage here . Below is the latest: - An Israeli drone strike on a car in south Lebanon has killed two people, according to the country's...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,041 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Wednesday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
For 24-year-old Mahmoud al-Sousi, the Mediterranean Sea offers one of the few escapes from the devastation that has engulfed Gaza during Israel's genocidal war on the territory. The Gaza City resident says surfing has become more than...
Qatar Post has launched a new international money transfer service allowing customers to send funds to five countries, including Egypt and Morocco, as it expands its financial services offerings. The new service enables transfers to Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Djibouti...
Authorities based in the eastern part of divided Libya have banned entry for people from four nearby African countries, a move likely meant to stem the influx of migrants seeking to set off for Europe from the country's...
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) to end the US-Israeli war on Iran has cast a spotlight on potential implications for Gaza amid ongoing indirect negotiations between Hamas and Israel to implement a September 2025 ceasefire that has never...
“By targeting children, Israel is attacking the very capacity of the Palestinian people to exist and to determine their future,” said the commission’s head. By Stephen PRAGER Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su...
What systems can accomplish by combining semiconductors, AI, and software seems at times boundless. Chiplet-based semiconductors deliver this promise, allowing a myriad of complex digital, memory, analog and photonic functions to be condensed into a single semiconductor package for higher...
When people think of amina wadud, they often think of the woman who led a mixed congregation of Muslims in prayer in New York in 2005 . While some Muslims found it inspiring, others were so incensed that they sent...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has accused the Israeli occupation army of systematically and deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip, calling for urgent international action to end these crimes. The remarks came shortly after a child, Ahmed al-Raqab,...
French health ministry says patient’s contacts are being traced and that risk to European public is very low The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in France, the country’s health ministry has said, in a doctor who had returned from...
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