Both Trump’s Iran war and the closely connected Israeli war for Jewish hegemony across the Middle East are unravelling fast. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online...
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has unveiled one of the most consequentialeconomic interventions since the fall of Suharto: a plan to centralize exports of strategiccommodities — including palm oil, coal and ferroalloys — through a state-controlledstructure linked to the sovereign fund...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Palestinian warnings are mounting over a new escalation at Aqsa Mosque, coinciding with the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, amid expectations of attempts to impose Talmudic rituals inside the Mosque compound as settler incursions intensify and efforts continue to...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli government on Wednesday approved a sweeping 250 million shekel plan aimed at expanding control over archaeological sites in the occupied West Bank, in a move widely viewed as using “heritage and archaeology” to advance annexation policies...
GAZA, (PIC) In scenes that sparked widespread international condemnation, activists from the “Global Sumud Flotilla” and the “Freedom Flotilla Coalition” appeared handcuffed and forced onto the ground inside Ashdod Port, while Israeli occupation forces reportedly compelled them to listen to the...
Conflict and aid cuts are hampering the fight against an outbreak of the deadly virus centred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo has faced the deadly threat of Ebola 16 times since...
After the elimination of Al Qassam Brigades leader Izz al Din al Haddad on May 15, Hamas has reportedly turned to longtime senior member Mohammed Odeh to take the reins of the group’s military wing. As Hamas reportedly rearms and...
Ever since North Korea suffered through the death of its first leader in 1994, a loss magnified by an economic collapse and a devastating famine, outside observers have likened the country to an airplane experiencing a serious malfunction. The major...
Less than a week after hosting Donald Trump, China’s leader Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, to Beijing. Unlike Trump’s visit, this was a routine meeting. The Chinese and Russian presidents have met more than 40 times since...
In early May, the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party submitted a bill calling for the formal revocation of the Oslo Accords, the framework governing relations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) since 1993. Although Israeli Prime...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has condemned, in the strongest terms, the Israeli destruction of the remaining homes in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. In a press release on Wednesday, PCHR described Israel’s targeting of what remained of Gaza...
At the recent TSMC Technology Symposium 2026 , Siemens EDA reinforced its position as one of the key ecosystem partners supporting TSMC in the race toward AI-driven semiconductor design, advanced packaging, and next-generation process technologies. The annual forum has...
FIFA will ban supporters from displaying Iran’s pre-1979 Lion and Sun flag at stadiums during the upcoming World Cup , a move likely to spark criticism among parts of the Iranian diaspora and opposition...
Britain said on Wednesday it had secured a trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council worth $5 billion a year in the long run, deepening economic ties with allies in a region dealing with the fallout from the...
Iran has jailed a former goalkeeper for the national men's football team after he published earlier this year a post deeply critical of then-supreme leader Ali Khamenei, his wife said. The Mizan news agency of the Iranian...
In the past 48 hours, Israel has illegally intercepted all 50 boats that left Türkiye last week in the final leg of the Global Sumud Flotillas ' journey in an attempt to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza....
The European Union is nearly ready to issue a sweeping new deportation regulation that rights groups say will usher in an “ICE‑style” enforcement regime across the bloc, normalising mass detention , home raids and offshore return centres...
Hundreds of families were forced to flee Aboul Ajin, an area in east Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, after an Israeli-backed militia stormed the area and ordered residents to evacuate at gunpoint on Wednesday last week. Aboul Ajin straddles the...
This month, Israel and the United States are expected to begin negotiations on a new memorandum of understanding that would outline the United States’ plans to support Israel after the current agreement expires in 2028. Chances are this will look...
The number of consumer complaints filed about the safety of meat, poultry and egg products jumped nearly 40% last year, to 2,016 from 1,443 in 2024, according to a new federal report. The report comes a year after the...
- - - - Photo by Bruno Martins on Unsplash The problem I have with inclusivity, as a concept, isn’t that it’s inherently bad. I think opening things up to more people, in many instances, is good...
La cooperazione sino-russa si presenta oggi come uno dei principali fattori di equilibrio dell’ordine internazionale. Nel confronto con l’egemonismo statunitense, Pechino e Mosca rivendicano multilateralismo, sovranità, sicurezza condivisa e centralità delle Nazioni Unite. Segue nostro Telegram . La cooperazione tra...
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa has publicly thanked his US counterpart Donald Trump after the latter sent him a gift of perfume to mark their November 2025 meeting at the White House. A post shared by...
TOKYO — Bond markets are cracking around the globe as geopolitical, technological and demographic trends simultaneously upend everything investors thought they knew about 2026. The turmoil is propelling borrowing costs to multi-year highs from Washington to London to Tokyo. It’s altering the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the government of the separatist “Somaliland” region for its insistence on normalizing relations with the Israeli occupation regime and planning to open an embassy in Jerusalem. In a statement issued Wednesday, Hamas described...
É impossível haver igualdade nas relações entre países dentro de um mesmo organismo multilateral enquanto existir uma superpotência econômica e militar capaz de subjugar os países menores. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós:...
A tea picker in the Bearwell tea estate of Sri Lanka. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Boubaker Ben Belhassen ROME, May 20 2026 (IPS) The tea in your cup this morning began its journey in someone else’s hands. Hands whose work most...
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence hardware, memory bandwidth and data movement have become just as important as raw compute power. Addressing this challenge head-on, Semidynamics has announced a strategic investment aimed at accelerating the development of its...
The intensity of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has increased significantly over the past week, with air strikes, artillery shelling and assassination operations escalating despite an existing ceasefire framework. Israel has stepped up strikes at an unprecedented pace...
Palestinians in the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, east of occupied East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, are facing the imminent threat of forced displacement after Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered preparations for the expulsion of its...
Palestinians in the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar, east of occupied East Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank, are facing the imminent threat of forced displacement after Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered preparations for the expulsion of its...
As Iran’s largest trading partner , China wields far greater influence over Tehran than any other nation worldwide. This is a reality that the Trump White House has sought to use to its advantage, as did the previous US administration,...
Arsenal supporters and pro-Palestinian activists have criticised the club’s new sponsorship deal with Deel, whose Israeli co-founder publicly backed Israel during the Gaza genocide. English Premier League champions Arsenal FC have come under fire after unveiling a new sleeve sponsor...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Al-Quds International Institution has warned that the Aqsa Mosque today stands at a dangerous juncture, facing direct Israeli steps to erase its Islamic identity and architecture, alongside persistent efforts to end the historic Jordanian role in overseeing the...
Estimados lectores en la gran traducción del día les traemos un artículo del investigador Anis Raiss en The Cradle. Vamos: Los Emiratos Árabes Unidos no necesitan que se les salve; lo que necesita salvarse es el orden del dólar....
Post-2022 geopolitical developments and escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf have significantly strained relations between Iran and France, raising questions about the future of diplomatic engagement between the two countries. After the June 2025 military strike against Iran, France did...
The breakaway state of Somaliland announced on Tuesday that it would be opening its embassy to Israel in the city of Jerusalem, joining only a handful of countries that have done so. "I am pleased to announce that the...
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said that recent drone attacks targeting their territory originated from Iraq, increasing pressure on Baghdad to address the activities of Iranian-backed militias operating inside the country. The incidents come amid continued regional tensions...
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) warned Wednesday that the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz could "trigger a severe global food price crisis" in the coming months. Hormuz accounted for a fifth of global oil shipping before...
Kars4Kids, a US-based charity famous for its long-running car donation commercials, quietly funnelled tens of millions of dollars annually to an Orthodox Jewish organisation that funds trips Israel and bought property there, according to court findings...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The head of the village council for the gathering of al-Khan al-Ahmar east of the occupied city of Jerusalem, Eid al-Jahalin, launched a strong warning against the extreme danger of the decision of the Israeli finance minister, Bezalel...
By W. James ANTLE III Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Lindsey Graham and company say toppling Iran is worth a political bloodbath. Is it? President Donald Trump clearly wants the Iran War to...
I posted recently on an eye-catching advance in quantum computing, around neutral atom systems which might accelerate the transition to production-grade fault-tolerant quantum computing (QC). There are some further updates on this front, also I listened in on...
Recent decades have witnessed a continuous evolution in children's book illustration. A growing focus on representation and diversity, including attention to conflicts in the Middle East and the impact of migrations, has brought a new and exciting generation of illustrators...
The ongoing crisis in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continue to put immense stress and risk on the global economy. A new UN report highlights that slowing growth, re-emerging inflation rates and heightened uncertainty...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Asra Media Office (AMO) said on Wednesday that detainees at Israel’s Ganot prison are facing extremely harsh conditions amid continued repression, starvation, medical neglect and the spread of disease and fungal infections inside prison sections. In a statement, the...
Dr Peter Stafford’s wife and four children are also being monitored for symptoms amid Ebola outbreak in Congo An American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been flown to Germany for treatment, along with his...
U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Aquidneck (WPB-1309) in the Strait of Hormuz, with a large container ship visible in the background as it transits the critical global trade route (Dec. 2, 2020). Credit: MC2 Indra Beaufort By Lulseged Desta...
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