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By James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Jun 15 2026 (IPS) Tomorrow, Africa hosts the Our Ocean Conference on its own shores for the first time, in Mombasa. This is more than a diplomatic milestone. It is a test of whether we, as...

Africa, Biodiversity, Climate Action

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has announced that presidential elections will be held in early 2027 and legislative elections in November this year, without saying if he would run. Abbas, 90, won the last Palestinian presidential election in...

MENA

Syrian authorities warned on Monday against acts of revenge targeting individuals accused of ties to deposed leader Bashar al-Assad's rule , after protests calling for accountability and apparent acts of vigilante justice. Interior ministry spokesperson Noureddine al-Baba told a...

MENA

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday Sunday cageside at a multimillion-dollar bloody mixed martial arts event staged on the White House South Lawn, punctuated by fighter jet flyovers, a live military band and fireworks to mark the...

United States, Block 3, Donald Trump

The fallout from a controversial Israeli real estate fair held in north London has continued to grow, with the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) submitting formal complaints to both the UK's Charity Commission and the...

MENA

In early June, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party accepted recommendations from its Security Research Council for revising Japan’s three main national security documents, including the National Security Strategy. A Japanese colleague knew I’d seen a few of these over the last...

Northeast Asia, Japan, Japan defense

South Korea dismantles its notorious Defense Counterintelligence Command – a 70-year-old “dirty security apparatus” behind coups, massacres, and surveillance. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su “Military Intervention in Politics Will No Longer Be...

Asia-Pacific, World, Drones

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) escalated their measures on Monday against citizens in the town of Silwan, south of the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, after the IOA municipality crews stormed land belonging to Jerusalemite citizen Khaled Al-Zir...

News, Israeli violations, Land grab

Tunisia fired head coach Sabri Lamouchi on Monday after a lopsided loss in their first World Cup game. The Tunisian Football Federation announced his dismissal on its Instagram account. Written in Arabic, the statement was translated by Google. "An...

Sports

Somaliland opened its embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, Israel's foreign ministry announced, months after Israel became the first country to recognise the breakaway African state's independence. "Honoured to host my dear friend President @Abdirahmanirro at the Ministry of...

MENA

While Emmanuel Macron was preparing a lavish reception at Versailles, Donald Trump was preparing a series of ultimatums capable of turning the G7 meeting into a mere formality. Macron's Main Task Is Keeping Trump at the G7 Summit The G7 summit...

World

A Dutch court Monday sentenced a Syrian man to 26 years in jail for the torture and rape of opponents of former president Bashar al-Assad during the country's civil war. The 58-year-old man, identified as Rafik A.,...

MENA

Iran's foreign ministry said on Monday that Tehran still holds "deep mistrust" of the United States despite an agreed framework aimed at ending the war. "Unfortunately, it must be acknowledged that Iran's deep mistrust of the United States stems...

MENA

On June 12, artificial intelligence (AI) lab Anthropic suspended access to its latest Claude models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, which had been released three days earlier. The move came in response to an “export control directive” from the US...

Technology, Aartificial intelligence, Anthropic

Within minutes of judges ruling that the UK government's ban on Palestine Action was lawful, police officers moved through a crowd of supporters gathered outside London's Royal Courts of Justice, arresting protesters holding signs reading: "SAVING LIVES IS...

World

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To understand the lopsided gerrymandering war that started with Texas’ redistricting scheme last August, you have to go back to 2010. That was the year Republican operatives launched REDMAP, a coordinated $30 million initiative that poured money into local races...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

After a series of false starts, the United States and Iran announced on Sunday that they had reached a memorandum of understanding that will reportedly extend the current ceasefire for another 60 days and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. As...

Iran-war, Congressional-democrats, Ro-khanna

The International Monetary Fund chief on Monday welcomed the ceasefire agreement between the United States and Iran , but warned it would take time for energy and other supply disruptions to dissipate. "As we have said before, much...

World

Mexico modernized the legendary Azteca Stadium –now officially known as Banorte Stadium, to host five matches during the 2026 World Cup. However, residents have complained that the urban projects developed in the area do not address their needs, such as...

Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade

Sweden crushed Tunisia 5-1 on Sunday to leave the North African nation's defensive reputation in tatters and seize control of World Cup Group F. Graham Potter's men took the lead in Guadalupe in the seventh minute courtesy of Brighton...

Sports

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has begun on American soil, the first time the United States has hosted the tournament in 32 years. When it concludes, the country will begin preparing for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

During the night, a Patriot air defense interceptor reportedly struck the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the historic complex suffered damage due to an abnormal missile malfunction and the fall of a missile with an...

Incidents

Albania, a small Balkan nation on the Adriatic Sea, seldom makes headlines. But protesters waving pink flamingo cutouts on an Albanian island the Trump family wants to turn into a resort have recently attracted international media attention. The dispute, which...

Activism, Business & Economy, Column

When the Football Association was founded in England in 1863, football was a game for rich boys. Poor children at the time were working 12 hours a day, six days a week, in mines, mills and factories, and had no...

Business & Economy, Column, Courts & Law

GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has affirmed that the issue of Palestinian prisoners must remain central to the national agenda, despite the dire conditions and mounting pressures faced by Palestinians in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. “The prisoners are...

News, Hamas Movement, Israeli violations

Regimes liberais ocidentais tentarão sabotar o país. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Em setembros, os cidadãos russos irão às urnas escolher seus representantes para o Poder Legislativo. No cenário interno, há...

Português, Elections, European Union

World leaders began gathering in a French resort town on Monday for a summit of the Group of Seven (G7) club of powerful democracies with a new impetus following United States President Donald Trump's announcement of an agreement that he...

A court in Morocco has fined a football supporter 10,000 dirhams (around $1,000) after he repeatedly referred to a club president as a "donkey" in Facebook posts criticising his management of the team. The ruling was issued by a...

MENA

Iraq's government has begun reviewing and evaluating senior security and military leaders across the country as part of efforts to introduce changes, military and parliamentary sources in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad , said to The New...

MENA

Markets across the world greeted the US-Iran peace agreement in the predictable way. Oil prices fell sharply, equities rallied and investors are already calculating the inflation dividend that could follow if the Strait of Hormuz fully reopens and energy supplies...

Middle East, Asia Energy Crisis, Block 2

Settler violence in the occupied West Bank reached a new level on Sunday when a 92-year-old Palestinian man was doused with gasoline during an attack on the town of Deir Dibwan, where illegal Israeli settlers also torched vehicles...

MENA

Australia's federal police said Monday they are investigating claims of abuse by Israeli officials made by citizens who were abducted by the Israeli navy in international waters from their Gaza-bound aid flotilla last month. Some members of a group...

World
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