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Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. In barely half a year, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pushed Japan’s defense policy into unfamiliar territory. The FY2026 main defense budget has reached ¥9.04 trillion (approximately $58 billion), with total security-related spending...

Northeast Asia, Block 2, Japan rearmament

Lebanon, Israel and the United States have agreed to extend the current ceasefire for 45 days following two days of negotiations in Washington, the latest in a series of US-mediated talks that began in April and produced the...

MENA

“Now that we’re witnessing this evolution of the Nakba from elimination by exclusion, deportation, ethnic cleansing, separation, into elimination through genocide, it’s almost that we’re reliving that Nakba and that what we feel is happening now is a continuum that...

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to China this week was a landmark event in more than one way. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit to China...

Americas, Editorial, Russia & CIS

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Hamas Movement warned of the danger of what extremist minister Bezalel Smotrich announced regarding new plans to build tens of thousands of settlement units in the occupied West Bank, alongside his public calls to erase borders and...

News, Israeli aggression, Israeli violations

Uganda also reports outbreak and health officials say cases were caused by Bundibugyo strain of virus An outbreak of Ebola has killed 65 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, health officials said. There have been 246 suspected cases of the...

Global development, Ebola, Infectious diseases

At least four Palestinians were killed and several others injured Friday evening in two Israeli airstrikes targeting Gaza City, amid Israeli claims that the attacks were part of an assassination operation against a resistance leader. Local sources told the PIC correspondent...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

By CIVICUS May 15 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses the rising trend of social media bans for children with Marie-Ève Nadeau, Head of International Affairs of the 5Rights Foundation, an organisation that promotes children’s rights in the digital environment. Marie-Ève Nadeau Four countries...

Active Citizens, Artificial Intelligence, Civil Society

There’s nothing wrong with being the world’s second-largest economy. Dean Baker is a Senior Economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Cross-posted from CEPR Graphic licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license I will be...

Economics, Finance, Geopolitics

Two teenage sisters from Gaza have been awarded an environmental prize for developing a technique to manufacture bricks from the millions of tons of rubble strewn across the territory. 15-year-old Farah and 17-year-old Tala Mousa have been...

MENA

Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . The fallout from Khartoum’s public escalation against Ethiopia over aerial attacks it said were launched from Ethiopian territory continued to unfold this week, with Addis Ababa taking retaliatory diplomatic measures and...

2023 Sudan War, Sudan Nashra

After British troops had beaten German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s tank forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt on November 4, 1942, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared , “This is not the end. It is...

Energy, Environment, War & Peace

Hundreds of thousands of protesters are expected to march in London on Saturday in commemoration of the 78th anniversary of the Nakba and to call for an end to Israel's ongoing attacks on Gaza. The 1948 Nakba - or...

World

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed on Friday to launch more retaliatory strikes on Russia, a day after a Russian strike on Kyiv killed 24 people, including three children, according to officials. Russia has shown little sign of halting its more than...

World

A Palestinian family from the occupied West Bank says travel giant Booking.com is profiting from land confiscated from them by Israeli settlers , according to a new report by corporate accountability group Eko. The report, released...

MENA

Fans have expressed surprise and support after Canadian rapper Drake released three albums on Friday, with one of them containing lyrics taking aim at music producer DJ Khaled over his silence on Israel's war on Gaza . "Your...

MENA

Everyone loves a good Slobs vs. Snobs movie. From “Meatballs” to “Animal House,” it’s a winning genre: Some screwups come together and try every crazy stunt to save the place and the things they love. And, by gum, the sundowning...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

The global energy crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran is set to worsen in the coming months, as The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the world is “burning through its oil safety net.” Even though oil prices surged at...

Middle East, Block 2, Donald Trump

The United Arab Emirates is to fast-track construction of a new oil pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz , official media said on Friday, after the Middle East war crippled exports through the vital waterway. The West-East Pipeline...

Energy

This story is from Floodlight , a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. Sign up for Floodlight’s newsletter here . At the end of a dirt road along the northeastern edge of Montana’s...

Activism, Courts & Law, Environment

Isabel Kershner, a longtime correspondent for The New York Times whose sons have reportedly served in the Israeli military, is facing growing scrutiny over her latest reporting on alleged October 7 sexual violence claims — particularly as renewed attention falls...

Foreign Affairs, Front Page: Foreign Affairs, Opinion & Analysis

Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir travelled to the United Arab Emirates during the Iran war, Israeli media reported on Friday, It is the latest embarrassing revelation for Abu Dhabi which this week publicly denied claims by the...

MENA

Last weekend was Mother’s Day , so it’s an excellent time to examine what the most powerful conservative think tank in America is planning right now for the women in your life. The Heritage Foundation, the same outfit that wrote...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

Iran’s foreign minister said a lack of trust is the biggest obstacle in negotiations to end the war with the U.S. , saying Friday that Tehran would be open to diplomatic help, particularly from China, to help ease tensions. Iranian...

World

- - - - Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash Much of the problem we see with illegal aliens in this day and age is attributed to the Biden administration, and with good reason, but there’s another...

The much anticipated (and in some quarters feared) summit between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is over, with nothing much to show for it. It was, of course, good that the two presidents met, and perhaps some economic deals were...

Donald-trump, Xi-jinping, Taiwan

Ancora una volta, gli europei stanno andando incontro alla propria autodistruzione Segue nostro Telegram . L’attuale dibattito sulla creazione di un sistema paneuropeo di deterrenza nucleare rivela l’ennesima fase del progetto di militarizzazione dell’Unione Europea, che si sta progressivamente allontanando...

Italiano, European Union, France

Iraq’s parliament approved the new government six months after parliamentary elections in November 2025. Ali al Zaidi is now the prime minister, but key ministries remain unfilled amid disagreements between Tehran and Washington and their partners over the government’s formation. The...

Long War Journal, News, Ali al Zaidi

GAZA, (PIC) In the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Nakba is no longer just an annual anniversary recalled in speeches and events, but has transformed into a daily reality lived by the population in all its harsh details. After 78 years since the...

Reports, Gaza Strip, Israeli genocide

TSMC’s latest Board of Directors capital appropriation announcement may appear mixed on the surface, but a closer look reveals one important conclusion: The company is quietly setting the stage for another potential upward revision to its already aggressive 2026...

Foundries, TSMC, cowos

“W.E.B Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause” debuts on PBS on May 19. For most of his 95 years, William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was considered the conscience of Black America. When Roy Wilkins announced his death from the...

Activism, Arts & Culture, Film

Army supported by Russian mercenaries launches airstrikes after offensive by coalition of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists Mali’s armed forces, supported by Russian mercenaries, have launched airstrikes targeting a rebel alliance of Islamist extremists and Tuareg separatists as the ruling junta...

Mali, Russia, Al-Qaida

RAMALLAH, (PIC) Palestinians marked the 78th anniversary of the Nakba on Friday under the shadow of the bloodiest and most devastating chapters in modern Palestinian history, as Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip continues alongside escalating killings, displacement and destruction...

Zionist Terrorism, Displacement, Israeli genocide

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday accused US President Donald Trump of “orchestrating a $1,700,000,000 fraud on the American taxpayer to line the pockets of his MAGA political allies” amid new reporting on the terms Trump is seeking...

United States, Corruption, Donald Trump

Hamas on Thursday called for direct talks with Fatah to agree on a unified Palestinian "national strategy", as the rival movement convened its eighth general conference amid Israel's ongoing war on Gaza and mounting regional...

MENA

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Around 75,000 Palestinians performed Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque amid strict Israeli military measures. The Jerusalem Governorate said tens of thousands of worshipers arrived at Aqsa Mosque since the early morning hours, while Israeli police forces imposed...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

Egyptian smallholders have seen their lives upended by the war in Iran , with soaring fertiliser and energy prices forcing many to lay off workers and reduce the amount of land they farm. Before the United States and...

Economy

If all of us are magnanimous enough, we might infer that Xi and Trump agreed on a three-year stability framework. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su SHANGHAI – The headline on the front...

Americas, Asia-Pacific, World
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