Iran has long threatened to cut off access to the Strait of Hormuz, a concern featured in nearly every strategic risk-mapping and war-gaming scenario involving Iran and maritime disruptions since the 1970s. Given the debilitating impact such a move could...
Last week, Iran lived inside a war it cannot escape. Airstrikes and missile exchanges have carved through the country from north to south, from the industrial outskirts of Ahvaz to the residential squares of central Tehran. By the end of...
The Iranians have a vote on when the war ends. And they say that they are just getting started. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The U.S.-Israeli stand-off air-strike model of waging war...
The 60th Anniversary re-enactment of Women's Protest during Women’s War of 1929 Courtesy National Museum Uyo. Source: Black Past Meanwhile, UN Women has recognised the Aba women’s riot of 1929 as a noteworthy women-led demonstration, which ignited the revolution in the...
Geopolitical crises rarely produce only short-term economic shocks. More often they reshape how governments think about long-term economic security and industrial resilience. A serious disruption in the Persian Gulf could therefore have consequences far beyond temporary oil price spikes. When...
Iranian hospitals have received roughly 15,000 war wounded since the US-Israeli military coalition launched strikes 16 days ago, according to health ministry officials and Iranian media reports . The surge is overwhelming a health system already stretched thin after...
The Middle East is so contradictory and interdependent that a conflict in one country can reverberate in its neighbours. In this regard, events in Iran are a trigger for the expansion of the regional crisis. Türkiye’s stance on the conflict...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian civilian was martyred when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at him in the Gaza Strip on Monday morning. Local sources reported that Bahaa al‑Qara was shot dead near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza. A child...
US President Donald Trump warned Nato of a “very bad” future if allies do not help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and said he may also delay a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Read Article HERE As a...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens and stormed mosques during raids in the West Bank last night and at dawn Monday. In Ramallah, Israeli forces stormed Khalid bin al‑Walid Mosque in the Ain Munjid...
L’Amministrazione “neocons” Trump, presentata in Europa dai suoi agenti infiltrati come “isolazionista”, ha finalmente e definitivamente gettato la maschera imbarcandosi in un conflitto senza via d’uscita contro l’Iran. Segue nostro Telegram . L’11 settembre 2001 aveva rappresentato in questo folle...
GAZA, (PIC) Three Palestinian people were killed and others were injured last night after the collapse of a wall from a building previously bombed by the Israeli occupation army. The wall fell onto tents sheltering displaced families in the al‑Mawasi area of...
The war between Iran and the US/Israel coalition is now in its third week with no end in sight. While Israel clearly has a superior air force, it cannot match Iran’s missile force. This is a war of attrition, and...
Pope Leo XIV issued his strongest and most direct demand to date for an end to the US-Israeli war in Iran, addressing those gathered to pray the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican, March 15, 2026 There is an English...
On March 15, 2026, nearly 73.5 million Vietnamese voters headed to the polls to elect 500 deputies to the 16th National Assembly and members of People’s Councils at all levels. Of 864 candidates standing for the National Assembly, 65 were...
The pilgrim offers Zahra four simple words that unravel a secret she has carried for years. Previous Chapters: Part 1 | Part 2 * * * A Spark Ismail reached his hand across the table. Momy looked at it for...
Watching European capitals scramble to calibrate their response to the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, one is reminded of a recurring scene in a very bad play — one that has run, with minor variations, since Suez. Europe blusters. Europe...
One of the potential flashpoints in Northeast Asia is the maritime territory disputed between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the Yellow Sea. In 2025, the situation escalated into a standoff between the...
This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. There is a parenting instinct that is almost universal — and almost always counterproductive. When our teenagers are in the...
Missile salvos from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific are exposing the limits of interceptor-based defenses, and the US Navy’s renewed testing of its electromagnetic railgun suggests a possible answer. This month, The War Zone (TWZ) reported that the US...
In 2024, top think tanks received over $25 million from foreign governments and $7 million from Pentagon contractors, according to the most recently available donor rolls. This figure is a conservative estimate, as about 40% of think tanks do not...
Last week, water became a focal point in the Iran war, as airstrikes hit desalination plants in Iran and Bahrain. Further east, a slower motion water war was playing out — one that is heightening tensions between two nuclear armed...
Two weeks into the Iran War, the Trump Administration remains mired in a conflict without a clear casus belli and without an articulated end state. President Donald Trump’s latest extra-constitutional use of military force is but the latest in an...
THAAD LAUNCHER The war between Iran and the US/Israel coalition is now in its third week with no end in sight. While Israel clearly has a superior air force, it cannot match Iran’s missile force. This is a war of...
Israel said Sunday it still has thousands of targets to strike inside Iran as the Islamic Republic warned other countries against getting involved in the war, which has spread across the Middle East. Tehran's warning came as Rome...
Sawant seeks to channel mass popular opposition to war, social inequality and attacks on democratic rights into the dead end of bourgeois electoral politics, while promoting the illusion that pressure from below can force a section of the trade union...
- - - - Prabowo unhappy A wide range of media sources in Jakarta are reporting that President Prabowo Subianto is growing frustrated with the massive sovereign investment fund he established a year ago on the expectation it...
European Union foreign ministers will discuss on Monday bolstering a small naval mission in the Middle East, but are not expected to decide on extending its role to the choked-off Strait of Hormuz , diplomats and officials say. The...
The notion of a short and decisive war has always been a temptation for politicians. This notion holds a promise of quick victories, low costs, and clear triumphs. However, the course of history over the last few decades has indicated...
Let us imagine a liberated Palestine. Let us consider how justice for the Palestinian people would reshape not only the region but, indeed, the entire globe. This is not a conversation about a “political solution” in the narrow, bureaucratic sense....
On Feb. 22, 2026, a Pakistani airstrike hit the village of Girdi Kas in eastern Afghanistan. As one family lost 18 of its 23 members, Pakistan termed it a targeted counterterrorism operation against militant hideouts. Afghanistan, in contrast, said the strikes...
Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has hailed direct talks with Iran as the most effective way to restart shipping through the Strait of Hormuz , in an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday. US President...
In the realm of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, metal oxide resists (MORs) have emerged as promising candidates for advanced semiconductor patterning. However, their stability poses challenges, particularly interactions with clean-room environments like humidity and airborne molecular contaminants (AMCs) … com/lithography/367262-unraveling-dose-reduction-in-metal-oxide-resists-via-post-exposure-bake-environment/">Unraveling...
UN peacekeepers said they were fired upon "likely by non-state armed groups" in south Lebanon on Sunday, while a Hamas source said an Israeli strike killed an official from the Palestinian militant group. Israel said no...
A rocket attack on Baghdad International Airport , which houses a US diplomatic facility, wounded five people on Sunday, Iraqi authorities said. The Iraqi government's security media cell said "five rockets targeted Baghdad International Airport and...
More than 400 million barrels of oil from International Energy Agency emergency reserves will begin flowing soon, the agency said in its most detailed account of the rollout of the plan to combat a spike in crude prices...
Gaza is only the start. The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is an instrument of control and barbarism is triumphant. Chris Hedges is a...
Mohammad Rastegari is a prominent AI researcher and entrepreneur currently serving as the CEO and Co-Founder of Elastix.AI. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, he also holds the position of Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington’s Electrical &...
Pope Leo made an impassioned plea on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in the expanding Iran war, lamenting "atrocious violence" that he said had killed thousands of non-combatants and caused suffering across the region. As the US-Israeli...
15 March 2026 Transrcript: Resistance News Interviewer: We turn now to the foreign minister of Iran, Abbas Araghchi. Good evening to you, sir. Abbas Araghchi: Good evening to you. Thank you for having me for the second...
Iran's relations with Arab Gulf states will require a "serious review" in light of the US-Israeli war on Iran, limiting the power of external actors so the region can become prosperous, Tehran's ambassador to Saudi Arabia told...
TUBAS, West Bank /PNN/ In the pale hours before dawn on Sunday, inside a bullet-riddled car on a quiet road in the town of Tamoun, 11-year-old Khaled Bani Odeh says he learned how suddenly a family can disappear. His voice, still...
Will this complete miscalculation by the US lead to the downfall of Israel and the loss of U.S. influence in the Middle East? By Peter Hanseler via ForumGeopolitica.com Introduction Some considered the assessment in our article “ Attack on Iran...
GAZA, (PIC) Amnesty International said the decision by the Israeli military prosecutor to drop charges against five Israeli soldiers accused of abusing and sexually assaulting Palestinian prisoners and detainees at the Sde Teiman military detention facility is disgraceful and entrenches a...
Today, as the world observes the final days of the holy month of Ramadan, the skies over parts of the Middle East are filled not with the calm of night prayers, but with the sound of drones and fighter aircraft....
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Islamic Higher Council in Jerusalem has called on Muslims to maintain a presence and observe the Night of Decree (Laylat al-Qadr) at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, despite its closure by Israeli occupation forces for several days and...
Italy's military said Sunday that a drone attacked the Ali Al Salem airbase in Kuwait hosting Italian and US forces, but stressed that all its personnel were safe. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani sought to play...
Hundreds of people turned out in London Sunday for a pro-Palestine march banned by the government after police said it was organised by a group "supportive of the Iranian regime". Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood said earlier this week she...
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