By UN Women UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 2026 (IPS) International Women’s Day 2026 comes at a defining moment: Women and girls have never been closer to equality, and never closer to losing it. Legal protection against domestic violence has expanded in...
The General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2012 granting Palestine the status of non-member observer State in the United Nations. Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 2026 (IPS) The 193-member General Assembly, the highest-ranking policy-making body...
Liquidity issues at the United Nations are often dismissed as a technical budgetary complication. But the reality is that funding shortfalls undermine collective global security. The UN’s regular budget for peace and security, sustainable development and human rights promotion was...
The Trump administration has accused China of secretly testing a nuclear weapon in 2020. The group that monitors nuclear tests worldwide, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), says it couldn’t confirm a test actually occurred. China has...
The EU's plan to impose its 20th package of sanctions against Russia crashed against a seemingly immovable wall of Hungarian resistance this week, when the Central Europe country used its veto to block it. That is not necessarily the end...
On February 20, the State Department announced it had revoked the visas of Chile’s minister of transport and telecommunications, the deputy minister of telecommunications, and the latter’s chief of staff, for purportedly “endangering regional security.” The announcement, triggered by the...
After a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and taken from Spain to Bolivia, authorities feared the worst. They found her in the rainforest nine months later – but that wasn’t the end of her ordeal On 27 August 2013, a tall, spirited...
In the United States, where the capitalist two-party system has been in place for 150 years, all those genuinely opposed to the policies and interests of the ruling class are denied the right to address the people. However, if the...
Senior Trump administration officials on Wednesday made the case that Iran poses "a major threat" to the United States ahead of Thursday negotiations over Tehran's nuclear programme . US and Iranian negotiators are due to meet in Geneva on...
By noon eastern time on Thursday we will likely know whether or not Donald Trump will sign off on an order to attack Iran. Why noon? That is 6pm in Geneva, Switzerland, where Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will hold...
Israeli settlers set fire to vehicles and tents in the Palestinian village of Susiya on Tuesday night, residents said, in the latest incident of settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank . Videos verified by...
The Trump administration’s recently released National Defense Strategy reaffirmed its commitment to building a “Golden Dome” capable of stopping any “advanced aerial attacks” on the US, including conventional and nuclear-armed cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles, as well as drones. President...
My husband and our children live in safety and comfort in Muslim-majority Malaysia. For the past few weeks before Ramadan, I noticed that there were already banners outside of restaurants advertising Ramadan buffets. There were already discussions around what we...
This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. The Loyalty Trap Here’s the conversation happening in Muslim homes right now: Teen: “I know my friends are...
The army of eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar said on Wednesday it had freed its soldiers who were captured in clashes on the southern border with Niger last month. The Libyan National Army (LNA) , which controls the...
British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson visited the US State Department on Wednesday and met with at least one US official, social media posts from Robinson and a department official showed. "In America making alliances & friendships, today I had...
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that two Muslim Democratic US Representatives, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, should be "institutionalised" and sent back to "where they came from," a day after they had...
The Houthis have mobilized personnel and attacked opposition forces along important domestic frontlines in recent weeks. The Iran-backed terrorist group also appears to be preparing for an emergency, and it is uncertain if this effort is related to domestic activity...
Originally appeared at TomDispatch Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pulled over several cars in Eagle County, Colorado. They took the people away in handcuffs, according to a witness, and left the cars idling at the side of the road. When...
I spent nearly two years in the prison for my political activism in Iran. I fled to Turkey and arrived in Chicago as a refugee. I started rebuilding my life from scratch. I was young and I risked everything for...
When President Donald Trump first announced that he had ordered the Pentagon to attack fishing boats and speedboats on the high seas which he said carried dangerous drugs destined for willing buyers in the United States, many of us who...
A Florida-tagged speedboat attacked Cuban border patrol forces in Cuban waters today, leading to a shootout where Cuban border guard troops killed four people and injured six others on that boat. As details emerge, experts stress the incident follows a track...
An Iranian delegation headed by its top diplomat arrived in Geneva on Wednesday for talks with the US, as the Islamic republic's president struck an upbeat tone about the prospect of a negotiated agreement to avert fresh conflict. Donald...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived on Wednesday in Jordan, where they met with Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp and Palestinian children evacuated from the devastated Gaza Strip. King Charles III's younger son and his wife...
La Russia da sola potrebbe non essere in grado di far scoppiare la bolla di Trump, ma Cina, Russia e Iran insieme potrebbero riuscirci. Segue nostro Telegram . Ora possiamo vedere più chiaramente la strada scelta dall’amministrazione Trump: sulla scia...
Sir, It would be preposterous of me to present to you my congratulations for your recent election to head the UN Refugee Agency. Conversely, having served 20 years with your organization I would like to share with you some observations,...
More than 1,700 Africans are fighting for Russia in its war in Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Wednesday, adding that Moscow was using deception to trick them into fighting. Speaking alongside his counterpart from Ghana, Sybiha...
In 1963, my friend George Bennett, who has died aged 91, saw an advertisement for a talks writer in the African section of what was then called BBC External Services and is now the World Service. This began his 26-year...
Researchers from the Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute have presented evidence suggesting that Siberia once hosted vast lakes comparable in scale to the Caspian Sea. Their defining characteristic, however, lay not merely in size but in their climatic influence. According to...
I embraced Islam at the end of August 2000, over twenty-five years ago. Ramadan arrived just three months later, beginning in late November and stretching into late December. It was the year Ramadan coincided with the heart of the American...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told lawmakers in Jerusalem on Wednesday that India stands "firmly" with Israel in reference to Hamas's unprecedented attack in October 2023, which triggered Israel's deadly war in the Gaza Strip. Modi also met with...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Approximately 40,000 worshipers performed the Isha and Taraweeh prayers at Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday evening, despite restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities on access to the Old City. Thousands of Palestinians gathered at the Mosque to pray in a spiritual...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlers attacked multiple towns and areas across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, continuing a pattern of assaults and intimidation targeting Palestinians, their land, and their property, under the protection of Israeli forces. Local sources reported that settlers...
Top US Democrats are reportedly working behind the scenes to stop a vote that would force them to go on the record about whether they support a Trump administration attack on Iran. As the president amasses an armada in the Middle...
For those of you who do not know me, I am Bobby, one half of Bob Vylan, a London-based punk band that, for the past eight years, has been self-releasing music and playing shows around the world; using our music...
GAZA, (PIC) Amid the ongoing discussions about the arrangements of the day after the war on the Gaza Strip, the debate is not limited to the form of governance or reconstruction, but extends to reshaping the financial structure itself. Among the proposals...
NAZARETH, (PIC) Israeli Prison Service Commissioner Kobi Yaakobi organized a controversial tour for a group of settlers inside Nitzan prison near Ramla, a facility known for its strict security measures. The tour included visits to both criminal and security wings, a...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) In the context of an open war on Palestinian media, the Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, revealed the killing of 129 journalists and media workers worldwide during 2025, a record toll, the highest since the committee began documenting these...
Israeli troops have carried out several cross-border operations in the south of Syria in recent weeks, invading villages, raiding homes, and detaining civilians. While some detainees were later released, others were taken to undisclosed locations with...
T he abandonment of international allies treaties and norms, Stephen Walt argues, will slowly ostracize the United States and leave the country behind as the multipolar world rises. As Donald Trump’s administration continues down the path of self destruction, it...
In a significant advancement for the semiconductor industry, Caspia Technologies announced the broad availability of CODAx V2026.1, its flagship RTL security analyzer. The new release strengthens early-stage hardware security verification and positions the company to deliver fully agentic workflows that...
Russia acting alone may not be able to burst Trump’s bubble, but China, Russia and Iran together can and might. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture...
A problem of ignorance combined with a problem of incoherent thinking Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: 35th Marine Brigade, Defense Forces of Ukraine I was hoping to avoid writing another essay on the war...
This is the problem of having placed Germans in key positions at the EU as they impose their own pro-Zionist policies upon the Union itself David Cronin is an associate editor of The Electronic Intifada Cross-posted from The Electronic Intifada Katharina...
The USD 195 billion global seafood industry is “increasingly vulnerable” to fraud, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization has warned. This fraud ranges from selling tilapia as red snapper and farmed fish as wild, to covertly creating imitation shrimp from moulded...
A Rússia não tolerará esse tipo de manobra, podendo reagir contra qualquer dos atores envolvidos. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Novamente, o Relógio do Apocalipse se aproxima da meia-noite. Novas revelações feitas...
In the days surrounding an Axios report last week suggesting that a large-scale conflict with Iran was “imminent,” the U.S. surged additional naval forces and air assets into the region, a posture that reports say amounts to the...
Russia will not tolerate this type of maneuver and may respond against any of the actors involved. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Once again, the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight. New revelations...
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