Syrian authorities said on Friday that they had begun trying suspects over a wave of deadly violence that tore through the Druze-majority Suweida province last year. The episode last July involved some of the worst internecine bloodshed the country...
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Hossam Abdelmaguid scored the winning penalty as Egypt made history by beating a dogged Australia 4-2 on penalties to reach the World Cup last 16 on Friday. A tense affair in which Egypt and their off-colour captain Mohamed...
Israele è insoddisfatto della posizione dell’amministrazione del presidente Trump e punta sullo spionaggio e sulla raccolta di materiale compromettente; del resto, non è una novità Segue nostro Telegram . All’inizio di giugno, la Defense Intelligence Agency (Dia) statunitense avrebbe emesso...
Zambian government’s cancellation of RightsCon 2026 was a blow to digital rights and democracy
Full ArticleThis statement was originally published on epd.eu on 3 May 2026. Just days before RightsCon 2026 was due to open in Lusaka, the Zambian government abruptly cancelled the event, silencing the world’s largest annual gathering of the global digital...
Is the MoU cat dead, alive or in a coma?
Full ArticleThe MoU cat better slip out of its coma, fast. Otherwise, Total, Devastating Chaos is bound to prevail. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su These oh so meticulous Persians. How to impart to...
The gloves are off. There seems to be no other choice. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su There is a palpable sense now that Russia has significantly stepped up its military firepower...
Two Romanians previously convicted of a knife attack on an Iranian journalist outside his London home "on behalf of" Iran were jailed Friday for 12 and eight years respectively. George Stana, 25, and Nandito Badea, 21, were found guilty...
Kevin Crane – Frequently Asked Questions about AI
Full ArticleA highly sceptical take on AI. Cross-posted from Counterfire Picture by deepak pal Is AI Going to take my job? Statistically… no, but you’re not supposed to know that. The capacity for AI to eliminate jobs has been greatly...
What neither side can admit is that neither Brexit UK nor the EU has achieved any success in the past decade. John Rees is a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a co-founder of the Stop the...
Visit Türkiye Without Leaving Chicago: The Turkish Festival Returns to Tinley Park This August Free entrance to a massive Grand Bazaar, live performances, authentic cuisine, and five round-trip flights to Istanbul headline the mid-summer cultural celebration. Experience the magic, energy,...
The trial that has begun in Hamburg over the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines could lead to catastrophic consequences for Germany's political establishment. Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office has officially brought charges in the Nord Stream sabotage case against Ukrainian citizen...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued raids and arrest operations across the West Bank on Friday, while also attacking Palestinian worshipers near Bethlehem, amid reports of Palestinian youths throwing stones at a settler vehicle southeast of Nablus. The IOF arrested...
TEHRAN, (PIC) A senior Hamas delegation participated in the official funeral ceremony for former Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a strike carried out by the United States and Israel on February 28. The official funeral ceremonies began on...
Peru’s Gridlock a Licence for Autocracy?
Full ArticleCredit: Connie France/AFP By Inés M. Pousadela MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jul 3 2026 (IPS) Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori has won Peru’s presidential runoff, narrowly defeating leftist Roberto Sánchez to become the country’s ninth president in a decade. She inherits a system so...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Two Palestinian men were injured, and four others were arrested Friday evening during an attack by Israeli settlers and Israeli forces on the Bedouin village of Al-Tabna, near Khan al-Ahmar, east of Occupied Jerusalem. According to the Palestinian Authority’s...
One thousand days of genocide in Gaza: A crime committed by Israel live on air while the world watches
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) Today, Friday, marks a full 1,000 days since the war of genocide launched by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, in full view and hearing of the world without the international community moving,...
Bosnia and Herzegovina’s national team may have bowed out of the World Cup after being eliminated by the United States on Wednesday, but their fans will be remembered for giving a platform to the Palestinian cause at...
The future of work will not be shaped by technology alone. It will be shaped by whether young people are given the confidence, skills, and guidance to participate in that future. This is why the TSMC Charity Foundation’s “Technical...
On a drizzly March day last year at the White House, President Donald J. Trump stood behind a podium to make a “beautiful announcement.” Hyundai, the Korean industrial giant, was investing nearly $6 billion in a new steel plant in Louisiana, which would supply domestic...
The con of neoliberalism has gutted our democracy and paved the way for fascism. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle...
Yemen's Houthis threatened on Friday Saudi airports and vital assets should Riyadh violate its airspace or attempt to attack it, as the rebels accused the kingdom of trying to stop an Iranian plane from landing. The threats followed a time...
Whether it is the middle or working classes, or even the well-to-do, life can start to shrink in the face of extreme weather. Credit: Shutterstock By Philippe Benoit PARIS, Jul 3 2026 (IPS) If you pay close attention to the rhetoric...
Human rights organisations have raised concerns over the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement , warning that it "threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon" due to its vague legal language that appears to be aimed at preventing citizens from...
Israel's Security Cabinet has approved a plan to establish 13 new settlements in the occupied West Bank , with Palestinian officials warning that the expansion will deepen territorial fragmentation and further isolate occupied East Jerusalem. According to...
Was USAID Really Neo-Colonial?
Full ArticleOn July 1, 2025, USAID laid off thousands of staff, including me. A year later, I’m still wrestling with what it all meant. The justifications offered at the time—that USAID was riddled with corruption, fraud, and waste—didn’t match reality as...
The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) has condemned the killing of Palestinian goalkeeper Saleem Khader Al-Ashqar by Israeli forces in Gaza this week, renewing calls for accountability amid Israel's killing of hundreds of athletes and sportspeople. In...
Former Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei's funeral will begin on Friday, 3 July , more than four months after he was killed in a US-Israeli strike on his Tehran compound on 28 February. The ceremonies will run until Thursday, 9...
Good afternoon, and welcome to our live coverage: - Preparations for the funeral of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei are ongoing, as foreign dignitaries begin to arrive to pay their respects. - - Top Iranian officials also paid their final...
Authorities in Damascus have opened an investigation into Thursday’s deadly bombing in the heart of the Syrian capital , but the attack remains clouded by uncertainty over who carried it out and why. On Thursday afternoon, a bomb...
- - - - Photo by Nicolas Hoizey on Unsplash Last week, I wrote about what I called a new Dark Age . Basically, data is fragile; the internet could be wiped out, and we’d be...
Right-wing tech billionaire Peter Thiel is accusing Pope Leo XIV of doing the work of the Chinese Communist Party with his criticisms of artificial intelligence. According to a Thursday report from CNN, Thiel told the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on Tuesday that the...
The World Cup group stage rarely unfolds according to predictions, but the opening rounds of the 2026 tournament have shattered expectations on an extraordinary scale. Football powers arrived with elite squads, heavy betting support, and championship ambitions. Instead, many walked...
Why Washington’s AI Export Control Couldn’t Hold
Full ArticleAnthropic received a letter on June 12, issued under Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. It instructed Anthropic to shut down its AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all foreign nationals, its foreign-national employees included. Given its inability to filter...
The city of Kashiwa in Chiba Prefecture, population 435,000, is quiet for its size. Lying less than an hour’s train ride to the northeast of mega-metropolis Tokyo, Kashiwa – home to many commuters and their families – presents a calm...
DAMASCUS, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has condemned the bombing of a café in the Syrian capital, Damascus, which killed and wounded several people. In a statement issued on Friday, the Movement denounced the targeting of civilians and the terrorizing of residents, describing...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian child was martyred and another wounded on Friday morning after an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on them in the Old City, east of Gaza City. Gaza’s Civil Defense said an Israeli quadcopter dropped the explosive device on...
Fifty members of the European Parliament have urged FIFA's ethics committee to investigate their president, Gianni Infantino, for awarding a ' peace prize ' to US President Donald Trump. The MEPs signed a letter supporting a complaint by British-based sports human...
The British cosmetics retailer Lush has launched a new product on Thursday in support of the right to protest amid draconian measures within UK courts that threaten pro-Palestinian activism. Lush's new limited-edition "Resilience" bath bomb was designed...
Roger Köppel, Eigentümer und Chefredakteur der «Die Weltwoche», über Russland, westliche Arroganz, die Gefahr eines Weltkriegs und die falschen Lehren, die die Deutschen aus der Geschichte gezogen haben. Teil eins Die Schweizer Sendung ist etwas länger geworden, weil ich dort...
London mayor Sadiq Khan has called on the UK's communications regulator Ofcom to investigate racist abuse targeting England’s World Cup players, saying illegal content is 'out of control' and expressing solidarity with affected athletes. In a...
Nearly eight months after the Collège de France cancelled the " Palestine and Europe , The Weight of the Past and Contemporary Dynamics" conference, organised by the Paris branch of the Arab Centre for Research and Policy Studies, an administrative...
1,000 days of Israeli genocide in Gaza: Shocking figures in ongoing agony: Al-Ahram report say
Full ArticleGAZA /PNN/ Al-Ahram report The catastrophic effects of Israel’s relentless bombardment, suffocating siege, and systematic starvation have penetrated every single aspect of life in the Palestinian strip. This onslaught has left tens of thousands of victims killed or maimed...
Exercícios conjuntos com rivais da Turquia mostra a incoerência da Armênia de Pashinyan
Full ArticleAo aproximar-se de França e Grécia, a Armênia compromete sua suposta estratégia de normalização regional. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , X e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Nos últimos anos, o governo de Nikol Pashinyan tem insistido que...
GAZA, (PIC) The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has welcomed the decision of the US Presbyterian Church calling for a boycott of Israel and banning the supply of weapons to it, considering that it aligns with the values of justice and humanity...
Synopsys Foundation IP for Intel 18A is a portfolio of semiconductor building blocks designed to help system-on-chip developers build advanced chips with better power, performance, and area, often called PPA. The offering includes embedded memory compilers, standard-cell logic libraries,...
A recent investigation by Haaretz has renewed scrutiny of the growing influence of religious Zionism within Israel's military after officer cadets described what they said was a right-wing ideological shift within the army's training...
Trump administration officials reportedly believed that the Israeli government intended to assassinate Iran’s top negotiators—including the country’s foreign minister—during peace talks with the US in an effort to sabotage diplomatic progress. The New York Times reported Thursday that “American concerns about the targeting of...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque despite restrictions imposed by Israeli forces on worshipers seeking to enter the holy site. According to local sources in Occupied Jerusalem, approximately 50,000 worshipers attended prayer at...
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