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By Fraser MYERS Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Britain’s right-wing vanguard has an unlikely base in the home counties. If Reform UK can be said to have a spiritual home, then Essex,...

Editor's Choice, Elections, Labor Party

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine described justifying Israeli occupation policies through religious discourse as a “dangerous deviation,” warning against turning the political conflict into a “confrontation of a religious and doctrinal nature” that threatens...

News, Greater Israel, Palestinian church

By Caitlin JOHNSTONE Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Democratic Party leaders are doing nothing to oppose Trump’s war plans for Iran because they support those plans. They just don’t want to be...

Editor's Choice, CNN, Democratic Party

US senator Chris van Hollen has called for accountability following the killing of a 19-year-old Palestinian-American in the occupied West Bank. Speaking to The New Arab , the Democratic senator urged an urgent "impartial investigation and accountability"...

World

Russia fired scores of missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine on Sunday, crashing into energy and rail infrastructure and residential buildings, just two days before the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion. AFP journalists in Kyiv heard a series of blasts...

News

Pakistan said it launched strikes on militant targets in Afghanistan after blaming recent suicide bombings, including assaults during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on fighters it said were operating from its neighbour's territory. Women and children were among the...

World

GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,072 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Sunday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...

News, death toll, Gaza Strip

Anyone who says that Germany has a problem with competitiveness, that labour costs are too high or that we need to tighten our belts is contradicting the facts. Germany is still living below its means and continues to violate the...

Economics, EU politics, Finance

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning, the fifth day of the holy month of Ramadan. According to local sources, at least 160 settlers entered the Mosque in groups through its...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian woman was martyred by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza on Sunday, amid ongoing ceasefire violations in different areas of the war-ravaged coastal enclave. Palestinian media sources reported that 27‑year‑old Basma Banat was killed after being shot by Israeli...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

Israel’s recent decision to expropriate the archaeological site of Sebastia "for the public interest" has prompted warnings from Palestinian officials that thousands of heritage sites across the occupied West Bank are at risk. On 17 February,...

MENA

Falun Gong represents a hybrid, full-spectrum threat to Brazil, writes Raphael Machado. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Among other countries, there is no shortage of disinformation about China on the internet. The...

Americas, Society, World

Fear leads as much to bad consumer choices as it does to bad political choices. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su One of two things: either democracy is a totally inadequate system for...

Americas, Europe, Russia & CIS

Somaliland is willing to give the United States access to its minerals and military bases, a minister has told AFP , as the breakaway region of Somalia seeks international recognition . Israel became the only country in...

World

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said that the Israeli administration of Ofer prison deprives Palestinian prisoners of fasting properly and breaking their fast at the correct times during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement on...

News, Holy month of Ramadan, Israeli violations

US envoy Steve Witkoff said on Saturday that President Donald Trump is questioning why Iran has not "capitulated" in the face of Washington's military build-up aimed at pressuring them into a nuclear deal . In a Fox...

MENA

The governing circles of Western European states are still struggling to come to terms with the shift in foreign policy and the new style of the Donald Trump administration. European intellectuals first attempted to give their assessment of Washington’s new...

Europe, Politics, USA

The US economy is still “one big bet on AI” Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog By Ziko – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=148559294 The US...

Economics, Finance, Inequality

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens and assaulted others during raids in the West Bank last night and on Sunday morning. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped a teenager from his home in...

News, Arrests, IOF raids

GAZA, (PIC) The United Nations has warned that displaced Palestinian families living in overcrowded camps inside the Gaza Strip continue to face high risks of fires, alongside worsening health threats, amid the ongoing need for safer and more suitable housing solutions. The...

News, Displacement camps, Gaza Strip

GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s claims that Israel has biblical rights over the Arab region and his unashamed support for “Zionist expansion fantasies.” In a statement released Friday, Hamas said that Huckabee’s remarks...

News, Hamas Movement, US bias

With not just one — but two — carrier battle groups now steaming in circles somewhere off the coast of Oman out of the range of Iranian missiles, we are all left with the head-scratching question: what is it, exactly,...

Us-military, Us-foreign-policy, George-w-bush

US President Donald Trump has announced the United States will increase baseline tariffs on imports from all countries to 15%, as the fallout continues from a seismic Supreme Court ruling on Friday. Trump had imposed sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” last year...

Trade, 15% US Tariff, Block 2

If you are an Asian exporter, port operator or supply-chain manager, “trade geopolitics” is not an abstract debate. It is the volatility premium paid in freight, contracts, inventory and investment decisions. Trump’s latest move—lifting a new global tariff rate to...

Opinion, Block 1, China Trade

A former Trump administration official to blame for Afghanistan falling into the Taliban’s hands seeks a political comeback despite championing the terror group and a convicted pro-Taliban narco baron. Zalmay Khalilzad, 73, an American-Afghan lobbyist-turned-diplomat, served as the Special Representative...

South Asia, Afghanistan, Block 2

This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. Why Your Teen Feels Like Everyone Else Has it Better The Silent Epidemic There’s a mental...

#Islam, #Life, featured

By: John Elliott - - - - Ai Weiwei in Delhi. © John Elliott There were two stars during Delhi’s India Art Fair week earlier this month. One was Ai Weiwei, the leading Chinese dissident artist who was on his...

Arab and Islamic countries issued a joint condemnation on Sunday of remarks by US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee , who suggested Israel had a biblical right to a vast swath of the Middle East. Huckabee, a former Baptist...

MENA

Islamabad said Sunday it had carried out strikes on seven sites along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border region targeting Afghan-based militant groups it blames for recent suicide attacks. Citing three attacks since the start of Ramadan last...

MENA

Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for two attacks targeting Syrian army personnel in northern and eastern Syria , as the militant group signalled what it described as a new phase of operations against the country's leadership. The militant...

MENA

The European Union and its member states have long presented themselves as supporters of the Palestinian people, mainly through their backing of the Palestinian Authority (PA). But is this actually ‘solidarity’ with Palestinian aspirations, or a tool to perpetuate the...

Voices

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of MuslimMatters.org. In Defense Of Zakat for Political Campaigns: An Argument From An American Muslim Political Operative ﷽...

#Current Affairs, #Islam, featured

Syrian authorities have taken over management of Qamishli airport as part of an ongoing process to integrate Kurdish-led forces and institutions into the national government, state media reported Saturday. The SANA news agency, citing the General Authority of...

MENA

President Donald Trump raised the global duty on imports into the United States to 15 percent on Saturday, doubling down on his promise to maintain his aggressive tariff policy a day after the Supreme Court ruled...

World

How do you know if you should stop fasting for Ramadan? How does fasting impact insulin resistance, testosterone, fertility, and weight gain? And, of course, we all have those other questions too: do injections break your fast? What about taking...

#Life, Audio, featured

191 Iraqi nationals from Syria’s al-Hol have been repatriated to their country, the United Nationals High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday, as authorities look to evacuate the camp’s residents and close the facilities. UNHCR representative Gonzalo Vargas...

MENA

The Palestinian Authority has established a liaison office headed by Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa to coordinate with the office of the High Representative for Gaza , Nickolay Mladenov, Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh announced on Saturday. Al-Sheikh said the...

MENA

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security convoy in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, the Pakistani military said. It said the attack took place in Bannu, a district...

World
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