Earlier this month, Indonesia and Japan signed a defense cooperation agreement that could eventually allow Jakarta to acquire lethal weaponry from Tokyo. The move was the latest in a series of strategic engagements signaling that Indonesia is beginning to lean...
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A day that begins in the fields at sunrise finds its way onto the plate just a few hours later. At Taarsa, the kitchen moves in rhythm with the producers themselves. After a career path stretching from Noma to Tarsus,...
Larry C. Johnson – Trump’s Failed Mission to China
Full ArticleAn evalutation of the meeting between Xi and Trump in Beijing Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intellig ence analyst, and former planner and advisor at the US State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. As an independent contractor, he...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and killed a Palestinian citizen during a raid in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Saturday. The Palestinian health ministry said that 34‑year‑old Nouruddin Fayyad was martyred after he was...
The events held in New Delhi from May 13-15 – the bilateral visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and the expanded BRICS ministerial meeting – once again demonstrated the unique and unprecedented nature of the Russian-Indian special and privileged...
US president calls Abu-Bilal al-Minuki ‘most active terrorist in the world’ and says he was eliminated in ‘very complex mission’ Donald Trump has said US and Nigerian forces killed the “second in command” global leader of the Islamic State. “Tonight, at my...
The attack on jobs in the German auto and supplier industry is accelerating. It goes hand in hand with the social cutbacks the government has introduced in relation to the citizen’s income, healthcare and pensions, and with the squandering of...
In April, the General Services Administration announced plans to automate 1 million work hours annually after cutting nearly 40% of its staff since October 2024, with similar reductions being seen across the government workforce. While the Elon Musk-led Department of...
Trump’s Failed Mission to China
Full ArticleThe Beijing circus is over and Donald Trump’s talks with Xi Jinping produced nothing more than some pleasing photo ops and some performative diplomacy with no substantive accomplishments. There was no final communique at the end of Trump’s two days of...
The Israeli military attacked an apartment in Gaza City, targeting Izz al Din al Haddad, Hamas’s leader in Gaza. Al Haddad is one of the last remaining senior members of Hamas who were responsible for the October 7 attack. The post...
Una portaerei statunitense non incute più il timore di un tempo; oggi trasmette piuttosto un senso di vulnerabilità. Segue nostro Telegram . Sebbene la guerra in Iran sia stata in gran parte osservata attraverso la lente della guerra convenzionale occidentale,...
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 yen (approximately US$58 billion), with total security-related...
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...
“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...
Trump gets reality check from China’s Xi
Full ArticleU.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...
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...
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...
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...
Revealed: USAID, NED & Open Society Quietly Bankroll Cuba’s “Independent” Media In Push for Regime Change
Full ArticleAmid escalating U.S. aggression towards the Cuban island through a maximum pressure campaign and the threat of military intervention, the United States government has been covertly funding a huge network of Cuban media outlets that claim to be independent in...
Ramzy Baroud discusses a people’s history of Palestine in his new book, that chronicles the powerful resistance to Zionism and its manifestations in the current national liberation movement. Ramzy Baroud discusses a people’s history of Palestine in his new book,...
Branko Milanović – Artificial intelligence and future of capitalism from a Marxist, and a neoclassical, point of view
Full ArticleIn both Marxist and neoclassical worlds, an economy composed of highly automated sector only is incompatible with the maintenance of capitalism Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Russia's underwater drone program known as Poseidon has again become the subject of intense international discussion following reports that the system is approaching operational deployment. Western analysts increasingly describe the project as one of the most unconventional strategic weapons developed...
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum
Full ArticleAfter 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...
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...
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...
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...
Drake hits out at DJ Khaled for Gaza war silence
Full ArticleFans 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...
Spain's boycott of the Eurovision song contest over Israel's war in Gaza puts it "on the right side of history", Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday, ahead of the final in Austria. "In the face of...
The Ballot and the Bullet
Full ArticleEveryone 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Plot to Turn Back the Clock on Women’s Rights
Full ArticleLast 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...
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...
As a result of the US and Israeli attack on Iran on 28 February, the world has learned that in addition to oil, there are four other commodities that play a critical role in the global economy: LNG, Urea, Sulfur...
- - - - 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...
Il piano di nuclearizzazione dell’Europa distrugge l’architettura di sicurezza regionale
Full ArticleAncora 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...
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...
The Moscow Metro marks its 91st anniversary on May 15, continuing its transformation from a single subway line into one of the world's largest and most advanced urban rail systems. Since the opening of the first Sokolnicheskaya Line in 1935,...
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...
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...
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