The war in Ukraine shattered a core assumption about great-power dominance: that size and military strength are enough to impose one’s will. Ukraine showed otherwise. With the right strategy, geography, and resolve, a weaker state can survive and blunt -...
For years, many Western observers believed the internet would inevitably weaken authoritarian regimes. The logic seemed straightforward: once information could flow freely, state monopolies on propaganda would collapse. The internet, in this view, would become a force of democratization. Reality...
US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, which he dismissed as "a trifle". The US military said it...
By: Andy Wong Ming Jun - - - - Singapore, which endured a massive S$3 billion money laundering affair perpetrated by Chinese cyber scam nationals dubbed the “Fujian Gang” in 2023, appears to have effectively closed the doors to scandal,...
Stone being paid $50,000 a month to ‘rebuild’ relations between Washington and Myanmar’s military-backed government US lobbyist Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of Donald Trump, has been condemned for accepting $50,000 a month to “rebuild” relations between Washington and...
An Israeli settler suspected of kicking and wounding a French Catholic nun in Jerusalem will go on trial for assault motivated by hostility towards a religious group, Israel's justice ministry said on Thursday. The assault on the nun, a...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called for US authorities to relaunch their investigation into the Israeli military's killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh , who was gunned down while reporting for Al Jazeera...
Lebanon's health ministry reported at least 12 people killed, including two children and a paramedic, in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Thursday in spite of a ceasefire . The new deaths came a day after Israel killed a...
Two attacks in central Mali claimed by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists have killed more than 30 people, local, security and administrative sources told AFP on Thursday. The two strikes came less than a fortnight after a large-scale, coordinated...
Gli Stati Uniti hanno fondamentalmente compreso che la capitolazione di Teheran potrebbe avvenire solo con un rischiosissimo intervento via terra, tuttavia se tale opzione dovesse fallire per Washington si tratterebbe di una sconfitta strategica e la sua influenza in Medio...
The US on Thursday urged countries to support its United Nations resolution demanding Iran halt attacks and mining of the Strait of Hormuz, but diplomats said China and Russia are likely to veto it. A Chinese veto...
The OPCW has finally acknowledged concealing the assessment of German military toxicologists who ruled out chlorine gas as the cause of dozens of deaths in the alleged Douma chemical attack of April 2018. For the first time in a prolonged...
A long-awaited summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to take place in Beijing May 14 and 15, with both sides preparing to address a crowded agenda spanning Iranian oil, Taiwan, trade, human rights and...
Left-wing Democratic lawmakers have called on the United States to break its silence on Israel's suspected nuclear weapons programme , shattering a decades-long bipartisan reticence in Washington on the sensitive issue. Israel is widely believed to have developed nuclear weapons...
Man, 69, is in intensive care in Johannesburg, while expedition guide Martin Anstee, 56, receiving care in Netherlands - What is hantavirus? - Two Britons who were medically evacuated from the hantavirus -hit cruise ship are improving, global...
Ukraine is once again attempting to ignite a diplomatic scandal over Russian grain delivered to the port of Haifa. Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha said Kyiv had summoned Israeli Ambassador Mikhail Brodsky to "demand appropriate measures” regarding a vessel which, according to...
In an interview with Pravda.Ru, Alexander Perendzhiev, member of the expert council of the organization Officers of Russia and associate professor at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, talks about the conflict between the United States and Iran, the situation...
The leader of Sudan's RSF paramilitary said his forces are prepared to fight for decades in their war with the regular army, warning that his fighters remained positioned outside the army-controlled capital. "We do not want this war to continue,"...
The United Nations rights chief demanded on Thursday that Tunisia end widening repression targeting civil society organisations, journalists, rights defenders and opposition figures. "The continued repression and restrictions on civic space by the Tunisian authorities undermine the rights of...
May Day general strike in Italy heralds month of strikes against falling living standards; Unison ends long pay strike at Mining Museum in England to bolster Labour’s chances in local elections; software workers in Israel begin organisational sanctions over contracts;...
Spain summoned Israel's top envoy in Madrid to protest the "unacceptable and intolerable" detention of a Spanish activist from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, the foreign minister said Thursday. The countries' latest diplomatic clash came as Spain decorated the...
1 May 2026 Ian Proud (IP) – I was talking about the old adage that “wars are won by economies not armies”, and I think the war in Iran has slightly refined that phrase, that “wars are won by economics...
GAZA, (PIC) The Asra Media Office said abuses against Palestinian prisoners held in the isolation wing of Janot Prison are escalating amid harsh detention conditions and ongoing medical neglect. In a press statement on Thursday, the Office said prisoners continue to suffer...
When we look at the military landscape today we cannot help but be impressed by the significance of drones on the battlefield. Drones represent an unexpected revolution in military affairs that has dramatically changed the balance of forces on the...
On Thursday 14th May the Dáil will debate a People Before Profit Bill that would impose a series of comprehensive sanctions on the State of Israel for its continued violations of international law, including apartheid, illegal occupation and genocide. The...
Spain's Prime Minister awarded the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestine with its highest civilian honour on Thursday for her work documenting atrocities in the Gaza Strip. Francesca Albanese was awarded the Order of Civil Merit, an...
North Korea has launched dozens of missiles since the start of 2026. The regime is displaying increasingly lethal long-range fires capabilities that have been enabled, in no small part, by Russian security assistance. The post Analysis: Russian security assistance is...
The reigning Miss Israel launched a social media rant after claiming she was "shunned" during an encounter with Rama Duwaji at a coffee shop in Brooklyn over the weekend, accusing the New York first lady of...
An ambitious plan to curb the shipping sector’s emissions survived renewed attempts to wreck it during meetings at the UN’s maritime agency last week, with its backers leaving at least partially buoyant. Observers told Dialogue Earth that slightly more than half...
Iranian strikes damaged or destroyed hundreds of structures and pieces of equipment at US military sites across the Middle East during the war , according to satellite imagery analysed by The Washington Post . The level of destruction across...
The US has announced a new counterterrorism strategy, which claims for the first time ever that the Muslim Brotherhood is the originator of both Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State extremist group. The strategy was announced on Tuesday...
Looking at possible consequences of the Iran war Richard Murphy is an economic justice campaigner. Professor of Accounting at Sheffield University Management School., and Chartered Accountant, and Co-founder of the Green New Deal, as well as blogging at Funding the...
At the recent RISC-V Now by Andes conference, Aion Silicon’s presentation made one thing clear: RISC-V is no longer an emerging alternative but rather rapidly becoming foundational to modern silicon design. This conviction is not theoretical says Oliver Jones, CEO...
Francesca Albanese is one of those persons who never receives one of those innumerable prizes that the Epstein Class gives to each other, but will be a beacon for generations to come Yanis Varoufakis is a Greek economist and politician. He...
Voters across the UK began casting ballots on Thursday in long-awaited local elections widely viewed as a major test for the government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer. With polls predicting difficult results for the ruling...
In a recent interview with Pravda.Ru, military expert Alexander Mikhailov commented on the withdrawal of American troops from Germany, the crisis inside NATO, and the possible refusal by the United States to deploy missiles in Europe. The discussion also covered...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Jerusalem Governorate has warned that the Israeli occupation government will approve next week a project to build a Jewish heritage center on the site of the abandoned Jerusalem International Airport in the town of Qalandia, north of...
Since Israel began repeatedly violating the fragile ceasefire that took effect on 17 April, a new phase of confrontation has taken hold in southern Lebanon, shaped less by large-scale offensives and more by a quiet but highly disruptive...
France's far-right leaders have met the ambassadors of Germany and Israel in recent months as their party, once deemed antisemitic, seeks to court foreign envoys in the run-up to next year's presidential elections. Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration National...
Turkey's peace process with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party has entered a period of stagnation, amid growing disagreements over disarmament, legal reforms, and the future role of jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan. The slowdown comes despite months of...
The film “Everyday in Gaza” has won Best Short Film at Italy ’s most prestigious awards, the David di Donatello – often regarded as the Oscars of Italian cinema. Directed by Palestinian filmmaker Omar Rammal, the 16-minute movie...
Lebanon and Israel will hold a new round of peace talks on May 14-15 in Washington, a US official said Thursday, despite a new Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut . The attack late Wednesday killed a senior...
Beneath a grand dome, pierced by arched windows of stained glass, where ceramic tiles carry the curves of Arabic calligraphy, and white marble columns frame the recesses, accented by intricately carved mashrabiya , the Arab Hall of Leighton...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) Criticism of the PA security forces in the West Bank has intensified following accusations that they continue to pursue a policy of political arrests and the targeting of resistance members and activists, alongside ongoing security coordination with Israel. The...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli forces and settlers escalated attacks Thursday against Palestinian agricultural land in the northern Jordan Valley, southern al-Khalil, and northwest of Nablus through the demolition of agricultural greenhouses, destruction of crops, harassment of farmers and shepherds, and the...
The international art exhibition in Venice has become the arena for a fierce confrontation involving Russia. Brussels is unhappy that the event seeks to unite the peoples of the world, while, in its view, Russia should remain "in isolation.” The Biennale...
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GAZA, (PIC) Three Palestinian police officers were killed and several others were injured on Thursday in an Israeli strike targeting a security site west of Gaza City, amid ongoing Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement and growing threats to resume the...
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