Many voices in Europe are now saying that Europe should have separated from America long ago, but as always, it is too late. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The European political leaders...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said Friday he is working to keep his country away from conflict, against the backdrop of the US-Israeli war on Iran , stressing that his government is on good terms with all regional...
Michael Randrianirina, who sacked PM and cabinet without explanation, claims measure is to root out corruption Madagascar’s military president has said new ministers will have to pass lie detector tests to root out corrupt candidates, after he dismissed the prime minister...
The number of Iranians crossing into Turkey has dropped by about a third since the war began, with Tehran now restricting them from crossing the frontier, Turkey's interior minister said late Thursday. "Since the start of the...
The spokesperson for Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Ali Mohammad Naini, was killed in US-Israeli strikes on Friday. The IRGC said in a statement on their Spah News website that Naini "was...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has congratulated the Palestinians at home and abroad and the Muslim Ummah on the Eid al-Fitr occasion, calling for providing more support for the Palestinian people during these blessed days. In a statement on Friday, Hamas called...
The Sindh government has started distributing solar home systems to 200,000 low-income households under the Sindh Solar Energy Project to improve electricity access. Credit: Sindh People’s Housing for Flood Affectees By Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, Pakistan, Mar 20 2026 (IPS) Energy expert...
Sergio CARARO Segue nostro Telegram . La popolazione dell’UE contro la guerra. La persistenza e la consistenza della quota di popolazione contraria nonostante tutto al riarmo e al militarismo, rappresenta una base sociale per opporsi a questo piano inclinato verso...
Sudhi Kumar (51) is a fisher from Kovalam, India, who has been harpoon-fishing for over 30 years. Credit: Bharath Thampi/IPS By Bharath Thampi THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Mar 20 2026 (IPS) Sudhi Kumar animatedly moves his hands, resembling a graceful dance performance, as he...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. No surprises from Japan as risks mount Scott Foster reports that Japan’s economy is coming under mounting pressure from higher...
Another good update concerning the US/Israeli war of aggression against Iran – 20 March Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and former planner and advisor at the US State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. As an...
By Mohammad Rakibul Hasan DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 20 2026 (IPS-Partners) My Name is Dhaka is a one-minute experimental film portraying Dhaka as a living, breathing entity with a 400-year history. Through a reflective voice, the city recounts its transformations, crises, and...
The Strait of Hormuz has long been treated as a narrow maritime chokepoint with outsized strategic value. But in moments of crisis, it becomes something more than a shipping lane: it becomes leverage. If recent reports are accurate that Iran...
Credit: Michaela Stache/AFP By Samuel King BRUSSELS, Belgium, Mar 20 2026 (IPS) When German Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened the 62nd Munich Security Conference by declaring that the post-war rules-based order ‘no longer exists’, there was plenty of evidence to...
A number of households are settling along the bank of a river in West Java, Indonesia. Geospatial data are critical in improving the management of water resources. Credit: Pexels/Tom Fisk By Kareff Rafisura, Orbita Roswintiarti and Huang Qi BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar...
TOKYO – South Korea is taking Milton Friedman’s “never let a crisis go to waste” edict to new heights — literally. In his 1962 book “Capitalism and Freedom”, the Nobel laureate argued that emergencies are the perfect moment to implement destabilizing...
Fire after air strike at an oil storage facility in Tehran Less than three weeks into the aggression against Iran since February 28, which the US President Donald Trump called a “little excursion”, the war is assuming a scenario that...
Price of Gas in Bradenton, FL on March 13, 2026 Price of Gas in Bradenton, FL on March 20 The short answer to the question posed in the title of this article… I don’t know. I do know that some...
With the recent outbreak of hostilities in the Persian Gulf, the focus of international attention has returned to one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints: the Strait of Hormuz. Roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes through this narrow...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s high-stakes meeting with President Donald Trump began with a warm embrace and opening remarks that established a favorable mood. Takaichi declared that “Donald” is the only person who can achieve peace and prosperity throughout the world, and...
In recent days, Israel and the United States have expressed outrage over the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians and civilian residences and infrastructure in Israel and the Gulf by Iranian forces. They have cited the illegality of such attacks,...
Ukraine's drive to join the European Union is facing increasing frustration. The obstacles are no longer coming from Russia, which has dropped its objection to Ukraine joining the EU: a key concession that grants a core demand of the Maidan...
If you have followed American foreign policy debates over the past three decades, you will have noticed a peculiar and remarkably durable ritual: the periodic rediscovery that Iran is on the verge of doing something catastrophic to the United States....
The US military's request for $200 billion in additional funding for the Iran war met with stiff opposition in the US Congress on Thursday, as Democrats and even some Republicans questioned the need for the money after large...
Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia's largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel's offensive in Gaza . Some in Australia's Muslim and...
Protesters heckled and booed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia's largest mosque for Eid al-Fitr prayers, voicing anger over his stance on ally Israel's offensive in Gaza . Some in Australia's Muslim and...
European Union leaders called on Thursday for temporary measures to mitigate the impact of a surge in energy prices caused by the Iran war , with electricity tax cuts, lower grid fees and state support put forward as possible...
Tunisian anti-racism activist Saadia Mosbah , in prison for nearly two years on financial misconduct charges, was sentenced on Thursday to eight years behind bars, her lawyer told AFP . The 66-year-old had been at the forefront of defending...
By: Ainur Rohmah - - - - Photo from Jakarta Globe As global tensions ripple through energy markets and financial systems, President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship child nutrition program is coming under intensifying scrutiny at home. What began as an ambitious...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel and the United States were "winning" the war against Iran , with the Islamic republic "decimated" and unable to enrich uranium or manufacture ballistic missiles. In an English-language press conference,...
Reagan Carney, a really fine young man with whom we go to church, told me a few days ago that the University of Tennessee Young Republicans had a board on which members could express their opinions about the war in...
When Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched their military aggression against Iran on February 28, they appeared convinced that the war would be swift. Netanyahu reportedly assured Washington that the campaign would deliver a decisive strategic victory – one capable...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday renewed his call for a truce and the opening of negotiations with Israel to stop the war between it and Hezbollah, during a meeting with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot . Lebanon...
Between March 17 and March 19, Iran and its allied militias continued launching drones, missiles, and rockets across the Middle East. The attacks targeted energy infrastructure, airports, military bases, diplomatic facilities, and residential areas in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab...
Ziyad Motala, Professor of Law, Howard Law School A Troubling Spectacle A troubling spectacle continues during the nightly prayers of Ramadhan. In Islam’s holiest mosques, supplications lavish praise upon the Saudi ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, and seek divine favour for the...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sailed smoothly past a potential clash with Donald Trump over Iran on Thursday, though the US president whipped up a bit of a storm about Pearl Harbor. Days after lashing out at US allies...
With incompatible war aims, no definition of victory, and a battlefield that keeps expanding, the US-Israel onslaught is doomed – and Iran only needs to survive to prevail Sami Al-Arian is the Director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs...
OpenClaw, an open-source artificial intelligence (AI) agent formerly known as Moltbot and Clawdbot, has gone viral in China in recent weeks, partly boosted by promotional campaigns from Tencent and Alibaba. More than a chatbot, it can handle emails, schedules and...
On 18 February this year, management at the Kayelekera uranium mine in northern Malawi circulated a notice to employees and contractors assuring them that the site’s water supply was safe. “Please be advised that the latest water quality test...
The president of Iran's football federation said his country would "boycott the United States, but not the World Cup" as it attempts to move its group stage matches south of the border to Mexico. Mehdi Taj drew the distinction...
Stefano BRIGANTI Segue nostro Telegram . A marzo 2022 l’Europa aveva due scelte. Ognuno ha la libertà e il diritto di fare le proprie scelte, ma poi deve accettarne le conseguenze Sia come sia, in un modo o nell’altro, anche...
FIFA fined the Israeli Football Association (IFA) 150,000 Swiss francs ($190,700) on Thursday for "multiple breaches" of its anti-discrimination obligations. A report by the disciplinary committee of world football's governing body found the IFA "failed to take meaningful action against...
India condemned strikes on energy facilities in the Gulf as "unacceptable" on Thursday, warning they risk worsening global energy flows. Iran hit the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Qatar on Thursday in retaliation for...
The developments of the past 24 hours may prove a turning point in this war: Israel and America’s escalation by striking oil facilities at the Qatari-Iranian Pars field, and in Asaluyeh , Iran's massive retaliation against oil and gas...
Genocidal Nazi Germans are shitting their pants. Yesterday they announced that they will no longer support the Zionists Nazis at the International Court of Justice. Annalena “Butcher” Baerbock, Robert Habeck, and Olaf Scholz should still be charged at the International...
The strike came in response to Israel’s attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field, which marked Tel Aviv’s first time targeting the Islamic Republic’s gas infrastructure Read Article HERE (Photo credit: X) The post The Cradle: Iranian missile hits...
The economic and financial consequences of the Epstein Class’s war of aggression against Iran. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from Michael Roberts’ blog Photo: Screen Grab – Dubai The...
In over two weeks of war, unmanned weapons systems have become the backbone of Iran’s strategy , targeting military bases, energy facilities, ports, and shipping lanes - and, crucially, the sense of security on which the Gulf states’...
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