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The U.S. is in the midst of an acute mental health crisis . In late May, the Centers for Disease Control reported that 19% of adults have been told by a physician or therapist that they have...

Business & Economy, Health & Wellness, News

The Iran war has laid bare a simple truth about American power: Washington is burning through million‑dollar missiles to shoot down drones that cost a fraction of that – and it can’t afford to fight this way indefinitely. Now...

In-depth

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has defended its approach to determining who qualifies as a journalist, telling The New Arab it has no plans to change its definition following criticism over the removal of Palestinian...

MENA

JD Vance said on Friday that the U.S. wins “either way” in negotiations with Iran. “If we make the final deal, then great,” Vance told HBO’s Bill Maher. “If we don’t make the final deal, their nuclear program...

Column, Courts & Law, Immigration

The Lebanese army said its chief and a senior US military commander discussed on Monday implementing a US-Lebanon-Israel agreement signed last week that aims to halt hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. Lebanon's Rodolphe Haykal received Admiral Brad Cooper, the...

MENA

This story was originally published by Grist . Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here . France has been preparing for climate-fueled heat waves for more than two decades. In 2003, more than 14,800 people died as...

Environment, Europe, Health & Wellness

- - - - Photo by James Wiseman on Unsplash I’ve always thought the idea of reparations was more than a little dumb. It’s not that I think slavery was a good thing or that we shouldn’t...

Polish President Karol Nawrocki made headlines recently for stripping his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, of Poland’s highest honor over Kyiv’s decision to name a military unit after the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (known by the acronym UPA), a partisan formation responsible...

Activism, Column, Europe

Iraq's government has given pro-Iran armed groups in the country until 30 September to disarm, coinciding with the end of the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition's mission, its spokesman said on Monday. The announcement comes ahead of a visit to the...

MENA

RAMALLAH, (PIC) A Palestinian child was martyred after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during a raid in Bireh City’s Umm al‑Sharayet neighborhood in the central West Bank. According to a medical source, 15-year-old Amir Jaber succumbed to a critical...

News, Israeli crimes, Palestinian martyrs

It has been and remains to be about one thing: the ethnic cleansing of Gaza Caitlin Johnstone is a reader-supported independent journalist from Melbourne, Australia. Her political writings can be found on Medium . Articles are re-posted from Caitlins Newsletter ....

Geopolitics, Article, Caitlin Johnstone

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Monday began his first trip to Syria since the December 2024 ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad. Relations between the two countries have faced upheaval since the fall of Assad, who was a...

MENA

European nations are starting to pay attention after a landmark UN resolution, but reparations is about more than symbolic remembrance or returning stolen artefacts • Ghana conference calls for formal apology for transatlantic slave trade In Accra, Europe finally...

Africa, Ghana, Reparations and reparative justice

Abu Obeida, the spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, has applauded the Syrian citizens who confronted Israeli forces in the village of Abdin in southern Syria with simple means, describing them as “courageous people.” “They stood firm, refusing to yield to...

News, Abu Obeida, Israeli aggression

Andy Burnham, Britain's prime minister-in-waiting , vowed on Monday to deliver radical change to the nation's politics by handing more power to its regions and encouraging collaboration over argument in a 10-year mission to spur "good" growth. In a speech...

World

La historia nos enseña que fue posible planear una guerra utilizando flechas persas diseñadas específicamente para acabar con Craso y las legiones romanas. Únete a nosotros en Telegram , X y VK . Escríbenos: info@strategic-culture.su En esta calle oscura,...

Español, Energy, History

When a small team at Intel began work on its second-generation 8-bit microcontroller in the summer of 1978, they took lessons from their first effort, the 8048, hoping to create something more flexible and enduring. Approaching five decades later, their...

CAST, IP, 8051

The global tech landscape no longer resembles a global village; it is a fractured theater of war. Data sovereignty laws are carving the Internet into digital fiefdoms—a reality underscored by President Donald Trump’s explosive threat to slap 100...

Labor, Trade, & Finance, AI, China

When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters last week that Iran’s missile programme and regional proxies “most certainly will come up in these conversations” during his three-day Gulf tour, Tehran quickly pushed back, making clear that...

Analysis

A fragile calm returned to the village of Abdin in Syria's western Daraa countryside on Monday after Israeli forces withdrew following the largest military escalation in the area in recent months. Israeli troops pulled back overnight from Tal al-Maghar...

MENA

Iraqi security forces have arrested at least 53 current and former politicians, lawmakers and government officials in a sweeping anti-corruption campaign launched by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, with authorities signalling that more than 100 suspects could ultimately face arrest. The...

MENA

WEST BANK, (PIC) The occupied West Bank is witnessing an unprecedented acceleration in the pace of Israeli settlement expansion, as this issue has turned into the most prominent headline of Israel’s policies aimed at deciding the conflict on the ground. The plans...

Reports, Annexation policy, West Bank

Russia has now made the strategic decision in response to prepare for war in Europe Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Stategic Culture Foundation The de-escalation framework that unfolded...

Geopolitics, Alastair Crooke, Article

How Azov, founded by far-right ideologue Andriy Biletsky, went from white supremacist militia to a celebrated part of Norway’s Ukraine solidarity – and the uncomfortable truths being whitewashed. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact...

Editor's Choice, Nazism, Ukraine

It’s almost hard to remember nowadays, but before the pandemic a lot of us were worried about falling business dynamism in the United States. For whatever reason, Americans just weren’t starting companies — either high-growth startups or small businesses — at the...

Technology, AI Fraud, AI Job Creation

Türkiye hopes for a reset with the European Union during the upcoming Irish presidency — after a six-month deadlock with the Greek Cypriot presidency — and views the visit by three senior EU officials to Ankara as an indication of...

Türkiye

What sets human beings apart from other life forms is the possession of cognitive assets that makes them unique. One such asset is morality. Unfortunately, the West is currently demonstrating a decline of collective morality. Mahatma Gandhi, the Indian social...

Africa, Politics, Africa: Overcoming the Legacy of Colonialism

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers escorted by police officers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Monday morning and later in the afternoon, amid tight restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources,...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian described the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement with the United States as a "significant achievement" and a "major victory" for his country, as it resulted in the lifting of a number of...

MENA

By Elena GUTIÉRREZ Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Cubans have lived through decades of U.S.-imposed deprivation. People in the U.S. now experiencing it themselves could learn from the resilience of their neighbors....

Editor's Choice, Cuba, Imperialism

When the United States and Iran announced an interim peace agreement after weeks of escalating conflict, something shifted in Sanaa. Houthi rhetoric moved, visibly and quickly, into victory-lap mode. The movement's leadership was no longer speaking the language of...

Inside MENA

When the United States and Iran announced an interim peace agreement after weeks of escalating conflict, something shifted in Sanaa. Houthi rhetoric moved, visibly and quickly, into victory-lap mode. The movement's leadership was no longer speaking the language of...

Inside MENA

Lebanon's US-backed framework agreement with Israel has triggered warnings from legal experts over whether Beirut may be limiting its ability to pursue Israel for war crimes committed on Lebanese territory. The concern centres on Article 13 of the agreement, signed...

MENA

The president of Saudi Arabia's Football Federation has announced his resignation after the Green Falcons were knocked out of the World Cup in the first round. Saudi Arabia finished bottom of Group H with two points, after...

Sports

Hezbollah has vowed to block the implementation of the US-backed framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel, as a majority of Lebanese political parties rejected or criticised the deal. In comments to The New Arab, senior Hezbollah...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,058 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Monday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...

News, death toll, Gaza Strip

The number of Iranian cyberattacks against Israel has tripled since the launch of the US-Israeli offensive against Iran this year, a senior Israeli security official was quoted as saying on Monday. Yossi Karadi, Director General of Israel's National Cyber...

MENA

Where the MOU is leading to Craig Murray is a British former diplomat, political activist, human rights campaigner, blogger, and whistleblower Cross-posted from Craig Murray’s Blog Kronborg Castle in Helsingor The provisional surrender document signed by Donald...

Economics, Energy, Geopolitics

Wall Street has spent nearly two decades operating on a flawed assumption about China’s financial intentions. Eventually, Beijing would want what Washington has: the world’s reserve currency, the deepest capital markets and the extraordinary geopolitical advantages that come with financial...

China, Block 2, China De-Dollarization

The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a complaint with the US Department of Justice against the Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir over war crimes and abuses against Palestinians. In a statement on Saturday, the...

World

Questo momento rappresenta un grande successo strategico per l’Iran: un’immagine eroica si sta diffondendo in tutto il mondo, mentre l’isolamento di Israele sulla questione iraniana, anche tra i suoi alleati del Golfo, si è accentuato. Segue nostro Telegram . È...

Italiano, Diplomacy, Donald Trump

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank last night and at dawn Monday, raiding homes and kidnaping a number of Palestinian citizens. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped two citizens from Bethlehem City...

News, Arrests, IOF raids

Middle East producers are pushing ahead with loading oil and liquefied natural gas despite fresh ship attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and renewed strikes between the US and Iran in recent days, shipping data showed. Energy...

Energy
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