With scientists warning that humanity is closer than ever to catastrophe, Prime Minister Carney is choosing to align Canada with Donald Trump’s military ambitions — heightening nuclear dangers instead of standing up oppose them By Tamara LARINCZ Join us on...
At the TERAFAB launch event in Austin on March 21, Elon Musk made a prediction that would have sounded like science fiction a decade ago—and may still: roughly 80 percent of AI compute will eventually move off-planet. The argument is straightforward...
Gideon Levy believes Israel’s rampant militarism has infected the minds of its entire population. Without an impossible reversal, the Jewish state’s destructive warpath will rage on. As the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran intensifies, the justifications for...
A Palestinian man was shot dead and at least 14 others wounded in a wave of settler attacks across the occupied West Bank on Thursday night, amid a sharp uptick in settler activity. At least five new...
Oil prices rose Friday and stocks were mixed as initial optimism over Donald Trump's decision to again push back a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz petered. The tepid response came as governments around...
Operation Epic Fury has destroyed Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, degraded its navy, killed its supreme leader, and cost the United States at least $900 million per day . These are tactically significant outcomes. However, they do not answer the central...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) An 80 year old Palestinian woman and two of her sons suffered bruises on Friday after armed Jewish settlers attacked their home and assaulted them, before stealing 30 sheep east of al-Khalil. Farid Yarkan, head of the village council of...
GAZA, (PIC) Different Palestinian parties have voiced their rejection of former UN envoy Nicolay Mladenov’s multiphase plan to disarm the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip, calling it “biased in favor of the Israeli occupation.” Mladenov’s plan focuses on an eight-month disarmament...
NAZARETH, (PIC) The Israeli Knesset is pushing a draft law on the execution of Palestinian prisoners to the verge of final approval, after the National Security Committee approved its final version on March 24, 2026, in a step that reintroduces the...
The deadly bombing of an Iranian school spurred "visceral horror", the UN rights chief said Friday, urging Washington to conclude its probe and demanding justice "for the terrible harm done". Speaking at the start of an urgent...
Iraq which is heading towards a civil war that could wipe out U.S. oil investors there. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Trump’s war in Iran continues to cause havoc in the region...
When Russian banks were cut off from SWIFT in 2022, the goal was clear: deliver a fast financial shock. It didn’t quite work that way. Russia kept exporting, oil revenues surged and before long a different narrative began to take...
Israel and Iran have launched fresh waves of attacks as the war launched by the US and Israel nears its fifth week. Israel said on Friday it had conducted "wide-scale" airstrikes in Tehran, while Iran's Revolutionary Guards carried...
By: Jens Kastner - - - - The assassination in Cambodia of Lin Bing-wen, a fugitive billionaire Taiwanese gambling tycoon, is raising speculation in Taipei that Lin was protected and then silenced by powerful political forces. He used social media...
In a striking role reversal, Russia appears to be preparing to supply its embattled partner Iran with one-way attack drones, just as Iran previously supplied Russia to sustain its fight in Ukraine. The Financial Times (FT) reported that Russia is...
By Tania GEORGIOPOULOU Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Amid Iran turmoil, fears grow over destabilization, radicalization, regional migration pressures Greece, like the rest of Europe, may face new refugee arrivals from Iran...
A new wave of corruption in the Ukrainian military amid the suspension of overseas training. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Recently, the Kiev regime halted the regular deployment of troops for training...
TOKYO — News of currency troubles in Thailand has a way of raising blood pressure amongst even the most battle-tested Asian investors. The baht’s dubious honor of being Asia’s worst-performing currency amid surging oil prices is making headlines and triggering...
The United Arab Emirates has told the US and other Western allies it would participate in a multinational maritime taskforce to reopen the Strait of Hormuz , the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people...
Should Iran be able to maintain its choke-hold on the Hormuz, the geo-politics of Asia would be recast in a new strategic reality. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su As we’re now in...
Conserving the watershed of the Tana and improving farming methods is securing water supplies and livelihoods alike in a changing climate When in 2017 David Nyoro became one of the first farmers to partner with Africa’s first water fund to conserve...
Israeli forces are attempting to push deeper into southern Lebanon , as Hezbollah intensifies attacks across multiple fronts, leaving the conflict in a grinding stalemate with no diplomatic resolution in sight. Fighting has centred on the southern...
Book Review by Branko Milanović Odd Arne Westad and Chen Jian’s The Great Transformation: China’s Road from Revolution to Reform is a book about how China transformed itself between the Great Leap Forward and the early reforms laying the basis for...
A woman and her five children have reportedly committed suicide in the northern coastal city of Alexandria, sending shockwaves across the nation and highlighting Egypt's intensifying economic crisis due to current events. The woman and the five children...
Nei giorni scorsi, il presidente Trump e il segretario alla Guerra Hegseth hanno rilasciato dichiarazioni perfettamente convergenti nel delineare un “ruolino di marcia” che secondo la loro ricostruzione stava portando gli Stati Uniti a realizzare costanti...
GAZA, (PIC) Two Palestinian children were injured on Friday by Israeli gunfire east of al‑Maghazi in central Gaza, amid ongoing ceasefire violations. Palestinian media sources reported that two kids sustained bullet injuries after an Israeli army quadcopter opened fire at them during...
A renewed push by Donald Trump to force Iran to the negotiating table has raised optimism in some quarters that Washington and Tehran could soon agree to end the devastating month-long regional war . Three days after threatening...
Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Special Representative for Protection and Operations in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) and Interim Head of MONUSCO, addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning the...
China’s ambassador to ASEAN recently suggested that the current global energy shock triggered by war in the Middle East should be seen not only as a crisis, but as an opportunity to deepen cooperation on the transition to clean energy....
London’s Metropolitan Police have announced that arrests of individuals accused of supporting the banned group Palestine Action will resume, despite an ongoing legal challenge over the UK government’s decision to proscribe the activist network under anti-terror legislation. In...
The Human Rights council, Geneva. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk in an address to the Human Rights Council. By Volker Turk GENEVA, Mar 27 2026 (IPS) More than three weeks after the United States and Israel launched...
US President Donald Trump has again extended his deadline for the "total destruction" of Iranian energy infrastructure, claiming that diplomatic efforts with Tehran are bearing fruit, despite mixed responses from the Islamic Republic. Trump posed on his...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. From “European pillar” to post-American NATODiego Faßnacht reports that European defense thinking is shifting from burden-sharing toward preparing for a...
Piece by late South African artist Dumile Feni is part of new series History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme On the second floor of the Reina Sofía, in the very spot where Picasso’s Guernica was first...
As the world edges closer to breaching key climate thresholds, Caribbean policymakers, scientists and civil society leaders gathered in Saint Lucia this month to coordinate the region’s position ahead of a landmark global meeting on transitioning away from fossil fuels....
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) A Palestinian young man was martyred and two others were injured when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at them during raids in Jerusalem and the West Bank. According to local sources, a young man identified as Mustafa...
By Bashaer Abu Muammar Eid al-Fitr arrives in Gaza like a memory that no longer belongs to the present. The rituals remain, new clothes folded neatly, chocolates arranged for small hands, quiet visits planned between broken streets, but the feeling itself...
Máximo Torero, Chief Economist of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), briefs the Security Council meeting on Conflict-related food insecurity: Framing the global dialogue: addressing food insecurity as a driver of conflict and ensuring food security for sustainable peace. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By...
Despite reports of negotiations between the US and the Iranian regime, the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to most oil tankers, with only a small number of vessels being allowed to pass. The result is a loss of roughly...
By CIVICUS Mar 27 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses Portugal’s presidential runoff election and the rise of the far-right Chega (Enough) party with Jonni Lopes, Executive Director of Academia Cidadã (Citizen Academy) and a Steering Committee member of the European Civic Forum,...
IAI Arrow 3 anti ballistic missile [File photo] Wars are always unpredictable. The most famous instance is of another armada like the US’ in the Persian Gulf at the moment — the Spanish Armada, a 130-ship naval fleet sent by...
- - - - Wang Qishan. AP Photo The investigation of a deputy director of the National Financial Regulatory Administration raises the question whether the trackers are circling his former boss, China’s former anti-corruption czar Wang Qishan, 77. Wang was...
Wars often begin with confidence in distance — through precision strikes, remote control and minimal personnel exposure. It is a familiar American instinct, visible from the early days of the Gulf War to the opening phases of the campaign against ISIS. Air power...
European powers on Thursday accused Russia of helping Iran target US forces in the Middle East war and said they would raise the issue with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers...
Pakistan, along with Türkiye and Egypt, is mediating between the United States and Iran to stop the war. However, analysts see these efforts with skepticism due to the past record. Breakdown of Trust Amid Conflicting Narratives As per reports from...
The World Bank Group said on Thursday it will support client governments as they deal with challenges caused by the Middle East conflict, including increases in energy costs, by leveraging fast-disbursing policy financing instruments. The development lender said in a...
Silicon Valley’s tech titans descended on Washington this week for the Hill and Valley Forum, an all-day event created to bridge the gap between the government and the tech industry. Startup executives, billionaire investors, and government officials alike waited in lines...
Israel’s defense minister said in a statement this week that Israeli forces are working to implement the “Rafah and Beit Hanoun model” in southern Lebanon, sparking fears that Israel is planning to flatten entire towns in an attempt to defeat...
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