When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the G-7 summit in Evian, France, last week, he was ready with his latest set of military and economic requests. Near the top of his list was a new item: a license to...
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Even if the framework agreement to end the U.S.-Israel-Iran War is successful, economic fallout from the conflict will persist at least through the end of the year. And the consequences for the global economic system — particularly the centrality of...
When the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Trump administration and the Iranian government leaked last week, lawmakers from both parties said they looked forward to reviewing it. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a strong supporter of the war with...
On June 18, Iran and the U.S. signed an agreement, titled the “Islamabad Memorandum,” which committed both countries to an immediate and permanent end to hostilities, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and 60 days of negotiations to reach...
By: Khanh Vu Duc - - - - Jennifer Wicks McNamara The June 19 swearing-in of Jennifer Wicks McNamara, a career professional rather than a political appointee, as the first female US Ambassador to Vietnam is more than a diplomatic...
The United States on Monday warned that "mass atrocities" could soon be perpetrated in Sudan as paramilitary forces encircle the city of El-Obeid , with Washington echoing fears expressed by the United Nations. The majority-Muslim southern city, in...
A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and stabilise southern Syria have stalled nearly a year after deadly sectarian violence in a Druze-majority province shook the country. A UN investigation in March...
Clarence Thomas, Unbound
Full ArticleClarence Thomas went more than 10 years without asking a single substantive question from the bench. His silence between 2006 and 2016 prompted commentators to call his courtroom quietude embarrassing, a sign of fatigue and a...
Hormuz piega Washington: l’accordo con l’Iran certifica il fallimento strategico di Trump
Full ArticleL’intesa tra Stati Uniti e Iran non è il trionfo diplomatico rivendicato da Trump, ma la prova del fallimento della coercizione imperiale. Washington non ha piegato Teheran: ha dovuto accettare la fine del blocco e il ritorno alla diplomazia. Segue...
In the jigsaw puzzle of Middle East peace talks under way, Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun is trying to remind the warring parties in the current Middle East wars that his country is important, too. He worries because two powerful adversaries,...
A deposition chamber drops out of production at 2 a.m. Forty minutes later it is back, the dashboard flips from red to green, and two people want opposite things. The operations-center operator has a step starving downstream and wants the...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank /PNN/ Palestinian officials in the town of Beit Fajjar are urging European and international representatives to intervene to end the ongoing closure of the town’s main entrance, calling for immediate action and inviting foreign delegations to...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced on Monday that the death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon has risen to 4,175 killed while 12,164 others were injured since March 2. In its daily report, the ministry said 49 additional victims...
JENIN, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have continued excavation and land-clearing operations for the seventh consecutive day in the Al-Jabriyat neighborhood of central Jenin as part of plans to establish a new military base in the area. Local sources reported that...
Hamas: Important understandings reached with mediators on Gaza peace plan implementation
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said his Movement and other Palestinian factions held a series of intensive meetings with mediators over the past week to discuss mechanisms for implementing the Gaza peace plan, adding that the consultations resulted in important...
“Keir Starmer ends as he started: with lies.” Oscar Rickett is a news editor and reporter at Middle East Eye. He has previously written and worked for the Guardian, Vice, openDemocracy, ITN, Africa Confidential and the Africa Report. Cross-posted from...
‘As pundits rush to portray Keir Starmer as a ‘decent man’ overwhelmed by events, they overlook the defining feature of his political career: a willingness to deceive and betray in pursuit of power.’ In Tribune . Read the article...
The World Cup has highlighted the problems of hyper-commercialisation and sportswashing in football, but the problems ultimately run much deeper than FIFA. Alessio Giussani is the editor-in-chief of the Green European Journal . Cas Mudde is a Dutch professor of political science...
Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has at long last resigned, outlining a timetable for his departure from Downing Street. His exit marks the end of a tenure that has done lasting damage to both people at home...
Hazim Faisal Abusondos – I am a doctor in the occupied West Bank. Our hospitals are dying.
Full ArticleThe West Bank is being deliberately made unbearable to live in, as part of Israel’s ethnic cleansing plan. Dr Hazim Faisal Abusondos is a physician in the emergency room and oncology ward at Dura Hospital in the occupied West Bank,...
Huey Long is one of my favorite politicians — likely because Yours Truly is a Socialist-cum-Populist. Way back in the 1930s, just about when a certain Mustachio was arising, The Kingfish reportedly said: "I don't know much about Hitler. Except that last...
China hit back at Washington on Monday with a sweeping two-pronged retaliation, barring government departments from buying products from 46 US defense contractors and blacklisting 10 American companies from receiving Chinese dual-use exports. The Ministry of Finance announced that procurement...
Marwan Barghouti and the World Cup
Full ArticleDid you know that Marwan Barghouti supports Brazil with all his heart at every World Cup ? Did you know, too, that he is a devoted Real Madrid fan? Let me tell you something about the human side...
Our Ocean Conference: After Mombasa – Will Africa and the World Make Ocean Promises Real?
Full ArticleBy James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Jun 22 2026 (IPS) « James Alix Michel warns that without real finance and precaution, ocean pledges risk remaining only on paper. » Now that the lights have dimmed in Mombasa and the delegations have gone...
A wave of strange property attacks targeting Jewish sites in Canada is attributed to apolitical youth paid in crypto. The violence follows the same playbook seen in Australia and the UK. While Iran and Palestine solidarity campaigners are blamed, Israel...
Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused Israel of interfering in Sunday's presidential election, alleging that the country's National Registry systems were compromised in a bid to influence the outcome, which saw far-right candidate Aberaldo de la...
The dispute over whether the Strait of Hormuz is open or closed has become the first major test of a new US -Iran mechanism intended to keep one of the world's most important shipping lanes...
Cuba has announced sweeping economic changes that, despite constitutional guarantees of socialism, introduce measures commonly associated with capitalism. The reforms come amid mounting economic pressure and, according to observers, reflect not only longstanding U.S. demands but also encouragement from Russia...
This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning newsroom. A businessman with ties to Chinese military contractors was among the overseas investors who acquired stakes in SpaceX while it was still a private company. An entity linked to...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has called on the Israeli occupation authority to immediately release three pregnant Palestinian women, affirming they are among 93 female detainees currently held under harsh and tragic conditions inside Damon jail. According to a statement...
How Assad-era trials will test Syria's transition
Full ArticleSyria 's first public trials of prominent Assad-era figures could help define the country's post-Assad transition, rights advocates told The New Arab , as authorities announced dates for proceedings against several senior figures accused of war crimes and abuses...
As semiconductor complexity accelerates across AI, automotive, and edge computing markets, SoC architecture has become a critical determinant of commercial success. Modern silicon programs must simultaneously achieve aggressive performance-per-watt targets, support evolving workloads, and maintain manageable development… com/semiconductor-services/aion-silicon/369777-aion-silicon-architecting-smarter-socs-with-risc-v-balancing-performance-flexibility-and-risk/">AION Silicon: Architecting...
EUA compraram votos na ONU contra Venezuela: lobby no Conselho de Segurança, chantagem a países pobres e manipulação de resoluções para justificar invasão. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Os anos de...
The most important question about the US-Israel-Iran war is no longer one of who has lost. It is obvious that everyone has lost but that Iran has lost less badly than the others. Nor is it important to ask how...
Less than two years after winning a thumping parliamentary majority, albeit with a record-low voter turnout and a vote share of just 33%, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his exit from office. Starmer, a human rights...
A defiant Iran held Belgium to a 0-0 draw in Sunday evening's group-stage match in Los Angeles, leaving them second in Group G despite the challenges and disruptions they have faced in the lead-up to the World Cup. Iran...
This story was originally published by ProPublica . After the Trump administration upended the U.S. Agency for International Development last year, terminating thousands of programs and firing nearly all of its staff, its plan for the...
The new Dark Ages
Full Article- - - - Photo by Bernhard Dinger on Unsplash I’m a history buff. There are a few different eras that I’m fascinated by, and the medieval period of Europe is certainly one of the biggies for...
Tail wags dog
Full ArticleBy Martin SIEFF Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The great Martin Sieff on what ails the faltering American Empire. It should be cold comfort indeed, but the successive inability of one US...
The debates in the Senate and House Armed Services Committees this month over this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Pentagon’s annual authorization bill, were anything but business as usual. Perhaps the biggest shift in tone and substance was...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel Tuesday through Thursday to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain, on a trip that will give the Trump administration a chance to sell its preliminary Iran accord...
The United States temporarily suspended sanctions on Iranian oil on Monday after Vice President JD Vance said Iran would let UN nuclear inspectors return to the country, following talks in Switzerland . Last week, Tehran and Washington signed...
The United States temporarily suspended sanctions on Iranian oil on Monday as Tehran denied claims by Vice President JD Vance that Iran would let UN nuclear inspectors return to the country, following talks in Switzerland . Last week,...
Congress is preparing to surrender American sovereignty on the eve of America’s 250th anniversary
Full ArticleBy Dennis KUCINICH and Elizabeth KUCINICH Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Take Action to Defeat a Dangerous Expansion of the National Security State, Military Power Over Civilian Government, Foreign Policy Entrenchment, and the...
The Occupied Territories Bill is moving through the Oireachtas right now – and the government is still trying to leave services out. This would allow the majority of trade with Israel’s illegal settlements to continue untouched, making a mockery of...
GAZA, (PIC) Raghad Ashour did not know that Monday morning would bring the end to a dream that had accompanied her for long years, and that her name would be added to the list of martyrs before she could achieve her...
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,...
Declining to sell state shares in Alexandria Container and Cargo Handling Company (ALCN), the government has confirmed it will maintain its stake after Abu Dhabi Ports Group submitted a mandatory purchase offer to buy the government’s stake in the company...
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