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By CIVICUS Jul 13 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS speaks about efforts to use the 2026 FIFA World Cup to highlight Mexico’s enforced disappearance crisis with Ana Enamorado, a Honduran national who continues to search for her missing son in Mexico, and founder of...

Security Council. Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías By Shihana Mohamed NEW YORK, Jul 13 2026 (IPS) As the United Nations (UN) Security Council prepares for its first round of closed-door straw polls this month to select the tenth Secretary-General, the organization stands at a...

By: Thai Scam Watch - - - - Photo courtesy of Amnesty International In April, Thai Police Lt. Gen. Jirabhop “Kong” Bhuridej, boss of the Thai government’s new “Anti Cyber Scam Center,” was photographed having lunch in a Bangkok restaurant with a notorious Cambodian cyberscam center...

The US military on Sunday said it had launched a new wave of attacks against Iran, after renewed fighting over the Strait of Hormuz saw several of Washington's Gulf allies targeted by incoming fire. The latest salvo by US forces began...

There are 22 women representatives in the new Syrian parliament – the first to sit since the overthrow of the Assad regime in 2024 – out of a total of 210 members. Their appearance at the first session of the parliament...

On Sunday morning, Qatari authorities announced the death of the country’s former Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani , who passed away at the age of 75. In accordance with Muslim customs, funeral services were held on Sunday evening at...

Lo scorso 24 giugno, il «Financial Times» ha ospitato un editoriale vergato dal primo ministro canadese Mark Carney e dal suo omologo lussemburghese Luc Frieden in cui proponeva la creazione della cosiddetta Defence, Security and Resilience Bank Segue nostro Telegram . Lo...

Presidente da Finlândia diz que Ucrânia está forte para negociar. Mas Rússia avança em Kharkov e Donbass. Países pequenos falam grosso, longe da guerra. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , X e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Alexander Stubb, presidente da Finlândia,...

By Thomas S. KARAT Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su There was a time when the arms dealer waited in the corridor. He financed the campaign, endowed the think tank, took the general to dinner, and...

A shorter declaration masks deeper tensions, as Washington pushes to reshape NATO’s role from Europe to West Asia and Asia-Pacific. Mehmet Ali GULLER Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The six-point final declaration of the NATO Ankara...

The same bureaucrats who talk about “war with Russia” are afraid of a simple revolver. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su At the recent NATO summit, what appeared to be a minor episode ultimately exposed some of the...

PEN America, once a fearless advocate on behalf of persecuted writers around the globe, has become a shill for Zionism and American imperialism. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New...

Iraq's efforts to bring all weapons under exclusive state control are facing resistance from powerful Iran-aligned armed factions, which say they will not disarm without guarantees over their future security, political status and the withdrawal of US forces from the...

Israeli settlers have established new outposts in the occupied West Bank while carrying out a series of attacks against Palestinian communities, including Bedouin villages in the Jordan Valley, amid Israeli military raids and arrests in several governorates. Hassan Malihat, general supervisor...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) have called on members of Congress to publicly condemn the reported arrest of US Representative Ro Khanna by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank this week. Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers...

In his message to Congress asking for a declaration of war against Germany and thereby bringing the United States into World War I, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed “The world must be made safe for democracy.” Yet a war to ostensibly...

The UK and other European countries are reportedly considering a proposal to introduce non-compulsory navigation charges in the Strait of Hormuz as diplomatic efforts involving Qatar, Iran and Oman continue to explore ways to reopen the strategic waterway. Several UK Labour...

Syria's newly elected People's Assembly convened its inaugural session on Sunday and elected its first speaker, marking the launch of the first legislative body formed since the ousting of former president Bashar al-Assad. The session comes under the Constitutional Declaration outlining...

Die Bundesanwaltschaft wertet die Sprengung der Nord Stream 2-Pipeline als Kriegsverbrechen und erhebt Anklage gegen Ukrainer. Die Bundesregierung will daraus aber keine Konsequenzen ziehen. Wieso? Die Bundesanwaltschaft hat einen entscheidenden Schritt getan: Generalbundesanwalt Jens Rommel wirft dem mutmaßlichen Nord-Stream-Saboteur Serhij K....

TEHRAN, (PIC) US forces launched a large-scale aggression on Iran, in a new escalation to which Iranian forces responded by targeting US military sites in the Gulf on Sunday. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced the completion of a new round of...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who had just returned from another trip to Ukraine to pledge U.S. assistance to its war with Russia, has died of a "brief and sudden" illness. His office has not released any additional details. He was...

Iran said Sunday it was closing the Strait of Hormuz and launched missiles and drones at Gulf neighbours after the US carried out a new round of strikes as their conflict escalated . The latest exchange of fire was sparked by...

Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has announced a joint German-French initiative for Lebanon, which he said seeks to improve the prospects for peace in the region, as analysts believe European powers are seeking a greater role in shaping the country's...

Chas Freeman summarizes the last 500 years of human history and offers some “fearless predictions” for the future. Ambassador Freeman chairs Projects International, Inc. He is a retired U.S. defense official, diplomat, and interpreter Cross-posted from Chas Freeman’s Substack Photo licensed under the...