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A former Assad security official accused of human rights abuses during the 2011 Syrian uprising denied all charges against him during the second session of his ongoing trial on 10 May. Atef Najib - the cousin of...

MENA

By Anis RAISS Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The story Washington wants you to believe is simple. The Iran war broke the Persian Gulf’s economy, and the US is throwing its allies a...

Editor's Choice, Economy, Iran

Imprisoned Marwan Barghouti topped preliminary elections for the Central Committee of Fatah by a wide margin, according to unofficial early results released following the movement’s eighth conference. The results reinforce the jailed leader’s enduring popularity among Fatah...

MENA

LONDON, (PIC) Pro-Palestine demonstrations and cultural actions swept several European cities on Saturday as activists marked the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and worsening conditions across the West Bank. While official silence prevailed in much...

News, Eurovision, Nakba anniversary

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf , who recently emerged as a chief negotiator in talks with the United States, has been appointed to oversee relations with China , Iranian media reported on Sunday. "Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has recently...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) The Global Sumud Flotilla seeking to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip is continuing its journey across the Mediterranean despite Israeli threats to intercept the vessels and prevent them from reaching the besieged enclave. The Sumud Flotilla, which includes...

News, Gaza Strip, Global Sumud Flotilla

GAZA, (PIC) Four Palestinians were martyred and others were wounded on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, while another citizen died of critical injuries sustained in a previous attack, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the 220th consecutive day. According to...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

WEST BANK, (PIC) A Palestinian teenager was injured and several citizens were kidnaped after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank last night and at dawn Sunday. According to local sources, a 17‑year‑old boy was injured by...

News, Arrests, IOF raids

Jerusalem’s Palestinian governorate Saturday warned of a "new colonial" Israeli plan to seize dozens of properties near Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, threatening Palestinian inhabitants. In a statement, the governorate said Israeli authorities are preparing to approve...

MENA

There is something deeply fascinating about Chinese geopolitics, something that traces its origins back to the ancient mythologies of China’s millennia-old civilization. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Passing through the Gate There...

Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

GAZA, (PIC) For decades, the Zionist occupation state has pursued the policy of assassinations as one of its most important security and military tools in confronting the Palestinian resistance factions, targeting political and military leaders alike, in an attempt to disrupt...

Zionist Terrorism, Gaza Strip, Israeli assassinations

La retorica meloniana sul “governo che abbassa le tasse” serve dunque a coprire una verità meno raccontabile: i salari reali stagnano, il costo della vita aumenta, i servizi pubblici vengono progressivamente impoveriti e nel frattempo la quota di ricchezza sottratta...

Italiano, Economy, Giorgia Meloni

A Palestinian-owned dog that was brutally beaten by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank on Friday is now recovering and being treated for severe wounds. The Israeli settler was captured in video footage brutally clubbing the dog,...

MENA

China defies U.S. sanctions on Iran, declaring them void. With Russia and Iran, the multipolar triumvirate ends Western hegemony and reshapes global power. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The Western world often...

Americas, Asia-Pacific, Diplomacy

The UK announced on Sunday the deployment of a low-cost missile system in the Middle East, allegedly aimed at protecting its citizens and regional partners from drone attacks, as tensions continue to simmer between the US ,...

MENA

US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran again over its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz , posting an AI-generated picture on his Truth Social platform with Iranian-flagged naval vessels warning, "It Was The Calm Before the...

MENA

On 14 April, a court in Campobasso, southern Italy, sentenced Ahmad Salem, a Palestinian asylum seeker, to four years in prison. The decision followed a now-familiar pattern in Italian – and, more broadly, European – courts: charges...

EU politics, Geopolitics, National Politics

WEST BANK, (PIC) Hordes of extremist Jewish settlers launched attacks in different areas of the West Bank yesterday and on Sunday morning, injuring a number of Palestinian citizens and damaging property. According to media sources, five Palestinians were injured on Sunday morning...

News, Jewish terrorism, Settler crimes

At the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi, Jean‑Wilfried Kemajou, country brand manager for the Republic of Benin, delivered a pointed message in the presence of presidents William Ruto and Emmanuel Macron. Africa’s transformation is real, he argued, but the story...

Society

GAZA, (PIC) Three Palestinian civilians were martyred and others were injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Saturday. According to media sources, a young man was killed and others were wounded in an Israeli strike near Abu Hussein School in...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

GAZA, (PIC) The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, announced on Saturday that it will hold a second round of elections to choose its leader. In a brief press statement, Hamas said it had conducted a first round of voting to elect the head...

News, Hamas elections, Hamas Movement

President Donald Trump departed China on May 15, 2026, after a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that was scrutinized from every angle for clues on where the relationship is heading. Trump hailed the trip as “incredible,” while Xi...

US-China, Block 2, Davidson Window

China’s accelerating missile buildup is increasingly turning industrial capacity, stockpile depth, and sustained precision-strike capability into decisive factors in the emerging military balance over Taiwan and the wider Indo-Pacific. This month, Bloomberg reported that China sharply accelerated missile production in...

Military, Block 1, Chinese Missiles

- - - - Years before supply chains, overfishing, environmental depletion, and geopolitical influence became everyday global talking points, Asia Sentinel was already reporting on how China’s growing economic and industrial appetite was reshaping the world around it. Reading these stories...

I thought it would be useful to highlight the reporting and analysis of the New York Times , the Washington Post and Politico regarding President Donald Trump’s trip to China. I read it so you...

Larry C. Johnson

Comoros announced the temporary suspension on Saturday of new fuel prices introduced in response to the Iran war, backing down after the hikes prompted demonstrations and deadly clashes across the East African archipelago. The announcement came after one person was...

MENA

Outspoken Spanish star Javier Bardem told AFP he was "getting more work than ever" despite his public campaigning against Israel's war on Gaza, something he attributed to "the narrative changing" around the war. At the last Oscars...

World

FIFA Secretary-General Mattias Grafstrom held a constructive and positive meeting with Iran's FA (FFIRI) President Mehdi Taj on Saturday, he told Reuters , expressing confidence about the country's participation at this year's World Cup. Iran is scheduled to...

Sports

Bulgaria wins the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with the party anthem Bangaranga , beating 24 other countries with 516 points, while protests went underway over Israel's participation in the contest over its war on Gaza. Dara,...

World

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) welcomes two new board members Board Additions Bring Decades of Legal Excellence and Deep-Rooted Commitment to Arab American Civil Rights The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) today announces the appointment of two new members to its Board of...

American Arabs, Civil Rights, Culture

Il sorpasso storico delle riserve auree sui titoli del Tesoro americano segna la fine dell’unipolarismo monetario. Dalle banche centrali di Pechino e Nuova Delhi al rimpatrio francese, anatomia di una transizione che nessun comunicato ufficiale ha il coraggio di chiamare...

Italiano, China, Economy

France's justice minister will head to Algeria next week to discuss improving cooperation and the fate of a detained French journalist, his office said Saturday, as ties warm following a diplomatic spat. "The purpose of this trip is to...

World

Israel launched a massive series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite an extension of the truce between the two countries. Israel claims it is targeting Hezbollah, but the strikes were preceded by an evacuation warning covering nine...

MENA

The first time one truly stands before a Ming-style horseshoe-back armchair, a quiet misperception arises. It does not feel like an antique. It feels like a piece of modern design completed several centuries too early. There is no heavy imperial...

China, Antiques, Block 2

GAZA, (PIC) Thousands of Gazans took part on Saturday in the solemn funeral procession for Izzuddin al‑Haddad, commander‑in‑chief of Hamas’s al‑Qassam Brigades, who was martyred along with his wife and daughter in an Israeli strike yesterday. The funeral procession set out from...

News, al-Qassam Brigades, Gaza Strip

Hundreds of thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday for the annual Nakba Day protest , in what organisers described as a mass mobilisation against Israel’s war on Gaza and the far...

World

Improving US–Russia relations under the Trump 2.0 administration is being challenged by alleged deep-state actions targeting Russian diplomats. The forced granting of US citizenship to diplomats’ children is portrayed as a violation of international diplomatic norms and a means of...

Columns, Politics, Russia

Israel’s offensive on Lebanon this year has killed hundreds of children , who continue to face the devastating repercussions of war despite a ceasefire agreed last month, two children's welfare groups have told The New Arab . Earlier...

MENA

China confronta EUA, declara nulas sanções contra Irã e se junta a Rússia e Irã. Triunvirato multipolar vira jogo e enterra hegemonia ocidental. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su O mundo ocidental...

Português, China, Diplomacy
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