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On July 6, a Chinese navy submarine fired a long-range ballistic missile into international waters in the South Pacific. The nuclear-capable missile, which was launched from underwater and carried an inert dummy warhead, is believed to have splashed down near...

Military, Block 2, China Missiles

Skepticism toward accelerationism, wariness of transhumanism—and a call for distinct civilizational futures, not Western tech inevitability. Russia charts its own path. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su I had the honor of...

Society, Education, New World Order

The race to replace outgoing UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is underway, and as of today, five contenders are vying for the post. As part of the selection process, all the contenders have made public their vision for the United Nations...

Opinion, Antonio Guterres, Food and Agriculture Organization

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi , who came to power through a military coup in 2013 that overthrew Egypt's first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, has drawn criticism after saying the relocation of key state institutions to the...

MENA

L’Estremo Nord non è più, sotto ogni aspetto, una periferia ghiacciata, bensì un avamposto della sicurezza euro-atlantica. Segue nostro Telegram . Un teatro che ha perso la sua eccezione Per decenni l’Artico ha rappresentato l’anomalia virtuosa del sistema internazionale: una...

Italiano, Arctic, competition

Explosions rocked Damascus on Tuesday as France’s president met with his Syrian counterpart in a landmark visit, wounding at least 18 people, Syria's Interior Ministry said. Emmanuel Macron had entered the presidential palace to meet Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa...

MENA

The NATO instigators are tasting bitter fruit as they gather in Ankara. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The NATO summit taking place in Turkey this week was already looking fraught with...

Americas, Russia & CIS, World

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan broke away from discussing his team's upcoming World Cup round of 16 match against Argentina to give an impassioned monologue about the plight of the Palestinian people. Hassan, who waved a Palestinian flag after...

Sports

On Tuesday, NATO will showcase a series of new military projects worth billions of dollars in an attempt to convince US President Donald Trump that the allies are stepping up defence spending and converting investment into...

World

Norman Solomon: You’ve downplayed the importance of the individual in history. But the United States now has as president an individual who transformed power relations and the political landscape. Karl Marx: I can assure you that he did not do that by himself. Power...

Opinion, Common Dreams, Donald Trump

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished on Tuesday two Palestinian houses under construction in the West Bank province of Ramallah, claiming they were built with no permits. Local sources reported that bulldozers escorted by Israeli soldiers stormed the al Attari...

News, Demolition policy, Israeli violations

The Japanese yen’s collapse through mid-2026 has become one of the most consequential disruptions to hit global financial markets in decades. The currency has slid past 162 yen to the US dollar, its weakest level since 1986 — a sharp...

Southeast Asia, ASEAN, Bank of Japan

BANGKOK – Vietnam is digging up a graveyard so a sprawling Trump International golf resort with plush residences can be built along the Red River, while “the highest Starbucks coffeehouse in Asia” has opened on Vietnam’s tallest mountain peak near...

Southeast Asia, Block 2, Elon Musk

After the announcement of the list of 70 members appointed by President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Syrian People's Assembly is preparing to hold its first session nearly two years since the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. The announcement coincided...

MENA

Shipment discovered at airport in Monrovia and valued at £14.2m had been falsely declared as seasoning cubes Authorities in Liberia have charged five suspects over one of the largest drug seizures in the country’s history, after police found more than 200kg...

Liberia, Africa, Drugs trade

Welcome, Here are the key updates of the day: - Funerary ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Khamenei are underway in the holy city of Qom - - Tensions have slightly increased in the Hormuz after reports of two tankers coming...

MENA

China’s weapons may face mounting questions over quality, reliability and after-sales support, but its arms trade still serves a larger strategic purpose: locking vulnerable states into long-term military, economic and political dependence. That paradox is at the center of a...

Military, Block 2, China Arms Exports

USS Boxer During my interview the other night with Sulaiman I reacted with astonishment and skepticism to the CENTCOM announcement that the USS Boxer was being sent to the Sea of Oman. It deployed in early March and was widely...

Larry C. Johnson

By Gabriele Koehler and Catherine Mbengue MUNICH / BRUSSELS , Jul 7 2026 (IPS) The 2030 agenda cum SDGs are due to be completed in 2030, with negotiations towards a follow-up agenda to begin formally at the UN General Assembly...

Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Editors' Choice

On June 16, the Pentagon announced that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) would revert to its 1947 name, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). U.S. officials called it a restoration of "deep historical roots" and insisted that the command's area of responsibility, stretching...

China, India, Defense-department

The outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz catalyzed an energy market shock that reverberated globally, creating “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market,” according to the...

Turkey, Recep-tayyip-erdogan, Trade

In the iconic final sequence of The Godfather, Michael Corleone eliminated his rivals one by one while his son was being baptized. The scene stands as one of cinema’s most compelling depictions of power and the consolidation of control, and...

Ali-al-zaidi, Corruption, Shia

Pakistan has quietly begun mediating between Libya's rival eastern and western power centres , news agency Reuters reports- citing two Pakistani sources- in a previously unreported Pakistani effort that would further raise its diplomatic profile if it...

World

President Trump was reportedly “shocked” to see many thousands of Iranians in the street mourning at the funeral of the country’s late leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, over the weekend. Khamenei was assassinated by the United States at the beginning of...

Uncategorized

The UN aid chief held a phone call Monday with Sudan's RSF paramilitary leader on hostilities around El-Obeid, and stressed the need for sustained humanitarian access to the city, his agency said. Tom Fletcher spoke to Mohamed Hamdan Daglo,...

World

Morocco 's counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attack plots targeting sensitive sites and public security by a cell loyal to Islamic State's affiliate in the Sahel . Ten suspects were arrested in coordinated operations in the cities...

MENA

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has threatened to fight a Supreme Court order regarding a media regulator, reigniting a judicial dispute that shook Israel in the months leading up to Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack . The decision comes ahead...

MENA

A Syrian ex-general and a former police officer were handed eight-year jail sentences by a Viennese court on Monday for torturing opponents of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad . The trial is the latest to see suspects from the Syrian civil...

World

Lebanese state media said an Israeli strike on a car in the country's south on Monday killed four people, including three women, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah . Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said a...

MENA

Il panafricanismo è stato storicamente ideologia e prassi. Agli occhi dei suoi ispiratori questo non poteva mai rimanere un discorso chiuso, rigido, dogmatico e limitato sulla consapevolezza razziale. Dopo la scomparsa dei suoi leader carismatici (da Nkrumah a Sankara, fino...

Italiano, Africa, Colonialism

NEW YORK, (PIC) The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Monday called on Israel to immediately release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, describing his detention as “arbitrary.” In a statement, the UNHRC said Israel’s...

News, Dr. Abu Safiya, Gaza Strip

‘In Serbia, the connivance between politicians and multinational capital has fed a sustained protest movement. Current protests in Albania, resisting a luxury development project backed by Jared Kushner, target a similar cronyish capitalism.’ In Jacobin . Read the article...

Inequality, Neo-Liberalism in the EU, Privatisation
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