Washington Report on Middle East Affairs memorializes passing of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson In Memoriam: Rev. Jesse Jackson Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, 84, died on Feb. 17, 2026. Corporate media reporting on his legacy will acknowledge his groundbreaking two runs...
A recent analysis highlighted by MIT Technology Review puts the energy cost of generative AI into stark perspective. Generating a simple text response from Llama 3.1-405B—a model with 405 billion parameters, the adjustable “knobs” that enable prediction—requires on average 3,353...
The security conference revealed, under the Bavarian chandeliers, the strategic fatigue of a West that still speaks as it did in 1945 but no longer imposes its will as it did yesterday. From February 13 to 15, the Western political...
Microsoft workers and allies mark start of Return to Office with protests and call to cut ties with Israel’s government REDMOND, WA – On Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, from 8:30AM to 10:30AM during morning rush hour, Microsoft workers and community...
Uniejewski Campaign Launches Second Digital Ad in 6th District State Senate race Nick Uniejewski campaign highlights Tribune endorsement and sharp contrast in 6th District State Senate race. Releases new digital campaign ad Chicago, IL – Democratic State Senate candidate Nick...
By: David Scott Mathieson - - - - Have the partial elections in Myanmar, which concluded in late January, sparked a change in approach to the war-torn country by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations? Since April 2021, following the...
Bushra Amiwala Calls Out Dark Money, ICE Unaccountability in FOX Televised Debate CHICAGO, IL — Congressional candidate Bushra Amiwala participated in the FOX 32 Chicago 9th Congressional District debate on Wednesday evening alongside other leading candidates. She used the platform...
Every car body style — sedan, coupe, wagon, or roadster — carries a fascinating legacy that began long before the automobile itself. From Carriages to Cars: The Birth of the Body When we watch the endless stream of vehicles on modern...
As US carriers steam toward Iran, China’s CM-302 missile offer could turn a faltering energy-rich partner into a sharper spear in a widening great-power contest over power, data and energy. Reuters recently reported that Iran is close to finalizing a...
“We don’t need another war in this region. We already have a lot,” the European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas recently said of Iran. “It is true that Iran is at its weakest point that they have...
Ramadan has finally arrived. Muslims from around the world will abstain from food and, yes, even water, from sunrise to sunset for an entire month. For many, it is also a time of reflection, offering Muslims the chance to contemplate...
Polls opened Thursday in a crunch vote for Britain's ruling Labour party that is expected to highlight growing support for the hard-right and leftists , particularly in England, where the traditional two-party system is fracturing. Defeat for the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli occupation authorities have issued a new decision banning a number of major Palestinian media platforms based in Jerusalem that specialize in covering Jerusalem affairs and the blessed Aqsa Mosque, a step considered a dangerous escalation aimed at...
Dr Busingye Kabumba is a law professor at Makerere University. He said there is a misconception about sexual violence against men. Credit: Wambi Michael/IPS By Wambi Michael KAMPALA, Feb 26 2026 (IPS) When people ordinarily think about sexual violence, it’s of...
“Drink hot water” has become an unlikely life philosophy on TikTok, as countless users track their journey towards “being” or “becoming Chinese.” All of this is part of a broader social media trend dubbed “Chinamaxxing.” Out of context it may...
Palestinian-American mediator Bishara Bahbah is preparing a paper to present to Hamas proposing its gradual disarmament, he revealed in an interview with the Saudi-owned Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper on Wednesday. He also said that there was a proposal to...
Hundreds of Iranian activists and academics have signed a petition, published on Thursday, announcing their rejection of any military attack on Iran . The petition comes in response to foreign-based Iranian opposition leaders who have urged the US administration...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces continue to violate the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, carrying out air, ground and naval attacks on Rafah, eastern Gaza City, al-Bureij camp and Khan Yunis, targeting buildings and displacement centers. Local sources reported that two Palestinians were...
Several countries have begun withdrawing dependents of diplomatic personnel and non-essential staff from some locations in the Middle East, or advising citizens to avoid travel to Iran, amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran. This includes several...
Iran has presented its proposals ahead of the third round of indirect talks with the US , seeking a compromise from Washington on uranium enrichment levels and its wider nuclear programme. The Omani-mediated discussions began in Geneva on Thursday, involving...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Palestinian Asra Media Office (AMO) said on Wednesday that around 70 Palestinian women detainees are spending Ramadan in Israel’s Damon prison under harsh conditions and without basic human rights protections. In a statement, the group said the women, 24...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The suffering of Palestinian female prisoners in the Israeli prisons is renewed and intensifies during the blessed month of Ramadan, as they spend the days of fasting away from their families and children, under harsh conditions that lack the...
A series of failed policy decisions from Trump have led us to the Mexican standoff with Iran. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su A series of failed policy decisions from Trump have led...
Iraq could nearly double its output from the West Qurna 2 oilfield to 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) as Chevron enters exclusive talks to take over operations from Russia's Lukoil, Iraq's oil minister said on Wednesday....
Human-driven climate change intensified torrential downpours that killed dozens and forced thousands of people from their homes across Morocco , Spain , and Portugal earlier this year, a network of climate scientists said Thursday. Precipitation during the region's wettest...
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, PNN — Report by Monjed Jadou, Camera man Ahmad Jabr — Inside a small workshop in the village of Za’atara, east of Bethlehem, Ibrahim Shenouda — known locally as Abu Al-Walid — bends over a rusted kerosene...
Farmer Mahmoud al-Attar stood at the edge of a dirt road east of the Shujaiya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City , just dozens of meters from land his feet have not touched since Israel's genocidal war on the...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Groups of Jewish settlers stormed the courtyards of Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning, the ninth day of Ramadan, under the protection of Israeli forces. Dozens of settlers entered the compound through the Magaribeh Gate and performed public, collective Talmudic...
La Penisola della Crimea rimane al centro dello scontro geopolitico nella regione del Mar Nero. Qui verrà analizzato il suo particolare percorso storico ed il ruolo che ricopre nel più ampio panorama strategico del conflitto tra Russia e NATO. Segue...
Myanmar’s information war is now as decisive as the ground war. The generals fight it with a 64‑year‑old propaganda machine, Russian and Chinese “cognitive warfare,” Western lobbyists dangling access to natural resources and a growing ecosystem of enablers, while the...
US and Iranian negotiators are in Geneva for a third round of indirect negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme as the US continues making claims about Iran's military capabilities. JD Vance claimed on Wednesday that Iran is trying...
US and Iranian negotiators are in Geneva for a third round of indirect negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme as the US continues making claims about Iran's military capabilities. JD Vance claimed on Wednesday that Iran is trying...
If you look at the chart, you will discover that in the 4th quarter of 2019 German GDP was at about the same level as in the 4th quarter 2025 – and in that quarter the GDP had made one...
Contradictions in Washington Demand a Clear Response from Europe US defence policy is characterised by contradictions that are on display once again in the Trump administration’s latest strategy documents. The reasons for this go far beyond the president’s erratic behaviour. At...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of raids and incursions across multiple areas in the West Bank and Jerusalem overnight and into early Thursday, arresting at least 16 Palestinians, including a young woman and several...
I was on my way to Woolwich Crown Court with my family to spend the day with the families of the Filton 24 as we came into the fourth week of jury deliberations in the first trial. The first six...
Indonesia’s naval posture is on the cusp of a significant upgrade. As of February 2026, it is increasingly certain that Jakarta has accepted Italy’s offer to transfer the light aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi as a strategic grant. Named after...
A newly released book titled Mossad: The War of Minds , by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal, published by Yedioth Ahronoth , details previously undisclosed Mossad operations, including the pager bomb attacks in Lebanon and the assassinations of...
RAMALLAH / PNN / As a result of Israeli campaign coordinated between Israeli settlers and Israeli forces has resulted in the displacement of the last two Palestinian families from the Al Khalayel valley, south of the town of Al Mughayyir...
In the previous text, we examined the disagreements within Seoul’s inter-Korean policy. However, a number of conflicts that have spilled into the public revolve around contradictions between South Korea and the United States. These deserve separate discussion, as they could...
Bethlehem, West Bank / PNN/ Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ) said in a new report that Israeli authorities intensified the use of military orders in 2025 to reshape land control across the occupied West Bank, targeting more than 11,200 dunams of...
Iraq's ruling Shia Coordination Framework will decide next week who it will nominate for prime minister, according to a lawmaker close to current premier Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani. Meanwhile, Washington has again opposed former premier Nouri Al-Maliki 's...
Just as fragile investor confidence was beginning to return to Bangladesh after months of political upheaval, the abrupt ouster of central bank governor Ahsan Mansur has injected fresh uncertainty into the country’s economic trajectory. In the high-stakes world of emerging...
Wendy Faith and Alesi Diana Denise were taken into custody under laws that have outraged LGBTQ+ community and rights activists Two women have been arrested and detained in Uganda after allegedly kissing in public, an act of “same-sex activity” which can...
By UN Women UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 2026 (IPS) International Women’s Day 2026 comes at a defining moment: Women and girls have never been closer to equality, and never closer to losing it. Legal protection against domestic violence has expanded in...
GAZA, (PIC) UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric warned that more than 18,500 patients and injured people in the Gaza Strip, including around 4,000 children, are still in urgent need of immediate medical evacuation to receive treatment outside the territory, amid the...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian man was killed on Wednesday evening by Israeli forces in central Gaza amid continued ceasefire violations. A local source reported that the victim was killed in a strike carried out by an Israeli drone east of Deir al-Balah...
The General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2012 granting Palestine the status of non-member observer State in the United Nations. Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Feb 26 2026 (IPS) The 193-member General Assembly, the highest-ranking policy-making body...
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