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La Global Partnership for Poverty Alleviation and Development, promossa dalla Cina con decine di Paesi e organizzazioni internazionali, rilancia la cooperazione contro la povertà come pilastro del Sud Globale, dello sviluppo condiviso e della governance internazionale multilaterale. Segue nostro Telegram ....

Italiano, China, Global South

Satellite images published Wednesday by Al Jazeera show that Israel, instead of leaving Gaza as required under the ceasefire deal it signed last October, is quietly building dozens of heavily fortified permanent military bases around the entire inner perimeter of the coastal...

Middle East, Block 3, Gaza

When discussions turn to the Strait of Hormuz, the language is almost always strategic. Analysts debate naval deployments, military deterrence, freedom of navigation and the balance of power between Iran and the United States. Markets track oil prices and shipping...

Opinion, Hormuz Blockade, human security

On 3 June Germany failed for the first time to secure a seat on the UN Security Council, with Portugal and Austria receiving more votes for the two Western European spots starting in 2027. Read Article HERE Photo: Wikimedia Commons...

Geopolitics, euronews, Link

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Israeli police forces on Wednesday evening arrested Khalil Al-Tarhouni, a guard at Aqsa Mosque, after summoning him for questioning and detaining him in Occupied Jerusalem. Jerusalem-based sources reported that Al-Tarhouni was taken into custody following an interrogation summons, although...

News, Aqsa Mosque, Occupied Jerusalem

Credit: Dmitriy Prayzel / shutterstock.com By Jordan Ryan Jun 3 2026 (IPS) The joint declaration issued by Russia and China on 20 May , Joint Declaration of the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China on the Establishment...

Armed Conflicts, Crime & Justice, Development & Aid

GAZA, (PIC) British magazine The Economist published an extensive testimony from a former Israeli soldier who took part in the war on Gaza, describing practices he says he witnessed firsthand during military operations and expressing deep feelings of shame...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

GAZA, (PIC) Al-Dameer Association for Human Rights in Gaza has revealed that more than 9,500 Palestinians have been reported missing or unaccounted for since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, including around 4,700...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

By Oxfam BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jun 3 2026 (IPS) Governments are falling 90 percent short of adaptation finance targets and leaving people in climate-vulnerable communities drastically under-equipped to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change, Oxfam warns ahead of Bonn climate...

Climate Change, Development & Aid, Environment

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the virus ‘had a big head start’ but that the response was catching up The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could have begun as early as January, the head of the World...

Global development, Ebola, Democratic Republic of the Congo

GAZA, (PIC) The consumer protection police in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, destroyed 750 kilograms of spoiled foodstuffs after seizing them during inspection tours carried out in local markets during the Eid al‑Adha holiday, in cooperation with the ministry of economy. The director...

News, Consumer protection, Gaza Strip

British far-right demonstrators have been accused of exploiting the murder of British student Henry Nowak to amplify Islamophobia - despite the incident having no links to Islam or Muslims In Southampton on Tuesday, a group of far-right individuals...

World

US President Donald Trump's recent threat to “blow up” Oman if the country didn't “behave” was striking not only for its tone, but also for its target. Threatening a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member widely regarded as one of...

Analysis

Beijing can fund itself cheaply and almost indefinitely – and thus can outlast the U.S. grand strategy to contain China. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online...

Economics, Finance, Financial Institutions

We face a choice. Tyranny or revolution. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years for The New York Times, where he served as the Middle East Bureau Chief and Balkan Bureau Chief...

Austerity, Economics, Finance

How well will western societies be able to cope with the enormous social, economic and even security stresses that they can expect over the next five years or so? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo:...

Economics, Finance, National Politics

Rated on a scale from 1 (underdeveloped) to 7 (extensive and efficient by international standards), these 25 nations have the world’s poorest road infrastructure. Chad ranks at the very bottom with a score of just 1.9, followed closely by Madagascar...

INFOGRAPHICS, Africa, Bosnia and Herzegovina

GAZA, (PIC) May 2026 recorded the highest number of casualties in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the year. According to Gaza’s health ministry, 119 Palestinians were killed last month, a toll that reveals a marked escalation in the intensity of...

News, death toll, Gaza Strip

BRICS precisa de secretaria-geral, estatuto próprio e protocolos de defesa mútua para superar o Ocidente e construir multipolaridade sem depender da ONU atual. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su realizações ou projetos...

Português, BRICS, China

É necessário agir em conjunto contra o regime, retaliando no campo de batalha e condenando-o na esfera diplomática. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Mais uma vez, o regime terrorista de Kiev...

Português, Nuclear energy, Russia

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday tried to project optimism about reaching a deal to end the illegal war he started against Iran, even while acknowledging the crisis could last for several more months. In an interview with The New York Post,...

Middle East, Block 2, Common Dreams

Between assurances from President Donald Trump that a peace agreement is all but wrapped up and renewed skirmishes, the price of oil rises and falls. Even at recent lows, crude’s price is 40% higher than in late February when the...

Middle East, Block 2, Donald Trump

Thank You Congress and President Trump! By Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Few Americans know the history of how Israel’s “wag the dog” relationship with the United States developed. Israel’s...

Editor's Choice, Congress, Donald Trump

TSMC, the world’s largest contract semiconductor manufacturer, is significantly expanding its deployment of NVIDIA artificial intelligence and accelerated computing technologies throughout its chip design and manufacturing operations. The initiative represents one of the most comprehensive applications of AI...

Foundries, TSMC, jensen huang

Ahead of the November midterm elections , President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have demanded Congress pass sweeping voting restrictions, including a requirement to show proof of citizenship to register — all in the name of election...

Activism, Courts & Law, News

Four Palestine Action activists could be sentenced as terrorists next month. New documents expose the UK government’s crackdown on pro-Palestine activism. By John McEVOY Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su - Activists could...

Editor's Choice, Justice, Palestine

Several officials of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahda party, including its 84-year-old chief Rached Ghannouchi, were handed jail sentences on Tuesday ranging from 10 years to life in prison on terror charges, the party and reports said. Ghannouchi...

MENA

Famed “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley was fired Tuesday night. “We have parted ways with Scott Pelley,” Nick Bilton, the tech journalist who CBS News’ editor-in-chief Bari Weiss hired last week as the show’s new executive producer, wrote in...

Column, Media, Opinion

- - - - Photo by Patrick Perkins on Unsplash We’ve all been more than a little taken aback by the renewed interest in socialism this century, and not just because we’ve seen the great socialist experiments...

Prominent Palestinian-American activist Linda Sarsour says Israeli authorities have barred her from travelling to Palestine with her family, citing her advocacy for Palestinian rights and support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Sarsour, one of the most...

World

Iraq’s new government is attempting to bring weapons held by Iranian-backed militias under state control, a move that could reshape the role of armed groups linked to the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). Several militias have announced plans to place their...

Long War Journal, News, Asaib Ahl al Haq

The war against Iran may have resulted in some tactical victories for Israel and the United States on the battlefield, but Israel is not winning American public opinion and neither are those American leaders who ardently support it. This...

Israel, Iran, Pentagon

In an apparent step forward in longstanding plans to bring Iraq’s militias under state control, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pledged on 27 May to disband Saraya al-Salam , his affiliated militia. The populist leader in the same statement called for...

Analysis

Welcome to our live blog. Here are the latest updates of the day: - Israel has continued striking Lebanon, including near Beirut, with nine people, including two paramedics, being killed. Lebanon's National News Agency said that strikes occurred...

MENA

WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settler militias carried out a new wave of attacks across the West Bank over the past 24 hours, targeting Palestinian property, crops, homes and Bedouin communities under the protection of Israeli occupation forces (IOF). The most intense attacks...

News, settler attacks, West Bank

WEST BANK, (PIC) The higher planning committee, which is affiliated with the Israeli occupation army, has approved the construction of 2,162 new settler units in illegal settlements across the northern and southern West Bank. According to Israel’s Channel 7, this move is...

News, Settlement expansion, West Bank

Poet and political activist Ahmed Douma was sentenced to one year in prison with hard labor on Wednesday by the New Cairo Misdemeanors Court on the backdrop of his arrest and investigation for writing about the changing role of prisons...

activist arrests, Ahmed Douma, Amnesty International

Alexandre Pinheiro facilitates a GEF press conference at the conclusion of 71st GEF Council in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The conference was addressed by Fred Boltz, Manager, Programming, Claude Gascon, Interim CEO and Chizuru Aoki, Manager, MEAs and Funds Division. Credit:...

Asia-Pacific, Biodiversity, Climate Change

Slovenian authorities on Wednesday, 3 June, refused to allow an Israeli aircraft to land in Ljubljana, forcing it to change course and land in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, amid accusations that the decision was politically motivated. According to Israeli...

World

Apartheid is increasingly used to describe how Israel treats Palestinians, yet its global defenders continuously claim that the state of Israel ensures equality for all. The charge of apartheid is often dismissed as they point to the continued existence of...

Perspectives

An Egyptian court sentenced prominent activist and poet Ahmed Douma to a year in prison with labour for "spreading fake news" on Wednesday, state media Akhbar al-Youm reported. The sentence comes nearly three years after the former...

MENA

Early adopters pay a premium for their embrace of innovation. If you bought one of the first electric cars in the United States, you had limited range, long charging times, and very little infrastructure to support you on anything but...

Energy, Environment, Global Just Transition
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