Iran's Jewish community has condemned the destruction of a synagogue in Tehran following US-Israeli strikes , declaring its support for the Iranian state and denouncing attacks on both its religious sites and the country. In a statement carried by...
More than 1.1 million people have been displaced across Lebanon amid escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah , the United Nations said on Tuesday, as Israel seeks to expand its invasion of southern Lebanon while continuing airstrikes...
President Donald Trump said a few days ago, “Cuba is next.” By which he meant: next after Venezuela and Iran. He also recently mused, I do believe I’ll be having the honor of taking Cuba. That’s a big...
You may think that quantum theory is fully understood but that view is not quite right. There remain open questions around the uncertainty principle, wave-particle duality, measurement collapse, and harmonizing quantum mechanics and gravitation. These concerns may seem very abstract...
Qatar on Tuesday warned the war in the Middle East was close to a threshold where it cannot be controlled after US President Donald Trump set a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz . "We have...
Cultural and holy sites in Palestine and Israel have seen a sharp drop in visitor numbers since the beginning of the war on Gaza in 2023. This decline, however, has now reached unprecedented levels following the launch of...
The US decision to shift its most advanced long-range cruise missiles to the Iran war is exposing a growing strain on its global strike posture as high-end munitions are pulled from other theaters. The US is committing nearly its entire...
Iran has claimed to have downed two helicopters as well as an F-15, and also denies claims that a second airman is with them – and not rescued by the U.S. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK...
US Representative Yassamin Ansari said she intends to introduce articles of impeachment against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth over what she described as war crimes linked to his handling of the war against Iran . "Trump is escalating a...
Iranian officials reported damage to at least two bridges , railway infrastructure and a key highway on Tuesday as part of a wave of deadly US-Israeli airstrikes on infrastructure targets. A bridge near the holy city of Qom...
More than a month has already passed since the start of the Third Gulf War. The time has come to make some calculations and projections. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Taking stock...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip has warned that the health system in the enclave is on the brink of collapse. In a statement on the occasion of the World Health Day, the ministry elaborated on the...
Life expectancies at birth reveal significant disparities in death rates. Some of the lowest life expectancies at birth, around 55 years, are seen in sub-Saharan African countries, such as Nigeria, Chad, and South Sudan. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA,...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has triggered strong Palestinian and regional reactions, as Israeli occupation police forces continue to keep the Mosque closed for the 39th consecutive day. Ben-Gvir entered the Mosque...
A gunman was killed and two others wounded in a shootout Tuesday with police outside the Israeli consulate in Istanbul, the local governor said, adding that two officers were lightly wounded. Governor Davut Gul confirmed the killing of one of the...
Israel has killed 56 emergency workers since expanding its war on Lebanon, with the claim that it wants to weaken Hezbollah . The latest incident saw two medics killed in an Israeli strike in the southern district of...
Over one-fifth of Lebanon's agricultural land has been damaged by Israel's intensified attacks on the country, ongoing amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, Agricultural Minister Nizar Hani told The New Arab in an exclusive interview. Hani said...
Trump now realises the war is lost – it may be lost, but it is not over. It may last for some time. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Bloomberg: “It is arguably...
When South Africa hosted the first G20 summit on African soil in November 2025, its ambition was unmistakable. For decades, the world’s most powerful economies had debated climate finance, development and energy transitions largely without the continent that will experience many...
One of Australia's most-decorated soldiers was charged Tuesday with murdering unarmed prisoners captured in Afghanistan, police said following a sweeping war crimes probe. A landmark military report in 2020 revealed grave allegations against Australian troops sent to fight Taliban forces, accusing...
Rafael Grossi has spent the past six years at the centre of the world’s most dangerous nuclear standoffs – and now he wants the world’s most demanding diplomatic job. The 65-year-old Argentine has led the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the...
Arrest toll mounts and gay men flee the country as new, harsher legislation cracks down on ‘promotion’ of homosexuality Amadou Ndiaye has spent the past two months watching members of his organisation disappear – fleeing across borders, being arrested or simply...
Israeli forces killed 11 Palestinians and wounded several others on Monday evening with a bombing of a school sheltering displaced people east of the Maghazi camp in central Gaza . Activists and witnesses said that armed militias backed by Israel...
Activist and writer Ahmed Douma was detained, again, on Monday by the Supreme State Security Prosecution which ordered he be held for four days, defense lawyer Nabih al-Genady told Mada Masr. Genady said the prosecution is investigating Douma on charges...
Last September, five-year-old Hala's dream of attending the school near her displacement camp in rural Idlib ended abruptly. Hala stumbled on a buried landmine. She lost one leg, and the other was badly fractured, kept intact with metal pins that...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s conservative evangelical religious beliefs drew attention even before his confirmation hearings in January 2025. He is a member of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches – CREC – whose beliefs have been influenced by a 20th-century...
Israel's Elbit Systems is preparing to start delivery of Watchkeeper X drones to Romania under a 1.89 billion lei ($428.75 million) contract, the company said on Monday, after the Romanian defence minister threatened last week to cancel the deal due...
US President Donald Trump has said his deadline to Tehran of 8pm ET on Tuesday (3am Wednesday in Iran) to return to negotiations and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is final, amid intensifying military threats and diplomatic...
“Because we’re fighting wars, the United States cannot take care of daycare, Medicare, or Medicaid.” Donald J. Trump The words drifted from the small kitchen radio just as the coffee finished its thin, watery drip. She stood there a moment, one...
By Katsuhiro Asagiri TOKYO, Japan, Apr 7 2026 (IPS) As tensions surrounding Iran deepen and uncertainty spreads across global energy markets, Japan is once again confronting a structural weakness: its heavy dependence on Middle Eastern oil. For decades, Japan has relied...
TOKYO — The Japanese capital is seeing a bull market in deja vu as policymakers man the battle stations against speculators dumping the yen. With the Japanese currency on the verge of slipping to the psychologically important 160 to the...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) Extremist Jewish settlers wreaked havoc on nearly 400 old-growth olive trees in the plain of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Tuesday. The destroyed olive trees belonged to Palestinian farmers and had long served as...
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Easter Sunday brought no ceasefire to Lebanon. As Israeli shells killed at least 11 people, the voices of women and children kneading Easter bread rose defiantly beneath the bombardment. Bells rang, and one phrase echoed: "Christ is risen,...
L’«incursione» di Trump in Iran potrebbe sembrare in netto contrasto con la strategia di sicurezza nazionale da lui stesso dichiarata, ma riflettiamo su questo: l’obiettivo che Trump sostiene da tempo è quello di ritirare definitivamente le forze statunitensi dalla regione,...
Authorities early Tuesday announced the temporary closure of the major bridge connecting Saudi Arabia and the island nation of Bahrain as a precaution following the issuance of security alerts in the area amid ongoing Iranian attacks. "The movement of vehicles across...
The Ministry of Labour has banned Egyptian women from working in hospitality and domestic jobs in other countries, especially in the Gulf, sparking nationwide debates about the reasons for the decision and the failure to find alternatives for...
Iran’s detention of two Indonesian oil tankers, the VLCC Pertamina Pride and the PIS Gamsunoro, marked a nadir in bilateral relations long regarded as strategically aligned. While neighboring states such as Malaysia and Thailand secured priority clearance through the Strait...
What lies beneath the Haram? Who holds the key to the Ka’bah? Explore the hidden infrastructure, immense wealth, and sacred laws that define modern Makkah. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 11. The Haram Has Underground...
Amidst the ongoing escalation between the US, Israel, and Iran, Pakistan and China have put forward a five-point peace proposal to end the ongoing war. Escalating Conflict and Regional Instability After the US and Israel’s unprovoked attacks on Iran on...
An artisan puts final touches to the monument of Magawa, a Tanzanian-born bomb-sniffing rat. Credit: APOPO By Kizito Makoye MOROGORO, Tanzania , Apr 7 2026 (IPS) At Mazimbu village, not far from Tanzania’s Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Stephano Jaka still...
By Anis Chowdhury SYDNEY, Apr 7 2026 (IPS) Bangladesh is scheduled to graduate from the least developed country (LDC) status in November this year after more than half a century. Bangladesh joined the UN club of LDCs in 1975 and consistently...
WEST BANK, (PIC) An elderly Palestinian woman, Sabriya Shamasneh, was martyred early Tuesday after succumbing to injuries sustained following a brutal assault by Israeli soldiers who stormed her home in the town of Jayyous, northeast of Qalqilya. Local sources and eyewitnesses reported...
Iran showed no sign of backing down Tuesday as a US deadline loomed for it to reopen the Strait of Hormuz , defying threats by President Donald Trump to "decimate" the country's civilian infrastructure. The Iranian army dismissed what they...
US President Donald Trump has issued yet another threat to Iran if a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz isn't reached by 20:00 Washington time, threatening that a "whole civilisation will die tonight". "A whole civilization will die...
François Ozon’s adaptation of the 1942 novella L’Etranger passionately honours the original text while bringing a contemporary perspective to its themes of empire and race A heatstricken reverie of violence and mystery unfolds in this film, a numb ecstasy of the...
The ruling government has been employing ‘us vs. them’ political rhetoric as voting day draws nearer Originally published on Global Voices Advox “I, The Two-Faced” posters at a bus stop in Budapest were created with AI from the comics...
Last week marked a decisive shift in the trajectory of the US-Israeli war on Iran , the United States, as the conflict expanded beyond conventional exchanges into a multi-layered confrontation spanning military and economic domains. From a high-risk US special...
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