British aid to double as 19m people face acute hunger, but summit unlikely to end conflict amid Saudi-UAE tensions The British foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will urge Sudan’s warring parties to “cease bloodshed” during a major conference on Wednesday, which...
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Commander of the Estonian Navy Ivo Vark told Reuters that Estonia won’t board vessels that are part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” any more since “The risk of military escalation is just too high.” He elaborated: “The Russian military presence here in the Gulf of Finland has...
Kerala in Context: Postcolonial Secularism and Neo-Marxist Influence Notwithstanding the diverse cultural and historical trajectories of modern societies, contemporary debates on religion and modernity frequently operate on the assumption that religious fervor must be restrained in order to achieve social...
Senior research associate Emile Dirks spoke with Domino Theory about a new law in China that promotes “ethnic unity” and threatens cross-border legal consequences for those who disobey it. The explicit codification of transnational repression can have...
Tehran’s UN envoy said Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, and Jordan allowed their territories to be used for attacks on the Islamic Republic Read the Article HERE (Photo credit: US air force) The post The Cradle: Iran demands...
Kuwait has arrested a prominent international reporter for doing his job. The Kuwaiti government is threatening to imprison him under a set of new and harsh national security laws. Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a foreign...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced the Israeli airstrike on a police vehicle in Gaza City that killed four people, including a child, on Tuesday. In a statement, Hamas said today’s attack reflects the intent of the Israeli occupation government,...
Poems in the darkness
Full ArticleAlgerian poet Mohamed Tadjadit, winner of the Index 2025 Freedom of Expression Award in Arts, was recently jailed following trumped-up charges. He is also facing separate charges that mean he could face the death penalty. Tadjadit writes raw poetry rooted...
The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran could slow global economic growth, stoke inflation, and increase the possibility of a worldwide recession and energy crisis. The war being waged by US President Donald Trump and the government of Israeli...
Trawler set off from Bangladesh and reportedly capsized due to heavy winds, rough seas and overcrowding About 250 people are missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, according to the UN’s refugee and...
As global attention remains fixed on the war in Iran, U.S. military operations elsewhere are continuing with little public scrutiny, including the ongoing campaign of strikes targeting suspected drug trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific and the Caribbean. The Pentagon said...
A devastating ‘war of atrocities’ will continue as long as the United Arab Emirates and others back the belligerents “Bloody unacceptable.” The UN’s top official in Sudan, Denise Brown, abandoned the language of diplomacy in addressing the failure to...
AL-KHALIL, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday arrested former Palestinian Minister of Religious Endowments and head of the Islamic Charitable Society in al-Khalil, Hatem al-Bakri, during a raid on the society’s headquarters in the Hawouz area in central al-Khalil. Security...
BETHLEHEM, (PIC) Three Palestinians were injured on Tuesday after settlers attacked the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem. The attack involved direct assaults and an attempted property theft. Local sources reported that settlers attacked residents in the “Al-Matl” area east of the...
BRUSSELS, (PIC) A European petition calling for the suspension of the EU–Israel Association Agreement has gathered more than one million signatures in just three months since its launch, reflecting growing public pressure and its shift into a formal legal track within...
A core theme of the Civitas report is that war cannot be fought by armies alone and is a “whole of society” effort: "This is the essence of the distinction we need to make between 'our armed forces learning to...
Greek authorities are facing fresh accusations of grave abuses at the EU’s external frontier, after an investigation revealed that police have been recruiting detained migrants to violently push asylum seekers back across the land border with Turkey . According...
In today’s increasingly connected world, there are billions of SoCs, powering everything from automotive ECUs to industrial IoT sensors and processing sensitive data. While software-level security is taken seriously, hardware-level vulnerabilities have often been an afterthought. As hackers are now...
The increasing complexity of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving architectures has driven a transition from traditional bus-based interconnects to scalable Network-on-Chip (NoC) fabrics. Renesas’ next-generation R-Car automotive SoC platforms adopt Arteris FlexNoC interconnect intellectual… com/ip/arteris/368102-renesas-scalable-automotive-soc-design-using-arteris-noc/">Renesas Scalable Automotive...
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are rising due to the American blockade. Yet, Chinese tankers still risk passing through with cargo, confident that nothing will happen to them. Chinese Vessel Avoids US Inspection A sanctioned tanker flying the flag of...
Several regional countries are considering filing a complaint with the UN Security Council against Iraq over attacks carried out by armed groups operating from its territory during the Israel-US war on Iran. The push comes as a number of...
Uganda’s military chief has drawn ire from Turkey over statements he made demanding a Turkish bride and threatening to sever diplomatic ties with Ankara. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been in the headlines for several statements in recent weeks, including on sending...
A cessação temporária das hostilidades em toda a Ásia Ocidental está bastante em jogo. Originalmente, deveria haver uma cessação das ações militares em “todas as frentes”, incluindo o Líbano – sendo essa uma das dez pré-condições iranianas para as negociações...
Councillors in the city of Auckland, New Zealand , have voted in favour of an investigation into supporting sanctions against Israel over war crimes, the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) reported in a statement on Tuesday. Auckland Council's Policy, Planning...
Blockading the blockade?
Full ArticleBy Ron PAUL Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su President Trump was presented with a great opportunity on Saturday to take the off-ramp from his war on Iran. After threatening Iran that “a...
Donald Trump encroached on the sacred status of the Vatican and almost made the main mistake of his life. Trump Removes Post Offensive to Christians The President of the United States deleted from social media an AI-generated image in which he...
At least three babies are born into war every minute in Sudan , where conflict has raged for nearly three years, plunging the country into one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises , according to Save the Children. Data provided...
UK knew Nato expansion could lead to war with Russia
Full ArticleBy Mark CURTIS Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Britain’s Ministry of Defence prepared for war with Russia after expanding Nato – 26 years before Moscow invaded Ukraine Formerly secret UK documents show...
Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, paid a visit to China. He has already met with the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, and stated that strengthening ties with China is in the interests of Europe. Strengthening Ties...
Baghdad is shifting toward political stabilization and economic challenges during the fragile post-conflict phase that follows more than a month of US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian-backed militia attacks in Iraq. After hundreds of militia attacks, including strikes on US...
In the corners of war, loss is not measured only in the number of the dead. It is measured in the invisible distances planted between bodies and hearts, in the space between a mother's arms and the child she was...
As the host and co-founder of Pacifica Radio’s “Democracy Now!” program, Amy Goodman is among the U.S. left’s leading journalists. Aired by 1,500 public radio and TV stations and currently celebrating 30 years of broadcasting, “Democracy Now!” is arguably independent...
Mahahual, on the southern end of Quintana Roo state in south-east Mexico, has just 2,800 inhabitants. But each year more than a million tourists flock to what travel agents sell as one of the last remaining unspoiled paradises in the...
Saudi Arabia demands the United States should lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and resume negotiations with Iran. The demand specifically refers to the American blockade, which began on Monday. Fears of Iranian Control and Economic Fallout Saudi officials are...
Alastair Crooke – Iran’s determination to break out from the panopticon of Western 360° containment
Full ArticleIt seems likely that the negotiations will not produce an agreement. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online journal © Photo: Public domain The temporary cessation of hostilities...
And more than just territory, it’s also a geopolitical p ower project Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project, the former director for the Middle East and North Africa at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and a former...
Yakov M. Rabkin – Israel bombed a Synagogue on Passover: Has it become a Danger to Jews and Non-Jews Alike?
Full Article“Israel has the right to defend itself”? Against everyone, even via wars of aggression and genocide? Yakov M. Rabkin is Professor Emeritus of History at the Université of Montréal Cross-posted from Pressenza The author carrying a Torah in a synagogue in...
A Hero of Russia awarded personally by President Vladimir Putin, Alexey Asylkhanov, has gone missing in the city of Yurga in the Kemerovo Region in early April 2026. The veteran of the special military operation left home “for work,” took...
The war in the Middle East is elevating global financial stability risks through inflationary pressures that could cause funding markets to tighten, potentially straining non-banks, private credit and artificial intelligence borrowers, the International Monetary Fund warned on Tuesday. In...
After the Department of Education’s Attack on Civil Rights, Observers Ask: ‘Where Does It End?’
Full ArticleThis story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters . When the Delaware Valley School District board voted unanimously last month to reverse policies protecting transgender students that it had adopted a decade...
- - - - Photo by Johannes Blenke on Unsplash I have one major flaw. Well, I have more than one, but only one that’s relevant right now, and that’s how I’m entirely too optimistic and trusting...
Spanish prosecutors are investigating Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), a Basque rail firm, for its alleged role in building and maintaining Jerusalem Light Rail lines that connect Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem. The probe stems from a complaint...
Trump’s Blockade Is Headed for a Bust
Full ArticleAs soon as the negotiations between the U.S. and Iran ended without an agreement, President Donald Trump fired a volley of angry social media posts venting his frustration. As a concrete step to force Iranian concessions, he announced...
Israeli fire killed at least six Palestinians, including two children, in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, local health officials said, in the latest violence to undermine a US-brokered ceasefire agreement. Four people, including a three-year-old boy,...
How much has the US-Israel war on Iran cost so far?
Full ArticleThe US-Israel war on Iran is increasingly being measured in economic terms, with starkly different estimates from Tehran and Tel Aviv highlighting the scale and uncertainty of the conflict’s financial toll. Iran says the US-Israel war has inflicted...
GAZA, (PIC) Five Palestinian citizens, including a child, were martyred and others were injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. According to media sources, four citizens, including a child and a police officer, were killed when an Israeli warplane...
Iranian authorities have sentenced to death four more people, including a woman, over protests in January this year, several rights groups said on Tuesday. Iran has already hanged seven people in connection with the protests, which activists say were...
Pakistan is reportedly seeking financial support from China and Saudi Arabia as it faces pressure to repay approximately $3.5 billion to the UAE. The South Asian country is seeking loans and investments to repay the sum owed to...
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