Protocol dictates that foreign leaders travel to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping. When the Chinese leader decides to travel abroad to Pyongyang, the world takes notice. This visit on June 8 and 9 was the first trip by Xi to...
People hold electronic candles during a vigil at Liberty Square in Taipei on the anniversary of China’s 1989 crackdown on democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, 4 June 2026. Credit: Cheng-Chia Huang/AFP By Andrew Firmin LONDON, Jun 19 2026 (IPS) When...
I retain the strong view that almost everyone is still greatly underestimating the power and control the US oligarchs have over our lives. Win or lose, it looks like they will destroy our standard of living so we should opt...
Israel's military has deployed almost two-dozen military cranes in Gaza to launch attacks and conduct surveillance operations, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Researchers at the rights monitor said they had documented cases of the cranes being...
The retreat into satirical attacks on Trump and his supporters fuels the solidification of fascism. 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...
Saudi Arabia has suspended plans to introduce compulsory skills tests for Nepali workers after the proposal sparked protests in Kathmandu over concerns it would burden migrant labourers with additional costs and delays before they can travel to the...
It’s hard to believe the Iran war is already over, principally because it’s not. There’s a Memorandum of Understanding to agree upon a real peace in 60 days. It’s sort of like an armistice, one of which we’ve...
Syrian businessman Rami Makhlouf , a cousin of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday announced the formation of an armed group he said was necessary to defend the country's Alawite minority. In a video statement, he described what...
Iran plans to lodge a complaint with football's world governing body, FIFA , over travel restrictions its team is facing in the US at the World Cup. Due to uncertainty over visas and the conflict with the US, the...
US Vice President JD Vance has delivered some of the sharpest public criticism of Israeli policy by a senior American official in decades. The remarks came amid growing tensions between Washington and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government...
Children's educator Ms Rachel has called for the release of detained Gaza paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu Safiya , using a social media post to highlight the doctor's continued imprisonment by Israel more than 530 days after his arrest. In...
No fim, que lado poderá lidar com as consequências de seus próprios atos? Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su À medida que as Forças Armadas da Federação Russa avançam no campo de...
Delegates huddle during the informal consultations on cooperation with other international organisations. The climate talks in Bonn were long and tense. Credit: IISD/ENB/Kiara Worth By Umar Manzoor Shah BONN, Jun 19 2026 (IPS) The United Nations June Climate Meetings (SB64) ended in...
The City of Paris on Thursday granted honorary citizenship to Palestinian civilians and journalists , in a symbolic gesture of support for "the suffering the Palestinian people". "Honorary citizenship is not just a symbol, but a commitment to peace. We...
The New York State Assembly made history this month by passing what could become the country’s first statewide moratorium on large new data centers. To activists all over the U.S. who are fighting these facilities and their massive social...
- - - - Photo by Cecilie Bomstad on Unsplash When Colin Kaepernick decided to take a seat during the National Anthem, outraging millions, we were told that athletes have every right to express their political opinions....
Fifty summers ago, in 1976, journalist and author Alex Haley published his masterwork, “Roots: The Saga of an American Family.” The timing was exquisite. As the nation celebrated the bicentennial with fireworks and paeans to freedom, “Roots” countered it with a deeply personal,...
Israel and Hezbollah agreed a ceasefire on Friday, a US official said, amid deadly Israeli strikes on Lebanon which killed 47 people. The dead included at least seven women and two children, according to the Lebanese health ministrym and...
Meta’s WhatsApp said it will ask a US court to hold NSO Group in contempt, accusing the Israeli maker of Pegasus of once again using WhatsApp to try to lure targets into downloading the surveillance spyware. This violates a court...
In June 2023, more than a dozen young Montanans gathered inside a courthouse in the state capital of Helena for a historic climate change trial in a lawsuit they had brought against their state government. The Held v....
Irã derrota EUA na guerra: EUA aceitam paz com devolução de US$ 312 bilhões e controle persa sobre Ormuz. Fim da hegemonia militar americana. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Qualquer pessoa...
GAZA, (PIC) The spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas, Abu Obeida, hailed the mujahideen of Hezbollah in Lebanon, praising the heavy losses they inflicted on the Israeli occupation forces, and confirming their continuation in confronting the aggression on Lebanon, its...
Women farmers using a thresher; they are beneficiaries of a UNDP project to bring agritech to smallholder farmers. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe , Jun 19 2026 (IPS) Long burdened by the labour-intensive nature of agriculture, Zimbabwe’s female...
US and Iranian delegations delayed plans to travel to Switzerland on Friday for the opening round of talks to cement the details of a peace agreement as the Israeli military bombarded southern Lebanon, killing at least 18 people and threatening once again to...
What Trump presents as a diplomatic breakthrough is more like a calculated surrender disguised as de-escalation. Tehran hasn’t been pressured into giving anything up; instead, they’ve walked away with quick wins, postponed any tough promises, and pushed Washington to agree...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlement expansion and military restrictions have displaced 50 Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities across the West Bank since late 2023, the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights said on Friday. The finding was presented as part of a...
The British Bar Association temporarily suspended the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Friday, pending the outcome of disciplinary proceedings. British barrister Karim Khan was formally removed from his duties at the ICC last week after...
GAZA, (PIC) When a Palestinian family is forced to leave its home under bombardment, threat, or evacuation orders from the Israeli occupation, it is not merely moving from one place to another, but rather an uprooting from an entire network of...
Trump cannot be trusted, but the American people can. They not only do not want war in Ukraine, but also support Russia's demands and increasingly view Moscow as an ally. MAGA Voters Forced Trump to End the War with Iran One...
One of the most difficult things to do in life is ask for help. This is inherently a big problem in the semiconductor industry dating back to the IDM days where silos of secrecy were established. As a result Intel...
Estimados lectores, en la gran traducción del día les traemos un artículo del periodista Aidan J. Simardone en The Cradle sobre la energía mundial: La interrupción de los flujos energéticos del Golfo Pérsico está provocando inflación, agitación económica y un...
Long before she began assembling the fragments that would become Rehearsals for a Revolution , Pegah Ahangarani had already spent much of her life moving between cinema and memory. Born in Iran in 1984 and now based in...
By Max BLUMENTHAL Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Charlie Kirk’s media empire and his right-wing activist organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), have come under the control of the Israel-directed forces he spent the...
The first round of talks between Iran and the US were cancelled on Thursday as continued fighting between Israel and Hezbollah threatened to derail the nascent peace agreement just hours after it was signed. Talks were scheduled to be...
By Larry C. JOHNSON Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su To quote James Carville, “Its the economy stupid!” On Monday I wrote: So the question we ought to ask is why did Donald...
The geopolitical theater of recent diplomatic summits has left political pundits celebrating a false sense of security. Following high-level bilateral discussions between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping in Beijing, and the subsequent security dialogues...
The responsibility of anti-imperialist forces today is not only to expose NATO’s military strategy, but also to build a political alternative against the poverty, insecurity, and political decay imposed on societies by this strategy. Join us on Telegram , Twitter...
In the end, which side will be able to deal with the consequences of their own actions? Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su As the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advance on...
When Kamel Hawwash retired from academia last year, he imagined a quieter life. Instead, he entered May's local elections in Birmingham and made history. By winning a seat in Stirchley, Hawwash became the UK's first councillor of Palestinian...
Extremist Israeli ministers have said that Lebanon should "burn" after four Israeli soldiers were killed in combat with Hezbollah, as Israel’s deadly offensive continues despite the US-Iran agreement explicitly calling for a ceasefire. National Security Minister Ben Gvir said...
The Muslim Council of Britain has called for more protection of mosques and Muslim community centres from repeated acts of vandalism and "targeted hostility". It has also published a handbook to ensure the safety of those institutions and the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlers carried out a wave of attacks across the West Bank and Jerusalem over the past 24 hours, targeting Palestinians, their property, farmland, ambulances and religious sites, as eight countries lashed out at the escalating settler attacks. In...
Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi , who is due to join the Morocco squad against Scotland later on Friday, said he faced trial on a rape charge and welcomed the opportunity to put across his point of view. Hakimi, 27,...
GAZA, (PIC) One Palestinian was killed and several others were injured on Thursday evening in separate Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, amid ongoing violations of the ceasefire agreement. According to local reports, Abdullah Yassin was killed after being shot by Israeli...
The alleged "ceasefire" declared in Gaza more than eight months ago is a "deadly illusion", the UN charged on Friday, with 265 children killed there since the fighting was supposed to have stopped. Despite a so-called ceasefire being declared...
GAZA, (PIC) The Union of Gaza Strip Municipalities warned on Friday that essential services are on the verge of complete collapse as Israel continues to block the entry of critical supplies. Gaza Municipality spokesperson Husni Muhanna said the crisis has moved beyond...
A rift of sorts is beginning to show between Trump and Netanyahu which is getting harder and harder to ignore. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su As the excitement builds over the possible...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem despite heightened Israeli security measures. According to the Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem, approximately 60,000 worshipers attended Friday prayer at the Mosque compound. Local sources reported...
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