In late March , I sat in the gallery of the Supreme Court for the first time in my life. Throughout my 30 years of grassroots anti-poverty work, I’ve joined countless protests and vigils outside the Court. In 2018, I...
European backers put on a show of support for the Palestinian Authority and the push for a two-state solution Monday, as the US-Israeli war with Iran has dragged focus away from Gaza. The efforts to bolster the Palestinian Authority...
A public petition demanding arrests in the killing of a 22-year-old Malawian man has been quietly altered to remove the names of several alleged suspects, fuelling concerns among campaigners and relatives about transparency in the investigation. The petition, which had gathered...
Presidencies birth their own rhetorical shorthand. Bill Clinton is remembered for the definition of “is.” TV pitch man Donald Trump has given us numerous options, including the current frontrunner, “The cruelty is the point.” Years from now, though,...
On the eve of rare direct negotiations last week, the first in decades between Israel and Lebanon, Israeli forces said they had encircled the south Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil . Located just kilometres from the border with Israel, the...
A sea turtle is released from the hatchery in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh to begin its hazardous journey to the sea. Credit: UNDP Bangladesh By Rafiqul Islam COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh, Apr 20 2026 (IPS) Every winter thousands of sea turtles come ashore...
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has called the bosses of the country's five biggest retail banks for talks, in a sign of growing concern about the economic consequences of the war on Iran . Reeves will...
India has one of the world’s longest coastlines, some of the most ambitious renewable energy targets, and a looming net zero deadline. Yet it does not have a single offshore wind turbine to show for years of effort. Government figures hope...
Caso a oposição vença as eleições, a aproximação com a Rússia será ainda mais prejudicada pelo inevitável realinhamento com os Estados Unidos. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Brasil e Rússia firmaram,...
BEIRUT, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army carried out new ceasefire violations in southern Lebanon on Monday, launching artillery and air strikes and demolishing homes, while maintaining its presence in the areas it has invaded under what it terms the “yellow line.” The...
The US Treasury Department announced the designation of seven high-level members of Iran-backed Iraqi militias as Specially Designated Global Terrorists on April 17. Their organizations are previously US-designated terror groups that, operating under front groups, have conducted numerous attacks on...
Nearly 45,000 homes were partially damaged or destroyed in the Iranian capital during the war with the United States and Israel , with hundreds in need of demolition, a government official has said. A fragile truce has held in the...
Embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer was to face lawmakers in parliament on Monday as he bids to quell anger over an unrelenting scandal involving long-time Jeffrey Epstein associate Peter Mandelson , who was the UK's ambassador to...
Diplomatic visits and movements across the Gulf last week reaffirmed the indirect role played by Gulf countries, particularly Qatar , Saudi Arabia and Oman, in coordination with Pakistani mediation to reach a framework agreement aimed at preventing...
Israeli soldiers were filmed damaging a statue of Jesus Christ in the southern Lebanese village of Debel, an incident that drew condemnation and renewed scrutiny over attacks on religious sites during the war. The episode is not an isolated...
By Patrick LAWRENCE Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In Iran and Ukraine, what is at stake — what is fought for and against — is a rebalancing of power that will prove...
Analog Bits has a way of stealing the show at every event they attend. The formula is actually quite straight-forward – come to the show with the most relevant, highest impact IP running on the most advanced process. The company...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Jerusalem Governorate has warned of a social media campaign launched by extremist Jewish temple groups, inciting their followers and supporters to storm the Aqsa Mosque en masse and raise Israeli flags inside it next Wednesday to mark...
Iran executed two men convicted of cooperating with Israel’s Mossad intelligence service and planning attacks inside the country, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan reported on Sunday, a charge denied by the opposition group they were...
European stocks fell on Monday as oil prices surged over fears hostilities could resume in the weeks-long Middle East war , after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz following its brief reopening. Investors were on edge approaching the end of...
The former ballet dancer said Chalamet’s comments were ‘reckless’ in an interview with the New York Times in which she also discussed her violent childhood Actor and former ballet dancer Charlize Theron has joined the chorus of disapproval aimed at Timothée...
The induction of INS Aridhaman, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), marks a strategic shift in India’s undersea deterrence posture in the Indo-Pacific. This is not just another warship entering theIndianNavy’s order of battle. It signifies that India’s sea-based nuclear...
The Israeli military has continued to demolish homes in occupied southern Lebanon, as the two countries prepare for a second round of talks this week amid a 10-day ceasefire . From Sunday night into early Monday, Israeli forces blew up...
GAZA, (PIC) In the war-ravaged streets of Gaza, work is no longer a choice; it is a necessity for survival. As jobs disappear, salaries go unpaid, and income sources vanish, many residents are turning to small, often rudimentary projects as a...
Israeli ministers on Sunday officially reopened Sa-Nur, an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank that was evacuated 20 years ago, while making calls with declarations to resettle Gaza and "burying" the notion of Palestinian statehood. Several...
In Cuba, hardship is not abstract. On my most recent visit, I watched residents use metal rods to probe beneath the pavement for water lines because municipal pump failures had left them scrambling for access to drinking water. If U.S. policy...
GAZA, (PIC) In a harrowing testimony that captures the brutal reality of daily life inside Israeli prisons, political writer and former Palestinian prisoner Hilal Nassar, released as part of the Al-Aqsa Flood prisoner exchange, paints a stark portrait of the conditions...
Saudi Arabia’s reported interest in supporting the development of, and potentially acquiring, Turkey’s fifth-generation fighter , the Kaan, has generated unease in Washington. US officials reportedly expressed frustration over Riyadh’s exploration of alternative advanced aerial capabilities ,...
GAZA, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have fully closed the Rafah land crossing in southern Gaza, halting the evacuation of wounded and critically ill patients seeking treatment abroad, Palestinian authorities said on Monday. The Palestinian Authority for Crossings and Borders confirmed...
Donald Trump isn’t campaigning — he’s staging a spectacle. Trump’s rhetoric and provocative social posts are less about theology and more about getting attention, however, the wrong kind. When the Iran conflict broke out, the Pope (as pontiffs tend to...
In the central Gaza Strip city of Deir al-Balah , election posters are layered over cracked concrete walls, and conversations in markets shift between survival and politics. After nearly two decades without local elections, the city is preparing...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian civilian was martyred and several others were injured in Israeli attacks in different areas of the Gaza Strip on Monday, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the 193rd consecutive day. According to Palestinian media sources, a citizen identified as...
A week after the 8 April ceasefire took hold, Iran has entered a phase that is not quite peace and not quite continued war. Developments on the ground, official messaging, and regional dynamics are moving in parallel but rarely in...
Si apre la settima con la notizia politica del momento che farà parlare per le settimane a venire: con l’addio ad Orban si chiude una breve era nella politica interna ungherese che, forse, mai più tornerà. Segue nostro Telegram ....
US federal prosecutors said on Sunday an Iranian national was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly trafficking arms to Sudan on behalf of Tehran. Shamim Mafi, 44, is charged with "brokering the sale of drones, bombs, bomb...
Interpreting the Israeli-Turkish rivalry as a simple contingent dispute would be misleading. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The logic of prevention To understand why Turkey has gradually come to be viewed as...
Madrid / PNN / Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Sunday that Spain will ask the European Union on Tuesday to terminate the association agreement with Israel, which it says is violating international law. Sánchez said during an electoral rally in...
JERUSALEM / PNN / The European Union and the United Nations on Monday released a final assessment estimating that Gaza will require $71.4 billion for recovery and reconstruction over the next decade following nearly two years of conflict. The Gaza Rapid Damage...
Iran will not send a delegation to a second round of negotiations with the US , as tensions between the two countries soar over a US attack on an Iranian cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz...
The root of the problem lies in internal institutional chaos, not external actors. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The fentanyl crisis in the United States can no longer be treated as an...
NABLUS, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army bulldozed on Monday dozens of fruitful trees and swaths of land belonging to Palestinian citizens in the village of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus in the West Bank. According to local sources, Israeli bulldozers escorted by...
When a truce came into effect at midnight on 17 April, Lebanese civilians from across the country breathed a sigh of relief. Everyone told The New Arab they were exhausted from displacement and war. For more...
Roma è tornata, per tre giorni consecutivi — 15, 16 e 17 aprile — al centro del palcoscenico diplomatico, ma non per meriti propri. La visita contemporanea di Volodymyr Zelensky, presidente ucraino in continua tournée occidentale, e di Reza Pahlavi,...
GAZA, (PIC) Health reports are warning of an unprecedented deterioration in the condition of children in Gaza, as ongoing war and blockade drive a deepening humanitarian crisis that could have long-term consequences for an entire generation. According to a report cited by...
Non-alignment once carried enormous moral prestige. For newly independent states emerging from colonial rule, it was not just a foreign policy, but a fierce declaration of identity. However, the international system has fractured. Global politics is no longer divided into...
Trump’s tariff war will be seen in retrospect to be peanuts to the threatened strike on China’s supply lines. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su We are entering upon a new stage to...
Activists say clamp down on period products to target insurgents is gender-based violence and violates rights Myanmar’s military regime is expanding its ban on the distribution of period products, claiming they are being used to treat wounded resistance fighters, according to...
I’ve long been an industrial policy enthusiast. My favorite popular nonfiction book is Joe Studwell’s “How Asia Works”, a synthesis of decades of research about the economic miracles in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. I wrote a whole series of posts examining the...
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