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Ukrainian officials reported on Sunday Russian drone strikes and nearly 150 battlefield clashes over the past 24 hours despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed...

World

Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani held talks with top US officials in Florida on Saturday as part of efforts to permanently end the war with Iran , according to Axios . Secretary of State Marco...

MENA

The Iran war exposes deep political divisions within US leadership, highlighting internal instability rather than global strength. Key officials pursue conflicting strategies driven by personal power ambitions instead of coherent national interests. This growing internal rivalry is weakening America’s global...

Politics, USA, Donald Trump

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ordered for 3,000 trees planted by Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank be uprooted, to clear the way for a new Israeli settlement. Smotrich, who also holds a ministerial role within...

MENA

Iran's adversaries will be "surprised" by new weapons, new methods of warfare, and new arenas of conflict if Iran is attacked again, Iranian army spokesperson Mohammad Akrami Nia has warned, according to the Tasnim news agency. He...

MENA

A good read with much detailed analysis The system cannot produce stable growth under these circumstances. And the long-term prospects are unsound. Read Article HERE A view in Monaco with yachts moored at Port Hercules during the 22th edition of the International...

Economics, Finance, Inequality

The elimination of 32% of global oil production (the Persian Gulf’s approximate pre-crisis share of ~32–33 million barrels per day out of ~100–106 mbpd worldwide) since February 28, 2026, has triggered the largest supply shock in the history of the...

Uncategorized

African archipelago hopes startups, digital infrastructure and diaspora investment can transform its economy For much of its history since its discovery by the Portuguese in the mid-15th century, the Cape Verde archipelago off the coast of west Africa served as a...

Cape Verde, Technology sector, Technology startups

GAZA, (PIC) One Palestinian civilian was martyred and others were injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the 213th consecutive day. According to media sources, a Palestinian was killed and others were injured after...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

WEST BANK, (PIC) A horde of extremist Jewish settlers established a new outpost on swaths of Palestinian-owned land in the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit in the occupied West Bank. Local sources reported that settlers placed two mobile homes on...

News, Israeli violations, Settlement activity

Iran's soccer federation said on Saturday that the country "definitely" will participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup and insisted that the tournament hosts, the United States, Canada, and Mexico, consider Tehran's concerns about the team's travel and...

Sports

France and Algeria set aside a two-year diplomatic falling-out to agree on intensified cooperation on domestic security and defence at a meeting on Saturday between Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune and French Armed Forces Minister Alice Rufo. As part of...

MENA

Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched airstrikes against Iraqi troops who nearly discovered it, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing...

MENA

Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened Saturday to target US sites in the Middle East if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported, as Washington was left waiting for Tehran's response to its latest negotiating position. "Any attack on Iranian...

MENA

La trappola dell’escalation sembra trascinare Donald Trump sempre più in profondità nelle sabbie mobili della guerra con l’Iran. Segue nostro Telegram . La trappola dell’escalation sembra trascinare Donald Trump sempre più in profondità nelle sabbie mobili della guerra con l’Iran....

Italiano, Donald Trump, Iran

Qatari LNG tanker Al Kharaitiyat was sailing towards the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday after departing Qatar's Ras Laffan en route to Port Qasim in Pakistan, according to LSEG shipping data. A successful passage would mark the first transit...

MENA

LONDON, (PIC) The Red Ribbons Campaign condemned in the strongest terms the continued efforts by Israeli security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to advance legislation expanding the use of the death penalty against Palestinian prisoners, particularly where it would disproportionately impact Palestinians. The...

News, Ben Gvir, Execution law

GAZA, (PIC) Alessandro Mrakic, head of the UN Development Program’s Gaza office, has said that the program is working on a plan to remove around 60 million tons of rubble left by war in the Gaza Strip. This UNDP plan is aimed...

News, Gaza Strip, Rubble removal

A scandal has erupted over covert NATO conferences with the Western entertainment industry. Leaked documents reviewed by The Grayzone show how NATO has sought to infiltrate film and TV for decades, with UK intel operatives taking the lead. On May...

Information Wars, Military-Movie Complex, UK

Eurovision has issued a formal warning to Israeli broadcaster Kan for artificially inflating its votes for Israel's entry in the 2026 competition. Eurovision Song Contest director Martin Green said videos published by the artist representing Israel...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army continued on Saturday to commit ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip for the 212th consecutive day, killing one civilian and carrying out attacks in different areas. According to media sources, a civilian was martyred and another...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said Saturday that Lebanon and Syria had made "significant progress" in addressing longstanding issues between the two countries, following talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa. Salam led a ministerial delegation to Damascus for high-level...

MENA

The UK will send a destroyer to the Middle East ahead of any international mission to help protect shipping in the key Strait of Hormuz , its defence ministry said Saturday. "The pre-positioning of HMS Dragon is part...

MENA

Nigeria's military said it killed at least 50 militants during clashes this week at a base in the country's northeast, the heartland of a long-running Islamist insurgency . Since 2009, the country has been battling Boko Haram and its...

MENA

Over 1.2 million Syrians have voluntarily returned home since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, following a rebel offensive. Data from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees states that improved living conditions in the country, better security,...

MENA

Peruvian prosecutors have opened a preliminary criminal investigation into an Israeli soldier accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza , in what campaigners described as a significant step towards pursuing Israeli military...

MENA

Iran's oil infrastructure may be the source of a suspected slick off a key island export terminal, but satellite images showed it was "much reduced" Saturday, an environmental group said. Satellite images in past days appeared to show an oil...

MENA

Mentre l’Unione Europea precipita a picco in quella che potrebbe rivelarsi la più grave crisi della sua storia, molti potrebbero essere indotti a credere che, di fronte a una pressione così forte, i leader europei possano iniziare a orientarsi verso...

Italiano, Energy, European Union

BEIRUT, (PIC) At least three people were martyred in an Israeli airstrike in the Tyre district in southern Lebanon on Saturday, according to the National News Agency (NNA). The NNA reported that victims were traveling in a car when they were attacked...

News, Israeli aggression, Lebanon

É necessário chamar a atenção para o discurso de Lula logo após o encontro com Trump. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Aconteceu essa semana um encontro prometido desde o final do...

Português, Brazil, BRICS

Bahraini authorities arrested dozens of Shia clerics in sweeping raids overnight on Saturday amid an intensifying crackdown triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran . The country's interior ministry said it had detained 41 people who it...

MENA

Estimados lectores en la gran traducción del día les traemos un artículo del investigador Anis Raiss en The Cradle. Vamos: El manifiesto sobre IA de Alex Karp pone al descubierto un imperio que intenta convertir la guerra algorítmica en doctrina,...

Español, Artificial Intelligence, China

Israel is set to release two human rights activists involved in the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) on Saturday after they spent more than a week in detention while carrying out hunger strike protests. According to the Israeli rights...

World

By Larry C. JOHNSON Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su As I pointed out in my last article, someone in the Trump administration who has been briefed on Trump’s upcoming statements about the...

Editor's Choice, Donald Trump, Economy

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced a Jerusalemite family to demolish its home in Silwan district, south of the Aqsa Mosque, on Saturday morning. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Occupied Jerusalem reported that Mohamed al-Abbasi was forced to...

News, Demolition policy, Israeli violations

Syrian authorities announced on Friday the arrest of a military official who worked under the deposed Assad regime. The interior ministry said it detained Sahr Fajr Hassan , a brigadier general in the former regime, during what it described as...

MENA

Israeli forces bombed a house in Gaza’s al-Shati refugee camp on Friday evening, wounding at least six Palestinians, despite repeated international condemnation over Tel Aviv's violations of the truce. The bombing of the house, belonging to the al-Adham...

MENA

Mohamed Bulbul arrested in Mogadishu after covering case of woman allegedly being tortured in prison A journalist who covered the case of a woman who said she was being tortured in prison was detained and beaten with pistols by Somali authorities,...

Global development, Africa, Somalia

Kenya’s new draft Finance Bill 2026 is proposing a raft of tax proposals that could yet prove controversial. The proposed law published on April 30, 2026, says President William Ruto’s government targets $3.63 trillion in revenue for 2026/27 and a...

WEST BANK, (PIC) The United Nations said Israeli policies in the West Bank have forcibly displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians since the beginning of 2025 amid escalating demolitions and settler violence. Deputy spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, Farhan Haq, said around...

News, forced displacement, settler attacks
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