There will be no agreement with Lebanon, and Israeli forces will not leave southern Lebanon unless Hezbollah agrees to a ceasefire and disarms, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet on Thursday evening. Hezbollah struck down a US-brokered proposal...
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New satellite imagery has appeared to show damage at an American air base in Kuwait following an Iranian strike on Wednesday, contradicting claims by the US military that it had successfully thwarted the attack. The high-resolution imagery, released by...
Reports of an explosion and alleged drone attack at Oman's Mina al Fahal port have raised questions about a further escalation of tensions in the Middle East, despite authorities insisting that crude export operations are continuing as normal....
Is Ukraine-Russia war entering the end game?
Full ArticleA Model of Attritional Warfare Suggests Yes Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The Persian Gulf war of USA/Israel against Iran has largely displaced reporting on the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Reading the news on...
Dr. Daniel Schall is CEO and Co-Founder of Black Semiconductor. He holds a PhD in graphene optoelectronics from RWTH Aachen University. His work has shaped integrated photonics for over a decade, driving innovation in chip-to-chip communication. As co-founder of Black...
By Danita YADAV Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The cartoon was published as a commentary by Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten days before the prime minister landed in Oslo. Amid a massive row during...
The EU is turning into a debating club
Full ArticleBy Augustin PALOKAJ Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Ironically, we could ask: “what would have happened if enlargement had not been a priority”. The fact that never in the history of the EU has...
A few months after Hamas' October 7 attack , filmmaker Gillian Mosley was talking to a friend in Lebanon about the devastation unfolding in Gaza as Israel's genocidal campaign intensified. Like millions around the world, they were watching...
A majority of Americans now hold unfavourable views of Israel , according to a new Pew Research Centre survey, with opposition particularly strong among younger voters and those on the political left amid continuing fallout from Israel's wars in...
Following the recent announcement that Australia would acquire three submarines already in US service rather than two used submarines and one new one, AUKUS has again dominated headlines. AUKUS is a defense capability agreement between the United States, the United...
Storytelling, Not Rebuttal, May Be the Best Antidote to Misinformation About Reproductive Care
Full ArticleAround the world, millions of women rely on the drug mifepristone for abortion care. That’s put access to the drug in the crosshairs of anti-abortion activists both in the United States and in other countries. Yet as false claims about...
Qatari officials have denied an Israeli report claiming that the non-profit organisation Qatar Foundation International has closed its educational operations in the US. The misleading report said that the NGO, affiliated with the state-led Qatar Foundation , was...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at Aqsa Mosque despite Israeli restrictions on access to the holy site. Local sources said around 60,000 worshippers gathered at the Mosque and its courtyards, with large numbers arriving from Occupied...
Pew poll: Negative vibes for Israel in 36 countries
Full ArticleAfter more than three years of waging war against its neighbors, Israel appears to be more negatively regarded not only in the United States , where Israel’s image has been sinking since shortly after the outbreak of its war...
In a remote mining town at the center of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, grief and mistrust are complicating efforts to stop the virus. Health workers are trying to treat the ill and bury the dead, but some...
Restricting arms to the hands of the state in Iraq shifted from a recurring political slogan to an unprecedented actual test for Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's government, after several armed factions announced the start of organisational steps to...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Stagnation problem is worse than it looks for BerlinDiego Faßnacht argues that Germany’s weak economic performance has been masked by...
Thiel’s drive to control Brazilian legal relations should serve as a warning about the need to affirm and reaffirm the fundamental importance of human centrality in all institutions and relationships. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK ....
Santa Claus and satire, postmen and prisoners – these are tiles in the rich mosaic of stories produced by Palestinian playwrights, given the prompt to write on whatever they want. These stories form part of Tomorrow Will Be A Palestinian...
A district court in The Hague on Friday convicted a 49-year-old Dutch woman of war crimes and sentenced her to seven years in prison for allowing her then 14-year-old son to become a fighter for Islamic State. The woman,...
NHS staff could be banned from wearing Palestine badges under new antisemitism measures, raising concerns about free speech and workplace rights. According to recommendations in a review published on Thursday by the UK government’s independent advisor on antisemitism, efforts...
ARIJ: New Israeli Military Orders Pave the Way for Seizure of More Than 20,000 Dunums in the Occupied West Bank
Full ArticleRAMALLAH, West Bank / PNN/ Monjed jadou - Israeli authorities have issued a new set of military orders that could facilitate the takeover of more than 20,000 dunums (about 20 square kilometers) of Palestinian land across the occupied West Bank, according...
No convictions in Kurdish terror trial at Old Bailey
Full ArticleThree Kurdish activists accused of being members of banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will be retried after a jury was unable to reach a verdict in their case. Turkan Ozcan, Ali Boyraz and Ercan Akbal are accused of belonging to the...
The US Senate on Friday approved $70 billion in funding for Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown, but only after a long day of votes on multiple amendments that highlighted Republican infighting over some of the president's other contentious...
La recente visita di Vladimir Putin ad Astana smentisce le letture occidentali che avevano interpretato alcune mosse kazake come uno spostamento verso l’Occidente. Il Kazakistan non rompe con Mosca, ma diversifica le proprie relazioni mantenendo la Russia come partner strategico...
TOKYO — Like a horror film villain everyone thought was dead, Donald Trump’s tariffs are suddenly back — and the timing couldn’t be more unsettling for Asia’s embattled economies. Despite the US Supreme Court striking down his “Liberation Day” tariffs,...
GAZA, (PIC) Gaza City lived one of the most difficult nights it has witnessed during the recent period, after a series of simultaneous Israeli raids targeted a number of inhabited residential apartments in separate areas of the city, which resulted in...
When it comes to relations with Belarus, the Trump administration has been pursuing a dual approach of late. In May 2026, President Donald Trump renewed the US national emergency on Belarus, noting that the government of longtime Belarusian leader Alexander...
As demand for cobalt, gold and other minerals grows, mining is accelerating deforestation in the Congo basin – and increasing the risk of deadly Ebola outbreaks For decades after the discovery of Ebolavirus in 1976, outbreaks of the disease were relatively...
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani met Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Thursday evening, 4 June, in the presence of General Intelligence Service chief Hussein Al-Salama. According to the Syrian Foreign Ministry, the meeting discussed strengthening bilateral relations between the...
The UN on Friday more than doubled its aid appeal for Lebanon as the country reels from Israel's war , saying nearly $640 million was needed over six months. "The humanitarian crisis in Lebanon is severe and deteriorating,"...
Netanyahu and Trump are conditioning the end of the war in Iran on the condition that all countries in the region sign the Abraham Accords, a tacit submission to Israel. Drawing on Daniel Levy, Omer Bartov, and the Pew Survey,...
The release of the investigative documentary “Pesta Babi” (Pig Feast) has triggered an unusually intense wave of public debate and political unease across Indonesia. Directed by Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Cypri Jehan Paju Dale, the film captures the systemic collision...
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on June 4 to approve legislation that would provide billions of dollars in military assistance to Ukraine. The Ukraine Support Act came to a vote in the House despite opposition from Republican leadership...
A woman accused of enslaving a Yazidi teenager in Syria would agree to wear an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet and undergo religious counseling if she were freed on bail, her lawyer told a court Friday. Zeinab Ahmad ,...
The signal we cannot ignore: What the LONDA 2025 report reveals about Africa’s digital rights
Full ArticleHow digital democracy is expanding in some regions while facing severe authoritarian pushback in others Originally published on Global Voices Researchers, authors, and Paradigm Initiative team members stand on stage during the official launch of the LONDA 2025 report...
The signal we cannot ignore: What the LONDA 2025 report reveals about Africa’s digital rights
Full ArticleHow digital democracy is expanding in some regions while facing severe authoritarian pushback in others Originally published on Global Voices Advox Researchers, authors, and Paradigm Initiative team members stand on stage during the official launch of the LONDA 2025...
Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family An African treaty that rejects longstanding international human rights obligations moved a step closer to becoming policy this week as governments across the continent...
The latest US-backed ceasefire proposal announced on Wednesday between Lebanon and Israel has introduced a new and largely undefined concept into negotiations: the "pilot zones". The term appeared in Washington's announcement following a fourth round of talks between Lebanese...
Syria’s fragile recovery and the UK’s role
Full ArticleAs I prepare to conclude my time as the UK Special Representative for Syria, I look back on Syria’s transformative journey over the last few years and reflect. I started this role in May 2023, a few months after...
As Global Demand for Gold Grows, UN Mercury Head Warns Toxic Fumes Put Women in a Motherhood Dilemma
Full ArticleMonika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, learns how to pan for gold in a free-mercury mine in Baguio, the Philippines, in 2024. Credit: Minamata Convention on Mercury By Kizito Makoye SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, Jun 5 2026 (IPS) Ask...
"It seems the Nakba will haunt us until our last day as Palestinian refugees ," Abu Walid al-Awad, a 65-year-old refugee whose family was expelled from the Palestinian village of Simsimah during the 1948 Nakba, began his...
On June 4, Pakistan said what most analysts had been thinking for over a year: India is weaponizing water. The trigger was a pair of infrastructure projects on the Chenab River — a ₹2,352 crore (US$246 million) tunnel to divert...
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya moved to solitary confinement after appealing his detention extension
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) The legal team of Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, has revealed that Israeli prison authorities transferred him from the Negev detention facility to solitary confinement in Nafha Prison, where he is...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of large-scale raids across the occupied West Bank early Friday, conducting house searches and arresting several Palestinians. The raids targeted the towns of Al-Dhahiriya and Beit Ummar in the al-Khalil...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced early Friday that 18-year-old Palestinian Haitham Ezzedine Omar Hmeida was killed by Israeli gunfire in the village of Beitin, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Civil Affairs Authority said...
GAZA, (PIC) An 18-year-old Palestinian girl was killed and 16 civilians were injured early Friday in a series of new Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip. A medical source at Nasser Medical Complex reported that the casualties arrived...
There has been a dramatic and noticeable shift in Donald Trump’s rhetoric and social media posts regarding Iran since Pepe and I received the report of Iran’s threat to do a demonstration detonation of a nuclear warhead if the US...
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