When Nato helped overthrow Gaddafi in 2011, there were hopes of a new beginning. More than a decade later, a former CIA asset runs the country – and Libya has become yet another lesson in the unintended consequences of foreign...
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On March 19, Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the latest annual report from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) as “unobjective, inaccurate and based on information with ill intent.” The response followed a well-established pattern – USCIRF...
The State Department is conducting a new wave of outreach to three military-ruled Sahelian countries — Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. This outreach appears aimed at moving past concerns about democracy and restoring a kind of status quo ante in...
The road to Beijing doesn't run through Tehran
Full ArticleAs Operation Epic Fury enters its fourth week, American and Israeli forces can boast of many tactical victories. They have destroyed 75% of Iran’s missile and drone launch capacity, sunk over thirty naval vessels, hit critical Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...
The destruction of Gaza has not ended
Full ArticleAs the war in Iran absorbs the world’s attention, with its images of dead school girls and flattened buildings, it may be easy to overlook Gaza. It has been a full five months since a ceasefire went into...
When It Comes to Suicide Bombers, Sunni Radicals — Many Supported by the West –Take the Prize
Full ArticleOne of the frequent claims about Iran is that the Shia are fanatical, suicide bombers. Turns out that is just one more lie. The data on incidents of suicide bombers tells a different story. This is not my opinion… The...
The global economy is under "major threat" from the energy crisis caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran and "no country will be immune" to its effects, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol said Monday. Speaking at...
An Iran -backed armed group announced on Monday that it would continue its five-day pause on attacking the US embassy in Baghdad . Since the start of the war in the Middle East, pro-Iran armed groups have claimed responsibility...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - Balboa Port at the Panama Canal. Reuters/Enea Lebrun The Hong Kong-listed conglomerate CK Hutchison is not backing down from a US-backed effort by Panama to seize the ports it operates along the...
Leaked material reviewed by The Grayzone reveals failed ‘journalist’ Paul Mason conspired with GCHQ to monitor and attack this journalist and other critics. What did the British intelligence agency do with the sensitive information he secretly provided? Leaked correspondence reviewed...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to chair an emergency meeting on the economic fallout from the US-Israeli war on Iran on Monday, with finance minister Rachel Reeves and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey...
“The Mauritanian” Mohamedou Ould Slahi has become the public face of the prosecution against the US prison camp Guantánamo, where he was imprisoned and severely tortured for 14 years. But despite being released 10 years ago, and his innocence proven...
A journalist from a Turkish newspaper critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government was placed in pre-trial detention Sunday for "spreading false information", his publication said. Ismail Ari, a journalist for left-wing newspaper Birgun , was...
March 11, 2026: the day the UN died. Much devastation will be left in the wake of the war on Iran. One of the most serious losses will be the loss of credibility suffered by the United Nations. On March...
It sure looks like the Donald is on the receiving end of a double-whammy. His victory declaration in Iran looks to rank right up there with George Dubya Bush’s “mission accomplished” pratfall on the deck of a US aircraft carrier...
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wants $200 billion for the Trump administration’s illegal, ill-advised, undeclared war on Iran. Well, maybe. “That number could move,” he says, to get “properly funded for what’s been done, for what we may have...
This week, Benjamin Netanyahu stood before the cameras amid the smoke of his expanding wars and declared with the confidence of a man who believes history still belongs to the ruthless: “Jesus Christ has no advantage over Genghis Khan. Because...
The Israeli military announced Sunday it was expanding its ground campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon , warning of a lengthy operation, after Beirut condemned what it called Israel's flagrant violations of Lebanese sovereignty. Israeli forces were ordered earlier...
Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Amin Nasser has cancelled his planned appearance at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston to remain in Saudi Arabia because of the Iran conflict, an industry source told Reuters . Nasser, who has...
The Israeli military announced on March 22 that it killed Walid Dib, a Hamas money man, in Lebanon. In addition to Dib, two other Hamas members operating in Lebanon have also been eliminated in Israeli strikes in recent days. The...
US President Donald Trump shared a video on his Truth Social network Sunday of a TV comedy skit showing a terrified British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hoping to dodge a phone call with the American leader. The...
Gli Stati Uniti stanno sperperando miliardi di dollari per bombardare l’Iran, mentre il mondo assiste distrattamente al crollo dei prezzi del petrolio. Segue nostro Telegram . Bruciare miliardi di dollari Gli Stati Uniti bruciano miliardi di dollari per bombardare l’Iran...
Moti Margalit is the CEO and co-founder of SonicEdge, a deep-tech pioneer reinventing sound through ultrasonic modulation – unlocking smaller, vibration-free speakers with studio-quality audio. With a background in lasers and electro-optics, Moti transitioned from technologist to inventor. His career spans...
US President Donald Trump's border czar said on Sunday that having immigration agents bolster short-staffed Transportation Security Administration teams will speed up airport lines, but the union for TSA workers said that doesn't solve what they...
From exile and rebellion to trade, transformation, and mercy, explore surprising facts about Makkah you may never have heard. A Complex History Most of us think we know Makkah. It is the holiest city in Islam, the direction of our prayers,...
The Epstein Class is destroying our society and everything we assumed it stood for Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: Wikipedia When I become despondent about the state of the world, which is quite often these...
Ukrainian and US delegations concluded a second day of talks in Florida on finding ways to end the four-year war with Russia , President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. Russian representatives were not present at the talks, which opened...
Anti-Zionism is not Anti-Semitism
Full ArticleIn the West, the crimes of the Zionists and Israel are condoned by labeling any critic as an anti-Semite. This approach obscures the following fact: The Zionists promote anti-Semitism to legitimize their crimes. Introduction The Collective West, which unconditionally supports the...
The proposed US bill represents a monumental financial breakthrough for Somaliland, catapulting its financial visibility to the outside world from a state of mere informal survival to a structured access For years, Somaliland’s case has been argued in the language of...
Iran’s reported use of the Sejjil ballistic missile for the first time in a recent wave of attacks has drawn attention to one of the most advanced systems in Tehran’s arsenal , key to compensate the country’s...
An Israeli airstrike on a police vehicle on Sunday killed three people in the middle of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, health officials said, hours after another person was killed in a strike on northern...
Hundreds of Syrians protested in central Damascus on Sunday against new restrictions on alcohol sales, reflecting wider fears that the Islamist authorities may tighten curbs on personal freedoms. The Syrian capital last week banned the sale of alcoholic beverages in restaurants...
A senior Iranian official on Sunday denied to Al-Jazeera that Iran attempted to launch a missile strike against the US-UK military base on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. This came after the...
A massive Iranian retaliatory strike on Dimona, Israel’s “nuclear city,” following latter’s attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant, caused large-scale destruction and casualties, Demona, March 22, 2026 The salience of the two readouts of the phone call on Saturday by...
The United States may need to "escalate" its attacks against Iran to be able to wind down the war, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, after President Donald Trump gave seemingly contradictory trajectories for the US military campaign. Trump on Saturday...
Iran's critical water and energy infrastructure have suffered extensive damage due to US and Israeli strikes on tens of thousands of civilian sites, officials said on Sunday. Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran on February 28, killing the...
The Palestinian Water Authority and Environmental Quality Authority in Gaza warned on Sunday of an unprecedented water and environmental catastrophe in the enclave, citing widespread destruction caused by Israel’s war between October 2023 and October 2025 . In...
Rising oil and gas prices driven by the US-Israeli war on Iran over the past three weeks have created a global fuel crisis , prompting governments to introduce urgent measures to limit the impact on economies and...
Iraqi sources have reported that the pro-Iran militia Kataib Hezbollah is the main suspect in the attack on the National Intelligence Service headquarters in Baghdad , as calls for decisive action increase following the deadly incident. Iraqi authorities...
Pro-Palestine campaigners across the United Kingdom are preparing to stage coordinated protests outside arms manufacturing sites, in an effort to intensify public pressure on the government to halt its support for Israel through the production and sale...
GAZA, (PIC) Four Palestinians were martyred and several others were injured on Sunday afternoon, the third day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, following an Israeli airstrike that targeted a police vehicle in an-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The Palestinian Information Center...
Shabaab, Al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, highlighted last year’s brazen assault on Mogadishu’s Godka Jilacow prison, operated by Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency. In the video, one of the attackers was identified as the son of Ali Mohamed...
Con la morte del Senatur muore l’ultimo politico di destra della generazione Seconda Repubblica
Full ArticleÈ morto Umberto Bossi: un trascinatore istintivo, un politico fuori dal comune dotato di un intuito straordinario ma dai modi ruvidi, spesso brutali. Segue nostro Telegram . Bossi ha segnato profondamente la storia politica italiana, lasciando un’impronta che va ben...
Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, in Bossier Parish not far from Shreveport, was attacked by drone swarms during the week of March 9. The attack disrupted B-52H aircraft launches in support of Operation Epic Fury against Iran. It is the...
Deserções aumentam na Ucrânia
Full ArticleNa direção d e Zaporozhye, deserções estão se tornando uma questão cada vez mais grave para o regime de Kiev. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su A crise institucional no regime de...
Qatar on Sunday confirmed four of its military personnel and three Turkish nationals , including one serviceman, were killed on board a helicopter that crashed in Qatar's territorial waters. The Gulf state's interior ministry said in a statement rescue operations...
The Taliban government said one person was killed by a shell from Pakistan in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, despite a truce between the two countries for the end of Ramadan. "Today, Sunday, a mortar shell fired by the Pakistani military regime...
Eight overnight attacks targeted a US diplomatic and logistics centre at Baghdad's International Airport, an Iraqi security official told AFP on Sunday. Several waves of departures from the US facility occurred on Saturday from the airport, according to another...
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