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Oil refineries are the new battleground: does it expose a global plan to phase out fossil fuels? Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Lately, since the beginning of 2026, we have seen...
Birthright citizenship is the law of the land. The Supreme Court has once again ruled that the 14th Amendment gives automatic citizenship to anyone born in the US. This includes the children of illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders, both of...
A former member of the European Parliament who served on a committee investigating abusive surveillance was himself hacked using an Israeli-made spy tool, Pegasus , a Canadian tech watchdog group said on Friday. Citizen Lab said in a report that...
A wave of rolling blackouts across Indonesia in mid-2026 has exposed one of the country’s biggest economic paradoxes: it is one of the world’s largest coal producers, yet it has struggled to secure enough fuel for its own power plants....
The intensification of Japan’s political course on the European front, which has been observed over the past few years, received further confirmation this June in the form of a trip to the continent by the Imperial Couple and the country’s...
Dry Monsoon in South Asia: Looming Fears of Agricultural Loss, Extreme Heat, and Disaster
Full ArticleFarmers planting paddy in Helambu, Sindhupalchowk. Their farming is dependent on precipitation and snow-fed rivers in the region. Credit: Bhagirathi Pandit By Tanka Dhakal KATHMANDU, Jul 3 2026 (IPS) Monsoon season in South Asia, including Nepal, is a period of frequent...
BEIRUT, (PIC) The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Thursday evening that 4,298 citizens have been killed and 12,196 others injured since the Israeli aggression on the country began on March 2. The ministry stated that these figures represent the total casualties...
GAZA, (PIC) The Palestinian Center for Political Studies issued on Thursday an analytical study entitled “1,000 days of the war on Gaza, transformations of genocide and the reshaping of the Palestinian arena and the international system.” The study addressed the course of...
BETHLEHEM, (PIC) Israeli settlers destroyed the main electricity line supplying the village of Al-Minya, southeast of Bethlehem, on Friday, marking the second such attack on the village within a week. According to local sources, settlers entered the village and damaged the main...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Jerusalem Governorate on Thursday warned of the implications of the Israeli Security Cabinet’s approval of a plan to establish 13 new settlements under the so-called Binyamin Regional Council. In a statement, the governorate said the decision is part...
The body of Iran's supreme leader, killed in US-Israeli strikes that launched their war on Iran, arrived at Tehran's Grand Mosalla on Friday ahead of his funeral, state media reported. Millions of people and a coterie of foreign dignitaries...
Human rights organisations have condemned an agreement between Israel and the US to construct a permanent US embassy on stolen Palestinian land in Jerusalem. Under a deal signed by Israel's foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar and US ambassador...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli forces carried out 14 new ceasefire violations across the Gaza Strip on Friday, including artillery shelling, gunfire, demolition operations, and intensified aerial activity by fighter jets and drones, according to local reports. The incidents were concentrated in both...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (right). They have called for the universal abolition of the death penalty. Credit: UN Photo/Violaine Martin By Shuli Wong UNITED NATIONS, Jul 3 2026 (IPS) While...
Bill Pulte, who has served as interim Director of National Intelligence since the beginning of June, was chosen by US President Donald Trump to lead the country’s 18 intelligence agencies for an undefined period. It is unclear how long...
Over one thousand days into Israel's genocidal war on Gaza , time is measured in bombardments, displacements, failed ceasefires, and efforts to survive. Gaza's neighbourhoods are buried under rubble. Families have been uprooted multiple times. Schools,...
Vladimir Putin has finally acknowledged that Ukraine’s relentless drone attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure are having an effect. Speaking to the ruling United Russia party on June 28, the Russian president confirmed that his country is facing “a certain shortage”...
The Blue Sharks will become the smallest nation in history to play a knockout match at the World Cup when they face Argentina on Friday The Festival da Gamboa is the largest music festival on Santiago Island, Cape Verde. Since its...
Abu Dhabi’s Coral Promise to the Future
Full ArticleReef fish and corals. Credit: UNDP By James Alix Michel VICTORIA, Seychelles, Jul 3 2026 (IPS) In just the first half of this year, Abu Dhabi’s Environment Agency has cultivated 302,415 new coral colonies, bringing the total under the Abu Dhabi...
Welcome, Here are the updates of the day: - Over 20 million people are estimated to arrive in Tehran for the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, killed at the start of the US-Israel war. Ceremonies will begin on Saturday...
By Shihana Mohamed NEW YORK, Jul 3 2026 (IPS) At the Annual General Meeting of the United Nations Asia Network for Diversity and Inclusion ( www.UN-ANDI.org ) on 21 May 2026, I was invited to share my reflections on both the...
When an Ally Becomes a Liability
Full ArticleU.S. and Israeli army officers talk in front a US Patriot missile defense system. Credit: Jack Guez/Getty Images Source: Council on Foreign Relations By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK, Jul 3 2026 (IPS) For a generation, no foreign leader bet more heavily...
Much has been said about the importance of the West Philippine Sea for Manila’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and resource access. However, there is a gap between those goals and the means to achieve them. The West Philippine Sea is Manila’s...
There is a temptation, whenever two regional powers start hurling accusations of genocide and dictatorship at each other, to read the moment as a clash of civilizations or of irreconcilable values. The Turkey-Israel rupture invites exactly that kind of reading:...
This article is part of an RS series reflecting on the 250th anniversary of American Independence and its impact and meaning for modern U.S. foreign policy, war, and peace. The spring of 1794 strained the nerves of even...
This article is part of an RS series reflecting on the 250th anniversary of American Independence and its impact and meaning for modern U.S. foreign policy, war, and peace. When it comes to war, the Trump administration faces...
Only 9 Days of Sour Crude Left in the US SPR?
Full ArticleBefore diving into the headline of this article, the body of the former Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, who died on February 28 as a result of American-Israeli strikes, has been delivered to Tehran. This marks the start of...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - The 27-country European Union has avoided a trade war with China through a conditional truce despite EU complaints over its huge trade deficit with Beijing, giving China, its second biggest trading partner...
On June 24, in the Oval Office, the secretary general of NATO stood up from his chair, walked over to a pair of presentation boards, and began a sales pitch. Mark Rutte had brought charts. He pointed at the first...
Israel’s supporters have gone apoplectic over a short post on X from the journalist Mehdi Hasan, highlighting Israel’s peculiar marriage laws. Hasan asks: “Did you know that you can’t have a civil or secular marriage in Israel?” He’s not wrong....
Indian prime minister has a habit of collecting awards on his travels, some as their first and only recipient As Narendra Modi touched down in Seychelles over the weekend, the archipelago nation in the Indian Ocean swiftly bestowed one of its...
Against the horrific high- and low-tech butchery of Palestinians and Lebanese by Israeli ethno-nationalist psychopathic killers, this week there will be an effort in Congress to formally merge or integrate the military of Israel and the United States at the...
Gaza social development ministry: Gaza genocide left tens of thousands of orphans and widows
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) The Gaza ministry of social development said the Strip is facing an unprecedented recovery crisis as the consequences of the war continue to deepen, with more than 80% of Gaza’s population displaced from their homes and the conflict leaving...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said Thursday that the Movement’s delegation is continuing its meetings with mediators in Cairo for the third consecutive day to discuss mechanisms for implementing the Gaza ceasefire agreement and advancing to its second phase. In televised...
The US as the world’s robber baron
Full ArticleIn a remarkable commentary published at the end of June, a former leading economist in the Trump administration acknowledges (and endorses) what many have suspected: The function of Trump’s foreign economic policy is to act like a 21st-century...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli forces continued violating the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Thursday through airstrikes, demolitions, and gunfire across multiple areas of the territory. Three Palestinians were killed Thursday evening in separate Israeli strikes targeting different parts of Gaza, while several...
A popular Turkish comedian was arrested on arrival at Istanbul airport on Thursday for allegedly insulting Islam and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The arrest of Deniz Goktas, 32, came as the authorities have broadened a crackdown on...
China’s home prices continued to fall in the first half of 2026 as buyers held back, betting that values would drop farther. With sales volumes and prices both in decline, analysts see little sign of a near-term recovery. Data released on...
Egypt coach Hossam Hassan cast doubt on whether talisman Mohamed Salah will start their World Cup last-32 showdown with Australia on Friday in Texas following a hamstring problem. Salah took part in training with the rest...
Il Libano sull’orlo della guerra civile
Full ArticleLa collaborazione tra il governo libanese, le élite politiche del Paese e Israele potrebbe spingere il Libano verso un conflitto armato interno. Segue nostro Telegram . Il Libano sta attraversando uno dei momenti più delicati della sua storia recente. Dopo...
The real promise of AI in EDA is not to replace EDA tools or reinvent design flows, it is to help engineers accomplish existing tasks even more complex design tasks faster, more safely, and with far less tool expertise than...
The United States has said it will prevent the United Nations from supporting an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia starting next year, two documents showed, in a move that officials said is likely to end its operations. The...
When Roger Waters sings, "I feel your pain from New York City" to Mona Miari, he is doing more than revisiting a Pink Floyd classic; he is sending a letter into the ruins of Gaza. It...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Eleven Palestinians were martyred and 191 others were injured, while the Israeli occupation forces detained 866 citizens in Jerusalem during the first half of 2026, according to a report issued by the Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governorate, which documented...
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani told Lebanon's president on Thursday that Damascus had no intention of intervening militarily in his country despite US pressure to do so, according to the Lebanese presidency. Shaibani, who also invited President...
US Presbyterian Church vote sparks Palestinian praise over Gaza resolutions and arms embargo call
Full ArticleJerusalem /PNN / The Palestinian Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine, headed by Dr. Ramzi Khouri, member of the PLO Executive Committee, has welcomed the historic resolutions adopted by the 227th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA),...
Foreigners are not to blame for unemployment, crime and the state of public services. Leaders should have the courage to say so more clearly Just over 30 years ago, Nelson Mandela expressed his sadness and anger at the rising hatred of...
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