By Ian PROUD Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The U.S.-Israel conflict is not a matter pertinent to NATO for the blindingly obvious reason that Washington is the aggressor and not the victim....
President Trump’s threat to destroy “a whole civilization” if Iran did not open the Strait of Hormuz sparked fear around the world. However, Pakistan’s astute diplomacy led to a two-week ceasefire. Ceasefire Achieved Amid Global Anxiety Just under two hours...
Worshippers were able to pray again at Jerusalem's holy sites Thursday after Israel lifted restrictions it imposed on large public gatherings throughout the war with Iran nearly six weeks ago. Jerusalem’s police said on Wednesday that they would lift...
A friend asks me if I’ll write about the latest violence between the United States and Iran. I tell him no: I am out of words. This is an era of machines killing machines , and humans are the...
Liberties Rule of Law Report 2026 By Eleanor BROOKS Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Liberties’ seventh annual rule of law report assesses governments’ respect for the rule across four thematic areas: justice,...
To Lam’s assumption of the state presidency alongside his position as Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) general secretary is neither surprising nor unprecedented. Nguyen Phu Trong held both roles from 2018 to 2021 before relinquishing the presidency. To Lam himself...
Israel’s death penalty law constitutes discriminatory regime of capital punishment: UN experts Israel’s new law effectively providing for the death penalty solely against Palestinians constitutes a discriminatory regime of capital punishment and manifestly violates Israel’s obligations under international human rights...
Mediators are engaging in intensive diplomatic efforts to salvage a ceasefire between the US and Iran after Washington appeared to U-turn on a promise that Lebanon was included in the truce, as the country was hit by a...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial will resume on Sunday, the courts' spokesperson said on Thursday, hours after Israel lifted a state of emergency imposed over its war with Iran. Iran began targeting Israel with ballistic missiles...
MANILA – Legislators, nationalists and other experts in the Philippines on Thursday questioned a proposed oil exploration deal with China in the disputed and mineral-rich South China Sea, which they warned would send mixed messages to a territorial foe. Talks...
SiFive’s newly announced $400 million Series G financing represents a significant technical inflection point for high-performance RISC-V CPU development targeted at agentic AI data center workloads. The funding, which values the company at $3.65 billion, is specifically intended to accelerate...
Malvinas en la geopolítica atlántica Ezequiel Magnani Únete a nosotros en Telegram , Twitter y VK . Escríbenos: info@strategic-culture.su El comportamiento de la Argentina con relación a su objetivo de recuperar las Islas Malvinas está fuertemente vinculado a la dinámica...
Lebanon woke up in mourning on Thursday, a day after one of the deadliest days in the country's recent history , in a wave of deadly, indiscriminate Israeli air strikes that lasted just minutes but left over...
On Wednesday, the Israeli army killed Palestinian journalist Mohammed Wishah , a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher , using a missile launched from a drone that struck his car on Rashid Street near the Nabulsi intersection,...
BETHLEHEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army uprooted dozens of olive trees in the town of Teqoa, southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Teqoa mayor Mohamed al‑Badan reported that Israeli bulldozers escorted by soldiers uprooted dozens of olive trees in the al‑Baq’ah...
Israeli forces shot and killed a young female student on Thursday while she was attending a class held in a tent in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, health and education officials said. The education...
Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, after Washington said it rejected key facets of Tehran's 10-point peace plan, and Israel ramped up its bombing of Lebanon, risking the US-Iran truce. Iran has demanded as part of its...
GAZA, (PIC) The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza said the number of journalists martyred since the start of the Israeli genocide in the Strip has risen to 262, following the death of another reporter. In a statement on Wednesday, GMO announced...
Gold is down nearly 15% since late February, falling from highs near $5,600 to around $4,500 as Iran tensions escalated. That decline is not a contradiction of my $6,000 target — it’s being misread. For an asset widely treated as...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian young man and a little girl were martyred on Thursday in Israeli attacks in separate areas of the Gaza Strip, amid ceasefire violations persisting for the 180th consecutive day. According to media sources, a 13‑year‑old girl identified as...
Lebanon 's cabinet on Thursday instructed security forces to restrict weapons in Beirut exclusively to state institutions, a day after Israeli strikes across the country including in the heart of the capital. "The army and security forces are requested to immediately...
Some Algerian political activists are lashing out at Egypt for reportedly supporting Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, a territory on Africa's northwest coast that has been at the centre of disputes with Algeria for decades. "Egypt takes sides with...
There was a fragile calm across currency markets on Thursday as traders kept their eyes fixed on whether the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran would hold, a day after its announcement sent the dollar tumbling across the...
On April 2, 2026, the world watched without much surprise or astonishment as the American president addressed, first and foremost, the American nation, and secondarily, the “free world” and its designated enemies. In his televised address, Trump displayed a show...
In 2020, Thai authorities announced that they would endeavour to make Thailand a regional electric vehicle (EV) hub in just five years. True enough, by 2025, Chinese EV manufacturing companies had made the country a solid base. This was epitomised...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,317 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Thursday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
The chaos surrounding a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran deepened on Wednesday after the Trump administration appeared to undercut key terms of the deal and threatened to resume the war unless Tehran complied with...
Olivia has been detained for months at the sprawling Dilley center in Texas. She has lost 20lb, and wakes up every day with a headache Each day in detention feels like 48 hours for Olivia. The 19-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic...
Formerly secret UK documents show that Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) knew that expanding Nato to admit new members could lead to war with Russia . UK Defence Intelligence prepared a Nato enlargement study in 1996 that produced...
The recent announcement of a two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been met with a predictable mix of relief and skepticism. President Trump has framed the pause as a definitive military victory, stating earlier today that “we...
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday that restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz was of vital interest for her country and the European Union, as she pledged to work with partners to achieve...
Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes, Beirut, April 8, 2026 A Tass report with Islamabad dateline confirmed a few hours ago that the US-Iran talks will be held on Saturday at the Serena Hotel in the city “and are expected to...
Surrendering to sleep requires a profound level of trust, as we voluntarily lower our defences and retreat into vulnerability. It is an inherently intimate act, where the public persona falls away, leaving only the raw, unfiltered rhythms of our subconscious...
Lebanon on Thursday declared a national day of mourning on Thursday, a day after Israel pounded cities and villages across the country, killing at least 203 people and wounding more than 1,000 others. The Israeli military confirmed that...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards on Thursday morning after it was reopened at dawn following a 40-day closure. Settler break-ins at the Aqsa Mosque started at 6:30 a.m. instead of the previous 7:00 a.m.,...
By: Khanh Vu Duc - - - - Vietnam has formally merged its two highest offices, elevating Communist Party General Secretary Tô Lâm to the presidency by unanimous agreement in parliament on April 7. The move breaks decades of tradition...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Ziad Ibhais, a researcher specializing in Jerusalem affairs, warned that the Israeli occupation authorities’ decision to reopen Al-Aqsa Mosque after forty days of closure was quickly accompanied by field steps aimed at deepening the reality of temporal division...
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Thursday announced that Spain would reopen its embassy in Tehran in hopes of achieving peace in the region, as he accused Israel of violating international law and a newly brokered...
The crisis in central Europe and the Balkans looks to intensify, and sufficient attention needs to turn to this. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Most global attention is on the tenuous ceasefire...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres visiting a shelter hosting displaced people from areas affected by the ongoing conflict in the Dekwaneh area of Beirut during his visit to Lebanon in March 2026. Credit: UN Photo/Haider Fahs By Naureen Hossain UNITED NATIONS, Apr...
L’ex responsabile dell’antiterrorismo di Trump svela la verità sui legami degli Stati Uniti con l’ISIS e Al-Qaeda Segue nostro Telegram . La narrativa ufficiale costruita dagli Stati Uniti e dai loro alleati durante tutta la guerra in Siria ha costantemente...
The streets were full. Offices were occupied. Pupils were in schools, and students were at their universities. At nearly 2 p.m. on Wednesday, in the span of ten minutes, Israeli occupation forces struck more than 100 targets across Beirut...
China’s latest nuclear-response drills in the Taiwan Strait suggest a Taiwan conflict could escalate into a limited but dangerously uncontrollable nuclear war in Asia. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that China’s Eastern Theater Command conducted a...
Pope Leo leaves on Monday for a visit to four countries in Africa, in an ambitious tour to urge global leaders to address the needs of the continent where more than a fifth of the world's Catholics live on...
Libya's political crisis is entering a more complex phase as US efforts to unify the country's divided institutions face growing obstacles. Disputes have expanded beyond the traditional east-west divide, spreading within each camp, and thereby challenging the American plan...
Regardless of the future of the current agreement, Iran has already won. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The announcement of a temporary ceasefire between Iran and the coalition formed by the United...
NAZARETH, (PIC) In a move widely described as one of the most dangerous legislative developments tied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel’s Knesset has approved a law permitting the execution of Palestinian prisoners, a step that has triggered sharp Palestinian and international...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation municipality forced a Jerusalemite resident to demolish his own home in al-Bustan neighborhood of Silwan, south of the Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of building without a permit. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported that Ahmad...
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