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...
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...
Africa is leading a change in news consumption habits – and transforming the lives of current affairs enthusiasts Last year Amahle-Imvelo Jaxa posted a TikTok video about South African peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She...
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...
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...
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,...
Iran's football federation said on Saturday that the men's national team will take part in the 2026 World Cup this summer, but demanded that joint hosts the United States, Mexico and Canada agree to its conditions amid the...
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...
GAZA, (PIC) Residents of the Gaza Strip continue to face worsening hardship as a deepening cooking gas crisis and restrictions on humanitarian aid force thousands of displaced families to burn plastic, fabric, and other waste materials to prepare food inside overcrowded...
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Ending western warmongering should take priority over every other societal concern, in the same way your husband being a serial killer would be a...
World conflict is looming large over the Venice Biennale this year with the simultaneous presence of Russia, Ukraine, Israel and the Palestinians, with one participant describing the mix as akin to "inviting a serial killer to...
Russia held its most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years on Saturday due to the threat of attack from Ukraine, where victory for Moscow's forces has proven elusive more than four years into the deadliest European conflict...
MbS has shown verve and leadership, and his defiance now resets the game. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su They say only a fool never changes his mind. But for such a man...
The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for nine South Lebanon villages on Saturday as it continued its deadly strikes despite a truce, as the US said it will facilitate talks between the two countries next week. Israeli...
The Oscar-winning co-director of the 2024 documentary No Other Land addressed the UN Security Council on Friday, highlighting escalating Israeli settler attacks and life under occupation in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Basel...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A Palestinian citizen was seriously injured on Saturday following a Jewish settler attack near the town of al-Auja, north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank. A local source reported that a horde of settlers raided al-Balqa Bedouin community...
GAZA, (PIC) The Gaza Health Ministry said thalassemia patients in the Gaza Strip are facing life-threatening conditions amid the collapse of the healthcare system and the continuing impact of the Israeli genocide, coinciding with World Thalassemia Day. In a statement issued on...
Virtually the whole planet will pay an extremely hefty price for the latest American Dementia. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Let’s start with a false flag. Iran attacked the UAE port of Fujairah...
A Palestinian citizen of Israel who works as a state prosecutor has accused police of breaking his nose during a violent arrest linked to a noise complaint, while newly released footage on Friday has cast doubt on the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlements extend and spread over vast areas of the West Bank to form an integrated colonial structure based on reshaping geography, demography, and the legal system to serve the occupation’s long-term control project. These settlements are distributed...
The collective West’s anti-Russian obstinacy has proven to be a total failure. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Historical memory shaping the present May 9 is one of the most significant dates in...
La nuova politica cinese dei dazi zero verso tutti i Paesi africani con relazioni diplomatiche con Pechino mostra un modello di cooperazione fondato su apertura, sviluppo condiviso e rispetto della sovranità, smentendo la narrazione occidentale della “trappola del debito”. Segue...
Israel is pushing the US towards a renewed war with Iran focused on destroying the country’s energy infrastructure, amid rising tensions over the Strait of Hormuz and fears of a broader regional confrontation. Israeli...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,736 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Saturday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
US officials are expecting Iran to respond to their proposal to end the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz as exchanges of fire in the disputed waterway threatened to collapse the month-long ceasefire. Tehran has not indicated...
The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that its board had completed reviews of some of its agreements with Pakistan , clearing the way for the South Asian nation to access about $1.32 billion in fresh funding...
Iran is set to respond to the latest US proposal on ending the war, despite sporadic clashes between the two in the Gulf that have been ongoing over the past week. Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
GAZA, (PIC) Nine Palestinian citizens, including a child, were injured on Friday evening following Israeli airstrikes on a house in ash-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. According to local sources, an Israeli warplane struck the house near Hamid Street in ash-Shati...
As geopolitical competition intensifies across multiple regions, countries capable of maintaining working relationships with rival powers are becoming increasingly valuable. While global attention remains centered on major-power rivalry, another category of states is quietly gaining strategic importance: middle powers able...
The so-called “free world” is an oxymoron. In truth, it is the very antithesis of freedom; it is its most absolute negation. The comparison is stark but necessary. When the United States invaded Iraq: no sanctions against Washington, no exclusion...
For three decades after the Cold War, Washington operated under a dangerous assumption: that military supremacy could indefinitely compensate for diplomatic exhaustion. The United States possessed the world’s most advanced armed forces, unmatched naval reach, and a financial system capable of weaponizing sanctions...
Putin, Araghchi, and Yi (AI Generated) Remember the word: “Security architecture.” Security architecture in the Persian Gulf, was used by President Putin and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi when speaking to Iran’s Foreign Minister during his visit to...
Ravi Kant’s recent Asia Times essay argues that the next world order will not be built like the old ones. Pax Britannica rested on sea lanes and finance. Pax Americana rested on markets, media and military reach. But the next...
Globally, hundreds of millions of users now interact regularly with AI companions. The World Health Organization has declared loneliness a global health threat. AI companions offer an immediate, if unproven, response. In 2014, Microsoft launched Xiaoice in China, an AI...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - A recent crackdown on an international scam and human trafficking ring in Dubai involving the US and China, Dubai and Thailand may indicate warming relations between the US and China, ahead of...
Schiacciata tra l’austerità dell’UE, la pesante penetrazione tedesca nel suo tessuto economico e l’ostilità turca a fasi alterne, Atene, consapevole di possedere l’invidiabile posizione geografica di porta balcanica dell’Europa (cosa che l’ha resa anche particolarmente indifesa di fronte ai flussi...
The robot pauses at the edge of the room as an engineer checks its sensors. Then, with a soft mechanical hum, this humanoid machine begins to move. It lifts a mannequin from a bed, slowly and carefully. The engineers hold...
Federal Indictment Charges filed against Suburban Chicago Businessman with orchestrating $4 Million fraud schemes A suburban Chicago businessman from Indiana who operated a business in Orland Park, Illinois, has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly orchestrating a pair of...
Global stock markets diverged and oil prices rose Friday as fresh US-Iran clashes in the Strait of Hormuz jolted hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war and reopen the crucial waterway. While European bourses...
Washington has revised its proposed U.N. resolution demanding Iran halt attacks and mining in the Strait of Hormuz but the changes are unlikely to avert Chinese and Russian vetoes, diplomats said on Friday. A Chinese veto would...
EU leaders like Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s top foreign diplomat, have played dumb about the endless scandals seeping out of Kiev. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su There was more evidence this week...
“The Iran war weakens deterrence in Asia, undercuts confidence of US allies and partners, and makes conflict with China more likely.” That’s become an article of faith among those opposing the US fight with Iran. The US military – the...
GAZA, (PIC) Youssef Ajjisa, head of the International Committee to Break the Siege on Gaza, said Friday that several activists aboard the “Sumud Flotilla” were subjected to “horrific and blatant” Israeli abuses, including sexual assault, harassment, beatings, and violent dragging. In press...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that the Movement is holding ongoing talks with mediators, especially Egypt, regarding the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israel, saying that Tel Aviv’s insistence on disarmament before other tracks represents “a...
WEST BANK, (PIC) A Palestinian man and his child were injured on Friday in a settler attack in the Shuweika area near the town of al-Dhahiriya, south of al-Khalil. Local sources said a group of settlers assaulted the man and his child,...
Old headlines pop into my head at the oddest times. I was booking plane tickets for a family trip around the Fourth of July, noticing the difference in price from last year, and there it was, a 2004 Harper’s headline:...
Russia’s inability to conquer Ukraine is spurring unusually harsh public complaints over both the lack of military progress and the growing economic costs of the war, a pair of failures being blamed on President Vladimir Putin’s leadership. The damage caused...
Book Review by Walden Bello Dani Rodrik has impeccable credentials as an economist. He is an expert in many areas, including trade and development, and is one of Harvard University’s leading lights. In recent years, he has also been one...
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