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Protesters gathered outside Columbia University on Monday to mark one year since US immigration authorities detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil , who spent iftar with New York mayor Zohran Mamdan i. Students, staff and activists rallied near the institutions,...

World

Israeli strikes and mass evacuation orders have seen nearly 700,000 people flee their homes in Lebanon in just over a week, with more than 100,000 leaving in 24 hours, the UN said Tuesday. "Lives have been upended on a...

MENA

Gen. Dan Caine’s formulation of American war aims in Iran is remarkable not because it is bellicose, but because it is strategically incoherent. In a press conference Tuesday morning, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff did not describe...

Iran, World-war-ii, Henry-morgenthau

GAZA, (PIC) Israeli authorities are facing growing international pressure to reopen the Rafah border crossing, as Palestinian officials warn that Israeli delays in implementing ceasefire commitments are worsening the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave. Mohsen Abu Ramadan, a member of the...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli procrastination

Israel has responded coldly to Lebanon’s proposal to end the war and is adamant about continuing the assault on Hezbollah until the group is militarily destroyed. Lebanon’s leaders have called for direct negotiations with Israel to reach...

MENA

The son of far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was wounded in a suspected Hezbollah mortar strike on an Israeli army position near the Lebanese border, which injured eight Israeli soldiers. Writing on X, Smotrich revealed his son, Benya...

MENA

- - - - Singapore has taken a major step in helping to dismantle the alleged multi-billion dollar criminal empire put together by Benjamin Mauerberger, a 47-year-old South African who parlayed his connections to top Cambodian and Thai officials to...

Seventy years after the 1956 Suez Crisis humbled Britain and France, the world is witnessing a strikingly similar drama at another strategic maritime chokepoint: the Strait of Hormuz. In both cases, a Western power intervened militarily to secure control over...

Middle East, Block 2, BRICS+

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday unveiled several austerity measures, including a cut in government fuel allowances and school closures to save fuel amid a spiraling conflict in the Middle East . All schools would close for...

Economy

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Press releases

Since the US and Israeli strikes on Iranian cities began in late February, blood donation centres across Tehran have become a front line of a different kind. The queues stretch out of the doors and along the pavements, hours...

Society

Australia will deploy a long-range military reconnaissance plane to the Gulf to protect civilians, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday. An E-7A Wedgetail aircraft and supporting defence force personnel will be sent for an initial period of four weeks...

World

Wars often reveal the true strength and limitations of international alliances and partnerships. During the 12-day war of June 2025, Iran was left to fight largely on its own . Apart from backing from Yemen’s Houthis , officially known...

Analysis

The semiconductor industry has experienced rapid advancements in recent years, particularly with the increasing demand for high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and advanced automotive systems. Traditional single-die chip designs are often unable to meet modern PPA requirements. As a result, engineers…...

3D IC, EDA, Synopsys

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has continued to close the Aqsa Mosque for the 11th consecutive day, on Tuesday, preventing thousands of Muslim worshipers from entering their holy site for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. The ongoing...

News, Aqsa closure, Aqsa Mosque

Five players from Iran's visiting women's football team claimed asylum in Australia on Tuesday, seeking protection after they were branded "traitors" at home for refusing to sing the national anthem. Iranian players fell silent as the anthem played ahead...

World

On March 3, Ecuadorian armed forces conducted raids at several locations around the country in an attempt to disrupt drug shipments and criminal gang activities. Once considered one of the safest countries in Latin America, Ecuador has become a violent...

Drugs, Daniel Noboa, Ecuador

The Automatic Fuel Pricing Committee raised the price of all categories of fuel by rates between 15 and 22 percent at 3 am on Tuesday morning. The sudden mid-week decision breaks the normal pattern by which the committee reviews prices...

energy, gas, US-Israeli war on Iran

Many Americans believed a conflict with the Islamic Republic would be a new war. But as Bill Roggio and Behnam Ben Taleblu explain, the truth is simpler: this war began in 1979. Now, the question isn’t how the war started. It’s...

Generation Jihad, Long War Journal, Iran

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has ruled out any talks with President Donald Trump, as the US-Israeli war on Iran entered its 11th day, amid another assault on Gulf cities by Tehran. Araghchi said on Tuesday that "talking or...

MENA

There is every reason for the French to be remembering Quentin Deranque in a street attack this month. Video footage shows the 23-year-old ultra-nationalist student being repeatedly punched and kicked by hooded thugs, before he died from a...

Voices

Europe witnessed a startling escalation in early March 2026 as tensions between Hungary and Ukraine moved from diplomatic hostility to what increasingly resembles an open energy confrontation. From Diplomatic Dispute to Energy War On March 4, Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a...

Columns, Europe, Locations

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens during raids on homes in the West Bank last night and Tuesday morning. IOF raids involved ransacking dozens of homes, interrogating and mistreating residents, and detaining them for...

News, Arrests, IOF raids

Almost half of all articles about Muslims in the UK in 2025 contained "measurable bias", research by the Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM) revealed, in a landmark study examining how British Muslims are portrayed. By analysing 40,913...

World

In early February, the Fiqh Council of North America released a fatwah permitting the giving of zakah funds to political campaigns in America. This topic spurred significant debate, including a dissenting fatwah from other members of the Fiqh Council of...

#Islam, Aqeedah and Fiqh, featured

Israel is preparing for an extended offensive against Hezbollah that is likely to continue even after the war on Iran ends, according to reports. Despite previously saying the campaign in Iran could last up to four or five weeks,...

MENA

Keir Starmer has said that the UK “does not believe in regime change from the skies” and that lessons from the Iraq war have been learned. Yet 11 days into the US-Israeli war on Iran, the prime minister is letting the...

Archive, Middle East, Military

TUBAS, (PIC) Three Palestinian families were forced to dismantle their homes and tents in the Atuf area, southeast of Tubas, and leave for another place due to growing settler attacks in the northern Jordan Valley. Local official Moataz Bisharat said that three...

News, Displaced families, Settlement expansion

In 2024, Yang Xuehong hired an air conditioner technician and advertised their services for free in Zhuhai, a rapidly growing coastal city near Hong Kong. Armed with a questionnaire on climate risks, she then accompanied them house to house, conducting informal...

Climate, Climate impacts, Health

On Sunday, Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt about the possibility that a ground war in Iran might lead to activation of a U.S. military draft. “Mothers out there are worried that we’re going to...

Draft, Conscription, Selective-service

When life gave Halima Ashfaq lemons, she decided to make lemon juice. It was December 2024, and the 28-year-old chemical engineer was at a crossroads: she had recently resigned from a job where she had negative experiences as a visibly...

Lifestyle

Kiev sta formando potenziali membri della criminalità organizzata in Brasile. Segue nostro Telegram . La guerra per procura in corso nell’Europa orientale sta iniziando a produrre effetti collaterali diretti sulla sicurezza pubblica in Brasile. Un recente servizio del programma televisivo...

Italiano, Brazil, Latin America

Saint Kitts and Nevis, the smallest sovereign nation in the Western hemisphere, has become the unlikely target of a crypto-millionaire whose designs on the island could reverberate throughout the Caribbean and beyond. Olivier Janssens, who holds Saint Kitts and Nevis...

The blockade of Hormuz may break the West. But it won’t break China. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Let’s cut to the chase: BRICS is in deep coma. Blown up, at least...

Americas, Asia-Pacific, World

As Ramadan started, Israel imposed restrictions on Palestinian worshippers entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied West Bank 's city of Jerusalem , notably barring persons under 55 years of age. Those permitted entry were subjected to searches, detention,...

MENA

BETHLEHEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) uprooted hundreds of olive trees in the Wadi al-Hummus area near the town of Dar Salah and the village of al-Khas, east of Bethlehem. Local activist Nidhal Huzaybi said that the IOF bulldozed about 50...

News, Land grab, Olive trees

Thousands of Egyptian migrant workers in Gulf countries are unable to return home in the wake of a decision by their country's national carrier, EgyptAir, to dramatically raise return ticket prices, soon after the US-Israeli war against Iran...

MENA

NABLUS, (PIC) Four Palestinian citizens were injured on Monday when extremist Jewish settlers assaulted them in separate areas of Nablus, north of the occupied West Bank. Local sources reported that a group of settlers attacked several residents in the town of Jamma’in...

News, Jewish terrorism, Settler crimes

President of the General Assembly Annalena Baerbock By Annalena Baerbock UNITED NATIONS, Mar 10 2026 (IPS) We have heard it all: • When a woman raises her voice, she’s too emotional. • When she stands her ground, she’s too difficult. • When she...

Featured, Gender, Gender Identity

The “fog of war” refers to confusion and uncertainty on the battlefield and the attendant possibility of fatal error. This principle has a parallel when it comes to the economic consequences of wars as well, especially when they occur in...

United States, $120 Oil, Block 3

Escalating confrontation in the Gulf threatens global shipping, energy supply and the economic stability of countries far beyond the battlefield. How Africa is being impacted. Those who have spent a lifetime observing international affairs learn one enduring lesson: wars launched...

Opinions

When Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the intensification of US combat operations against the Islamic State group in 2017, he assured the American public of his commitment to “get the strategy right” while maintaining “the rules of engagement” to...

Opinion, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Hegseth Kill Talk

Nvidia has reportedly halted production of its H200 artificial-intelligence (AI) chips intended for China amid rising political tensions between the United States and China and Beijing’s policy of supporting domestic chips. The company has reallocated manufacturing capacity at Taiwan Semiconductor...

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Biren Technology
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