While billions watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup across the US, Canada, and Mexico, Palestinians in Gaza experience it differently. Most Gazans , instead of celebrations, seek basic needs like electricity and internet amid over two years...
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The announcement by several municipal officials in Libya's central region, on Monday, 8 June, of the establishment of the "Central Region Province" received no official response and was met with opposition from several activists and civil society. The...
The first-ever international agreement on safeguarding digital platform workers in the gig economy was adopted on Friday at the UN's International Labour Organisation. The agreement aims to extend labour protections to hundreds of millions of people worldwide...
What we know so far about the reported US–Iran MOU
Full ArticleUS President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had “cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombing against Iran ” after claiming that “discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties...
"This is the only thing I still have left from Gaza. Everything else can be taken from me, but my voice can't be taken away. Even if I'm gone, my voice will still speak," Gazan-born rapper Ahmed Shamaly — known...
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su They built this whole machine on our backs. All we need to do is stand up. The human species has essentially been transformed into...
An Iran-linked hacker group Handala claims to have breached FBI drones and has threatened to target the World Cup that kicked off this week, a monitoring group said Friday. The SITE Intelligence Group, an organisation which monitors non-state groups,...
Arrest of Min Zin, who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy, comes just month after Trump visit to Beijing China has arrested a US scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy on suspicion of spying. Min Zin was suspected...
Does sportsmanship still exist?
Full ArticleWhen we talk about the need to reform international institutions, we cannot forget that even in areas as seemingly trivial as sports, the West calls the shots. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su...
Illegal Israeli settlements received at least £28 million in donations from 32 charities in England and Wales in the last five years, Labour MP Melanie Ward has revealed, while Israel continues to pass laws that pave...
My friend Joseph Ana, who has died aged 73, spent the best part of two decades in the UK working for the NHS as a urologist and then as a GP. But his heart was always in his native Nigeria,...
Donald Trump lost support with independents: poll
Full ArticleIndependents have grown increasingly unhappy with President Donald Trump during his second term, a new AP-NORC polling analysis finds, particularly those without a college degree. The analysis from researchers at The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs Research shows...
This week marks 12 years since the northern Iraqi city of Mosul fell to the terrorist group ISIS on 10 June 2014, leaving humanitarian, social, security, political and urban disasters for residents of Iraq’s...
BANGKOK – India’s military is expanding across the Andaman Sea into Southeast Asia with the construction of a multi-billion-dollar air and sea base on remote Great Nicobar Island, New Delhi’s furthest reach toward the Strait of Malacca, where rival China...
The United States could bring the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to a rapid end by stopping the supply of weapons. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su At the Anchorage summit...
2026 World Cup in Gaza: Football passion collides with the reality of genocide and displacement
Full ArticleGAZA, (PIC) With the launch of the 2026 World Cup competitions, the eyes of football fans around the world turn to the biggest and most followed sporting event, but the scene in the Gaza Strip looks completely different, where the repercussions...
Authorities in Afghanistan's western city of Herat arrested at least 30 women, accusing them of violating dress rules imposed by the Taliban government, the UN agency for women's rights said, but added that some were later released. Thursday's statement...
Exports (calendar and seasonally adjusted exports of goods), April 2026 136.6 billion euros +0.9% on the previous month +3.6% on the same month a year earlier Imports (calendar and seasonally adjusted imports of goods), April 2026 122.1 billion euros +1.2% on the previous...
TOKYO – China’s “deflation-is-over” narrative is getting louder, but the foundations are still shaky. Consumer prices rose 1.2% year-on-year in May, while producer prices jumped 3.9%, lifted by higher costs for energy, semiconductors and metals. To many economists, this is...
Russia Day is one of the most important state holidays in the Russian Federation and is celebrated annually on June 12. Until 2002, the holiday officially bore the name Day of the Adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of...
Il Mar Caspio non rappresenta più una rotta secondaria: sta diventando uno dei pilastri silenziosi della risposta eurasiatica all’egemonia statunitense. Segue nostro Telegram . Ri-orientamento strategico Per anni la pressione militare contro l’Iran è stata concepita soprattutto da sud. Le...
Participants at a Climate and Health Capacity Building Workshop. Credit: Friday Phiri By Friday Phiri BONN, Jun 12 2026 (IPS) Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it faces some of the world’s most severe climate-related health impacts....
The pro-Israel lobby is benefiting from a European Union fund set up to advance the cause of equality. A declaration made by the World Jewish Congress (WJC) shows that it received EU grants worth more than $650,000 in 2025...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli settlers carried out a series of attacks across the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, targeting Palestinians, their property, agricultural lands, and continuing incursions into the Aqsa Mosque compound. In the Ramallah area, settlers entered an...
Myanmar’s traditional New Year, Thingyan, is a time of renewal and public celebration. This year, it brought the release of some 4,300 prisoners in a mass amnesty ordered by the military. The release of President Win Myint, a close ally...
Africa has no problem with ideas, but the struggle is in how to implement them, leaders said at an inaugural forum convened to promote action on development. Addressing the inaugural Africa Development Impact Forum (ADIF), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)...
GAZA, (PIC) The General Conference of Local Staff Unions at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has rejected the dismissal of 70 employees in Gaza, describing the decision as arbitrary and taken without a fair investigation...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of raids and military incursions across the West Bank and Jerusalem overnight and into Friday morning, resulting in arrests and heightened tensions in several areas. In the Jenin area, IOF troops...
BOTSWANA: ‘Court Rulings Matter, but It’s Sustained Civic Action That Turns Them into Real Protection’
Full ArticleBy CIVICUS Jun 12 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses Botswana’s decriminalisation of same-sex relations with Faith Gunda, a Botswana-based law student and human rights defender, a member of the CIVICUS Protest Lab and co-founder of Sisterhood Chain International, a solidarity initiative that...
Ocean Economy Reaches $2.5 Trillion as Services Become the Largest Share of Ocean Trade
Full ArticleAn aerial view of a beach with a ferris wheel, Ain Dubai, Bluewaters, Dubai, UAE. Credit: Unsplash/ Nelemson Guevarra By Maximilian Malawista UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 2026 (IPS) The global ocean economy continues its expansion, with ocean-related trade reaching...
New Delhi has taken a tough decision regarding an American internet provider, creating a potentially dangerous global precedent for Elon Musk's business interests. India Deems Elon Musk's Satellite Network a Security Risk The Indian government has refused to grant authorization for...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli forces continued violating the Gaza ceasefire on Friday for the 246th consecutive day, carrying out airstrikes, heavy gunfire, and large-scale demolition operations amid a worsening humanitarian crisis caused by the ongoing blockade and restrictions. Local sources reported that Israeli...
A huge change is coming to the world’s booming artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Starting with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with OpenAI and Anthropic preparing to follow, all three private companies are set to sell shares of their stock to the general...
China has been on the verge of collapse for more than 20 years. In 2001, lawyer and commentator Gordon Chang published “The Coming Collapse of China.” The book famously predicted that China’s economic model would fail within a decade. The decade...
Data cables connected on network switches in a computer server room. Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash Credit: Africa Renewal By United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 2026 (IPS) African leaders are sharpening their focus on digital sovereignty, warning...
Donald “Whiplash” Trump Tacos Again
Full ArticleI need a personal injury attorney. I’m going to sue Donald Trump for whiplash. At 9 am in the morning, Donald Trump doubled-down on his threat the previous night to, “Bomb the shit out of Iran,” by vowing to launch...
Observers could easily dismiss Pope Leo XIV’s “Magnifica Humanitas” as just another document on artificial intelligence. But under the surface lies a deeper question: whether modern political elites still have both the ability and the moral clarity to place restraints...
At a European Union summit earlier this month, Sweden’s migration minister revealed that there is “strong support” among European governments for excluding military-aged Ukrainian men from the bloc’s temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian refugees. The policy, which allows Ukrainian citizens to...
SpaceX goes public Friday (June 12) at around US$1.7 trillion. Elon Musk owns enough SpaceX stock that, on top of everything else he holds, Musk becomes the first person in human history to cross the trillion-dollar line. The coverage will be all hype. Unprecedented....
By: Xiaochen Su - - - - In less than a month, an indie film with an unknown cast became China’s second-highest grossing film of 2026. Dear You , with a modest budget of CNY 14...
After over two years of the CUPW leadership isolating postal workers, conniving behind the scenes with management and the government, and blocking any attempt to broaden the fight to other sections of workers confronting the same attacks, the prevailing mood...
The son of a Hamas co-founder said that Israeli authorities released his father in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after holding him without trial for more than two years. Hassan Yousef, 71, was "freed near the southern West...
Note from Tom: TomDispatch (at least as run by me) is now done, but if all goes well, Tom himself isn’t. And with that in mind, here’s what I hope will be but the first of a series of pieces...
Starting from the modern-day West Bank, Jesus rode his donkey westward around the Mount of Olives toward Jerusalem for what would be his Last Supper. As he passed through the ancient olive groves that blanketed the hillsides, he would have...
Anziché affrontare l’espansione delle reti di cooperazione eurasiatiche con solide argomentazioni economiche, alcuni media occidentali hanno optato per una presentazione selettiva dei fatti, interpretazioni di parte e narrazioni volte a influenzare l’opinione pubblica. Segue nostro Telegram . Il Forum economico...
Mexico beat South Africa 2-0 in the opening match of the World Cup at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday, kicking off the biggest ever edition of the global footballing showpiece. Mexico's victory launched a sprawling tournament of 48 teams...
The Trump administration plans to deport a number of Iranians and other migrants to Central African Republic, a chronically unstable country racked by violence and poverty, two lawyers and an official briefed on the matter told Reuters...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a "great settlement" to end the war with Iran, saying he expected a deal to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend, while Tehran says no final decision on an...
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