Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining Life has colonised every corner of the planet by evolving ingenious survival strategies but these are increasingly being overwhelmed by destructive human activities, this year’s...
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Gadi Eisenkot’s campaign-launching speech on 30 June set high stakes for Israel’s upcoming elections . “Twice, there was a sovereign Jewish kingdom here in the land of Israel,” the ex-army chief of staff and fledgling politician said, referring to...
Member states handed back Syria's voting rights at the global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday, following what they described as "a significant change in circumstances" since the fall of the Assad regime. Syria was stripped of its rights at the...
Egypt’s best-ever World Cup run has reignited an uncomfortable debate at home: why are there no known Coptic Christian players in the national squad? The question resurfaced after Egypt’s players were repeatedly seen performing sujood, the Islamic...
The United States has resumed cash shipments to Iraq after a delay, signalling its support for Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi's administration, with the premier expected in Washington later this month, a government spokesperson said Thursday. Iraq's revenues from oil...
Pro-Palestine campaigners have launched a landmark legal challenge against the British government, seeking to prevent ministers from using a controversial definition of antisemitism to penalise support for Palestinian rights. The claim, filed on Thursday by the European Legal Support...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different areas of the West Bank and Jerusalem on Thursday, raiding homes and kidnaping a number of Palestinian citizens. In Jenin, Israeli forces stormed the city’s Khillet al-Souha neighborhood and fired stun grenades...
Rail services between Tehran and Mashhad were suspended on Thursday after US strikes damaged rail infrastructure leading to Iran's holiest city, disrupting travel ahead of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's burial . The overnight attacks forced authorities to delay the...
Russia sends a clear message to the West and Ukraine
Full ArticleRussia’s recent strikes on Kiev ahead of the NATO summit demonstrated who truly controls the military dynamics of the conflict. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Russia’s recent strikes against Kiev, involving...
Africa’s largest refugee population has seen rations and healthcare slashed as funding levels drop The skies are gloomy over the wattle-and-mud houses of Kiryandongo refugee settlement, home to more than 167,000 people . Spread across an undulating plateau, the...
While Tehran leaps at Washington’s throat and cuts off the last American hope of locking down the Heartland by controlling the Rimland, and Trump is falling out with his NATO counterparts in Ankara, at the same time, Lavrov is taking...
An international academic partnership is helping turn one of Laikipia County’s most destructive and invasive plants, the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia stricta), into a source of food security and clean energy while also helping end perennial resource conflict in the...
France take on Morocco on Thursday in a blockbuster 2026 World Cup quarter-final showdown as the largest and most logistically complex edition of the footballing showpiece ever staged enters the home straight. After a month of spellbinding...
Rights groups have unveiled a five-point blueprint urging Andy Burnham to take a tougher stance on Israel if, as widely expected, he becomes the UK's next prime minister later this month. At a briefing in the House of Lords...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on July 2 produced a long list of agreements spanning artificial intelligence, batteries, critical minerals, defense manufacturing, energy resilience and financial cooperation. While the agreements...
Australian influencer Lily Jay has responded after an investigation by ABC News earlier this week said it had uncovered a "trail of AI-generated fakery" that cast doubt on some of her charity foundation's humanitarian work. The investigation examined the...
“Her belly may be full, but her spirit will be empty.” — Captain Picard Usually, these “GDP is actually good” posts start with a big disclaimer — an acknowledgment of all the things GDP doesn’t measure, all the reasons that...
GAZA, (PIC) The admission by the Israeli occupation authorities that they are holding the body of a Palestinian detainee from the Gaza Strip who was martyred during his detention has once again brought the file of body withholding and enforced disappearance...
Silence, when bombs explode in Monaco and bodies reappear in Kiev, is no longer neutrality: it’s a form of consent. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Straight to the Point On June...
The latest military tit-for-tat between the United States and Iran appears to have been driven by deepening disagreements over the implementation of last month's ceasefire agreement, with competing interpretations of shipping rights through the Strait of...
I gravi incidenti scoppiati in Irlanda del Nord nelle scorse settimane, in una zona di Belfast a maggioranza protestante, hanno suscitato una viva impressione nell’opinione pubblica e meritano una riflessione complessiva su quanto sta succedendo in Europa. Segue nostro Telegram...
The participation of Gulf Arab states in the NATO summit in Ankara coincided with developments between the United States and Iran on Wednesday, prompting US President Donald Trump to declare that, from his perspective, the ceasefire agreement...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Extremist Jewish settler groups carried out attacks and set up an outpost in the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, under military protection. In al-Khalil, settlers stormed the hamlet of Khirbet al-Kharaba, east of as-Samu town, and...
With more than 80% of global trade by volume being transported by sea, maritime shipping lanes are indispensable to the world economy. That fact was starkly illustrated by the war in Iran, which saw Tehran effectively close the Strait of...
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, also known as the SAVE America Act, is a bill being pushed by US President Donald Trump that would mean stricter requirements in order to vote. Republicans are describing it as a...
GAZA, (PIC) The name of Rubin Yusuf Al-Nunu emerged as one of the field commanders in the Radwan Battalion of the Gaza Brigade. The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas Movement, documented his combat presence and career through a documentary...
Could NATO become almost exclusively a talk shop and nothing more? Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Bombing Iran during the NATO summit in Ankara was surely a tactical move, in Trump’s...
India and Japan are entering a new stage of global strategic partnership with a focus on economic and security cooperation. The visit of Japan’s new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, to India on July 1-3 was marked by numerous significant agreements...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) forced a Palestinian citizen and his son to demolish their homes in the east Jerusalem district of Silwan, south of the Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext of unlicensed construction. According to the Wadi Hilweh...
ِِA "breakthrough" has been made in the investigation into crimes committed during Sudan's war in the Darfur region allowing prosecutors to link them to leadership, a senior International Criminal Court official told Reuters . The ICC is investigating...
ِِA "breakthrough" has been made in the investigation into crimes committed during Sudan's war in the Darfur region allowing prosecutors to link them to leadership, a senior International Criminal Court official told Reuters . The ICC is investigating...
Tehran targeted several US bases and infrastructure in Bahrain and Kuwait, while Washington said it hit around 90 targets across Iran Read Article HERE Photo: Screengrab – Bahrain this morning The post Middle East Eye: US launches renewed strikes on...
A US judge ordered President Donald Trump on Wednesday to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million after a civil jury found that he sexually assaulted and defamed her. Last week, the US Supreme Court refused to hear...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday informed his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa that he had decided to remove the country from the US list of designated state sponsors of terrorism. "I promised to remove all barriers stopping you...
The drama over the Strait of Hormuz escalated on Wednesday with Donald Trump declaring the MoU with Iran is dead and vowed more attacks on Iran. Trump continues to insist that Iran has no right to interfere with any ship...
Welcome, Here are the key updates: - Iran claims attacks on US forces in Bahrain and Kuwait after the US attacked Iranian cities for a second consecutive night, with reports saying at least 14 people were killed by the US attacks...
Trump Declares MoU With Iran is Dead
Full ArticleStraitOfHormuzChartCloseUp The drama over the Strait of Hormuz escalated on Wednesday with Donald Trump declaring the MoU with Iran is dead and vowed more attacks on Iran. Trump continues to insist that Iran has no right to interfere with any...
Feeding Africa: Women Farmers Key to Ending Hunger
Full ArticleWoman farmers harvest tea leaves at a tea plantation in Nyaruguru, Kibeho District, Rwanda. Tea is one of Rwanda’s major agricultural export commodities.Credit: FAO / Jean Baptiste Nkurunziza By Zipporah Musau UNITED NATIONS, Jul 9 2026 (IPS) As FAO coordinates the...
Donald Trump has just offered Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a stealth fighter jet that Israel doesn’t want him to have, Congress hasn’t cleared him to sell, and Gulf capitals are already using it as leverage against Washington itself. A Deal Three...
I visited Omsk once, or at least its airport; we were en route from Moscow to Ulan Ade on the Mongolian border, and the Aeroflot flight landed there to refuel. (It was a memorable journey; this was still the Soviet Union, and...
As NATO convenes once again to double down on military spending, arms production and the logic of deterrence through superior firepower — this despite the alliance’s own members having repeatedly used force in violation of international law in recent years, in Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Libya, Syria and the...
For the second time since the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, Washington and Tehran have slipped back into direct military confrontation. The United States struck “80 targets in Iran with precision munitions” after Iranian forces fired on several ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz without prior...
Brokers representing President Donald Trump purchased between $9.7 million and $24.3 million in stocks from a dozen arms manufacturers and other Pentagon contractors in 2025, including Palantir, Lockheed Martin, and General Dynamics, according to an RS analysis of a new...
Former Mayor of Chicago and potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel delivered a speech Wednesday at Tel Aviv University that was called a “ thunderclap ” and a “ demonstration of how far the party has...
From a new helipad to a UFC fight on White House grounds, President Trump’s personal projects have been front-and-center in American politics this summer. Defense contractors that do business with the administration have often supported them. But the weapons industry...
For decades, the South Pacific was largely relegated to the margins of global politics. Today, it has undergone a seismic shift, transforming into the epicenter of great-power competition. The defense treaty signed by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Fijian...
By: Andy Wong Ming Jun - - - - With fertility rates hitting record lows in Asian-Pacific states including China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Singapore, the looming demographic cliff-edge is cutting into the numbers of people filling out their...
Reprinted with permission from Trita Parsi’s Substack. For the second time since the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed, Washington and Tehran have slipped back into direct military confrontation. The United States struck “80 targets in Iran with precision...
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