French health ministry says patient’s contacts are being traced and that risk to European public is very low The first case of Ebola has been confirmed in France, the country’s health ministry has said, in a doctor who had returned from...
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Full ArticleA bid to end a war might be sabotaged by Netanyahu By Philip GIRALDI Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The week started on a positive note with President Donald Trump uncharacteristically declaring...
Fuentes de información aseguran que Irán envío advertencias claras a Ahmed al-Sharaa sobre las consecuencias de cualquier potencial intervención militar de la cúpula gobernante de Damasco en el Líbano, señalando que, si esa situación se cristaliza, el movimiento iraquí Hashd...
On June 8-9, 2026, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The visit was intended to strengthen cooperation...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said on Tuesday that Israel must withdraw from Lebanese territory according to a defined timetable. Speaking at the group’s Central Shura Council, Qassem emphasized that the current post-ceasefire phase necessitates a total pullout, an end to...
Trump’s Iran war debacle is ominous for Russia
Full ArticleEurope’s cynicism is dripping as thick as its sycophancy. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The sycophantic European leaders laid it on thick last week to ingratiate themselves with Trump. France’s Macon hosted...
There is now an almost irreconcilable gap between common sense and European politics. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Grammar and dilemma In the classical grammar of diplomacy, a ceasefire represents the first...
The head of the UN's nuclear agency signalled on Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim deal between the United States and Iran to reach an end...
History tells us that it was possible to design a war using Persian arrows specifically intended to destroy Crassus and the Roman legions. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su On this dark street,...
Wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir had no idea what he had found until scientists started to get in touch When wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir uploaded 18 seconds of footage to YouTube , he thought little more about the small, pale cat...
Oman has opened temporary shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz to facilitate the movement of vessels stranded, as the United Nations began evacuating thousands of seafarers following a US-Iran memorandum of understanding aimed at restoring...
Damascus, Syria - US President Donald Trump declared the memorandum of understanding that would end months of war between the US and Iran “all signed” last week. Those in Syria have been onlookers to the war, often literally,...
Dozens of people were arrested in Doha on Tuesday after a mass brawl involving Algerian and Jordanian football fans during the two countries' World Cup match . Videos circulating on social media showed men throwing chairs at one...
Newly released documents reveal the inner workings of Labour Together and its role in covertly undermining Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party. The documents were disclosed to Corbyn in response to a subject access request. They contain emails from Labour...
Now that an initial diplomatic deal between the US and Iran has been signed and intensive negotiations are under way to fully end the war, Congress should do everything possible to ensure this agreement is fully implemented. While the agreement...
Farmer-turned-fishermen from the local indigenous community are fishing in the Dumboor lake in north-eastern India. At the Eighth Global Environment Facility Assembly, a project was approved involving three communities across India, including Dumboor Lake. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Stella Paul DUMBOORNAGAR,...
A months-long rift between Malaysia and Norway has continued over the European state's revocation of an export license for a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system in March, despite more than 90% of the deal having been...
Seychelles: Public Media Alliance and partner organisations call for urgent review of SBC Bill
Full ArticleThe letter raises serious concerns about governance, the appointments process, and funding provisions that would “significantly weaken the institutional independence it claims to protect, undermining the core principles that underpin its role as a public service media organisation.” The signatories...
Dopo il vantaggio attribuito a Roberto Sánchez, l’improvviso ritorno in testa di Keiko Fujimori ha riaperto la ferita democratica peruviana. Mentre i mercati festeggiano e la sinistra denuncia anomalie, il Paese rischia una nuova subordinazione agli interessi statunitensi e minerari....
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has dismissed a prominent pro-Israel lobbying group's campaign to have her sanctioned by the United States as a "pathetic" attempt to silence criticism of Israel, saying she was more concerned by the politicians...
GAZA, (PIC) Diabetes in the Gaza Strip is no longer just a chronic disease that can be coexisted with through regular medical follow-up and the availability of treatment, rather it has turned into a daily battle fought by tens of thousands...
GAZA, (PIC) A Palestinian child was martyred and others were injured in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, while another civilian was pronounced dead after succumbing to injuries sustained in a previous attack. The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reporter...
A Tunisian court on Tuesday upheld an eight-year prison sentence slapped on anti-racism activist Saadia Mosbah for financial misconduct, two of her lawyers said. Mosbah, the head of the anti-discrimination Mnemty association, was detained in 2024 as part of...
Italy confirmed on Wednesday the release of three nationals held in Libya after joining a humanitarian mission to Gaza, and whose detention organisers slammed as "illegal". The trio were among 230 activists from around the world taking part in...
Kings Korodi – Scored and Silenced: How Algorithmic Systems Govern Kenya’s Content Moderators
Full ArticleThe workers who are moderating the content on social media are working in conditions of extreme labour exploitation. Based on detailed survey evidence with content moderators in Nairobi, Kenya, this report reveals some of the major problems these workers faces. Kings...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed different West Bank areas at dawn Wednesday and kidnaped a number of Palestinian citizens from their homes. According to local sources, the IOF kidnaped three young men following raids on homes in Qalqilya...
Indonesia’s new sovereign investment vehicle, BPI Danantara, has officially launched the Patriot Bond, targeting an extraordinary 50 trillion rupiah (US$2.8 billion) in fundraising. The special debt instrument consists of two tranches worth 25 trillion rupiah each: Series A with a...
When Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Myanmar coup-maker Senior General Min Aung Hlaing to Beijing on June 15 with full state-visit honors — Huawei phone gift included — the choreography was meant to read as consolidation. Five days later, when...
When Vietnamese prosecutors indicted the leadership of Nam Trieu Company for allegedly inflating the prices of interrogation chairs and other specialized law-enforcement equipment, domestic media predictably focused on the headline figure of more than 18 billion dong (US$710,000) in state...
WORLD CUP: ‘FIFA Has Placed Itself on the Side of the Polluters, Not the Rest of the Planet’
Full ArticleBy CIVICUS Jun 24 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS speaks about the climate impacts of the 2026 World Cup with Frank Huisingh, founder of Fossil Free Football, a fan-led group that campaigns to end fossil fuel sponsorship in football and make the game...
Of 40 Million People Living with HIV today, 32.1 Million are now on Treatment, Living Long & Healthy
Full ArticleA lab technician conducts an HIV screening test at a medical centre in Hayatabad in the Peshawar district of Pakistan. Credit: WHO/Asad Zaidi By Winnie Byanyima UNITED NATIONS, Jun 24 2026 (IPS) I am honoured to address this High-Level Meeting. I...
Putin Warns the West: Russia is Ready
Full ArticleIt has been a while since I have written about Russia and the war in Ukraine, but Vladimir Putin’s speech on Tuesday (23 June) to graduates of Russia’s higher military academies and security institutions (military cadets/officers) at the...
Sir Keir Starmer bowed to the inevitable Monday and resigned from leadership of the Labour Party and, therefore, from his role as prime minister. The resignation had been brewing for some time. While Starmer led the Labour Party to an...
On June 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko a one-week ultimatum: remove all equipment assisting Russia with drone targeting or Ukraine would strike Belarus. “If he doesn’t do it, we will,” he said, adding that “a week...
For decades, aid to Israel was treated as one of the most durable pillars of American foreign policy. Israel has gotten more U.S. foreign assistance than any other country since its founding, receiving more than $300 billion in inflation-adjusted economic...
Autobiographical work Free Me aims to encourage victims to speak out in country where violence against women is rising There are audible gasps in the auditorium in Nairobi as a husband launches a volley of blows and slaps on his wife...
In a “major bipartisan rebuke” of President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran, the US Senate on Tuesday passed a war powers resolution instructing Trump to withdraw US forces from Iran. The vote was 50 to 48, with four Republicans joining the vast majority of Democrats...
By: Ainur Rohmah - - - - The question that has consumed Jakarta’s political circles in recent months is deceptively simple: who will become Indonesia’s next finance minister? President Prabowo Subianto has reportedly consulted a number of prominent figures, fueling...
On June 23, Israeli and Lebanese delegations began a new round of talks in Washington even as the U.S.-Iran memorandum entered its first serious test. The interim deal, signed on June 17, was meant to create 60 days of space...
The Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, embraces two value sets. The first is natural rights, and the second is limited government. After 250 years, neither value has survived, and the opposite of each currently prevails in America. Thomas...
The 60-day extension of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran may lead to lasting peace or it may be over within a week, doomed by the dysfunctional alliance between the US and Israel. If it holds, it could...
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Washington would not accept Iranian tolls or fees on the Strait of Hormuz, as disputes over the vital waterway, nuclear inspections, and missiles exposed early strains...
After 10 attempts, the Senate finally voted on Tuesday to block President Donald Trump from resuming the war with Iran without congressional approval. Four Republicans — Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) —...
Dal 19 al 21 maggio 2026 sulle rive bosforine di Istanbul si è svolta l’assemblea mondiale del World Anti-Imperialist Youth Union, in sigla WAYU, ovvero l’Unione Mondiale Giovanile Antimperialista, l’Internazionale giovanile promossa oltre un decennio fa dall’Unione Giovanile di Turchia...
AI inference is quickly becoming the real battleground for next-generation computing. Training still gets the headlines, but inference is where AI becomes a business, a service, and an infrastructure problem. Every chatbot response, agentic workflow, code assistant, scientific model, and...
GAZA, (PIC) Palestinian Civil Defense crews in Gaza on Tuesday recovered the remains of 40 victims from Sheikh Radwan Cemetery in Gaza City after parts of the cemetery were bulldozed and disturbed during Israeli ground operations in the area. In a statement,...
GAZA, (PIC) A demonstration was held on Tuesday in Gaza City in protest against the ongoing daily and systematic Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreement. The demonstration, organized by Palestinian national and Islamic factions, was held outside Al-Shifa Hospital to protest the...
US Congress passes symbolic Iran war rebuke to Trump
Full ArticleThe US Senate passed a largely symbolic resolution Tuesday calling for an end to President Donald Trump's war with Iran, delivering a fresh rebuke to the White House as it tries to negotiate a lasting settlement with...
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