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Hearing this week on bill to repeal Illinois’ discriminatory BDS bill Statement from State Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid on the drive to repeal the discriminatory anti-BDS Bill in Pringfield: The Illinois Human Rights Advocacy Protection Act, HB 2723, is officially in...

American Arabs, Christian & Muslim, Civil Rights

Bahrain's interior ministry said on Monday that the Gulf kingdom revoked the citizenship of 69 individuals for their support of Iran after weeks of Iranian attacks on Gulf states beginning in late February. The ministry in a statement listed...

MENA

British lawmakers will vote on whether embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer should face a parliamentary probe over the Peter Mandelson scandal , the House of Commons speaker announced on Monday. Members of Parliament will debate Tuesday on whether to refer...

World

Earlier in April, Israel’s security cabinet approved the establishment of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. It was the largest single announcement on record, bringing the total number of Israeli settlements okayed by the current...

In-depth

The CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman , is on a messianic mission to bring about the Singularity, the moment at which artificial intelligence begins to self-improve. If AI is smart enough to build the next...

Business & Economy, Column, Opinion

For as long as I can remember , the White House Correspondents Dinner was where the Washington press corps and Washington officials basked in each other’s celebrity. Saturday night’s ended abruptly with gunshots, Secret Service officers screaming at attendees to “get...

Column, Courts & Law, Media

- - - - Photo by Edwin Hooper on Unsplash So, did you hear about the most recent attempted assassination of President Trump? The fact that we have to be specific as to which attempted assassination is...

In the wake of the temporary US/Iran ceasefire, hawkish commentary in leading American newspapers advanced the premise that the US can dictate terms to Iran in negotiations, with a faith in the power of Washington’s military might that was...

Column, Media, Middle East

GAZA, (PIC) The health and food crisis in Gaza is deepening, with medical and official warnings of severe repercussions that could endanger thousands of lives, especially among children. Meanwhile, families in shelters and displacement camps are facing harsh living conditions, marked by...

News, Gaza Strip, Health crisis

Congo on Monday announced the creation of a paramilitary guard to secure its vast mining operations, backed by U.S. and Emirati investments, as Washington tries to lock in access to critical minerals amid a fragile peace process in the troubled...

World

Israel reportedly deployed an Iron Dome air defence battery, and several dozen troops to operate it, to the United Arab Emirates early in the war with Iran , marking the first known operational use of the system...

MENA

Russian backing for the ruling junta has not stopped rebel fighters striking significant blows in recent days - Mali in turmoil after insurgents seize towns and kill defence minister - When Assimi Goïta, the leader of Mali’s military junta, sat down...

Mali, Russia, Africa

The conflict in the Middle East has struck another critical global industry, disrupting supplies of essential raw materials used in the production of printed circuit boards (PCBs). These components are fundamental to nearly all modern electronic devices, from smartphones to...

World

A Sudanese army strike on a displaced persons camp in the western Darfur region killed six civilians and wounded dozens more on Monday, a rights group said. Near-daily drone strikes by both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces...

MENA

Israeli forces carried out a series of large-scale raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank overnight on Sunday and throughout Monday, amid continued Israeli violence in the Palestinian territory. Israeli military troops raided the Qalandia refugee camp...

MENA

Arnaud MIRANDA, Gilles GRESSANI Únete a nosotros en Telegram , Twitter y VK . Escríbenos: info@strategic-culture.su El gigante tecnológico fundado por Peter Thiel y dirigido por Alex Karp acaba de publicar 22 tesis virales sobre el futuro de Estados Unidos y...

Español, Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech

In his first statements after his victory, Magyar made it clear that Hungary’s energy ties with Russia would not be cut off to please Brussels, but the format of relations would shift from the realm of “personal friendship” to cold...

Europe, Politics, Elections

Frontispiece of Tom Paine’s Common Sense By Peter Costantini SEATTLE. USA, Apr 27 2026 (IPS) This is the third part of a three-part commentary. Read Part 1: No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 1 of 3...

Democracy, Headlines, Human Rights

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday Iran's leadership was humiliating the United States and getting U.S. officials to travel to Pakistan and then leave without results , in an unusually abrupt rebuke over the conflict. Merz also said he...

MENA

Relatives of dozens of Syrians detained in the southwestern province of Quneitra by Israeli forces held a protest on Sunday outside the foreign ministry building in Damascus, demanding the government make efforts to secure the release of their...

MENA

Relatives of dozens of Syrians detained in the southwestern province of Quneitra by Israeli forces held a protest on Sunday outside the foreign ministry building in Damascus, demanding the government make efforts to secure the release of their...

MENA

After more than two weeks of the ceasefire stalling the US-Israeli war on Iran , many foreign and Arab diplomatic missions that had previously left Iraq remain hesitant to return to Baghdad. Sources at the Iraqi Foreign Ministry...

MENA

Gaza's first elections in nearly two decades did not generate widespread public enthusiasm. Local elections in Deir al-Balah produced a strikingly low turnout of just 23 per cent, turning what was meant to signal political resilience and national...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) On the eve of summer in the Gaza Strip, a severe water crisis is intensifying at an unprecedented level. Widespread destruction of infrastructure caused by Israeli attacks, combined with a sharp decline in usable water supplies, has pushed more...

Reports, Gaza Strip, Israeli genocide

GAZA, (PIC) The Israeli occupation army continued its ceasefire violations in the Gaza Strip on Monday, carrying out strikes, firing live ammunition, and demolishing the remaining homes and buildings in the eastern areas of the enclave. Local sources reported that the Israeli...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli ceasefire violations

By Giorgio CAFIERO, Kristian ULRICHSEN Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Doha’s careful balancing act has been threatened by severe security and economic challenges. As a small but extremely gas-rich country surrounded by...

Editor's Choice, Iran, Middle East

The rapid evolution of wireless audio has placed unprecedented demands on system integration, power efficiency, and performance. Against this backdrop, the webinar “All-in-One Bluetooth Audio: A Complete Solution on a TSMC 12nm Single Die” offers a timely and technically rich...

Ceva, Events, Foundries

Israel's military strategy in Gaza has evolved beyond direct occupation into a fragmentation campaign, backing at least five Palestinian armed groups in an attempt to dismantle Hamas governance and create a chaotic security vacuum that deepens control over the...

MENA

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive in the United States later on Monday for a four-day trip, a tour which has taken on even greater prominence after the White House Correspondents' dinner shooting and amid acrimony...

World

Military intelligence chief reportedly also killed in sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels - Mali’s militant attacks expose limits of Putin’s power in Africa - Mali has been left reeling from sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels who seized...

Mali, World news, Africa

In a future crisis between India and Pakistan, the most dangerous moment may not be the first strike but the minutes before it. Artificial intelligence is beginning to compress those minutes. Across modern battlefields, AI-enabled systems are accelerating how militaries detect, process,...

War & Peace, AI, India

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative methods of executing people convicted of the gravest federal crimes, it announced on Friday, noting difficulties in obtaining drugs for lethal injections. The recommendation came...

World

GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,593 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Monday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...

News, death toll, Gaza Strip

Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, at a press conference on the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Credit: Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo By Naureen Hossain UNITED NATIONS,...

Conferences, Editors' Choice, Featured

SICILY, (PIC) The “Spring 2026 mission,” part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, set sail on Sunday from the Italian island of Sicily, aiming to break the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip and deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians. According to flotilla sources,...

News, Gaza Strip, Global Sumud Flotilla

Saudi Arabia has cancelled a landmark snooker tournament , drawing shock from fans and outrage from players as one of the biggest prizes in the sport disappears from the calendar overnight. The World Snooker Tour (WST), which manages the sport,...

Sports

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on Monday said he "categorically rejects" the Lebanese leadership’s efforts to engage with Israel in direct talks, amid repeated Israeli attacks and continued hostilities. Qassem said in a statement that these talks "do not...

MENA

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has defended his decision to engage directly with Israel following criticism from Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on Monday, stressing that he would not accept a "humiliating agreement". Speaking at the presidential palace during...

MENA

There is an evident unresolved tension between stated goals and actual results. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The scent of madness To some, they may now seem outdated, but for the European...

Americas, Europe, Russia & CIS

Israel has appointed its first ambassador to Somaliland, months after formally recognising the breakaway region in the Horn of Africa, the foreign ministry said Sunday. In December, Israel became the first country to recognise the independence of Somaliland since...

MENA

Oil prices rose Monday while stocks were mixed with the United States and Iran no closer to ending their eight-week-old war after Donald Trump cancelled his envoys' trip for peace talks at the weekend. Hopes that the two sides...

Economy
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