While some nations open their doors wide, others remain firmly closed. This infographic identifies the world’s least accessible countries – destinations that grant visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to the fewest passports globally. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and...
Axiomise has recently launched a new verification tool called nocProve which will transform how Network-on-Chip designs are validated in modern hardware development, absolutely. The tool is designed to be the first configurable formal verification application specifically created for NoC implementations. It...
Programme which supports schemes in six African countries was previously hailed as vital protection for Britain against future pandemics A flagship health project in Africa, which UK ministers said would play a vital role in protecting Britain from future pandemic threats,...
China’s shift toward an all-nuclear submarine fleet could extend its strategic reach from the Pacific into the Indian Ocean while spurring a broader regional buildup of nuclear-powered undersea forces. This month, the US Navy’s intelligence chief, Rear Admiral Mike Brookes,...
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress have not formally authorized a war in Iran, though they may soon be expected to approve emergency funding for the endeavor without any projection from the Trump administration as to how long it may last...
At least 15 people were killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon overnight on Thursday as Israel intensified its bombardment of the country following a massive Hezbollah missile attack. The single deadliest attack occurred on the Beirut...
The US-Israeli war on Iran "is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market", as Iran's chokehold on regional supplies forces Gulf producers to slash production, the International Energy Agency said...
LONDON, (PIC) Dozens of MPs and peers have signed a letter calling for a formal British apology over the Balfour Declaration in 1917, which paved the way for the creation of Israel in 1948 and the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of...
A street scene in Kabul. By External Source KABUL, Mar 12 2026 (IPS) In the bone-chilling Afghanistan winter, a woman was dragged into a public square early this year and publicly lashed for a crime she may or not have committed....
A drone attack on Oman's Salalah Port on Wednesday has further tested ties between Iran and the Gulf sultanate, which acted as a key mediator between Tehran and Washington before the outbreak of war earlier this...
Events in the Middle East during February and March 2026 again disrupted the flows of shipping trade to the eastern and western spheres of the international system. Given that the global economy is maritime based and rests on secure and...
By Brian D. O’LEARY Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The bombs were American. The checkbook is American. Seven of the dead have American names. The Geneva talks ended without a deal on...
GAZA, (PIC) The Gaza Center for Human Rights has strongly condemned what it described as Israel’s systematic targeting of Gaza’s fishing sector, warning that the campaign has escalated from imposing severe restrictions to the “comprehensive destruction” of a vital civilian industry. In...
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian outlined three conditions to end the ongoing war, as drone strikes on Thursday killed at least 10 people in the country, while Iranian forces continued to target Gulf countries. Pezeshkian said the...
TEHRAN, (PIC) The Zio-American aggression on Iran continues, while the last hours have witnessed a notable military escalation, after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced the launch of a missile wave described as among the most intense toward Israel, which led to...
GAZA, (PIC) The suffering of the displaced in Mawasi Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, is no longer limited to the shortage of food and water and the lack of space, a new health crisis has joined it, represented by...
Over the course of the war in Iran so far, U.S. and Israeli aims have overlapped. But this alignment may change. President Donald Trump appears to want to eliminate key leadership figures and work with whatever remains of the governing...
GAZA, (PIC) The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that since the announcement of the ceasefire on October 11, 2025, the casualties from the continued Israeli violations of the ceasefire have reached 651 martyrs and 1,741 wounded while the total number...
Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S....
As the US-Israel offensive against Iran reshapes the Middle East, new alliances are forming between Muslim-majority states such as Turkey, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia in response to Bibi’s ‘Greater Israel’ ambitions. At the same time, Israel is building counter-alliances, raising...
Protection of key habitats and dedicated efforts to tackle poaching in a coordinated way have allowed the sea turtle to bounce back. Credit: Jordan Robins / Ocean Image Bank By Umar Manzoor Shah SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan & SHRINGAR, India, Mar 12 2026...
US intelligence indicates that Iran's leadership is still largely intact and is not at risk of collapse any time soon after nearly two weeks of relentless US and Israeli bombardment , according to three sources familiar with the...
By Patrick LAWRENCE Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su You have to figure, if those waging war — and covering it — dedicate themselves this assiduously to keeping things hidden, there are surely...
By: Tim Daiss - - - - Thai-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in smoke in the Strait. Reuters photo The “Hormuz Risk” is no longer an abstract exercise for Riyadh. A prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, which...
Shahd Alnaami did not write before the genocide . It was only after she lost a friend — one of the more than 70,000 people killed in Israel's war on Gaza — that she began putting words...
The UN Security Council on Wednesday called for Iran to halt its attacks on Gulf states, in a resolution that did not mention US or Israeli strikes on Iran, prompting Tehran's ambassador to decry a "blatant...
Volunteers are working to carve out safe spaces in townships with initiatives such as football training and dance classes In 2015, Deniël de Bruyn moved almost 300 miles to Cape Town, to live with relatives and try to overcome a drug...
If Macron and the Europeans had any moral fibre, they should be condemning the U.S. and Israeli aggression against Iran, not exploiting it for self-aggrandizement. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Like a...
I rapporti tra le due capitali stanno però ora degenerando, fino a sfiorare lo scontro aperto. Segue nostro Telegram . Come in ogni vicenda destinata a durare troppo tempo, tutti i nodi stanno venendo al pettine. I rapporti tra Budapest e...
In the crucible of conflict, narratives are forged with haste. They glide across television screens, seep through the veins of social media, and echo in the corridors of political power, shaping how entire societies come to understand the chaos unfolding...
Iran has struck oil tankers , ports, and energy infrastructure in the Gulf as Tehran continues to widen its targets following US-Israeli strikes on the country. Overnight on Wednesday, Iran struck two oil tankers near Iraq, killing one,...
The Strait of Hormuz is the new “war game.” In just a few days, the world has begun to tremble, even more than it already was. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Let...
The UK media’s take on the use of ‘hard power’ depends entirely on who’s exercising it. The labelling of Russia’s war in Ukraine in February 2022 was clear from the start. According to the Nexis database, 12,700 stories across the UK...
John Mearsheimer details how the American Empire stumbled into one of its largest strategic blunders, and what the effects of it all might entail for the rest of the world Cross-posted from the Chris Hedges Report As the U.S.-Israel...
An Egyptian political activist is trying to rally public support behind his demand to kick the ambassadors of the US and Israel out of Egypt over their war on Iran . Mamdouh Hamza, a vocal critic of Egyptian...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Dozens of people were killed and wounded early Thursday in fresh Israeli airstrikes targeting Lebanon, including the capital Beirut. The strikes come amid continued bombardment of southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs, while Hezbollah announced the launch of an...
The United States, which spends nearly $1 trillion annually on defence, possesses military and technological capabilities unprecedented among superpowers in history. It also has the largest fleet of aircraft in the world, estimated at 13,023 planes, as well as...
The dead Ali Khamenei hands over the Iranian flag to a mirror image of his son, Mojtaba Khamenei. From the web site https://english.khamenei.ir/ By Jan Lundius STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Mar 12 2026 (IPS) The US/Israeli war on Iran might be like...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued raids and incursions into several cities and towns across the West Bank last night and early Thursday morning, accompanied by widespread arrest campaigns amid heavy tear gas use. Meanwhile, Jewish settlers escalated...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces on Thursday continued violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement through airstrikes, artillery shelling, and gunfire from helicopters. The attacks come amid ongoing violations despite the ceasefire, while data from the Ministry of Health show a continued rise...
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime. Source: World Population Prospects 2022 report from the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs...
Peter O’Toole, Burt Lancaster and Denholm Elliott are all present and correct for watchable return to colonial clash in South Africa This 1979 film is effectively the stolid prequel to the massively successful Zulu from 15 years earlier ,...
Trump’s and Netanyahu’s unprovoked war of aggression against Iran is going from worse to worser Larry C. Johnson is a former CIA officer and intelligence analyst, and former planner and advisor at the US State Department’s Office of Counter Terrorism. As...
The image above tells you why Donald Trump is in political trouble over his decision to launch a war on Iran. Previous presidents have understood that you must rally public support before sending US troops and planes overseas to attack...
Countries across the continent have spent more than $2bn on Chinese tracking technology that is not ‘necessary or proportionate’, new report finds The rapid expansion of AI-powered mass-surveillance systems across Africa is violating citizens’ right to privacy and having a chilling...
The US President’s annual State of the Union address to Congress became a milestone in the further polarization of domestic political life. The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling on the illegality of imposing certain tariffs was perceived by most of...
Iran set ablaze two tankers in Iraqi waters as it stepped up attacks on oil and transport facilities across the Middle East, warning the world should be ready for oil at $200 a barrel in defiance of President Donald Trump's...
My Lord, I cannot account for the praises that are due to You; You are as You praise Yourself. Sublime is the Countenance of Your Face; Exalted is Your position. You do as You will by Your Power and Ability, and...
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