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Top US Democrats are reportedly working behind the scenes to stop a vote that would force them to go on the record about whether they support a Trump administration attack on Iran. As the president amasses an armada in the Middle...

Middle East, Block 2, Chuck Schumer

Israeli troops have carried out several cross-border operations in the south of Syria in recent weeks, invading villages, raiding homes, and detaining civilians. While some detainees were later released, others were taken to undisclosed locations with...

In-depth

T he abandonment of international allies treaties and norms, Stephen Walt argues, will slowly ostracize the United States and leave the country behind as the multipolar world rises. As Donald Trump’s administration continues down the path of self destruction, it...

Economics, Finance, Geopolitics

A problem of ignorance combined with a problem of incoherent thinking Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: 35th Marine Brigade, Defense Forces of Ukraine I was hoping to avoid writing another essay on the war...

EU politics, Geopolitics, National Politics

The USD 195 billion global seafood industry is “increasingly vulnerable” to fraud, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization has warned. This fraud ranges from selling tilapia as red snapper and farmed fish as wild, to covertly creating imitation shrimp from moulded...

Food, Ocean, Aquaculture

A Rússia não tolerará esse tipo de manobra, podendo reagir contra qualquer dos atores envolvidos. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Novamente, o Relógio do Apocalipse se aproxima da meia-noite. Novas revelações feitas...

Português, France, Nuclear Weapons

In the days surrounding an Axios report last week suggesting that a large-scale conflict with Iran was “imminent,” the U.S. surged additional naval forces and air assets into the region, a posture that reports say amounts to the...

Democrats, Congress, Iran

Russia will not tolerate this type of maneuver and may respond against any of the actors involved. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Once again, the Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight. New revelations...

Europe, World, Doomsday Clock

Donald Trump ’s electoral success relies heavily on the large evangelical Christian segment of the U.S. population, which explains why he has adopted the strategy of pretending to be a Christian himself. However preposterous this may seem, his...

Activism, Belief & Religion, Column

A Tuesday night evacuation of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese from his Canberra official residence, the Lodge, has been linked to the Chinese dance troupe Shen Yun. In a bomb threat emailed to the group, the sender said explosives would be...

China, Anthony Albanese, Australia

This story was originally produced by Floodlight , a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action, in partnership with The Guardian. Sign up for Floodlight’s newsletter here . Elon Musk ’s artificial intelligence company...

Business & Economy, Courts & Law, Environment

For the first time , the U.S. Supreme Court has granted oil companies’ request to weigh in on whether climate accountability lawsuits are preempted by federal law — setting the stage for a battle that could determine if dozens of...

Business & Economy, Courts & Law, Environment

- - - - Photo by Colin Lloyd on Unsplash There are some things that shouldn’t be controversial at all. Saying Punch the monkey got a raw deal, but is adorable with his stuffed organutan, isn’t controversial....

Siamo già entrati in una nuova fase storica: senza esclusione di colpi, senza perifrasi, senza nemmeno il tentativo di giustificare alcunché. L’Iran rispecchia la resa dei conti finale: o prevale l’imperialismo sionista-statunitense, o prevale la multipolarità. Segue nostro Telegram ....

Italiano, Donald Trump, Great Game

A legal rights organisation has documented almost 1,000 incidents in which pro-Palestine voices were targeted in the UK , describing the pattern as a broad crackdown on the solidarity movement. The European Legal Support Center (ELSC)...

World

Kuwait's cabinet has approved amendments to the country's 1959 nationality law, reinforcing the government's authority to grant and revoke citizenship, amid a crackdown on perceived government critics. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace,...

MENA

The president of the breakaway Somaliland region, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, is expected to make his first official visit to Israel at the end of March, three months after Tel Aviv recognised the breakaway state's independence , according...

MENA

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, hoping to bolster ties with his country's largest trade partner and high-tech rival as Europe's biggest economy struggles. Berlin and Beijing want to build on...

World

One of Syria’s first public opinion polls was released last week, offering invaluable insight into the Syrian public’s attitudes on the progress of the new government and the country’s major developments since the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s...

In-depth

A now-closed camp that housed thousands of people with suspected links to the Islamic State group in northeast Syria has witnessed "mass escape" in the weeks since government forces took control of it, with at least 133 breaches...

MENA

The Supreme Court’s decision is clear. The president did not have the authority to impose most of his tariffs. Trump argued that, under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, his actions were justified because of a national emergency caused by a...

Labor, Trade, & Finance, Donald Trump, Supreme Court

The Australian government has told dependants of Australian diplomats in Israel and Lebanon to leave the two Middle East countries, citing a deteriorating security situation in the region, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The government has also offered...

World

By Shaykh Amin Kholwadia Founder and director, Darul Qasim College, Chicago --- The below is a reproduction of this article first published 09 January 2025 on Al-Jazeera English: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/1/9/muslims-of-the-world-are-much-more-united-than-they-think Let me be very honest – I am tired of hearing Muslims...

Community, Featured, General

Anti-war campaigners have accused the British government of “playing down” its support for an illegal US attack on Iran as American warplanes continue to transit through UK military bases this week on the way to the Middle East. The...

Americas, Archive, Middle East

China's stock market recorded a rapid rise in the valuations of companies engaged in the extraction and processing of rare earth metals. The rally followed official statements in the United States recognizing the American economy's critical dependence on overseas —...

World

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service reported that France and the United Kingdom were allegedly considering providing Ukraine with nuclear weapons or related delivery capabilities. The claim triggered intense discussion across Russian media and political circles. Among the most forceful responses came...

World

A Gaza firm has been contracted to build an Emirati-funded compound for tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in a part of the territory under Israeli military control, two Israeli officials and two Palestinian businessmen told Reuters...

MENA

Women farmers clearing farmland in Northern Bangladesh. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPS By Máximo Torero ROME, Feb 25 2026 (IPS) Farmland has long been one of the most important sources of security across generations. Writing about China nearly a century ago, Pearl S....

Environment, Food and Agriculture, Global

“I realised I was, in fact, and despite all performance to the contrary, an Arab man who was scared and filled with foreboding, with a force I had not realised was within me.” These are the words of Tareq Baconi...

Book Club

Palestinian Mohsen Mahdawi, a permanent resident of the United States whom the Trump administration is seeking to strip of his residency and deport, addressed a message to the president's administration in a statement to The New Arab...

World

Uma disciplina – uma disciplina bem desprezada, e cujo conteúdo varia a depender da instituição – diz que milagres e ações demoníacas são reais. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su No mês...

Português, Italy, Medicine

In a break from our academic-centric picks, here we look at an agentic verification flow developed within a semiconductor company. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer at Stanford, EE292A) and...

AI, Cadence, EDA

February has been marked by a significant rise in protests and organised action against the Syrian government’s economic policies, as well as the worsening of living and working conditions. In Damascus and elsewhere in the country, ongoing demonstrations against the...

Unfiltered

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Israel on Wednesday for a two-day visit aimed at deepening ties with a key trade and defence partner, a trip that has drawn criticism at home. It is Modi's second visit to Israel as...

World

The US on Tuesday imposed cyber-related sanctions on four individuals and three entities, including some based in Russia and the United Arab Emirates, according to the Treasury Department website. The entities and people were targeted "for their acquisition and...

World
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