(2024-10-30). Canada accuses India's Amit Shah over campaign targeting Sikh separatists. aljazeera.com Ottawa says the close ally of India's PM is involved in an intimidation campaign against Sikh separatists.
(2024-10-30). Trams rights: Citizens of this former colonial capital are rising up to protect Asia's oldest electric transport system. rt.com 
(2024-10-30). My Family Lived the Horrors of Native American Boarding Schools: Why Biden's Apology Doesn't Go Far Enough. counterpunch.org 
On Oct. 25, 2024, Joe Biden, the first U.S. president to formally apologize for the policy of sending Native American children to Indian boarding schools, called it one of the most "horrific chapters" in U.S. history and "a mark of shame." But he did not call it a genocide. Yet, over the past 10 years, many historians and Indigenous scholars have said that what happened at the Indian boarding schools "meets the definition of genocide."
(2024-10-30). India to present updated plan for environmental agenda at UN Biodiversity Conference. tvbrics.com 
This was announced by the Minister of State Environment, Kirti Vardhan Singh…
(2024-10-30). Institutes in India launch artificial intelligence programme offering career guidance. tvbrics.com 
Students will be able to choose careers that match their interests and qualifications more effectively…
(2024-10-30). Canada minister confirms leaking Amit Shah's alleged plot to target Sikhs on foreign soil. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Canada's deputy foreign minister and David Morrison has confirmed that he leaked the sensitive information regarding the Indian government's alleged plot of murder, extortion and coercion Sikh separatists on foreign soil. The information was leaked to The Washington Post. David Morrison along with other senior officials testified before members of Parliament on the public safety and national security committee. | The interrogation was conducted in regard to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's allegation against the Indian agents. The information given to The Washington Post included India to the s…
(2024-10-30). 'I am not familiar….' : US responds to expulsion of Indian diplomats claims following Pannun plot. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: The United States have denied reports of expelling Indian Diplomats amid India and Canada row. During a media briefing, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said, "The reports are completely baseless and that I am not familiar with this report that we expelled Indian diplomats…I'm not aware of any expulsion." | The development comes after India recalled Indian diplomats from Canada following its remarks designating Indian officials as "persons of interest" in connection with the murder of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. The US also responded to queries regarding Vikash Yadav, a forme…
(2024-10-30). BRICS: Navigating a Complex Economic and Political Landscape. infobrics.org Initially formed as "BRIC" — Brazil, Russia, India, China — and subsequently becoming "BRICS", with the addition of South Africa, this group of countries constitutes a unique coalition of emerging economies that collectively represent a significant counterbalance to the established economic powers of the West. Despite their collective identity, BRICS members are markedly different in many respects…
(2024-10-30). BRICS Declaration Reinforces Call for Multipolarity. globalresearch.ca A three-day gathering (October 22-24) held in the city of Kazan in the Russian Federation represented the 16th Annual Summit of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa Plus (BRICS). | At present there are nine governments that have officially joined …
(2024-10-30). From Cyber Parks to Sadhus, Change and Tradition in Urban India: Colin Todhunter. globalresearch.ca There exists a significant amount of literature and debate regarding modernity, urbanisation and social change in India. Critical inquiries persist, not least on the impact of change on the daily lives of individuals and the ways in which they navigate …
(2024-10-30). Top India minister authorised plots to target Sikh separatists in Canada, official alleges. scmp.com Canada's deputy foreign minister told a US-based newspaper that India's Amit Shah was behind alleged campaign on Canadian soil.
(2024-10-30). Smog is humane issue, not political, should be discussed with India: Maryam. gnnhd.tv 
She added that the winds do not know that there is a border between the two countries…
(2024-10-30). India-China Cooperation and the End of QUAD's Imperialist Agenda. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2024-10-30). Jan Breman & Marcel van der Linden: Migration: A View From Below. newleftreview.org Against both the catastrophist and 'win-win' perspectives on immigration, this class-based examination shows that in-country and in-region movement far outstrips the traffic on the 'migratory corridors' joining poor countries to rich. Fieldwork from India and Indonesia reveals the social determinants shaping the conditions of departure.
(2024-10-30). Working People Place Cost Of Living As Top Concern In US Elections. popularresistance.org Just eight days remain until the people of the US head to the polls to decide their next president. The economy and inflation continues to be the top issue for voters by far, with eight in ten registered voters saying the economy will be very important to their vote according to the Pew Research Center. According to Gallup, the economy is the most important out of 22 issues voters were polled on, including "terrorism and national security", immigration, education, healthcare, and crime. | If one were to read exclusively the mainstream media, one would get the impression that all is well with the economy, that inf…
(2024-10-30). From Penthouse to Courtroom: The Redemption of Nishad Singh. devdiscourse.com In a striking courtroom decision, former FTX executive Nishad Singh was spared prison time on Wednesday, following his cooperation in one of the U.S.'s most significant financial fraud cases. Singh, once a close associate of disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, assisted prosecutors by confessing his involvement.
(2024-10-30). Punjab Govt decides to launch Minority Card for deserving families. gnnhd.tv 
CM Maryam Nawaz refers minorities as crown of her head…
(2024-10-30). Israel's Genocide Day 388: Ongoing Israeli Assault In Northern Gaza. popularresistance.org The last functioning hospital in northern Gaza has officially stopped functioning after Israeli forces raided it over the weekend, arresting all but two of its medical staff and damaging parts of the hospital premises. | On Saturday, Israeli forces began to raid the hospital, ordering patients and medical staff to leave its wings and descend to the courtyard. Israeli soldiers then separated the men from the women and arrested dozens of Palestinians, including all of the hospital's staff except one nurse and the hospital's Director, Dr. Husam Abu Safiyeh.
(2024-10-30). Israel's 'inhumane' ban on UNRWA causes outrage worldwide. newarab.com 
Israel faced an international backlash on Tuesday after its parliament approved a bill banning the main Despite global concerns, including from Israel's ally the United States, lawmakers in the Knesset overwhelmingly voted to ban the The lawmakers al…
(2024-10-30). Israeli strike kills over 100 in Gaza amid ire as UNRWA banned. newarab.com 
A single Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed at least 143 Palestinians since dawn, with medical sources saying 132 of those were killed in the north of the Strip, where Israel has imposed an over three-week long siege. | Many Palestinians remain trapped under the rubble, as there ar…
(2024-10-30). 'Significant fire' breaks out at UK nuclear shipyard (PHOTOS, VIDEO). rt.com 
Two people have been hospitalized but the authorities say there is "no nuclear risk" | A "significant fire" has broken out at a nuclear submarine shipyard in northwest England, injuring two people, local authorities have said, stressing that there is no risk of a nuclear disaster. | Police said the incident happened at around 12: 30am on Wednesday at the shipbuilding facility of defense contractor BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness. Two people were reportedly taken to the hospital after suffering what appeared to be smoke inhalation. | "There is no nuclear risk. However, people living nearby are advised to remain…
(2024-10-30). Amazonian HuoÃßttà∂ÃßjaÃß People and the Bolivarian process: Río Cataniapo Commune (Part II). mronline.org A HuoÃßttà∂ÃßjaÃß community in the Venezuelan Amazon discusses their culture and organization as well as the Indigenous peoples' rights established in the 1999 constitution.
(2024-10-30). Media hawks make case for war against Iran. mronline.org 
The media hawks are flying high, pushing out bellicose rhetoric on the op-ed pages that seems calculated to whip the public into a war-ready frenzy.
(2024-10-30). "Soundtracks to the Struggle 3" drops amid censorship attempts: Lowkey talks to Mintcast. mronline.org A tireless fighter for justice, Lowkey's tracks have become anthems in the anti-war movement, particularly in the struggle for Palestine liberation. "Soundtrack to the Struggle 3" is no different and provides a political snapshot in time, taking on issues such as the genocide in Gaza, the persecution of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, and the pervasive surveillance power of our smartphones.
(2024-10-30). The deadly environmental toll of super-yachts and private jets. mronline.org 
Every week, the ultra-rich emit more greenhouse gas than the poorest people produce in a lifetime.
(2024-10-30). Israeli bombing kills at least 93 Palestinians in a building in Gaza. mronline.org 
For 24 days, the Israeli military siege has combined an intense bombing campaign with a ground incursion.
(2024-10-30). At Least 115 Palestinians Killed By Israeli Strikes in Gaza. scheerpost.com 
(2024-10-30). BRICS Grows, Adding 13 New 'Partner Countries' at Historic Summit in Kazan, Russia. scheerpost.com 
(2024-10-30). In the Midst of Genocide, Late Hamas Leader Scolded for 'Eradicating' Israel. scheerpost.com 
(2024-10-30). Union Drive at Missouri Cannabis Company Could Impact National Labor Law. scheerpost.com 
(2024-10-30). Uyghur rights body meets in Bosnia under tight security over threats. newarab.com 
A body fighting for The Germany-based World Uyghur Congress (WUC) held a four-day conference until Sunday with several hundred delegates from 25 nations in a Sarajevo hotel – but few outside would have known. | There were no signs or placards, reception staff hes…
(2024-10-30). Egypt's anti-Ethiopia alliance takes shape in the Horn of Africa. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). What the US election could mean for the Middle East. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). Capturing Palestine's unheard voices in Daybreak in Gaza. newarab.com 
While the publication of In the preface, editors Mahmoud Muna…
(2024-10-30). Unpacking the Shia-Sunni schism in The House Divided. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). AOC under fire over 'gibberish' Arabic-language election posters. newarab.com 
US Democratic Congresswoman
(2024-10-30). French court overturns ban of Israeli companies at defence trade fair. newarab.com 
A Paris commercial court on Wednesday threw out a French government decision to ban Israeli companies from setting up stands or exhibiting hardware at the Euronaval defence trade fair, according to a decision seen by AFP. | The court ordered the organisers "to suspend the execution of the measures adopted against the Israeli exhibiting companies whose stands were prohibited at the Euronaval 2024 exhibition until the closing date of the exhibition", the judgment said. | Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz hailed court verdict as a "significant victory against the unjust and undemocratic decision by the French…
(2024-10-30). Gaza's Beit Lahia 'disaster zone' as Israeli strikes kill scores. newarab.com 
The municipality of Beit Lahia in northern On Tuesday an
(2024-10-30). Hamas says will discuss Gaza truce plan for Israel withdrawal. newarab.com 
A Hamas official said Wednesday that the group would discuss any ideas for a "We have not officially received any comprehensive proposal. We are prepared to engage with any ideas or proposals presented to us, provided they ultimately lead to an end to the war and a withdrawal by the army from the (Gaza) Strip," the official told news agency AFP. | The official, who preferred to remain anonymous, ad…
(2024-10-30). Hochstein, McGurk expected in Israel for Lebanon ceasefire talks. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). Iran appoints first Baluch governor in restive province. newarab.com 
"Mansour Bijar was chosen as the governor of Sistan-Baluchistan," government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani said after a cabinet meeting. | Bijar, 50, hails from the Baluch community, a mainly Sunni Muslim ethnic group in a majority Shiite country. | His appointment follows an attack in Sistan-Baluchistan that killed at least 10 policemen, later claimed by the Sunni jiha…
(2024-10-30). Israel minister 'proposed killing Lebanon PM' over drone attack. newarab.com 
An Israeli minister has reportedly proposed the assassination of According to Israel's Channel 13, Transportation Minister Miri Regev suggested the killing of Mikati during an Israeli security cabinet meeting on Monday, during which the cabinet members were debating the possibility of carrying o…
(2024-10-30). KDP and PUK retain power in Iraqi Kurdistan amid fraud claims. newarab.com 
The two main The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) emerged…
(2024-10-30). Macron brands Hamas 'barbaric' in Moroccan parliament speech. newarab.com 
French President
(2024-10-30). Nun captured by Israelis in Lebanon returns to native France. newarab.com 
A Catholic nun who was living in south Beatrice Mauger, a 60-year-old Catholic nun and founder of a hermitage in the
(2024-10-30). Protesters demand Gaza ceasefire at Harris speech in Washington. newarab.com 
US pro-Palestine protesters interrupted Groups of demonstrators appeared throughout the crowd, with videos on social media capturing chants of "Stop Arming Israel!" and "Arms Embargo Now!" | The protests led by advo…
(2024-10-30). Saudi hosts meeting of new group pushing for Palestinian state. newarab.com 
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday hosted the first meeting of a new "international alliance" to press for the establishment of a Palestinian state. | Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said nearly 90 "states and international organisations" were taking part in the two-day meeting in Riyadh. | "A genocide is happeni…
(2024-10-30). Saudi minister says reforms 'on track' despite 'challenges'. newarab.com 
"We're not shying away from the challenges ⚪ challenges in relation to human resource and ability to execute," Mohammed al-Jadaan told a panel at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, sometimes dubbed "Davos in the desert". | Because of these challenges the government was "recalibrating our plans", trying not to overh…
(2024-10-30). Ship carrying explosives for Israel Gaza war docks in Alexandria. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). Thousands evacuate Lebanon's Baalbek after Israeli threats. newarab.com 
Residents of The Israeli army issued threats to attack the historic city of Baalbek and its surrounding towns and villages, saying it was preparing attacks on alleged Hezbollah targets. | "The (Israeli army) will act forcefully against Hezbollah interests within your city and villages," military spokesman Avichay Ad…
(2024-10-30). Trump promises 'peace' in letter to Lebanese-Americans. newarab.com 
Former US president and current Trump pledged to bring The Republican candidate reached out to the communi…
(2024-10-30). Turkey's Erdogan backs outreach to Kurds. newarab.com 
President Last week, Devlet Bahceli, who heads Turkey's The PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Par…
(2024-10-30). UAE pardons Egypt's Zamalek football trio after jail verdict. newarab.com 
The UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Following the verdict on Tuesday, the official spokesman for the Egyptian M…
(2024-10-30). US: 'Horrifying' Israeli strike in Gaza that killed children. newarab.com 
The United States on Tuesday voiced concern about a "horrifying" "We are deeply concerned by the loss of civilian life in this incident. This was a horrifying incident with a horrifying result," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters, pointing to "reports of two dozen children killed" in the bombing that destroyed the five-story block in Beit Lahia. | "We have reached out to the go…
(2024-10-30). US tracking nearly 500 incidents of civilian harm during Israel's Gaza war. newarab.com
(2024-10-30). Israel 'eradicating Hezbollah' means erasure for Lebanese Shia. newarab.com 
On September 17, Israel Before this attack, Israel focused its efforts on a policy of "slow killing" and collective punishment in South Lebanon following Hezbollah's announcement of the "Support Front" on October 8 2023. | Nevertheless, events following the attack marked the beginning of a new dangerous stage of…
(2024-10-30). Israel's strikes on Iran: Calculated message or prelude to war?>. newarab.com 
In the early hours of 26 October, following more than three weeks of escalating tensions and rhetorical brinkmanship, Israel Dubbed 'Days of Repentance,' the military operation encompassed three coordinated waves of attacks focusing on
(2024-10-30). Uncovering the ugly truth of Italy's migrant pushback tactics. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). Activists demand Netflix reinstates Palestinian films. newarab.com 
Activist group CODEPINK is set to deliver a petition to Earlier this month, 19 films which were part of the "Palestinian Stories" collection on Netflix, were removed from the streaming giant's platform. | In a statement,…
(2024-10-30). Dozen Egyptian migrants feared dead off Libyan coast: sources. newarab.com 
A dozen The 13 men had set off for Al-Abreen, a group that provides humanitarian assistance…
(2024-10-30). Erdogan says Turkey aims to have "Steel Dome" air defence system. newarab.com 
President Tayyip NATO member Turkey has in recent years significantly reduced its dependence on external suppliers of defence equipment. It has become a leading manufacturer of armed drones for the global market and produces much of its own defence needs at home. | Speaking at a ceremony in Ankara to inaugurate the home-ma…
(2024-10-30). Gulf states condemn Israel's UNRWA ban. newarab.com 
Gulf states Israel's parliament on Monday overwhelmingly voted to ban UNRWA from working in Israel and occupied east Jerusalem. | The lawmakers also pass…
(2024-10-30). Harris to rally where Trump riled Capitol riot crowd. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). Iran moves to triple military budget amid Israel tensions. newarab.com 
Government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani outlined the move that would see "a significant increase of more than 200 percent in the country's military budget" at a news conference in Tehran, without elaborating. | Tehran ha…
(2024-10-30). Iraqis returning from Syria face torture: Amnesty. newarab.com 
Amnesty International on Tuesday said there were cases of "torture and ill-treatment" among The London-based human rights group said it documented cases involving seven men and one woman, de…
(2024-10-30). Ireland urges EU to review Israel trade ties over UNRWA ban. newarab.com 
Ireland's Prime Minister The Irish leader criticised the Israeli parliament's "shameful" banning of the agency, which coordinates nearly all aid to The move has stirred a growing international…
(2024-10-30). Israel advances bill to expel Palestinian attackers' relatives. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). Lebanon ceasefire talks 'advance' following massacre in Baalbek. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). Libya and Italy sign slew of cooperation deals. newarab.com 
The accords were signed by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah and his Italian counterpart, Georgia Meloni, during the Italian-Libyan Business Forum, being held in the capital Tripoli after a decade's hiatus. | Libya is still strug…
(2024-10-30). Muslim men on 'no fly-list' lose appeal over FBI treatment. newarab.com 
A The second US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the 16 agents were protected by qualified immunity, despite their "improper behaviour" and the three men's belief that Muslims in the United States had been unfairly targeted. | Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch wrote for a three-judge…
(2024-10-30). Satellite photos show Israeli strike likely hit important Iran Revolutionary Guard missile base. newarab.com 
The damage at the base in Shahroud raises new questions about Israel's attack early on Saturday, particularly as it took place in an area previously unacknowledged by Tehran and in…
(2024-10-30). Sexual violence on 'staggering' scale in Sudan civil war: UN. newarab.com 
(2024-10-30). Spain cancels purchase of police ammunition from Israeli firm. newarab.com 
Spain's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday it was cancelling a contract to buy ammunition from an Israeli firm, widening a Spanish pledge Cadena Ser radio earlier reported that the Guardia Civil police force had agreed to buy more than 15 million 9-mm rounds for six million euros ($6.48 million) from Guardian LTD Israel. | Spain said it would stop arms sales to Israel in October 2023 when Israel's war on the devastated territory began. | "The Spanish gover…
(2024-10-30). Suspect in killing of three UK girls faces 'terrorism' charges. newarab.com 
The suspect in the devastating UK knife attack in July that killed three young girls was charged with producing a deadly poison and "terrorism" offences, British police said on Tuesday. | The new charges against Axel Rudakubana, 18, came after a search of his home where an Al Qaeda training manual was found, police said. | Rudakubana is accused of killing the three young girls aged between six and nine at a Taylor Swift dance event in Southport, murders which shocked the nation. | Police said the incident was still not being treated as terrorist related but said after searches of his home, Rudakubana had now b…
(2024-10-30). UN rapporteur says Israel committing 'settler-colonial genocide'. newarab.com 
The UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine In her report to the UN General Assembly, The report emphasised "genoc…
(2024-10-30). UNRWA ban could kill more children in Gaza, UNICEF says. newarab.com 
Israel's decision to ban the U.N. relief agency A law passed by Israel on Monday to ban the UN Palestinian refugee agency from operating inside Israel has raised concerns about its ability to provide relief in Gaza The agency, which employs thousands of people in Gaza, provides…
(2024-10-30). War in Sudan has displaced over 14 million, or about 30% of the population, UN says. newarab.com 
The war in Of those, 11 million are internally displaced and 3.1 million have fled to neighbouring countries, Amy Pope, director-general of the IOM, said in a press briefing from Port Sudan. The number of the displaced had increased by 200,000 since September…
(2024-10-30). It's time the UK protected Black history, instead of erasing it. newarab.com 
This Black History Month, it's important that we not only celebrate and honour Black achievements in the UK but also confront the ongoing attacks on Black history, academia, and Black representation. | The systematic efforts to erase our narratives from educational institutions and political discourse are happening in clear plain sight. | Two recent alarming cases, the axing of Professor Hakim Adi's Black history course and Professor Kehinde Andrews' undergraduate Black Studies program, raise an urgent need to safeguard and treasure Black history and counter an alarming wave of repression. | Professor Hakim Ad…
(2024-10-30). CNN bans guest over 'exploding pager' comment live on air. rt.com 
Journalist Mehdi Hasan has accused conservative pundit Ryan Girdusky of "inciting violence" against him | CNN has banned conservative political commentator Ryan Girdusky from appearing on its shows after he alluded to exploding pagers during a debate with Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan. | The incident occurred during a heated debate on 'News Night with Abby Phillip' on Monday night. Hasan complained about being accused of anti-Semitism in the past, saying "I'm a supporter of the Palestinians, so I'm used to it." | Girdusky interjected, saying to Hasan: "Well, I hope your beeper doesn't go off." He was apparentl…
(2024-10-30). Trump supporters are 'garbage' — Biden. rt.com 
The US president has argued that the rhetoric of the Republican candidate's fans is "un-American" | Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are "garbage," outgoing US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. He later claimed that he misspoke and meant to condemn a specific speaker at Trump's recent Madison Square Garden rally. | Biden made the comments during a Zoom call organized by the Hispanic advocacy group Voto Latino. He began by bringing up comedian Tony Hinchcliffe who made a joke on Sunday comparing Puerto Rico to "a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean." | "Just the…
(2024-10-30). US state accidentally made voting system passwords public. rt.com 
The passcodes were "improperly" stored on Colorado's government website, officials have said | The Colorado Secretary of State's Office accidentally posted a document on its website that contained multiple voting system passwords, the authorities of the US state admitted on Tuesday. | According to 9News, Colorado Republican Vice Chair Hope Scheppelman shared a file containing a hidden tab in a mass email, which also included an affidavit from an unnamed person who claims to have downloaded the Excel file from the state secretary's website and was able to read the hidden tab after simply clicking 'unhide.' | Th…
(2024-10-30). Biden sets condition for Ukraine attacking North Korean troops. rt.com 
The Pentagon claims Pyongyang has sent 10,000 soldiers to Russia for possible deployment against Kiev's forces | Ukrainian forces should attack North Korean soldiers "if they cross into Ukraine," US President Joe Biden has said, commenting on allegations that Pyongyang has sent troops to be deployed alongside the Russian military. | The Pentagon
(2024-10-30). More than 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have deserted — MP. rt.com 
The behavior of the commanders is contributing to low morale, a lawmaker has said | More than 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have deserted or gone AWOL during the conflict with Russia, Ukrainian MP Anna Skorokhod said on Tuesday. | The statement came as another MP revealed recently that rising losses and troop shortages have prompted plans to draft an additional 160,000 soldiers. | Speaking on the Novyny.LIVE TV show, Skorokhod claimed that rampant mismanagement and poor decisions by officials were contributing to low morale on the battlefield. | "I will not tell you the [exact] number of people who deserted and w…
(2024-10-30). Georgian president admits 'no evidence' of Russian meddling — Polish leader. rt.com 
Salome Zourabichvili has publicly refused to recognize the result of the vote, accusing Moscow of election interference | Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has admitted she has no "clear evidence" of Russian interference in the recent parliamentary elections in the country, Polish President Andrzej Duda has claimed. Zourabichvili made the admission in a call with Duda on Monday evening, the Polish politician told a national radio station on Tuesday. | The pro-Western Zourabichvili has publicly refused to recognize Saturday's ballot results, which indicated that the country's ruling Georgian Dream party s…
(2024-10-30). The Atlanta City Council Is Scared Of Direct Democracy. progressivehub.net MARIA ESCH | JACOBIN…
(2024-10-30). Why The Democrats Were Israel's Perfect Partners In Genocide. progressivehub.net TARIQ KENNEY-SHAWA | +972 MAGAZINE…
(2024-10-30). BBC Still In Denial About Sri Lanka's Ban on Fertilisers. wattsupwiththat.com But the BBC could never admit that Sri Lanka's disastrous harvest was due to climate change policies. That would not do, would it?>
(2024-10-30). The ban on Glia's Emergency Medical Teams has been lifted. justpeaceadvocates.ca Over 3,500 people took up the call to write to their own elected official, to tell Canada to take action to lift Israel's ban on international humanitarian doctors is not only evil and cruel , it is also illegal and has to be challenged. 2024 October 30 — On 28 October, the Glia team was …
(2024-10-30). Government anchors economic growth strategy on four key areas. sanews.gov.za Government anchors economic growth strategy on four key areas | Over the medium term, government will anchor its economic growth strategy on four key areas in order to support inclusive growth. | This as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced in the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) speech that economic growth projections have been revised down from 1.3% to 1.1%. | Godongwana delivered the MTBPS speech in Parliament on Wednesday. | "[Our] fiscal strategy sets to out to achieve the fiscal sustainability needed to support inclusive economic growth. | "It carefully weighs competing demands, making the…
(2024-10-30). Government to launch next phase of Operation Vulindlela. sanews.gov.za Government to launch next phase of Operation Vulindlela | Government is expected to launch the next phase of Operation Vulindlela, which is aimed at accelerating the implementation of structural reforms. | This is according to the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) released by National Treasury on Wednesday. | Treasury explained that the country's economic growth prospects are closely tied to Operation Vulindlela and structural reforms to "improve competitiveness and productivity and boost investment". | "In its first phase, this initiative implemented 35 reform actions in five network industries, includ…
(2024-10-30). Government non-interest expenditure expected to increase. sanews.gov.za Government non-interest expenditure expected to increase | Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana says government non-interest expenditure is expected to increase in 2024/25. | He was delivering the Medium-Term Budget Policy (MTBPS) statement speech in Parliament on Wednesday. | The increase is mainly attributed to: | Rollovers from the previous financial year, to the value of R2.1 billion. | R2.7 billion expenditure that was announced at the time of the main budget, mainly for the COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant. | Unforeseeable and unavoidable expenditure of R2.1 billion, mainly for disaster relief. | A sp…
(2024-10-30). Revenue from tax collection to be lower than expected. sanews.gov.za Revenue from tax collection to be lower than expected | Revenue from tax collection in 2024/25 is expected to be down by R22.3 billion from National Treasury's estimations made in February this year. | This according to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana who delivered the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) speech in Parliament on Wednesday. | "Over the next two years, the main budget revenue estimate has also been lowered by R31.2 billion. In the absence of faster growth and in the face of external risks, tax revenue will remain under pressure, forcing us to make difficult decisions on where to spend. | "
(2024-10-30). SA must manage debt better, says Godongwana. sanews.gov.za SA must manage debt better, says Godongwana | Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has told Parliament that in order for government to achieve its goals of, amongst others, inclusive growth and reducing unemployment, the country must better manage its debt. | He was delivering the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), in which he revealed that government debt is anticipated to exceed R6.05 trillion, or 75.5 % of gross domestic product (GDP), in 2025/26. | "Debt has risen too fast and is too high. We know that our debt is unsustainable, because debt-service costs have become the largest component of our spendi…
(2024-10-30). Government assigns funding for G20 Summit. sanews.gov.za Government assigns funding for G20 Summit | With South Africa assuming the G20 Presidency later this year, government will assign additional funding to those departments that will be involved in the preparations., , "This is a rare opportunity that only comes around every 20 years. We intend to use our voice to promote a truly Africa-focused agenda," Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said on Wednesday in Parliament when tabling the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)., , South Africa will hold the G20 Presidency from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025., , The G20 brings together the countries with the la…
(2024-10-30). Government to establish unit to deal with money laundering. sanews.gov.za Government to establish unit to deal with money laundering | As part of efforts to exit the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list, government will establish a shared forensic capability within the Financial Intelligence Centre to strengthen efforts to exit the grey list. | "From the 2025 Medium‚ÄêTerm Expenditure Framework (MTEF) period onwards, funding will be reprioritised within the function to departments and entities to establish a shared forensic capability within the Financial Intelligence Centre," National Treasury's document on the 2024 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS)…
(2024-10-30). Government looks into insurance for climate-related disaster events. sanews.gov.za Government looks into insurance for climate-related disaster events | Government is exploring options for purchasing insurance for certain climate-related disaster events, where such a practice would not undermine budget sustainability. | Tabling the 2024 Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said climate-related disasters have intensified, damaging infrastructure and disrupting life. | "The increasing frequency and intensity of climate disasters is costly, and we must proactively work to reduce their impact on the fiscus and on society," the Minister said on…
(2024-10-30). Reforms to attract infrastructure investment. sanews.gov.za Reforms to attract infrastructure investment | Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has announced reforms that will create conditions to attract greater infrastructure investment by private sector participation. | "Collectively, the infrastructure reforms will strengthen planning, appraisal, contracting, financing, and monitoring and evaluation. The outcome will be faster delivery of infrastructure that supports economic growth, the expansion of access to basic services and boosting job creation," Godongwana said on Wednesday. | Tabling the 2024 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament, the Minis…
(2024-10-30). Slow compliance with servicing Eskom debt a risk to debt write-offs. sanews.gov.za Slow compliance with servicing Eskom debt a risk to debt write-offs | National Treasury has warned that municipalities' slow compliance with conditions of the debt relief programme on arrears to Eskom risk delaying debt write-offs., , According to the National Treasury's document on the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), success depends on municipalities maintaining a quarterly revenue collection rate of 85 %, which is below the National Treasury collection norm for local government of 95 %., , "Around 70 of the municipalities that had applied for debt relief have been approved. Between March and August…
(2024-10-30). Israeli forces attack Progressive International delegation in West Bank. skwawkbox.org 
On Monday morning, Israeli armed forces attacked a delegation from leftist group Progressive International as it deployed to Qusra, Palestine. As they attended the local olive harvest, delegates were bombarded with tear gas and stun grenades by both settler armed forces and the Israeli army that accompanied them. Lead delegate and former mayor of Barcelona …
(2024-10-30). Update from N Gaza — desperate Beit Lahiya sends distress call. skwawkbox.org 
We are without food, water, hospitals, doctors, civil defence. Desperate north Gaza town calls for urgent international assistance After last night's horrifying update from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, the Beit Lahiya municipality has put out a desperate distress call to the international community as the town's functions and life support …
(2024-10-30). Claims of morality do not reconcile with utter savagery. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-10-30). Apple's Vision Pro: A potential path toward vision impairment care. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-10-30). Evidence debunks 'contemptible' climate lies. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-10-30). Australia's Greens not so green anymore. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-10-30). Ten Fundamental Climate Questions the Media and Climate Alarmists Can't or Won't Answer. wattsupwiththat.com Here are 10 fundamental questions that climate alarmists never answer.
(2024-10-30). Workers and young people speak out against CFMEU administration at SEP (Australia) meeting. wsws.org "The government is going for the strongest section of the trade unions on purpose, for strategy. I think the goal is just straight-up austerity against the working class and this is part of it."
(2024-10-30). Swift Accountability for Cultural Genocide. orinocotribune.com By Hannan Hussein — Oct 26, 2024 | "Israel's" underlying goals are to empower illegal Zionist settler violence in the occupied West Bank and wants the world to overlook its identity theft and demolition in Gaza. | In a scathing new report, the Palestinian Ministry of Endowments
(2024-10-30). When are best days to cut hair in November 2024?>. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA The best days to cut hair in November depend on what you're aiming to achieve with your haircut—whether it's to encourage growth, strengthen your hair, or simply maintain its current style. Many people consult the lunar calendar for guidance, as haircuts on certain moon phases are believed to yield specific benefits. Best Days for Different Hair Goals in November: For Faster Growth: Dates: November 11, 12, 15, 16Moon Phase: Waxing MoonWhy: Haircuts during the waxing moon are thought to stimulate faster hair growth. Cutting hair just after the new moon, as it transitions to…
(2024-10-30). Russia to achieve all special op goals, to ensure its security — top diplomat. tass.com "The collective West, led by the United States, has increased tenfold its efforts to systematically deter Russia, to unleash a full-scale hybrid war against our country, to inflict a so-called strategic defeat on it," Sergey Lavrov noted…
(2024-10-30). Russia may achieve all its goals in Ukraine in 2025 — newspaper. tass.com According to the report, the Ukrainian troops "are desperately trying to hold the line in the country's east but are losing ground"
(2024-10-30). How to Raise Muslim Children: Happiness Is NOT the Goal. muslimskeptic.com Parents, be your child's parents and not your child's friend. Your child can have many friends, but your child only has ONE set of parents. Love your child, give him attention, affection, time, energy, conversation, eye contact, and genuine support. Be a loving and gentle parent. But this doesn't mean letting your child walk all …
(2024-10-30). What Is Going On At The International Criminal Court? popularresistance.org The International Criminal Court has never faced such scandalous pressure since its establishment. Even when an arrest warrant was issued against Russian President Vladimir Putin, the head of a nuclear state, we did not see major threats being made against the ICC and its staff as we are seeing now. | The court has been rightfully criticised for its procrastination and slowness over issues linked to Palestine. Since the referral of numerous crimes to the ICC in June this year, the Office of the Chief Prosecutor has not acted at the same level that it has done in other situations, especially in cases related to Af…
(2024-10-30). ISS research provides breakthrough in cancer treatment. ummid.com International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory in collaboration with biotechnology startup MicroQuin has conducted a space based 3D cell culture research which paves the way for treatment of all types of cancers.
(2024-10-30). New Formulations of Glyphosate-Round Up: When Complaints Against Highly Hazardous Products Are Made, These Are Replaced with Even More Hazardous Products. globalresearch.ca In recent times a subject of great concern for health has been that powerful multinational companies are introducing several products which are highly hazardous for people, exposing them to several serious ailments and diseases including cancer. | As the incidence of …
(2024-10-30). "Geopolitical approximation and coordination of BRICS members and partners" uwidata.com Yunus Soner, Kazan, Russia The BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia has concluded. On its final day, after the presentation of the Kazan Declaration, we spoke to Pepe Escobar, Brazilian geopolitics expert specialized on Eurasian Affairs. Here's how Escobar summarized the outcomes of the summit. Okay, your basic takeaway of this summit, what happened here? It's …
(2024-10-30). Why nations succeed or fail: a Nobel cause. uwidata.com By Michael Roberts * Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson have been awarded the Nobel (really the Riksbank prize) in economics "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity." Daron Acemoglu is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Simon Johnson is a professor at the same university. And James …
(2024-10-30). BRICS Post-Kazan: A Laboratory of the Future. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The much-awaited BRICS heads of state meeting in Russia's Kazan did not disappoint. The multilateral institution has finally brought bite and substance to many of the global financial and political conundrums that have long-challenged a genuine reshaping of the global order. The Russian presidency of BRICS 2024 could not have chosen a more…
(2024-10-30). "Geopolitical approximation and coordination of BRICS members and partners" unitedworldint.com On the outcomes of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia Yunus Soner, Kazan, Russia The BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia has concluded. On its final day, after the presentation of the Kazan Declaration, we spoke to Pepe Escobar, Brazilian geopolitics expert specialized on Eurasian Affairs. Here's how Escobar summarized the outcomes of the summit. Okay, …
(2024-10-30). CADTM International Council | Day 2 | A global overview of political, social and economic situations. cadtm.org
(2024-10-30). Evo Morales Denounces the Beginning of State Terrorism in Bolivia. libya360.wordpress.com Evo Morales Threatens Armed Uprising in Case of Arrest Agencia EFE The former president of Bolivia is accusing the current government of targeting him, both with judicial proceedings and assassination attempts. Bolivia's former president Evo Morales assured in an interview with EFE that if the government arrests him there will be an "uprising" against the…
(2024-10-30). The Perils of Silence on the Forced Displacement of Palestinians: Escalating Zionist Crimes. libya360.wordpress.com Ansarollah In response to a question from an attendee at a meeting of the Jewish Agency's Executive Committee in 1938—ten years before the establishment of the Israeli entity—David Ben-Gurion stated his stance on forced displacement: "I support compulsory transfer, and I don't see anything unethical about it." For 76 years under Israeli occupation, Palestinians have…
(2024-10-30). Weaponizing Aid: How USAID and the Global Fragility Act Sustain U.S. Imperialism in Libya. libya360.wordpress.com Tunde OsazuaOn Friday, April 29, 2022, USLBA hosted a meeting with U.S. officials and U.S. corporate executives to discuss the implementation of the Global Fragility Act in Libya to "prevent conflict and promote stability". Photo: The U.S.-Libya Business Association. The Global Fragility Act is a mechanism through which the US gives itself the authority to…
(2024-10-30). Mazan, rape as a political fact. internationalviewpoint.org The so-called 'Mazan rape trial' commenced in France in early September. Over the next four months, 51 men will be tried for the rape of Gisèle Pelicot, drugged by her husband Dominique Pelicot who also recruited these men on the internet. | – | / |
(2024-10-30). Decolonisation now in Kanaky! internationalviewpoint.org A statement on the position of the new French government and state in relation to the extraordinary mobilisation of the people of Kanaky was expected in the general policy speech of the French prime minister Michel Barnier on 1 October. | – | / |
(2024-10-30). Accusations of "Fascism" – Confusing for American Voters. internationalviewpoint.org
(2024-10-30). Israel-Iran Conflict Becomes Issue in U.S. Presidential Election. internationalviewpoint.org In a presidential election dominated by domestic issues, the Iran-Israel conflict pushes foreign policy to the fore. Still, Americans' concerns about the economy and immigration are likely to determine the outcome. | – | / |
(2024-10-30). Lebanon: a fragile country becomes a new war front. internationalviewpoint.org Below we publish three articles from Jospeh Daher translated from L'Anticapitaliste about Lebanon. | – | / |
(2024-10-30). Martinique: 'Our economy is based on a colonial model'. internationalviewpoint.org For the past month, the popular movement against the high cost of living in Martinique has been gathering momentum. Marcel Sellaye, an activist in the GRS (Groupe révolution socialiste) and a former leader of the Respé (Résistance ESPoir, Émancipation) list, explains the reasons for the anger and how the movement is continuing. | – | / |
(2024-10-30). The gold curse in Ghana. internationalviewpoint.org Demonstrations against illegal gold mining in Ghana are becoming a major political issue, highlighting the corruption of the country's ruling elites. With just two months to go before the country's presidential elections, the environmental issue is entering the debate as citizens mobilise against illegal gold mining. | – | / |
(2024-10-30). Elections smelling of gas in Mozambique! internationalviewpoint.org
(2024-10-30). "The Path to Victory and the Tasks of the Ukrainian Left" internationalviewpoint.org One of the key decisions of the "Social Movement" (Sotsialnyi Rukh) Conference, which took place in Kyiv on October 5-6, 2024, was the adoption of a Resolution titled "The Path to Victory and the Tasks of the Ukrainian Left." | – | / |
(2024-10-30). MSC takes delivery of luxury Ro-Pax ferry. ecns.cn Guangzhou Shipyard International Co Ltd (GSI) delivered a new luxury Ro-Pax ferry — GNV Polaris — to Italian company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV), a ferry operator under MSC Group, in Guangzhou's Nansha district in Guangdong province on Thursday.
(2024-10-30). 288 returned cultural relics exhibited at Indonesia's National Museum. ecns.cn Visitors view an artifact, which returned from the Netherlands, at National Museum of Indonesia, Oct. 29, 2024. The Netherlands has returned 288 cultural relics taken during colonial era to Indonesia.
(2024-10-30). Insights丨Malaysian Dato' Ong Chong Yi: China helps ASEAN build sustainable competitiveness. ecns.cn In early October, the 44th and 45th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and related summits were held in Vientiane, Laos. During an exclusive interview with China News Network, Dato' Ong Chong Yi, Executive Director of BRI Caucus for Asia Pacific (BRICAP), noted that strengthening both physical and digital connectivity will empower ASEAN to enhance its competitiveness, integrate more deeply into global supply chains, and build long-term resilience in an increasingly complex international and regional landscape.
(2024-10-30). Qingdao's SCO Demonstration Zone Secures $493 Million in Investment Projects. tvbrics.com 
The SCO Demonstration Zone is becoming a key trade platform promoting the development of international economic cooperation…
(2024-10-30). The World Quality 2024 International Forum to consider new approaches to sustainable development. tvbrics.com 
Participants will discuss business excellence, tourism, food safety and other issues…
(2024-10-30). Members of Progressive International in emergency mission to Palestine. pressenza.com Today, an emergency international delegation arrived in Palestine to investigate Israel's systematic violation of international law and the extensive pattern of forced disappearances, detainee torture, and political incarceration of Palestinian civilians, activists, and children as young as 12 years old. | The delegation—coordinated by Progressive International, the National Lawyers Guild of the United States, and the International Association of Democratic Lawyers—brings together legal experts, human rights defenders, and parliamentary representatives from around the world.In the link below the forme…
(2024-10-30). At COP 16 — Defending Biodiversity at Risk and the Path to Regeneration. pressenza.com "Making Peace with Nature" is the title of the
(2024-10-30). The 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Sagada: The Philippine Experience. pressenza.com 
The 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence began in San Jose, Costa Rica on October 2, 2024, the International Day of Nonviolence, fifteen years after the 1st World March. Now traveling across the five continents, the World March base team representative, Wilfredo Alfsen entered the Philippines, and together with local advocates, came together to sound a call for peace, an urgent call, given the wars and armed conflicts still ongoing in the world today, not to mention all the forms of violence we see around us every day. | After visiting two cities—Malolos, and Baguio City, the World March entered the to…
(2024-10-30). US Department of Commerce introduces export restrictions against 40 entities. tass.com As US authorities said, the entities acted against the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States…
(2024-10-30). Slovak prime minister looks forward to attending Moscow's Victory Day Parade in 2025. tass.com Robert Fico emphasized that he has consistently paid tribute to the bravery of Soviet soldiers, particularly during celebrations of the Slovak National Uprising and the 80th anniversary of the Red Army's Carpathian-Dukla offensive earlier this year…
(2024-10-30). US Space Force to achieve full combat readiness by 2026. tass.com Claire Leon elaborated that the US Space Force aims to optimize its management systems while also enhancing collaboration with the US Missile Defense Agency and the National Reconnaissance Office, which are also responsible for outer space defense…
(2024-10-30). In Failing To Probe Robodebt, Australia's Anti-Corruption Body Fell At The First Hurdle. It Now Has A Second Chance #Failing #Probe #Robodebt, #Australia's #Anti-Corruption #Body #Fell #First #Hurdle. #Second #Chance #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | The inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has released her long-awaited report on the failure of the commission to investigate the Robodebt …
(2024-10-30). NACC Decision Not To Investigate Robodebt References Will Be Revisited By 'Eminent Person' #NACC #Decision #Investigate #Robodebt #References #Revisited #'Eminent #Person' #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | The National Anti-Corruption Commission's controversial decision not to investigate referrals from the Robodebt Royal Commission will be revisited by an independent …
(2024-10-30). Nationalism Is Not Patriotism: 3 Insights From Orwell About Trump And The 2024 Election #Nationalism #Patriotism: #Insights #Orwell #About #Trump #2024 #Election #School #University #Collage #Teach #Student. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Shortly after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president of the United States in January 2017, George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four shot to the top of …
(2024-10-30). The Tories' legacy? The worst pay growth of any government for a century. thecanary.co The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures on employee earnings show that real average annual wage growth was just 0.3% from 2010 to 2024, compared to 1.5% from 1997 to 2010. The average worker would be £117 a week better off had pay increased since 2010 at the same pace as between 1997 and 2010. […] | By
(2024-10-30). PTI's Sania Nishtar resigns from Senate. gnnhd.tv 
Senator Dr Sania Nishtar resigned due to taking up a job in an international organisation in Geneva…
(2024-10-30). Per tola gold price reaches all-time high in Pakistan. gnnhd.tv 
The price of gold in the international market increased by $29 to $2,784 from $2,755…
(2024-10-30). National Police Group Speaks Out Regarding Harmful Campaign Rhetoric Against Puerto Rican And African American Citizens. urbancny.com 
NABLEO Condemns Statements Made During Recent Political Campaign Rally San Juan Puerto Rico Image by Pixabay As a body of nearly 10,000 men and women of color, and specifically those of African American and Latino descent, employed as criminal justice practitioners throughout the nation, the members and Board of Directors of the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers, Inc. (NABLEO) have, since their inception, consistently taken an active stance against discriminatory practices in law enforcement, and other instances of social injustice that bring both division and discredit to those in the commun…
(2024-10-30). BRICS Summit in Russia's Kazan to Help Stabilize International Situation – Beijing. sputnikglobe.com BEIJING (Sputnik) – The BRICS summit held in Russia's Kazan will help further strengthen the countries of the Global South and stabilize the international situation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.
(2024-10-30). BRICS Summit Results Demonstrate West's Failure to Isolate Russia — Lavrov. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The results of the 16th BRICS Summit held in the Russian city of Kazan demonstrate the failure of the collective West to isolate Russia in the international arena, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.
(2024-10-30). Israel Warns Iran Next Attack to Involve 'Capabilities Not Used' in Latest Air Raid. sputnikglobe.com The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out missile strikes targeting Iran overnight to Saturday, saying that it had struck military targets in response to the attacks on the Jewish state on October 1. The Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the strikes as a "clear violation" of international law.
(2024-10-30). Why nations succeed or fail: a Nobel cause. unitedworldint.com Posted by by United World International 10 Min Read October 30, 2024 By Michael Roberts * Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson have been awarded the Nobel (really the Riksbank prize) in economics "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity." Daron Acemoglu is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of …
(2024-10-30). Ben-Gvir working with police chief to transfer Border Police units to National Guard. haaretz.com Several Border Police units have already been transferred to the commander of the new National Guard, and sources say that more are likely to follow. Border Police officers are unhappy with the plan, which was pushed through without a comprehensive discussion among top police officers…
(2024-10-30). 139 East Jerusalem residents discover land they live on is registered to the Jewish National Fund. haaretz.com Residents of the Umm Tuba neighborhood discovered this when one applied to the Jerusalem municipality for a building permit on land he has lived on for decades. Despite the residents holding documents proving land ownership, the JNF could potentially seek their eviction…
(2024-10-30). Joshua Craze: Taxonomies of Hunger. newleftreview.org Death by hunger stalks millions in the Sahel and Horn of Africa—the upshot of West-led political and economic processes as much as climate change and war. Yet only a few instances can pass the demanding criteria for famine set by the humanitarian technocrats of the international bodies charged with its alleviation.
(2024-10-30). Russia-North Korea Military Ties: No Law Violations, Says Envoy. devdiscourse.com At a recent U.N. Security Council meeting, Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia firmly stated that Russia's military dealings with North Korea do not breach international law.
(2024-10-30). Liberal-Nationals win Queensland, but that's not the full story. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-10-30). Sri Lankan president again declares: No increase to public sector salaries. wsws.org Dissanayake's indication that he would not pay the proposed salary hike is a clear signal to the IMF that his regime abides by its harsh austerity measures.
(2024-10-30). Sri Lanka to probe 'corruption' in handling of 2021 cargo ship disaster. aljazeera.com Move follows allegations of money laundering, delay tactics and mismanagement in dealing with aftermath of disaster.
(2024-10-30). Sri Lankan police harass 2 journalists over public interest reporting. CPJ Staff
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"This to me is one of the most consequential things I've ever had an opportunity to do in my whole career," Biden said in his apology at an outdoor football and track field in Laveen Villag…
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"In response to months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran against the State of Israel ⚪ right now the Israel Defense Forces (Israeli military) is conducting precise strike…
Israel has carried out hundreds of attacks on Lebanon's healthcare system since last year, the country's health minister revealed, as he called on the international community to stop ignoring During a press conference Friday, Firas Abyad detailed what he called Israel's "direct and intentional" attacks on facilities, workers and vehicles. | Abyad said there has been at least 200 attacks on first-aid agencies. There have been 55 attacks on hospitals — 36 of them direct attacks —…
Al-Mayadeen, a Beirut-based pan-Arab broadcaster, said its cameraman Ghassan Najjar and technician Mohammad Reda were killed in what it described as a "deliberate strike on a journalists' residence" in Hasbaya. | Lebanese television station Al-Manar said its cameraman Wissam Qassem was also killed in the strike. Three others were injured in the attac…
Israeli forces have killed at least 820 Palestinians in a 22-day siege of northern Israel has prevented the entry of aid into the area and launched a renewed assault, in what appears to be an attempt to kill, starve or forcibly expel Palestinians from their homes and shelters. | "The Israeli army has killed over 820 Palestinians within the span of just over three weeks in northern Gaza," said Ismail Thawabta, director of the media office. | "Dozens of bodi…
The group's success means that the West is no longer totally in control of international systems | This week's BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, caused a stir, which is understandable. It was a major event in terms of both representation and concept. Everyone is free to evaluate it in their own way, but it cannot be dismissed an unimportant. | If we turn away from the ceremonial and social part of the event, we should distinguish two aspects of the international assembly, which are related but don't coincide. | The first is meaningful measures agreed, or shall we say: concrete results, in the here and now. Here,…
Five Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon Thursday night, the military has announced, as invading troops continue clashing with Hezbollah fighters. | Twenty-four other soldiers were wounded, four of them in critical condition, the military said. | According to Times of Israel, four of the reservists were killed when Hezbollah fighters emerged from a tunnel shaft and threw grenades, while the fifth soldier was killed in a separate incident. | This brought the number up to 10 soldiers killed and more than 60 wounded in the past 24 hours, according to the military. | Israel says only 27 soldiers have…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed Friday to work with "real urgency" for a diplomatic resolution to end Meeting Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati in London, 
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it "strongly condemned" the attack, u…
When Israel started attacking Gaza in October last year, Lebanese native Dalia Hourani said, "We knew we were next." | But it was only after Lebanon's Hezbollah chief The 42-year-old mother of two from southern Lebanon said she has learnt what the "copy and paste" speeches of Israeli politicians mean now — especially when looking at the brutality of Israel's war in Gaza. | 
Kiev could end up ceding some of its territory to Russia to end the hostilities, the Republican vice-presidential candidate says | Both Russia and Ukraine have been "exhausted" by the ongoing conflict, and Kiev could ultimately decide to give up some of its territories in exchange for peace, Donald Trump's running mate J.D. Vance has suggested. | The vice-presidential candidate made the remarks on Thursday when he appeared on News Nation's town hall to discuss the pressing issues for American society, such as abortion, migration, and housing costs. The enduring conflict between Russia and Ukraine was also invo…
Kiev's first drawdown can be expected as early as December, as Moscow warns it'll mirror the move and use frozen Western monies | The leaders of G7 nations have agreed on lending billions to Ukraine to be backed by the earnings that have accrued on Russian sovereign assets currently frozen by Western countries. In June, members of the group pledged to lend a total of $50 billion to Kiev using this money. | Following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, the US and its allies have blocked an estimated $300 billion in assets belonging to the Russian central bank. The bulk of the funds, around…
The plan espoused by the head of the Kiev regime proposes that NATO enter into direct conflict with Russia, but does not explain why | Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky has finally unveiled his 'victory plan' which is supposed to help Kiev win the war against Russia. Ukrainians themselves were the last to learn the details, but now it has been completely disclosed, except for a few classified points. | And it's probably not going to go down in history as a substantial document. | Zelensky demanded that Western powers endorse his plan within three months. However, the 'victory plan' seems too far fetched for his back…
Some 2,000 Ukrainian servicemen have ended up encircled in Russia's Kursk Region | The past week in the Ukraine conflict has seen intensive fighting along the front line, with active combat continuing in the border areas of Russia's Kursk Region, as well as in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), where Moscow has reported making new gains. | The Russian military announced that it had secured two communities in the north of the republic: the village of Serebryanka, located immediately north of the town of Seversk, as well as Novosadovoye, an abandoned settlement adjacent to the border with the Lugansk People's…
keffiyeh represents that potent emblem of resistance and identity. | "Destroying symbols is also erasing a cause," begins Rima Hassan, who made history by becoming the first French-Palestinian member of the European parliament. The 32-year-old human rights activist, lawyer, and refugee advocate gained a significant following thanks to her activism for However, on September 17, Rima was 
At least 10 police officers were killed in a "terrorist attack" in an area of They were killed during an attack on "police vehicles" in No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred so…
The American human rights activist Joe Stork has died, leaving behind him a legacy of human rights campaigning, The activist, whose resume boasts the likes of Human Rights Watch (HRW), Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) and Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCFHR), reportedly died aged 81 on Wednesday. | Tributes have…
Iran might strike Israel with up to 1,000 ballistic missiles if a Four officials, including two from the 
Gaza's civil defence agency said 12 people were killed Friday by Israeli drone strikes that hit a The drones struck near the "Civil defence teams retrieved 12 martyrs and several injured ind…
Israel carried out airstrikes on Iran early on Saturday, in retaliation for Tehran's missile attacks on 1 October, warning Iran that it would "pay a heavy price" if it Two Iranian soldiers, Hamze Jihandideh and Mohammad Mehdi Shahrokhifar, were killed during Israel's attacks, the Iranian army said. The Revolutionary Guard Corps named Mehdi Naqvi and Sajjad Mansouri as the latest casualties of the attack. | Israel's military said it struck missile manufacturing facilities, missile arrays and other systems…
Israeli forces also trapped women in the hospital in a room, without any water or food. | "The current situation inside Kamal Adwan Hospital is alarmingly deteriorating. The total number of people inside the hospital is 600, including patients, wounded, medical staff and c…
Of those killed, at least 129 were killed by Israeli live ammunition "mostly in the upper body and head", the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said, while 36 were killed by air strikes. | The latest child to be killed was 11-year-old Abdullah Jamal Hawash, who was shot during a raid in 
The strikes targeted the capital Tehran as well as the southwestern provinces of Khuzestan and Ilam, lasting several hours and involving more than 100 Israeli fighter jets, including F35s, F16s and F15s, Israeli media reported. | Israel used…
A military source in the Jordanian army said, "no military aircraft were allowed to cross Jordanian airspace" and that "armed forces were closely following the military escalations that occurred during the past hours". | The army added that the "Royal Air Force was monitoring th…
The two employees told The Associated Press they were fired by phone call late on Thursday, several hours after a lunchtime event they organised at Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington. | Both employees were members of a coalition of employees calle…
Iraqi authorities are under intense scrutiny over alleged mass executions at Nasiriyah's Al-Hout prison. Rights groups claim the government oversaw one of the largest waves of executions since the 2003 US-led invasion. Although the AFAD, the Iraqi Human Rights Observatory on October…
A Dahmani, 56, was Her arrest came when masked police…
Israeli forces bombed the It comes amid a devastating assault on Gaza, including the northern refugee camp of Jabalia where dozens of civilians have been killed. | The attack on the Kamal Adwan Hospital caused disruptions to v…
A banned Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in the A statement from the military wing of the 
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The corporation could end up ditching its troubled Starliner and some other space-related projects | Boeing is considering the sale of its NASA business, including the troubled Starliner program and the support operations to the International Space Station (ISS), The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter. | The corporation is expected to retain its position in some of the space-related programs, namely the Space Launch System (SLS), a super-heavy expendable launch vehicle used by NASA, the sources told the WSJ. The SLS, the key component of the agency's Moon exploratio…
The Georgian Dream party is projected to secure a comfortable win in country's parliamentary elections, early results show | Georgia's ruling party is set to win the country's parliamentary elections, securing a comfortable majority in the country's legislature, early results published by the electoral committee suggest. | According to official figures, more than 53% of voters have favored Georgian Dream, with some 70% of ballots processed. Voter turnout nearly reached the 59% mark, significantly higher than in previous polls, held in 2020. | The ruling party has already announced its victory, with its chairma…
The former US president has admitted that he picked some "bad or disloyal" people for his White House administration | Former US president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has told podcaster Joe Rogan that his "biggest mistake" was making a number of wrong personnel decisions during his time in the White House between 2017 and 2021. | Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Saturday, Trump insisted that his was a "great presidency" but pointed out that it could have been even better if he had surrounded himself with different people. | "The biggest mistake I made, was I picked… a few…
The bloc's economy is set to recover but growth will be moderate, according to a top official | The EU economy is not growing as fast as it could be and productivity is a problem in every member country, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | The director of the IMF's European Department, Alfred Kammer, shared its regional economic outlook for the bloc earlier this week. | Expected GDP growth rate in the EU is predicted to be only 1.1% this year and 1.6% in 2025, up from 0.6% a year earlier. | Commenting on the report, Kammer pointed to three factors holding the EU back. | "First, Europe's [sic]…
IDF warplanes launched multiple missiles early on Saturday, targeting a number of facilities in the Islamic Republic | Israel relayed a warning to Iran through several third parties ahead of its missile strike against the Islamic Republic on Saturday, Axios has reported, citing three anonymous sources. According to the media outlet, West Jerusalem indicated what type of targets it would attack, while cautioning Tehran against retaliating. | Early on Saturday, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari reported that Israeli forces were conducting "precise strikes on military targets" in Iran. The operation, reportedly code…
When he was president, he made sure Tehran had no money to fund its proxies, the Republican candidate has told Joe Rogan | Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has told podcaster Joe Rogan that if he had been in office, he would have prevented last year's October 7 Hamas incursion into Israel. | During his much-hyped appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Saturday, Trump said that when he had been US president between 2017 and 2021, his approach was to "do things that… do not necessarily make me so popular… just do what is right." According to the 78-year-old, one of the examples of that…
The self-governing island had previously requested NASAMS air-defense systems and radars | The US Department of State has approved the possible sale of air-defense systems and radars to Taiwan. According to the Pentagon, the purchase of American weapons by Taipei would necessitate that several dozen US nationals travel there. | Beijing, which sees the self-governing island as part of the People's Republic of China, views these relations as a violation of its sovereignty. | Several days ago, Washington delivered the first batch of hundreds of Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles to Taipei under a deal approved i…
Egypt could lose control over the Nile waters it has maintained for almost a century thanks to colonial-era treaties | This month, a long-expected agreement on the Nile has come into force, and the wealth of its waters will now be shared among many countries. Egypt, which heavily depends on the Nile, strongly opposes the agreement. However, the time of colonial-era treaties seems to have come to an end, so both upstream and downstream countries must work together to find a fair and equitable solution that is beneficial to everyone. | We Africans must understand how colonial-era treaties still fuel conflict ove…
His US Democratic opponents represent an "enemy from within" trying to undermine the country, the Republican candidate has claimed | "Really bad people" within the Democratic party pose a greater threat to the US than foreign adversaries, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has claimed. | With the November 5 vote fast approaching, the GOP firebrand and his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, have of late been indulging in increasingly virulent personal attacks on one another. | A Wall Street Journal poll indicated on Wednesday that Trump was two percentage points ahead of Harris, however t…
The Democratic presidential nominee's words were "the worst thing" he ever heard, the 94-year-old has said | Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris should apologize before all victims of the Third Reich for comparing her Republican rival Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, a Holocaust survivor has said in a video released by Trump's campaign. | The clip, which was posted on social media on Friday, featured Jerry Wartski, a 94-year-old who had been a prisoner at the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during the Second World War. Wartski has spent most of his life in the US, working as…
Richard Medhurst's MP told Starmer state's targeting of journalists is 'restrained' Security minister Dan Jarvis, a former soldier and Labour right-winger — of course, since he's in Keir Starmer's government — has given a chilling reply to Sarah Owen, the MP of journalist Richard Medhurst, who was targeted by anti-terror police as he returned to …
The British foreign intelligence service MI6 was particularly involved, Russia's envoy to the UN has said | Western intelligence services have trained Ukrainian saboteurs to carry out provocations at Russian nuclear power plants, Moscow's permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, has claimed. | The attempts by Ukraine to target nuclear facilities inside Russia are "beyond reckless" and could end up plunging the European continent "into a radiation nightmare," Nebenzia warned during an unofficial meeting of the UN Security Council on Friday. | The authorities in Moscow "have credible information tha…
The programme plays an important role in achieving the government's goal of doubling exports in priority sectors…
The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights has issued the following statement: The Israeli military is currently besieging and targeting the three main hospitals in the North Gaza Governorate—Al-Awda Hospital, Kamal Adwan Hospital, and the Indonesian Hospital—ordering everyone inside to leave the facilities. Medical personnel, the wounded, sick patients, including children and newborns, women in labor, …
(First in a Series) | by Josefa P. Dampilag, Pacita E. Gawaen, Genevieve B. Kupang, Christine S. Luyosen, Alaska J. Turaray | The 3rd World March (3WM) for Peace and Nonviolence was more than just a gathering—it was a powerful testament to humanity's enduring yearning for harmony and compassion. Held on October 21, 2024, at the Margarita J. Fernandez Hall of Baguio Central University, the event resonated like a symphony of peace, each moment contributing to a grand crescendo of hope. The gathering was attended by BCU administrators, faculty, students, and both local and international guests, all united in t…
The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, has challenged youths to steer efforts of creating political change through directly vying for elective positions. Kyagulanyi made the remarks while addressing NUP youths during the second edition of their annual convention held at the Jinja city's based agricultural showgrounds on Friday. This year's …
Rose Kabagyeni has won the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries for the Kisoro Woman MP race. Kabagyeni, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture was announced winner with 39,941 votes. Her closest rival Grace Ngabirano Akifeza got 39197 votes. Irene Mahirwe got 1729, Brenda Fancy Nirere 1593, Faith Winfred Igiraneza 510, Jemimah Irankunda 363, Blessed …
The International Crimes Division of the High Court (ICD) has sentenced to 40 years in jail former Lord's Resistance Army rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo over war crimes and crimes against humanity. The sentence was delivered Friday by a four-member panel of judges of the ICD sitting at Gulu High Court in Northern Uganda. Kwoyelo was …
Reach A Hand Uganda Calls for Integration of SRHR into National Climate Change Policies. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While premiering a documentary titled "Youth at the Crossroads: Sex and Climate" at the American Centre in Kampala this week, Reach A Hand Uganda (RAHU) called on the Government and other stakeholders to incorporate sexual and …
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rotary fraternity in Uganda has reaffirmed its commitment to the fight to end polio across the world. This reaffirmation was made by Rotarians and Rotaractors from Districts 9213 and 9214, at the commemoration of World Polio Day. The recommitment aligns with Rotary International's shared vision of eradicating polio globally …
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rose Kabagyeni has won the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries for the Kisoro Woman MP race. Kabagyeni, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture was announced winner with 39,941 votes. Her closest rival Grace Ngabirano Akifeza got 39197 votes. Irene Mahirwe got 1729, Brenda Fancy Nirere 1593, Faith Winfred Igiraneza 510, …
New Delhi's restrictions on Beijing were reportedly backfiring on businesses | Indian businesses may have contributed to the recent breakthrough between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Bloomberg has reported, citing sources. The two neighbors reached an agreement on a disputed border area in the Himalayas earlier this week. Modi and Xi held their first bilateral meeting in almost five years on Wednesday at the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia. | Indian CEOs pressured Modi's government for months to relax the restrictions on China imposed after a 2020 border clash, the publication wr…
President Ramaphosa delivers country statement at BRICS Summit | By Neo Bodumela | Kazan, Russia: The BRICS Engagement and BRICS Plus platforms are an opportunity for countries to forge greater and deeper ties for development. | This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was delivering South Africa's country statement during the BRICS/Plus Countries First Session in Kazan, Russia. | The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates are meeting for the first time since new members were invited to join BRICS during the Johannesburg BRICS Summit o…
An attack on Israeli tourists at a popular surfing resort was allegedly being plotted | Sri Lanka's anti-terrorism police have arrested two people suspected of plotting an attack on Israeli tourists, local media reported on Thursday. The island nation was tipped off about the threat by Indian intelligence services. | The suspects were taken into custody at the surfing resort of Arugam Bay in the eastern part of Sri Lanka. A police spokesman said the two individuals may have been planning to attack Israeli citizens at a building that is reportedly used as a synagogue. | Indian intelligence had reportedly identi…
Finance Minister expressed his gratitude to IFTC for providing commodity financing to Pakistan for three years…
Foundation Day is an important milestone in the history of Kashmir…
Hundreds of far-right The two-day event, held on 20-21 October under the slogan "Gaza is Ours, Forever", Jewish extremists meet in a closed military zone near the settlement of Be'eri, at the Gaza border, to call…
Kazan Airport is being considered as a second hub in the country for Ethiopian Airlines | Ethiopian Airlines has announced plans to increase the number of flights out of Russia and will emphasize expanding operations beyond Moscow. | Speaking at the Tatarstan — Ethiopia roundtable as part of the BRICS Summit on Tuesday, Michale Endale, the airline's area manager, revealed that the company aims to introduce more routes from Russian regional airports in the near future. | "We currently operate from your country, from Moscow, four times a week," Endale stated. "We want to increase the number of flights in th…
The document outlines the group's vision for global governance, economic development, and international cooperation | The BRICS nations approved a joint communique on Wednesday during the group's three-day summit in the Russian city of Kazan. The New centers of power | The group reaffirmed its commitment to promoting a multipolar world order where all nations have an equal…
Newly empowered nations need greater representation at the global organization, the Russian president has said | The UN needs to adapt to the growing role of developing nations so that they are better represented, including on the Security Council, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated on Thursday. | Speaking at a session of the BRICS Outreach initiative during the summit hosted by Russia in the city of Kazan, Putin noted that the UN Charter had entered force on the same day in 1945. For almost eight decades, the document's principles "have served as the foundation of international relations and internationa…
The president has said the country's adversaries underestimate its history, unity, and strength of spirit | The West is using Ukraine to threaten Russia's security while believing in the "illusion" that it can inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. | Speaking at the extended Outreach/BRICS Plus format session in Kazan on Thursday, Putin stated that the emergence of a "more just world order" is being hampered by "forces accustomed to thinking and acting in the logic of domination over everything and everyone." | According to Putin, the West's "unlawful unilateral sancti…
The greenback is only weakened by its politicization, the Russian president has said at the BRICS Summit | Weaponizing the US dollar is a big mistake, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a session at the BRICS Summit in Kazan on Wednesday. He made the remark following a harsh assessment on the currency's use as a political tool by the New Development Bank's (NDB) president, Dilma Rousseff. | According to Rousseff, the global geopolitics is being adversely affected by the use of the US dollar "as a weapon to change the living conditions of the population." | The vast wave of sanctions against Russia have forc…
Download the PDF of October 24 print issue Yahya Al-Sinwar 1962-2024 His life will inspire many more to liberate Palestine Statements from WWP, Hamas ‚óÜ In the U.S. Indigenous Peoples Day: Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle Niles, Ohio: How workers beat back the KKK FIT students hang tough for Palestine ‚óÜ‚Around the . . . | 
The Republican candidate's camp has filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission in Washington, calling for an investigation into what it termed apparently ille…
The old world is dying once again, but the U.S.-Israel axis is wrong to suggest it is slaying monsters. It is the monster.
Last month in New York at separate forums, two senior Democrat figures—John Kerry and Hillary Clinton—pointed to what they saw as major problems: the First Amendment was 'an obstacle to building consensus', and the 'narrative' in the press needs to be (even more) 'consistent'.
Habitually-lying rogue state puts targets on backs of surviving journalists exposing its war crimes and genocide After murdering more journalists in tiny Gaza than were killed in the whole of the Second World War or every war and conflict in the twenty-first century so far, Israel's military has broadcast its intention to murder the last …
A The ten-story block in Beirut's Tayouneh neighbourhood was flattened shortly after an evacuation order was issued by the Israeli army's Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee. | The building was "completely destroyed", according to Lebanon's National News Agency. | Video captu…
"UNIFIL Peacekeeper Patrols 'Blue Line'" by United Nations Photo is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0. By The Cradle Israel's military has attacked UNIFIL troops deployed on the Lebanon—Israel border a dozen times, including possibly with white phosphorus, the Financial Times (FT) reported on 22 October. According to a confidential report prepared by a country contributing troops to the UN mission, …
Lebanon's military said Sunday that an Israeli strike had targeted the soldiers' vehicle in the country's south. | The dea…
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A series of events and speculation has stirred debate over what's happening on the Korean Peninsula | A series of coinciding events has prompted alarmists and incompetent experts to state that "the Korean Peninsula is on the brink of war." While there is always a possibility that any incident may escalate into an armed conflict, and the risk is never either zero or 100%, at this point there is no need for undue concern. Below, we will discuss the incidents — which, taken together, may indeed disturb anyone who is less familiar with the complexities of the situation in Korea — in more detail. | So…
President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that frozen Russian funds will be leveraged to support Ukraine | Washington's use of the proceeds from frozen Russian assets to repay a $20 billion loan to Ukraine shows that the US has advanced "theft" to the level of government policy, the Russian Embassy in the US has said. | On Wednesday, President Joe Biden 
Some countries are following the lead of the US and Germany in "slow-walking" Kiev's request to join, the outlet has reported | A group of NATO members led by the US and Germany are reluctant to extend an invitation to Ukraine to join the military bloc anytime soon, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing sources. | Last week, Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky presented his 'victory plan', which included a demand for immediate NATO membership. However, four unnamed US and NATO officials have reportedly told Politico that Berlin and Washington are "slow-walking" the request, adding that "key alliance members are worri…
Celso Amorim, the top foreign policy adviser to President Lula da Silva, says the language of punishment doesn't work in international relations | Western European nations have shot themselves in the foot with their sanctions against Russia, a top foreign policy adviser to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva believes. Celso Amorim has argued that decoupling from relatively inexpensive Russian fossil fuels has dealt a serious blow to the economies of those nations. | The US, UK, EU, Canada, Australia and several other countries have imposed numerous rounds of sweeping economic restrictions on Russia s…
A weeks-long work stoppage has added to the company's huge losses and halted production of several best-selling planes | Boeing workers have rejected the US aerospace giant's latest contract offer, extending a nearly six-week strike which has crippled the already struggling planemaker. | Some 64% of workers voted to reject the new contract, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the union representing 33,000 Boeing staff in Washington, Oregon and California, said on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. | "We remain on strike," IAM District 751 President Jon Holden said after the…
The mayor of Lviv, Andrey Sadovoy, made the claim in response to a meeting organized by exiles from Russia | "Good Russians" can be only found in graveyards, the mayor of the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, Andrey Sadovoy, has said. | The official made the remarks in response to a forum organized in his city by a group of Russian exiles who support Kiev's war effort against their home country. | The event included former Russian MP Ilya Ponomarev, who claims to represent ostensibly Russian militias fighting on the Ukrainian side of the conflict with Moscow. Russia considers the militias to be terrorist organiz…
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin claimed this week that thousands of Pyongyang's troops had arrived on Russian soil | The Russian State Duma, the lower chamber of the parliament, has ratified a bilateral treaty with North Korea which President Vladimir Putin signed during his visit to Pyongyang in June and submitted to the chamber earlier this month. | The agreement, which was approved on Thursday, outlines the comprehensive cooperation that the two countries intend to maintain, including on national security issues. Its provisions state that neither side will enter treaties with third parties that infringe on the…
A Washington Post article alleges John Mark Dougan targeted US voters with deepfakes | A former US marine has orchestrated a "misinformation" campaign targeting the team of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris at Russia's behest, the Washington Post has claimed, citing documents provided by an unidentified European intelligence service. John Mark Dougan, however, has denied any ties to the Russian government, suggesting that the paper relied on fabricated materials. | According to a package of over 150 documents reviewed by…
The Belarusian leader has branded the American election a "terrible and stupid" show | Neither Democrat Kamala Harris nor Republican Donald Trump could possibly get elected in Belarus or Russia, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Wednesday, calling both candidates "idiots." | Lukashenko made the remarks in an 
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After pausing last year's film series due to Israel's The 28th edition of the festival will open with a Palestinian film from Gaza at the Palace of Fine Arts in the city's Marina District, and close w…
The family of a David Bogdanovskyi was killed in December during Israel's His family told Israeli media that they were ordered by the Public Council for Commemoration of Fallen Soldiers in the…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resisted calls from top US officials to publicly disavow the so-called ' The Israeli leader and top aide Ron Dermer denied that the plan was being implemented in talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, but sidestepped the top US diplomat's urging for a public clarification, according to The Times of Israel, citing an unnamed US official. | The talks came amid Isr…
The mayor of Kahramankazan, Slim Cirpanoglu, told Turkish TV channel Tele1 that three people were killed and five wounded in the attack. | In a social media post on X Int…
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Broadcaster apologises and edits footage after complaints from pro-Israel groups yet allows right-wing views unchecked ITV has removed, edited and re-published an episode of its 'Big Brother' series in which a contestant wore a t-shirt in supporting Palestine. Psychologist Ali Bromley wore a shirt showing the watermelon that has become a symbol of Palestinian resistance …
Health Minister emphasised the need for broad-based action involving all spheres of government…
The initiative to foster skilled artisans and modernise vocational education aims to boost industrial talent and drive national growth…
ALBAWABA – The United Nations, an international organization aimed at maintaining peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations, and fostering international cooperation, warned that Lebanon's economy will shrink by 9.2% in 2024 due to the Israeli war.Lebanon's economy is suffering significantly: The UN stated that Lebanon's economy is expected to shrink by 9.2% in 2024 due to the Israeli war and the fact that the country's economy has been suffering since years. | According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the United Nations warned that the ongoing conflict between Lebanon and Israel will a…
TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival was back in full swing this year with its full line up of 278 films from over 60 countries. But this year it was not without its share of protests and political drama. In a world where the collective West (which of course includes Canada) is aggressively defending …
Exercise Indus Shield highlights Pakistan's commitment to regional security and its role in promoting joint operational readiness among allied nations…
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The President of International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, has recognized the effort of Uganda's president to contribute to the growth of sports by awarding him a medal. Bach awarded President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni an honorary gold medal during his Wednesday visit to the State House in Entebbe. The IOC …
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The General Court Martial in Makindye has sentenced 16 National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters to three months and 22 days in prison on charges of treachery and possession of 13 explosive devices. The convicts were also cautioned for the illegal possession of ammunition. The individuals sentenced are Olivia Lutaaya, Rashid …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | To address the unrelenting sanitation needs at the Portbell Landing site in Luzira Uganda Breweries Limited has embarked on a cleaning exercise together with other partners; Rotaract Club of Luzira, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and others to restore the cleanliness at the …
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and South Sudan leaders have convened in Kitgum Municipality, Northern Uganda, to discuss mutual interests and challenges along their international border points. The two-day meeting, which began on Tuesday, has attracted leaders from five districts in Northern Uganda: Karenga, Kitgum, Lamwo, Amuru, and Kabong. They are meeting with counterparts …
The Peruvian government will send a delegation to the International Mining and Resources Conference to be held in Sydney over October 29‚Äí31, to promote foreign investment in the country's mining sector, reports Ben Radford.
Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is pictured at an event at a hotel in New Delhi, India, February 28, 2024 — Reuters.Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has reportedly donated $50 million to a nonprofit organisation called Future Forward which…
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take part in a photo ceremony before a plenary session of the Brics 2024 summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024. — Reuters.
From the time the Europeans arrived on American shores, the U.S. government authorized more than 1,500 wars and attacks on Indigenous people and at the conclusion of the "Indian wars" in the late 19th century, of the estimated 10 million to 15 million native peoples, fewer than 238,000 remained.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the group is not aiming to replace global institutions | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday highlighted the progress achieved by the BRICS group over the past two decades, which now represents 40% of the world's population and around 30% of the global economy. He added that he believes BRICS "will emerge as a more effective medium to face global challenges." | Modi stressed that BRICS should move forward "in a timely manner" in pushing for reforms in global institutions such as the UN Security Council, IMF, and other multilateral development organizations, in…
The first bilateral meeting in five years between the Chinese and Indian leaders comes as they seek to resolve a border standoff | Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have held their first bilateral meeting in almost five years on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan. The meeting comes days after the two nuclear-armed neighbors announced an agreement on patrolling disputed border areas, which has been a point of contention since Indian and Chinese troops clashed in June 2020. | During the meeting with Xi, Modi welcomed the "agreement for complete disen…
The relationship between the two nations has stood the test of time, analyst Nitin Gokhale believes | India will not cut ties with Russia despite pressure from the West, as their relationship is not just "transactional," but has a long history of trust behind it, New Delhi-based journalist and analyst Nitin Gokhale told RT. | "India has never had any reasons to complain [about] Russia or even the Soviet Union," Gokhale said, describing relations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "special bond of friendship." | "Russia stood by India, India stood by Russia," h…
The last time the two leaders had a formal meeting was back in 2022 at the G20 summit | Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to hold their first bilateral meeting since 2022 on Wednesday following a recent breakthrough in the four-year border stalemate between the countries. | The two leaders will convene on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, India's Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told reporters on Tuesday. Modi and Xi previously engaged in a brief exchange at the bloc's meeting in Johannesburg in 2023, while their last formal meeting took place during t…
A corps of the '3rd World March for Peace Team' entered Nepal under the lead of Rafael de la Rubia, a great humanist from Spain, accompanied by prominent Humanist Peace Volunteers from UK, Italy, Australia, India and Bangladesh. | By Tulsi Sigdel, from Nepal | The Humanist Team of Nepal joined the international champions of peace and began their march yesterday from the cultural city of Tokha, in Kathmandu, where they were received by municipal officials in their facilities. | There, the local authorities handed over a "Token of Love" to the group of visitors as a sign of support and appreciation for the message…
INDIANAPOLIS—In an attack on the voting rights of legal immigrants and Black and brown working people, on Oct. 7 Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and Secretary of State Diego Morales asked Ur M. Jaddou, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, to "verify" the citizenship of over 10% of the state's registered voters — some …
A delegation of Indian businessmen is visiting Zimbabwe in a bid to explore investment opportunities in the country based on its potential economic growth…
On October 17, US President Joe Biden compared the combat death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar the previous day in Rafah in the Gaza Strip to the US killing of Osama Bin Laden. "To my Israeli friends," said Biden, "this is no doubt a day of relief and reminiscence, similar to the scenes witnessed throughout… 
Cyril Ramaphosa's comments come despite his government facing external pressure to distance itself from Moscow over the Ukraine conflict | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed Russia as a "valued" ally and "friend" who has long supported his country, including during the struggle against apartheid. | Ramaphosa made the remarks during bilateral talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. Dozens of foreign leaders have gathered in Russia's fifth-largest city for the three-day event of diplomatic discussions and high-level bilatera…
Students are occupying more than 70 different faculties of 30 public universities across Argentina.
The siege of north Gaza and Jabalia refugee camp enters its third week as Israel has cut off aid to some 200,000 people. On Saturday, Israeli forces bombed Beit Lahia, killing at least 80 Palestinians, in one of the largest massacres in months.
Whoever owns the narrative owns the world—and things just got a lot tougher for those of us opposed to the metastasising brain cancer known as U.S. influence campaigns—or "perception management".
New institutional economics has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance ensure growth, development, equity & democracy.
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Four children were among 20 people killed in an army air strike in the capital Khartoum on Tuesday, The strike wounded 27 people, including women and children, and left bodies "charred", according to the emergency response room (ERR) in Khartoum's south belt, one of hundreds of youth-led volunteer groups. | In Al-Jazira state just south of Khartoum, fierce clashes ignited on Sunday after a paramilitary commander defected…
Former President The Saudi-based news outlet Arab News commissioned a poll looking at voter intentions among Arab Americans ahead of the upcoming The poll indicates that 45 pe…
If Russia stops striking Ukrainian infrastructure, Kiev will take it as an invitation to peace, the Financial Times reports | Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has floated the idea of mutually suspending long-range strikes against energy infrastructure with Russia, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The proposal was reportedly slated for discussion at Qatar-mediated talks, which were canceled after Kiev attacked Russia's Kursk Region in August. | "We saw during the first summit that there could be a decision on energy security. In other words, we do not attack their energy infrastructures, they don't at…
Pyongyang previously rejected the accusation, while the Kremlin called reports on the matter "contradictory" | North Korean service members have arrived in Russia, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has claimed, adding, however, that Washington so far has no idea what their plans in the country are. Pyongyang previously rejected the accusation, while the Kremlin has pointed out the "contradictory information" on the issue. | Speaking to reporters in Rome on Wednesday, Austin said that "there is evidence of DPRK troops in Russia," adding that "what exactly they're doing is left to be seen." According to the secr…
An Estonian woman has been accused of parroting the Kremlin in a research paper critical of Ukrainian society | The Estonian Foreign Ministry has sacked an employee of its embassy in Türkiye for publishing an academic paper highly critical of Ukrainian nationalism, the newspaper Postimees reported on Tuesday. | Maria Sarantseva worked as a clerk in the visa department of the mission, according to the outlet. Her bosses took issue with an academic work she published in the Journal of Crises and Political Research, a Turkish magazine. The Estonian newspaper claimed it was based on "mostly Russian" sources a…
The UK's deputy head of mission Tom Dodd got violent when faced with a crowd of reporters at a Moscow airport | Britain's deputy head of mission in Russia, Tom Dodd, has assaulted multiple reporters at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. The incident happenned late on Thursday after he faced a barrage of uncomfortable questions. | Dodd was in the company of several other UK Foreign Office personnel, including the head of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate (EECAD), Christopher Allan, when he arrived late on Tuesday. The delegation headed straight for the exit, followed by a sizable group of reporters, who bo…
Former Abercrombie & Fitch chief Mike Jeffries and his partner are suspected of coercing men into erotic parties | Mike Jefferies, the former CEO of American fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch, has been arrested in the US on federal sex trafficking charges. The fashion mogul is suspected of drugging and sexually exploiting vulnerable men. | Jeffries, his romantic partner Matthew Smith, and their employee James Jacobson were all detained on Tuesday in a case involving 15 unnamed accusers. | While Jeffries and Jacobson were released on $10 million and $500,000 bonds respectively, Smith, who holds dual US-British…
Tunisia's Kais Saied won 90.7% in elections held earlier this month amid accusations of political oppression | Tunisian President Kais Saied has begun his second term after a landslide victory in the country's October 6 elections, where he faced only two opponents. Several other hopefuls were disqualified amid a crackdown, including arrests in the lead-up to the polls. | Saied's inauguration event took place on Monday, with many reporters barred from attending. The local association, the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists, denounced the move as "discrimination" and a "restriction on the freedom of jour…
Creating an investment platform would boost the growth of member countries, the Russian president has said | Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a BRICS investment platform to assist the economic growth of member countries and the development of the Global South and East. He put forward the idea on Wednesday at the 16th annual BRICS Summit in Kazan. | According to Putin, partner countries would benefit from a significant increase of investment in areas such as technology, education, trade, and logistics, to help their economies fully realize their growth potential. | The platform "would become a powe…
A spate of Quarter Pounder poisonings has left one person dead and ten hospitalized | One person in the US has died and at least 49 have become sick after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said. It is unclear which ingredient in the fast food classic is responsible for the illnesses. | The infections were reported between September 27 and October 11 across ten US states, with the majority occurring in Colorado and Nebraska. Those affected range in age from 13 to 88, with the fatal case occurring in "an older adult," the CDC said in an update…
Such measures have a disruptive effect on the world economy and international trade, the group's joint declaration reads | BRICS countries strongly oppose and condemn the practice of unlawful politically motivated sanctions that undermine the development of other states, according to a joint declaration adopted at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia. | Entitled 'Strengthening Multilateralism for Just Global Development and Security,' the 33-page 'Kazan Declaration' was released on Wednesday following a range of multi-format meetings by the BRICS leaders. | "We are deeply concerned about the disruptive effec…
The Russian president's speech in Kazan focused on the group's financial integration and new development prospects | Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed a meeting of leaders at the BRICS Summit in Kazan on Wednesday. In his speech, he focused on the growing role and prospects of the economic group, and warned about the risks to the global economy from Western sanctions and protectionist policies. | Putin also announced Russia's initiatives within the BRICS framework, including the formation of a grain exchange and a new investment platform. | Here are the key takeaways from the president's address. | Mu…
FM Radoslaw Sikorski says Berlin should instead come up with a "creative" gesture to convince Warsaw it is sorry for the Nazis' crimes | Poland will no longer demand that Germany pay reparations for crimes committed by the Nazis during World War II, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has stated. Warsaw and Berlin are now allies, especially when it comes to deterring the threat they see posed by Russia, the diplomat said. | Under the previous right-wing government led by the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, Poland repeatedly brought up the issue of war reparations with Germany. In 2022, Warsaw e…
The group's chief negotiator is reportedly a frontrunner to succeed Yahya Sinwar | Hamas will choose a new leader in March but will keep the individual's identity a secret for security reasons, a spokesman for the Palestinian militant group has said. Until then, the group will be run by a committee of top officials. | The Gaza-based militant group has been without an overall leader since last Wednesday, when Yahya Sinwar was killed in a firefight with Israeli troops in Rafah. Sinwar, who previously served as the movement's chief in Gaza, assumed the top position in August, after the head of the Hamas political…
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has defended the decision not to allow Kiev launch long-range strikes on Russia using US weapons | The US should stick to its long-standing policy of not allowing Ukraine launch long-range strikes deep into Russia as there are no longer any valid military targets within range, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has said. | In an interview with Fox News released on Tuesday, Austin was asked why the administration of US President Joe Biden consistently rejects Vladimir Zelensky's requests to lift the restrictions on firing ATACMS missiles, which have a range of about 300km, at targets…
The Chinese president says Beijing and Moscow should further deepen economic ties while defending the UN-based global system | Beijing and Moscow should further deepen their already strong economic cooperation while defending global stability, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at talks with counterpart Vladimir Putin at the BRICS summit in Kazan on Tuesday. He also stressed that Sino-Russian ties have been steadily developing in recent years despite the turbulent geopolitical situation. | BRICS country leaders were joined by those from aspiring member states for the group's 16th annual summit in the capital of…
Tehran has an inherent right to self-defense and will continue to exercise it, Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei has said | Tehran has the right to self-defense, and its recent strikes on Israel have demonstrated its "commitment to international law," Abbas-Ali Kadkhodaei, a senior adviser to Iran's foreign minister, has said. | Kadkhodaei slammed Israel's aggression in the Palestinian territories, citing UN resolutions and rulings by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which have repeatedly condemned the enduring occupation. | "The forcible seizure of Palestinian territories by Israel does not grant sovereignty to t…
Washington believes that 3,000 North Korean soldiers have traveled to Russia for training, spokesman John Kirby has said | If North Korean soldiers enter the Ukraine conflict on Russia's side, they will become "legitimate military targets" for Kiev's forces, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has declared. | US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin claimed on Wednesday that there are currently an unknown number of North Korean servicemen in Russia, and that the Pentagon does not know "what exactly they're doing." Austin added that it would be a "very serious issue" if North Korea intended "to…
Moscow says the designation is meant to protect the country from outside interference | The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Russia to pay out hundreds of thousands of euros in compensation to 107 organizations and individuals it has designated as 'foreign agents'. Russia rejected the court's jurisdiction after leaving the Council of Europe in 2022. | Russia's foreign agent law, similar to the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) of 1938, was first adopted in 2012 and expanded in 2022. It requires anyone who receives support from abroad or is under the influence of entities from outside t…
"Destructive" language, literature, music, and cinema must be rooted out, a new manifesto declares | A Ukrainian manifesto calling for the total eradication of Russian culture in the country has collected over 60 signatures in two weeks, the organizers of the initiative have announced. | High-profile figures who support the ultranationalist text include Aleksandra Matviychuk, whose human rights group was a co-recipient of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. MP Vladimir Vyatrovich, former director of the influential Ukrainian Institute of National Memory, is also among the signatories. | The text was first revealed on…
The bourse would protect members of the group from outside interference and excessive market volatility, the Russian leader has said | Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed setting up a BRICS-based grain exchange, during a speech at the annual BRICS summit on Wednesday. Addressing the BRICS country leaders in Kazan, Putin said that such an exchange would help protect trade between members of the group from excessive price volatility. | "A number of BRICS countries are among the world's largest producers of grain, vegetables, and oilseeds. We propose opening a BRICS grain exchange, which would facilitat…
The West cannot control this bloc, and that is hard for Western leaders to accept | International politics seems to be losing its ability to develop in a linear fashion. From a layman's point of view, this is of course extremely sad. But if we look at what's happening in the broader context, it can even inspire a certain optimism. This is mainly because, given the current balance of power, any unswerving development is guaranteed to lead us to a much greater, possibly global, tragedy. In other words, the extraordinarily tragic events that fill today's news agenda are likely to conceal a gradual movement toward…
There is no reason to doubt claims made by the country's former PM, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said | Moscow sees no reason to doubt claims made by businessman and former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili that the West has explicitly asked Tbilisi to go to war with Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. | The top diplomat made the remarks on Tuesday on the sidelines of the BRICS group summit in Kazan. He had been asked to comment on Ivanishvili's statements by Russian daily Izvestia. | "I see no reason not to believe them. They [the Georgian leadership] invoked dialogues wit…
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Vladimir Putin discussed nuclear projects, trade, and Middle East tensions during their meeting at the BRICS Summit | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi described Egypt's partnership with Russia as "strategic" during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan on Tuesday. | El-Sisi highlighted key joint projects, including the construction of Egypt's first nuclear power plant, El Dabaa, on the Mediterranean coast, which is being developed in cooperation with Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation. | Rosatom started building the fourth pow…
The GOP has become a force for peace and common sense with Donald Trump at its helm, the former Democratic firebrand has said | Former US Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has endorsed Donald Trump in the race for the White House, announcing that she has joined the Republican Party. | Gabbard, 43, served as a Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii and ran for the party's presidential nomination in 2020. Previously deployed to Iraq and Kuwait, she became a fierce critic of US military interventions abroad. Gabbard left the Democrats in 2022, accusing the party of being "under the complete control of…
The North Korean leader has said his country must continue bolstering its strategic deterrent | North Korea must continue to build up its strategic missile arsenal due to the threat posed by US nuclear weapons, the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, has said. | Tensions between North and South Korea, which have technically remained at war since 1953, have further escalated in recent months. Earlier in October, Pyongyang accused Seoul of deploying drones over its territory to drop propaganda leaflets. The South, which is one of the key US allies in the region, has repeatedly accused its northern neighbor of sending…
Brussels should focus on tackling illegal migration, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said | Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has criticized the EU's policy priorities, questioning why the bloc should fund Ukraine in its conflict with Russia while allegedly not doing enough to tackle illegal immigration. | The EU is currently discussing its next seven-year budget for 2028-2035. Speaking at a Slovak-Hungarian-Serbian summit on illegal immigration on Tuesday, Fico suggested that instead of funding Ukraine, Brussels should instead invest in infrastructure in countries such as Libya in order to stop people f…
The BRICS Summit in Kazan has further exposed the failed attempts to isolate Russia, Margarita Simonyan has said | The BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan signals that the world is "tired" of the dictates of the US-led collective West, RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has said. The gathering also exposes the West's failed attempts to isolate Russia, she added. | Speaking on Tuesday at an event marking the anniversary of diplomatic relations between Russia and China, the RT editor-in-chief recalled the words of Chinese President Xi Jinping, who once said that his country does not need foreign "maste…
The electronic warfare system was "no match" for the robotic aircraft, the military has said | Russian forces have used an armed drone to destroy a Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) station designed to defeat enemy unmanned aircraft, the Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. | The engagement reportedly took place in the border area of Russia's Kursk Region, where Ukrainian forces made an incursion in August. The Ukrainian station was identified as a Nota EW system. | The Nota system was designed in the late 2010s and first announced in 2017 by then-commander of the Ukrainian General Staff, Victor Muzhenko. Acc…
The facility in Rostock confirms Berlin's course towards revision of World War II results and remilitarization, the foreign ministry says | The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned the German ambassador to Moscow to protest against the establishment of a new NATO naval headquarters, which has primarily been tasked with attempting to counter Russia in the Baltic Sea. | The controversial facility in Rostock, eastern Germany, was inaugurated on Monday by Defense Minister Boris Pistorius. He described the Baltic Sea as a "corridor for trade, military mobility and energy security, and a possible front line of coll…
The California newspaper previously backed Democrats Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden | The owner of the Los Angeles Times has forbidden the paper's editorial board from backing Kamala Harris in this year's US presidential election, bucking two decades of Democratic endorsements, Semafor has reported. | The editorial board was preparing to endorse Harris for the presidency, until Executive Editor Terry Tang intervened earlier this month and ordered no endorsement be published, Semafor reported on Tuesday, citing two anonymous sources. | According to the sources, the order came directly from the pape…
The US president has called for the Republican to be jailed, later clarifying that he meant "politically" | US President Joe Biden has claimed that Republican candidate Donald Trump wants presidential immunity and powers to kill his opposition, and therefore should be locked up. | Biden, who stepped aside earlier this year to allow Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee, made the statement at a campaign office in New Hampshire on Tuesday. | "He thinks he has a version of the Supreme Court ruling on immunity that allows him, if necessary, to physically eliminate someone he believes is a t…
The former president has rapped a verse of Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' at a rally in Detroit, Michigan | Former US President Barack Obama has rapped a verse of Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' at a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in the swing state of Michigan. | Rapper Eminem gave Harris his endorsement and introduced Obama onto the stage, speaking at the event in his hometown of Detroit on Tuesday. | "You know, I have done a lot of rallies so I don't usually get nervous, but I was feeling some kind of way following Eminem," the former president told rallygoers after clasping hands and hugging the musici…
Former Netanyahu adviser reportedly flagged string of pro-Palestine content for censorship Jordana Cutler, a former Israeli official now working as head of 'Israel and the Jewish Diaspora' policy for Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, was revealed this week by The Intercept to have repeatedly flagged pro-Palestine messages accounts on Instagram for removal or censorship, …
Kendall's department won't provide details or methodology of trial she says justifies forcing stressful visits on mental health patients The government has been rightly criticised for its plan to make people in hospital for treatment for severe mental health issues receive visits from 'work coaches' to get them back to work — government employees with …
ALBAWABA – Legendary football star and former Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane took the internet by storm after rumors claimed that the star is reportedly being sent to Saudi Arabia to coach its national team after three years of hiatus. Rumors about Zinedine Zidane's possible comeback first spread from multiple Italian football outlets saying that the Saudi Football Federation is interested in signing Zizou as its national team head coach, according to Milan's Corriere della Sera.Is Zinedine Zidane being sent to Saudi Arabia for coaching?: üá∏üᶠRoberto…
Nuclear power zealots are engaged in their biggest push in years in the United States and internationally. Headlines of recent pieces online about nuclear power include: "Japan's top business lobby proposes maximum use of nuclear energy." And, U.S. "looks to resurrect more nuclear power." And, "European nations back nuclear power ahead of major climate summit." 
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BEIJING | Xinhua | As Chinese President Xi Jinping and a host of other leaders gather in Kazan, Russia, for the 16th BRICS summit, the world is once again turning its limelight on the burgeoning international mechanism for how it will push forward self-development and respond to global woes. A steadfast champion of BRICS cooperation, …
ENTEBBE, Uganda | Xinhua | The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach arrived in Uganda on Tuesday for an official two-day visit. "I am very happy to finally be in Uganda. Uganda continues to produce champions, and it's good to be here," said Bach when speaking to the press at the Entebbe …
GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | A four-panel member of Judges at the International Crimes Division (ICD) of the High Court of Uganda will on Friday, issue a sentencing in the case of former Lord's Resistance Army rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo. Kwoyelo was convicted on August 13 of committing 44 crimes comprising war crimes and crimes …
Michael Karrer spoke to Atenea Jiménez, a sociologist and founder of the National Network of Commune Activists and the Campesino University of Venezuela Argimiro Gabaldón, about the situation following Venezuela's July 28 elections.
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At least seven people have been killed after heavily-armed militants opened fire at a camp housing infrastructure company employees, according to media reports | At least seven people were killed on Sunday in a suspected terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), an insurgency-hit region along India's border with Pakistan. | According to media reports citing local police, two heavily armed militants opened fire at a camp housing infrastructure company workers building a tunnel near Gagangir on the Srinagar-Sonamarg road. The tunnel is seen as a critical infrastructure project aimed at making the local Sonamarg…
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Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians were looking forward to their annual Cherokee Indian Fair this year — 2024's event was to be the 112th celebration. There were going to be Indigenous stickball tournaments, bubble gum-blowing contests, and a longest-hair competition. | But the tribe, located in the western part of North Carolina, was slammed by Hurricane Helene less than a week before the fair, with floods, destruction, and a death toll of 
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Iran's Abbas Araghchi made the comments in a press interview early on Sunday, where he said "any attack on Iran is considered crossing red lines, and we will not let it go unanswered". | He added that any attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities will be met…
Israeli forces continued pounding several locations in Lebanon on Sunday, killing at least five in separate strikes on a house in Srifa, Sour district and on a house in Kfar Dounin in the Bint Jbeil district. | One village, Khiam, was struck at least 14 times. | The Lebanese military also said three of its soldiers have been killed in an Israeli air strike on their vehicle. | Israel went on to strike Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut, after having issued a number of evacuation orders earlier on Sunday. | The reported strikes came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hezbollah of trying to a…
Seven people in Lebanon and two Syrian regime soldiers on Israel claimed its air force attacked 
Saudi news channel Al Hadath has stirred controversy after letting one of its correspondents attend an exhibition by the Israeli army where it showcased what it claims are weapons it confiscated in southern Lebanon. | It is not clear whether the exhibition took place in Lebanon or in Israel. | Hezbollah and the Lebanese government had already 
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West Jerusalem has reportedly given Washington a list of conditions for a diplomatic solution to the conflict, according to the outlet | Israel has reportedly demanded that the US allow the Israel Defense Force (IDF) to freely operate in southern Lebanon as a condition to ending the war in the country, Axios reported on Monday, citing two Israeli and two US officials. | According to the outlet, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office sent the list of demands to the White House last week, ahead of the visit of US President Joe Biden's envoy, Amos Hochstein, to Beirut on Monday where he is expected to discuss a dipl…
According to The New Arab's Arabic language sister publication, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, a young Palestinian man was killed after being run over by an Israeli army vehicle in the town of Anabta, east of Tulkarem. | The young man was identified as Karim Imad Mazid, with medics saying he died due to serious wounds sustained after the Israeli army jeep hit him while he w…
US presidential candidate Kamala Harris appeared to agree with a protester who called In a Harris was telling students that she was "so invested in them" before the protesting student, who was…
"F**k the colony," independent Senator Lidia Thorpe shouted at the British monarch in the Parliament House in Canberra | A reception of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the Parliament House in Canberra has been interrupted by an obscene rant from an indigenous Australian lawmaker. | After the British monarch finished his address to the gathering on Monday, independent Senator Lidia Thorpe stepped forward and confronted him. | "You committed genocide against our people. Give us our land back. Give us back what you stole from us: Our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land," she sh…
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The announcement was made in a statement on Saturday evening. | The decision comes following reports that the Saudi-owned MBC TV channel aired a report calling Hamas and Hezbollah leaders "terrorists", with excerpts from the report making rounds on social media, sparking anger from viewers, particular…
Video of a stray dog spotted on top of the iconic 136-metre-tall The video taken by an American In the video that has so far garnered millions of views and made news headlines worldwide, the dog seemed happy while playing and jumping around as it barked…
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has said that Israel's actions in northern Gaza "may be causing the destruction of the Palestinian population in Gaza's northernmost governorate through death and displacement". | The UN is especially worried about Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahiya. In Beit Lahiya, over 87 Palestinians were killed or reported missing after an Israeli strike demolished a residential block. | "Appalling news from northern Gaza where Palestinians continue to endure unspeakable horrors under siege by Israeli forces," the UN's acting humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya said on X. | Gaza's civil def…
A US based Multiple reports confirmed he died on Sunday evening in a US hospital where he was being treated. | Gulen lived in self-imposed exile in the US since 1999, and has denied any involvement in the attempted coup which saw at le…
The MOD described the death of the British ranger in Wales as "non-operational" | A British Army commando who was involved in training Ukrainian and Afghan forces died last week in Wales, officials have announced. | Corporal Christopher Gill, who was a member of the 4th Battalion of the Ranger Regiment, died last Wednesday during a military exercise in the Crickhowell area of Powys county, according to local law enforcement. Dyfed-Powys Police are jointly investigating the incident with the Health and Safety Executive, the force said in a statement to the press. | The Ministry of Defense (MOD) confirmed Gill's…
The former US president says he warned the Russian leader not to "go after Ukraine" | Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has claimed that he threatened to strike Moscow if Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an attack on Ukraine. | Asked in a wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal on Friday whether he would use military force to respond to a potential blockade of Taiwan by Beijing, Trump said he would not have to, as his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, "respects me and he knows I'm f**king crazy." | Pivoting to Russia, Trump said the same is true of Putin, who he claimed to have…
The Republican candidate's comments are part of his election rhetoric, Dmitry Peskov has said | Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's claim that he had threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with a strike on Moscow is attributable to US election rhetoric, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested on Monday. | In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Trump said that when he was president he warned Putin that he would target Moscow if Russia decides to use force against Ukraine. | When asked by journalists to address the issue on Monday, Peskov replied that the Russian authorities st…
People could be punished for reporting the locations of conscription patrols, according to an MP | Ukrainian citizens could face prosecution for spreading "misinformation" about Kiev's mobilization efforts, or even for helping draft dodgers avoid conscription patrols, the military and a ruling party MP warned over the weekend. | Kiev overhauled the military system this year seeking to boost the draft, but the campaign has been undermined by public resistance. The military warned on Saturday that actions undermining conscription could result in criminal charges. | The Ukrainian army urged citizens to only share…
Belgrade is facing intense pressure from the West for not sanctioning Moscow, the Serbian leader told RT | Russia and Serbia will continue bolstering ties despite pressure from the West, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday. His remarks followed a phone call Vucic had with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. | The call with Putin was tied to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Belgrade from Nazi occupation by the Soviet army in 1944. According to Vucic, who commented on the call to RT Balkan and in a post on his Instagram account, the conversation was "open, long and meaningful," coverin…
A sudden surge of votes in favor of incumbent Moldovan President Maia Sandu is "difficult to explain," according to spokesman Dmitry Peskov | Certain aspects of this weekend's presidential election in Moldova raise "many questions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, commenting on what he called an unusual surge in votes for pro-EU President Maia Sandu. | During Sunday's vote, Sandu garnered 42% of the vote while her main rival, the Party of Socialists' Alexandr Stoianoglo, got 26%. Since neither candidate managed to secure an absolute majority, a run-off will be held next month to determine the w…
The president will not be able to attend the event in person due to a head injury | Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will not be able to travel to Russia for the annual BRICS meeting due to an injury he sustained earlier this week. | The three-day summit in Russia's fifth-largest city, Kazan, will start on Tuesday. Lula was expected to meet with presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China on the sidelines of the event. Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira will attend the conference instead. | "President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in accordance with medical advice, will not be tr…
The US former president stopped at the iconic fast food restaurant during a recent campaign trip | US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump donned an apron and worked the fry station at a McDonald's during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania on Sunday. | The former president handed customers food through the drive-thru window at a restaurant in Feasterville-Trevose and answered questions from reporters. | "These people work hard. They're great," Trump said of fast food industry workers. "I just saw something… a process that's beautiful." | He also took the opportunity to mock his Democratic rival, Vice…
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has condemned the pro-Trump tech mogul's plan to make payments to voters | Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has suggested that police should investigate Elon Musk after the pro-Trump tech billionaire offered money to people who backed his petition in support of the US Constitution. | On Saturday, the CEO of X, SpaceX and Tesla announced that he would give $1 million each day to registered voters in swing states if they signed his petition on defending "free speech and the right to bear arms." He gave the first check to a man named John Dreher during a rally in Harrisburg, P…
The potential presence of the UN secretary-general in Kazan would send a strong signal that the world is moving towards a new architecture | The upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia could mark a turning point in global geopolitical history. Faced with the slow erosion of the Western world order, a new balance is emerging, driven by a coalition that seems increasingly determined to chart its own course. This unique event brings together 24 heads of state from various nations, including iconic figures such as China's Xi Jinping. The inclusion of Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, in…
A lawyer and Podemos party spokesman were killed as their coalition prepared to challenge the outcome of the recent election in Mozambique | A lawyer representing Mozambican opposition leader Venancio Mondlane was shot dead in the national capital of Maputo late Friday night. Elvino Dias was killed alongside his colleague, Podemos party spokesman Paulo Guambe, when gunmen targeted their car, authorities reported on Saturday. | The assassinations late on Friday night followed a presidential election in the southern African country that has sparked allegations of vote-rigging against the long-ruling Frelimo part…
Nonkululeko Patricia Mantula has underscored the group's growing appeal for countries seeking to escape reliance on external systems | The BRICS group is emerging as a powerful alternative for countries seeking to reduce their dependency on Western structures, Nonkululeko Patricia Mantula, founder and CEO of Global South Queens (GSQ) Media House, has told RT. | Speaking on the sidelines of the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, which was held on October 17-18, Mantula highlighted the organization's capacity to counter the influence of Western narratives, financial systems, and the impact of sanctions. | "Now that…
The island plunged into darkness on Friday after the collapse of its largest power plant | Hurricane Oscar slammed into Cuba on Sunday, bringing heavy rains and strong winds as the country's 10 million people were already grappling with a massive power outage. | The storm struck shortly after the collapse of the island's largest power plant on Friday, which crippled the national grid and resulted in an almost country-wide blackout, according to reports. Oscar, classified as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of nearly 80 mph (130km/h), made landfall in the eastern province of Guantanamo, near…
US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, branded a terrorist by Ankara, has reportedly died in hospital | Exiled Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Ankara of masterminding the 2016 coup attempt in his homeland, has reportedly died in the US. | The Pennsylvania-based Islamic scholar died in hospital on Sunday evening after a lengthy illness, the Herkul news website, which is associated with his movement, reported. Gulen was 83 years old. | In July 2016, a faction of the Turkish military attempted to depose the government and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, using combat aircraft and other heavy weapons t…
The X owner has said he is "shocked" at the level of vitriol from the left | Elon Musk has hit back at German magazine Der Spiegel, after it branded the billionaire "public enemy No.2" and claimed he is working with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to "decompose liberal democracy." In response, Musk insisted that he is a staunch defender of democracy. | The German outlet published an article on Sunday with a cover depicting a close-up of the tech mogul with Trump's features emerging through part of his face. The piece noted that the X owner and Tesla CEO has amassed huge economic clout and a prom…
Robert Roberson's case puts a spotlight on a law allowing convictions to be challenged if new scientific evidence emerges | The execution of a man condemned to death in Texas has been stayed by the state's Supreme Court due to a subpoena ordering him to testify about his contentious conviction in a case in which doubt has been cast on the scientific evidence used to reach the verdict. | The injunction halting the execution of Robert Roberson, 57, was issued last Thursday. Roberson is scheduled to testify to members of Texas House committee on Monday. | Roberson's case has put a spotlight on the theory known a…
A decision by the French president to bar Israeli firms is "undemocratic," its foreign minister has said | Israel will fight a move by the French government to forbid the country's firms from taking part in an upcoming naval trade show in Paris, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has said. | The organizers of the Euronaval exhibition announced last week that authorities in Paris had informed them that Israeli delegations would not be allowed to operate stands or display equipment at the event. The trade show is scheduled to be held between November 4 and 7. Seven Israeli arms makers had been planning to take…
The pro-Western Maia Sandu failed to meet the 50% threshold during Sunday's vote | Moldova will hold a second round of its presidential election next month after no candidate reached the threshold for an outright victory during Sunday's vote, according to preliminary results published by the country's Central Electoral Commission on Monday morning. | The runoff is set to be held between incumbent pro-Western President Maia Sandu and former prosecutor general Alexandr Stoianoglo, the leader of the Party of Socialists (PSRM). The two garnered 41.86% and 26.32% of the vote, respectively, in the first round. A can…
Moldovan officials have said a slight majority voted 'yes' on seeking bloc membership, despite preliminary results indicating otherwise | A knife-edge majority of Moldovans have approved incumbent pro-Western President Maia Sandu's EU accession plans, election officials said on Monday, following an almost complete count of the ballot. | According to Moldova's Central Electoral Commission, with 99.5% of the ballots counted, 50.4% of voters backed Sandu's plan to enshrine integration with the EU in the former Soviet country's constitution, while 49.6% voted against the step. | The tally came as something of a su…
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between A row of executives from grain-processing behemoth Archer Daniels Midland watched as Verlyn Rosenberger, 88, took the podium at a Decatur city council meeting last week. It was the first meeting since she and the rest of her central Illinois community learned of a second leak at ADM's carbon dioxide sequestration well beneath Lake Decatur, their…
Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger, who has a 116-48-23 record since entering the NHL in 2020, has signed an 8-year, $66 million extension with the Stars.
ALBAWABA — Microsoft, the American multinational corporation and technology company, will secure a deal with the US Army to provide its IVAS goggles in a contract worth approximately $21.9 billion.Microsoft HoloLens: Microsoft is expected to secure a deal worth $21.9 billion upon providing the US Army with HoloLens goggles, software, and hardware components, according to Bloomberg. | The Microsoft HoloLens is an advanced mixed-reality device that allows users to experience a seamless blend of the digital and physical worlds. | According to the US Army's latest statement, the cost of Microsoft's HoloL…
This story originally appeared in Striking union members who work for the aerospace giant Boeing reached a tentative contract agreement Saturday after nearly 6 weeks on the picket line demanding better wages and benefits. | The International Association of Machinists (IAM) and Aerospace Workers District 751, which has been on strike since September 13, announced the breakthrough in a statement and B…
Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq adjourned the meeting till 5: 00pm on Tuesday…
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KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Specialists at Mulago National Referral Hospital have warned men to seek screening for breast cancer, as there has been a notable rise in the number of cases diagnosed at advanced stages. Speaking on Wednesday during the ongoing radiology health camp at the hospital, Dr. Kintu Luwaga, a Consultant Surgeon who …
Netanyahu arrest warrant and the ICC: What to expect next | Amid Israel's war on Gaza, why is the International Criminal Court taking its time? | | Karim Khan announces his request for arrest warrants from the Hague on 20 May 2024 (ICC) | It has been five months since the prosecutor of the International…
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An Medics said that at least 21 women and children were among the dead, adding that the Israeli army surrounded the hospital and cut off its electricity supply. | According to the Palestinian Wafa n…
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By Gabor Maté / Middle East Eye "Had there been YouTube and Instagram and TikTok around Auschwitz, this is what we would have seen, people burning alive. And it's beyond horrendous, it's beyond comprehension." In an online meeting with French activist and film producer Frank Barat on Monday, Canadian physician Gabor Mate explored the psychological …
Palestinians have a deep-rooted love for learning, research, and profound respect for knowledge. Long before Zionists turned their attention — and later their weapons — toward Palestine, Palestinians have had a long cultural and educational tradition dating back to antiquity, as scholar Nur Masalha demonstrates in his 
An Israeli air strike on a residential area killed at least 73 Palestinians in "Our civil defence crews recovered 73 martyrs and a large number of wounded as a result of the Israeli air force targeting a residential area… in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza," Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency told AFP. | "There are still martyrs under the rubble," he added. | Bassal said residences of several families had been hit in the strike,…
Lebanese investigators and international law experts have accused Israel of using unconventional weapons, such as depleted uranium, in its recent wave of Lebanon's Atomic Energy Commission said it was investigating Israel's use of depleted uranium in its weapons, such as phosphorus bombs, smart guided bombs, and, lately, bunker-buster bombs, particularly in its air strikes on the Lebanese capital Beirut over the past three weeks. | The intensity of the explosions, particularly in B…
US President Biden declined to share any details on what the Israeli response may entail when pressed by the media, though his responses suggested the US has an idea of what the nature of the response wil…
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Countries enabling Israel's "unlawful occupation" of the "Israel's internationally wrongful acts give rise to state responsibility, not only for Israel, but for all states," said Navi Pillay, head of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry. | The commission has published a new legal position paper spelling out specific action…
Video taken near UN outposts shows indiscriminate shelling with deadly 'napalm equivalent' — silence from Starmer and Lammy Video from southern Lebanon shows Israel using white phosphorus shells in area bombing of the village of Kfar Shuba, close to at least three UN peacekeeper bases, 4-13, 4/31, 4-32: The footage, released by Turkish news agency …
The The PLO's executive committee sent its condolences to Hamas leaders and Sinwar's family, calling for unity to "thwart the Israeli plan aimed at displacing our people from their homeland, whether in Gaza or the West Bank". | The PLO is an umbrella organisati…
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night We study American history for important reasons. We study because it helps us understand how events in the past continue to influence the present. We study because …
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Early voting in the Preliminary results are expected to be announced within 24 hours, marking a critical milestone after months of 
Diesel and gasoline prices will increase by between 11% to 17% effective immediately, the government said. | "The state will c…
The Palestinian militant group Hamas will likely replace In its leadership deliberations, Hamas must consider not only t…
Israeli forces have bombed residential areas of Beit Lahia, killing at least 73 people, the Gaza government media office has said. | Local sources told The New Arab's Arabic-language service that buildings collapsed while residents were still inside. | Earlier on Saturday, Israeli forces attacked one of the key medical facilities in northern Gaza, the The facility's director, Marwan Sultan, said: "Israeli tanks have completely surrounded the hospital, cut off electricity and shelled the…
Gaza's civil defence agency said on Saturday more than The military launched a sweeping air and ground assault targeting northern Gaza on October 6. Since then, it has tightened its "We have recovered mo…
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On Friday, Israel had announced his death on Thursday, but the Palestinian group did "We mourn the great leader, the martyred…
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In the last 20 years, China, Russia, India and Iran are blossoming in harnessing energy and building infrastructures. Economically BRICS currency will eventually marginalize the dollar. What is amazing to us is the vast denial system that Mordor and its vassal has hypnotized itself into believing. Bruce Lerro's article is about how the ideology of Eurocentrism, paternalism, racism and imperialism keeps the West in a fog about how bad its situation actually is.
From the time the Europeans arrived on American shores, the U.S. government authorized more than 1,500 wars and attacks on Indigenous people and at the conclusion of the "Indian wars" in the late 19th century, of the estimated 10 million to 15 million native peoples, fewer than 238,000 remained. In the past I've written about …
New Delhi, India | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei will participate in the New Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday, October 19th, in India. Cheptegei, who recently finished second in the Dam tot Dam 10-mile race late last month, expressed his interest in the half marathon as part of his ongoing journey towards a marathon …
A new UN report confirms that Israel's targeting of Gaza's healthcare amounts to crime of extermination, as hospitals in Palestine and Lebanon continue to face relentless attacks.
War criminal not in Caesarea residence when projectile hit An explosive drone launched from Lebanon has struck the Caesarea residence of Israeli PM and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu. He and his family were not in the building at the time: Footage is circulating on social media of an IDF helicopter trying and failing to intercept …
Silence from Starmer as he holds press conference to celebrate Sinwar killing Israel has massively stepped up its already-horrofoc slaughter of the Palestinians of northern Gaza, cut off from the rest of their people, journalistic reports indicate. Rather than condemn the intensification of Israel's genocide, UK PM Keir Starmer held a press conference to celebrate …
Beyond the TD Bank having pleaded guilty in US money-laundering case, the TD Bank has over $6.8 billion USD invested in war crimes and potentially some of this amount invested in genocide. An analysis of the TD Bank holding as filed in the most SEC recent filing, June 30, 2024 (filed in August 2024) included …
The Alliance of Sahel States has already begun to change the conditions of the people in the region for the better. Bold actions, including the expulsion of exploitative mining contracts, put these nations in a better position to achieve and protect their national sovereignty.
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Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A Robinson have been awarded the Nobel (really the Riksbank prize) in economics "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity."
Several international organisations are now engaged in the business of measuring what they call "poverty".
Scottish voters hate what they've seen of Starmer and mini-Starmer Sarwar Voters in Scotland and around the UK are continuing to abandon Keir Starmer's Labour, causing a collapse in the party's projected number of parliamentary seats at the next election regardless who is leading the Tory party, according to the latest poll of Westminster voting …
The Palestinian prisoners' movement issued a statement in honour of Yahya Sinwar, the martyred leader of the Palestinian movement and liberated prisoner, on 18 October 2023. We are republishing the statement below. The Prisoners' Institutions and the National Prisoner Movement in Occupation Prisons Mourn the National Leader Martyr Yahya Sinwar The Prisoners' Institutions, the National …
Venezuelan security agencies have arrested 19 mercenaries, including three Americans, two Colombians, one Peruvian, one Bolivian, and one Lebanese national involved in a far-right coup plot. One of US nationals had infiltrated religious groups, another hacked classified files from the Bank of Venezuela, while the third one was a paramedic, reported the minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello. | The minister reported the news of the capture of this new group of mercenaries on Thursday, October 17, adding that the detainees were linked with the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the CIA, the Na…
The BRICS Cross-Border Payment Initiative (BCBPI) will use national currencies, instead of the US dollar. Russia's finance ministry and central bank released a report detailing plans to transform the international monetary and financial system.
The National Assembly of Venezuela appointed Conrado Pérez as a new rector of the National Electoral Council (CNE) after the impeachment of former rector Juan Carlos Delpino. | In a regular session on Thursday, October 17, the National Assembly dismissed Delpino in accordance with Articles 31 and 32 of the Organic Law of the Electoral Power, and gave permission to the Public Ministry to immediately start a thorough investigation for his alleged participation in the commission of multiple crimes, including flagrant violation of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, electoral fraud, conspiracy,…
BRUSSELS | Xinhua | A forum on green industry cooperation between China, the European Union (EU), and Africa has underscored opportunities for technological collaboration and sustainable practices, particularly the use of bamboo as an alternative to plastic. The forum, co-hosted on Thursday by the Chinese Mission to the EU and the International Bamboo and Rattan …
Western observers have treated inequality as a domestic issue but this framing often overlooks the plight of hundreds of millions of impoverished people around the world COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | In 2014, the French economist Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century became an international sensation, reshaping the inequality debate and launching its author into …
DAR ES SALAAM | Xinhua | The World Travel Awards (WTA) has, for the sixth time in a row, crowned Tanzania's Serengeti National Park as Africa's leading national park in 2024, the Tanzania National Parks said in a statement on Saturday. In addition, the statement said WTA will also declare Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, …
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, US, September 23, 2024. REUTERS.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivers a speech during the closing session of the 19th Summit of the Francophonie at the Grand Palais in Paris, on October 5, 2024. — AFP
The plan was discussed at the first meeting of the Indo-Russian working group on cooperation along the Northern Sea Route | Russia could soon start training Indian sailors for polar navigation, according to a statement from Russian state atomic energy giant Rosatom. The plan was discussed at the first meeting of the Indo-Russian joint working group on cooperation along the Northern Sea Route (NSR), held in New Delhi last week. | The NSR is a transport corridor in Russia's exclusive economic zone that passes along the country's northern coastline through the Arctic Ocean, stretching the entire length of the cou…
An American court has claimed Indian involvement in an assassination attempt against New York-based Gurpatwant Pannun | A team from India is visiting Washington as part of an investigation into an assassination attempt in New York that US prosecutors claim was orchestrated by New Delhi's agents. | The US State Department announced the visit on Monday. It noted that the Indian inquiry panel would be visiting Washington DC the following day "as part of their ongoing investigations to discuss the case, including information they have obtained," and to receive "an update" from the US regarding the case. | New Delh…
New Delhi is seeking to increase surveillance capabilities along its border with China, according to reports | New Delhi has sealed a deal to procure 31 Predator drones manufactured by the American company General Atomics, the Indian Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday. | The cost of the drones comes to around $4 billion, officials told the news agency PTI. Media reports also indicated that the Indian government sped up approvals for the acquisition to close it before the October 31 deadline set by the US. The Cabinet Committee on Security headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the acquisition last…
Ottawa and New Delhi expelled each other's diplomats on Monday amid a diplomatic row over the murder of a Sikh activist | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the Indian government on Monday of making a "fundamental error" by allegedly supporting violence on Canadian soil. | His remarks follow allegations from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which claimed that Indian government agents were involved in "widespread violence," including homicide, and posed a "serious threat to public safety." | The allegations are linked to an investigation conducted by Ottawa into the murder of Sikh separatist lead…
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India withdrew its diplomats from Canada because it was not confident that their safety could be guaranteed…
New Delhi says it withdraws its six diplomats but an Ottawa says they had been expelled…
Despite its malicious strategy of communal gerrymandering to win the Legslative Assembly elections in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was rejected by a thumping majority, report Farooq Sulehria and Haris Qadeer.
Committee will review all aspects including the immediate response of the college administration and handling of police…
Students protested and staged a dharna in front of the Punjab Assembly on Charing Cross Mall Road in Lahore…
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Israel has escalated its campaign against Lebanon-based Hezbollah, including launching a ground invasion, after a year of exchanges of fire during its war with Hamas in…
A senior "Israel attacks everywhere in Lebanon, including Beirut. We proved this recently, and we will prove it again in the coming days, in accordance with operational considerations," the official said. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netany…
On 3 October, Israeli military forces struck a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) post in Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, During the incident, and for the first time since hostilities began in October 2023, Lebanese soldiers 
Lebanese have been bracing for further 'revenge attacks' by Israeli forces, following a At least 18 people were killed in an Israeli strike on northern Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese Red Cross said, well outside the conflict zone in the south, with fears…
At least 22 people were killed in an The death toll gradually climbed as the Lebanese Red Cross and rescuers pulled bodies out of the rubble in Aito, a village in the Christian-majority Zgharta district. Rescue efforts continued Monday evening. | The official National News Agency said Israel targeted a "residential apartment" in the village. | A Lebanese security official told AFP the building "housed families displaced from Lebanon'
The air strikes on Nabatieh on Saturday night killed at least one person and wounded four others. | Nabatieh has in recent weeks become a refuge for Lebanese people displaced from other areas in the south, however Israeli forces have now warned people to evacuate from there. | Lebanon's Civil Defenc…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday again called for the peacekeepers in southern Lebanon to move from certain areas close to Israel's border with Leba…
Protesters have gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange to demand a halt to weapons deliveries to Israel | Hundreds of pro-Palestine Jewish activists have taken to Wall Street in New York to protest against US support for what they call Israel's "genocide" in Gaza. Scores of demonstrators have been arrested, police say. | A group of protesters wearing red shirts and holding banners reading "Jews say stop arming Israel" and "Gaza bombed, Wall Street Booms" gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Other slogans included "Fund FEMA not genocide," in reference to the Federal Emergency Managemen…
This month we are re-publishing our conversation with Steven Attewell along with a new written transcript and episode graphic. Attewell is author of the incredible book, People Must Live by Work: Direct Job Creation in America from FDR to Reagan, published in 2018 by University of Pennsylvania Press. The book examines the history of job creation programs in the United States from the Great Depression to the Humphrey-Hawkins Act of 1978.
Daniel Ortega has also labeled Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky "another Nazi" | Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, comparing both politicians to Nazi Germany's Adolf Hitler. | Ortega made the remarks on Monday at an event to mark the 45th anniversary of the Nicaraguan police. In his speech, the president blasted Netanyahu, comparing his policies to those of the Nazis. | "At the head of the Israeli government there is a prime minister who is the son of the devil. Why? Because he practices a policy of terror and is H…
Israel's PM said he would only hit the Islamic Republic's military sites, as the US president asked, sources have claimed | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told US President Joe Biden that he intends to strike only military targets in Iran when Israel retaliates for the latest missile barrage Tehran fired on the Jewish state, The Washington Post has claimed. | The message was delivered during a phone call between the two leaders on Wednesday last week, the first such conversation in several weeks, the newspaper said on Monday. Details about the top-level conversation were provided by two anonymou…
Players experienced "trauma" after being stuck at an airport on the orders of Libyan authorities, the West African nation's football federation claims | Nigeria's national football team has boycotted a 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match in Libya, citing alleged mistreatment after being stranded overnight at an airport in the North African state. | The Super Eagles had been scheduled to arrive in the eastern city of Benghazi on Sunday and play Libya on Tuesday. However, their flight was unexpectedly diverted to Al Abraq, some 230km from the game venue, team captain William Troost-Ekong reported on Mond…
Severe rainfall has caused widespread destruction in Chad as the nation grapples with a food security crisis | Chad is grappling with one of its worst natural disasters in recent history, as relentless rainfall since July has caused severe flooding across all 23 provinces of the country. | The floods have resulted in the deaths of more than 
The event is a step toward improving Moscow's relations with countries on the continent, according to its organizers | The first ministerial conference of the Russia-Africa partnership forum, taking place next month in Sochi, will focus on collaboration in a variety of areas, including defense, trade, education, healthcare, and food security, the organizer Roscongress Foundation has announced. | The two-day event, from November 9 to 10, is being held to implement decisions reached at the second Russia-Africa Summit held last summer in Saint Petersburg, Roscongress said in a press release on Tuesday. | Accordin…
The billionaire distributed the money to "fascists" through opposition figure Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan leader has claimed | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused tech tycoon Elon Musk of "investing" at least $1 billion in inciting violence in the South American country after the presidential election earlier this year. | Maduro was declared the winner of the July 28 poll by the national election authorities, though the US claimed that victory had been stolen from opposition 
Friedrich Merz has floated the idea of borrowing money held by citizens to fund public infrastructure | A senior German opposition figure has suggested "mobilizing" private savings to fund public infrastructure. Friedrich Merz, the nominee for chancellor from the conservative CDU/CSU coalition, argued that such a measure would help Berlin avoid accruing more debt. | Germany's Ministry for Economic Affairs last week released a forecast showing GDP declining by 0.2% in 2024, a sharp downgrade from the previously projected 0.3% expansion. This would mark the second straight year of recession for the EU's economic…
All-out conflict in the oil-rich region could drive energy prices through the roof, causing a chain reaction | It has been over a year since the tragic attack by Palestinian groups on Israel on October 7. During this time, the conflict has expanded significantly, affecting not only Israel and Gaza, but also neighboring countries, particularly Iran. | Ground operations, strikes on civilian infrastructure, and prolonged military actions, including direct exchanges between Iran and Israel, have worsened the humanitarian situation in the region. | The international community has made repeated attempts to mediate t…
The airline has been forced to make costly adjustments to its fleet due to delivery delays, its president has said | The president of Emirates, one of the world's largest international airlines, has said the carrier will have "serious conversations" with Boeing after the US manufacturing giant announced that its 777X model will be further delayed. | Boeing confirmed last week that the first delivery of its widebody aircraft will be postponed to 2026, nearly six years after the 777X aircraft was due to reach customers. | Commenting on the delay, Emirates president Tim Clark stated on Monday that the airline "ha…
Budapest could block the measures if it loses its exemptions on Russian energy supplies, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said | Hungary could block EU sanctions on Russia if the union's policies jeopardize its own energy security, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has warned. Budapest will only permit the imposition of restrictions if they retain current exemptions on Russian energy supplies, he said. | The EU prohibited the transport of Russian crude oil by sea in December 2022 as part of its large-scale sanctions campaign against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict. However, landlocked Hungary, Slovakia and…
A return to the White House for Donald Trump would be better for Budapest, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said | A victory for Donald Trump in the upcoming US presidential election would be the best outcome for Hungary, the country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in an interview with RIA Novosti on Tuesday. Budapest will respect the choice of US voters regardless, he added. | Szijjarto had previously said US-Hungarian relations were strongest when Trump was in the White House and that Trump's reelection would improve the chances of securing peace in the world. | "We are very proud of th…
The first meeting between Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian marks new chapter in Moscow-Tehran relations | One of the highlights of the international forum 'The Interconnection of Times and Civilizations: The Basis of Peace and Development', held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, was the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. This was the first meeting between the two leaders since Pezeshkian assumed office on July 30. Russian presidential advisor Yuri Ushakov told reporters that this event was important not only for discussing bilateral issues, "but also for addr…
The bloc "urgently" needs a plan to deal with 4.5 million refugees, the European Commission president has said | The EU must take into account its limited resources when deciding what to do with the millions of Ukrainians living as refugees in the bloc, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said. | There are currently around 4.5 million Ukrainian refugees living in the EU. Back in June, the European Commission extended temporary protection status for these asylum seekers until March 2026, guaranteeing them residence, work permits, welfare benefits, and access to healthcare and education until…
Kim Yo-jong, a senior official and the sister of the country's leader, has warned Seoul that it "will have to pay a dear price" | Pyongyang has proof that Seoul was behind the launch of several drones over North Korea earlier this month, Kim Yo Jong, a senior official and the sister of leader Kim Jong Un, has claimed. | The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) claimed last Friday that there had been at least three incidents of late — on October 3, 9 and 10 — when UAVs dropped propaganda leaflets over the North Korean capital. | On Monday, the country's military blew up sections of roads leadi…
Moscow and Beijing hold similar views on global affairs, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has said | Russia and China hold similar views on global affairs and are set to deepen mutual security cooperation, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has said. | The official made the comments at a meeting with the vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, Zhang Youxia, on Tuesday. | Belousov arrived in Beijing on Monday on an official visit. Meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Admiral Dong Jun, Belousov called military cooperation between Russia and China an important factor in maintaining gl…
The stranded traveler was found nearly 1,000km off course, having lost his brother and nephew in the ordeal | An emaciated man has been rescued in the Sea of Okhotsk, in the Russian Far East, after spending a reported 67 days adrift in a small inflatable boat, regional authorities reported on Tuesday. His brother and nephew, who allegedly departed with him, did not survive, according to the authorities. Local prosecutors said they were investigating the circumstances of the tragedy for possible criminal negligence. | The men set off on August 9 from the Perovsky Cape in Khabarovsk Region, on what was intended…
More European nations could soon face mobilization, higher taxes, and other restrictions, according to Viktor Medvedchuk | Parts of Europe could be turned into "a concentration camp" as Kiev tries to provoke a war between the West and Russia, exiled Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk has warned. | Writing in an article for the Other Ukraine news outlet on Monday, Medvedchuk suggested that the primary goal of Vladimir Zelensky's so-called 'victory plan' — which he has been touting to Kiev's foreign backers — is to push the collective West "into a war with Russia under the leadership of Ukra…
Despite Kiev's efforts to maintain morale, many members of their nationalist units can no longer fight, Apty Alaudinov has said | Many members of the 'elite' Ukrainian units that invaded Russia's Kursk Region often surrender because they are no longer able to fight and want to stay alive, Major-General Apty Alaudinov, the commander of the Akhmat Special Forces from Russia's Chechen Republic, has said. | In an interview with Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov on Tuesday, Alaudinov rejected Kiev's claims that Russian soldiers executed nine Ukrainian service members in Kursk Region, many of whom were drone oper…
Russia must be sent "screaming in terror" in order for Kiev to achieve its goals, senior aide Mikhail Podoliak has claimed | Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is set to reveal the details of his much-hyped 'victory plan' to MPs in Kiev on Wednesday, weeks after presenting it to US President Joe Biden. | The unveiling is expected at an extraordinary session of the Ukrainian parliament. Sergey Leshchenko, an aide to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, suggested in a social media post on Monday that "obviously, now there is only one reason for such an event, and that is the public presentation of the…
The Russian leader aims to push the US out of Europe, BND head Bruno Kahl said | Moscow's ultimate goal is to divide NATO and change the existing world order, Bruno Kahl, the chief of Germany foreign intelligence service BND, has Russia has surpassed European states in terms of military spending during its conflict with Ukraine, Kahl told MPs in the Bundestag on Monday. Russian President Vladimir Putin will "continue to test the West's red lines and further escalate the confrontation," the to…
Spain has reiterated a call for the bloc to rethink its Association Agreement with the Jewish state amid human rights concerns | The EU must consider suspending its free trade agreement with Israel in light of alleged human rights abuses by the Jewish state, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday. Sanchez has already called on the international community to halt arms sales to Israel. | Spain and Ireland formally 
The Islamic group that controls Afghanistan is seeking to impose strict Sharia law across the country | The Taliban has promised to enforce a ban on images of humans and animals in the Afghan media as part of the Islamist group's wider campaign to implement Sharia law across the country. | Although the Taliban initially promised to be more moderate right after seizing power in 2021, the group has since imposed many restrictions, including the removal of images of women from public spaces and banning "immoral" films and musical instruments. | "The law applies to all Afghanistan… and it will be implemented gra…
The country's military previously warned it would disconnect the two parts of the peninsula in response to Seoul allegedly flying drones over Pyongyang | North Korea has blown up sections of roads leading to South Korea, effectively disconnecting the two countries, according to the military in Seoul. | Explosives were detonated on the northern side of the border on Monday, the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement, as quoted by the Yonhap news agency. | "North Korea has detonated parts of the Gyeongui and Donghae roads north of the Military Demarcation Line at around noon," the statement…
A restaurant owner and his six-year-old son were the targets of a possible assassination attempt, according to reports | At least three people, including a child, were injured in a car explosion in Moscow, local officials have said, amid reports that it may have been an assassination attempt on a restaurant owner. | According to the Investigative Committee, the blast occurred in the southwestern part of the Russian capital on Tuesday morning, adding that law enforcement was working at the scene and that all those injured had been taken to hospital. | TASS reported, citing a law enforcement source, that among t…
The vice president went into a fit of laughter when describing the importance of the upcoming vote | US Vice President Kamala Harris seemed to have trouble containing her laughter while commenting that the upcoming presidential election is "packed with some stuff" as she addressed voters in Arizona on Friday. | During a campaign event in Scottsdale, Harris, who appeared to be speaking without a teleprompter, told supporters that the importance of the upcoming election and America's status as a "role model" for democracy "weighs on me sometimes." | "When we think about what's at stake in this election — we…
Multiple election prediction platforms have shifted toward the Republican candidate | Donald Trump has opened up his largest lead over Kamala Harris in the betting odds for the White House just three weeks before the November election. | Both US and international betting markets shifted in favor of a Trump victory over the weekend, with prediction sites like BetOnline, Polymarket, PredictIt, and Kalshi all showing Trump's presidential chances ahead of those of the Democratic nominee and current vice president. | It's the first time Trump has been on top of the betting market since the September 10 presidential…
The US Vice President and former district attorney allegedly stole from several sources for her 2009 book on policing | US Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris has been accused of multiple instances of plagiarism in her 2009 book on policing, which she co-authored with Joan O'C Hamilton while serving as the district attorney of San Francisco. | According to an investigation conducted by self-described Austrian 'plagiarism hunter' Stefan Weber, Harris lifted at least 24 fragments from other authors in her "Smart on Crime" book. Three other fragments were "self-plagiarism from a work wr…
Mark Rutte made the claim as Kiev remains hard-pressed on the front line in Donbass | A new NATO command specifically tasked with coordinating Western military aid to Ukraine will help Kiev tip the scales on the battlefield against Russia, the bloc's new chief, Mark Rutte, has claimed. | Rutte, who took over as NATO secretary-general earlier this month after serving as prime minister of the Netherlands for more than a decade, made the remarks during his first visit to the NATO Security Assistance and Training Ukraine (NSATU) command based in Wiesbaden, Germany. He was accompanied by American General Christophe…
Italy on Monday began transferring Sixteen migrants, all male, were aboard the Italian navy's Libra patrol vessel en route to Albania and expected to arrive Wednesday morning, a government source told AFP. | The would-be asylum seekers, 10 from Bangladesh and six from Egypt, were rescu…
Britain has imposed sanctions against Iranian individuals and organisations after The sanctions target senior figures in Iran's army, air force and organisations linked to Iran's ballistic and cruise missile development. | "Despite repeated warnings, the dangerous actions of Iran and its proxies are driving further escalation in the Middle East," British Foreign Minister David Lammy said in a statement. | "Following its ballistic missile att…
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Iranian commander Esmail Qaani on Tuesday appeared in public after weeks of absence to attend the funeral ceremony for general Nilforoushan, a general in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was killed in an 
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This makes it the most expensive attack since The 1 October airstrike prompted around 2,500 claims for compensation, with more than half related to damage to apartments and businesses, particularly in northern Tel A…
A landmark multinational agreement on managing the waters of the Nile River has entered into force – over the vehement objections of Egypt. | The Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) took effect on Sunday after more than a decade of negotiations among countries that share the mighty river. | The Nile Basin Initiative – a partnership of 10 Nile riparian countries based in the Ugandan town of Entebbe – described the CFA as a "defining moment" in the history of the Nile Basin. | "(The agreement) is a testament to our collective determination to harness the Nile River for the benefit of all, ensu…
About 200 demonstrators protesting The protesters chanted "Let Gaza live!" and "Up up with liberation, down down with occupation! in front of the stock exchange's landmark building in lower Manhattan. | "The reason we're here is to demand that the US government stop sending bombs to Israel and stop profiti…
Migrants, refugees and human trafficking victims face alarming treatment in Tunisia, United Nations experts warned Monday. | They said human rights violations were taking place during rescue operations at sea, as people try to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, and in transfers to border areas with neighbouring Algeria and Libya. | "We have received shocking reports detailing dangerous manoeuvres when intercepting migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at sea; physical violence, including beatings, threats of use of firearms; removal of engines and fuel; and capsizing of boats," the experts said in a statement.
In front of a group of displaced children in In the show, Daqqa plays the role of a little girl wandering through the rubble of destroyed homes in search of her lost toy, and suddenly fell to the ground pretending to have been killed. | Abu Daqqa, who works at the Tamer…
Iran said Monday it currently sees "no grounds" for its indirect talks with the United States via intermediary Oman, citing the crisis in the Middle East. | In June, Tehran said it had engaged in indirect talks with Washington via Muscat, despite the two countries having no diplomatic relations. | US news website Axios reported at the time that officials from Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman "on how to avoid escalating regional attacks". | On Monday, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visited the Gulf sultanate as part of a regional tour in which he met allies and Middle East powers a…
An The courtyard of the hospital in Deir Al-Balah was filled with makeshift tents housing displaced Palestinians who had nowhere else to go, following repeated forced evacuation orders from the Israeli army…
Turkish-American academic Daron Acemoglu won the 2024 Nobel economics prize "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. | U.S.-based academics Simon Johnson and James Robinson also won the prize. | The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million). | "Reducing the vast differences in income between countries is one of our time's greatest challenges. The laureates have de…
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The British government will return sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, reports Binoy Kampmark. But the caveat is that the joint British-United States military base on Diego Garcia will continue to operate unimpeded for another 99 years.
A former head of the Israeli national security council has called for a siege on northern Gaza, and the forced displacement of all civilians there, effectively ethnic cleansing the entire north of the Gaza Strip. Interviewed on Sky News' The World, Major General Giora Eiland said the 400,000 people located there should be given 10 …
The UK, France, Germany and Italy released a joint statement condemning the multiple and ongoing Israeli attacks on United Nations Peacekeeper troops in southern Lebanon. According to the statement, Israeli attacks on UN peacekeepers are contrary to international humanitarian law. The statement did not mention the ongoing Israeli assault against civilians in Gaza and in …
"I love working the polls!" a friend told me recently. "It strengthens my trust in the whole process. And it's fun getting to help eligible voters flex their civic muscles." I think about my friend's experience as I hear stories about mistrust in our elections. National and state laws set some guardrails for our elections, 
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New Delhi has accused Ottawa of "hostility" and announced withdrawing its diplomats, including the high commissioner to Canada | The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Canadian envoy on Monday, and said it had decided to withdraw its high commissioner and other diplomats from the country as it has "no faith" in Ottawa's commitment to ensuring their security. | Earlier in the day, New Delhi issued a rebuke to the Canadian government over the alleged targeting of Indian diplomats residing in Canada. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry accused the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau-led government of a "d…
The killing of a Sikh separatist leader last year sparked recriminations against New Delhi by the Trudeau-led government | India has expelled six Canadian diplomats, including High Commissioner Stewart Ross Wheeler, the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi said in a statement on Monday. The diplomats have been asked to leave India by Saturday. | The announcement came hours after New Delhi summoned the Canadian envoy and said it is 
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Any security talks should be broader in scope given the current state of affairs, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said | Moscow considers talks on nuclear threat reduction vital, but any discussions by world powers should be broader in scope given the current state of affairs with regard to the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has said. | The US signaled earlier that it is open to dialogue with Russia, China, and North Korea on nuclear security issues. | "In fact, our president has already spoken about this. Russia considers such contacts necessary and they cannot be postponed, but we m…
The exercise can only serve to ratchet up tensions amid the Ukraine conflict, Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said | NATO's latest nuclear exercise is untimely, considering the ongoing Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Monday. | The annual 'Steadfast Noon' drill, which was launched earlier in the day, involves around 2,000 military personnel, over 60 aircraft, and 13 members of the US-led military bloc. European NATO members are training to deploy US-provided weapons under the organization's nuclear sharing arrangement. | "Under the circumstances of a 'hot war' being waged…
Over 60 aircraft are training on deploying US-provided atomic weapons | NATO has launched nuclear drills in Western Europe amid high tensions with Russia over the Ukraine conflict. The annual 'Steadfast Noon' exercise kicked off on Monday, and involves thirteen members of the US-led military bloc. | NATO forces are training in deploying American nuclear weapons, which Washington has installed under the bloc's nuclear-sharing arrangement. | This year's exercise involves 2,000 military personnel from eight airbases and over 60 aircraft, including nuclear-capable fighter jets, bombers, fighter escorts, flying tan…
Admitting Kiev into the US-led bloc could trigger a nuclear war, Slovak MEP Lubos Blaha has told RT | Ukrainian accession to NATO could result in nuclear war, Slovak MEP Lubos Blaha told RT on Monday during a visit to Moscow. Slovakia, a member of the US-led military bloc, previously vowed to stonewall Kiev's candidacy over fears of a conflict with Russia. | Blaha, a member of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's Social Democratic SMER-SD party, 
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Since the beginning of its large-scale attack against Lebanon, the Israeli army has committed more than 20 massacres of civilians, and has attempted to legitimize and justify them under the pretext of targeting military targets or carrying out military or political assassinations.
The incident took place after Israel ordered UNIFIL troops to leave southern Lebanon | Two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tanks destroyed the main gate of a UN peacekeeping base and illegally entered the facility on Sunday, the organization's mission in Lebanon has claimed. Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that UN troops would be in danger if they remained in Lebanon. | The incident took place at a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) base in Ramyah, near the Israel-Lebanon border, on Sunday morning, UNIFIL said in a statement. | "At around 4: 30 a.m., while peacekeepers were i…
More civilians slaughtered for trying to survive Israeli troops have fired on an aid distribution centre operating from a school in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza, where dozens of people were queuing for food aid, killing at least ten people. The atrocity comes only hours after occupation aircraft bombed refugees sheltering in tents on …
Washington has spent "millions of dollars" in an attempt to change the government in Hungary, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said | The US has "invested heavily" in attempting to remove the current Hungarian government, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has claimed. According to the diplomat, US interference involved funding the opposition in a bid to defeat the Fidesz-Christian Democratic People's Party (Fidesz-KDNP) alliance, led by Prime Minister Victor Orban, in the country's 2022 election. | In an interview with RIA Novosti published on Monday, Szijjarto alleged that "there were very serious attempts…
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Over the past few years, numerous West African states have taken steps toward greater economic and security sovereignty, often in opposition to Western (specifically French) designs on the region.
A spiritual and religious leader of the Bektashi Muslim sect, Baba Mondi, who is set to become the head of a new sovereign ministate planned by Last month, Albania's prime minister Edi Rama told the UN general assembly that his government intends to create a new state within the Albanian capital, which will consist of around 0.1 square kilometres, and be a "Vatican" for the syncretic Bektashi Sufi order. | The order…
A number of people were killed early on Monday in an Israeli airstrike on a school in the central Gaza Strip where displaced Palestinians were sheltering, Gory scenes from the school-turned-shelter in Deir al-Balah were shared online, showing individuals caught in the inferno as rescuers struggled to pull them out amid the blaze. | The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital said that at least four people were killed and dozens more wounded, some of them seriously. It was already struggling to treat victims of an earl…
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said late Sunday that a WHO-Palestine Red Crescent operation had managed to resupply two "WHO and partners finally managed to reach Kamal Adwan and Al-Sahaba hospitals yesterday after 9 attempts this past week," he posted on social media platform X. | "The missions were completed amid ongoing hostilities," he added. | He said drivers…
Budapest earlier said the EU should postpone the decision on a loan to Kiev until after the US election | Hungary is intentionally stalling approval of a procedural change related to the sanctions on Russia that is needed for a planned G7 loan to Ukraine, Politico reported on Monday, citing EU diplomats. According to the report, Budapest's efforts are aimed at "helping" save Donald Trump from being saddled with the loan if he wins next month's election. | The G7 plans to issue a €45 billion ($50 billion) loan to Ukraine using the windfall profits from the Russian assets frozen in the West to gradually rep…
Berlin could convince more people "that it is right to help" Kiev if coverage in the press were better, the chancellor has claimed | The media in Germany is to blame for the lack of public support for military aid to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz claimed in an interview published on Monday. News outlets fail to ask the right questions to help the government make its case to the people, he said. | The chancellor noted that he is frequently asked by ordinary citizens whether the level of support Germany has been providing to Ukraine "is actually right." However, in interviews with journalists, this question "i…
The required consensus for the program to continue is yet to be achieved, however | The EU intends to extend its mission to train Ukraine's military through 2026, though it has yet to secure Hungary's consent for doing so, the bloc's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said. | The EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) was set up in 2022 with a two-year mandate, which expires in November. Rumors that it would be extended appeared in the media last week. However, such reports assumed agreement from Budapest, which does not appear to have materialized. | "Ukrainian armed forces…
The Thirty Seconds to Mars frontman has pledged to give concerts in the country when the conflict is over | American actor and singer Jared Leto insulted Ukraine when he said that he hoped to perform in Moscow and Kiev during peacetime, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said. | The frontman of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars gave a shout out to his Russian fans at a concert on Friday in the Serbian capital Belgrade, urging them to raise their hands in the air. Leto pledged to visit his Russian supporters in their homeland, saying that the group would go to St. Petersburg and Moscow, as well as Kiev, once…
The Russian foreign minister held consultations with the Vatican's special envoy in Moscow about finding a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Pope Francis' Special Envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, on Monday, the Russian Foreign Ministry has reported. | According to a statement published on the ministry's website, Lavrov met with the Vatican's emissary as part of a working visit by the latter to the Russian capital. The two are said to have held in-depth discussions "on cooperation in the humanitarian sphere in the context of the conflict around Ukr…
British state outlets can no longer reach audiences in the Global South, Tim Davie has said | Funding cuts to the BBC World Service have allowed Russian and Chinese media outlets to spread "unchallenged propaganda" across the Global South, the director-general of the British state media giant has complained. | The BBC World Service broadcasts in around 40 languages to an audience of 320 million people per week. Two years ago, the network cut more than 380 jobs and stopped radio broadcasts in ten languages, including Arabic and Persian. | In a speech in London on Monday afternoon, Davie is expected to argue tha…
Charles III is due to visit Australia as republican sentiments mount | The heads of six Australian states will miss a reception for King Charles III when he arrives Down Under, while the British monarch has said he would not oppose the former prison colony declaring itself a republic. | While Australia has been fully independent since 1986, its titular head of state is still the British monarch. A 1999 referendum to declare a republic failed, in part due to the popularity of Queen Elizabeth II at the time. | Charles is due to arrive in Australia later this week. On Monday, the premiers of six federal states in…
Aleksandar Vucic made the gesture during a football match against Switzerland | Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic unfurled a double Serbian-Russian flag during a football match on Saturday, according to a video circulating on social media. | Vucic and Milorad Dodik, the president of Republika Srpska — one of the predominantly Serb regions within Bosnia and Herzegovina — attended a match between Switzerland and Serbia in the Serbian town of Leskovac. | According to a video clip shared by Dodik, the two leaders, along with numerous government officials attending the match, rose from their seats as th…
The building was being used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians, according to media reports | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted a school serving as a refugee camp in central Gaza on Sunday evening, killing at least 22 civilians, including 15 children, several media outlets reported on Monday, citing local emergency services. | The Nuseirat camp, which is located at the center of the Palestinian enclave, had been housing hundreds of people, according to the news outlet Ahram. Some 80 people were also injured in the attack, according to the BBC, citing a civil defense spokesman. | The IDF said it was…
The proposed measure has been widely debated by Russian MPs amid efforts to boost the birth rate in the country | A tax on childlessness is unlikely to solve Russia's demographic problems, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The country has been plagued by a declining birth rate for years, and in 2023, only 1.264 million children were born in Russia, the lowest since 1999, according to Rosstat. | The proposed tax entered the spotlight earlier this month, after Lieutenant General Andrey Gurulev, a member of the State Duma Defense Committee, suggested reviving the Soviet-era policy of taxing people who…
American officials were reportedly at a loss over how to respond to swarms of unidentified UAVs | An unidentified fleet of drones potentially spied on a US military airbase in Virginia after intruding into restricted airspace for 17 days last December, with the Pentagon powerless to stop them, the Wall Street Journal has revealed. | Swarms of drones were detected flying over Langley Air Force Base on Virginia's shoreline — one of the select US bases hosting F-22 Raptor stealth fighters — the WSJ 
The crisis in Sudan has led to a 0.4 pp decrease in estimates for 2024 GDP | The World Bank has lowered its economic growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), citing the collapse of Sudan's economy due to its escalating civil war as one reason for the decision. | According to the global financial institution's latest regional economic outlook report, the Africa Pulse, published on Monday, the region will likely grow by 3% this year, down from 3.4% projected in April. | "The downgrade is partly explained by the collapse of economic activity in Sudan caused by the armed conflict, which has destroyed physical…
Lucky Frances was granted asylum in Denmark despite being convicted of piracy | Denmark will pay for a prosthetic limb and "integration plan" for a Nigerian pirate who attacked its navy, following lengthy litigation that cost Danish taxpayers the equivalent of $615,000, according to local media. | Lucky Frances, 42, was part of a group of pirates that attempted to board Danish frigate the Esbern Snare in 2021. The vessel was on a patrol mission in international waters in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Nigeria. Four pirates were killed in an exchange of gunfire, while Frances sustained a gunshot wound to h…
The exercises will practice assaults against targets on the island, as well as blocking key ports and areas, according to the PLA | Beijing has launched joint army, navy, air force, and rocket force exercises around the island of Taiwan, a military spokesperson announced on Monday. | The combined drills will test the Chinese forces' joint capabilities and serve as a warning to Taiwanese separatist forces on the island, Senior Captain Li Xi, a spokesperson for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command, said. | "On October 14, the PLA Eastern Theater Command is dispatching its army, navy, air fo…
Officials on the island have condemned the exercise as "reckless" and "provocative" | Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has convened a national security meeting in response to large-scale drills by Beijing's forces around the self-ruled island. | In a statement on Monday, Presidential Office spokesperson Karen Kuo said that the Taiwanese military was "fully monitoring" Beijing's exercises, adding that Taipei remains committed to "maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific region." | "China should face the reality of the existence of the Republic of China [Taiwan] and respect the T…
Vem Miller has been charged with illegal firearms possession after being arrested outside an election rally in California | The man described by US police as the latest potential assassin to target former President Donald Trump has denied all allegations and criminal charges against him. Vem Miller, who Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco claimed is potentially the third suspect since July to attempt to kill the Republican nominee, says he is in fact "all in" for Trump. | Miller, 49, was arrested on Saturday at a checkpoint outside a Trump rally venue in Coachella, California. He was carrying an illegally own…
Taipei had previously convened a security meeting over Beijing's large-scale 'blockade' exercises around the island | The People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) has announced the completion of its Joint Sword 2024B military exercises around the island of Taiwan, a spokesperson for the Chinese military announced on Monday. | The joint army, navy, air force and rocket force exercises near the island which were launched earlier in the day prompted Taipei to conduct a national security meeting, urging Beijing to "respect the Taiwanese people's choice of a democratic and free way of life." | The Taiwanese Foreign…
The group's share of global GDP in PPP terms is expected to reach 38% by 2028, according to Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin | The share of the BRICS countries in global GDP, as measured by purchasing power parity (PPP), will continue to grow thanks to new members, and will reach around 38% by 2028, according to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. | Addressing the international export forum 'Made in Russia' on Monday, Mishustin said that the share of 'friendly' countries in Russia's foreign trade turnover is constantly growing and this could also facilitate the rapid growth of the BRICS group as a whole.
Poland has accused Russia and Belarus of flooding its borders with migrants | Poland will temporarily ban refugees from seeking asylum in the country, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced. Tusk accused Russia and Belarus of deliberately channeling tens of thousands of migrants across Poland's borders and into the EU. | In a speech in Warsaw on Saturday, Tusk said that he would present his new migration policy — which includes "the temporary territorial suspension of the right to asylum" — to the EU after unveiling it at a government meeting on Tuesday. | "I will demand this," he said. "I will dem…
The State Duma chairman was commenting on Serbia's plans to join the group of emerging economies | Countries in Europe are starting to realize that BRICS can ensure global multipolarity without blackmailing its members, unlike the US-led G7 or EU, State Duma Chair Vyacheslav Volodin has said. | The top Russian MP was commenting on Serbia's plans to explore the option of joining the group of emerging economies instead of the EU as announced by the country's deputy prime minister, Aleksandar Vulin, on Sunday. | Serbia applied to join the EU in 2009 and has been a candidate for membership since 2012. However, Bru…
Laurent Vinatier pleaded guilty to two felony charges | A French national has been found guilty of failing to register as a foreign agent by a Moscow court and sentenced to three years in prison. | Laurent Vinatier worked for the Swiss NGO 'Center for Humanitarian Dialogue' as an adviser on Russia and Eurasia. He was Addressing the Zamoskvoretsky Court on Monday, Vinatier recited verses from Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, which he said h…
The treaty signed in June includes a mutual defense pact | Russian President Vladimir Putin has formally requested that the State Duma ratify the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. | The treaty was signed during According to the tr…
The US vice president struggles to answer "even the easiest of questions," her Republican rival has claimed | Former US President Donald Trump has called on Vice President Kamala Harris to take a cognitive test, calling her "slow and lethargic." Harris urged Trump to release his medical records over the weekend, questioning "whether he is fit to be president of the United States." | In a post on his Truth Social platform on Monday, Trump declared that "it is very important that Kamala Harris pass a test on cognitive stamina and agility." | "Her actions have led many to believe that there could be something ver…
Warning — footage is not for the faint-hearted, but the world must know Skwawkbox warns readers that what follows is horrific, but makes no apology for it. The world must be made aware and people in the UK will not be told by 'our' so-called mainstream media or government. Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David …
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Taliban forces patrol in front of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2, 2021. — Reuters KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban morality ministry pledged Monday to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with…
Latin America's ambivalence toward holidays to commemorate the colonizers has taken a turn since 1992. The 500-year anniversary of Columbus' arrival corresponded with yet another form of colonialism, in many Latin Americans' eyes, as a new wave of multinational corporations colluded with heads of state to tap the continent's oil, lithium, water and avocados. 
This October, the smallest state in the Black Sea region, Moldova, holds presidential elections. We invited the most popular independent blogger of this country, Veaceslav Valko, to discuss the elections and the prospects for Turkish-Moldovan relations. Veaceslav, tell us about the political configuration that has developed in your country on the eve of the elections? …
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BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese President Xi Jinping met with foreign guests attending the China International Friendship Conference and conference marking the 70th founding anniversary of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) here on Friday. Xi had a group photo taken with the foreign guests and spoke highly of the long-term …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | One in eight women alive today experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, according to new estimates released by UNICEF. The first-ever global and regional estimates on sexual violence against children published ahead of the International Day of the Girl marked on the 11th of October every …
India's former minister and member of the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP Baba Siddique. — Facebook/Baba Siddique/File NEW DELHI: India's notorious Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed responsibility for the assassination of former minister and member of the Ajit Pawar…
The lifelong bachelor married business with benevolence, turning an industrial group into a global powerhouse while taking care of street dogs | It's rare — and rather beautiful — when an industrialist is remembered not for his net worth or assets left behind, but for his empathy and big heart. Such was the life led by Indian business tycoon and philanthropist Ratan Tata, who With his death, India lost a visionary industrialist. Budding entrepreneurs lost their biggest source of…
Forty nations that contribute to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Saturday that they "strongly condemn recent attacks" on the peacekeepers. | "Such actions must stop immediately and should be adequately investigated," said the joint statement, posted on X by the Polish UN mission and signed by nations including leading contributors Indonesia, Italy and India. | Other signatories include Ghana, Nepal, Malaysia, Spain, France and China ⚪ all countries that have contributed several hundred troops to the force. | At least five peacekeepers have been wounded in recent days as Israel attempts an invasion o…
Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that India will contribute US$5 million towards the joint cooperative activities for the development of tourism in the region…
UNIFIL forces will be in danger unless they withdraw, the Israeli prime minister has warned | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw UNIFIL peacekeepers from southern Lebanon, adding that by remaining there they are "providing a human shield to Hezbollah terrorists." | In a Hebrew-language video message posted to social media on Sunday, Netanyahu told Guterres "it is time for you to withdraw UNIFIL from Hezbollah strongholds and from the areas of combat." | "The IDF has repeatedly asked for this, and has been met with repeated refusals, all ai…
Former OnlyFans star Lauren Pisciotta, who had previously sued the rapper for alleged stalking and sexual harassment, has updated her lawsuit | A former employee of the US musician and fashion designer Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has filed a lawsuit accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting her at a party he co-hosted together with Sean Combs, also known as P Diddy, according to legal documents obtained by the New York Post. | The suit against West comes amid a major Hollywood sex scandal focused on Combs, a 54-year-old three-time Grammy award winner, who has been charged with racketeering and sex…
West Jerusalem accused Antonio Guterres of failing to "unequivocally condemn" Iran's missile attack against the Jewish state | Over 100 UN member states have signed a letter in support of the organization's chief, Antonio Guterres, denouncing the Israeli government's decision to bar him from entering the country. | The petition was initiated by Chile after Israel declared the UN secretary-general persona non grata on October 2, accusing him of failing to "unequivocally condemn" Iran. | Following Iran's attack, Guterres stated that he was "extremely concerned with the escalation of the conflict in Lebanon," and…
The Republican presidential candidate has pledged to defuse global tensions if elected in November | The US is dangerously close to sliding into World War III within months due to the policies of the administration of President Joe Biden, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said. | Speaking at a campaign rally on Saturday in California, a Democratic Party stronghold, Trump claimed that an overwhelming majority of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. The former president said, however, that he has an even more pressing concern. | "We got a problem. I actually worry about the next…
Some 2,000 protesters gathered in Hamburg to decry Israeli "genocide" in Gaza and Lebanon, according to local media | The crisis in the Middle East should be solved by establishing a caliphate in the region, the leader of a German radical Islamist organization has said during a rally. | Around 2,000 supporters of the controversial group, Muslim Interaktiv, took to the streets in the city of Hamburg in northern Germany on Saturday, local media reported. The organizers claimed in a post on X that more than 5,000 people turned out. | The demonstrators chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Greater) and carried banners de…
The frontman of Thirty Seconds to Mars said he felt "Russian energy" during a concert in Serbia | American actor and singer Jared Leto hopes to perform in Russia and Ukraine when the conflict between the two countries is over. | Addressing the audience in Belgrade Arena during a concert in Serbia on Friday, Leto, the frontman of the rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, "I know we…
Vasily Malyuk helped organize a drone attack on the Crimean Bridge in summer 2023, investigators reportedly believe | Russia has charged Vasily Malyuk, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), with terrorism for his alleged role in the deadly bombing of the Crimean Bridge in 2023, TASS reported on Sunday, citing sources. | The strategic link connecting the peninsula with the Russian mainland was attacked by two explosives-laden Ukrainian maritime drones in July 2023, injuring a teenager and killing her parents, while damaging part of the roadway. Ukraine has claimed responsibility for the attack, as…
A mass demonstration in Munich has called for peace between Moscow and Kiev, as well as in the Middle East | Thousands of people have marched in Munich, Germany to call for an end to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the fighting in the Middle East. | The protest on Saturday was organized by the ver.di trade union, with the slogan: 'You will not prepare me for war'. | The demonstrators urged the government in Berlin to stop arms shipments to Israel and Ukraine, and instead use the money for social needs at home. | Footage from Ruptly video agency shows protesters carrying Palestinian and Lebanese fla…
The suspect was allegedly planning an Islamic State-inspired attack on a sporting event or shopping mall | French authorities have detained a 22-year-old Afghan national suspected of planning a terrorist attack at a public venue, AFP reported on Saturday, citing the country's anti-terrorism prosecutor's office (PNAT). Officials believe the case is linked to a US election day plot uncovered earlier in the week. | French prosecutors claimed the suspect is a supporter of Islamic State (formerly IS or ISIS) ideology who had been planning to carry out a "violent action" at a football stadium or a shopping center in…
Germany's Olaf Scholz reportedly promised the Ukrainian leader nothing on long-range weapons deliveries and fast-tracking its NATO membership | German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has evaded Vladimir Zelensky's questions on whether Kiev will be accepted into NATO, or receive long-range missiles from Berlin, Bild reported on Saturday, describing the Ukrainian leader's trip across Europe to secure military support as a fiasco. | According to the German tabloid, Zelensky had two main goals in mind when he embarked on a whirlwind tour of meetings with Western leaders: obtaining permission to use foreign-made weapons …
The Democratic presidential candidate has released a note from her doctor and challenged her Republican rival to do the same | The White House has published a letter from US Vice President Kamala Harris' doctor, describing her physical and mental condition as "excellent." Her campaign immediately used the report to question whether former President Donald Trump is "hiding" something about his health. | The two-page 
A Dutch lawyer, Harun Reda, has filed a criminal complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against 1,000 According to Arabic news site Arabi21, Reda said he filed the complaint on behalf of victims in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, a year after Israel launched its indiscriminate war on the Gaza Strip, while stepping…
Armed clashes erupted between The clashes broke out after security forces stormed areas where Palestinian fighters were located, arresting four after ambushing them in the centre of Tubas in the north of the occupied West Bank. | The battalion is a…
Blinken however, said that Israel, which has been carrying out deadly strikes on Lebanon, "has a right to defend itself" against Hezbollah, but said he was alarmed by the worsening humanitarian situation. | The US is Israel's key alley, and has supplied billions of dollars worth of weapons used…
Drones launched by Hezbollah from Israel said on Saturday that "40 projectiles" had been fired by Hezbollah into Israel with warning sirens so…
Israel's escalation of its bombardment of Lebanon since 23 September has destroyed infrastructure and increased civilian casualties, turning a low-level conflict into a full-scale war. | Airstrikes on residential areas which have caused mass civilian casualties are starting to be investigated, including by UK-based war monitor Airwars. | The group's director Emily Tripp told The New Arab that such incidents were strikingly similar to those it has previously investigated in Gaza. | "We already have a number of cases we're looking into, for example, of families dying together in single strikes." | Israel says it…
Heavy Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon's The vast Roman citadel and temples sit adjacent to the modern-day city of Baalbek in the eastern Bekaa valley, which 
Starmer, Lammy silent on rogue state's illegal assault Unifil, the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon of peacekeepers, has issued the following statement on this morning's attacks by Israel, using tanks and irritant chemical shells, on its base in Ramyah in Lebanon and Israel's blocking of Unifil movements at Meiss ej Jebel yesterday: UNIFIL statement …
The United States hit The Treasury Department said it was going after Iran's so-called "shadow fleet" of ships involved in selling Iranian oil in circumvention of existing sanctions, designating 10 companies and 17 vessels as "blocked property" over their…
It has been one year since the start of Israel's Israel's targeting of health infrastructure has rendered the collection of data about casualties nearly impossible, though the death toll, 
Music and conversation are muted as anti-genocide march passes in silence — except at one US-themed bar Liverpool's Bold Street, the busiest in the city for dining and socialising, fell into an eerie quiet this afternoon as a march for Gaza and against Britain's complicity in Israel's genocide — silent today for a large part …
Salah added to an opener from Trezeguet in Cairo as Egypt toiled for almost 70…
When Hamas launched an unprecedented assault into southern Israel on 7 October, the date became emblematic for many Palestinians in besieged Gaza…
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Israeli forces have intensified their assault on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, an area where some 200,000 Palestinians have been besieged for over a week. | The army has ordered civilians to leave for the south of Gaza, however numerous reports have emerged of civilians being targeted by snipers and drones while attempting to flee. | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) project coordinator Sarah Vuylsteke said on X that "nobody is allowed to get in or out". | Images posted to social media showed bodies strewn across streets of the camp, amid reports of massacres of civilians by Israeli strikes. | Early…
At least 22 A separate strike also killed three Palestinians in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City. | A statement from the Ministry of Health in Gaza said the Israeli army ca…
Nicaragua's government, in a statement, said the break in relations was due to Israel's attacks on The nation's congress had, earlier…
Thousands of people are trapped in Gaza's Israeli strikes killed at least 34 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday, with nearly half of the fatalities occurring in Jabalia, the northern district which is the largest…
Dozens have taken to the streets of Chisinau to denounce the policies of President Maia Sandu | Anti-government protesters in Moldova's capital, Chisinau, took to the streets with banners and empty pots on Saturday, denouncing the country's pro-Western president, Maia Sandu, and her policies. The demonstrators accused Sandu's administration of driving the country to poverty. The protest was unofficially called the "march of the hungry" and "the march of the deceived pensioners." | Videos show dozens of people marching through the streets of Chisinau with banners reading: "Thanks, Sandu, for poverty and hunger,…
African countries' large and growing debt burdens have become a major obstacle to poverty reduction COMMENT | KENNETH ROGOFF | How long can the complacent West continue to ignore Africa's sovereign-debt crisis? As African countries grapple with unsustainable debt burdens, restructuring negotiations with Western governments and multilateral institutions such as the International Monetary Fund have …
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On Buckner's watch, the Bloomington campus made national headlines last spring with a viral photograph of a state police sniper atop the iconic Indiana Memorial Union building overlooking campus war protests. Three floors below the gunman's sights, in the historic Free Speech Zone known as Dunn Meadow, armed Indiana State Police with riot shields advanced on peaceful protesters, evicted them, tore down their encampment, and arrested fifty six. 
At least five people have died in Chennai amid a world record attempt involving 1.5 million people | At least five people have died and over 100 have been hospitalized in the southern Indian city of Chennai after over 1.5 million people attended an air show dedicated to the anniversary of the Indian Air Force celebrated on October 8. | Hundreds of thousands of people were left stranded after the air show, held at city's Marina Beach on Sunday, allegedly due to poor coordination by the traffic authorities, according to media reports. | One attendee told Reuters that there was no water available at the event des…
Due to a quirk of geology, the purest quartz in all the world comes from the picturesque town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The mineral, created deep within the earth when silicon-rich magmas cooled and crystallized some 370 million years ago, is essential to the production of computer chips and China, India, and Russia provide high purity quartz as well, but what's mined there does not match the quality or quantity of what lies beneath t…
After a year of near-constant Israeli military raids on their homes and private spaces, women are some of the most affected among the Palestinian residents of Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem.
It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism. Here was a British government offering—how generous of them—to return sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, whose residents had been brutally displaced between 1965 to 1973, to Mauritius.
From the very beginning of Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had his hands on the steering wheel.
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KLM's CEO urged the bloc to address the "unfair" competition caused by its sanctions against Moscow | The EU should establish financial measures to curb competition from Chinese airlines that can freely cross Russian airspace, according to Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) CEO Marjan Rintel. | Western countries closed their airspace to Russian airlines as part of sanctions imposed after the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. In response, Moscow banned aircraft from 'unfriendly nations', forcing EU planes to reroute, resulting in higher fuel consumption and increased costs. | "Russia's airspace is closed to Eur…
The trousers fall under the bloc's sanctions on Moscow as possible military-use garments, the Lithuanian authorities have said | Lithuania has confiscated five pairs of camouflage pants from a passenger train traveling from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to Moscow, the local authorities have said, promising to send them as aid to Kiev. | Officers from Kaunas Territorial Customs and the Customs Criminal Service discovered the pants in the mail carriage of a Kaliningrad-Moscow passenger train on October 2. | The authorities "detected and detained a mail consignment containing possibly military items — c…
The Tesla and Space-X boss has joked that he'll be arrested if Democratic nominee Kamala Harris becomes president | Tech mogul Elon Musk has told American journalist Tucker Carlson that he's "all in" on Donald Trump winning the US presidential election in November. | The billionaire sat down with Carlson for a full-length Carlson began the interview by theorizing what would happen if Democratic nominee Kamala Harris beats Republican…
The PIF reduced its stakehold in the Japanese video game giant to 7.54 percent from a previous 8.58 percent, according to a Japanese regulatory filing on Tuesday. | The move came a day after Japanese outlet Kyodo News carried comments made recen…
Two prominent Palestinian Gen Z creators in the diaspora, Hamzah Saadah For the first time, this new phenomenon allows the world to hear directly from Israeli youth and the mouths of IDF soldiers. | These interactions are then shared online, revealing deeply unsettling exchanges for the world to witness, as t…
As the Despite the sanctions and persecution that have changed the lives of many of them, accepting the status quo does not seem to be a likely plan for the student movement — they are at the forefront of efforts calling for divestment from companies complicit in human rights abuses in Gaza. | 
Amid the ongoing war in Lebanon driven by Israeli aggression, migrant and domestic workers — already marginalised by the oppressive Kafala system and racism — are now facing even greater peril. Thousands have reportedly been abandoned by the families they served, who themselves have fled the war-torn areas but left their hired workers behind. | Many are now struggling to find transportation to escape the conflict zones and do not have access to their personal belongings, including passports and vital documents, or even a phone to connect with others from their communities. | For local activists, ab…
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A Palestinian girl trapped under the rubble after an Israeli strike hit her building in the The girl managed to phone her teacher for help, explaining what happene…
The Egyptian authorities have reportedly stepped up the crackdown on peaceful protests, arresting several protesters as they expressed solidarity with the Palestinian Gaza Strip and "About a dozen protesters, with no known political affiliation, gathered in the evening while waving the flags of Le…
Chevron Mediterranean has suspended expansion of Israel's Leviathan gas field following The company, a subsidiary of 
Malawi have called on the government to reassess its position on the Gaza conflict, criticising its diplomatic and economic ties with Israel as a contradiction to the nation's core values of peace and respect for humanity. | Malawi Palestine Solidarity Movement (MPSM), a leading pro-Palestine organisation in the country, issued a statement on Monday to demand the government to withdraw its support, amid intensifying calls globally to hold Israel accountable for 
Pro-Palestine activists called on Valetta to bar the MV Katrin from docking in Maltese ports, saying doing so could contravene obligations under the Genocide Convention. | Israel has killed at least 41,900 people in its one-year war on Gaza, the vast majority civilians, leading to widespread accusations tha…
Lolwah Al-Khater, Qatar's Minister of State for International Cooperation, announced the initiative in a joint press conference with Firas al-Abiad, Lebanon's Minister of Health, and Nasser Yassin, coordinator of Lebanon's National Disaster and Crisis Response. | Ten C-17 planes will be dispatc…
Saudi Arabia's If successful, such a deal could increase the fund's influence in 
Saudi authorities have arrested Lieutenant Colonel Omar Nizar, an officer in The video, widely circ…
Local volunteers who have helped to feed Sudan's most destitute during 17 months of Many volunteers have fled under threat of arrest or violence, and 
Around the world, vigils, ceremonies, and protests marked the Since October 7, 2023, the conflict has resulted in widespread devastation in On the day of the attack, Hamas operatives reportedly killed around 1,200…
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Hotel and casino operator Wynn Resorts said on Friday it had been awarded the first commercial The Las Vegas-based casino firm said it was developing a luxury resort at Wynn Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah. | The project, under construction, is a joint venture between affiliates of Wynn Resorts, Marjan and RAK Hospitality H…
The US is not actively seeking a ceasefire deal between A senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told CNN that although talks will take place with Israelis and Lebanese to de-escalate the situation in Lebanon, Israel had "to get beyond some things" before the prospect of ceasefire can be discussed. | It comes amid a massive build-up of Israeli troops on the southern Lebanon border and an intensive air campaign w…
Over the past few days, since Israeli aggressions on Lebanon started, Egyptian artists used various media to express this solidarity and denounce Israeli actions in a country they consider another home. | Famou…
It said that the attack was a "natural response" to Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories including "seizing control of land and holy places, trying to take control of The statement added that th…
Hamas leader-in-exile One year after Israel's devastating war on Gaza, Meshaal framed the conflict with Israel as part of a broader narrative spanning 76 years, dating back to the Nakba or "catastrophe," when hundreds of…
A Hezbollah MP has hinted his party is ready for a ceasefire deal with Israel, weeks after an Hezbollah has fired scores of rockets into Israel since 8 October 2023 in solidarity with the people of Gaza, saying it would only cease its strikes if the war on the Palestinian enclave is ended. | With much of Hezbollah's leadership taken out and hundreds of Lebanese civilians killed in an intensification of Israel's air…
People around the world heldvigils, ceremonies and protests to mark The Palestinian factions and Israeli counter-attack led to the deaths of some 1,200 people with about 250 hostages taken to Gaza during the 7 October attacks. | Nearly 42,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities, and most of the 2.3-m…
Human Rights Watch on Monday said Israeli strikes near the The Israeli military said Friday its jets struck Hezbollah positions near the Masnaa border crossing in Lebanon's eastern Syrian transport ministry official Sleiman Khalil told news agency A…
The commander of Iraj Masjedi said Qaani, who heads the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) expeditionary force was safe and no further statement on the issue is needed. | It follows comments made by two senior Iranian security officials on Sunday that Qaani had not been heard from since a huge wave of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut late last week, which is…
Israelis on Monday marked the Ceremonies and protests in Jerusalem and Israel's south began around 6: 29 am (3: 29 am GMT), the hour when Hamas-led operatives launched rockets into Israel at the start of the 7 October attack last year. | They killed some 1,200 people and took about 250…
The Israeli military announced Monday the death of two of its soldiers in border clashes with Reserve Maj. Itai Azoulai was killed and two other soldiers from the Egoz Battalion sustained serious injuries after being hit by a mortar shell, an Israeli army statement said. | Later on Monday, a second soldier was pronounced dead. | Hezbollah has for days repelled Israeli forces at the border by using machine guns, anti-tank missiles and mort…
The 66-year-old, identified as Ziad Abu Hleil, was known for his peaceful protests, often captured in videos standing in the way of armed Israeli soldiers opening fire. | According to local news reports, after the storming, he was rushed to Dura Hospital, whe…
Lebanon's health ministry said on Monday an Israeli strike in "An Israeli strike overnight targeted a local firefighting centre in Baraasheet where 10 civil defence members were present," municipal official Reda Ashour said. | The health ministry reported the "killing of 10 firefighters" who were "in the building ready to go out on rescue missions", adding efforts to remove the rubble were ongoing. | The latest report brings to 115 the number of rescuers 
A journalist set himself on fire outside the White House on Saturday, after publishing a blog post where he expressed remorse over his role in shaping news stories that he felt made him complicit in Samuel Mena Jr reached out to a friend three hours before setting himself on fire, telling them to watch an Instagram stream, where the journalist read from a script where he expressed regret at his perceived role in contributing to Palestinian suffering. | He then set himself on fire with images c…
Lebanon's A group of 12 MPs, including In a statement read by MP Mi…
As Israel and Gaza mark the first anniversary of the At least 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's 
The Reuters photograph of Inas Abu Maamar, face buried in the shrouded body of her dead five-year-old niece Saly, was taken days after Israel began its military It has become one of the most vivid images of Palestinian suffering during Saly was killed with her mother, baby sister, grandparents, uncle, aunt and three cousins. Since then, Abu Maamar, 37, has also lost her sister, killed along with her four children in an airstrike i…
International human rights groups have made a unified call for an immediate A year of Israel's indiscriminate bombardment has resulted in unprecedented levels of death and devastation in Gaza, where nearly 42,000 people have been killed and over 96,000 injured, although undocumented deaths mean the real death toll is likely much…
Three years after Saied made a sweeping power grab, rights groups fear his re-election will entrench his grip on the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 protests. | Saied, 66, won S…
The United States warned Israel on Monday not to attack "We think it's very important that not only the airport be open, but that the roads to the airport be open, so that American citizens who want to leave can get out, but also citizens of other countries," State Depa…
An additional $4.86 billion has gone into stepped-up US military operations in the region since October 7…
The event was organised by the Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC) and gave the platform for Palestinian women to speak about their horrific experiences. | Evidence and data obtained by the organisation revealed that Palest…
Sociologically speaking, the Palestinian led One year later,…
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It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism. Here was a British government offering — how generous of them — to return sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, whose residents had been brutally displaced between 1965 to 1973, to Mauritius. In an October 3 joint statement between London and Port Louis, all but 
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ALBAWABA — Donald Trump, former US President and 2024 presidential candidate, announced opening a new golf course at his resort in Scotland by 2025. This decision sparked controversy due to concerns about the environmental impact on nearby sand dunes.Trump new golf course in Scotland: Sources indicate that the new course will have 18-hole golf and will be built at the Trump International Resort in Aberdeenshire, eastern Scotland. The course will be named MacLeod Course, in honor of his mother Mary's maiden name, as she was born on the Isle of Lewis.The new course will have 18-hole golf and will be bu…
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Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES | After last month's foray into Africa, plans for Uganda Airlines to launch new international flights to London Gatwick by the end of 2024 are well on track. A report on @ukairport24 indicates that Uganda Airlines is already seeking to recruit a station and country manager in London, final …
GENEVA | Xinhua | French football player Paul Pogba's four-year ban for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) was cut to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday. The Juventus midfielder filed an appeal against the decision of Italy's National Anti-Doping Tribunal for committing an ADRV on February 28, 2024. He …
Silalei Shani, former captain of Kenya's national women's basketball team, honors Dikembe Mutombo, the African-American Hall of Famer from the DRC. Mutombo, who passed away on September 30, at 58. Mutombo leaves behind a towering legacy both on the court and through his global humanitarian work. NEWS ANALYSIS |BIRD AGENCY | Often times, a …
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