(2025-01-29). 'Donald Trump's Self-Defeating Foreign Aid Freeze Will Only Help America's Enemies'. bylinetimes.com When I was in the Foreign Office, an unofficial principle was to avoid any initiative which could be spun negatively by the Daily Mail, which has waged a decades-long campaign against "wasteful" British aid expenditure. | Examples cited by the Mail include the vast amounts of development aid given to India, a country which has its own space programme and nuclear arsenal; to authoritarian or corrupt regimes in Africa; to places where the per capita GDP is higher than in some parts of the UK; to aid organisations allegedly associated with terrorists; or to projects advancing "politically correct" goals —…
(2025-01-29). India hopes Mahakumbh will bring in investors, but economists are sceptical. aljazeera.com Uttar Pradesh state has pumped in millions for the 45-day festival, which is largest gathering of Hindus every 12 years.
(2025-01-29). Deadly crowd crush at India's Mahakumbh Mela: All to know. aljazeera.com About 400 million pilgrims are expected to participate in the world's largest religious festival on Wednesday.
(2025-01-29). At least 7 reported killed in crush at India's Mahakumbh religious festival. aljazeera.com The crowd crush occurred at the world's largest religious event for Hindus, attended by hundreds of millions of people.
(2025-01-29). Video: Deadly crush at India's Mahakumbh religious festival. aljazeera.com Deadly crush at India's Mahakumbh Mela religious festival…
(2025-01-29). At least 7 killed in crush at India's Mahakumbh religious festival. aljazeera.com The crowd crush occurred at the world's largest religious event for Hindus, attended by hundreds of millions of people.
(2025-01-29). Denuncian en India arbitrariedad de EE.UU. con Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 29 ene (RHC) Sonya Surabhi Gupta, profesora e investigadora de estudios latinoamericanos en India, denunció hoy la arbitrariedad de Estados Unidos de reincorporar a Cuba en la lista de países presuntos patrocinadores del terrorismo.
(2025-01-29). Elon Musk Team Exposes Biden's Condom Plan For Gaza Worth $50 Million: Trump Aide Leavitt | DOGE | USA. hindustantimes.com US President Donald Trump's aide and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made a stunning claim regarding the previous Joe Biden administration's aid policy on Gaza. Leavitt said that the Biden administration had earmarked $50 million for condoms for Gaza. She added that the expenditure was discovered in Trump's first week, including by the new Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk. Meanwhile, Andrew Miller, who served as deputy assistant secretary for Israeli-Palestinian affairs under Biden, called the claim "outlandish." Watch this video.
(2025-01-29). The Meaning of Life in a Secular World. counterpunch.org 
Reincarnation is a core belief of the Hindu faith. In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna explains that changing one's body is like changing one's clothes. I accept that possibility as I accept the idea of a Christian afterlife. Both speculations are fascinating. But I am far more amazed by the life I live. How is it
(2025-01-29). Trump 2.0 terrorizes migrant workers. workers.org 
Upon being sworn in on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump abruptly unleashed racist attacks against undocumented workers and migrant families. Philadelphia, Dec. 10, 2024. (WW Photo: Joe Piette) Trump used the inaugural address as a forum for his assault. In his speech, he threatened to pass "a series of historic . . . |
(2025-01-29). Will U.S. troops refuse to brutalize migrants? workers.org 
The billionaires' new administration in Washington is putting its violent and reactionary anti-migrant program into effect. Its enforcement relies on shock and awe. On force. It relies on obedience. In the end, it counts on the U.S. Armed Forces. But will all troops follow their orders, including illegal orders? Workers . . . |
(2025-01-29). Trump 2.0 aterroriza a los trabajadores migrantes. workers.org 
Por Otis Grotewohl Tras jurar su cargo el 20 de enero, el presidente Donald Trump desató de repente ataques racistas contra trabajadores indocumentados y familias migrantes. Día Internacional del Migrante, 18 de diciembre de 2024, Nueva York. Trump utilizó el discurso inaugural como foro para su ataque. En su discurso, . . . |
(2025-01-29). UK military role in Israel's Gaza war exposed in report. newarab.com 
A recent report by the British Palestinian Committee (BPC) has unveiled the full extent of the UK's military collaboration with Israel during its The report gave an in-depth look at how UK resources – including military bases, arms exports, and logistical support – were instrumental in sustaining Israel's military campaign in Gaza, which saw much of the enclave utterly destroyed. | According to the BPC, while the UK was not directly responsi…
(2025-01-29). US sending Patriot missiles from Israel to Ukraine: report. newarab.com 
The United States transferred some 90 Patriot air defence interceptors from Israel to Poland this week to then deliver them to Ukraine, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing three sources with knowledge of the operation. | "We have seen the reports but have nothing to provide at this time," a Pentagon spokesperson said in response to the report. | A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed to Axios that a Patriot system had been returned to the U.S., adding "it is not known to us whether it was delivered to Ukraine." | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he…
(2025-01-29). Using prisoners to put out LA wildfires is a case for abolition. newarab.com 
Los Angeles is a city of stark inequalities. So, some might have said that it was predictable that the worst environmental disaster in the area's history would play out along class lines. During crises, for example, the Covid-19 pandemic, the gap between rich and poor often becomes more stark, with poor, racialised and criminalised people being exposed to the greatest level of risk. | When it was reported that over
(2025-01-29). Gaza's mothers face deadly pregnancies during Israeli assault. newarab.com 
(2025-01-29). The Gaza ceasefire at a crossroads: What next and will it hold. newarab.com 
From the moment that Netanyahu, his Yet,…
(2025-01-29). Israel jeopardising 'any prospect of peace': UNRWA chief. newarab.com 
Implementation of Israel's ban on the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA will be disastrous, the aid agency's chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, saying Israel's actions jeopardise "any prospect of peace". | The ban is set to come into force after months of an intensified Israeli campaign against UNRWA, which it has claimed supports terrorism without providing evidence. | "In two days, our operations in the occupied Palestinian territory will be crippled," UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini told the 15-member Security Council. "Full implementation of the Knesset legislation will be disastrou…
(2025-01-29). Israel is shifting its battlefield from Gaza to the West Bank. newarab.com 
Israeli forces are engaging in an Just hours after the truce came into effect on 19 January, Israel began Only two days…
(2025-01-29). Israel bombs horse cart, killing 5yo girl, because it was on a street not 'approved' for vehicles. skwawkbox.org 
Traffic violation treated by Israel as excuse to breach ceasefire and murder child Israel has bombed a family's horse cart, in yet another egregious breach of its supposed ceasefire in Gaza, murdering five-year-old Nadia al-Amoudi — supposedly because the cart was on a street that Israel had not approved for vehicles en route to northern …
(2025-01-29). Will Gaza's ceasefire impact the Houthis' Red Sea strategy. newarab.com 
As a subplot to the Gaza war, the Yemen-based Part of this shift has involved unprecedented naval attacks and The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas announced on 18 January may alter…
(2025-01-29). Israel strikes on south Lebanon wound 24: health ministry. newarab.com 
Israeli strikes wounded 24 people in The first strike hit the southern town of Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa, wounding 20 people, the ministry said, updating a previous toll of 14 injured. | It added that another strike on the neighbouring town of Zawtar wounded four people. | At around 7: 30 pm, an Israeli drone carried out "a strike with a guided missile targeting a small vegetable truck" in Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa, t…
(2025-01-29). Israelis need to disclose military service to enter New Zealand. newarab.com 
(2025-01-29). US envoy kickstarts Israel visit to oversee Gaza ceasefire. newarab.com 
US top diplomat This comes as negotiations for the second phase of the Israel-Hamas truce are set to begin. | The ceasefire is aimed at ending the war and seeing the According to US outlet Axios, citing an Israeli…
(2025-01-29). US Mid East envoy in Israel, Gaza visits for ceasefire push. newarab.com 
The US' Middle East envoy, Witkoff, who is a real estate investor and attorney, might also visit the Gaza Strip during his trip. Such a visit would mark the first time a US official has set foot in the war-battered…
(2025-01-29). US Senate Democrats stop bill sanctioning ICC for Israel. newarab.com 
(2025-01-29). Survey reveals Israel's systematic obstruction of aid into Gaza. newarab.com 
A year after the Conducted by 35 aid agencies, including Oxfam, Médecins du Monde, ActionAid, and the Norwegian Refugee Council, the survey revealed a systematic obstruction of aid and escalatin…
(2025-01-29). Iran's Khamenei says Gaza brought Israel 'to its knees'. newarab.com 
The "The small, limited Gaza brought the Zionist regime, armed to the teeth, and fully supported by America, to its knees," Kha…
(2025-01-29). Lebanon ex-PM Adib nominated as Salam's replacement at ICJ. newarab.com 
Lebanon has nominated diplomat If successfully appointed, Adib will represent Lebanon at the
(2025-01-29). Canada Charity Partners, oundation for Public Policy Development (FPPD), NGO Monitor and Tax-receipted. justpeaceadvocates.ca Did you know that for decades, registered charity status in Canada ) has been used as a tool for Zionist political groups to fund war crimes in Palestine and related Zionist political interests? If not, we don't blame you.
(2025-01-29). In Gaza 'never again' happened again as the powerful looked on. newarab.com 
(2025-01-29). Unpacking Palestine's struggle in Jaffa and the Present Absence. newarab.com 
(2025-01-29). Russia to assert Africa-Europe power via Libya airbase expansion. newarab.com 
The Mataan al-Sarra Airbase in the
(2025-01-29). Turkish airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan kills six civilians. newarab.com 
Six civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes in Turkey frequently c…
(2025-01-29). Trump Dumps the Paris Agreement: Is it a Big Deal? wattsupwiththat.com President Trump's executive order for the US to exit the Paris agreement is a huge deal, not least in saving the nation hundreds of millions of dollars which would have been spent on climate boondoggles such as President Biden's euphemistically termed Inflation Reduction Act and vast transfers in climate funds pledged to developing countries. Let not the naysayers say otherwise.
(2025-01-29). Truths about Coral Bleaching: CO2 Warming vs Reduced Clouds Cover? wattsupwiththat.com However, the science of coral bleaching now reports it is changes in the sun's insolation that primarily drives bleaching by increasing ROS production during photosynthesis along with solar heating. If global warming alone is causing coral bleaching and rising coral deaths, we would expect a steady decline in coral cover as CO2 rises. However, changes in coral cover have oscillated as we would expect from the El Nino oscillation. After recent El Nino-related massive bleaching events impacted nearly 90% of Australia's corals, in 2022 the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) reported the highest levels of…
(2025-01-29). Kurdish parties struggle to form government in Iraqi Kurdistan. newarab.com 
Efforts to establish a new government in This political deadlock has cast uncertainty over the r…
(2025-01-29). Palestinian prisoners with life sentences describe endless abuse. newarab.com 
(2025-01-29). Your guide to attend and who to cheer for Morocco's Afcon 2025. newarab.com 
(2025-01-29). Egypt's bread subsidy system reforms hit the poor hardest. newarab.com 
(2025-01-29). 'Conspiracy Theory' Is Now Fact: Greater Israel Has Arrived. popularresistance.org Ever since Tel Aviv's 1948 creation, much has been said and written about 'Greater Israel' — the notion Zionism's ultimate end goal is the forcible annexation and ethnic cleansing of vast swaths of Arab lands for Jewish settlement, based on Biblical claims that this territory was promised to Jews by God. The media typically dismisses this concept as an antisemitic conspiracy theory or, at most, the fringe fantasy of a minuscule handful of Israelis. | In reality, as The Guardian admitted in 2009, the idea of a Greater Israel has long appealed to "religious and secular right-wing nationalists" alike in Tel Av…
(2025-01-29). Sheinbaum vs. Trump: How Mexico's Popular First Woman President Is Navigating Hostile U.S. Policy. democracynow.org 
We take a look at Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's first 100 days in office with Edwin Ackerman, an expert on Mexican politics. Sheinbaum has proved enormously popular with the Mexican public, championing populist reforms and issuing forceful rebukes of Donald Trump's scapegoating and demonization of Latin America, including his attempt to rename the Gulf of Mexico to "the Gulf of America" and his threat to enact crushing tariffs on Mexico, the U.S.'s second-largest trading partner. Sheinbaum may be at the forefront of a "renewed pink tide," says Ackerman, referencin…
(2025-01-29). Top AI Investor Says Goal Is to Crash Human Wages. indybay.org What a noble vision. | AI-induced wage collapse is a consequence that happens "logically" and "necessarily," according to the billionaire.
(2025-01-29). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org
(2025-01-29). US Senate To Vote On Sanctions Against ICC Over Israel War Crimes Warrants. popularresistance.org The US Senate is set to begin voting on Tuesday on a bill that would impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to a report by The Washington Post. | The move has reportedly sparked concerns among some prominent European allies who warn it could undermine international law. | "U.S. lawmakers are moving to pass a law that some of Washington's top European allies fear will 'cripple' the world's preeminent international court, enable war criminals to act with impunity, and degrade the West's moral authority," the Washington Post reported.
(2025-01-29). Headlines for January 29, 2025. democracynow.org Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Trump's Radical Plan to Freeze Federal Grants and Loans, Unions Condemn Trump's "Deferred Resignation" Offer to Buy Out 2.3 Million Federal Workers, Trump Ousts National Labor Relations Board Leaders Who Support Workers' Rights, Immigration Raids Accelerate as ICE Sets Deportation Quota of at Least 1,200 Per Day, Senate Confirms Climate Denier Sean Duffy as Transportation Secretary, Senate Confirms Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary, Caroline Kennedy Calls HHS Nominee RFK Jr. a "Predator" Ahead of Senate Conf…
(2025-01-29). A world premiere in public international law. onlineopinion.com.au The Convention's nine chapters provide a detailed approach of modalities to prevent and combat the global problem of cybercrime while also including appropriate human rights safeguards.
(2025-01-29). Headlines for January 29, 2025. democracynow.org Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Trump's Radical Plan to Freeze Federal Grants and Loans, Unions Condemn Trump's "Deferred Resignation" Offer to Buy Out 2.3 Million Federal Workers, Trump Ousts National Labor Relations Board Leaders Who Support Workers' Rights, Immigration Raids Accelerate as Trump Sets Quota of at Least 1,200 Arrests Per Day, Senate Confirms Climate Denier Sean Duffy as Transportation Secretary, Senate Confirms Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary, Caroline Kennedy Calls HHS Nominee RFK Jr. a "Predator" Ahead of Senate Confir…
(2025-01-29). From Israel to Libya, Italy is Protecting Alleged War Criminals. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Antonio Tajani, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic, photographed during a press conference after the joint conversation with Annalena Baerbock, Federal Foreign Minister, (not pictured here) at the Foreign Office. Berlin, September 28, 2023. Photo by: Janine Schmitz/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images | ©…
(2025-01-29). Senate Democrats block bill to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel. haaretz.com U.S. Senate Democrats halted a Republican-led effort to sanction the World Court in protest of its arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and former defense minister over alleged war crimes committed in Gaza…
(2025-01-29). Singapore: End harassment and intimidation of Transformative Justice Collective. fidh.org 11 organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, condemn in the strongest terms the latest restrictions imposed by the Singapore government on activists from the Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), a civil society group actively opposing the death penalty and advocating for human rights in the country. Read the statement (…) | – |
(2025-01-29). Urgent call to confirm the suspension of Azerbaijan's PACE credentials at winter session 2025. fidh.org In a joint letter, human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, call the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to uphold the suspension of Azerbaijan's credentials for 2025, as escalating repression of civil society in the country violates the principles of the Council of Europe (…) | – |
(2025-01-29). PSNA's Minto hits back at Gaza 'genocide hotline' critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldiers entry. asiapacificreport.nz 
Asia Pacific Report A national Palestine advocacy group has hit back at critics of its "genocide hotline" campaign against soldiers involved in Israel's war against Gaza, saying New Zealand should be actively following international law. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) dismissed a "predictable lineup of apologists for Israel" for their criticisms of the PSNA…
(2025-01-29). Iran Refutes Israel's Allegations. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran's ambassador to the UN rejected the Zionist regime's threadbare and unfounded accusations against the Islamic Republic, saying Israel is attempting to distract the international community from its heinous atrocities against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
(2025-01-29). PSNA's Minto hits back at Gaza 'genocide hotline' critics, insists NZ should deny Israeli soldier visas. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report A national Palestine advocacy group has hit back at critics of its "genocide hotline" campaign against soldiers involved in Israel's war against Gaza, saying New Zealand should be actively following international law. The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) dismissed a "predictable lineup of apologists for Israel" for their criticisms of the PSNA…
(2025-01-29). Iran Welcomes Iraq's Anti-Terrorism National Strategy. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — An Iranian diplomat in Geneva praised Iraq's national strategy to combat terrorism designed for 2021—2025, stressing the need for the continuation of the scheme considering the threat of ISIL (Daesh) terrorist group to the region.
(2025-01-29). Tyres burned, embassies attacked in DR Congo's Kinshasa protests. aljazeera.com Burning tyres and looted embassies mark chaotic Kinshasa protests against international inaction in DR Congo conflict.
(2025-01-29). Rising Cyber Threats: UK Government's Vulnerability Exposed. bylinetimes.com Cyber attacks on government departments and Parliament from malign actors in Russia, China and Iran are becoming increasingly sophisticated and severe, the National Audit Office warns in a report published today. | Ministries are vulnerable to attack because 58 critical key IT systems in Whitehall have gaps in their cyber resistance and another 238 legacy computer systems are operating without any security updates because manufacturers have long ceased to provide them. | Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Tory Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, said: "Today's NAO report must serve as a stark wake-up call to the G…
(2025-01-29). 'All They Will Call You Will Be Deportees'. counterpunch.org 
And now Trump consciousness purports to claim — or reclaim — control over America: the land of white Christian nationalists and no one else, damnit! But of course that level of selfishness — mine, mine, mine! — is only possible to maintain with a huge helping of fear alongside it: fear of the enemy. Fear of
(2025-01-29). A Walk on the Border the Day After the National Emergency Declaration. counterpunch.org 
I approached Mirabel Cruz to ask her what she thought of the national emergency declaration for the U.S.-Mexico border, announced by President Donald Trump during his inauguration. She was at her house on International Street in Nogales, Arizona, where she lives in front of the 20-foot rust-colored wall, the very place that, according to Trump, is suffering a "dangerous invasion."When he declared the national emergency, there was a rousing standing ovation. I found the enthusiasm startling. Did the attendees at his inauguration know something I don't? So I came down to walk alongside the wall and take a look. Alo…
(2025-01-29). What to Expect from Venezuela's Constitutional Reform. orinocotribune.com In a special interview with journalist Breno Altman, Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro detailed the major changes expected for the proposed Constitutional Reform. | During the conversation, the national leader explained that the proposed Constitutional Reform will transform the state, the economy, and society. | He indicated that this process aims to unify and consolidate the climate of peace in Venezuela and increase the empowerment of the people. | He also announced that the debate for the reform will take place, alongside civilians, starting on February 15. | "The state is the Constitution, the state is the…
(2025-01-29). University of Birmingham targeting two students over their support for Palestine. thecanary.co On Tuesday 28 January, Antonia Listrat, final year International Law and Globalisation student at the University of Birmingham (UoB), went to what she thought was a disciplinary hearing, only to be told it was a fact-finding meeting instead. University of Birmingham: anti-Palestinian racism? "They didn't want to disclose any evidence and, at first, refused to …
(2025-01-29). Nicaraguan Parliament continues approval of reform to Magna Carta. plenglish.com Managua, Jan 29 (Prensa Latina) The National Assembly (Parliament) of Nicaragua continues today the process of discussion and approval of the partial reform of the Constitution, which aims to modernize and update the State to ensure new times of security and prosperity.
(2025-01-29). AMBS professors organizing conference on Christian nationalism. anabaptistworld.org "The conference promises to be a profound time of global reflection on the rise and challenges that Christian nationalism presents to Catholics and Mennonites."
(2025-01-29). SA signs international treaty to boost food security, biodiversity. sanews.gov.za SA signs international treaty to boost food security, biodiversity | South Africa has joined scores of countries worldwide that have formalised their commitment to ensuring the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. | The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) announced on Tuesday that South Africa has officially signed the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). | The objectives of the ITPGRFA are conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture, and to pro…
(2025-01-29). Fighting impunity: FIDH at the first world congress on enforced disappearances. fidh.org
(2025-01-29). Busoga University to reopen in August. independent.co.ug 
Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga University will reopen in August. This was revealed by the Ministry of Education's assistant commissioner in charge of university education and training, John Ochira. In December 2016, the National Council for Higher Education-NCHE revoked the provisional license of Busoga University, which has been in operation since 1998 on …
(2025-01-29). Four day NRM register update starts today. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM has started updating its register ahead of party primaries. The exercise that started this morning will run till Saturday, February 1st, 2025 across all the villages in Uganda. Rosemary Namayanja the Deputy Secretary General of NRM, says the exercise intends to enable persons who have turned …
(2025-01-29). UN evacuates staff to Uganda following conflict in eastern DR Congo. independent.co.ug 
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda said on Tuesday that the United Nations has evacuated part of its staff from Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following intense fighting. Henry Okello Oryem, Uganda's minister of state for foreign affairs in charge of international cooperation, told Xinhua by telephone that the UN's …
(2025-01-28). 'It's finally over' — President Biden grants Leonard Peltier clemency. workers.org 
The NDN Collective released the following statement on Jan. 20, 2025: Sumterville, Florida — Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence. The president's decision is the result of decades of grassroots organizing in Indian Country and the unveiling of increasing amounts of . . . |
(2025-01-28). India unveils Draft Legal Metrology Rules to unify time across the country. tvbrics.com 
This proposal seeks to establish synchronised Indian Standard Time (IST) under "One Nation, One Time" initiative…
(2025-01-28). Detroit's Death Spiral? counterpunch.org 
It came upon a midnight clear, a vision both complete and quite specific — not from any of those "angels bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold," as in the Christmas carol, but from a long line of trucks on the Indiana Toll Road. On that cold winter's night about five years
(2025-01-28). Respaldan en la India a Cuba en homenaje a José Martí. radiohc.cu La Habana, 28 ene (RHC) Organizaciones de India corroborarán hoy su respaldo a Cuba en medio del aumento de la agresividad de Estados Unidos con la reinserción de la isla en su lista de Estados Patrocinadores del Terrorismo.
(2025-01-28). A los 76 como república, India figura entre las principales economías>. radiohc.cu La Habana, 28 ene (RHC) Al celebrar el aniversario 76 como república, India figura hoy como la quinta potencia económica a escala internacional y "con gran esfuerzo se encamina a ser la tercera en 2027", vaticinó el embajador Armstrong Changsan.
(2025-01-28). Stronger measures to protect oceans from pollution. sanews.gov.za Stronger measures to protect oceans from pollution | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Marine Pollution (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment Bill, ushering in stronger measures to better protect South Africa's oceans from ship-related pollution. | In a statement, The Presidency highlighted the importance of the legislation, which is also a contribution to global efforts to protect the marine environment and sustainable economic exploitation. | "With a coastline stretching over 3 000 kilometres from Namibia on the Atlantic Ocean to Mozambique on the Indian Ocean, the new legislation is…
(2025-01-28). In Pursuit of India's R-Day Celebration. pressenza.com Defying all odds, including a boycott call by some armed militant outfits, the people of far eastern Bharat (India) celebrated the 76th Republic Day, unfurling the Tri-colour paying homage to the known and unknown martyrs of India's Freedom Movement against the colonial British forces. | Resentments against the governments in respective State capitals as well as in New Delhi, anti-India rhetoric and even the diktats from separatist militants could not deter from joining the celebrations aspiring for a powerful nation, which is definitely a Biswa Mitra (if not immediately, it can emerge as Biswa Guru), a guiding l…
(2025-01-28). Switzerland deports Palestinian American journalist Ali Abunimah. newarab.com 
Palestinian American journalist Abunimah, an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights and Executive Director of The Electronic Intifada, arrived in Swiss authoriti…
(2025-01-28). Emirati conglomerate Al-Habtoor cancels all Lebanon investments. newarab.com 
Khalaf Ahmad Al-Habtoor, the head of Dubai conglomerate Al-Habtoor said separately in a statement the unrest and instability in Lebanon by "factions loyal to armed militias in the country paint a grim picture", likely referring to Shia movement Hezbollah which has been…
(2025-01-28). Israel kills two Lebanese villagers as they try to return home. newarab.com 
(2025-01-28). Lebanon ex-PM Adib nominated as Salam's replacement at ICJ. newarab.com Lebanon has nominated diplomat If successfully appointed, Adib will represent Lebanon at the
(2025-01-28). Iran's Khamenei says Gaza brought Israel 'to its knees'. newarab.com The "The small, limited Gaza brought the Zionist regime, armed to the teeth, and fully supported by America, to its knees," Kha…
(2025-01-28). Veterans For Peace celebrates Gaza ceasefire, pledges to defend it. workers.org 
Workers World received this Jan. 23, 2025, statement from Veterans For Peace: Veterans For Peace joins the people of Gaza in rejoicing at the ceasefire that has brought a halt to Israel's bombardment of Palestinian children, women and men and their churches, their mosques, their schools and hospitals. At least . . . |
(2025-01-28). New York protest: Free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners! workers.org 
The Bronx Anti-War Coalition posted this report on Jan. 23, 2025. On January 22, in light of the glorious Toufan al-Ahrar (Flood of the Free), we gathered outside the comprador "Palestinian Authority" (PA) to demand freedom for Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners, whose liberation remains on the horizon. New . . . |
(2025-01-28). Leonard leaves prison. workers.org 
Prison Radio posted this commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal on Jan. 22, 2025. Leonard Peltier & Mumia Abu-Jamal Just a few hours ago, Leonard Peltier left the U.S. prison cell, what Indigenous people call the Iron House, and began the long trek home to North Dakota, where he was [unjustly tried . . . |
(2025-01-28). Week three: Oregon's largest health care workers strike. workers.org 
Portland, Oregon Providence Health & Services' health care workers are entering the third week of the largest nurse's strike in Oregon's history. Nearly 5,000 nurses, physicians, clinicians, midwives and other medical professionals from eight Portland area hospitals are demanding decent health care benefits, safe staffing, competitive wages and the hiring . . . |
(2025-01-28). Israeli minister u-turns on threat to quit over Gaza ceasefire. newarab.com 
Earlier this month, Smotrich opposed a
(2025-01-28). Qatar prepares phase 2 Gaza truce talks as thousands return home. newarab.com 
The Gaza ceasefire has entered its tenth day, with more than Despite the temporary lull, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 48 Palestinians were killed and 80 others wounded in the past 48 hours. Among the casualties were 37 bodies recovered from the rubble of previous airstrikes, alongside 11 civilians who were shot by Israeli forces.
(2025-01-28). After the bombs stop, Israel's drones continue to terrorise Gaza. newarab.com 
Although Nimr Abu Nimr suffers from severe hearing loss, the roar of Abu Nimr returned to his home west of
(2025-01-28). UK military role in Israel's Gaza war exposed in report. newarab.com A recent report by the British Palestinian Committee (BPC) has unveiled the full extent of the UK's military collaboration with Israel during its The report gave an in-depth look at how UK resources – including military bases, arms exports, and logistical support – were instrumental in sustaining Israel's military campaign in Gaza, which saw much of the enclave utterly destroyed. | According to the BPC, while the UK was not directly responsi…
(2025-01-28). North Gaza faces food crisis as more Palestinians return. newarab.com 
Around 300,000 Palestinians have now made their way back to the enclave's northern area from the recently opened Netzarim corridor, following 15 months of
(2025-01-28). Heartbreak and lost dreams await Palestinians in north Gaza. newarab.com 
When the displaced Palestinians returned to the north of the Instead, they were met with devastation far beyond their darkest fears. The alleys choked with rubble, and homes once bri…
(2025-01-28). In Historic Return March, Thousands of Palestinians Arrive in Northern Gaza. scheerpost.com
(2025-01-28). Kshama Sawant: Fight the Rich. scheerpost.com
(2025-01-28). Michael Hudson: Trump's Tariff Threats Could Destabilize the Global Economy. scheerpost.com
(2025-01-28). Russia to assert Africa-Europe power via Libya airbase expansion. newarab.com The Mataan al-Sarra Airbase in the
(2025-01-28). Police in Switzerland Ban Then Detain Palestinian American Journalist. scheerpost.com
(2025-01-28). Turkish airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan kills six civilians. newarab.com Six civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes in Turkey frequently c…
(2025-01-28). 'Turn it into a retirement village': Inside the war of words over Eden Park. asiapacificreport.nz After lengthy, torrid and emotional debate a critical decision for the future of Auckland TƒÅmaki Makaurau is being made in March. One party will celebrate; the other will slink back to the drawing board. But will it really settle the great Auckland stadium debate? SPECIAL REPORT: By Chris Schulz It resembles a building from Blade…
(2025-01-28). 'Turn it into a retirement village': Inside the war of words over Eden Park. asiapacificreport.nz After lengthy, torrid and emotional debate a critical decision for the future of Auckland TƒÅmaki Makaurau is being made in March. One party will celebrate; the other will slink back to the drawing board. But will it really settle the great Auckland stadium debate? SPECIAL REPORT: By Chris Schulz It resembles a building from Blade…
(2025-01-28). Carbon Capture A Waste Of Money, Says Octopus Boss. wattsupwiththat.com But Jackson did not seem to realise the irony when he commented that it was competition rather than subsidies that should be driving the UK's energy transition. | Does he not know that subsidies for renewable energy have cost close to £100 billion already, and will continue to rise?>
(2025-01-28). Exclusive: Labour now 'trying to KEEP Amesbury despite assault' — because afraid of Reform 'party'. skwawkbox.org 
Runcorn and Helsby MP convicted of assault and awaiting sentencing — but Labour dumps Ashworth plan for fear of loss to far-right corporate 'party' if by-election triggered As Skwawkbox has covered previously, Runcorn and Helsby MP Mike Amesbury — currently suspended by Labour — was convicted after admitting that he assaulted a man repeatedly in …
(2025-01-28). After 42 minutes this season Al-Hilal terminates Neymar contract. newarab.com 
Brazilian star "The club expresses its thanks and appreciation to Neymar for what he has provided throughout his career with
(2025-01-28). Egypt's bread subsidy system reforms hit the poor hardest. newarab.com
(2025-01-28). ICC prosecutor seeking warrants over West Darfur atrocities. newarab.com 
The prosecutor of the Karim Khan told the
(2025-01-28). Unlocking Uganda's E-Commerce Potential: Empowering SMEs to thrive in the digital age. independent.co.ug 
OPINION | Ivy Maingi | Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the heartbeat of Uganda's economy, playing a crucial role in job creation, local innovation, and overall economic growth. Yet, in today's fast-paced digital landscape, many SMEs face challenges in adapting to the tools and platforms necessary to remain competitive. At Glovo, we believe e- commerce …
(2025-01-28). 'Conspiracy Theory' is Now Fact: Greater Israel Has Arrived. mintpressnews.com 
Ever since Tel Aviv's 1948 creation, much has been said and written about 'Greater Israel' — the notion Zionism's ultimate end goal is the forcible annexation and ethnic cleansing of vast swaths of Arab lands for Jewish settlement, based on Biblical claims that this territory was promised to Jews by God. The
(2025-01-28). With Trump Back in the White House, What Will Happen to Guantánamo? truthout.org On January 10th, one day before the 23rd anniversary of its opening, a much-anticipated hearing was set to take place at the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility on the island of Cuba. After nearly 17 years of pretrial litigation, the prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the "mastermind" of the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001, seemed poised to achieve its ever-elusive goal of… |
(2025-01-28). Joint Security Forces Recover 60mm Bomb in Moroto. plusnews.ug 
The joint security forces have successfully recovered a 60mm bomb in Apeikidor village, Nadunget sub-county, Moroto District. The bomb was recovered on Monday morning just 2 kilometers away from the neighboring village where another bomb killed two minors who were hunting edible rats on Sunday morning. The recovery was made possible through a tip-off from …
(2025-01-28). SA improves housing consumer rights. sanews.gov.za SA improves housing consumer rights | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Housing Consumer Protection Bill, which is geared at offering greater protection for housing consumers and support for new entrants in the home building industry. | According to a statement by the Presidency, the law also seeks to address "challenges identified by the Department of Human Settlements and the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), with regard to the Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act of 1998". | "The new law seeks to ensure adequate protection of housing consumers and effective regulation of…
(2025-01-28). Afghanistan: International Criminal Court Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants for Taliban leaders marks new milestone for gender justice. fidh.org
(2025-01-28). Urgent call to confirm the suspension of Azerbaijan's PACE credentials at winter session 2025. fidh.org In a joint letter, human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, call the members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to uphold the suspension of Azerbaijan's credentials for 2025, as escalating repression of civil society in the country violates the principles of the Council of Europe (…) | – |
(2025-01-28). Singapore: End harassment and intimidation of Transformative Justice Collective. fidh.org 11 organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, condemn in the strongest terms the latest restrictions imposed by the Singapore government on activists from the Transformative Justice Collective (TJC), a civil society group actively opposing the death penalty and advocating for human rights in the country. Read the statement (…) | – |
(2025-01-28). 'The main threat': Iran says Israel disrupting peace, endangering region's fragile stability. presstv.ir Iran says Israel is the main threat to international peace and security.
(2025-01-28). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Signal workers at Canadian National Railways could strike from Tuesday over contract issues, while the Association of Flight Attendants has told its Alaska Air members to vote "yes" on new contract or face dire consequences.
(2025-01-28). Trump says Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok. aljazeera.com US president says there's 'great interest' in purchasing video-sharing platform facing ban on national security grounds.
(2025-01-28). The repression of the pro-Palestine movement at Birmingham University should be a national scandal. thecanary.co Expressing ourselves freely is a basic human right, and freedom of speech is an important part of this expression. Nowhere is it more important than in universities, where ideas need to be challenged, new perspectives developed, and independent thinking among students and staff should be the norm. Although the Equality Act is already in place …
(2025-01-28). Cuba's National Hero honored in East Timor. plenglish.com Dili, Jan 28 (Prensa Latina) Friends of Cuba and members of the diplomatic corps paid tribute to the architect of the Caribbean nation's independence, José Martí, on the 172nd anniversary of his birth.
(2025-01-28). Cuba hosts International Conference dedicated to Marti. plenglish.com The scientists Hector Hernandez and Eduardo Torres, who are members of the organizing committee, explained that a youth forum, some workshops, and a conference will be dedicated to debating Marti on his 172nd birthday and the 130th anniversary of his death in combat. | We had to talk about peace, unity, solidarity, and other controversial issues, so we chose Jose Marti, the first to write and offer a dialogue on those issues," Eduardo Torres affirmed. | "His ideas were not just for Cuba, he was a universal thinker whose ideas are still valid at present," he continued. | The Jose Marti Project for World Solidarit…
(2025-01-28). Trump Ousts 2 Key Leaders at the National Labor Relations Board. truthout.org In a radical shake-up of the federal agency tasked with protecting the right of private sector employees to organize, U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday fired two key leaders at the National Labor Relations Board. Trump ousted NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo and — in a less expected and legally dubious move — also removed Democratic NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox. |
(2025-01-28). Axel Rudakubana's Southport murders: Who bears responsibility? wsws.org Starmer's inquiry will not address the problems in the National Health Service, social services and schools which prevented them from intervening effectively to shift Rudakubana from the path he was on. Nor will it pose the question: what are the psychological pressures at work in today's society which drove him down that path in the first place?
(2025-01-28). Mchunu honours men and women in blue. sanews.gov.za Mchunu honours men and women in blue | Police Minister Senzo Mchunu has thanked police officers for the sacrifices they make to safeguard the country. | | The country on Monday marked National Police Day. | | "You leave your families to serve the greater family that is our beloved country. Your sacrifices do not go unnoticed. On behalf of the government of the Republic of South Africa and the people you so diligently protect, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you. | | "The parade today is a symbol of the discipline, strength, and capabilities of the SAPS [South African Police Service]. It is a…
(2025-01-28). Fighting impunity: FIDH at the first world congress on enforced disappearances. fidh.org
(2025-01-28). Have your say on draft National Elephant Heritage Strategy. sanews.gov.za Have your say on draft National Elephant Heritage Strategy | Public comments are sought on the draft National Elephant Heritage Strategy in South Africa. | | The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion Travers George, has called on the public to comment on the draft National Elephant Heritage Strategy in South Africa. | | "The draft strategy provides a high-level vision and strategic objectives at national level for the management and long-term conservation of elephants as a meta-population in South Africa, while contributing to the well-being of people," the Department of Forestry, Fisheries…
(2025-01-28). SANDF refutes video clip claims. sanews.gov.za SANDF refutes video clip claims | The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that its forces surrendered to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | | The SANDF said these allegations are misleading and untrue. | | In a statement on Tuesday, the SANDF clarified the misrepresentation of events circulating in a video clip claiming that SANDF forces surrendered to M23 rebels. | | "We wish to set the record straight. The footage in question depicts a white flag raised, which is an outcome of discussions between the opposing fighting forces to agree…
(2025-01-28). Gulu University gives Chinese constructors sh500M compensation. independent.co.ug 
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A report by the Auditor General has revealed how Gulu University forked out Shillings 527.5 million to pay accumulated interest to Chinese firm Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) over delayed contract payments. The University management entered a contract with Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) on June 19, 2019, at a …
(2025-01-28). NUP kicks off selection of Kawempe North by-election candidate. independent.co.ug 
Kawempe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) has kick-started a process of selecting a party flag bearer to contest in the Kawempe North by-election. This is carried out in a formal statement calling for expression of interest from the political party members for the parliamentary seat and councillor for the Kazo-Angola …
(2025-01-28). SANDF members killed in rebel attack near Goma Airport. sanews.gov.za SANDF members killed in rebel attack near Goma Airport | The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has confirmed the passing away of three of its members following a mortar bomb attack by the M23 rebel militia near Goma Airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday. | | This follows an exchange of mortar bomb between the Forces Armees de la Republic Democratique du Congo (FARDC), Congolese Defence Force and the M23 rebel militia near Goma Airport, where the SANDF base is collocated. | | "The M23 rebels launched several a mortar bomb in the direction of Goma Airport, which landed in the SANDF b…
This expansion is expected to create a more balanced workforce…
The nations have agreed to partner in fintech, artificial intelligence (AI), digital public infrastructure, and space exploration…
This live blog has now ended. Make sure to follow us for the latest news on The Lebanese health ministry said the Israeli army opened fire on Sunday on southern Lebanese residents trying to 
For the first time in 15 months of Israel's genocidal war and forced displacement, Along the coastal Rashid Street, the scene resembled a flood—with waves upon waves of families carrying their belongings and rushing to return to their homes. | This historic return unfolded against the backdrop of U…
Masses of Palestinians began returning to their homes in It marks the first time that Palestinians have been allowed to reach northern Gaza since the outbreak of Israel's deadly Israel had been preventing Pa…
Tens of thousands of Palestinians walked on foot towards northern Gaza on Monday, ending more than a year of displacement from their homes by Israeli forces who had barred their return. | Israel ended its block on Palestinians returning north after it agreed a deal with Hamas on the release of Israeli captive 
The The "Elimination of the Discrimination in the Purchase of Real Estate in Judea and Samaria" bill, previously proposed by Bezalel Smotrich, was introduced by Moshe Solomon of the 
The Lebanese Ministry of Heath continues to update the d…
Israeli forces continued their siege and assault on Jenin refugee camp for the seventh day in what Israel has dubbed Operation "Iron Walls", which had left Two-year old On Sunday night, Israeli bul…
The United Nations' special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, met on Sunday with a senior Houthi official in Oman and called for the release of UN staff held by the rebels. | A statement from Grundberg's office said he met in Muscat with "senior Omani officials" and Mohammed Abdul Salam, spokesman for the "They addressed the recent arbitrary detention of additional United Nations personnel adding to the numerous others already held by Ansar Allah," the statement said, referring to the Yemeni rebels.
Journalist arrested and held for two days during visit to give talk Electronic Intifada director Ali Abunimah has been deported by Switzerland today after being arrested and detained for two days — after Swiss border police had interviewed him and allowed him to enter for an event talk he was scheduled to give. Abunimah, who …
UN human rights experts and activists condemned on Sunday the arrest of Abunimah, the executive director of online pro-Palestinian publication 
Swiss police reportedly arrested The publication revealed that police questioned Abunimah for an hour before he was permitted to enter the country, where he is currently detained and has had access to legal counsel.
Councillor David Wilson doubles down when challenged — no action from Labour Right-wing Stockport Labour councillor — and former Stockport mayor — David Wilson has been slammed for a grossly Islamophobic comment about Palestinian children. Reddish councillor Wilson posted excitedly about the release — in perfect health — of four captured serving female Israeli soldiers …
The US said on Sunday that the agreement between Lebanon and Israel would remain in effect until February 18, after Israel said on Friday it would keep troops in the south beyond the Sunday deadline set out in a US-brokered ceasefire that halted last year's war with "The arrangement between Lebanon and Israel, monitored by the United States, will continue to be in effect until February 18, 2025," the White House said in a It also sa…
The UK-based rights watchdog urged "The genocide against the Palestinian people is a matter o…
In September 2024, the EU Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee gave preliminary approval to the 
The Israeli army Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday that at least 124 others were injured as the Israeli army fired on people attempting to return to their homes. | The mass…
It was midnight on December 28, 2008, Terrified, I had no idea what to do. My mother quickly woke my two siblings up, and we fled the house, still dressed in our nightclothes. We had barely gone 50 meters when missiles illuminated the area. We crouched beneath a wall for cover as rubble and smoke engulfed us. After a few moments, we started running again, heading towards my grandfather's…
Egypt and Jordan on Sunday rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians, after US President Donald Egypt's foreign ministry in a statement expressed Cairo's "continued support for the steadfastness of the Palestinian people on their land". | It "rejected any infringement on those inalienable rights, whether by settlement or annexation of land, or by the depopulation of that land of its people through dis…
In The move follows government claims last year of success in the "voluntary" repatriation of more than 7,000 migrants. However, rights groups have expressed…
A public teacher in Pennsylvania was put on leave after allegedly calling a Palestinian American middle school student an extremist, the school district and a Muslim advocacy group said. | Why it's important | Human rights advocates say there has been a Key quotes | The Central Dauphin School District said on Saturday it had l…
The administration of Under the deal being negotiated by the White House, TikTok's China-based owner, ByteDance, would retain a stake in the company, but data collection and software updates would be overseen by Oracle, which already provides the foun…
Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Mohsen al-Mandalawi spoke to Reuters in a recent interview after seismic shifts in the Middle East that have seen Iran's armed allies in Gaza and 
On 17 January, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian held a This agreement formalised Russia and Iran's commitments to expanding 
A Canadian ex-soldier detained by the 
The one-day visit is part of an effort to bolster relations between the 
The U.S. may place a "very big bounty" on the top leaders of the "Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has been reported," Rubio said in a post on social media platform X. | "If this is true, we will have to immediately place a VERY BIG bounty on t…
Honduras joins Colombia in standing up to Trump's bullying and posturing, as Trump tries to bully Denmark into giving up Greenland Honduran president Xiomara Castro has become the latest national leader from Central and South America to stand up to microwaved US president Donald Trump's bullying and posturing. Earlier on Sunday, Colombian premier Gustavo Petro …
In a move viewed by experts and free speech advocates as arguably legalisation of an already present situation, Egypt On 13 January, the lower house of the parliament passed an amendment to Article 79 of the 
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and visiting Italian Prime Minister The official Saudi Press Agency reported that during their meeting in 
An intelligence-affiliated media company has recently turned in two public television channels, throwing light on the high cost of state control over the media in United Media Services, a media company founded by the 
"Our forces are in their best condition," 
The Kurdistan Workers' Party ( 
It's time to declare war on the rich. We need to build an organized, unified movement of working people to systematically take on the rich who run society and to undermine their ability to rule. Our goal must be to both fight for radical change in the present and to bring down the billionaires and 
GAZA | Xinhua | Hamas on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan. In a press statement, Hamas described the plan as an "aggressive scheme" aimed at displacing Palestinians and undermining their national cause. Hamas said that the Palestinian people, who have endured "genocide …
The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Trump's defense secretary by just one vote. Hegseth has "very clear" ties to extreme Christian nationalism, as well as a history of alleged sexual assault and abuse. Logan Davis, a reporter in Denver, Colorado, who grew up in the same classical Christian educational movement that Hegseth is raising his family in, explains the problematic ideology that shapes it. Hegseth has endorsed leaders in the community and their beliefs that the church possesses supremacy over worldly affairs, antebellum slavery was a "beneficent American i…
A lawless madman, with cunning political skills, is at large in our White House. After less than five days in office, he has set a record for flamboyantly issued executive orders, many violative of federal statutes and the Constitution. A partial list: he has withdrawn the U.S. from the World Health Organization (e.g., damaging international 
The movement to demand action on climate change took a new turn on October 14, 2022, the day that a pair of activists in London's National Gallery tossed tomato soup at the glass in front of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" painting. | Most people didn't like the spectacle, an attempt to grab public attention by vandalizing a celebrated work of art, but 
Anti-poverty report sees billionaire wealth surging as poverty is unchanged since 1990 COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On Jan.20, the global anti-poverty NGO, Oxfam International published its 2025 report. It coincided with the day business elites gathered in the Swiss resort town of Davos for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and American billionaire, Donald …
Now, a year after the case was officially shelved in Spain, police in the UK are facing calls from a Government Minister and Levi's family for a full international review as Byline Times publishes a major new investigation. | A version of this article was first published in the July 2024 edition of Byline Times | It's a missing person's case with dark criminal undertones, conspicuously unsolved two years after the rugby union professional and reality television contestant Levi Davis stepped off a ferry in Barcelona and vanished. | Twelve months later, police probes in the Catalan capital were being shelved wit…
Between feelings of deep joy at her release from an Yasmine was The 26-year-old from Bethlehem…
The UN called for the "immediate and unconditional" release of its staff held in Yemen, which is suffering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. | "Yesterday, the de facto authorities in Sanaa detained additional UN personnel working in areas under their control," the office of the resident United Nations coordinator for Yemen said. | It did not say how man…
The The motion, which passed on Thursday, called on the Netherlands' government to take national measures and work with the 
Complaints have been lodged with the UN Committee against Torture on behalf of six Tunisian victims protesting the failure of authorities to secure a single torture conviction, a human rights group said Thursday. | Since the launch in 2018 of special courts tasked with trying alleged cases of torture under the authoritarian governments that preceded the Arab Spring of 2011, "not one trial has led to a verdict", the vice-president of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), Mokhtar Trifi, told reporters. | The OMCT's Tunisian branch is supporting complaints to the UN committee by two former prisoners and…
The Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan national living in the US unlawfully, was approved in the House of Representatives on Wednesday by a 263-158 vote. | Under the legislation, forces could detain undocumented immigrants accused of committing crimes such as theft…
As one of his last acts in office, President Joe Biden issued a posthumous pardon for Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and generations of civil rights leaders. Advocates and congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey for years, with supporters arguing that Garvey's 1923 mail fraud conviction was politically motivated and an effort to silence the popular leader who spoke of racial pride and self-reliance. "This electrified a people around the world that were in the midst of oppression," says Howard University law professor Justin Hansford. Garvey w…
Israeli forces launched a major assault on the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin, bombing and storming the area in a At least The UN Human Rights Office has also reported s…
United Nations human rights experts have urged Thailand not to send 48 Human rights groups and some Thai lawmakers have raised concerns in the past week that the transfer to China of the Uyghurs, who have been held in immigration detention for more than a decade, was imminent. The government has said it has…
This slightly edited article was originally Introduction: As a second Trump presidency takes shape, the treatment of immigrants, particularly from Latin America and the Caribbean, remains a central and contentious issue. Republican border policies have long framed immigrants as threats, using them as scapegoats for broader societal problems. | Yet much of the migration from Latin America is driven by the fallout from U.S. foreign interventions — anti-de…
The Trump administration has begun its crackdown on immigrant communities in the United States, with the Department of Homeland Security announcing Tuesday it will allow federal agents to conduct raids at schools, houses of worship and hospitals, ending a yearslong policy that banned Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from arresting people at these sensitive locations. This comes a day after President Trump signed a series of executive orders that included declaring a "national emergency" at the southern border, launching mass raids and deportations, restricting federal funds from sanctuary ci…
Fake '2020' copyright added to human rights org's footage showing skulls with bullet wounds discovered as families returned to northern Gaza An Israeli propagandist has tried and failed to discredit video footage and images that appear to show the remains of executed Palestinians, discovered by family members on their return to their home areas. Muhammad …
Morocco's Over the weekend, the Jus…
Being implicated in acts of torture and the murder of an Arab Muslim nationalist were not mentioned when Jean-Marie Le Pen was Except that forgetting about the evil carried out by Le Pen, the far-right politician,…
An Italian journalist In her first televised interview since her release on 8 January, Cecilia Sala discussed the three-nation negotiation th…
Six months ago today, on 19 July 2024, the UN International Court of Justice in the Hague (ICJ) issued one of the most significant judicial decisions ever rendered in international law. What Palestinian human rights NGO Althou…
Egyptian human rights activist Hossam Bahgat was released on bail Sunday after being charged with "joining and financing a terrorist group" and publishing "fake news and data", a rights group said. | The charges were part of a new case against Bahgat, who was released on bail of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (about $400), the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, which he founded, said in a statement. | On Wednesday, EIPR said prosecutors had summoned Bahgat, who is also the group's executive director, but "the summons did not specify the details of the case or the charges involved" at the time. | Mahmoud Shalaby…
Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners on Monday after Hamas handed over three Israeli captives, completing the first exchange under a The three captives released Sunday, all women, were reunited with their families and taken to hospital in central Israel where a doctor said they were in stable condition. | Hours later in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Pales…
Governor Hochul: "I assure you that New York will always be that beacon of hope, the place where the women's rights movement started, the place where the NAACP was founded, …
Ahead of President elect-Donald Trump's second inauguration, thousands of people rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday at the People's March to oppose his policies on immigration, abortion, LGBTQ rights, the climate crisis and more. We air voices of resistance from the protest. "All of us deserve to feel like human beings, and all of us deserve to have our rights respected," said Hope Giselle, executive director of the National Trans Visibility March. "Without a democracy, without a true democracy, we all fall to the wayside of corruption and a government that does not see us as h…
This includes being part of a trend of fraying international norms, double standards by liberal democracies on human rights, and a conflict underscoring the importance of institutions…
Thousands of people gathered and over 70 were arrested at a pro-Palestine rally in central London Saturday, on the eve of the start of a The majority were detained on The ceasefire, which comes into effect Sunday morning, involves the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas and Palestinian prisoners held…
A US non-profit has written to the 
The country sets a new benchmark in space exploration with a successful docking experiment…
According to government data, India's installed renewable energy capacity reached 209.44 GW by December 2024…
COMMENTARY: By Monika Singh The lack of women representation in parliaments across the world remains a vexed and contentious issue. In Fiji, this problem has again surfaced for debate in response to Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica's call for a quota system to increase women's representation in Parliament. Kamikamica was speaking at the "Capacity Building…
After 15 months of U.S.-funded, vicious destruction by the Israel Occupation Forces of every city, including every hospital, school, torching tent cities and over 64,000 official deaths in Gaza, the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, in consultation with representatives of the other Palestinian factions, on Jan. 15 announced that a ceasefire . . . | 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has shelved a cabinet vote on the ceasefire agreement, claiming that Hamas has "backtracked" on elements of the deal. | "Hamas reneges on parts of the agreement reached with the mediators and Israel in an effort to extort last-minute concessions," a statement from the prime minister's office alleged. | "The Israeli cabinet will not convene until the mediators notify Israel that Hamas has accepted all elements of the agreement." | Israeli ministers had been expected to vote on whether to approve the Qatar, Egypt and US-brokered truce at 13: 00 GMT. | The news comes as Israel kil…
In the streets of the It was a rare moment in the besieged coastal enclave that has witnessed…
Lists allow us to neatly arrange our lives. We especially love them in January as they give oxygen to the belief that we are capable of change. That the world — despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary — is a fine place, worth fighting for. Lists allow us to account for what has passed and what we hope will manifest itself in the future. | Such anthologies are usually positive, but we are living in extraordinary times, and the genocide in Palestine — regardless of any ceasefire — must remain at the forefront of our collective consciousness if we are ever to acknowledge our own quie…
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani announced on Wednesday that a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas had been agreed. | On the ground, Palestinians in Gaza have come out in huge numbers to celebrate the deal, with hopes that 15 months of hell at the hands of Israel could be coming to an end. | The New Arab looks at how Hamas, Israel and world leaders and the heads of official international and transnational bodies have reacted to the deal that could potentially lead to lasting peace in Gaza. | Hamas: | Hamas's chief negotiator said W…
Israeli media-leaked reality shows 'deal' is at best temporary reprieve Israeli news channel ynet has published details of what incoming US president Donald Trump has promised Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in return for agreeing a so-called 'ceasefire' in Israel's genocide in Gaza — and the details expose the 'deal' as a sham and a scam …
"That's such a great question, I'm so glad you asked that. You probably have it as a British saying that something's 'hitting close to home,'" says artist Born in Brooklyn as an Afro-Caribbean American Muslim, Nsenga explains that the idea came about during the 2023 International Symposium on the History and Legacy of Muslims in the Caribbean…
Download the PDF LA fires showDisaster response in U.S. collapsed Dr. King's legacy & recent strikes Philly Chinatown wins arena battle Capitalism's housing crisis On the picket line Global warming inferno Musk boosts bigots worldwide Galápagos — Pentagon base? Editorials: Real solidarity with Los Angeles Trump puts profits first Tear . . . | 
The strikes targeted various areas across the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City. | The deal, which will see 33 captives re…
Nicolás Maduro was inaugurated for his third term as president of Venezuela on Jan. 10. Delegations from 125 countries and international organizations participated in the swearing-in ceremony. Venezuelans celebrate inauguration of reelected President Nicolás Maduro, Caracas, Jan. 10, 2025,Photo: Freddy àëáñez, Telesur. In one of the first acts of his . . . | 
Spain's top diplomat announced Wednesday a EUR 10 million aid package for "This announcement of 10 million euros for the United Nations Development Programme" will contribute to "supplement the salaries of the Lebanese Armed Forces" as well as finance "solar panels and logistical aspects" of the army, Jose Manuel Albares said during a v…
Palestinian journalist In footage shared widely on social media, al-Sharif slowly removed his press helmet and protective vest, in a symbol of the toll the…
In the alleyway behind "My grandfather Abdelzaher Ibrahim started working here for…
An Nada Mougheeth, the wife of Ashraf Omar, w…
Mazlum Abdi, the commander of the US-backed The meeting, confirmed to The New Arab…
Tunisian tennis star The 30-year-old, a three-time Grand Slam finalist, is striving to return to peak form However, on Thursday, Jabeur was visibly emotional a…
Egyptian football star The forward's current contract is set to expire at the end of the season, leaving fans and pundits questioning his next move. | The rumours intensified after Saudi sports chief Turki Al-Alsheikh, a central figure in the kingdom's sports and entert…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said "significant progress" had been made in efforts to revive dialogue between Ankara and the banned PKK militant group. | "Significant progress has been made towards this goal," Erdogan said after three members of Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM opposition party met with jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan then briefed the parties in parliament. | "We see that the contacts made by the delegation were productive," he said, saying Turkey was "cautiously optimistic". | The contact with Ocalan came after the head of Turkey's nationalist MHP party, Devlet Bahceli, exten…
The United Nations warned Wednesday of retaliatory attacks against civilians in Sudan's The Sudanese army, at war with rival paramilitaries since April 2023, led an advance this week on El Gezira, recapturing the st…
After years of attempted reconciliation, Over the weekend, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced plans to abolis…
Last Year, on December 4th, Tuesday night, community members of West Philadelphia gathered in the Church of Christian Compassion to listen to the city's Mayor, Cherelle Parker, make the case for the construction of a new basketball arena for the city's basketball team, the 76ers. Mayor Parker told Philadelphians, "If we are going to be …
Introduction: As a second Trump presidency looms, the treatment of immigrants, particularly from Latin America and the Caribbean, remains a central and contentious issue. Republican border policies have long framed immigrants as threats, using them as scapegoats for broader societal problems. Yet much of the migration from Latin America is driven by the fallout from …
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes has been drawn into Group C alongside Niger, Guinea, and two yet-to-be-determined teams for the CAF TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN). The draw was conducted at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya, shortly after CAF announced the tournament's postponement. Originally slated for February 1—28, …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Butambala County Member of Parliament Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has been appointed Deputy President of National Unity Platform-NUP Buganda Region. Kivumbi, who is also the Chairperson of the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus, replaces the Nyendo Mukungwe MP, Mathias Mpuuga, who was suspended by the Party over the controversial 500 million service …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) has said that they are yet to determine whether everyone who used Replenish, a ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) prescribed for the severely malnourished experienced adverse reactions. This revelation comes after the Ministry of Health issued a notice to Chief Administrative Officers across the country …
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is vowing a "strong, national response" should incoming U.S. President-elect Donald Trump makes good on threats to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods.
If you had read the headline "war criminal flees to Argentina to avoid war crimes arrest" in 1945, it would have referred to Nazi war criminals escaping Germany 
Philadelphia After an over two-year struggle to stop construction of a basketball arena that threatened the destruction of Philadelphia's historic Chinatown and a contentious 12-to-5 City Council vote approving the plan on Dec. 19, just a few weeks later on Jan. 12 Philadelphia 76ers' team owners suddenly announced that their . . . | 
This article is the second of a "It doesn't matter where they are, right now every Palestinian is going through something," M., 26, tells The New Arab. M. chooses to remain anonymous due to punitive measures by Israeli authorities against those testifying and speaking out against I…
As Over the past 15 months of attacks on 
While Speaking to The New Arab, several Palestinian families described their fears over the "unknown fate of their sons" in ligh…
Controversial Ugandan judge Sebutinde garnered attention for her staunch opposition to South…
What do you give the person who has everything? Well, if you're an Amazon or Starbucks worker and that person is the CEO, there's only one answer. Give the boss a strike! Amazon strike, JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, December 23, 2024. (WW photo) The Rev. Dr. Martin . . . | 
Italian 
So far, states marking the month include Michigan, New Jersey, Utah, Connecticut, in addition to a growing number of states, towns and districts. A congressional resolution was introduced several years ago to give the month national recognition. | The goal for community leaders is to make…
The The attacks largely targeted people from western Sudan living in the central state because of accusations they collaborated with the Earlier this week, the Sudanese army and allied…
The The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said in a statement late Tuesday that it was "alarmed by the disturbing footage circulating on social media, which shows brutal torture and ill-treatment of detainees at the Gernada detention facility in eastern Lib…
Celebrations erupted across the Gaza Strip Wednesday as the ceasefire agreement, negotiated for months by various international diplomats, was announced as finalized. Unlike the previous four times when a ceasefire was reached over the past 466 days, Israel did not change the terms and pull out at the last moment. The Qatari Prime Minister and …
Asia Pacific Report The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Egyptian, Palestinian and Israeli authorities to allow foreign journalists into Gaza in the wake of the three-phase ceasefire agreement set to to begin on Sunday. The New York-based global media watchdog urged the international community "to independently investigate the deliberate targeting of journalists…
The Communist Party USA welcomes the long-overdue removal of Cuba from the U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and considers it a significant step towards justice for the Cuban people and a welcome one to all those who champion peace and justice. | Despite its limited scope, this decision reflects years of struggle by the Cuban people, the international community, and broad sections of the world population, including democratic, labor, civil rights, and communist organizations across the globe. | Cuba was not, and is not, a "state sponsor of terrorism," but a country that works tirelessly for peace, inter…
THE HAGUE | Xinhua | The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Tuesday that its president, judge Nawaf Salam, has resigned following his appointment as Lebanon's prime minister. Salam, who assumed the ICJ presidency in 2024, officially stepped down as a member of the court effective immediately, the ICJ stated in a press …
SEOUL | Xinhua | South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested in presidential residence Wednesday, becoming the country's first sitting president to be kept in custody over his short-lived martial law imposition. A joint investigation unit, composed of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), the National Office of Investigation (NOI) and the defense …
Shiny Lal is a nurse who came to the U.S. from India at the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic. In a new country facing an unprecedented virus, she dedicated herself to the difficult, dangerous work of front-line caregiving to create a better life for her family. But it wasn't long before her American dream turned into a nightmare. Her employer, MedPro Healthcare Staffing, is among 
The The Turkey-based SNC, which met with al-Sharaa in 
US again confirms its lawlessness and contempt for international law The United States Congress has voted in favour of sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) in a bid to shield war criminals Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant from justice. Members of the House of Representatives passed the "Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act" by 243 votes to …
The US House of Representatives have voted for the second time to sanction individuals working for the The Republican-led bipartisan 
We continue to reflect on Jimmy Carter's foreign policy with history professor Brad Simpson. Despite presiding over an administration that stood out for its successful championing of human rights elsewhere in the world, "in Southeast Asia, Carter really continued the policies of the Nixon and Ford administration," particularly in Indonesia, which was at the time occupying and carrying out a genocide in East Timor. Simpson founded the Indonesia/East Timor Documentation Project at the National Security Archive, which provided thousands of U.S. documents to East Timor's Truth Commission in th…
Communities and civil society groups unite for land rights and climate justice for a sustainable future: | As a young person growing up in India in the 1970s and 80s, the struggle of southern Africans against apartheid—an institutional form of race-based segregation and discrimination that its colonial government imposed—was one that we frequently encountered. Tales of brutality that we heard were horrifying, but stories of the movements for freedom led by some of recent history's most iconic figures inspired us. India as a people, including its government, was strongly and vocally supportive…
The Ambassador also said that Indian companies are closely following the progress of reforms in Ethiopia…
Judy Bello on webinar on U.S. role in Syria, Dec. 28, 2024. By Judy Bello Judy Bello, board member of the Syrian Support Movement and member of Ban Killer Drones, gave this talk on a webinar sponsored by the United National Antiwar Coalition on the U.S. role in Syria. I . . . | 
Just 100 miles from Hollywood, this year's Set in the Coachella Valley, strangely reminiscent of the MENA region, with date palms and desert scenery, the festival is often a focal point for bold new Middle Eastern films seeking American distribution. | Amid the star-studded glamour of this year's festival, with the likes of Isabella Rossellini and Nicole Kidman gracing the red carpet on opening night, new films from across the region provide valuable insights in…
The Water rights have long been a source of friction in ties between the two countries, which share a more than 900-kilometre (560-mile) border. | Esmaeil Baqaei, spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, voiced "strong protest" on Friday over the "disproportionate restriction of water entering Iran" due to the Pashdan Dam on the Harirud River, adding that th…
With the dawn of a new year, Israel's government unveiled an Known as 
A The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker-founded organisation established in 1917 to assist civilian victims of the First World War, made the statement on Wednesd…
Lebanon's 
Lebanon's now former military commander Aoun, who was endorsed by many political parties in recent days, saw just 71 out of 128 lawmakers vote in his favour in the first voting session, short of the 86 votes required. | After counting the votes, Speaker Nabih Berri called for the second round to be held for two hours to allow for deliberations to ensure a president is elected in Mond…
After 'Stop Funding Fake News' anti-left smear campaign, Imran Ahmed's CCDH exposed in collusion in anti-Palestinian propaganda Leaked emails uncovered by the Grayzone reveal that Imran 'Imi' Ahmed, the former Angela Eagle staffer and anti-left smear coordinator who set up the so-called 'Centre for Countering Digital Hate' (CCDH) in the US after trying to shut …
A senior These groups of trained fighters are assigned to ensure the safety and protection of the captives during ongoing ceasefire negotiations. | The leader did not provide further details about the exact structure or methods of these units but claimed Hamas's recent decisions regarding how to progress the long-stalled negotiations, such as agreeing to include ad…
Pro-Palestine voices have urged Hollywood actor James Woods to reconsider his support for Israel's war on Gaza after the American actor lost his mansion in the wildfires that swept through Los Angeles. | Woods, who had previously cheered Israel's deadly attacks on Palestinians in Gaza while urging it to carry out more, "One day you're in the swimming pool, and the next day it's gone," he sobbed. | Prominent Palest…
Israeli forces have killed at least 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past day, according to medics. | Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces pounded the Palestinian territory on Thursday, killing at least 12 people including three girls, 15 months into the war. | Three girls and their father were killed when an air strike hit their house in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the civil defence agency reported. | Local paramedic Mahmoud Awad said he helped transfer the bodies of two girls and their father, Mahmoud Abu Kharuf to a hospital. | This comes as Gaza grapples with a severe fuel…
The body of Youssef Ziyadne, a It was not immediately clear how Youssef Ziyadne had been kille…
For those of us following Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza, it often feels as though there are two wars occurring, one on social media, where Palestinians communicate with us directly, sharing videos and photos of their daily horrors, and one in the headlines of the legacy media companies. | At the end of May 2024, 
Download the color version. Download the black & white version. IN THIS ISSUE Sick-out for Gaza health care workers Honoring Palestine resistance Korea impeachments Trump & climate change Editorial: Terror and the U.S. war machine Download the color version. Download the black & white version. More PDF back-issues here. | 
US Secretary of State "In the Middle East, we're very close to a ceasefire and hostage deal" he told reporters in Paris. | Earlier this week, he also told a news conference in South Korea he is determined to have an agreement before…
Censorship industry panics over Zuckerberg's announcement that platform will no longer use it Social media baron Mark Zuckerberg has admitted the so-called 'fact-checkers' his Meta Facebook and Instagram platforms use are 'politically biased' and says they will be replaced by a 'community note' system similar to that used by the 'X' platform. The decision has …
Lebanon's new The military commander-turned-president 
They were unearthed at the causeway of Queen Hatshepsut's funerary temple at Deir al-Bahri on the Nile's West Bank, according to a statement released by Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities & Heritage. It said it worked in tandem with the Supreme Council of Antiquities on the site since September 2022. | Artifacts found at the tombs included bronze coins wit…
Organisers from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) had intended to stage the demonstration on January 18, but were told their planned route—passing near London's Central Synagogue—could cause significant disruption to Jewish Shabbat services. | B…
"This morning, a Swiss citizen committed suicide in Semnan prison," the judiciary's Mizan Online website said, adding that he had been "arrested by security agencies for espionage and his case was under investigation". | The Swiss foreign ministry confirmed the death of a citizen in Iran. | "The Swiss embassy in Tehran is in contact with the local au…
The House of Representatives (HoR) spokesperson, Abdullah Belaihaq, said on the X platform that the legislation was passed on Tuesday by a majority of the session's attendees in Libya's largest second city Benghazi. | However, implementing the law could be challenging as Libya has been…
RSF fighters were pushed out of several areas in the west and south of Omdurman, with the Sudanese army seizing weapons and freeing several officers, according to The Sudan Tribune. | The RSF and the Sudanese army were allies until 2023 when a civil war…
Turkish Foreign Minister 
The The decision was taken by the Emirati cabinet, "which approved the inclusion of 11 individuals and 8 entities in the approved list of individuals and organisations supporting terrorism", the UAE's official WAM news agency reported. | "The move is part of the UAE's ongoing e…
British police watchdogs will investigate whether the London force bungled its handling of The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Wednesday that it will oversee a probe by the Metropolitan Police Directorate of Professional Standards into whether opportunities were missed to bring the wealthy businessman to justice. | "There is widespread public concern around this case, with a significant number of allegatio…
Firefighters battled early Thursday to control a series of major fires in the Ferocious winds that drove the flames and led to chaotic evacuations have calmed somewhat and were not expected to be as powerful during the day. | That could allow firefighters to make progress reining in blazes that have hopscotched across the sprawling region, i…
Gunmen attempted to storm the AFP reporters heard gunfire near the site and saw tanks on the street, while security sources reported that armed men had tried to overrun the complex. | The government later said 19 people were killed in the fighting, of which 18 wer…
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between After spending more than two years drafting a plan to manage and protect the nation's old-growth forests as they endure the ravages of climate change, the Biden administration has abruptly abandoned the effort. | That decision by the U.S. Forest Service to shelve the National Old Growth Amendment ends, for now, any goal of creating a cohesive federal approach to ma…
WASHINGTON—The United Nations General Assembly in 1950 established Dec. 10 as Human Rights Day. On that date two years earlier, in 1948, the General Assembly had adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 1948 was also the year when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were removed from their homes and land at the hands of Zionist …
The Biden Administration has done more damage to the international norms of humanitarian law and food security than any other U.S. government in recent history.
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kawempe North constituency Member of Parliament, Muhammad Ssegirinya, has passed away. According to the National Unity Platform (NUP) party, Secretary General Lewis Rubongoya, Ssegirinya breathed his last at Rubaga Hospital this morning He promised to provide more details later. Ssegirinya, who was a member of NUP, has been in and out of …
The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the party once known as the National Front, occurs at a time when the mainstreaming of far-right politics in France seems almost complete. Le Pen was, for most of his career, considered the devil in French politics. Yet today, his party, headed by his daughter and 
YAOUNDE | Xinhua | Up to 18 attackers and one soldier were killed when gunmen attacked Chad's presidential complex on Wednesday evening, government sources said. The injured were six attackers and three soldiers, said government spokesman and Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah on national television. Earlier reports suspected that terror group Boko Haram carried out the …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Rotary International President, Stephanie Urchick has restated that the organization needs the involvement of both women and men to grow. Urchick was on Thursday speaking to Rotary members under the Rotary Fellowship for Empowering Women at Four Points by Sheraton, in Kololo. Urchick, the second woman to serve …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three players from Uganda's Under-17 national team, the Uganda Cubs, have been included in the Uganda Cranes' provisional squad for the upcoming 2024 TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN). The players—James Bogerere, attacking midfielder Isima Magala, and defensive midfielder Brian Ijara—played a key role in helping the Uganda Cubs secure …
In "We are at a dangerous turning point in the path of rights and freedoms…
The The 
The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of murdering their husbands to fend off rape or after being forced into marriage, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday. | Most of the executions were for drug-related offences, but political dissidents and people connected with mass protests in 2022 over the death in police custody of a 22-year-old woman were also among the victims. | "It is deeply disturbing that yet again we see an increase in the number of people subjected to the death penalty in Iran year-on-year," United Nations High Commissi…
Talks aimed at cementing a truce in Gaza between Hamas and Israel are ongoing, with "technical meetings" taking place between the parties, Qatar's foreign ministry said Tuesday. | "The technical meetings are still happening between both sides," ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said, referring to meetings with lower-level officials on the details of an agreement. "There are no principal meetings taking place at the moment." | Mediators Qatar, Egypt and the United States have been engaged in months of talks between the two sides that have failed to end Israel's assault on Gaza, which human rights organisations…
The cri…
A masked activist hammered, toppled, and threw red paint at a wax statue of Israeli Prime Minister The man, who has not yet been identified, destroyed the statue in The smashing of t…
Gaza's ministry of health announced on Wednesday that fuel stocks have run out in healthcare facilities and warned that in a matter of hours hospital generators will completely stop working, urging for international organisations to take immediate action. | The ministry added the fuel shortage is "directly endangering" the lives of patients, particularly in the Al-Aqsa Hospital, the Gaza European Hospital and the Nasser Medical Complex. | The UN agency UNRWA said Gaza hospitals had become "death traps" and reiterated that the increased attacks coupled with cold weather in Gaza is worsening already dire conditi…
Israeli military operations in Gaza persist after a violent overnight assault on Khan Younis, which left at least 20 Palestinians dead, including women and children. | A Tuesday night Israeli strike targeted the al-Mawasi "safe zone" in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, with at least seven children among those killed. The targeted building housed displaced residents from Gaza City. | Since the attack, Israeli strikes on Gaza have continued, with the death toll rising to at least 28, including infants, young children, and women, further devastating the war-battered enclave. | In Lebanon, Prime Minister Najib Mikati…
Israeli authorities renewed a closure order According to news agency AFP, Israeli soldiers posted the extension order Tuesday morning on the entrance of the building housing Al Jazeera's offices in central Ramallah, a city under full 
Israeli military and political officials are once more sounding the alarm over what they describe as 'build-up' by the Egyptian military in the Citing Egyptian military activity in the north-western territory, which was liberated by Egypt from Israeli occupation in 1973, the officials referred to logistical pr…
An The victim, whose identity remains undisclosed, was forced by Israeli soldiers to accompany them as they searched buildings in the area. | The fatal shooting took place when the Israeli forces' Nahal Brigade commander arrived at the site of the search. | Israeli media has claimed that after spotting the Palestinian, the commander assume…
Palestinian officials said three people including two children were killed Wednesday in an Israeli air strike on the Ahmad Asaad, governor of the northern West Bank city of Tubas, told news agency AFP that the strike hit nearby Tammun village, killing a 23-year-old man and two children, aged eight and 10, all from the same family. | The Palestinian foreign ministry in 
The international community, including the US and Saudi Arabia, is calling for the swift election of a president to uphold the fragile ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, which came into effect on 27 November and ended a large-scale conflict that devastated many parts of Lebanon.
Demonstrations against Libya's Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) erupted late on Monday in several parts of the country after Mangoush revealed that 
In a meeting with acting 
A committee established by the The Nagel Committee issued a report on Monday detailing the defence budget and security strategy, where they raised concerns over Turkey's aspirations and possible future tensions with Is…
Israeli forces have killed at least 49 Palestinians in Gaza in the past day, according to medical officials. | A wave of Israeli strikes hit Gaza's southern district of At least five strikes targeted parts of Khan Younis, including one in the 
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will divert $95 million in military aid allocated for Egypt to Lebanon, which faces threats from Hezbollah and other non-state actors and is enforcing a ceasefire with Israel, according to a document seen by Reuters on Monday. | The State Department notification to Congress of the planned shift calls the Lebanese armed forces "a key partner" in upholding the Nov. 27, 2024, Israel-Lebanon agreement to cease hostilities and to prevent Hezbollah from threatening Israel. | The move comes after some of Biden's fellow Democrats in Congress expressed deep concerns about Egypt…
The vicious campaign being conducted by the Palestinian Authority (PA) Equally incomprehensible are the statements being issued by the On the one hand this claim completely ignores the p…
Lebanon is set to extradite the son of late senior Muslim cleric 
The 
By Pete Tucker / Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting When Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize—winning Washington Post cartoonist, submitted a draft sketch shortly before Christmas, she must have known she was stirring the pot. But after watching a parade of Big Tech CEOs jet down to Mar-a-Lago to pay homage—and millions of dollars—to Trump, a cartoon depicting these …
The mother of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah reached the 100th day of her hunger strike protesting her son's continued imprisonment on Tuesday, according to her family. | Laila Soueif, a 68-year-old mathematics professor, has called on the UK government to do more to secure the release of her son, a longtime dissident who has spent much of the last decade behind bars. | "Unfortunately the government seems to be waiting for me to be hospitalised before they act decisively to secure my son's freedom," she said in a statement. | Her family said Soueif has survived on "nothing but black coffee, herbal…
Soldiers who were part of British special forces working in Afghanistan have told a public inquiry of their concerns that Afghans who posed no threat had been murdered in raids against suspected Taliban insurgents, including some aged under 16. | The independent inquiry was ordered by Britain's defence ministry (MoD) after a BBC TV documentary reported that soldiers from the elite Special Air Service (SAS) had killed 54 people in suspicious circumstances during the war in Afghanistan more than a decade ago. | The investigation is examining a number of night-time raids called deliberate detention operations car…
There are two scents that musician Hailing from a musical family, Samir is a descendant of generations of oud makers, and it is this majestic stringed instrument from the Arab world that would come to define his career. | Picking it up at the age of five, the oud has been his constant companion through thick and thin.
Italian journalist Sala, 29, had been working under a regular journalistic visa but was detained in Tehran on Dec. 19 and held in solitary confinement in the Iranian capital's notorious Evin prison. | Sala was seized three days after Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini was arrested in Mi…
The The Justice Department argued in a brief filed with a federal appeals court in the District of Columbia that the government would be irreparably harmed if the guilty pleas were accepted. It said the government would be…
Saudi Arabia has forced a Florida retiree to try to renounce his American citizenship after jailing him over social media posts critical of the kingdom's crown prince, according to the man's son. | The retiree, 74-year-old Saad Almadi, is one of at least four dual Saudi-American nationals who accuse Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's The alleged tactic by a key strategic partner of…
Happy New Year? 2025 is already a failure in at least one key respect: because it was the year I helped launch XR, in 2018. The target of Britain going zero carbon by 2025 was set to demonstrate seriousness in thinking this as an emergency; and also, simply, because, if Britain was to decarbonise fast enough to fairly reflect the share of world emissions it is entitled to, especially once one takes into account our huge historic emissions, then 2025 cam…
When news broke over the weekend that President Biden just approved an $8 billion deal for shipping weapons to Israel, a nameless official vowed that "we will continue to provide the capabilities necessary for Israel's defense." Following the reports last month from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch concluding that Israeli actions in Gaza are genocide, Biden's decision was a new low for 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to supporters of the National Resistance Movement to embrace the upcoming National Voters' Register Update exercise. On December 24th, the Electoral Commission issued a statement announcing the readjustment of dates for the General update of the National Voters' Register. Earlier on the update of …
Haiti is best understood in the contexts of the modern world as an American neocolonial protectorate. Besides US policy in Cuba, which includes a genocidal blockade depriving the Cuban people of precious resources needed to function society, it's hard to find another case of such an ongoing and sustained assault from the largest empire in 
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he is stepping down as leader of Canada's Liberal Party, following rising discontent over his leadership and growing dissent within his government. Trudeau had served as Canada's prime minister since 2015. His resignation comes as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to annex Canada. For more, we speak with Canadian activist and electoral candidate Avi Lewis for the New Democratic Party, who says that, "like Joe Biden," Trudeau "waited way too long" to step down from candidacy in upcoming national elections. Le…
By The National Security Archive of George Washington University, as it so often does, performed a fabulous …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary of Uganda has announced plans to hold its second National Court Case Census from January 13 to January 15, 2025. This initiative, which comes a decade after the first census in 2015, was unveiled by Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera during a press conference at the Judiciary …