(2024-10-08). Bangladesh recalls its envoy in India. ummid.com In a major diplomatic reshuffle, the interim government in Bangladesh has recalled its ambassador in India.
(2024-10-08). Manipur, Attacks on Churches and Mosques – USCIRF Flags Religious Freedom in India. ummid.com In yet another embarrassing moment for the Narendra Modi government, the United States has once again flagged worsening religious freedom and condition of minorities in India under the BJP rule.
(2024-10-08). Modi Govt streamlines Halal Certification to boost meat export. ummid.com In a move to boost meat exports from India, the Narendra Modi Government in New Delhi Tuesday October 01, 2024 streamlined Halal Certification Process for meat and meat products.
(2024-10-08). IIT Delhi to research on Aviation Textiles for IAF. ummid.com Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Headquarters Maintenance (HQ) Command, Indian Air Force Nagpur have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on advancing innovative technologies for aviation textiles.
(2024-10-08). Hajj 2025 waiting list released, check now. ummid.com The Haj Committee of India (HCoI) has released the Hajj 2025 Waiting List on its official website 'hajcommittee.gov.in' for confirmation after the Advance Hajj Amount due date.
(2024-10-08). 'Rohingya in pain'- Refugees on hunger strike at India detention center. presstv.ir More than 100 Rohingya refugees living at Goalpara detention center in the Indian state of Assam began hunger strike.
(2024-10-08). The Sniper Man: Quinn Buckner's Assault on Free Speech and Academic Freedom at Indiana University. counterpunch.org 
On Buckner's watch, the Bloomington campus made national headlines last spring with a viral photograph of a state police sniper atop the iconic Indiana Memorial Union building overlooking campus war protests. Three floors below the gunman's sights, in the historic Free Speech Zone known as Dunn Meadow, armed Indiana State Police with riot shields advanced on peaceful protesters, evicted them, tore down their encampment, and arrested fifty six.
(2024-10-08). Air show turns deadly in India (VIDEO). rt.com 
At least five people have died in Chennai amid a world record attempt involving 1.5 million people | At least five people have died and over 100 have been hospitalized in the southern Indian city of Chennai after over 1.5 million people attended an air show dedicated to the anniversary of the Indian Air Force celebrated on October 8. | Hundreds of thousands of people were left stranded after the air show, held at city's Marina Beach on Sunday, allegedly due to poor coordination by the traffic authorities, according to media reports. | One attendee told Reuters that there was no water available at the event des…
(2024-10-08). The solar supply chain runs through this flooded North Carolina town. grist.org 
Due to a quirk of geology, the purest quartz in all the world comes from the picturesque town of Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The mineral, created deep within the earth when silicon-rich magmas cooled and crystallized some 370 million years ago, is essential to the production of computer chips and China, India, and Russia provide high purity quartz as well, but what's mined there does not match the quality or quantity of what lies beneath t…
(2024-10-08). Jammu & Kashmir: New report details India's land rights violations since the abrogation of statehood. fidh.org
(2024-10-08). Jan Breman & Marcel van der Linden: Migration: A View From Below. newleftreview.org Against both the catastrophist and 'win-win' perspectives on immigration, this class-based examination shows that in-country and in-region movement far outstrips the traffic on the 'migratory corridors' joining poor countries to rich. Fieldwork from India and Indonesia reveals the social determinants shaping the conditions of departure.
(2024-10-08). Colleges Protect Teachers Who Sexually Exploit Students in Walz's Minnesota. fairobserver.com There are many potential starting points in Kamala Harris's origin story, but perhaps the most relatable begins in India with two parents huddled together deciding whether to send their daughter far off for college. Like any good Indian parents, Harris's grandparents certainly would have asked, "Will our girl be safe in the United States?" A…
(2024-10-08). A Year Of Struggle For Palestine In The Belly Of The Beast. popularresistance.org On October 7, Israel began another phase of its long-genocidal war against the Palestinian people. The intensification of its colonial violence, ethnic cleansing, and mass displacement was suddenly livestreamed for the entire world to see. In response to this brutality and devastation, the people of the world rallied to stand with Palestine and resist imperialism everywhere. Within the United States, without which the Israeli colonial project would be impossible, millions of people were brought into the struggle against imperialism from within the belly of the beast. | This mass raising of consciousness has broug…
(2024-10-08). Apple Stores in Bengaluru, Pune on card. ummid.com Apple is all set to open its retail stores in Pune and Bengaluru besides adding two new ones in Mumbai and Delhi NCR region.
(2024-10-08). RSS, Kangana Ranaut and Neo-Hindutva Feminism. ummid.com An RSS supporter and promoter of the idea of Hindu Rashtra, Kangana Ranaut is a new nationalist and a new cultural phenomenon.
(2024-10-08). After Lebanon, More IDF Deaths In Gaza As Army Chief Rushes To US Military: Israel Stares At Defeat. hindustantimes.com Israeli defence forces announced the death of its soldier during fighting in north Gaza on the first anniversary of the October 7 attack on Monday. The Israeli military said Staff Sgt. Noam Israel Abdu of the Bislamach Brigade's 17th Battalion was killed while fighting Hamas militants. Another soldier was seriously wounded in the same incident in which Abdu was killed, bringing the death toll in the ground operation in Gaza to 350. Watch…
(2024-10-08). Amid Panic Over Iran Threat To USA's Arab Allies, Mid-East Leader's Urgent Letter To Biden | Israel. hindustantimes.com Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani, in a letter addressed to U.S. President and EU leaders, alerted over skyrocketing tensions in Middle East. Al-Sudani warned that expanding Israeli strikes could lead to even more wars in the region. Iraq's message came after Tehran issued a threat if Israel attacked Iranian oil fields. Watch for more.
(2024-10-08). Days After Putin's Vuhledar Win, NATO On Verge Of Breaking? Western Leader Warns Own EU Allies. hindustantimes.com Hungarian PM Viktor Orban launched a scathing attack on European Union during a rally in Italy on Oct 7. Orban launched a big attack on EU leadership over the issue of migrants. Orban accused the bloc of penalising Hungary over its refusal to admit migrants. Watch for more.
(2024-10-08). Fear, Chaos In Israel's Largest City As New Hamas Attack Hurts Many; IDF Fails Despite Alert? Oct 7. hindustantimes.com IDF on Oct 7 said Hamas fired five rockets on central Israel from the Gaza Strip. The attack originating from Khan Yunis forced Israel to sound rocket sirens. Alerts were sounded in Tel Aviv, Kfar Chabad, and Rishon Lezion, among other areas. Watch this video for all the details.
(2024-10-08). Hamas' Abu Obaida Shocks Israel, Reveals New Front Opened From USA's Arab Ally Nation. hindustantimes.com Hamas made a big claim on recent attack that killed Israeli citizens at Allenby crossing. Hamas spokesperson said the attack led by Jordanian opened a new 'authentic front'. The comment was made by Abu Obaida on the anniversary of October 7 attack. Watch for more.
(2024-10-08). Hezbollah Scares US Military, Big Attack On IDF Base Amid CentCom Chief's Israel Visit | Lebanon. hindustantimes.com Iran-backed Hezbollah fired non-stop rockets to target Israeli military bases in north and central Israel on the first anniversary of October 7 on Monday. The Lebanese armed group fired volleys of rockets and missiles at Israeli troops in Shlomi, Hanita, and Marj in northern Israel. The attack came shortly after Hezbollah claimed a missile attack on Israel's Glilot base near the central city of Tel Aviv, which is home to the intelligence unit 8200. Watch this video for more.
(2024-10-08). Iran: After 'Nuclear Bomb Test', Tehran's 10 Planned Ways Of Attacking Israel Revealed | IDF | IRGC. hindustantimes.com The Iranian military has prepared "at least ten" scenarios for a possible Israeli strike to avenge the October 1 missile blitz. The claim was made by Tasnim news agency run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), quoting a source. It said, "Iran's response may be harsher and aim for different targets that would intensify the effectiveness of the response." Watch…
(2024-10-08). Iran's First-Ever Nuclear Bomb Test Confirmed? Ultimate Response To Israel Ready? | Earthquake. hindustantimes.com Days after tremors were felt in Iran, speculation is growing of it being a possible nuclear event. A 4.5-magnitude seismic event was reported from Iran's Semnan province on Oct 5. The epicentre of the quake was reportedly around 10 kilometres beneath the surface and close to an Iranian nuclear power plant. The earthquake's depth and proximity to a nuclear facility are now raising eyebrows. Watch for more.
(2024-10-08). Israel Panicking After Iran Nuclear Bomb Test Reports, Cancels This Attack Plan On Tehran… hindustantimes.com Israel reportedly cancels the attack plan amid rumours of Iran conducting its first-ever nuclear-bomb test. According to a New York Times report, Israel is not expected to hit Iranian nuclear sites in response to Tehran's ballistic missile attack on October 1. The report added that Israel is instead likely to focus on military bases, or intelligence or leadership targets, but could later go for the nuclear program if Iran responds.
(2024-10-08). On TV, Hamas' Abu Obaida Mocks IDF With 'Best Commando Op' Jibe, Sends Message To Hezbollah | Israel. hindustantimes.com Hamas issued a threatening message to Israel on 1st anniversary of its October 7 attack. Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaida vowed a 'long war of attrition' against Israel. Obaida also praised the group's attack in 2023, calling it the 'most professional and successful commando operation.' Watch for more.
(2024-10-08). Comrade President? Change and Continuity in Sri Lanka. cadtm.org
(2024-10-08). Tragic Road Accident Claims Life of Teacher in Bambupur. devdiscourse.com A tragic accident claimed the life of a 40-year-old primary school assistant teacher, Kamal Singh, in Bambupur on Monday.
(2024-10-08). Jammu Kashmir, Haryana Election 2024 Results Tuesday. ummid.com The state election commissions in Jammu Kashmir and Haryana have made all preparations for counting of votes and declaration of results of the 2024 assembly elections in the two states Tuesday October 08, 2024.
(2024-10-08). Jammu Kashmir Election Result 2024 Live Updates. ummid.com Jammu Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) and Congress alliance is on course to big win in the border UT where counting of votes for the 2024 assembly elections is underway.
(2024-10-08). 'I can't feel anything anymore': women in a West Bank refugee camp reflect on a year of Israeli military raids on their homes. mondoweiss.net 
After a year of near-constant Israeli military raids on their homes and private spaces, women are some of the most affected among the Palestinian residents of Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem.
(2024-10-08). Force and arms are the only language the enemy understands: Abu Obadiah. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- In a rare appearance after months of silence, Abu Obadiah, the military spokesperson for Al-Qassam Brigades, addressed the public on October 6, 2024, marking the first anniversary of the "October 7 Battle of the Flood of Al-Aqsa." His speech emphasized that the ongoing resistance against Israel is the only viable method for confronting its actions, as the enemy "only understands the language of force and weapons."During the address, Abu Obaidah highlighted the success of the preemptive strike on Israeli forces, claiming it disrupted Israel's planned major assault on Gaza. He outlined how this action cam…
(2024-10-08). Paragliders on October 7 once again: Fear grips Israelis. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Israelis are still afraid of paragliders because they are reminded of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation from the previous year. Residents of northern Israel reported seeing paragliders hovering in the sky on Monday night, raising fears of a repeat of the Al-Qassam Brigades' October 7, 2023, cross-border raid.As tensions increased, authorities promptly told residents to stay indoors. Later on, however, Israeli media made it clear that the paragliders were a part of an Israeli military parachute training exercise.This incident happened as hundreds of people gathered in Israel for celebrations commemorating the…
(2024-10-08). Raw deals: The continued shafting of the Chagossians. mronline.org 
It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism. Here was a British government offering—how generous of them—to return sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, whose residents had been brutally displaced between 1965 to 1973, to Mauritius.
(2024-10-08). Blinken approved policy to bomb aid trucks, Israeli Cabinet members suggest. mronline.org 
From the very beginning of Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had his hands on the steering wheel.
(2024-10-08). FTC orders Mastercard to answer questions about its data collection & monetization practices. mronline.org 
Credit card data is extremely valuable for companies aiming to predict how people will spend money in the future. Knowing how much people spend, where and on what day says a lot about consumers' financial situations.
(2024-10-08). EU airline's boss wants Chinese to pay for flying over Russia. rt.com 
KLM's CEO urged the bloc to address the "unfair" competition caused by its sanctions against Moscow | The EU should establish financial measures to curb competition from Chinese airlines that can freely cross Russian airspace, according to Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) CEO Marjan Rintel. | Western countries closed their airspace to Russian airlines as part of sanctions imposed after the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. In response, Moscow banned aircraft from 'unfriendly nations', forcing EU planes to reroute, resulting in higher fuel consumption and increased costs. | "Russia's airspace is closed to Eur…
(2024-10-08). EU airline's boss wants Chinese to pay for flying over Russia. rt.com KLM's CEO urged the bloc to address the "unfair" competition caused by its sanctions against Moscow | Brussels should establish financial measures to curb competition from Chinese airlines that can freely cross Russian airspace, according to Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) CEO Marjan Rintel. | Western countries closed their airspace to Russian airlines as part of sanctions imposed after the onset of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. In response, Moscow banned aircraft from "unfriendly nations," forcing EU planes to reroute, resulting in higher fuel consumption and increased costs. | "Russia's airspace is closed to Euro…
(2024-10-08). EU state seizes pants from Russian train. rt.com 
The trousers fall under the bloc's sanctions on Moscow as possible military-use garments, the Lithuanian authorities have said | Lithuania has confiscated five pairs of camouflage pants from a passenger train traveling from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to Moscow, the local authorities have said, promising to send them as aid to Kiev. | Officers from Kaunas Territorial Customs and the Customs Criminal Service discovered the pants in the mail carriage of a Kaliningrad-Moscow passenger train on October 2. | The authorities "detected and detained a mail consignment containing possibly military items — c…
(2024-10-08). EU state seizes pants from Russian train. rt.com The trousers fall under the bloc's sanctions on Moscow as possible military-use garments, the Lithuanian authorities have said | Lithuania has confiscated five pairs of camouflage pants from a passenger train traveling from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to Moscow, the local authorities have said, promising to send them as aid to Kiev. | Officers from Kaunas Territorial Customs and the Customs Criminal Service discovered the pants in the mail carriage of a Kaliningrad-Moscow passenger train on October 2. The authorities "detected and detained a mail consignment containing possibly military items — cam…
(2024-10-08). EU state seizes pants from Russian train. rt.com The trousers fall under the bloc's sanctions against Moscow as potentially military-use garments, Lithuanian authorities have said | Lithuania has confiscated five pairs of camouflage pants from a passenger train traveling from Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad to Moscow, local authorities have said, promising to send them as aid to Kiev. | Officers from Kaunas Territorial Customs and the Customs Criminal Service discovered the pants in the mail carriage of a Kaliningrad-Moscow passenger train on October 2. The authorities "detected and detained a mail consignment containing possibly military items — camouf…
(2024-10-08). 'If Trump loses, I'm f**ked' — Musk. rt.com 
The Tesla and Space-X boss has joked that he'll be arrested if Democratic nominee Kamala Harris becomes president | Tech mogul Elon Musk has told American journalist Tucker Carlson that he's "all in" on Donald Trump winning the US presidential election in November. | The billionaire sat down with Carlson for a full-length Carlson began the interview by theorizing what would happen if Democratic nominee Kamala Harris beats Republican…
(2024-10-08). Saudi Arabia to divest from Super Mario game maker Nintendo. newarab.com 
The PIF reduced its stakehold in the Japanese video game giant to 7.54 percent from a previous 8.58 percent, according to a Japanese regulatory filing on Tuesday. | The move came a day after Japanese outlet Kyodo News carried comments made recen…
(2024-10-08). Will the army's push for Khartoum turn the tide of Sudan's war. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). A year of Israel's relentless war on Palestinian journalists>. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). How are Palestinian Gen Zs exposing Israeli war crimes online. newarab.com 
Two prominent Palestinian Gen Z creators in the diaspora, Hamzah Saadah For the first time, this new phenomenon allows the world to hear directly from Israeli youth and the mouths of IDF soldiers. | These interactions are then shared online, revealing deeply unsettling exchanges for the world to witness, as t…
(2024-10-08). How student activism is reshaping the 2024 US elections. newarab.com 
As the Despite the sanctions and persecution that have changed the lives of many of them, accepting the status quo does not seem to be a likely plan for the student movement — they are at the forefront of efforts calling for divestment from companies complicit in human rights abuses in Gaza. |
(2024-10-08). Lebanese families abandon their migrant workers amid Israel war. newarab.com 
Amid the ongoing war in Lebanon driven by Israeli aggression, migrant and domestic workers — already marginalised by the oppressive Kafala system and racism — are now facing even greater peril. Thousands have reportedly been abandoned by the families they served, who themselves have fled the war-torn areas but left their hired workers behind. | Many are now struggling to find transportation to escape the conflict zones and do not have access to their personal belongings, including passports and vital documents, or even a phone to connect with others from their communities. | For local activists, ab…
(2024-10-08). Recent MENA climate disasters reveal the region's research gaps. newarab.com 
The first anniversary of the The U…
(2024-10-08). Another Hind Rajab: Trapped Gaza girl rescued after help plea. newarab.com 
A Palestinian girl trapped under the rubble after an Israeli strike hit her building in the The girl managed to phone her teacher for help, explaining what happene…
(2024-10-08). Azmi Bishara: Israel using 7 October to force new regional order. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). Egypt detains peaceful protesters during Gaza war anniversary. newarab.com 
The Egyptian authorities have reportedly stepped up the crackdown on peaceful protests, arresting several protesters as they expressed solidarity with the Palestinian Gaza Strip and "About a dozen protesters, with no known political affiliation, gathered in the evening while waving the flags of Le…
(2024-10-08). Hamas and Fatah meet in Egypt for unity talks on Gaza. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). Iran foreign minister to visit Saudi Arabia, regional countries. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). Iran warns Israel not to attack its infrastructure. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). Israeli gas field expansion suspended amid regional conflict. newarab.com 
Chevron Mediterranean has suspended expansion of Israel's Leviathan gas field following The company, a subsidiary of
(2024-10-08). Malawi activists call for end to pro-Israel stance amid Gaza war. newarab.com 
Malawi have called on the government to reassess its position on the Gaza conflict, criticising its diplomatic and economic ties with Israel as a contradiction to the nation's core values of peace and respect for humanity. | Malawi Palestine Solidarity Movement (MPSM), a leading pro-Palestine organisation in the country, issued a statement on Monday to demand the government to withdraw its support, amid intensifying calls globally to hold Israel accountable for its offensive on Gaza, as well as (2024-10-08). Malta bans Israel-bound ship from entering waters over Gaza war. newarab.com 
Pro-Palestine activists called on Valetta to bar the MV Katrin from docking in Maltese ports, saying doing so could contravene obligations under the Genocide Convention. | Israel has killed at least 41,900 people in its one-year war on Gaza, the vast majority civilians, leading to widespread accusations tha…
(2024-10-08). Qatar launches aid airlift to Lebanon amid Israeli bombardment. newarab.com 
Lolwah Al-Khater, Qatar's Minister of State for International Cooperation, announced the initiative in a joint press conference with Firas al-Abiad, Lebanon's Minister of Health, and Nasser Yassin, coordinator of Lebanon's National Disaster and Crisis Response. | Ten C-17 planes will be dispatc…
(2024-10-08). Saudi Arabia's PIF eyeing stake in streamer DAZN, sources say. newarab.com 
Saudi Arabia's If successful, such a deal could increase the fund's influence in
(2024-10-08). Saudi arrests Iraqi army officer over anti-Israel posts. newarab.com 
Saudi authorities have arrested Lieutenant Colonel Omar Nizar, an officer in The video, widely circ…
(2024-10-08). Sudan's warring sides target aid volunteers fighting famine. newarab.com 
Local volunteers who have helped to feed Sudan's most destitute during 17 months of Many volunteers have fled under threat of arrest or violence, and
(2024-10-08). Thousands rally worldwide on Gaza war anniversary. newarab.com 
Around the world, vigils, ceremonies, and protests marked the Since October 7, 2023, the conflict has resulted in widespread devastation in On the day of the attack, Hamas operatives reportedly killed around 1,200…
(2024-10-08). Trump says Gaza could be 'better than Monaco'. newarab.com 
Conservative media personality "It could be better than Monaco. It has…
(2024-10-08). UAE gets its first casino gambling license. newarab.com 
Hotel and casino operator Wynn Resorts said on Friday it had been awarded the first commercial The Las Vegas-based casino firm said it was developing a luxury resort at Wynn Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah. | The project, under construction, is a joint venture between affiliates of Wynn Resorts, Marjan and RAK Hospitality H…
(2024-10-08). US 'not actively looking to reach Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire'. newarab.com 
The US is not actively seeking a ceasefire deal between A senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told CNN that although talks will take place with Israelis and Lebanese to de-escalate the situation in Lebanon, Israel had "to get beyond some things" before the prospect of ceasefire can be discussed. | It comes amid a massive build-up of Israeli troops on the southern Lebanon border and an intensive air campaign w…
(2024-10-08). Palestine is the lynchpin of regional liberation. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). What did one year of war in Gaza do to the Abraham Accords. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). A year of war in Gaza: Israel redesigns an endless occupation. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). In Egypt, an outpouring of solidarity with Lebanon. newarab.com 
Over the past few days, since Israeli aggressions on Lebanon started, Egyptian artists used various media to express this solidarity and denounce Israeli actions in a country they consider another home. | Famou…
(2024-10-08). Hamas marks one year anniversary of 7 October attack. newarab.com 
It said that the attack was a "natural response" to Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories including "seizing control of land and holy places, trying to take control of The statement added that th…
(2024-10-08). Hamas will rise 'like a phoenix' from the ashes, Meshaal says. newarab.com 
Hamas leader-in-exile One year after Israel's devastating war on Gaza, Meshaal framed the conflict with Israel as part of a broader narrative spanning 76 years, dating back to the Nakba or "catastrophe," when hundreds of…
(2024-10-08). Hezbollah MP hints ready for Lebanon deal without Gaza truce. newarab.com 
A Hezbollah MP has hinted his party is ready for a ceasefire deal with Israel, weeks after an Hezbollah has fired scores of rockets into Israel since 8 October 2023 in solidarity with the people of Gaza, saying it would only cease its strikes if the war on the Palestinian enclave is ended. | With much of Hezbollah's leadership taken out and hundreds of Lebanese civilians killed in an intensification of Israel's air…
(2024-10-08). How the world marked 7 October attack and start of war on Gaza. newarab.com 
People around the world heldvigils, ceremonies and protests to mark The Palestinian factions and Israeli counter-attack led to the deaths of some 1,200 people with about 250 hostages taken to Gaza during the 7 October attacks. | Nearly 42,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to Palestinian health authorities, and most of the 2.3-m…
(2024-10-08). HRW: Israeli strikes endanger civilians on Lebanon-Syria border. newarab.com 
Human Rights Watch on Monday said Israeli strikes near the The Israeli military said Friday its jets struck Hezbollah positions near the Masnaa border crossing in Lebanon's eastern Syrian transport ministry official Sleiman Khalil told news agency A…
(2024-10-08). Iran Quds Force's Qaani 'in good health' following death claims. newarab.com 
The commander of Iraj Masjedi said Qaani, who heads the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) expeditionary force was safe and no further statement on the issue is needed. | It follows comments made by two senior Iranian security officials on Sunday that Qaani had not been heard from since a huge wave of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut late last week, which is…
(2024-10-08). Israel marks 7 October anniversary under shadow of war on Gaza. newarab.com 
Israelis on Monday marked the Ceremonies and protests in Jerusalem and Israel's south began around 6: 29 am (3: 29 am GMT), the hour when Hamas-led operatives launched rockets into Israel at the start of the 7 October attack last year. | They killed some 1,200 people and took about 250…
(2024-10-08). Israel sends third army division to Lebanon as soldiers killed. newarab.com 
The Israeli military announced Monday the death of two of its soldiers in border clashes with Reserve Maj. Itai Azoulai was killed and two other soldiers from the Egoz Battalion sustained serious injuries after being hit by a mortar shell, an Israeli army statement said. | Later on Monday, a second soldier was pronounced dead. | Hezbollah has for days repelled Israeli forces at the border by using machine guns, anti-tank missiles and mort…
(2024-10-08). Israeli forces kill elderly Palestinian activist in brutal raid. newarab.com 
The 66-year-old, identified as Ziad Abu Hleil, was known for his peaceful protests, often captured in videos standing in the way of armed Israeli soldiers opening fire. | According to local news reports, after the storming, he was rushed to Dura Hospital, whe…
(2024-10-08). Israeli strike kills 10 firefighters in south Lebanon: official. newarab.com 
Lebanon's health ministry said on Monday an Israeli strike in "An Israeli strike overnight targeted a local firefighting centre in Baraasheet where 10 civil defence members were present," municipal official Reda Ashour said. | The health ministry reported the "killing of 10 firefighters" who were "in the building ready to go out on rescue missions", adding efforts to remove the rubble were ongoing. | The latest report brings to 115 the number of rescuers
(2024-10-08). Israeli strikes on Lebanon endanger ancient sites, says minister. newarab.com 
(2024-10-08). Journalist self-immolates outside White House to Gaza coverage. newarab.com 
A journalist set himself on fire outside the White House on Saturday, after publishing a blog post where he expressed remorse over his role in shaping news stories that he felt made him complicit in Samuel Mena Jr reached out to a friend three hours before setting himself on fire, telling them to watch an Instagram stream, where the journalist read from a script where he expressed regret at his perceived role in contributing to Palestinian suffering. | He then set himself on fire with images c…
(2024-10-08). Lebanese opposition MPs call for immediate ceasefire with Israel. newarab.com 
Lebanon's A group of 12 MPs, including In a statement read by MP Mi…
(2024-10-08). Palestinians and Jewish Israelis struggle for hope on 7 October. newarab.com 
As Israel and Gaza mark the first anniversary of the At least 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's
(2024-10-08). A picture of her grief gripped the world. A year on, Gaza woman haunted by memories>. newarab.com 
The Reuters photograph of Inas Abu Maamar, face buried in the shrouded body of her dead five-year-old niece Saly, was taken days after Israel began its military It has become one of the most vivid images of Palestinian suffering during Saly was killed with her mother, baby sister, grandparents, uncle, aunt and three cousins. Since then, Abu Maamar, 37, has also lost her sister, killed along with her four children in an airstrike i…
(2024-10-08). Rights groups slam failure to end Gaza war one year on. newarab.com 
International human rights groups have made a unified call for an immediate A year of Israel's indiscriminate bombardment has resulted in unprecedented levels of death and devastation in Gaza, where nearly 42,000 people have been killed and over 96,000 injured, although undocumented deaths mean the real death toll is likely much…
(2024-10-08). Tunisia: Saied re-elected president with 90.7% of the vote. newarab.com 
Three years after Saied made a sweeping power grab, rights groups fear his re-election will entrench his grip on the only democracy to emerge from the 2011 protests. | Saied, 66, won S…
(2024-10-08). US calls for Israel to spare Beirut airport amid Lebanon attacks. newarab.com 
The United States warned Israel on Monday not to attack "We think it's very important that not only the airport be open, but that the roads to the airport be open, so that American citizens who want to leave can get out, but also citizens of other countries," State Depa…
(2024-10-08). US spent $17.9bn on military aid to Israel since last October 7. newarab.com 
An additional $4.86 billion has gone into stepped-up US military operations in the region since October 7…
(2024-10-08). 'War on Wombs': Gaza women reveal harrowing sexual violence. newarab.com 
The event was organised by the Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC) and gave the platform for Palestinian women to speak about their horrific experiences. | Evidence and data obtained by the organisation revealed that Palest…
(2024-10-08). 7 October: Can we pull hope from under Gaza's rubble a year on. newarab.com 
Sociologically speaking, the Palestinian led One year later,…
(2024-10-08). Gaza 1 year: An end to Israel's war won't bring peace. newarab.com 
Israel's wars on The cessation of armed conflict in Gaza often…
(2024-10-08). Chevron Wants To Greenwash Its New, Massive Drilling Project. progressivehub.net ARIELLE SAMUELSON | HEATED…
(2024-10-08). Democrats Must Confront An Inconvenient Genocide. progressivehub.net WAJAHAT ALI | THE PROGRESSIVE…
(2024-10-08). Did Antony Blinken Approve A Policy To Bomb Aid Trucks In Gaza? progressivehub.net YANIV COGAN | DROP SITE…
(2024-10-08). Right-wing media continues Dan Andrews witch hunt. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-10-08). Queensland health crisis being hidden by government and media. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-10-08). The Dom Pérignon buyers' scheme. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-10-08). A Free State Of Palestine Is Inevitable; How Many Must Die First? popularresistance.org October 7, 2024 marks the first anniversary of the launch of Operation Al Aqsa Flood when members of the Palestinian resistance movement broke out of Gaza, known as the world's largest open air prison. The occupying state of Israel responded with a genocidal attack on Gaza that has since spread to the West Bank, Lebanon and other countries in the region that are acting in solidarity with Palestine. Clearing the FOG speaks with activist and author Miko Peled about the goals of Israel, what is happening in Palestine and West Asia and his new project, the Palestine House of Freedom, in Washington, DC. Visit DarAlhur…
(2024-10-08). Iran Proposes Formation of Scientific and Cultural Student Unions for Islamic Nations. tvbrics.com 
The main goal of fostering cooperation and academic excellence throughout the Islamic community…
(2024-10-08). China's top economic planner confident in achieving 2024 development goals. ecns.cn China's top economic planner on Tuesday expressed full confidence in achieving the tasks and the goals set for economic and social development in 2024, supported with a raft of incremental pro-growth policies to shore up the country's economic growth.
(2024-10-08). How a new Jordan, UAE economic partnership will Shape regional trade. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – On Sunday, His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, witnessed the signing of a pivotal Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and a Customs Cooperation Agreement between the two countries, local Jordan Times reports.This landmark agreement aims to strengthen economic cooperation, trade, and investment, with the ultimate goal of better integrating the economies of Jordan and the United Arab Emirates with those of the global market.#ÿߟÑÿ•ŸÖÿßÿ±ÿ&sz…
(2024-10-08). Netanyahu declares "War of Resurrection," reveals when Israel's war on seven fronts will end. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Netanyahu has proposed for rebranding "Operation Iron Swords" to the "War of Resurrection," claiming Israel is fighting an existential war. At a special cabinet meeting on Monday to commemorate last year's October 7 incident, Netanyahu called it a "crucial moment" for the nation's future.At the opening of the "special mourning session," Netanyahu formally requested to rename the war, saying, "We are not only conducting a military operation. The War of Resurrection is a survival struggle. The protection of our children, our future, and the prevention of October 7 incidents are our goals."After seeing th…
(2024-10-08). Guardiola reveals reason behind Ederson's stay at Man City. albawaba.com Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola revealed reason behind Ederson's stay, despite reports linking him with a move to Saudi Arabia last summer.The Spanish coach said, as quoted by Goal: "We didn't want Ederson to leave in the summer. A real offer didn't come… well, they've made an offer but the keeper for the team who won four Premier Leagues in a row has a price. Otherwise, he can't leave! And that's what basically happened."It was reported in July that the Brazil international had agreed personal terms with Saudi Pro League giants Al-Nassr.However, the Riyadh-based club never began official negotiations with t…
(2024-10-08). Haryana Election Result 2024 Live Updates. ummid.com The ruling BJP and Congress alliances are in a neck and neck battle to win in farmers' dominated Haryana state where counting of votes for the 2024 assembly elections is underway…
(2024-10-08). PM Modi hails BJP's performance in Haryana polls as 'grand victory', says politics of development and good governance has won. devdiscourse.com
(2024-10-08). Haryana Victory Boosts BJP Ahead of Maharashtra Elections. devdiscourse.com The recent victory in Haryana is anticipated to bolster the BJP's negotiating power in upcoming seat-sharing discussions with Mahayuti ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections, according to political experts. This win is seen as a rebound from previous general election setbacks.
(2024-10-08). Raw Deals: The Continued Shafting of the Chagossians. counterpunch.org 
It was a spectacular example of a non-event, alloyed by pure symbolism and cynicism. Here was a British government offering — how generous of them — to return sovereignty over the Chagos Islands, whose residents had been brutally displaced between 1965 to 1973, to Mauritius. In an October 3 joint statement between London and Port Louis, all but
(2024-10-08). Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): ICRC ready to carry out further forensic work. icrc.org
(2024-10-08). CPI(M)-RSS Nexus in Kerala. ummid.com The close CPI(M)-RSS nexus or the former being used as political rule by the latter is fully in consonance with the present ideological-political degeneration of CPM in Kerala under the leadership of Pinarayi.
(2024-10-08). Palestine: a year of aggression and the largest genocide in modern history. peoplesdispatch.org October 7, 2024, marks one year since the onset of the aggression against Gaza and subsequently against all Palestinian territory. A year has gone by since one of the most heinous acts of genocide began; since the curtain was drawn on the complicity of the international community and Western institutions, against a people who, according to international law, are defending their right to exist. A year has passed since the attempt to uproot a people from their land, filled with lies and rhetoric aimed at portraying the Zionist occupation as the victim. | Over the past year, the world has witnessed the brutality of…
(2024-10-08). Texas Pregnancy Deaths Up 56% Since Abortion Ban. popularresistance.org Two years after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and three years since the implementation of Texas's SB 8 "bounty" bill in 2021, the facts on the ground are showing exactly what activists expected: a massive increase in deaths of both mothers and infants. | The Gender Equity Policy Institute reports a 56% increase in pregnancy-related deaths (defined as the loss of life due to complications related to pregnancy or aggravated by pregnancy-related conditions) in Texas between 2019 and 2022, while the national statistic increased by 11% during the same timeframe. This represents a significant spike in the already tro…
(2024-10-08). Ukraine under Russian occupation. internationalviewpoint.org
(2024-10-08). Ukraine War Day #958: Ugledar Will Be Rebuilt! — Part I. awfulavalanche.wordpress.com Dear Readers: | Continuing on our previous Ugledar theme. What fate awaits this battered town, now that the Russian army has wrested it by force from the hands of the Ukrainian Nationalists? | We shall start
(2024-10-08). Lavrov briefs CIS colleagues on Russia's approaches to Middle East, Ukraine crises. tass.com Russian Foreign Ministe adopted a number of joint statements, including on the principles of cooperation in ensuring security in Eurasia, the unacceptability of using unilateral restrictive measures in international relations…
(2024-10-08). The CADTM welcomes the sovereign stance of the new Government of Mexico of not inviting King Felipe VI of Spain to attend the inauguration ceremony. cadtm.org
(2024-10-08). Putin to receive CIS leaders in Kremlin. tass.com During the summit, the leaders will discuss key cooperation tasks of the Commonwealth, as well as topical regional and international problems and outline main areas of work in the future…
(2024-10-08). US intelligence still sees no attempts to meddle with US election from abroad. tass.com A similar statement was made by a spokesperson for the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence in early September…
(2024-10-08). A Nuclear Warning From Hurricane Helene. counterpunch.org 
(2024-10-08). Vietnam discovers new species of honeybee. tvbrics.com 
The finding was made in Vu Quang National Park, which is known for its biodiversity…
(2024-10-08). Reflections on genocide. uwidata.com By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein "Death is not true when the work of life has been well accomplished." Jose Marti Hurt if you want to hurt that I await the blow calmly. But I, on the other hand, condemn you to the torment of living. Where can you run away that the punishment does not reach …
(2024-10-08). Hurricane Milton threatens Florida: Could be the most devastating storm in a century | 10 key developments. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Hurricane Milton, which has rapidly intensified in the Gulf of Mexico, reached Category 5 status before being downgraded to Category 4. As it approaches Florida, forecasters from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) have warned that it could become one of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded for west-central Florida. With sustained winds currently reaching 165 mph, the storm poses a significant threat to an area still recovering from previous hurricanes.
(2024-10-08). Hermann Escarrá: We Will Not Recognize Whatever the International Court Says About the Essequibo (Interview). orinocotribune.com Venezuelan congressman Hermann Escarrá does not miss any detail of the century-old controversy over the Essequibo territory, the 159,500 square kilometers in eastern Venezuela that previously appeared on the official Venezuelan map with oblique lines and the inscription "zone under claim." | So as not to get lost in the details of this territorial claim made by Venezuela, which owns this piece of land, Escarrá has at hand a stack of documents that his assistant passes to him as he cites them during the interview conducted by àöltimas Noticias' Eligio Rojas. | "Find me the Argyle Declaration there… Have the…
(2024-10-08). Comrade President? Change and Continuity in Sri Lanka. internationalviewpoint.org
(2024-10-08). Focus turns to Lebanon. internationalviewpoint.org
(2024-10-08). Gender and sexualities: the reactionary offensive of the far right. internationalviewpoint.org
(2024-10-08). National elections in Austria: A disaster for democracy and the welfare state — and for the left. internationalviewpoint.org
(2024-10-08). Tanzania: Masai evicted from their land on the altar of profit. internationalviewpoint.org
(2024-10-08). France in the grip of multiple crises. internationalviewpoint.org "The formation of the NFP, and the unexpected success of its electoral campaign, have rekindled hope. But we know that this is only a reprieve. The rise of the National Rally continues, and the dynamic of popular mobilisation remains fragile, but the time gained can be put to good use." | – | / |
(2024-10-08). Harris and Trump Campaign Amidst Strikes and Protests. internationalviewpoint.org Former president Donald Trump and Vice-president Kamala Harris continue to campaign in a neck-and-neck race, both holding large rallies in swing states in an attempt to pull ahead. Trump continues his racist rants against immigrants, whom he calls "stone-cold killers," and his vicious insults against Harris, now calling her "mentally disabled." He has blamed immigrants, released from other countries' prisons and mental hospitals, for an invasion of the country that has "poisoned our blood" and destroyed the economy, taking jobs from American Blacks and Latinos. "And if you think about it," says Trump, "only a men…
(2024-10-08). Biden-Harris Send More U.S. Arms and Troops to the Middle East. internationalviewpoint.org As Israel has continued to expand its war in the Middle East, the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris has continued to provide military aid and to increase its military forces in the region to support Israel. | – | / |
(2024-10-08). Is AMLO's latest reform a poisoned chalice? internationalviewpoint.org On 15 September, a Mexican bank holiday, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gave a 'farewell' speech in front of 300,000 enthusiastic people gathered on the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is stepping down from office on 1 October, giving way to the new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, who was triumphantly elected in June. | – | / |
(2024-10-08). AUNOHR announces new partnership with Pressenza. pressenza.com The Academic University for Nonviolence and Human Rights — AUNOHR and Pressenza have just signed a new partnership with very distinct objectives. The university also took part in the ceremony to launch the Arabic version of Pressenza, congratulating its team on this special initiative to spread the culture of non-violence among readers in the Arab world. | We have chosen to announce this agreement on October 2, the International Day of Non-Violence, designated by the United Nations in 2007, honouring the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi. Moreover, AUNOHR officially instituted October 2 as "The National Day for t…
(2024-10-08). Open letter from Brian Eno and Yanis Varoufakis to the judges of the International Criminal Court. pressenza.com On October 7, Brian Eno and Yanis Varoufakis appealed to the International Criminal Court to do its duty. To uphold international law by prosecuting self-evident war crimes in Israel-Palestine, lest genocide becomes normalised across the world. | Dear judges of the International Criminal Court, | When we heard in January that the Court on which you sit had decided to hear the case concerning the situation in Israel-Palestine, we were encouraged. Humanity needs an International Criminal Court that upholds the rule of law and is prepared to investigate the most serious allegations of violations of international law…
(2024-10-08). High-level initiative on international humanitarian law. icrc.org
(2024-10-08). SWIRMO: Building International Humanitarian Law into Military Planning and Operational Practices. icrc.org
(2024-10-08). Statement at the 79th United Nations General Assembly, Sixth Committee Plenary Meeting on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism. icrc.org
(2024-10-08). Statement of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement on Lebanon: "Health-care workers and facilities must be respected and protected" icrc.org
(2024-10-08). Nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity. icrc.org Joint Statement of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on the occasion of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, New York.
(2024-10-08). Xinjiang becomes popular destination among foreign tourists during National Day holiday. ecns.cn Facilitated by visa-free policies and fast custom clearance, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region became a popular travel destination for foreign tourists during the National Day holiday, with custom clearance personnel and traffic volume reaching record highs.
(2024-10-08). Border cities find wealth of business opportunities with holiday travel rush. ecns.cn Business activity in multiple border cities across China was ignited during the weeklong National Day holidays, with cross-border visitor trips and consumption both increasing significantly.
(2024-10-08). Surge in holiday visitors boosts HK business prospects. ecns.cn Following a 36.1 percent surge in visitors during the weeklong National Day holiday, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's government and business community are hoping that year-round inbound travel numbers and consumer spending will bounce back to pre-COVID levels.
(2024-10-08). China to provide emergency medical supplies to Lebanon. ecns.cn At the request of the Lebanese government, China will provide emergency medical supplies to Lebanon, the China International Development Cooperation Agency said on Tuesday.
(2024-10-08). Domestic demand expansion polices to focus on people's wellbeing, consumption: NDRC. ecns.cn An array of ongoing demand expansion polices would focus on benefiting the people and promoting consumption, said China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Tuesday.
(2024-10-08). China's National Day holiday witnesses over 2 billion passenger trips. ecns.cn Preliminary statistics from the Ministry of Transport show that during China's week-long National Day holiday, the total cross-regional passenger trips reached 2.008 billion, with a daily average increase of 4.1 percent compared to the same period last year.
(2024-10-08). Terror attack on convoy in Karachi slammed. ecns.cn Beijing has strongly condemned a terrorist attack that killed two Chinese nationals in Karachi, a port city in Pakistan, urging Islamabad to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice.
(2024-10-08). Holiday tourists head home. ecns.cn Several government departments have intensified efforts to ensure safe, efficient return journeys for hundreds of millions of travelers across the nation as China's weeklong National Day holiday wrapped up on Monday.
(2024-10-08). Wedding debacle sparks online debate on bride-price practice. ecns.cn Authorities in a rural part of Henan province successfully intervened in a highly publicized wedding debacle during the National Day holiday, in which the bride's relatives attempted to prevent her from leaving her home for the wedding due to disputes over the bride-price, turning the event into a farce.
(2024-10-08). Flow of visitors to Ailao sparks safety concerns. ecns.cn The Ailao Mountains in Yunnan province saw a surge in visitors during the National Day holiday from Tuesday to Monday, following a viral mineral-collecting adventure video posted by a vlogger.
(2024-10-08). Passenger trips surge as National Day holiday concludes. ecns.cn The railway network was expected to mark a historic high on Monday, with ananticipated 19.86million passenger trips.
(2024-10-08). Mobile payment helps fuel holiday consumption. ecns.cn China's innovative mobile payment options fueled a new wave of inbound travel-related consumption during the National Day holiday period that ended on Monday, injecting more vitality into the global tourism industry, said industry experts.
(2024-10-08). Trump to launch new golf course in Scotland by 2025. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA — Donald Trump, former US President and 2024 presidential candidate, announced opening a new golf course at his resort in Scotland by 2025. This decision sparked controversy due to concerns about the environmental impact on nearby sand dunes.Trump new golf course in Scotland: Sources indicate that the new course will have 18-hole golf and will be built at the Trump International Resort in Aberdeenshire, eastern Scotland. The course will be named MacLeod Course, in honor of his mother Mary's maiden name, as she was born on the Isle of Lewis.The new course will have 18-hole golf and will be bu…
(2024-10-08). Ben Gurion airport halts operations after Yemen fires ballistic missile at central Tel Aviv. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Landing and take-off operations were suspended at Ben Gurion International Airport following the launch of a ballistic missile from Yemen targeting central Israel. Sirens blared across numerous Israeli cities, including those in the greater Tel Aviv area, as explosions were heard near central Israel and settlements in the West Bank.According to the Israeli army, a surface-to-surface missile was fired from Yemen and aimed at central Israel, though military forces reported successfully intercepting the projectile.Local media, including Yedioth Ahronoth, confirmed that air traffic at Ben Gurion was tempora…
(2024-10-08). Mbappe criticized for skipping France duty. albawaba.com Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe is facing criticism for skipping France's upcoming Nations League games while being available to play for the Spanish giants.The former Paris Saint-Germain star sustained an injury last month that he was able to overcome in recent days.He even took park in Los Blancos' Champions League loss to Lille, before staring the game against Villarreal in LaLiga on Saturday.Despite his availability, France boss Didier Deschamps opted to leave the striker out of the squad he announced on Thursday, to give the the 25-year-old a much-needed rest.However, former France international Maxime Bos…
(2024-10-08). Volunteer Spotlight / Coup de projecteur sur nos bénévoles: Wardougou Kelley Sakine. worldbeyondwar.org 
In English below | Chaque mois, nous partageons les histoires des volontaires et stagiaires de World BEYOND War à travers le monde. Vous souhaitez vous porter volontaire ou effectuer un stage auprès de World BEYOND War ? Envoyez un message à greta@worldbeyondwar.org. | Je m'appelle Wardougou Kelley Sakine, de nationalité Tchadienne et je poursuis actuellement mes études universitaires au Sénégal, particulièrement à l'Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis. | Lieu : : | Saint-Louis, Senegal | Comment vous êtes-vous impliqué dans l'activisme contre la guerre et dans World BEYOND War (WBW) ? : | La…
(2024-10-08). Is the International Community an Adversary or a Judge? themedialine.org 
(2024-10-08). Russia is right to remove Taliban from the list of terrorist organizations. strategic-culture.su 
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(2024-10-08). Can the Euro or Renminbi Really Challenge the US Dollar? fairobserver.com The United States dollar has long held its position as the world's dominant currency. This is mainly due to the vast size and stability of the US economy and the unmatched liquidity of its financial markets. These factors have solidified the dollar's supremacy in international trade and finance, with the US economy valued at over…
(2024-10-08). Iran Condemns Terrorist Attack near Karachi Airport. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a deadly terrorist attack near the international airport in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.
(2024-10-08). Thailand: Report on torture and ill-treatment submitted to UN body. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) submitted a shadow report to the United Nations (UN) Committee Against Torture (CAT), ahead of its review of Thailand's second periodic report under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The review of Thailand's report will take place on 5 and 6 November 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland.
30 September 2024. The joint FIDH-UCL shadow report details the Thai authorities' failure to comply (…) | – |
(2024-10-08). A MEAL Officer (M/F) – Full-time fixed-term contract. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) composed of 188 national human rights organisations from 116 countries. FIDH is a nonpartisan, non-sectarian, apolitical, and not for profit organisation. Since 1922, FIDH has been defending all human rights — civil, political, economic, social, and cultural — as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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(2024-10-08). Infectious disease and national security. onlineopinion.com.au Traditionally Australia's national security has been defined in terms of international relations, the defence of national integrity and the protection of citizens and states from external threats.
(2024-10-08). Reflections on genocide. unitedworldint.com The Arab and Muslim world must take the initiative. By Sergio Rodriguez Gelfenstein "Death is not true when the work of life has been well accomplished." Jose Marti Hurt if you want to hurt that I await the blow calmly. But I, on the other hand, condemn you to the torment of living. Where can …
(2024-10-08). Joshua Craze: Taxonomies of Hunger. newleftreview.org Death by hunger stalks millions in the Sahel and Horn of Africa—the upshot of West-led political and economic processes as much as climate change and war. Yet only a few instances can pass the demanding criteria for famine set by the humanitarian technocrats of the international bodies charged with its alleviation.
(2024-10-08). Manasi Parekh's Emotional Triumph at National Film Awards. devdiscourse.com In a poignant moment at the 70th National Film Awards, actress Manasi Parekh was overcome with emotion as she received her first National Film Award from President Droupadi Murmu.
(2024-10-08). Escalating Tensions: Chinese Military Activities Surge Near Taiwan. devdiscourse.com Tensions continue to rise in the Taiwan Strait as Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence observed 12 People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and seven People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels operating around Taiwan early Tuesday morning. Of these, eight aircraft penetrated the median line of the Taiwan Strait, entering the southwest area of Taiwan's Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), as reported by Voice of America (VoA).
(2024-10-08). Uganda Airlines to soon land at London Gatwick. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG & AGENCIES | After last month's foray into Africa, plans for Uganda Airlines to launch new international flights to London Gatwick by the end of 2024 are well on track. A report on @ukairport24 indicates that Uganda Airlines is already seeking to recruit a station and country manager in London, final …
(2024-10-08). Pogba's four-year ban reduced to 18 months. independent.co.ug 
GENEVA | Xinhua | French football player Paul Pogba's four-year ban for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) was cut to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Monday. The Juventus midfielder filed an appeal against the decision of Italy's National Anti-Doping Tribunal for committing an ADRV on February 28, 2024. He …
(2024-10-08). TRIBUTE: Honouring the legacy of Dikembe Mutombo. independent.co.ug 
Silalei Shani, former captain of Kenya's national women's basketball team, honors Dikembe Mutombo, the African-American Hall of Famer from the DRC. Mutombo, who passed away on September 30, at 58. Mutombo leaves behind a towering legacy both on the court and through his global humanitarian work. NEWS ANALYSIS |BIRD AGENCY | Often times, a …
(2024-10-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: Who is at risk for a brain aneurysm? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Editors note: September is National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month Brain aneurysms affect millions of people, with 6.7 million in the U.S. living with unruptured aneurysms. Globally, they can cause nearly 500,000 deaths annually. Dr. Chris Fox specializes in endovascular and cerebrovascular neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic. He says not all brain aneurysms need to be treated immediately. However, a brain aneurysm that bursts or ruptures causes a serious medical emergency. Dr. Fox explains who may be…
(2024-10-08). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is CAR-T cell therapy? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Roughly 635,000 new cases of lymphoma were diagnosed worldwide, according to the World Cancer Research Fund International's most recent report. Survival rates for aggressive lymphomas have improved significantly thanks to advances in treatment, such as chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy). Dr. Madiha Iqbal, a Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist, explains that CAR-T cell therapy is a personalized and innovative treatment giving hope to patients diagnosed with various lymphomas. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mhzo1FAmV0 Journalists: …
(2024-10-08). Mayo Clinic awarded federal grant to study experimental ALS drug. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getty Images JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic in Florida has received a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to begin an innovative study that will provide hundreds of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) access to the experimental drug ibudilast over six months. The grant totals $22 million. Mayo Clinic will receive $12 million and manage the distribution of the remainder to its collaborators. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
(2024-10-08). Emraan Hashmi seriously injured during shooting. gnnhd.tv 
It is expected that Emraan will stop the shooting of the film and reach Mumbai by Tuesday…
(2024-10-08). Austerity, dispossession and injustice: Facets of the debt crisis in Sri Lanka. cadtm.org
(2024-10-08). Beylikdàºzàº'nde silah àºreten ve ticaretini yapanlara operasyon. yenisafak.com 
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Many former NewsClick employees are struggling to find an alternative job even after months of unemployment due to the vilification and fear mongering campaign launched by the ultra-right government in India.
At an August rally in Glendale, Arizona, the rowdiness of the crowd suggested a rockstar was about to take the stage. Instead, a booming voice welcomed the spectators with a full-throated endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris: "She is the right person at the right time to be our country's 47th president!" The voice belonged to Governor of the Gila River Indian Community Stephen Roe Lewis, a tribal leader who helped resolve long overdue water rights in the state for the tribe last year. Later on…
As Israeli forces continue to sustain their assaults across the Gaza Strip and Lebanon on the Despite global leaders failing the people of Gaza…
Tributes have poured in for Hamad was killed during heavy Israeli bombardment and besiegement of Jabalia, while Israeli forces continued strikes on other areas including Rafah and Al-Zawaida. | Since the start of Israel's war on Gaza last year, Hamad has been documenting Israeli aggression on t…
In northern Rafah lies the remnants of a once-thriving farmland, now reduced to rubble after being razed by Israeli forces. | Palestinian farmer Yaqoub Abu Daabs, 55, surveys the devastation of his farm, unable to approach the land to assess the full extent of the damage or retrieve any agricultural tools and supplies partially buried beneath the destruction. | After losing his son Muath, 27, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike three months ago while trying to reach the farmland, Abu Daabs now refuses to risk venturing near the area again. | 
Hana Al-Hamami, 52 years old, sits next to the radio for long hours, hoping to hear news of a ceasefire agreement in the Nearby, her husband Jamil Al-Hamami was busy repairing holes in their worn-out tent in preparation for the winter and did not seem interested in listening to the radio. | The Al-Hamami family lives in a tent in the Deir al-Balah camp in the central 
At least 18 people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a Gaza mosque early on Sunday, said Palestinian news agency WAFA. | The strike on the mosque, near the Al-Aqsa Hospital in The initial death toll was five but eyewitnesses said the number of casualties could rise as the mosque was being used to house displaced people. | The Israeli military claimed in a statement it "conducte…
Demonstrations are planned in cities around the world this weekend, including in some conservative US states, to mark one year since The gatherings, called a Global Day of Action, which have been in the works for some time, will also highlight Israel's recent escalation of the war "We've seen this form of collective punishment in Gaza, and now…
Pro-Palestinian supporters from across the country began the march from Russell Square to Downing Street demanding an end to the conflict, which has killed nearly 42,000 people in Gaza since October 7. | At Saturday's 20th "National Mar…
A huge fireball lit up the sky and plumes of smoke rose over Lebanese Prime Minister After a devastating year-long conflict in Gaza, Isra…
By Les Leopold / Original to ScheerPost Since 1993, 60.2 million workers who had been on the job for at least three years have been laid off, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Another 75.7 million with less than three years tenure have also been let go. Working people understand that the periodic ups …
SOLOMON HUGHES looks at the sorry career of Brett McGurk.
The West's failure to bring Israel to justice for its genocide in Gaza has emboldened it to attack Lebanon—and brought the region to the brink of all-out war.
In this interview, conducted on 10 February 2023, John Bellamy Foster speaks with Daniel Tutt about the work of István Mészáros and Paul Baran, contemporary irrationalist tendencies in left ecological thought, intensifying global class struggles and the continued relevance of Georg Lukács's The Destruction of Reason (1952), recently reissued with an introduction by Enzo Traverso …
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world over the weekend calling for In Washington, One man attempted to set himself on fire, AFP…
French President Emmanuel Macron called Saturday for a halt on He also criticised Netanyahu's decision to send troops into a "I think that today, the priority is that we return to a political solution, that we stop delivering weapons to fight in Gaza," Macron told…
A year on, Since 7 October 2023, the Israeli army has been waging a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip after a Hamas-led attack on Israeli military bases and civilian settlements within and around the Gaza envelope, killing approximately 1,100 people and capturing approximately 250 others. | For its part, the Israeli army killed more tha…
The Hamas-controlled government in the Israeli officials had announced that their military, in cooperation with internatio…
The visit comes after an Israeli official said the country was "preparing a response" after 
Israeli forces have sustained their assaults across the Gaza Strip and Lebanon on the Hezbollah rockets hit Israel's third-largest city of Iran-backed Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas,…
According to the report, the leaders would be exiled with their consent, in an effort to reach a deal that would free the remaining captives held in Gaza. | The report adds that such an agreement may also include assets belonging to Hamas in Su…
"The IDF's (army) Gaza Division has been reinforced with several platoons, with forces stationed to defend both the communities and the border area," the military said. | "The soldiers are fully equipped to defend the region in coordination with loca…
The report from UNICEF added that around 690 children have been reported wounded in the last six weeks of the Israeli onslaught. | The organisation said it was working to provide emergency humanitarian relief and medical supplies to affected areas and communities…
Canadian singer Justin Bieber has been slammed online for wearing a The keffiyeh, a chequered fabric, has come to represent Palestinian solidarity, resistance and steadfastness. | The scarf has been seen over the last year at pro-Palestine rallies and protests, as people around the world call for a Gaza ceasefire. | The 30-year-old was photographed with the keffiyeh wrapped around his head while driving his car. | Online, man…
The minister, Dr Abbas Al-Halabi, said the decision was made as Israeli aggression and bombardment across various parts of Lebanon has displaced over one million people from their homes, and many are sheltering in schools. | Schools will be m…
The blackened, pockmarked and shredded walls of In April, UN officials, Palestinian civil defence and medical workers in Gaza City stood atop of mounds of sand and rubble to inspect what remained of the territory's largest and most sophisticated medical complex. | The teams found burnt…
Israeli police on Sunday said The incident took place a day before the first anniversary of Israel's brutal war in Gaza, which has killed nearly 42,000 Palestinians. | "Paramedics have pronounced a 25-year-old female deceased, and are evacuating 10 casualties," emergency service provider Magen David Adom said in a statement. | Police identified the victim as Sergeant Shira Haya Suslik, a memb…
A two-year-old boy and three adults died overnight after two boats crowded with migrants got into difficulty while attempting the perilous The latest tragedies bring to 51 the number of migrants who have died attempting to reach 
Tunisia holds a presidential election Sunday with Three years after a sweeping power grab by Saied, the election is seen as a closing chapter in Tunisia's experiment with democracy. | The North African country had prided itself for more than a decade for being the birthplace of the Arab Spring uprisings against dictatorship. | Polling stations open at 8: 00 am (0700 GMT) and close at…
More than two dozen Israeli strikes hit south of Beirut Saturday night into Sunday, some of them very violent, with explosions heard for over two hours in one of the most intense barrages yet. | "Israeli enemy warplanes carried out four very violent strikes on (Beirut's) southern suburbs, and one strike on the Choueifat" area, with ambulances rushing to the site, Lebanon's National News Agency said at the beginning of the attacks. | Explosions were heard for miles across the city and beyond. Plumes of smoke could be seen rising from targeted areas, which included Burj al Barajneh, Haret Hreik, and Ghobeiry.
The area, stretches from the Mediterranean coast to the Karam Abu Salem, or Kerem Shalom border crossing. | Tribal sources living in Rafah told The New Arab's Arabic language sister publication, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, that the Israeli army h…
Palestinian factions in Gaza have said that they are still able to fight Israel, and that no deal will be made until it ends its war, according to a statement circulated by Hamas on Saturday. | The factions met in Gaza to mark the first anniversary of the 7 October Hamas-led surprise attack against Israel, which they call Al-Aqsa Flood. | The groups said in a statement that they held "an important national meeting on the first anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Flood Battle… and in light of the war of genocide waged by the Nazi Zionist occupation against our Palestinian and Lebanese people and the peoples of our Ara…
Across the Tunisian diaspora, many "If I go back to Tunisia, I'll probably be arrested", says Kaouther Ferjani, the daughter of political prisoner Said Ferjani, currently living in the U…
Appalling mix of regurgitated and already-discredited lies with grotesque one-sidedness Sir Keir Starmer's statement today on the anniversary of the Hamas raid on southern Israel was a regurgitation of Israeli atrocity propaganda that has already been disproven, mixed with omissions of known facts about Israel's killing of its own people during the raid and a …
In an interview with Mondoweiss, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative Dr. Mustafa Barghouti reflects on the importance of Palestinian national unity, the challenges facing the Palestinian struggle, and the right to resist.
Several partnerships between international, Egyptian, and Emirati firms were announced…
Media reform campaigners are targeting communications giant Sky Media for 'propping up' the right-wing GB News channel, following a spate of Ofcom investigations and allegations that the channel's coverage exacerbated this summer's racist riots in England. | Sky Media is the advertising arm of media giant Sky, and has commissioned the adverts for GB News from the channel's launch in 2021. | On its promo site, Sky Media says it reaches "over 93% of the UK population" by selling ad space on "behalf of a range of renowned broadcasters and channels including Channel 5, Discovery, National Geographic, MTV, Nickel…
SAPS pilot flies high at Forty under 40 Awards | The South African Police Service's Lieutenant Colonel Kgothatso Khunou has done SAPS proud by walking away as the overall winner in the aviation category at the Forty under 40 Awards. | Khunou has received praise from National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, for her stellar achievement. | "We are immensely proud of both our pilots, who were nominated in the aviation category of the Forty under 40 Awards. This is an example of the pockets of excellence that exists in the SAPS [South African Police Service]," said Masemola. | Khunou is the first female…
Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | At the 13th mineral wealth conference organized by Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum, there was an urgent call from everyone: we need more funding. A national mining company is in the works and so investors are positioning themselves to tap into the country's mineral wealth. The keynote speech …
On the 2nd of October, 2024 which is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanthi in India and International Non-violence Day world over, the 3rd World March for Peace and Non-violence started symbolically from Costa Rica which is the first nation to abolish its Army after the 2nd World War. | In these trying and testing times, world leaders are faced with an obvious choice between a 3rd World War of annihilation and our 3rd World March for Peace and Non-violence. | Art for Peace is an Activity, organized by World Without Wars and Without Violence in collaboration with likeminded organizations, including the Rotary Club of Coim…
On the first day, around 4: 30 am, I set out on my bi-cycle from my house. And, with initial energy and enthusiasm, I literally flew over the flyover bridge to reach the memorial of a Gandhian, also known as Tiruppur Kumaran, who was martyred during India's struggle for freedom from the clutches of colonial rule. Having taken his blessings with a ceremonial photograph, I hit the road. After 40 km of continuous cycling, to make good of the time before sunrise, I reached my ancestral temple which also happens to be on the way. It was my first pitstop to recharge my body, soul, and the led light. The first leg of the…
The damage from an Israeli airstrike to the home of the deputy secretary-general of the Popular, Jamil Mazhar, in the central Gaza Strip, on August 12, 2024 (Shutterstock) | By Qassam Muaddi / Israel killed 20 Palestinians in an airstrike on Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank late on Thursday, October 3, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported. Several children and an entire family were among the dead, as the strike targeted a three-f…
Plus a Conservative think-tanker for good measure Hot on the heels of promoting the hard-right saboteur of Jeremy Corbyn, Morgan McSweeney, to be his recycled chief of staff after the (induced?) resignation of the controversial Sue Gray, Keir Starmer has appointed former Murdoch hack James Lyons as his head of 'strategic communications'. Lyons worked as …
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By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — In a radio interview with France Inter on Saturday, French president Emmanuel Macron called for an arms embargo against Israel over its ongoing attacks on Gaza and now Lebanon. BFMTV reported that he said, "I think that today the priority is to return to a political solution, …
McSweeney ran Labour Together, which didn't declare hundreds of thousands in donations — who better to take over in the middle of a freebies-for-access scandal? Former civil servant Sue Gray has resigned as Keir Starmer's chief of staff, as Starmer reshuffles his back office team. He has promoted Morgan McSweeney back to being his chief …
Graham said to be 'going political', calling election to try to stem outrage over Gaza betrayals — and allegedly to have result over before police announce no wrongdoing in conference centre deal Sharon Graham is getting ready to call the next general secretary election in the Unite union more than a year early, according to …
Left-wing Jewish activist arrested for 'racially aggravated' offence for comparing Israel's genocide to behaviour of nazis Jewish activist Tony Greenstein was arrested on Friday while demonstrating outside the London residence of far-right Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely — who has been described even by the Israeli press as 'the ugly, extremist face of Israel' and has …
Irish and Unifil soldiers say they will not abandon their posts Israeli occupation forces have told the Irish government to recall its peacekeepers from their positions near Lebanon's border with Israel — and have been rebuffed. The order was made to Unifil (UN Interim Force in Lebanon) and separately to each individual country that provides …
In an exclusive interview with Mondoweiss, senior Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk discusses Operation Al-Aqsa Flood's goals and accomplishments, international Palestine solidarity, and what comes next after a year of Israeli genocide in Gaza.
By Dr Halim Genàßoƒülu (The Wretched of the Earth) French colonialism in Africa, spanning from the 19th to the mid-20th century, profoundly impacted the continent's political, economic, and cultural landscape. Driven by economic interests, national prestige, and the mission civilisatrice (civilizing mission), France established colonies across West, Central, and North Africa, including territories such as …
France's colonial legacy in Africa is a somber reminder of the brutalities of empire. By Dr Halim Genàßoƒülu Colonialism is not satisfied merely with holding a people in its grip and emptying the native's brain of all form and content. Frantz Fanon (The Wretched of the Earth) French legacy in West Africa (The Wretched of …
The diplomat is leaving Washington during a period of fractured ties between the two countries | Anatoly Antonov has finished his term as Russia's ambassador to the US, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The diplomat is returning to Moscow amid unprecedented tensions between the two nuclear superpowers. | "The Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, has ended his service in Washington and is on his way to Moscow," the Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement carried by Russian news agencies. The ministry did not provide any additional details and has so far not named his successor. | Antonov…
The Israeli prime minister has rejected the French president's "shameful" call for an arms embargo | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron for his call to end weapons deliveries to the Jewish state amid the ongoing escalation with Hezbollah and Iran. | In an interview with French media aired on Saturday, Macron called for "a political solution" to the conflict in the Middle East and argued that Western nations should "stop delivering arms for fighting in Gaza." He called the continued hostilities "a mistake" and warned against turning Lebanon into "a new G…
Israel invaded the southern part of the neighboring country earlier this week to fight pro-Palestinian militants | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claims it has killed 440 Hezbollah members since the start of the ground operation in Lebanon earlier this month. | On Tuesday, the IDF announced "limited ground raids" into southern Lebanon, following a weeks-long bombing campaign that killed more than a dozen high-ranking Hezbollah members, including the pro-Palestinian group's longstanding leader, Hassan Nasrallah. | "We are pushing Hezbollah north," the IDF spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Hagri, said in a st…
America is no longer respected, the former president and Republican candidate has said at a campaign event in the state of Pennsylvania | The US has lost respect on the world stage and has become a laughing stock, former President Donald Trump said at a campaign event in the swing state of Pennsylvania. | Trump held a rally to drum up support for his election campaign in the city of Butler on Saturday, returning to the site where he survived an assassination attempt in July. | The Republican nominee vowed to fix the US economy, combat violent crime, and crack down on illegal immigration through the southern bo…
The new surveyor vessel has struck a reef and caught fire in the Pacific Ocean | A Royal New Zealand Navy ship has capsized and sunk in the Pacific Ocean after hitting a reef, the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) has said. | According to a statement released on Sunday, the hydrographic survey and diving support vessel HMNZS Manawanui ran aground near the southern coast of Samoa's island of Upolu on Saturday evening. The vessel was on a surveying mission when the incident occurred. | The ship caught fire and subsequently capsized as onlookers saw heavy smoke coming from the vessel. "The exact cause of the groun…
All 197 people aboard the Las Vegas-bound aircraft have been rescued, the airline says | A Frontier Airlines passenger plane caught fire during an emergency landing at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday evening local time. | The Airbus 321 with 197 people on board was flying from San Diego to Las Vegas, when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in an incident report. | Despite the problems, the pilots managed to land the aircraft safely, after which fire crews extinguished the fire on one of the engines, the FAA said. | "No injuri…
The Al-Aqsa Mosque and Ibn Rushd school sheltered hundreds of displaced people, the local authorities say | At least 24 Palestinians were killed in two Israeli strikes in Gaza that hit a mosque and a school, local officials have said. The Israeli military insists that the facilities were being used by Hamas operatives. | Gaza's Government Media Office accused Israel of "two brutal massacres" on Sunday, saying the strikes targeted the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque, which is adjacent to a hospital, and the Ibn Rushd school. Both facilities housed "hundreds of displaced people," it said in a statement on Telegram. | In…
Twenty Israeli soldiers were killed or wounded after attempting to advance towards the The Lebanese group said the Israeli army attempted to advance under artillery cover but were ambushed with explosive devices. The fighters then engaged the army "from close range reaching zero distance". | Soldiers who were killed or wounded were evacuated, while the remaining Israeli force retreated under artillery cover, the statement…
A high-level Hezbollah source said on Saturday that contact with "Contact with Sayyed Safieddine has been lost since the violent strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs" early on Friday, the official told AFP. | "We don't know if he was at the targeted site, or who may have been there with…
Oman will host the forum's 16th annual gathering in Muscat. | "We are delighted to announce that @elonmusk, CEO of @SpaceX and @Tesla and Chairman of @X, will be joining us this November at our annual meeting in Muscat, Oman. He will discuss the #Technology and trends shaping today's world and the likely changes it will cast in…
The factions, which are part of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, said Israel is likely to start lauching attacks on Iraq after a drone launched by Iraqi factions on Friday k…
Hezbollah is yet to issue a statement on the claims, while Israel's Channel11 reported that Saf…
The source did not identify when the talks took place and whether they occurred before or after the start of the brutal war in Gaza, which has kill…
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An This is the first time the north of the country has been hit since the beginning of Israel's intensified attacks on Lebanon in September. | Hamas announced that the drone strike killed Saeed Atallah Ali, a Hamas military official, along with his wife and two young daughte…
This live blog has now ended. Make sure to follow us for the latest news on Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the city and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometers away. | Separately, a high-level Hezbollah source said on Saturday that contact with Hashem Safieddine, widely touted…
Also Friday, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged the international community to pressure Israel "to allow rescue…
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New Delhi's transactions with key partners, including Russia, have been made difficult by Washington, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said | New Delhi is looking to secure its interest and find "workarounds" in settlements with global partners, including Russia, as Washington complicates trade, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has said. He clarified, however, that India has no intention of moving away from the US dollar. | Speaking on Tuesday at an event at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington-based think tank, Jaishankar noted that India has "no malicious intent towards the…
A government commission in Washington has repeated its call for India to be designated a "country of concern" | New Delhi on Thursday condemned a report by a US government body claiming that "religious freedom conditions" in India have "continued to worsen." | The document, The Indian Foreign Ministry…
The patrol found 33 migrants from countries including Egypt, Nepal, Cuba, India and Pakistan…
President of MNS Cinema Wing warned cinema owners in India to reconsider screening the film…
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By Michael Arria / Mondoweiss Last week Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced that he had introduced legislation to block a $20 billion arms sale to Israel. The Joint Resolutions of Disapproval would prevent the delivery of offensive weapons that the State Department approved in August, just days before ceasefire talks were set to resume. The package includes …
By Abby Martin / The Empire Files Journalist Séamus Malekafzali joins Abby Martin to talk about Israel's invasion of Lebanon, the assassination of Nasrallah, and the potential for war with Iran. They are also joined by Empire Files producer Mike Prysner. Abby Martin Abigail Suzanne Martin (born September 6, 1984) is an American journalist, TV presenter, and …
The "reconstitution" of Moscow's forces during the Ukraine conflict has surprised Washington, Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has said | Washington is highly concerned about the rapid "reconstitution" of the Russian military and partly attributes this to Moscow's "formidable" ties with China, US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell has said. | Discussing the Ukraine conflict in an interview on Wednesday hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington-based think tank, Campbell stated that "what we've seen over the course of the last two years is a reconstitution of the Russian…
Govt has claimed it shot down 90% of missiles fired on Tuesday but video evidence suggests most missiles got through Footage of Iran's barrage of around two hundred ballistic and hypersonic missiles at Israeli military facilities on Tuesday evening shows a majority of them hitting their targets, leading to large explosions on the ground. Despite …
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Another 24 civilians have been injured in Belgorod Region, Vyacheslav Gladkov has said | Four people were killed and 24 others wounded by Ukrainian attacks on civilian buildings and vehicles in Russia's Belgorod Region on Wednesday, local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov has said. | Kiev's troops targeted around a dozen non-military settlements with artillery and drones, according to the governor. | "Yesterday was a terrible day for the whole of Belgorod Region," Gladkov wrote in a post on Telegram on Thursday morning. | Throughout Wednesday, the governor reported Ukrainian strikes across the region via his channel…
The plot targeting a Kiev intelligence officer's Russian son was part of a foiled infiltration attempt, according to the agency | An officer of Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has tried to use his agency's resources to kidnap his own son from Russia, the FSB security service has claimed. | The Russian service reported on Thursday that it had caught HUR agents illegally crossing the border from Lithuania to Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad. | "A secondary goal of the operation was the kidnapping and cross-border smuggling of an underage Russian citizen, who is the son of an HUR staff member," the statement…
Ukraine is also disappointed with the volume and pace of NATO weapons deliveries | The US and its allies are delaying deliveries of weapons to Kiev and aren't yet willing to act as Ukraine's air defense, Vladimir Zelensky has said. | On Thursday, Zelensky met with the new NATO secretary-general, Mark Rutte, who hastened to Kiev just two days after taking over the job from the bloc's decade-long head Jens Stoltenberg. | "We will continue to convince our partners of the need to shoot down Russian missiles and drones," Zelensky told reporters, noting that "they are not ready yet." | Kiev has been trying to get NA…
Ugledar had been an anchor of the Ukrainian front for over two years | Russian forces have completely liberated the town of Ugledar in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Defense Ministry in Moscow has confirmed. | Ukrainian forces had controlled the settlement since 2014, when the DPR declared independence following a US-backed coup in Kiev. Ugledar was a strategically important position, featuring high-rise buildings overlooking the surrounding plain. | "As a result of conclusive operations by the units of the 'East' group of forces, the town of Ugledar in the DPR has been liberated," the Russian Defens…
Georgia's president had declined to either sign the bill or veto it, passing the decision on to parliament | Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has signed into law a bill that curbs some LGBT rights and bans 'propaganda' of non-heterosexual relationships in…
The White House reportedly accepts that it may be unable to prevent a "regional war" in the Middle East | US President Joe Biden is increasingly angry that he is unable to influence Israel's military conduct, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing two unnamed White House officials. | Biden and his aides have been "repeatedly frustrated" by Israel's war in Gaza, especially by the large death toll among Palestinian civilians, the report said. It added that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ignored US advice. | "As his influence over Netanyahu shrunk, the president's anger grew," Politico wrote. It ci…
Moscow plans to open embassies in Niger, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said | Russia is actively working to increase its diplomatic presence in Africa, with plans to establish embassies in Niger, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan, a senior Foreign Ministry official has said. | Alexey Klimov, the head of the consular department, revealed this initiative during an interview with TASS on Wednesday, emphasizing that consular sections will also be integrated into these new diplomatic missions. | "At present, we are working on expanding Russia's diplomatic presence in African countries,…
Uganda has launched a national company to expand the country's mineral reserves | Uganda's government has established a national mining company to manage its commercial holding and participating interests in mining operations, according to the East African nation's minister for energy and mineral development. | Ruth Nankabirwa announced the move on Tuesday at a mining conference organized by the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum in the national capital, Kampala. | "This company will manage the state's commercial interests in the mining industry. It will do so through strategic partnerships with young devel…
After many years of French language domination, former colonies in Africa are returning to their cultural roots | In the aftermath of the Second World War, the colonial system started to collapse. Many countries in Asia and Africa gained independence in accordance with the principles of self-determination stated in the UN Charter of 1945 and a UN declaration adopted in 1960. However, decades of dependence on European powers and their policies had significantly altered the destinies of Afro-Asian peoples and disrupted historical processes that had existed prior to the colonial era. | This is particularly eviden…
According to Niger's authorities, the matchmaking program aired by Canal Plus stigmatizes African women | Niger's media regulator has banned the French channel Canal Plus from airing a romance-themed television show that the government says threatens the West African nation's values. Authorities in neighboring Burkina Faso had already taken action against the broadcaster. | The Bachelor, the show in question, is "non-protective" of the country's young population and "stigmatizes" African women, the Nigerien Superior Council of Communication said in a statement cited by the Turkish news outlet Anadolu. | "Follo…
Global prices for crude have risen 3% on concerns about disruption of supplies from the Middle East | The escalating conflict between Iran and Israel could leave the global economy vulnerable to a 1970s-style energy shock, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Thursday, in an interview with the Guardian. | The warning comes shortly after Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon and Iran's subsequent launch of ballistic missiles at Israel. The prospect of an all-out regional war in the Middle East immediately sent oil prices surging as much as 3%. | Brent futures for December delivery was up 1.91% at $75.
'Populist' these days simply means listening to what the people want, yet the Austrian leaders and media are trying to make it look borderline Nazi | Another right-wing anti-establishment party has just won the popular vote in yet another European nation, this time the Austrian parliamentary elections. But as long as the establishment elites can still figure out how to keep themselves in power by clinging to one another despite their nominal ideological differences, they really don't care. It sounds like a brilliant strategy. Let's see where it goes, shall we? | The elites in Austria, like elsewhere in Europe,…
The two countries are marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, have hailed the strategic partnership between the two nations in complementary articles published on Thursday. | Wednesday marked the 75th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations between Moscow and Beijing. The date came just two days after the People's Republic of China celebrated its 75th birthday. The Soviet Union was the first internationally recognized nation to establish formal ties with the new Chinese government, and helped it rebuild following the deva…
The self-proclaimed NGO is allegedly working on another false-flag chemical attack in Syria | The White Helmets, a self-proclaimed civil defense group formed a decade ago in Syria at the height of the civil war, is back in the spotlight, after the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service RT's Saskia Taylor looks back at the shady origins of the group, which was generously sponsored by Western governments and lionized by Western press. She…
The billionaire accused the US Democratic Party of trying to censor citizens under the guise of fighting hate speech | Tech mogul Elon Musk has accused the US Democratic Party of trying to stifle free speech in the country by claiming to combat hate speech and misinformation. | The billionaire made the comment following Tuesday's vice-presidential debate between Democratic candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Donald Trump's running mate, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, where they discussed a number of issues, including free speech and censorship. | Walz stated during the debate that he does not believe that…
The claims against the rapper stretch back to 1991 with some accusers saying they were as young as nine at the time, according to a lawyer | Rapper Sean Combs, also known as P Diddy or Puff Daddy, is facing sexual misconduct allegations from an additional 120 accusers, with some claiming to have been minors at the time of the offenses, according to lawyer Tony Buzbee, who is representing the claimants. | The 54-year-old three-time Grammy award winner and prominent hip-hop producer is already facing criminal charges for alleged sex trafficking, drug possession and firearm offenses. Last month, he was arrested a…
The country's unmanned aerial vehicle industry is booming | The Russian Far East has hosted a major annual event dedicated to the civilian applications of drone technology. 'Archipelago 2024' included numerous competitions, as well as large-scale drills simulating various scenarios for using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). | According to the organizers, over 3,500 participants came to Sakhalin Region to join the event, which featured more than 30 types of Russian-made drones. UAVs have multiple civilian applications, and the technology has experienced a boom in the country in recent years. This year's exercis…
The government is planning to nearly quadruple outlay for the purpose in 2025 | The Russian government is planning to spend more than 1.7 billion rubles (almost $18 million) next year on promoting the Russian language outside the country, according to a draft federal budget released this week. The amount is nearly a fourfold increase compared to 2024. | The draft bill was approved by the cabinet on September 29 and is currently being considered by the Russian parliament. | According to an explanatory note attached to the draft budget, the outlay would nearly quadruple in 2025 compared to around 500 million rub…
Australia has secured 580 seats on flights departing on Thursday and Saturday for citizens, permanent residents and their families who want to leave Lebanon, Wong told a press confe…
American writer and activist Coates faced what many said was an "aggressive" and "hostile" interview with US journalist Tony Dokoupil, who had accused the renowned American author of using his latest book, The Message', to call for the Coates and Dokoupil…
Four Iraqi troops were killed Wednesday and several wounded in an ambush by the extremist Islamic State group, Iraq's Interior Ministry said. | The attack came days after the U.S. military announced that troops from its coalition against IS in Iraq and Syria Despite IS losing its so-called caliphate where it controlled large swaths of land in Iraq and eastern Syria in 2019, it continues to launch attacks through its scattered…
A Lebanese soldier was killed and four Red Cross volunteers were wounded in a rescue operation after they were targeted by The latest attack comes after an Israeli strike on an apartment in central Beirut late on Wednesday killed seven civil defence rescue workers in a rare attack in the heart of the Lebanese capital without prior warning. | "A soldier was killed and another was wounded as a resul…
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Lebanon's foreign minister, Abdallah Bou Habib, revealed on Thursday that Hezbollah's secretary-general, In an interview with American broadcast PBS, Bou Habib said that Nasrallah had agreed to a ceasefire moments before he was assassinated,…
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Israel bombed central Beirut in the early hours of Thursday, killing at least six people, after its forces suffered their deadliest day on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes against the Hezbollah militant group. | It was the second airstrike within the Lebanese capital's city limits since border hostilities began a year ago. | Israel claimed it conducted a "precise" airstrike on Beirut. Reuters witnesses reported hearing a massive blast, and a security source said it targeted a building in the Bachoura neighbourhood, close to downtown, the nearest Israeli strikes have come to Lebanon's seat of government.
The strike started a fire in the heavily-populated Beirut district close to Lebanon's parliament and UN headquarters, according to comments from the prime minister's office and the Lebanese parliament. | It hit the office of a medical centre run b…
The Israeli military has wiped out 902 The office says that the killing of entire family members has erased them from the civil registry. | The GMO also adds the army has killed 1,364 Palestinian families, killing all their members except one and killing 3,472 families, leaving only two survivors per family. | "We strongly condemn the Israeli occupation's crime of killing entire Palestinian families, and we also condemn…
Lebanon has not had a president or a fully empowered cabinet since October 2022 due to a power struggle in which Iran-backed Hezbollah has played a big part. Along with its allies, the heavily armed Shia group has insisted…
Satellite images have revealed damage to areas of an The images from Planet Labs PBC show that rockets struck two aircraft hangars housing F-35 fighter jets at the A large hole can be s…
A The German-owned MV Kathrin is due to arrive in Montenegro on Thursday, where the explosives will be transferred to arms manufacturers producing weapons for Israel. The ship will also head to Slovenia to offload the cargo, according to Amnesty International. | Citing an u…
Minnesota Governor Although foreign policy did not get much attention on the debate stage, it was the inaugural issue of the night, specifically in…
The World Health Organization chief warned Tuesday that Lebanon's health system was struggling to keep up, after Israel escalated airstrikes and launched ground raids into the country. | "The death toll in Lebanon is rising, and hospitals are overwhelmed with the influx of injured patients," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on X. | "The health system has been weakened by successive crises and is struggling to cope with the immense needs," he said, adding that WHO was scaling up its response. | Israel shifted its focus last month from the war in Gaza, which was sparked by the October 7 attacks by Iran-backed H…
There are moments in life that are so bizarre you feel as though you have stepped onto a movie set. I've found myself in utter disbelief twice in the last few weeks. | The first was watching Professor Gargi Bhattacharyya tell off the prosecution barrister in the case against Marieha Hussain for "not doing his homework". 
There will be no peace in the Middle East until the people of Palestine secure their unalienable right to life and liberty within a sovereign State of Palestine. | This is a right that Israel cannot deny or veto. It is a right that is enshrined in the UN Charter, many 
Stacey Gilbert, who resigned from US State Dept over big lie to protect Israel, breaks down as she talks about the government's butchering of her department's report that Israel was starving the people of Gaza A former State Department official who resigned over the US government's butchering of her report that Israel was (and is) …
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Marxist sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky is currently in a Russian prison for speaking out against the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In support of his release, the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign is hosting an online conference on October 8, "
When I first heard about the Palestinian Campaign for an Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, about twenty years ago, I thought, this makes perfect sense. Here was a way to bring international pressure to bear on Israel—a peaceful way for people of good conscience to try to stop Israel's abuse of the Palestinian people. 
Israeli army said that a medical center linked to Hezbollah was established in this building…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three German nationals were picked up recently by the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration for working in Uganda illegally. The trio, whose identities have been withheld were working for Konrad Adenauer Stiftung-KAS at their Uganda -South Sudan offices in Kampala. According to people who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity …
Honduras is facing at least US$14 billion in claims brought against it by corporations to protect their profits at the expense of people and the environment — a practice that applies across Latin America, reports Tamara Pearson.
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PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.—An estimated 150 protesters gathered in a county park across the road from the Indian Island Naval Magazine on Sunday, Sept. 22, to demand a halt to the delivery of U.S. bombs and missiles used in Israel's war on Gaza that has killed an estimated 41,000 unarmed Palestinians including 16,000 children. The crowd …
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US forces conducted two separate strikes in A September 24 strike in northwest Syria killed nine "terrorist operatives," including senior Hurras al-Din leader Marwan Bassam 'Abd-al-Ra'uf, the US military said. | A September 16 strike in c…
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A top adviser to former US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Israel must be allowed to finish defeating Hezbollah after Jared Kushner, who is also former US president Donald Trump's son-in-law praised the Friday killing of Nasrallah in a massive Israeli airstrike on a southern Beirut suburb. | Kushner was seen as the architect of Trump's "Deal of the Century" peace plan which would have allowed Israel to annex huge tracts of the West Bank and was unanim…
Israel said Sunday it killed another senior Hezbollah official in an airstrike a day earlier after dealing the Iran-backed group a seismic blow by assassinating its leader, Israel announced the killing of Hezbollah officially announced Qaouq's death in a statement later on Sunday. | Israeli strikes have in re…
An Iranian spy allegedly tipped off Israel about the location of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah before the latter was targeted and killed in a massive airstrike on Friday, the French newspaper A Lebanese security source told the daily that Nasrallah was killed in his highly secure underground headquarters built beneath a residential block of six buildings in the heart of Bei…
Israel could be preparing for a limited Israel has already ABC News said that there were already small-scale ground operations against Hezbollah positions on the Leban…
World leaders warned of potential repercussions on Saturday after Lebanese group Hezbollah confirmed that its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah The killing of the Iran-backed group's chief has intensified fears of all-out war in the Middle East, with states across the region condemning it. | US President Joe Biden however claimed that it was "a measure of justice". | 
Israel The death toll in Israeli strikes across the country Sunday rose to 105, including 32 in Ain Deleb, a town southeast of the port city of Sidon, 33 in the northeastern district of Baalbek-Hermel and seven more in Marjayoun | The strikes come after Nasrallah was killed in a massi…
Dozens of buildings in Smoke could still be seen billowing from several buildings on Saturday in the southern suburb of 
Pope Francis, asked on Sunday about On the flight back to Rome from Belgium, the pontiff said countries cannot go "over the top" in using their military forces. | "Even in war there is a morality to safeguard," he said. "War is immoral. But the rules of war give it some morality." | Responding to a question during an in-flight press conference about Israel's latest strikes…
Israel will not achieve its goals, he said. | "We will face any possibility and we are ready if the Israelis decide to enter by land and the resistance forces are ready for a ground engage…
The Israeli military carried out an airstrike near the Syrian capital Sunday night, with reports saying a villa belonging to President A military source told the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper that a drone targeted Maher al-Assad's home with three missiles in the Yafour area, west of Damascus, along the highway leading to the Sounds of…
Six people have died of alcohol poisoning in northern Iran banned the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages after the Ever since, smuggled and unregulated alcohol has proliferated on the black market, with methanol often added to drinks as a cheaper alternative to ethanol. | Official…
Israeli forces began sweeping farmlands on Sunday in preparation for the construction of a segregation wall in the Bulldozers leveled crops in the town of Sinjil in the central West Bank, with the wall set to deprive landowners of access to their groves and confiscate around 8,000 dunams of land. | The decision to erect the wall was taken eight months ago, part of the far-right Israeli government's plan to isolate Palestinian lands from Highway 60, a South—North intercity road…
On 27 September, Israel Felt dozens of kilometres away, these Israeli airstrikes produced the By targeting Hezbollah's Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and other leaders in the Lebanese party, Tel Aviv's military strikes da…
Israel is "currently conducting" limited "This is what they have informed us that they are currently conducting, which are limited operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told journalists. | Israel had warned Monday that it could send in troops to fight Hezbollah, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant saying near the Lebanese border: "We will use al…
Hashem Safieddine, a potential successor to his slain cousin Safieddine bears a striking resemblance to his charismatic maternal cousin Nasrallah but is several years his junior, aged in his late 50s or early 60s. | A source close to Hezbollah, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media, said the grey-bearded, bespectacled Safieddine was the…
Lebanon's Hezbollah announced on Saturday that Born in 1960, Nasrallah joined Hezbollah in 1982, the year it was formed with the help of Iran's Revolutionary Guards to fight against Israeli forces invading Lebanon. | Known as a dedicated student of Shia Islam, he quickly rose through the ranks and became the third secretary-general of the group in 1992 when his predecessor Abbas M…
The Israeli military said on Sunday the strike that killed Hezbollah chief "More than 20 other terrorists of varying ranks, who were present at the underground headquarters in Beirut located beneath civilian buildings, and were managing Hezbollah's terrorist operations against the state of Israel, were also eliminated," in Friday's air strike, the military said in a statement that listed some of them. | The dead included, according to the statemen…
People took to the streets Saturday night across the Arab world denouncing Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Hezbollah confirmed their leader's death after the Israeli military said he had been killed in an airstrike. | In 
While Vancouver is 10,000 miles away from most Middle Eastern capitals, its growing diaspora communities are reflected in this year's programming at the Rather topically, most of the films from the MENA region this year are from Iran (where there are over 50,000 Farsi speakers in the greater Vancouver area) and Lebanon (home to over 6,000 Lebanese). The festival includes an array of documentaries, short films, and feature films. | Spotlight on Lebanon's trauma : | As Lebanon once again reels from Israeli bombardment, the wo…
An extremist Israeli settler group which wants to The group, known as 
The Mikati said Lebanon was ready to fully implement 
In cities across the US this past week, Lebanese flags were added to the sea of Palestinian ones, as demonstrators gathered to show their support for the latest After nearly a year of continuous 
Lebanon's army on Sunday warned Lebanese against actions that would disturb public order in the crisis-hit country after The army in a statement said it "calls on citizens to preserve national unity and not to be drawn into actions that may affect civil peace at this dangerous and delicate stage", following the massive Friday strike that killed Nasrallah and as Israel continues to bombard the country. | "The Israeli e…
An Israeli businessman believed to be close to Roni Mizrachi, a well-known Israeli contractor, 
Two weeks ago, shocking news emerged that Gideo Sa'ar could replace Sa'ar was once heralded as a new force in Israel right-wing politics and one of the biggest threats to Netanyahu's decades-long grip on power. The formation of his right-wing 
I was shot by the Israeli army less than a month before my Turkish-American colleague The gun Israel used was manufactured in the United States of America, the bullet paid for by my own taxes. | Both of us posed no threat. In my case, I was running away with my back turned. In Ay≈üenur's case, as per protocol, she had stationed herself out of harm's way or any heightened risk. For her awareness, she was shot in the head. Despite my escape, I was shot in the up…
"As of today, the 30th of September 2024, I consider that Alaa is unlawfully detained [and] kidnapped. I am going on a full hunger strike until he is released. This is to protest the crime committed against him by the Egyptian authorities and to protest th…
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Egyptian authorities have refused to release dissident Abdel Fattah, 42, was arrested on September 29, 2019. | Just over two years later, he was handed a five-year sentence for "spreading false news" by sharing a Facebook post about police brutality. | His family on Thursday urged the government of 
The military mission of the US-led coalition in This was announced in a joint statement from both nations on Friday and marks a significant change in 
The Gulf monarchy executed the third highest number of prisoners in the world after China and Iran in 2023, according to Amnesty International. | The latest tally surpassed its previous highs of 196 in 2022 and 192 in 1995, according to the London-based human rights group, which began recording the annual data in 1990. | The co…
September 15 marked the third anniversary of the announcement of the AUKUS (Australia, the UK, the U.S.) agreement.
Canada's carbon emissions are down for the first time since the pandemic, according to a 2023 estimate from publicly funded think tank the Canadian Climate Institute. The drop of 0.8 percent between 2022 and 2023 brings the total reduction since the baseline year of 2005 to eight percent — a long way from the 2030 goal of 40 percent, a …
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Thousands rallied across Peru for International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, demanding the right to safe, accessible abortions. Hundreds 
Among many events on and around 21 September, the International Day of Peace, an audience of nearly 500 took part in person and by zoom in a multilingual, global conference in Australia, Germany, Colombia and the United States. #WorldBEYONDWar…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Oil Company-UNOC has commended players in the oil and gas sector for adhering to the local content needs that have seen numerous Ugandans benefit from the sector. Jessica Kyeyune made the remarks while representing the UNOC CEO at a National Supplier engagement organised by Threeways Shipping (TWS) …
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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu claimed that his country was "fighting for…
A prominent general in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader The killing of Gen. Abbas Nilforushan marks the latest casualty suffered by Iran as the nearly yearlong war in the His death further ratchets up pressure on Iran to respond, even as Tehran has signaled in r…
Palestinian group Hamas said on Saturday it mourned Lebanon's "Crimes and assassination by the occupation will only increase the determination and the insistence of the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon to go forward with all their might, bravery and pride on the footsteps of the martyrs…and pursue the path of resistance until victory and the dismissal of the o…
The United States unveiled charges Friday against three individuals as it accused Iran of election interference, saying malicious actors had hacked the campaign of former president The three defendants were said to have conspired with others to carry out "a years-long, wide ranging hacking operation on behalf of the The ope…
Workers World condemns Israel's assassination of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, that took place in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, on Sept. 27. Nasrallah had been leading the Lebanon-based liberation organization for 32 years. His assassination was part of a larger massacre, as the same Israeli airstrikes . . . | 
Hezbollah chief Hezbollah's statement confirms earlier announcements from Israel's military that they had killed Nasrallah in 
Israel's military announced Saturday that "Hassan Nasrallah is dead," military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani announced on X. | Captain David Avraham, another military spokesman, also confirmed to news agency AFP that the Hezbollah chief had been "eliminated" following strikes Friday on the Lebanese capital. | A source close to the Iran-backed gro…
Israel conducted a wave of air strikes on the south of Lebanon's capital Beirut on Friday, levelling several buildings in a densely populated neighbourhood. | The The strikes were heard across the Mediterranean city, and sparked panic in the residential area. | They were by far the fiercest strikes to hit Beirut since Israel increased attacks on Lebanon this week, killing hundreds of people. | Israeli Pr…
The Russian foreign minister has accused West Jerusalem of transforming civilian technology into a lethal weapon | The US was likely aware of Israel's plans to launch a "terrorist attack" against Lebanon using communication devices, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed. He argued that the complexity of the attack and the leaking of details to Western media indicate Washington's possible complicity. | Last week, thousands of hand-held pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon simultaneously, killing dozens and injuring thousands, including many civilians. The atta…
Washington is bracing for a potential escalation following Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the network says | The US is considering increasing its military presence in the Middle East after an Israeli airstrike killed Hezbollah political leader Hassan Nasrallah, NBC News reported on Saturday, citing sources. | According to two unnamed US officials, the US military has presented Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin with options for moving additional forces to the region. The defense secretary later reportedly discussed the change of posture with US President Joe Biden and national securit…
Nabil Qaouk served as the commander of the group's Preventive Security Unit, the IDF has said | The Israeli military has claimed to have eliminated another senior Hezbollah official, Nabil Qaouk, who sat on the group's Central Council. This comes after West Jerusalem recently assassinated Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and reported taking out most of the organization's military leadership. | In a statement on Sunday, The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that an air raid the previous day "attacked and killed the terrorist" Qaouk, who also led Hezbollah's Preventive Security Unit. | Qaouk, the IDF said, "is co…
The assassination of Hassan Nasrallah leaves Lebanon, Iran and Israel itself at a crossroads, where a turn toward chaos would be all too easy | Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Hezbollah movement, was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting the southern suburbs of Beirut. This incident occurred amid the escalating conflict between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. Hezbollah had been actively supporting the Palestinians by launching attacks on Israeli territories from southern Lebanon. | The confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah dates back to the 1980s, when the Lebanese Shiite gro…
Lebanon's Ministry of Public Works and Transport requested that an The statement was made after the 
President Why it's important | Israeli strikes in Lebanon have killed hundreds in recent days and have raised fears of an all-out regional war. | Washington has maintained strong military support for its ally while…
Violent explosions rocked the Haret Hreik neighbourhood in the Dahiyeh southern suburb of Ten loud explosions were heard in a wave of air raids that hit an area close to the road leading to Lebanon's only international airport in Beirut, with local media reporting that a large crater was seen on the site of the attack and that several buildings were flattened. | Footage aired on local media showed a massive column of smoke rising from the s…
Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei, in a statement after the Israeli army said it had killed 
New York Mayor Adams, who appeared before a judge in a Manhattan federal court, is the first sitting New York mayor to be criminally indicted. | He is accused of wire fraud, soliciting illegal campaign donations and a bribery conspiracy involvi…
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Mass protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. The writer is First Secretary of Workers World Party. The presidential election this year is a watershed moment for the working-class movement and for the anti-imperialist forces within it. It is time to do what has yet to . . . | 
The Defense Ministry has reported that another settlement in the Lugansk People's Republic was taken by the 'West' tactical group | Russian forces have liberated another settlement in Donbass, the Defense Ministry reported on Sunday. The settlement of Makeevka in Russia's Lugansk People's Republic has been taken by the 'West' tactical group. | In this area and others where the 'West' group is operating, the Ukrainian military has lost up to 450 troops over the past 24 hours, according to the ministry's report. Russian forces have also destroyed numerous pieces of military hardware in this operational theater,…
Despite previous guarantees to lawmakers, the US strategy for Ukraine was both late and totally classified, the paper has said | US President Joe Biden has not been honest with the American public about his administration's plan for Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal's editorial board wrote in an article on Friday. | Despite Biden styling himself a supporter of Ukraine's freedom in his speech to the UN General Assembly this week, he refuses to level with Congress and the American public about his strategy to achieve victory, the editorial stated. | In April, lawmakers passed a nearly $61 billion supplemental bud…
Kim Yo-jong, a senior official and the sister of the country's leader, has warned that by giving Kiev more arms, Washington could trigger a global "calamity" | The US is taking a dangerous gamble by providing Ukraine with ever more weaponry and seemingly ignoring Russia's warnings, something that could trigger a "nuclear disaster," Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea's leader, has claimed. | During a state visit to North Korea this June, Russian President Vladimir Putin and leader Kim Jong-un signed the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. The document includes a pledge by Moscow and Pyongyang to…
The roadmap calls for de-escalation and diplomatic efforts recognized by both Moscow and Kiev | Switzerland has voiced support for a joint roadmap by China and Brazil to end the Ukraine conflict. The revelation has raised eyebrows in Kiev, as officials vented frustration at an apparent change of heart by the Alpine nation that hosted a Western-dominated Ukraine 'peace summit' this summer. | On Friday, China and Brazil tried to advance their bid to mediate hostilities at a 17-nation meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. In May, the two nations presented a joint proposal calling for de-escalation,…
Moscow's foreign minister has called it "nonsensical" to try to vanquish a nuclear power such as Russia | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned the West against attempting to inflict a "strategic defeat" on Russia, calling it "suicidal." Addressing the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Lavrov urged Ukraine's Western backers to stop and think about the potential outcome if Russia were forced to use its nuclear deterrent. | According to the Federation of American Scientists, Moscow controls the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, with around 5,500 warheads. | Ukraine is not a nuclear power, but its…
Boris Johnson says he had defense officials devise a plan to steal AstraZeneca vaccines from a Dutch plant during the Covid-19 pandemic | Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he gathered defense officials to plan a clandestine operation in the Netherlands to steal Covid-19 vaccines amid a UK-EU dispute in 2021. | The factory was holding approximately 5 million Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine doses manufactured by subcontractors at the Dutch Halix plant. The EU was refusing to send them to the UK, citing the needs of its citizens. | British defense officials convened in Downing Street to outline a potenti…
The Lithuanian minister of internal affairs has said that only "loyal officials" are fit to serve the state | Lithuania is actively investigating and dismissing "disloyal" officials who are reportedly being accused of having pro-Russian views, local broadcaster TV3 has reported. | According to a report aired on Saturday, several police officers and firefighters have been dismissed from their posts or warned about their views and labeled 'vatniks' — a derogatory term used to insult supporters of the Russian government, which derives from a jacket once worn by Red Army soldiers. | The report claimed that "p…
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that Israeli airstrikes on Saturday led to the deaths of 33 individuals and left 195 others injured. The Israeli military continued its bombardment across various Lebanese cities and towns, targeting the southern suburbs, an industrial area near Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, and regions along the Lebanese-Syrian border. …
Flag of the Jewish National Fund. | In 1967, in the course of the Israeli invasion of the West Bank, the Israeli military razed three Palestinian villages which stood along a corridor connecting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. In keeping with longstanding practice, the Israeli government turned the land over to the Jewish National Fund, which sought to permanently displace the Palestinian villagers through "afforestation," or redevelopment of the area as a public park, where the former residents would be considered…
Tripartite MOU signing between Baguio Central University (Baguio City, Philippines), aSSIST University (Korea), and the SDG School of Management (Geneva). | On September 25, 2024, during the second day of the prestigious World University Rankings for Innovation Global Conference (WGC24) in Seoul, Korea, Baguio Central University (BCU) achieved a significant milestone in its internationalization efforts. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was formalized between BCU, aSSIST University in Seoul, and the SDG School of Management in Geneva, cementing a partnership that will foster global academic collaboration. T…
"Ageing is not optional; let's promote and protect older persons' rights." Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda aims to commemorate this day under the theme "Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Older Persons; Everyone's Responsibility because Ageing is Not Optional." This theme emphasises the need for collective action to promote and protect the …
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Yemeni Houthis claim to have hit three American Navy destroyers | Yemen's Houthi rebels have attacked American warships in the Middle East with a combined drone and cruise missile strike, the Pentagon confirmed on Friday. Earlier in the day, the military group claimed to have struck three US destroyers heading toward Israel in the Red Sea. | Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh confirmed that US Navy ships were attacked but insisted that no damage was inflicted. | "We did see a complex attack launched by the Houthis that ranged from cruise missiles to UAVs," she said at a press briefing on Friday. "My understan…
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Considered an icon of resistance against Israel and one of the most influential political figures in the Arab world, Hasan Nasrallah was killed by a massive Israeli airstrike that leveled an entire residential block in Beirut's Dahiya district.
The Israel Defense Forces claim to have killed Hassan Nasrallah in a strike on Beirut
Netanyahu claimed Israel is for peace as his forces were mass-bombing civilians to kill Hezbollah leader and provoke regional war Israel has killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in its attack on a Beirut suburb, dropping a series of around a dozen heavy bombs on a densely-populated area. Israel has designated homes, schools and hospitals in …
Israeli soldiers have leaked video of themselves blowing up a mosque in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. | Video shared on The mosque appeared empty, with signs of bombardment damage in the footage. | One Israeli soldier appearing in the footage smiled as he tossed an explosive in the air. | Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi shared the footage, saying on X that it had been provided to right-wing Israe…
Syria and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq are demonstrating exceptional solidarity with Lebanon, providing critical aid and defense against Israeli terrorist attacks and indiscriminate bombings, yet their contributions remain largely unrecognized. They are the unseen forces behind Lebanon's defense and resilience, backing Hezbollah, the country's militant resistance organization. The Islamic . . . | 
The prime minister of the Middle Eastern nation says American troops are no longer needed in the country | Washington will conclude the American-led international mission in Iraq over the next 12 months, according to a joint statement from Iraq and the US. The decision comes amid escalating tensions in the wider Middle East, with Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah exchanging fire and threatening to expand the Gaza conflict. | After intensive discussions between the Iraqi Higher Military Commission, the US, and the international coalition, the American military mission will transition to a bilateral s…
An The family was among at least 25 people killed so far on Friday, as Israeli strikes hit several villages and towns in Lebanon's south including in Nabatiyeh, Tyre, Marjeyoun and Jezzine. | Around noon, air raids targeted towns in the Zahleh district in the northeastern Bekaa. | The attacks c…
The On 26 September, MP Rachid Hamouni, a member of the opposition Party of Progress and Socialism, called upon Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita to outline an evacuation…
An Israeli security official said on Friday that any The comments come after The security official, briefing journalists on cond…
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Lebanon's Football Association (LFA) has suspended all football matches amid Israel's It comes as the Palestinian Football…
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A group of 10 global trade unions filed a complaint on Friday against Israel with the International Labour Organization, alleging that its treatment of Criticism of Israel's treatment of The complaint summa…
regional war, it can be easy here in the UK to lose sight of the more intimate, daily concerns and experiences of Palestinians on the ground and in the diaspora. | Palestinian art output is as prolific as ever, and the According to curator Faisal Saleh, Art of Palestine: from the river to the sea, which opens at Palestinian-owned 
In her famous extended essay Gàºlizar, the main character in Belkis Bayrak's film of the same name, which just celebrated its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival and is currently showing at the San Sebastián Film Festival, has neither money nor privacy. Yet she will quietly, yet stubbornly, fight for an independent vie…
The death toll from ongoing The Kurram district, formerly a semi-autonomous area, has a history of bloody confrontations between tribes belonging to the July…
Salah's contract is due to expire next year and is yet to sign an extension, meaning he will be available for a free transfer to any club that meets his likely huge wage demands. | The most likely candidates for t…
On 20 September, Algeria's National Agricultural Land Office (ONTA) granted 
By Dennis Kucinich / Substack "Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer. All things fall apart. The center cannot hold." — W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming As of May 2024, the United States has committed over $175 (borrowed) billion to escalating the proxy war against Russia, and, as in the …
Cleveland Over 100 pro-Palestine activists rallied and marched to the office of Case Western Reserve University on Sept. 18 in protest of the expulsion of Yousef Khalaf, a leader of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment. CWRU students erected the encampment on April 29 and kept it up until May 10. Cleveland . . . | 
The building and its adjacent canteen have been completely destroyed | A blast at a roadside service station in Russia's Republic of Dagestan has killed 11 people, including two children, and injured 21 others, according to the Emergencies Ministry (EMERCOM). | The explosion occurred at around 6: 00pm on Friday. The exact cause of the incident remains unclear. | "The gas station building in Dagestan is destroyed. The service station and the canteen are burning, covering an area of 500 square meters. Two cars and a truck have been damaged," the ministry stated after first responders arrived on the scene. | Fire…
GG Conservation has shared rare images of the big cats exploring wintery terrain for the first time | Lions at the Glen Garriff Conservation (GG Conservation) wildlife sanctuary in Harrismith, South Africa, are experiencing heavy snow this September, an unusual event for the big cats, the organization The sanctuary reported that the majestic animals were both intrigued and cautious as they explored the landscape. Suzanne Scott of GG Conservation captured footage of the lions navigating the winter…
Veteran activist Anne Belworthy on the most dictatorial leader in the history of the Labour party and his yes-men and women Originally published on Whitstable Views. I have just had a little spat with Neil Fisher, who is an administrator for the Canterbury Residents Facebook group that allows political comments. I had posted a statement …
Caracas ( Until now, only the Venezuelan airline Estelar Airlines was flying the Caracas-Santiago de Chile route from the Simón Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, with a weekly frequency. | The Notam, not y…
September 24, 2024 — The Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. (PMPI) stands in solidarity with global environmental advocates as the 6th International Rights of Nature Tribunal convened a session titled "The End of the Fossil Fuel Era" during Climate Week in New…
Listen to the way Democrats talk about guns, violent crime, and the criminal justice system these days, and you'll notice that things sound different from the way they did in 2020. That year, following a national protest movement centered around the high-pro…
@damian_from writes Before I reveal the biggest lie Keir Starmer has ever told, I will first need to prove the premise of the title, that Keir Starmer is a liar. We don't need to travel far to find conclusive evidence that the premise is true. The evidence can be found in the first sentence of …
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Last week, Keir Starmer To those of us who have been paying attention, this dizzying level of cognitive dissonance might be shocking, if not surprising. There's no doubt that studying the Holocaust can be commendable in itself. However, it's essential to see this announcement against the backdrop of the…
Disgusting inhumanity and arrogance is all a bit of fun for sociopath red Tory Keir Starmer's conference speech today was a long drone of slogans and nonsense — but he exposed the real dark heart both of the Zionism to which he subscribes and the war-criminal mindset of the Labour right he represents. A protester …
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Meanwhile, the IDF is preparing for the "next phases" of its military operation against Hezbollah | The US is deploying a "small number" of additional troops to the Middle East after Israel launched a large-scale military operation against Lebanon, described as the deadliest since the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war. | Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder announced the move on Monday but declined to provide further details on the number or mission of the American troops. | "In light of increased tension in the Middle East and out of an abundance of caution, we are sending a small number of additional US milita…
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The This increase will see Egypt importing 1.2 billion cubic feet per day, up from 850 million cubic feet in July. | The revelation came last weekend when Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced at a press conference that there would be no…
The internet was cut off in areas of southern and central "We regret to announce the halting of internet services in areas of Khan Younis and Deir Al-Balah because of the [Israeli] aggression," Paltel said. | "We are working hard to restore services as quickly as possible." | It is the second outage this…
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In the background of Israel's genocidal war against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the normalisation process of Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime came back to the fore with two recent events. | First, the Saudi embassy was opened in Damascus in September 2024, after multiple failed announcements. Chargé d'Affaires Abdullah al-Harees stated during the open ceremony the Kingdom's embassy's commitment In the same month, Turkey participated for the first time in an Arab Le…
Seems moneybags MPs aren't content with huge freebies and junkets Keir Starmer's speech today was almost free of substance — apart from his 'saving kids is so 2019' put-down of a delegate who interrupted his droning to call for Starmer's government to do something to help the children of Gaza being murdered daily in Israel's …
Egypt's cabinet For Egypt's standing in financial markets, the implications were immediately positive, with sovereign bonds rallying to two-year highs. While the amount may not be on the same scale as the UAE's Economic ties between the two na…
For the international art community, whether in Dubai, Paris, or Seoul,…
The 68th Taking place over twelve days, from October 9 to 20, the festival features 253 films, shorts, series, and immersive works. This year's lineup boasts an impressive number of Middle Eastern and North African films and filmmakers. | Having covered the LFF for nearly a decade, I've learned that many of the MENA films in its annual program take a long time to secure worldwide distr…
British foreign secretary Lammy's latest remarks come after the During his speech in…
A politician hoping to be the next British The phrase "Hamas are terrorists" was written on the j…
In On Sunday, 22 September, dozens of doctors flocked from across Morocco to Rabat to stress the urgent need for a streamlined process for those wishing to assist the over 200,000 injured in Gaza. | "We urge th…
US Vice President When asked about their views of Harris since she became the nomine…
The move appears to some to be the latest step in Assad's attempts to pave the way to normalising relations with neighbouring Arab states and 
Cleveland Starbucks Workers United held "Red for Bread" actions outside stores across the country during the weekend of Sept. 20-22. Supporters held informational picket lines and leaflet distributions to educate customers and passersby on why Starbucks workers need a union. September was the third month that SBWU held hundreds of . . . | 
'Clueless' Chancellor's self-imposed rules don't work and she knows it Rachel Reeves's speech at Labour's conference has been rightly derided as drab, smug and devoid of ideas — as it was always going to be. But Reeves is intelligent enough — or was, a couple of decades ago, to know that she is talking complete …
ALBAWABA — EDGE, UAE's leading advanced technology group, established to develop agile, bold, and disruptive solutions for defense and beyond, and to be a catalyst for change and transformation, announced the launch of FADA, a new space company.EDGE launches FADA space company: EDGE stated that the launch of FADA will enhance its global competitiveness, strengthen capacity building, and foster next-generation solutions to establish a leading space science base. | FADA will focus on making a significant contribution to the UAE's economic transformation and achieving global diversification goals.FADA i…
PORTLAND, Ore.—Portland, Ore., seldom sees so many suits and ties. But for three weeks, Judge Adrienne Nelson's 14th-floor federal courtroom there was wall-to-wall with lawyers, national grocery executives, and hedge fund representatives. In a lockdown environment where smartphones and even laptops were banned, they were there to attend round one of the Federal Trade Commission …
He believes this could contribute to fairer international trade…
To many American nationalists and militarists, the U.S. Navy has long held the reputation of being the best and most capable navy in the history of the world. In popular culture, movies like Top Gun, The Final Countdown, and The Hunt for Red October, all made with the consent and support of the Navy, fill 
Its title is Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Resist False Solutions to Climate Change, is now in its third edition and can be accessed—for free— online. It was put together by "an international coalition of organization and activists," relates the "Hoodwinked Collaborative" that "was convened to produce and distribute the groundbreaking publication on false solutions to the climate crisis." "Authored 
Dear Readers: | Hopefully perusers of this blog are familiar with the personality of Mariana Bezuglaya, a Ukrainian Nationalist politician (Parliamentary Deputy) and well-known gadfly. Although recently booted out of her position on the National Defense Committee (most likely for being too outspoken), she continues her sharp-fanged criticisms of the Ukrainian Defense establishment and General Staff. | Mariana Bezuglaya | Bezuglaya recently returned from a tour of the Ukrainian-controlled portion of Donetsk, whi…
Savers set to earn double-digit return on their contributions for the last financial year Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) saw its earnings rise by 15% to Shs 2.53 trillion for the financial year ending June 30, 2024, driven by gains across its investment portfolio, according to the fund's Managing …
Indian arms export regulations limit the use of weaponry to the declared purchaser…
The South Asian country's GDP is expected to reach $10 trillion by the end of the decade | India is on track to become the third-largest economy in the world by 2031, according to S&P Global. It is currently the fifth-largest economy in the world, behind the US, China, Japan, and Germany. Analysts expect the country to become a $10 trillion economy by the end of this decade. | S&P forecasts 6.7% annual GDP growth for the country in its 
The two countries are working to increase trade in agriculture and food products, officials have told RT | The Russian government is working to remove non-tariff barriers currently hindering imports of agricultural products and food items from India, officials in New Delhi have told RT. | Speaking on the sidelines of the World Food Moscow trade fair this week, top officials from the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), an apex body under the Indian Ministry of Commerce, said the Russian market offers opportunities for Indian exporters across a wide range of categories…
People wait in line outside a polling station minutes before the start of voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Colombo on September 21, 2024. — AFP
He will take charge as the IAF Chief on September 30…
JI's Punjab chief Javed Kasuri has also been named in the FIR apart from 80 others…
Ahmed Mahmoud Wahbi led the military operations of the Lebanese group's elite Radwan Force during the 
An Israeli air strike on a A missile struck an apartment block in a Aqil is the head of Hezbo…
Lebanon's healthcare sector is being praised by the country's officials for its rapid response to the aftermath of The attacks targeted communication devices used by Lebanese group Hezbollah and have widely been blamed on Israel. | With the attacks mostly taking place in southern Beirut and the provinces of Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel, officials told The New Arab's sister site Al-Araby Jadeed th…
The Israeli military said the "targeted strike" on south Beirut killed Ibrahim Aqil head of the elite Radwan unit and ten…
The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this week were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN, a Lebanese source familiar with the device's components told Reuters. | The way the explosive material was integrated into the battery pack made it extremely difficult to detect, the source said. | Hundreds of walkie-talkies used by the group exploded on Wednesday, a day after thousands of Hezbollah's pagers detonated across the group's strongholds in Lebanon. | Pictures of the walkie-talkies that had exploded showed labels reading "ICOM" and "made in Japa…
Lebanon's One member of the Iranian-backed militia received a new pager on Monday that exploded the next day while it was still in its b…
Qatar's Minister of State for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lolwah Al-Khater, has described Israel's use of "everyday devices in people's hands as ticking time bombs" as a "horrific nightmare", in reference to Israel's exploding pager and walkie-talkie She also expressed alarm at the "deafening silence" from the international community regarding the atrocities. | In a post on her official X (former…
The Pentagon doesn't have enough weapons in stock to keep up with Kiev's demands, a report says | Weapons stockpile shortages will likely force Washington to delay shipments of promised military aid to Ukraine, CNN reported on Friday, citing two US officials familiar with the matter. | The report comes as Kiev has been asking its foreign backers to speed up the delivery of arms and to lift the restrictions on the use of long-range missiles for strikes deep into Russian territory. | According to the Pentagon, the US has $5.9 billion left in the special congressionally approved mechanism (PDA) aimed at fast-trac…
U.S. government and corporate-owned media giants have once again mounted accusations of foreign election interference, this time in the upcoming presidential election. U.S. intelligence agencies allege that Russia, Iran and China are waging "disinformation campaigns" that disrupt what they call "liberal parliamentary democracy." In 2016, the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) . . . | 
The offensive lasted around 10 hours and left 11 wounded from live ammunition, according to the Palestinian news agency, Wafa. | Palestinian Red Crescent teams recovered the body of a man identified as Shadi Sami Zakarneh from a house tha…
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich, who is responsible for the administration of parts of the occupied West Bank, has repeatedly threatened to withhold t…
A former Lebanese diplomat accused of being a financier for Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi, 60, who holds Lebanese, British and Belgian citizenship, pleaded guilty in a federal court in New York to conspiracy to conduct unlawful transactions with an international terrorist…
Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said three children were among the dead in Friday's strike on an und…
Israeli forces have killed and captured the bodies of two The Israeli army released images it claimed were retrieved from a GoPro camera carried by one of the 
Two people from Taiwanese companies were questioned as part of a probe into pagers that were detonated by Israel Lebanon, investigators said Friday, as top officials insisted the devices were not from the island. | Questions and speculation have swirled over where the devices came from and how they were supplied to the militant group after hundreds of pagers and walkie-talkies detonated across Lebanon on Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 37 people and wounding nearly 3,000. | The New York Times reported this week that Israel had inserted explosive material into a shipment of pagers from Taiwan's Gold Apo…
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Israel submitted on Friday formal challenges to the International Criminal Court over its jurisdiction and the legality of arrest warrant requests against Israeli leaders for their conduct of the Gaza war, the Foreign Ministry said. | Israel's filings might further delay a decision on the warrants, requested in May against Israeli Prime Minister ICC Prosecutor 
The award celebrates courageous journalists from around the world in an event held on 21 November in New York. | Al Aila is a journalist, producer and researcher who has been covering Israel's assault on the besieged enclave since October. | Her husband,…
A militant from The group named the slain militant as Abu Haidar al-Khafaji and said he was working in Damascus as a security adviser to the government. | A Br…
So far, a limited number of Moroccan-made vehicles, primarily from the French Renault group, have arrived in Israel. Peugeot 208 models produced at Stellantis's Moroccan factories are expected to join them in the coming months, reported the Israeli financial site Calcalist. | This shift…
General Almog | Source: Wikimedia Commons By John McEvoy / Declassified UK When retired Israeli general Doron Almog boarded his flight from Tel Aviv on 11 September 2005, he expected to soon step foot on British soil. Minutes after landing at Heathrow airport, however, an Israeli embassy official boarded the plane and warned Almog to …
Kamala Harris held a star-studded rally hosted by talk show legend Oprah Winfrey on Thursday in a bid to bedazzle voters, as rival Donald Trump criticized Jewish Americans for not voting for him. | Hollywood stars including Jennifer Lopez, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Rock, and Ben Stiller beamed in remotely to lavish praise via screens on the Democratic vice president. | Sitting on a chat-show style stage, Winfrey started by asking Harris about what seemed a sudden burst in confidence ⚪ "a veil or something dropped" ⚪ after she replaced President Joe Biden as nominee. | "We each have those moments in…
Ukrainian President "I'm looking forward to hosting my friend President Zelenskyy of Ukraine next week at the White House," Biden said in message posted on X. "During his visit, I'll reaffirm America's…
The family of detained British- According to Abdel Fattah's UK-based family, the political prisoner is set to be released on 29 September, having nearly completed five years behind bars in Egypt, which is the length of his sentence. | However, his family fears that – as with previous announcements and rumours of his release – Abdel-Fattah will not be freed.
Egypt has reportedly purchased Chinese J-10C fighter jets, a move analysts say signals Beijing's growing influence in the Middle East and regional powers looking to diversify their military procurement, reducing their reliance on the According to Bulgarian defence news agency Bulgarian Military, Egypt placed its first order for China's J-10C "Vigorous Dragon" fighter jets on August 19. | This move makes Egypt the second country, after 
The first edition of the annual The tournament, which was announced in December last year, replaces the annual Club World Cup which will now be played every four years with 32 teams from 2025. | AFC Champions League winners Al-Ain will first host O…
Palestinian American US lawmaker "Our community is already in so much pain right n…
A day later, thousands of miles away, a then-16-year-old "We were expected to know…
Director Arash Rakhsha's documentary All The Mountains Give premiered last month at the The film follows two Kolbars — Kurdish porters who smuggle a variety of goods across the mountains between Iraq and Iran. | In this beautifully shot picture, Hamid and Yasser brave a snowy mountain pass and freezing rivers to bring tyres, cigarettes, cosmetics, and household goods across the border. Off the trail, they struggle to care for their…
Walter Mossberg and Kara Swisher interview Steve Jobs and Bill Gates at 'D5: All Things Digital' conference in Carlsbad, California, in 2007. By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Chief executive officers at the largest companies in the United States saw their compensation surge by 1,085% from 1978 to 2023, compared with only a 24% increase for typical worker pay, according to an annual report …
The following is a lightly edited statement from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, issued on Sept. 14, 2024, titled "As it enters its 32nd year: Oslo provided cover for occupation policies and stands as an obstacle to the national program." As the Oslo Accords entered their 32nd . . . | 
This statement was issued by the Bronx Anti-War Coalition on Sept. 16, 2024, in response to the Sept. 15 shooting of four people by New York Police Department officers after a man allegedly evaded paying a subway fare. Yesterday, the NYPD shot Derell Mickles, a Black man in Brooklyn, for . . . | 
As the first city-states started to form in ancient Mesopotamia, fed by a patchwork of farms across the fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, grain was stored in large siloes (in case of future shortages), and a surplus was generated for the first time, that was accumulated and controlled by a warrior class drawn from Mafia-like, oligarchic families, assisted by a priesthood that kept records and legitimized their rule via a mandate from the heavens.
The aftermath of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) is clear: Washington's economic and diplomatic influence on the continent is set to wane even further.
Most of the fires have been caused by deliberate burning of lands and improper disposal of highly polluting waste.
The vehicle's ammunition load detonated after it was hit by two consecutive UAV strikes from behind, according to the footage | Russian drones have destroyed a Ukrainian tank in Kursk Region beyond repair, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said, releasing video of a spectacular explosion. | In a statement on Friday, the ministry said that the Russian group of forces 'North', which is repelling Kiev's large-scale incursion on Russian soil, had conducted two UAV strikes on Ukrainian armor. Officials said that the "objective monitoring equipment had recorded the detonation of the tank ammunition load." | The 40-…
Kwame Nkrumah's insight into the true nature of neo-colonialism was ahead of his time and is still relevant today | Kwame Nkrumah, the first prime minister of the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence, was a towering figure in the struggle for self-governance in Africa. An ardent proponent of pan-Africanism and a formidable political theorist, he is credited with being the first to apply the term 'neo-colonialism' to Africa's 20th century experience, correctly anticipating that European powers would use various levers to keep former African colonies in a state of de-facto dependency even if fo…
Mario Draghi's 'competitiveness report' says the bloc's economic situation is dire… but shies away from pointing out the culprit | The EU is having a full-blown existential crisis. Someone has really screwed up its economy, and the culprit is conspicuously absent from a new report outlining the carnage. Are there no mirrors in Brussels? | Former European Central Bank president and Italian prime minister, Mario Draghi, has published a new "economic competitiveness" report after a year of work at the request of unelected 'Queen' Ursula von der Leyen's 'Royal' European Commission. And it's a real page-turner, o…
Belgrade abolished compulsory military service in 2010 | The government of Serbia has agreed to reintroduce conscription, which was abolished 14 years ago. | After a meeting on Friday, the government formed a working group tasked with "reviewing activities and measures" aimed at bringing back 75-day compulsory military service for men. Women would continue to be allowed to serve on a voluntary basis. | The reform will help modernize the Balkan country's armed forces and strengthen its defenses against potential aggression, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said at a military ceremony in Batajnica. | The decis…
Washington has sent additional forces to the region amid an uptick in Russian and Chinese activity, the outlet says | The US is reinforcing its military presence in Alaska due to increased Russian and Chinese activity off the coast, Politico reported on Friday. | The outlet noted that over the past month, the US had redeployed numerous assets to the area, including the destroyer USS Sterett, ground forces now stationed on one of the state's remote islands, and that fighters and other aircraft have been put on heightened alert. | Business Insider reported last week that the deployment included elements of the 1…
The move comes after the US imposed sanctions on several Russian media outlets, including RT | Video-sharing platform TikTok has deleted the accounts of RT International and several branches of the Sputnik media network. The crackdown came days after the US announced new sanctions targeting several Russian outlets, including RT. | On Saturday morning, the accounts of RT International, Sputnik Serbia, Sputnik Afrique, Sputnik Africa, Sputnik International, Sputnik Brasil, Sputnik Mundo and Sputnik Indonesia became inaccessible. TikTok has not yet commented on the development. | Sputnik Serbia has shared an imag…
EU economic cooperation with Moscow continues despite the sanctions, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said | A significant number of companies in the EU continue to discreetly do business with Russia despite the bloc's sanctions, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. | "Here I would like to disappoint the idealists, as the situation is that everyone in Europe is doing this," Szijjarto said in Budapest on Friday. " | The difference between us and the others in general is that we speak honestly and openly about this issue. All of Europe does business with the Russians, but some deny this; we d…
London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Man City and Arsenal will meet at the Etihad Stadium late on Sunday afternoon, with the hosts looking to continue their strong start to the campaign and lay down a marker in their chase for an unprecedented fifth successive title. Manager Pep Guardiola has credited Arsenal for their way they …
Labour front bench's clothing addiction continues to unravel Keir Starmer has been exposed, along with his wife, accepting tens of thousands of pounds in designer clothes from a hugely wealthy donor and, after initial attempts by his stooges to explain away the donor-funded splurges as just part of the job or even to claim they …
Blanca Missé — Many activists recognize in theory that movements face the same decadent global capitalism and its imperialist state system. However, international and regional politics shape these resistance struggles, making it hard for them to unite against their common enemy.
ALBAWABA — Qualcomm, the American multinational corporation that creates semiconductors, software, and services related to wireless technology is planning to acquire Intel, the American multinational corporation and technology company that designs, manufactures, and sells computer components and related products for business and consumer markets.Qualcomm wants to acquire Intel, but the deal faces significant challenges: Sources revealed that Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm, is involved in recent negotiations to acquire Intel, the 50 year old company. Amon is currently exploring various options to mak…
ALBAWABA — Apple, the American multinational corporation and technology company, best known for its consumer electronics, software, and services, announced the launch of its new iOS 18.1 beta with exciting features.New iOS 18.1 beta: Apple's operating systems saw significant development recently, due to the new and exciting features that were added by Apple Intelligence. The company released its new iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, while the official launch is scheduled to take place in October 2024.New features: According to experts, the new released operating systems are witnes…
ECP had been asked to clarify the matter of the National Assembly speaker before the court…
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the US's largest and best-known labor unions, has declined to endorse a candidate for president, citing major political divides among its membership, as well as dissatisfaction with each major candidate's sta…
More than 17 million people are eligible to vote in election, with more than 63,000 police deployed to protect polling booths and counting centres
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Emphasis will be placed on environmentally sustainable production methods…
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A Taiwanese manufacturing firm has been thrust into what has become a global paper trail over how Gold Apollo in New Taipei had its office raided by police on Wednesday, with its director facing…
The number of According to a new report from Save the Children, 158 children have been killed since last October, as raids by Israeli forces and attacks by 
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Download the color version. Download the black & white version. Hezbollah condemns Israel's cyberattack in Lebanon PFLP: Harris, Trump both support genocide Assembly Sept. 29 to celebrate China at 75 Editorials Harris auditions for top warmaker Racist xenophobe Trump seeks second term Mundo Obrero La ejecución de Ay≈üenur Ezgi Eygi . . . | 
During the US Since she embarked on her presidential bid, Harris has framed her campaign against Trump as a showdown between "the prosecutor" and "the fe…
Over the last few months, activists have taken to the streets of Istanbul, calling out Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan's involvement and inaction on Israel's genocide in Gaza. | Now, two Palestinian activists face deportation for holding up an The activists, part of a group called 1000 Youth for Palest…
Israeli forces arrested Palestinian journalist Mujahed Al-Saadi at dawn on Thursday during the storming of his home in According to Al-Saadi's brother Amjad, the raid on his house occurred around 2.30am, The New Arab's Arabic sister outlet Al-Araby Al-Jadeed 
After the death of six Israeli captives in Gaza, and instead of caving to the mounting internal and external pressure to allow a ceasefire deal with Hamas, Netanyahu presented a Netanyahu was called untethered from reality for setting up this 'newly found' corridor, afte…
New York ⚪ U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, defended her country's repeated use of the The U.S. has vetoed five resolutions, including three calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, one Russian oral amendment, and a proposal for full Palestinian membership in the U.N. | In remarks to Al-Araby A…
Beirut – Patients screamed in pain and paramedic teams shouted frantic orders to attend to gaping wounds at Beirut's Hotel Dieu hospital on Tuesday afternoon, after thousands of handheld pagers belonging to Hezbollah members Ambulances rushed through the hospital gates, 
Fourteen people were killed and over 450 wounded Wednesday when walkie-talkies exploded across Lebanon, the government said, a day after pagers used by Hezbollah blew up, killing 12 and wounding up to 2,800. | The Iran-backed group blamed Israel for the first wave of blasts on Tuesday, vowing revenge and stoking fears of all-out war in the region. | "The new wave of walkie-talkie explosions… killed fourteen people and wounded more than 450," the health ministry said in a statement. | A source close to the Iran-backed group said walkie-talkies used by its members exploded in a southern suburb of Beirut during…
A second wave of A source close to Hezbollah said 
Nearly 3,000 people, mainly members of Hezbollah but including many civilians, were wounded when…
The governments of Thousands of people in Lebanon and Syria have been wounded and at least 12 killed when pagers belonging to Hezbollah-linked personnel and other in…
Hundreds of the wireless devices exploded simultaneously across Lebanon on Tuesday, hours after Israel said it was broadening the aims of the Israel has yet to c…
According to a Reuters analysis of data and a source close to the Economy Ministry, Germany put a hold on new exports of weapons of war to Israel while it deals with legal challenges. | The Economy Ministry said on Thursday that there was no ban on 
A group of 27 Israeli ministers and members of the Knesset are calling for the Israeli Prime Minister to expel civilians in In a letter to The plan…
US Congresswoman The Palestinian-American representative urged her fellow lawmakers to vote against the bill, saying that a 'yes' vote would be "erasing the existence of Palestinians". | Tlaib, a member of the Democrat's left-leaning 'The Squad' bloc, has consistently criticised Israeli abuses against Palestinians. | "It seeks to erase Palestin…
The UK was among 43 member states who abstained at the 
Egypt will not accept any changes to the security arrangements that were in place on its border with Gaza before the war on Gaza broke out last October, the Egyptian foreign minister said on Wednesday. | Security on the border, and whether Israel will maintain a troop presence along a 14-km (9-mile) buffer zone known as the Israeli troops entered the buffer zone in May as th…
On 14 September, Algeria's incumbent president, Since taking office following the low-turnout election in 2019, Tebboune, a former minister under President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has increasingly mirrored his predecessor's style. | During the campaign, opponents withdrew, citing "unfair conditions," while those who…
Seventy-six years ago, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced and scattered across refugee camps in neighbouring Middle Eastern countries during the Many Palestinians, seeking safety from persecution, undertook long journeys, even crossing the Atlantic to North, Central, and South America. | As they migrated, large, weathered ships filled with people departed from various Mediterranean ports, and they headed towards an uncertain future far from their belo…
Following a US congressional hearing this week, whose focus became the On Wednesday, the day after giving testimony at the Sen…
Over 130 world leaders will meet at the While the 
Yerevan, Armenia – Twenty-year-old Susanna Hovsepyan recalls her final September in Although any military-related item could have endangered her and the Her father, a serviceman,…
In a few words, the book There is pain, suffering, love, history, politics and geography, all felt and told by fictional characters living in this unique town next to Detroit, Michigan. | There the book sets its scenography for "The Actors of Dearborn", where a middle-aged man named Samir becomes Uncle Sam, especially after 9/11 and begins decorating his…
The arms industry plays a major role in influencing A new report by the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) and the World Peace Foundation has claimed that defence companies have regular access to senior government figures, including a "dedicated arms export promotion agency" in the business department. | The report sounds the alarm over the arms industry's ap…
Iran's new president, Arash Zerehtan was appointed head of the western state, IRNA news agency said, citing government spokesman Fatemeh Mohajerani. | He is the first Sunni to be made a regional governor in the predominantly 
Baghdad — Mohammed Imad ⚪ General Qaani's visit comes amid an ongoing political crisis, following last month's revelation of…
Jordan's King Abdullah II swore in a reformist government on Wednesday tasked with accelerating IMF-backed reforms and pushing through political and economic modernisation crucial to reversing a decade of sluggish growth, officials said. | The Harvard-educated prime minister, Jafar Hassan, headed the monarch's office in his last job. Hasan has proven to be an able administrator during a long public career in which he oversaw economic reforms as a deputy premier and during a stint as planning minister, according to officials and politicians. | Politicians say a key task is accelerating IMF-guided reforms and re…
ALBAWABA — Israel began importing cars from Morocco as its automotive sector faced multiple challenges as a result of the Turkish boycott.Israel imports cars from Morocco: Israel imported a small number of Moroccan-made cars from Renault Group from the Stellantis Kenitra plant and plans to import more from other brands, including Peugeot 208 cars, according to Calcalist, an Israeli economic news site and engine. | Stellantis Kenitra plant, a Moroccan car plant belonging to the international automobile manufacturing group Stellantis, was founded in 2019. Stellantis factories managed to increase its pr…
Saudi crown prince says no normalisation with Israel without Palestinian statehood | Bin Salman also denounces 'Israeli occupation crimes' and violations of international humanitarian law in his annual speech to lawmakers | | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman delivers his annual address at Shura…
Like eager lice on a ripe scalp, tourists have become a much-reviled feature of various economies. While cash and contributions come in their wake, such an industry depletes, drains and pollutes the very site it idealises. International tourism does its bit to bloat global greenhouse gas emissions, with transportation constituting the lion's share. All this has engendered yet 
The Director of the Ministry's Economic Cooperation Department said that the initiative will soon be presented on international platforms…
During a special session, the head of the Russian Ministry of Digital Development urged the unification states to work on launching joint projects to develop promising technologies…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | The Africa Aerospace and Defense (AAD) 2024 kicked off Wednesday in Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, showcasing the latest advances in technology, goods and services from the international defense industry. Running until Sunday, the 12th edition of the AAD features cutting-edge innovations in aviation, aerospace, and defense. Segomotso …
Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has made a remarkable appearance at the International and French Travel Market (IFTM) in Paris running from September 17th to 19th, 2024, at Porte de Versailles, Hall 1, and Stand U084. The Uganda Embassy in Paris, alongside key industry players such as Gorilla Tours Ltd, Safari to East, and …
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has raised alarm over the sluggish judicial proceedings concerning exam malpractice, which they believe hampers the effective enforcement of the newly amended laws aimed at eradicating this issue in schools. Dan Odongo, UNEB's Executive Director, stressed the importance of timely resolution of cases of malpractice, …
In the early hours of 15 September, 
He said that Pakistan will continue to take action against Fitna al-Khawarij at the national level…
South African team could only score 168 runs for four wickets in reply…