(2024-08-08). Afghanistan: Stable electricity supply elevates health care at Mirwais Regional Hospital. icrc.org
(2024-08-08). Delegation Highlights Human Rights Violations to Pope Francis at Vatican City. devdiscourse.com A high-profile delegation representing Afghans, Pashtuns, and Kashmiris met with Pope Francis in Vatican City on Wednesday to raise awareness about human rights violations in their regions. The delegation, invited by the Afghan Community in Italy, aimed to brief the Pope on ongoing issues and seek global support and intervention.
(2024-08-07). Afghanistan: Stable electricity supply elevates health care at Mirwais Regional Hospital. icrc.org
(2024-08-07). Rise of youth and women in Baloch politics: A new era of resistance and hope. pressenza.com In the barren, conflict-ridden landscape of Balochistan, a new political force is emerging, with the enthusiastic involvement of youth and the prominent presence of young women at the forefront. This change represents not only a change in leadership but also a change in the nature of Baloch political resistance. Armed with a modern understanding of socio-political dynamics and a relentless drive for justice, Baloch youth are redefining the struggle for rights. | By Basit Zaheer Baloch | The youth of Balochistan have grown up in a region that has suffered decades of political neglect, economic deprivation and soci…
(2024-08-08). Gaza: Israeli Forces Open Fire While Storming Home. hrw.org Click to expand Image | An Israeli soldier aims his weapon in front of a destroyed building in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza on January 27, 2024. | © 2024 Nicolas Garcia / AFP via Getty Images | (Jerusalem, August 8, 2024) — Israeli forces stormed a Gaza City home on December 21, 2023, throwing grenades inside and opening fire on a room where a civilian family was sheltering, Human Rights Watch said today.The attack killed seven people, including a pregnant woman, and severely injured two, including a 5-year-old. Witnesses also allege that Israeli forces shot a blind 73-year-old man after securing the…
(2024-08-08). Palestinians 'burned to death alive' as Israel bombs Khan Yunis tents. presstv.ir Israeli warplanes conduct fresh air raids on Khan Yunis governorate, in southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 19 Palestinians.
(2024-08-07). Ten months since Israel's war on Gaza sees destruction continue. newarab.com 
Israel's war on Gaza has reached a 10 month mark with devastation in Khan Younis, with strikes on the city killing at least six people. | This morning Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that airstrikes across the enclave through the night into the morning, including an airstrike in the Gaza City's Al-Tuffah neighbourhood killing a family of three. | As Israel continues its strikes on the enclave, Hamas has announced that it has appointed the mastermind of the 7 October attacks
genocidal assault on the Yazidis, an ethno-religious minority in northern Iraq. | At least 5,000 Yazidis were killed, and an estimated 7,000 Yazidi women and children were kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery by IS fighters. | Holya, Berivan, and Fahima — three Yazidi women from Sinjar — managed to escape the attack and are now rebuilding their lives and communities more than six years after the defeat of IS in the country. | The women work as deminers for the British demining charity 
It is beyond ironic that I am writing this on the 79th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. This picture (see above) is a meme that is circulating on message boards in the US Intelligence Community (IC). The small yellow dog is Iran. The large brown dog is Israel. The consensus in the IC is that Iran is going to chicken out and not do anything too provocative in response to the recent assassination of Hezbollah and Hamas officials. | The working assumption is that Iran will follow the same script as the April barrage of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles that were in turn…
Hundreds of people answered the call of martyred Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Aug. 3 by taking over Copley Square in Boston for an emergency rally to commemorate the 300th day of Palestinian resistance to the genocidal Israeli occupying force campaign in Gaza. Demonstrators in Boston on day 300. (photo: . . . | 
Lebanon is stocking up on emergency medical supplies to prepare for " A 32-tonne shipment of emergency medical supplies was delivered to the country by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday with another shipment expected on Wedne…
Turkey joins genocide case against Israel at the ICJ after months-long delay | Ankara files intervention following a lengthy delay over legal complexities and possible counter lawsuits | | Judges leave after delivering a non-binding ruling on the legal consequences of the Israeli occupation o…
COMMENTARY: By Qadura Fares On August 3, last Saturday, prisoner rights institutions and Palestinians all around the world were standing in solidarity with Gaza and Palestininian prisoners. This day is dedicated to highlighting Israeli crimes and violations of Palestinian prisoners' rights and the continuing genocide in Gaza. The machinery of brutality that punishes and tortures…
The message, according to the sources, was delivered on Monday by Sergei Shoigu, a senior ally of the Kremlin leader, in meetings with top Iranian officials as t…
Iran is reportedly moving missile launchers and conducting military drills in possible preparation for retaliatory strikes on Israel following the A US official told Reuters that the timing and "specifics of such an attack" remain unclear, adding that it has not stopped Israel from preparing and the US from aiding in its efforts. | Biden's government was working with Israel to thwart a possible attack from Iran as it did in April…
Pro-Israel prosecutor Wesley Bell defeated incumbent Cori Bush in Missouri's 1st District primary. He got $9 million worth of help from AIPAC.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has The report, entitled 'Welcome to Hell', details numerous cases where Palestinian detainees were subjected to acts ranging from arbitrary violence to sexual abuse. | Based on interviews with 55 Palestinians from Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, the group received testimonies from several who were detained in Israeli prisons since October 7…
A 22-year-old activist has been convicted of condoning a crime for chanting the slogan "from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" at a rally in the German capital Berlin, in a move her defence team slammed as a suppression of free speech. | Ava Moayeri, a German-Iranian national, was arrested just days after Israel's war on Gaza began on 7 October after she was accused of "condoning the assault by Hamas" when she recited the chant on an 11 October protest near the Sonnenallee boulevard in the Neukà∂lln district, which the activist co-organised. | Before the trial started, Moayeri said in a statem…
Rights groups have called on the British government to urgently Over the past week, reports in the UK press emerged suggesting civil servants had suspended processing new applications for arms exports to Israel. | In a statement sent to The New Arab on Tuesday, the The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), which deals with the licenses,…
Israeli media publishes video of soldiers allegedly raping Palestinian detainee | Footage shows soldiers hiding actions behind riot shields, and is believed to be the incident that led to their arrest | | Soldiers lock a gate from the inside at Sde Teiman detention facility, after Is…
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin looks on during a joint press conference with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at Israel's Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Israel December 18, 2023. — Reuter
The London-based Daily Mail The reports were shared widely on social media, with some pro-Palestine activists and groups hailing the move…
A video leaked from an Israeli detention camp purportedly showing the The video, aired by Israel's Channel 12 broadcaster on Wednesday, documents Israeli soldiers allegedly sexually assaulting…
Israelis practise red heifer ritual in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque | Some religious groups believe the ashes of the cows can be used to build a third Jewish temple in Jerusalem | | Religious Israeli settlers practise the red heifer ritual in front of Al-Aqsa Mosque (X) | A group of relig…
A senior Egyptian government official denied recent allegations made by the Israeli army of the existence of "operational tunnels" under the The security official, who spoke to The New Arab on condition of anonymity for not being authorised to brief the media, said, "Tel Aviv resorted to such a political manoeuvre to save face amid the world's con…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken seen in this image. — Reuters/File ANNAPOLIS: Even as the Pentagon warned that it would not tolerate attacks against its forces in the region, the United States has communicated to Iran and Israel that conflict in the Middle East must not…
On Tuesday evening, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man in the Atouf Medow in the occupied West Bank's Northern Plains of the Jordan Valley. Media sources said the army shot Rabea' Mohammad Daraghma (Al-'Anbousi) and left him bleeding until he succumbed to his wounds, after preventing Palestinian medics from reaching him. They added that …
In Last week, local media reported the appointment of Hassan Kaiba, a high-profile figure in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), as Tel Aviv's new rep…
In a harmonious collaboration at preserving oral history, Sami Hermez provides the space for Sireen Sawalha to tell the story of her family in The title itself reflects the fact that there is no dividing Palestine from the people and their narratives. | "What I remember most from what my mother told me, is how people were walking in the opposite direction screaming at us to turn around," Sireen reflects at th…
Gholamreza Rasaei, in his mid-thirties, is the 10th man 
The UAE warned travellers could be at risk of the "unstable security situation in various cities across the UK" with extremist riots breaking out in major cities and towns over the weekend, much of the rhetoric and vi…
On 6 August, the Algerian welterweight Khelif defeated Thailand's 2023 world silver medallist, Janjaem Suwannapheng, in a unanimous points decision, advancing to t…
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during the annual Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany February 17, 2024. — ReutersSheikh Hasina, the former Bangladesh prime minister who fled to India on Monday, is expected to remain there for "a while" because her plans to…
Police trying to handle the situation in Great Britain. —ReutersStarmer holds emergency meeting with ministers, police chiefs."Our first duty is to ensure our communities are safe," he says. UK prime minister says more than 400 people had been arrested.
India's hawkish defence analysts inexplicably attribute former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster, following widespread student protests, to foreign interference.
A man resembling Indian cricket star Virat Kohli was spotted among charged protesters in Bangladesh, leaving people on social media in shock after a video of the bizarre sighting went viral online.In the video, the doppelganger of the 35-year-old former captain of India's national…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia waves to activists as she arrives for a rally in Dhaka in this file picture taken January 20, 2014. — Reuters
Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus speaks at the Trust Women Conference, London, Britain, December 1 2016. — ReutersTrying to hold oath-taking ceremony tomorrow, says army chief.Yunus set to lead a caretaker government after Hasina ouster."Be calm, get ready to build country," says Nobel…
UK Supreme Court refuses to hear Shamima Begum citizenship appeal | Begum's lawyers argued she was trafficked to Syria at the age of 15 | | Renu Begum, the sister of Shamima Begum, holds a photo of her sister as she makes an appeal to have her British citizenship renewed (Reuters/File photo)…
by Mohammad Nazrul Islam | Student power means setting a goal and having the communication network, the strategy, the physical numbers, and the commitment to achieve it. Now it happened again in Bangladesh's history. | On August 5, 2024, the students have demonstrated once again that a suffocating situation has ended with the fall of the dictatorial Hasina government in Bangladesh. Photo Credit to Md. Reaz Uddin. | With the students acquiring the residence of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Bangladesh has become independent again. And, the people of Bangladesh have felt free and have gone outside their homes in…
The kingdom is the leader of the Middle East and North Africa in the IT secto…
Pictures from China, Iran and Egypt will be shown at the even…
To reduce dependence on coal-fired generation, the authorities plan to increase the installed capacity of electricity from non-fossil fuel based sources…
DHAKA | Xinhua | Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus will serve as the head of Bangladesh's interim government, local media reported early Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of President Mohammed Shahabuddin with chiefs of the three services and the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement to finalize the outline of the …
By Maxim Bock, Queensland University of Technology Fiji journalist Felix Chaudhary recalls how the harassment began: "Initially, I was verbally warned to stop." "And not only warned but threatened as well. I think I was a bit 'gung-ho' at the time and I kind of took it lightly until the day I was taken to…
CPI(ML) Liberation — We congratulate the democracy-loving people of Bangladesh at this hour of victorious assertion.
Asia Pacific Report Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestinian political leader and a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, says Israel's "gangster style assassination and extrajudicial executions" are designed to "inflame the whole region", reports Al Jazeera. The killings of the Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Hezbollah military commander Fuad…
In response to the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief In a condolence message to Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah for the death of Hezbollah military leader 
Israel's provocative assassinations of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah commander Fouad Shukr have raised the risk of a wider war in the Mideast, but the U.S. media would rather celebrate Israeli espionage than hold it to account.
Airlines are avoiding Singapore Airlines stopped flying through Iranian airspace from early on Friday morning and is u…
Palestinian group Hamas' former top leader, Ismail Haniyeh talks after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon June 28, 2021. — Reuters Palestinian group Hamas prepares to choose a political leader after the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in a Wednesday…
The "The health ministry announces… four Syrian nationals were martyred" in an "Israeli strike" on the southern vill…
On Saturday, Day 302 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the besieged, destroyed, and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, in various parts of the coastal enclave. The Israeli army struck many areas in Gaza, especially in several neighborhoods in Gaza …
Friends of the Congo Executive Director Maurice Carney and Professor Eman Abdelhadi discuss the intersections between the genocides in the Congo and Palestine.
The rector of St Andrews University in Scotland has been dismissed from her position and removed from her role as a trustee after she accused Stella Maris condemned the decision to remove her from the roles following an investigation commissioned by the university, adding she plans on appealin…
Kribsoo Diallo reviews African perspectives on Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, the rise and fall of Zionist influence in Africa, and the state of African grassroots solidarity with Palestine.
Picture showing a Richter scale reading — Reuters/File An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the eastern shore of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said.The quake was at a depth of 10 km , GFZ…
Israeli occupation forces arrested Sheikh Local sources confirmed to The New Arab's sister publication Al-Araby Al-Jadeed that Israeli police raided Sheikh Sa…
The funeral of Hamas leader Mourners at the ceremony in a large mosque just north of the capi…
I am not whining. Just informing. I had a packed day, with back-to-back interviews. I started off the Ania K and then did the Judge and closed out with Nima. Three issues dominated the conversation — Israel, Ukraine and the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. | Meanwhile, the indicators of a brewing attack by Iran are flashing red. Here's a sample from the Telegram channels: | " Meanwhile, according to Axios, Israeli and American intelligence are expecting an Iranian a…
On Saturday evening, Israeli colonizers invaded the Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and shot a young man. Media sources said the colonizers invaded the western areas of the village and fired live rounds at the residents and their homes. They added that one Palestinian was shot with a live …
BERN, Saturday, August 3, 2024 (WAFA) — The World Council of Churches (WCC) Friday called for ending the Israeli occupation and recognition of the Palestinian people's right to self-determination. WCC general secretary Jerry Pillay reiterated that the WCC has repeatedly called for an end to the occupation; for justice, peace, and equal human rights and …
On Friday, August 2, day 301 of Israel's ongoing assault on the entire population of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued their unrelenting airstrikes, artillery shelling and ground invasions of civilian areas throughout Gaza.
By Ralph Nader / 
"In my case, specifically, I was given recently a one-month extension, and I was warned that would not be renewed beyond this one month," Andrea De Domenico said in a virtual news conference. | "The straw that broke the…
Two Palestinians who were abducted by Israeli forces died from torture in detention, Palestinian rights groups and Gaza authorities confirmed on Thursday. | Shujaiya refugee camp resident Islam al-Sarsawi, 42, was taken by Israeli forces to the notorious Earlier reports had indicated al-Sarsawi's death, however the statement said recent informat…
Nine killed in two Israeli strikes on Tulkarm in occupied West Bank | The Israeli army said it eliminated a Hamas commander and eight others in drone attacks | | Israeli military vehicles roll down a street in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm on 3 August 2024 (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP) | Nine peop…
On Saturday, Israeli soldiers invaded an area near the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank's northern part, leading to protests, and shot three Palestinians, including one child. Media sources said several Israeli military vehicles invaded the Al-Quds Street area, adjacent to the Balata refugee camp, leading to protests. They added …
The vehicle was driving along the Zeita-Attil road when it was hit, with all five people killed, a medical source confirmed to the news agency. | The vehicle lit up in flames after it was targeted, with Israeli forces stor…
A The paramedic has been identified as Tamer Saqr, who volunteered for the organisation. | The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that he was killed and said he was shot using live fire during an Israeli raid a week earlier in the Bal…
On Saturday, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers burnt dozens of Palestinian olive trees and attacked homes in Surif town, northwest of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank's southern part. Hazem Ghneimat, the Mayor of Beit Surif, said the colonizers came from the Bat Ayin illegal colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands, northwest of Hebron. Ghneimat added …
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran by a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kg, and vowed severe revenge. | "This terrorist operation was carried out by firing a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kilograms — causing a strong explosion — from outside the accommodation area," the Guards said in a statement. | It added that Israel was "supported by the United States" in the attack. | The Guards repeated their insistence that Haniyeh would be avenged and that Israel would receive "a severe punishment at the appropriate time, place and…
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is facing criticism for using an ad featuring an altered picture of US Representative Cori Bush of Missouri which some have described as racist. | The picture in question that was sent out to constituents shows Bush, a Black woman, with a jaw and forehead that are clearly elongated from the original, prompting questions over the motivations behind the move. | Bush's campaign has responded to the controversy, saying in a public statement, "it is shameful that in 2024 our communities are still being targeted with such blatant racism from political campaigns, l…
A new The NGOs who produced joint report include B'Tselem, Peace Now, Gisha, Physicians for Human Rights, Yesh D…
The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said In the 
Malaysia held absentia funeral prayers on Thursday and Friday for assassinated Hamas political leader The prayers, held in three of the country's top national mosques, came amid official periods of mourning and prayers for the Hamas leader in Muslim-majority countries. | In attendance at the prayers held in the National Mosque of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Friday was Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, alongside other top officials and a congregation of around 3,000…
The BTK communications authority announced on its website on Friday that the But Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said…
"This terrorist operation was carried out by firing a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kilograms – causing a strong explosion – from outside the accommodation area," the Guards said in a statement. | It added that Israe…
Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian group's political bureaus had resided in Doha along with other Hamas leaders. | He will be buried at a cemetery in Lusail, north of the Qatari capital, fo…
Journalist Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich, former 
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority, which regulates the internet, announced the decision early on Friday but did not provide a reason. | The Yeni Safak newspaper, which is close to the government, and other media said access was blocked in response to Instagram removing posts by Turkish users that expressed condolences over the…
The assassination of Hamas leader Morteza Motahari, a former Iranian member of parliament, reacting to Haniyeh's assassination, criticised Iran's intelligence services for failing to keep Haniyeh's residence secret. | "The assassination and martyrdom of the great Mujahid Ismail Haniyeh is not surprising because…
There has been an increased risk of an escalation into a broader Middle East war after the assassination of Haniyeh in Iran drew threats of ret…
Khaled Qaddoumi, the Hamas representative in Iran, has disclosed new details about the assassination of In an interview with The New Arab's sister publication Al-Araby Al-Jadeed on Friday, Qaddoumi refuted claims by the 
Nguy·ªÖn Phú Tr·ªçng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party and Chairman of the National Assembly, died July 19, 2024, at the age of 80. Tr·ªçng was widely respected for his ideological contributions as well as his long leadership . . . | 
@soma_for_palestine / SOMA Collective for Palestine has been working in earnest to support an cease fire and an end to…
Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. — AFP
US Congressman Al Green speaks to journalists during the convention in this still taken from a video. —Geo News 
Iran arrests dozens in sweeping arrests following Hamas leader's assassination | Senior intelligence officers, military officials and staff workers are among those rounded up following Ismail Haniyeh's killing | | Iranians attend a funeral procession for the late Hamas leader Ismail…
By Syed Zubair Ahmad The treacherous assassination of Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh in Tehran has sparked a wave of propaganda, particularly among those driven by sectarian zeal. Iran, arguably the only Muslim country that officially proclaims the liberation of Al-Quds as part of its policy, is now at the center of this controversy. This stance …
Damascus, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Local activists were quoted by several media outlets here as saying that US troops illegally deployed in northeastern Syria recently received large reinforcements, including weapons and ammunition.
Miscarriage Rate High Among Women in Gaza appeared first on 
It was an hour before the motorcade was set to arrive in downtown Nashville, and the lady in the "Trump Save America" T-shirt was explaining why she hates Kamala Harris. "I'm not meaning to say I'm a prejudiced person," she began. Of the many ways to end such a sentence, none were promising. I assumed she would call the vice president a "DEI hire," as right-wing pundits had done all week. But she veered in a different direction. | Harris, the woman went on, believes in pushing homosexuality, transgenderism, and "people acting like cats and dogs." At her grandniece's public school in Kentucky, students identify…
On Wednesday, day 299 of Israeli forces' continuous and ongoing assault on the entire, imprisoned 2.24 million Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, massive Israeli bombardment of Palestinian camps for internally displaced refugees continued. On Wednesday evening, a number of civilians were killed and others were injured when Israeli occupation forces shelled the entrance to Al-Maghazi …
Negotiations for a ceasefire in Gaza have been plunged into uncertainty following the latest developments in the wider conflict after Israel assassinated top militant leaders in Lebanon and Iran. | A Tuesday airstrike on Haret Hreik, a southern suburb of Beirut, targeted what Israeli media have said is "Hezbollah's second man," 
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have declared a general strike and called for "angry" demonstrations in response to the Palestinian factions condemned In a joint statement, they said Israel continued its a…
In a massive escalation against the Palestinian diplomatic effort and leadership, Israeli special forces on Wednesday assassinated the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, who had been leading the diplomatic effort on behalf of the Hamas political wing, in an extrajudicial assassination in Iran. The Hamas movement announced on Wednesday morning the assassination of its political …
In a strident speech on Wednesday evening, Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah said that the fighting with Israel has "entered a new phase" that goes "beyond supporting Gaza," vowing an "inevitable" response to Israel's Beirut bombing.
Hezbollah on Wednesday mourned its top commander Shukr will be buried on Thursday and Shukr was "martyred on the road to Jerusalem", Hezbollah said…
Hezbollah said on Wednesday that senior military commander The strike, which was followed by another, hours later, which killed Hamas political leader 
The The airstrike comes as regional tensions is on the rise after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut that Israel claims killed Hezbollah's m…
The UK on Wednesday renewed its calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and de-escalation in the region following Israeli strikes which assassinated militant leaders in Lebanon and Iran. | A Tuesday drone strike near Beirut killed senior Hezbollah commander They attacks mark a major escalation in the brutal Gaza…
Mia Khalifa has again weighed in on Israel's war on Gaza and attacks on Lebanon following the She also expressed outrage at the recent Mia Khalifa is a Lebanese-Am…
The That the Israeli assassination occurred in Tehran on the day of President Masoud Pezeshkian's inauguration speaks to Israel's continued ability to penetrate Iran's security apparatus. | In light of these attacks in the Lebanese…
Several concert organizers in Lebanon have announced…
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Defence Secretary John Healey arrived in Lebanon on Thursday as part of a diplomatic mission to address rising tensions in the Middle East. The visit follows an Israeli Lammy and Healey met with key Lebanese officials,…
A recent speech in support of Israeli soldiers detained for torturing and raping Palestinian detainees shows the Israeli right not only wants to escalate the ongoing genocide against Palestinians but also threatens bloodshed between Israeli Jews.
Ismail al-Ghoul had become a household name for anyone following the war on Gaza. When he went to Ismail Haniyeh's hometown to cover a commemoration of his killing, Israel assassinated him too.
By Alan MacLeod — Jul 30, 2024 | President Nicolas Maduro won a third term in office on Sunday, promising to continue and deepen Venezuela's anti-imperialist Bolivarian Revolution. Many in the U.S. quickly denounced the elections as a sham presided over by a dictatorship. | Yet the proceedings were presided over by more than 900 electoral observers from over 100 countries, including the State of Palestine. MintPress News talked to several Palestinians who observed Venezuela's elections and, in the process, uncovered tremendous and profound links of solidarity between the two nations, whose peoples and strugg…
Rula Halawani (Palestine), Untitled XII from the Negative Incursion series, 2002. On 26 July, senior United Nations (UN) officials briefed the UN Security Council about the terrible situation in Gaza. 'More than two million people in Gaza remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction on a staggering scale', said Deputy Commissioner-General Antonia …
The following is Sahar Aziz's Facebook response to the Israeli assassination of a Hamas leader in Iran: | Ten months into the war on Gaza, there is no end in sight. The Israeli military's failure is made all the more evident when the result of its campaign is setting records for killing civilians and maiming children with the use of American weapons and support, and the amount of bombs dropped equivalent to five Hiroshimas. | Beyond Gaza, Netanyahu is also unable to contain the other fronts in the war, which have caused tens of thousands of Israelis to evacuate in both the north and the south. He has been unab…
Download the version in color. Download the black & white version. WWP statement Venezuela wins! In D.C. and countrywide: Protests demand Netanyahu's arrest Boston protest: 'Netanyahu is not welcome anywhere!' Editorial Congress welcomes Israeli war criminal to Washington Our new format To our readers: Beginning in July, we changed our . . . | 
On Wednesday, an Israeli military court extended the detention of eight out of nine Israeli soldiers who have been held over what a defense lawyer said were allegations of sexual abuse of a Palestinian at Sde Teiman—a shadowy facility where Israel has held prisoners from Gaza during its genocidal war. The soldiers' detention triggered angry protests …
Overwhelming anger spread throughout Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Speaking to The New Arab, several Gazans accused the United States of directly being complicit…
Palestinians in the occupied Israeli officials have not so far claimed responsibility for the killing of Haniyeh, who had been in Tehr…
"I can't tell you what this means. I can tell you that the imperative of getting a ceasefire, the importance that that has for everyone, remains," Blinken said…
Egypt anticipates that the already contentious 
Iran has been dealt a heavy blow to its regional reputation and sovereignty by the attack which killed Details surrounding the nature of the The Haniyeh killing is both a structural and psychological blow for Iran. The s…
On Wednesday, day 299 of Israel's assault on Gaza, two renowned journalists: Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul and photographer Rami al-Rifi in a direct missile strike on their press vehicle by the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza City. Video clips showed the car the two colleagues were in severely damaged, with smoke rising from it …
Thursday marks day 300 of Israel's ongoing assault on the entire civilian population of the Gaza Strip (2.24 million people), and the Israeli assault continued without cease. Medical sources announced Thursday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 39,480 killed, and 91,128 wounded since October 7, 2023.
Iran's Supreme Leader vowed to seek revenge against Israel for the killing of Hamas' top political leader in a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital of Tehran, risking escalating the conflict into an all-out regional war. What do you think? 
Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed in an The journalists were wearing press vests and were inside a car when they were targeted by an Israeli drone strike near the Aidia area, west of Gaza City, according to Al Jaze…
Israel's assassination of Haniyeh was a Hamas leader for nearly two decades, becoming Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority when Hamas won elections in 2006 and leading a disputed government in Gaza following a 2007 conflict between Hamas and Fatah which ended with the former's takeover of the territory. | In 2017, Haniyeh moved to Qatar to become head of Hamas's…
Since the start of Israel's war in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians – including 
The Israeli assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh hours after It is too early to tell whether the escalation is linked to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial visit to the United States and the talks he had there with officials on both sides of the aisle, but the timing is curious. | In his speech to Congress on Wednesday, July 24,…
The Israeli army has promoted a commander linked to the controversial 7 October decision to fire tank shells at homes containing Israeli captives and Hamas fighters, granting him the position of commander of the Gaza Division. | An army spokesman announced the appointment of On Tuesday, Hiram met with relatives of Israelis killed in the home of Pesi Cohen on 7 Octo…
Palestinian detainee allegedly raped in Sde Teiman returned to Israeli facility | Prominent Israeli human rights group denounces decision to place victim in a situation where he could face his abusers | | Soldiers lock a gate at Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli military police arrived a…
UK's St Andrews university fires rector from governing body for Israel criticism | Stella Maris removed after condemning Israel's 'genocidal attacks' on Gaza | | The investigation into Stella Maris (above) led by Morag Ross KC said she exercised 'poor judgment' but said 'firing' her would be…
The assassination of Hamas political leader Israel's top ally, the United States, has responded by denying prior knowledge or involvement in the attack likely carried out by Tel Aviv. | "This is something we were not aware of or involved in. It's very hard to speculate," US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Channel News A…
A Palestinian prisoner who was The unnamed detainee has been sent to a field hospital at Israel's notorious 
"This is one of the most perilous moments in the [Middle East] region in years," says Ali Vaez, director of the International Crisis Group Iran Project, after Israel's assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday in Tehran. Iranian retaliation against Israel appears imminent. "All bets are off," warns Vaez, adding that Israel's latest maneuver will put Americans "in harm's way," as Iran will no longer hold back fellow Axis of Resistance members, especially Islamic militias in Iraq and Syria, from launching attacks on U.S. military bases i…
Unrest continues to brew in Israel after a right-wing mob including members of the Knesset broke into two Israeli military bases in an effort to prevent Israeli military police from detaining nine soldiers who were under investigation for gang raping a Palestinian prisoner at the notorious Sde Teiman facility. +972 Magazine's Oren Ziv, who was at one of the bases reporting on the events, says that the support of Israeli political leaders, including some members of the Knesset who participated in the riots, and the apathy of the military police all indicate that those protesting against the soldiers' charg…
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State TV broadcast live images of 
Russian forces in Syria have been targeted by The Kyiv Post reported that Ukraine's 
Iran has raised a red flag – symbolising revenge – over the Jam Karan mosque in Qom on Wednesday morning, an indication that it is preparing a response to The flag was previously raised when Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike in 2020 and after Iranian Su…
By As planned, the people of Gaza are now dying in …
William Calley ("United States v. William L. Calley, Jr.") represented the Vietnam War as almost no one else did. During the period of his imprisonment, I recall a huge banner hung from a building in Bridgeport, Connecticut that read: "Help Free Calley." Calley died in Florida on April 28, 2024 (New York Times, July 30, 2024). 
The relations between Turkey and Greece have never been normal. The legacy of Mongol Turkish conquest of Greece in the fifteenth century poisons all connections between Turks and Greeks. The Greeks remember their Turkish oppressors like other barbarians who invaded their country. They fought hard and long to free themselves from the tyranny of the 
"Tectonic shifts are underway in global politics, economy, and other spheres of international relations. A fairer multipolar world order is being born." — Opening words of the SCO 2024 declaration, Astana, Kazakhstan. "A fairer multipolar world order is being born". Eight words that sum up what is being created at pace and yet is being 
We look at a new Washington Post investigation titled "Money War" that traces the effects of U.S. sanctions under the last four presidents: Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden. According to the report, the U.S government has instituted, in some form or another, sanctions against a third of all other countries around the world, despite no clear evidence that they are effective in influencing target nations' politics, and in fact may often entrench the power of ruling parties. We speak to Jeff Stein, one of the authors of…
Pro-Khalistan Sikh leader and Sikhs For Justice General Counsel Gurpatwant Singh Pannun speaks during a protest rally. — Geo News/reporter/File In a major development, Indian and Canadian intelligence officers held multiple meetings to share information as more arrests come to…
Turkey mediates major East-West prisoner swap that frees WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich | Turkey's intelligence service said it helped broker one of largest prisoner exchanges since Cold War | | US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prio…
Haniyeh killed by 'device planted two months ago' in Tehran guesthouse | Officials say bomb was reportedly smuggled into Iranian capital and detonated remotely, as Axis of Resistance meet to discuss possible retaliation | | An image purportedly showing the Tehran guesthouse Ismail Haniyeh was stayi…
Neom: Saudi Arabia unveils lavish stadium plans in ambitious World Cup 2034 bid | Stadiums on cliff edges and hundreds of metres above ground level are planned for a tournament that the Saudis are effectively guaranteed to host | | Neom Stadium will be built 350 metres above ground level,…
Huge spike in Saudi Arabians seeking asylum since 2013, survey finds | Saudi Arabians in the diaspora say they left due to a lack of freedom or vulnerabilities related to activism or sexual orientation | | Travellers stand in a queue at King Khaled International Airport in the capital, Riyadh…
The wedding of Indian billionaire heir Anant Ambani and pharmaceutical heiress Radhika Anant Ambani seems to be never-ending. It's not just good business sense for the Ambanis, it's also a way we are socialized into Hindutva-neoliberalism.
By Haider Abbas The Political Bureau Chief of Hamas, Palestine, Ismael Haniyeh has been assassinated in Tehran, the capital of Iran, on July 31, after he had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's new President Pezeshkian. The details are murky, and not letting-up, yet what has come across is that he was staying in an …
This article is part of the People's World 100th Anniversary Series. In 1968, Charlene Mitchell (1930-2022) was nominated as the Communist Party USA's candidate for President of the United States. She was the first Black woman to ever run for the presidency. Today, another Black woman—Kamala Harris—is running for president on the Democratic ticket. Trump and …
"Trump and MAGA don't speak for white men, and we won't remain silent to the peril this fascist movement poses. We can help make history by electing Kamala Harris, the first African American and South Asian woman president in November." Those sentiments reverberated throughout a Zoom call on July 29, attended by nearly 200,000 "White …
As the world moves from unipolarity to multipolarity, traditional allies of the United States are increasingly in somewhat of a dilemma as to whether or not to continue to try to function in both worlds or ditch unipolarity. Turkey is one such nation, which in recent months appears to be increasingly adopting the multipolar world. 
The inscription of Hegmataneh (Ecbatana), the ancient capital of the Median Dynasty, on the UNESCO World Heritage List has been a triumph for Iran…
Samad Hassanzadeh invited the head of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry to visit Iran with a business delegation…
Experts note the dynamics of increasing tourist flows from the Persian Gulf countries and the Asia-Pacific region…
'Twice as good for half the respect' ANALYSIS | CLARE CORBOULD | Mainstream media are surprisingly muted at the prospect of the world's most powerful nation being led for the first time by a woman — specifically a woman of colour, Vice President Kamala Harris. Using past elections as our guide, we could have expected an …
Golan Heights attack: The claims and counterclaims on Majdal Shams strike | Israel says an Iranian-made rocket was used in the incident, yet Hezbollah insists that a misfired Iron Dome missile was responsible | | Families grieve children who were killed at a soccer pitch by a rocket react before the…
Israeli officials say that Netanyahu is behind Israel's hardened position preventing a ceasefire deal as a new round of talks in Rome concludes without a breakthrough.
BBC coverage of the attack on a football pitch in the Golan Heights on Saturday has been intentionally misleading. The BBC's evening news entirely ignored the fact that those killed by the blast are a dozen Syrians, not Israeli citizens, and that for decades the surviving Syrian population in the Golan, most of them Druze, …
Western politicians, the same ones who support and applaud apartheid Israel's genocide of Palestinians, would have us believe that they support democracy and freedom and humanitarianism as foreign policy goals. These same AIPAC-funded politicians would also have us believe that they support religious and ethnic pluralism as foreign policy goals. Now more than ever their …
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins the calls from Palestine to make 3 August — the 300th day of the ongoing genocide in Palestine — an international day of action for Gaza and the prisoners. We urge all Palestinian and Arab communities and organizations in exile and diaspora, and all internationalist organizations and activists for …
Israeli army commanders reportedly gave the order for soldiers to blow up the main drinking water reservoir facility in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in a flagrant Israeli newspaper Haaretz 
War on Gaza: Majority in UK, Italy and Spain back ICC warrant against Israel's Netanyahu | Poll finds plurality of support in several countries, as well as a wish for an arrest warrant to be issued for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar | | Netanyahu was applauded by US legislators during a speech to Congres…
A top human rights lawyer said the UK must stop The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said that Israel's occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza…
Thousands of Palestinians fled a community in the central Israeli forces, which have now captured nearly the entire Gaza Strip in nearly 10 months of war, have spent the last several weeks launching major operations in areas where th…
On Monday, illegal Israeli colonizers burned and vandalized vehicles in the village of Qilqis, south of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. Media sources said that before dawn armed paramilitary settlers scrawled racist graffiti on vehicles, and burned others in a garage owned by the Salhab family in Qilqis village, south of Hebron. Sources …
President Erdogan, who has been a fierce critic of Israel's offensive on 
Israeli soldiers suspected of raping Palestinian prisoner arrested, sparking far-right riot | Minister among Israelis storming notorious Sde Teiman detention facility in solidarity with the suspects | | Israeli protesters wave flags outside Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli soldiers were…
The decision comes after a The Israeli broadcaster Kan said on…
Messaoud Dris of The International Judo Federation (IJF) issued a brief statement declaring Butbul the winner by walkover. | The bout was scheduled to be the first in the men's 73-kilogram division on Monday, but given its political implications, many suspected it would not happen fro…
On Monday, Israeli forces abducted nine Palestinians, including former prisoners and a child in various areas of the southern West Bank governorate of Bethlehem. Media sources said that occupation forces abducted Murad Musa Ahmad Al-Khamour, 27, Moataz Mohammad Mustafa Sharia, 32, and the child, Ayser Majdi Mohammad Al-Zaghari, 17, from Al-Dheisheh refugee camp, southwest of …
Despite condemnation for having killed over 50 civilians, including many children in the bombing of a school on Saturday in Deir al-Balah, Israeli forces continued their assault on the entire civilian population of 2.24 million people in Gaza on Monday for the 297th straight day. Before dawn on Monday, the Israeli warplanes continued their ceaseless …
The civil defence agency in A witness told AFP a newborn was among the dead in Al-Mawasi near Khan Younis city, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge fro…
The Health Ministry in Gaza reports that as of the end of July, 2024, more than 39,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been slaughtered in Gaza by the Israeli military using hegemon U.S.A.'s mighty weapons of mass destruction.
Seven children and seven women were reportedly among the dead taken from the girls' school in Deir al-Balah to al-Aqsa Hospital. Israel's military said that the air raid was targeted at a Hamas command center used to direct attacks against Israeli troops and store "large quantities of weapons." Hamas slammed the Israeli claim as false. …
However, the UN's agency for Palestine Refugees ( 
Bishara thinks Biden could exert more pressure on Israel but chooses not to, while also saying he doesn'
Despite condemnation for having killed over 50 civilians, including many children in the bombing of a school on Saturday in Deir al-Balah, Israeli forces continued their assault on the entire civilian population of 2.24 million people in Gaza on Monday for the 297th straight day. Before dawn on Monday, the Israeli warplanes continued their ceaseless …
Bishop Rachel Treweek called The comments from Treweek were published in a reflection posted on the Diocese of Gloucester website, coming after she visited Israel and the occupied West Bank last month. | "In the past I have been wary of…
An The 20 July attack on Hodeidah, the main harbour under the control of the Iran-backed 
On Monday, Israeli forces abducted three Palestinian young men in the Qalandia refugee camp and the town of Al-'Isawiya, in the West Bank governorate of Jerusalem. Media sources said that at dawn Monday, occupation forces stormed the Qalandia camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted two young men. Sources added that soldiers invaded the homes …
A The man, 23-year-old Ibrahim Ammar Abbas from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, was detained on 23 April 2023 at a military checkpoint near the town of Salfit in the West Bank. He was held…
The Saudi sports ministry unveiled the approved design for the stadium, which is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2029, according to the state news agency SPA. | The stadium is set to serve as the main…
Decades of 
A land feud between tribes in northwestern The While no one was wounded in that attack, Hussain said it reignited longstanding religious tensions between the clan…
After the Conoco gas base in 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network salutes the people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on a successful, fair and transparent election, and congratulates President Nicolas Maduro on his re-election with 51.2% of the vote, announced shortly after midnight by the Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), the Venezuelan election authority. The victory of President Maduro is a …
In one of her best-known songs, Tina Turner, the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll," asks, "What's love got to do with it?" For Che "it" was everything. His second wife, Aleida March, provides much the same idea in her story of romance and revolution, perhaps the most romantic of reveries. Now 87 and older than 
PEORIA, Ill.—Medical professionals who served in Gaza amidst the ongoing genocidal war brought the truth about what they saw to Illinois Central College in a free lecture organized by Peoria for Palestine on July 19. The stories they shared were eye-opening for the notably diverse audience, shedding light on the seemingly insurmountable challenges faced by …
by: Irshad Ahmad Mughal | To ensure girls participation in the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence, the Landmark Bahria Town Girl's Football Festival, 2024 was organized in Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan. | In this event, three town football academies participated: (1) Bahria town football academy Lahore, (2) Valencia town football academy, Lahore, and (3) Sialkot City football academy, Sialkot. | Here are the girls who participated in the football festival: Bahria town football academy, Lahore. Valencia town football academy, Lahore. Sialkot City football academy, Sialkot. Miss Asma Khawar Khawaja (CEO Gray…
The country expressed its readiness to become a strategic partner of the union…
By Edvard Chesnokov On July 25, 2024, the Turkish authorities arrested and deported to Moscow the Russian national Evgeny Serebryakov, an alleged terrorist who had exploded the car of a high-ranked Russian Army officer in Moscow and fled to Bodrum the very previous day, July 24. Assumably Serbebryakov followed the commands of the NATO-backed Ukrainian …
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among, has dismissed the anti-corruption protesters targeting parliament, and stated that she is not willing to step down from her position. Speaking at the thanksgiving function for Mzee Daudi Bangirana, father of Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa, at Rwakitandara Playground in Bitereko Sub County, …
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist The Fijiana women's sevens rugby team have lost both pool matches at the Paris Olympics today and look set to miss the quarterfinals in the process. Bronze medallists at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Fijians lost 17-14 to Canada in their first pool game. China then handed…
Palestinians walk along a street covered with stagnant wastewater near tents sheltering displaced people in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, 22 July. Omar Ashtawy APA images) As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington, where he will deliver a speech to Congress on Wednesday, the Israeli military massacred Palestinians throughout Gaza and forced a new …
Israeli Air Force Commander Tomer Bar said preparations for a possible war against Hezbollah in Lebanon had been completed, warning there would be "surprises". | Bar made the announcement during a meeting with the heads of northern Israeli towns and settlements at the Ramat David Air Base, which The latest video, captured by the "Hoopoe" drone, also shared information about the base's co…
The response to Joe Biden finally surrendering the Democratic presidential nomination has been instructive. | Since Israel's genocidal rampage in Gaza began, there has been a common theme in how Western politicians and media outlets have approached the horror: that Palestinian life has little or even no meaningful worth. This has not been subtle. | Sure, this has ranged from the crude — that is, outright genocidal incitement, despite its legal prohibition in the 1948 Genocide Convention — to the lack of concern about tens of thousands slaughtered with Western arms and diplomatic support, not least…
Via Rashida Tlaib's X account. By Brett Wilkins / Common Dreams Following her call for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest during his visit to Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib protested the right-wing leader's Wednesday address before a joint meeting of Congress by holding up a sign reading "war criminal" and "guilty of genocide." "They will not erase …
Craig Mokhiber discusses the importance and impact of the International Court of Justice's ruling that the Israeli occupation of Palestine is illegal.
Netanyahu will also meet Vice President Kamala Harris — the likely…
Israel offered Mohammed Dahlan 'keys to Gaza' in 2002, newly released files show | Dahlan, who declined the offer, is said to be favoured by some US, Israeli and Arab officials to now lead post-war Gaza, a role he says he would also refuse | | Mohammed Dahlan with a portrait of Palestinian lea…
Only 27 athletes have ever represented Palestine at the Olympic Games as the Palestinian Olympic Committee was not recognised by the International Olympic Committee until 1995. | Majed Abu Maraheel was the first to represent Palestine in the 1996 Games in Atlanta. | 
The reason behind the delay is reportedly due to The offici…
A Israeli fighter jets struck Houthi military targets near Yemen's port of Hodeidah on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 87, a day after a Houthi drone hit Israe…
Representatives from Hamas, Fatah, and other Palestinian factions signed a joint statement with China's mediation, agreeing to end years of divisions and form a national unity government. | According to the Gaza Health Ministry, more than 39,000 Palestinians have been killed and roughly 90,000 wounded since the start of the conflict. For Israel, as many as 1800 dead with 116 kidnapped Israelis whose fates remain unknown. | Joining the discussion: | 
Paris 2024: Olympics begins under shadow of Israeli obliteration of Palestinian sport | Palestinian athletes and administrators talk about Israel's killing of sports stars and destruction of facilities in Gaza | | Children watch as displaced Palestinians play football in the courtyard of…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (U.S. Congress/Wikimedia Commons) By Joe Lauria / Consortium News The world-historical crisis in Gaza might in the long-term bring about radical change in both the U.S. and Israel, but in the interim the greatest crimes the two nations have jointly …
As Israel's brutal offensive on Gaza nears its tenth month causing an ever-worsening humanitarian catastrophe and creating fears of a wider regional war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was receiving praise during his trip to the United States, which has provided crucial military and political support for the war. | The premier — 
The false claims Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu made in his address to US Congress | In his speech, Netanyahu claimed that Israel is facilitating entry of aid into Gaza and safeguarding civilians | | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress at…
Reports emerged last week that an Since Israel 
Absent lawmakers replaced by stand-ins to create false impression as pro-Israel stooges fawn over Israeli PM's litany of lies More than half of Democratic party politicians in the US Congress and Senate boycotted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's litany of lies masquerading as a speech to fawning supporters. All was not as it seemed as the …
By Michael Brenner EUROPE -JEWS-MUSLIMS Europe has an obsession about Jews. For nearly 2 millennia, it shunned them, despised them and persecuted them. Now, after a respite of a few decades, it condemns and abuses Muslims in a similar way — all in the name of supporting Jews. Israel's inhumane treatment of the Palestinians — …
The head of the Palestine Olympic Committee criticised "double standards" from the Palestinian Olympic head Jibril Rajoub demanded a boycott in a letter to the IOC earlier this week which was rejected by the head of the international Olympics body, Thomas Bach. | "This confirms that there are internatio…
By Glenn Sacks / GlennSacks Jewish Democrats are deeply divided on Israel's actions in the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza. Republicans have seized on the events following Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel as a wedge issue they can use to win Jewish votes in November, and they designed the newly-released 2024 GOP PLATFORM: MAKE AMERICA …
Israel's Olympic flag-carrier wrote message on bomb bound for Gaza | Peter Paltchik was also filmed disrupting a Palestine protest in Japan earlier this year | | Israel's Peter Paltchik during the Tel Aviv Grand Slam Judo Championship in Tel Aviv on 19 February 2022 (Jack Guez/AFP) | Pro-Palestinian…
As Israel's genocidal campaign against Palestinians continues, so does the theft of Palestinian land. Real estate events that sell off illegal settlements acquired through settler violence in the West Bank happen in the U.S. with the aid and permission from local elected leaders.
WASHINGTON—Despite heavy security which prevented them from surrounding the U.S. Capitol, thousands of protesters jammed Washington's Pennsylvania Avenue to denounce Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a mass march Wednesday. They declared him "a war criminal," demanded his arrest, and blasted U.S. aid to and complicity with his ongoing genocidal war on Gaza. The protests …
If truth and justice are the most potent weapons in the arsenal of the oppressed … — Norman Finkelstein What is the life of a Palestinian worth? Is it worth an em in an editorial in the pages of the Afghanistan News Monitor? | Wh…
Exclusive: UK likely to restrict arms sales to Israel and drop ICC objection | MEE has learnt that the Labour government is likely to announce some restrictions on arms sales to Israel, but not suspend them entirely | | Prime Minister Keir Starmer has previously called for a ceasefire in Gaz…
The Densely overpopulated neighbourhoods and cities are just one of many complex crises 
India's silver and platinum imports from the The world's second-biggest bullion consumer slashed import duties on gold and silver on Tuesday to six percent from 15 percent. | After the reduction, there is no incentive to bring silver or platinum into India under the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) sign…
Eight member states of the The letter, originally seen by Euractiv, was signed by the foreign ministers of Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, 
Sheikheh, one of seven men first arrested in the case more than 14 years ago, was put to death in Urmia prison in northwestern Iran, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said in separate statements. | Sheikheh's six co-defendants, also members of Iran's Kurdish minority, had all been executed in separate hangings since November 202…
The world is appalled at the bodycam footage released on July 22 of the police killing of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman from Springfield, Illinois. She was murdered by Sangamon County sheriffs on July 6 after she called them for assistance for a possible prowler lurking outside her home. . . . | 
Iranian press review: Activists challenge Pezeshkian's stance on gender equality | Meanwhile, report reveals former government purged schools of moderate teachers, the president's remarks about election boycotters fuel criticism, and experts warn about alarming addiction rates | 
Source: demerzel21 / Getty | This Dr. Pettigrew is making major moves! This powerhouse media mogul, and CEO of Root Branch Media Group, is reclaiming…
The ZWCN-Ph comprises government officials from Zero Waste Cities sites across the Philippines, including San Fernando in Pampanga, Malabon, and San Juan in Metro Manila, Brgy. Tanza in Navotas City, and Pilar in Bataan, along with Roxas City in Capiz, Siquijor Province and Brgy. Apo Island in Dauin, and Negros Oriental. It is part of a global campaign to mainstream Zero Waste practices as the optimal solution to waste management problems such as the plastic crisis, debunking the misconstrued idea that trash incineration helps eliminate waste. Jet Suguitan, MENRO of Pilar, Bataan. | "The Philippine Zero Waste Cit…
22 July 2024, Manila City/Quezon City. To express its solidarity with the Department of Education (DepEd) and the education sector as a whole, the EcoWaste Coalition participated in the Brigada Eskwela at Manila High School (MHS), one of the oldest schools in the nation's capital. It drew enthusiastic participants from the faculty, non-teaching personnel, parents, and students. | At the opening program preceding the cleanup, the EcoWaste Coalition led an interactive activity to introduce the basic principles and practices of ecological solid waste management (ESWM) in line with RA 9003, or the Ecological Solid W…
Keir Starmer's 'left-wing' Labour Party government said on Thursday 25 July it had deported 46 people to Vietnam and East Timor, after ditching the previous Conservative Party administration's plan to send migrants to Rwanda. As people pointed out on X, the underhandedness and hypocrisy of these Labour deportation flights was clear to see. Labour: we …
By Kaneta Naimatau in Suva In a democracy, citizens must critically evaluate issues based on facts. However in a very polarised society, people focus more on who is speaking than what is being said. This was highlighted by journalism Professor Cherian George of the Hong Kong Baptist University as he delivered his keynote address during…
July 24, 2024, 
The International Court of Justice has again deliberated over the thorn-bloodied subject of Israeli-Palestinian relations. Its latest advisory opinion, sought by the UN General Assembly early last year, was unremarkably conventional though nonetheless affirming: a finding that Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, along with "the regime associated with them, have been established and are being 
Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the US in his first trip abroad since Israel launched its genocidal assault on Gaza, which, according to a new International Court of Justice finding, it already occupied through "effective control" in a land, air and sea blockade, along with restrictions on Palestinians in Gaza's movement, construction, resources, […] | By 
The New York Times and the rest of the U.S. mainstream media downplayed, covered up, and even ignored the historic ICJ opinion declaring the Israeli occupation illegal.
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian young man and shot others, including a child in the Qalandia refugee camp north of occupied Jerusalem. On Wednesday morning, occupation forces shot killed the young man, Ahmad Nidal Aslan,20, in addition to six others, and detonated the home of a slain Palestinian, in the Qalandia camp. Media sources said …
Hezbollah in Lebanon and the On 9 July, Hezbollah released drone footage it had taken of military and intelligence sites in northern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights less than a month after 
Most lawmakers explained their boycott by focusing on the Israeli prime minister himself as a bad actor, rather than the system he represents.
In partnership with ⚪ | This investigation, conducted by Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, is part of The clock had not yet struck midnight on October 9, when Said Al-Taweel fell into a deep sleep in his office in al-Ghefari Tower, Gaza City's tallest building. Alaa Abu Mohsen, Al-Taweel'
Just weeks before the international climate summit in Dubai, one of the biggest climate agreements ever proposed between Middle Eastern countries unraveled. | For two years, Israel and Jordan had negotiated a trade of precious resources they'll need in a hotter future: renewable energy and drinking water. Under their proposed deal, Israel would dip into its water surplus to send its neighbor billions of gallons each year. In return, Jordan would share electricity from a new 600-megawatt solar farm in its sun-soaked desert. | The plan, dubbed Project Prosperity, had the financial support of the United Arab Emir…
Israel, the US and the According to the report by Axios, which cited two Israeli officials, the discussions were hosted by 
The Documents uncovered by Peace Now illustrate how Israel's pro-settler government has quietly poured money into the unauthorized outposts, which are separate…
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Mahdi Sahar al-Jubouri told Reuters the country has earmarked 150 sq km (58 sq miles) for rice growing this season and forecast a yield of 150,000 tonnes, as officials said water is more abundant due to h…
As US Vice President A shortlist has emerged of potential contenders that her campaign has reportedly contacted for background evaluations. The consensus is that Harris, a Black and South Asian woman from northern California, should pick a white man from a rural state to balance out the ticket. | "
Mosul, located 465 km northwest of Baghdad on the west bank of the Tigris River, is the main city of Nineveh Governorate. It sits directly across from the ancient city of Nineveh and Jonah's Tomb, also known as Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque. | Strategically positioned, throughout history Mosul has connected China, the Mediterranean, Anatolia, and Mesopotamia as a crucial hub for trade and learning. Its Arabic name, meaning By the 6th century, Mosul had become a significant centre for the Assyrian Church of the East,…
Security forces in Sulaimaniyah province of the According to a statement obtained by The New Arab, the Anti-Drug Directorate of the Kurdistan Region's Security Agency confiscated 44 books that were filled with liquid amphetamine, commonly known as crystal meth. The operation, based o…
Hit pause right there. Very few people have tuned into the fact that what is happening isn't "NATO" moving into our region — it's actually far bigger than that. The US is creating a super-bloc, a super-alliance of client states that includes both the EU and NATO, the AP4 (its key Asia Pacific partners Australia, 
The accident site of a Saurya Airlines plane that caught fire after skidding off the runway while taking off is cordoned at Tribhuvan International Airport, in Kathmandu, Nepal on July 24, 2024. — Reuters
US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu testifies before a subcommitte of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs. — House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans Youtube/file Lu says US focused on supporting human rights in Pakistan.Funds to be used to combat terrorism, support…
Security personnel and rickshaw pullers move past a partially damaged government building, that was set afire by a mob during clashes after violence erupted following protests by students against government job quotas, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 22, 2024. — Reuters Govt says it would…
The investments generate money for the government but harm local populationsOriginally published on China controls over 75 percent of Tajikistan's output of gold and for the last 30 years, it has remained the biggest foreign investor in the country's There are currently 40 known gold deposits in the country…
Clifton D'Rozario discusses Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role as a global far right leader and the impact of US-China tensions on South Asian politics and struggles.
WASHINGTON—The United Auto Workers said its members will join a "mass mobilization" protesting against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming address to Congress. Netanyahu left for the U.S. on Monday and is scheduled to speak to Congress Wednesday, amid continuing global anger over Israel's genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. A recent report from …
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision issued All controversy regarding the nature of the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT…
A 3.6 magnitude While the Jordanian Seismological Observatory (JSO) revealed that residents felt the quake, no deaths have been reported so far. | The JSO says the earthquake happened at a depth of 9 kilometres. | The observatory added it has recorded 419 seismic activities since the start of the year, including 92 local tremors and its neighbouring countries. | The observator…
Yemen: Aden government and Houthis agree measures to 'de-escalate' | New agreement sees removal of banking restrictions and more activity by national airline | | Protesters brandish rifles during a rally in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa in solidarity with Palestinians on 19 July (AFP/Moham…
Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian groups sign 'national unity' deal in China | Meanwhile, Israeli forces killed a Hamas commander in the occupied West Bank | | Left to right, Fatah's Mahmoud al-Aloul, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Hamas's Mahmoud al-Aloul at an event at the Diaoyutai State G…
"I wish Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita would deny this disturbing news. We cannot remain silent about everything," added Benkirane, head of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) on Sunday 21 July, during a gathering of his party.
One Israeli official told the Israeli website Walla that Netanyahu held a four-hour meeting on Sunday, where he ordered the delegation "not to budge"
Over the past decade and more, nuclear war has grown increasingly likely. Most nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements of the past have been discarded by the nuclear powers or will expire soon. Moreover, there are no nuclear arms control negotiations underway. Instead, all nine nuclear nations (Russia, the United States, China, Britain, France, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea) 
A new survey published this week has revealed over half of The poll recorded a sharp increase in respondents revealing they were "sometimes ashamed of the actions of the Israeli government", with 54 percent feeling this way, compared to 39 percent in 2021. | The American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) surveyed 879 responders from 32 countries. Over half were lay leaders, and over a quarter were community professionals, including r…
Paris Olympics 2024: French MP denounces Israeli presence at games, sparking uproar | Left-wing lawmaker says Israeli athletes should compete under a neutral banner in protest against the war on Gaza, drawing accusations of antisemitism | | Demonstrators hold a banner reading "Martyrised Palestine,…
Though Gaza remains at the heart of Israel's regional aggression, the Red Sea is an increasingly The Israelis retaliated the following day with their first-ever large-scale air raid on the Yemeni port of Hodeida, bombing oil and gas depots, a power station, and cranes, all of which Israel al…
Since finding her son laying dead on the floor after being Muhammad Bahar, 24, who had Down's syndrome, held a special place in his mother's heart, who described him as "innocent" and someone who only spoke a few words. | On 4 July, Israeli forces stormed the home they were sheltering in, located in eastern Gaza City, with dogs being set on Muhammed. | "The dog…
Seven Israeli vehicles and bulldozers stormed the city and 
Firefighting teams on Monday were struggling to contain a massive blaze at Heavy flames and black smoke were seen spiralling into the sky for a third consecutive day following the strike on Saturday, said an AFP correspondent in Hodeida. | Firefighting teams appear to have made little progress, with the blaze seemi…
Israeli military behaved 'like Russian army' in West Bank, UK warned | Newly released official files reveal UK and US frustrations with Israel over 2002 offensive in West Bank paralleling current concerns over Israel's Gaza offensive | | In Ramallah, Israeli soldiers take position near a Pales…
HaYovel, a U.S. tax-deductible organization, is reaching out to "Christian Zionist" volunteers to work in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The The 
WHO warns polio spreading across Gaza as Israel vaccinates its troops | Health officials say outbreak could 'spill over' into other territories if not controlled | | A Unrwa employee provides a polio vaccine for a child in a clinic in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on 9 September 2020 (Moh…
In a statement, the Jordanian foreign ministry said the Israeli bid breaks international law and the country's obligations as…
US Vice President A source of continuity between administrations, Harris would be picking up on the legacy of her predecessor and will have to address the same 
A football match between Belgium and The move to Hungary comes after the Belgian Football Federation (RBFA) announced last week it would not host the game on 6 September, as it would likely spark demonstrations amid Israel's ongoing war on Ac…
How the UK's approach to Israel has changed under Labour | Foreign Secretary David Lammy has significantly shifted Labour's approach to arms sales and international law since he entered government | | Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the restoration of UK funding to Unrwa last week (A…
A The Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal on Sunday handed 10-year prison sentence…
" In 2023 alone, authorities "seized a record-high 24 million captagon tablets", the equ…
Members of the Bangladesh Army gesture to commuters on the second day of curfew, as violence erupted in parts of the country after protests by students against government job quotas, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 21, 2024. — ReutersNearly 150 people have died in violent nationwide…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media after his meeting with President Droupadi Murmu, to stake claim to form the new government at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, June 7, 2024. — Reuters India cuts its fiscal deficit target to 4.9% of GDP in 2024-25.New…
This combination of pictures shows US Vice President Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi. — AFP/File 
The AMA refuses to support a call for a ceasefire, consistent with its long history of racism under the guise of medical neutrality.
The country is gradually becoming a leader in this field…
The country also aims to increase the share of electricity generated by non-fossil fuels and strengthen forest cover…
Omer Abdullah Khan — Students across Bangladesh are grieving, but their anger and grief is fueling a heroic movement of resistance and defiance.
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Tracy Somani arrived at the Philadelphia Ballet building on North Broad Street wearing a nervous look. | She came to take a class but wasn't sure where to go. She poked her head into a studio. Somani has been a longtime audience member at ballet performances, but never attempted to dance ballet. It seems really hard. | "I see what makes it beautiful, but I think it would demand a lot for the body and the mind and the rigor and the conditioning," she said. "I think that's why…
Lebanon's Also Saturday, the Palestinian group Hamas said it fired rockets from Lebanon toward an Israeli army post in the northern Israeli village of…
ALL OUT FOR PALESTINE: PROTEST NETANYAHU'S ADDRESS TO THE US CONGRESS VANCOUVER RALLY AND MARCH Wednesday, July 24 5: 30 pm Olympic Cauldron — March to US Consulate The people charge Benjamin Netanyhu with genocide: the brutal murder of what is estimated to be nearly two hundred thousand Palestinians, and the decimation of schools, hospitals, and …
As the genocide continued and a few days after the end of the NATO celebrations, an assassination attempt on former President Trump caused President Biden to address the nation and orate that "political violence has no place in America and U.S. politics should never be a killing field."
A new Gaza Community Mental Health Programme report paints a stark picture of the severe mental health crisis unfolding in Gaza due to the ongoing Israeli genocide.
Polio risk added to long list of crises in Gaza; Amnesty speaks out on Israeli torture, Oxfam speaks out on Israeli water weaponization; LA may hire ex-IDF soldiers to patrol streets; 1,000+ attacks on Palestinian healthcare; Ben Gvir's provocative prayer visit to Al Aqsa; Netanyahu nixes children's hospital for Gaza kids; ICC arrest warrants expected …
Yemen: Israel confirms airstrikes targeting Yemen's Hodeidah port | Israeli attacks on Yemen will not stop support for Gaza, say Houthis following deadly Israeli strikes | | Photos shared on social media show a huge fire at the Hodeidah port in Yemen (X) | The official spokesperson for the Houthis,…
Human rights groups have hailed a "historic" Friday ruling by the The 
The United Nations' highest court said that Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories are illegal and all states should cooperate to bring an end to The findings by judges at the "Israeli settlements in the W…
The Palestinian leadership hailed a "historic" ruling by the top UN court on Friday that The office of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said it welcomed the "historic decision and demands that Israel be compelled to implement it." | In its non-binding advisory opinion, The Hague-based court found that Israel was "under an obligation to cease immediately all new settlement activities and to evacuate…
On Friday, Day 287 of the Israeli aggression against Gaza, the military killed several Palestinians, including children, and injured others in various regions of the devastated Gaza Strip. Media sources said that occupation airstrikes killed six Palestinians, on Friday evening, in the Nusseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip. Sources added that warplanes targeted the …
The raid took place in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, where confrontations broke out and Israeli forces used live fire on civilians. | The Palestinian man has been identified as 20-year-old Ibrahim Hamza Zaqeq, with medical sources at…
Several groups representing victims of the Families of the victims, both those who died in and survived the attack led by 
An The journalist's home in the Jabalia area was targeted at dawn, making him the latest of 161 journalists to be killed in the enclave since the start of Israel's latest war on Gaza on 7 October. | Local Palestinian media reported his two children and wife were also kill…
The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) had 
On Friday, a Palestinian young man succumbed to previous wounds inflicted on him by Israeli forces in January 2024 in the town of Arraba, southwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to medical sources at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, the young man, Yamen Ahmad Asfour, 19, died as a result of …
The Herzi Halevi's move during a security discussion prompted Prime Minister Discussi…
The top United Nations court is delivering a nonbinding advisory opinion Friday on the legality of Friday's hearing comes against the backdrop of In a separate case, the Inter…
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man, on Friday night, in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank. According to medical sources at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron, the former prisoner, Ibrahim Hamza Ibrahim Zaqaqiq, 20, died shortly after being shot in the head with live …
Israel said its warplanes hit military targets of the Houthi group Saturday, a day after a drone attack claimed by the Yemeni rebels Israeli jets struck the area of Hodeida port in Yemen, saying it came in response to the hundreds of attacks carried out against Israel in recent months, according to a military statement. <...
The report, titled Water War Crimes, details how Israel has obstructed aid and "weaponised water against Palestinians in Gaza". | According to the findings, the water availab…
Adidas has apologised for teaming up with Palestinian-American model The sportswear brand used Hadid's face for a relaunch of the SL72 shoes worn by athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. | The tournament that year saw 11 
Next week, on Wednesday, July 24th, Israeli Prime Minister and war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit Washington, DC, although he has not yet received a formal invitation.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said the first half of this year had seen a serious escalation of violence and rights violations in the Palestinian terri…
The death of Rajab was Two paramedics with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) were also killed trying to rescue the family. | It was reported the six-y…
Turkey is set to send President Tayyip Erdogan submitted a motion to the Turkish parliament late on Friday, seeking authorisation for the deployment of Turkish military to Somalia including the country's territorial waters, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. | The move came a day after the Turkish energy ministry announced that Turkey will send an exploration v…
Pakistani authorities said Friday they had arrested a "close associate" of Counter-terrorism officials in the most populous province of Punjab swooped in on Amin Ul-Haq in the city of Gujrat, accusing him of planning "sabotage activities" and seeking to "target important installations" in the country. | "The arrest of 
Iran is capable of producing fissile material for use in a nuclear weapon within "one or two weeks," News of Iran's capabilities follows the recent Blinken said that "what we've seen i…
The following report, by Samidoun Toronto, illustrates part of the political education work that has been so important to the development of Samidoun and the development of a strong revolutionary movement in support of the Palestinian people's struggle for liberation, return and self-determination from the river to the sea. One of the ways we at …
The following statement/article, by Samidoun Paris Banlieue, was published first in French. The English translation is below: 
Malaysia welcomed a motorcycle-riding billionaire as its 17th king. —AFPMalaysia welcomed a new king, Sultan Ibrahim, in a grand ceremony at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The newly crowned monarch is known for riding motorcycles, who took his oath in…
US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 8, 2022. — Reuters Sheila was battling with pancreatic cancer. She was awarded Hilal-e-Pakistan by…
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina speaks during a meeting with foreign observers and journalists at the PM's residence in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 8, 2024. — Reuters
Turkey and Cyprus remain divided 50 years after island split | Turkey said 'no point' in continuing negotiations, while Cyprus said reunification was the only way | | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seen leaving a military ceremony commemorating 50 years since the spli…
Jalessah T. Jackson: Rooted in revolutionary love, parenting for liberation is an embodied practice in which, to paraphrase June Jordan, I aim to love and nurture my children into their own freedom.
The RNC played footage from a pro-Palestinian protest at Ole Miss' campus where a frat bro made monkey noises at a Black woman.
The monthly interchange among the 3rd World March organizing teams and supporters in the Asia-Pacific— India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Philippines, and friends from Australia and Europe— was held on July 14, 2024. 19-20 participants attended. Rafael de La Rubia, founder of World without Wars and Violence, promoter of the 1st, 2nd, and the upcoming 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence, and Antonio Carvallo, English translator, were on hand to share some of the latest developments worldwide. It was a lively affair. Activities being done and plans for the coming days were shared by the…
The Kingdom aims to reach its 2030 goals…
Artificial intelligence (AI) can supposedly solve any grammatical query for us. If it can do that, does it make learning grammar obsolete? What should English instructors teach their students, then? As increasingly advanced AI technology starts to challenge writing, we need to reevaluate what it means to be able to write. How can students wield… 
Watch live: ICJ delivers advisory opinion on Israeli occupation | The top UN court issues its view on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories | | "> | The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to issue an advisory opinion on Friday regarding the legal…
The International Court of Justice declared Israel's occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is unlawful, the settlements must be evacuated, and Palestinians must be compensated and allowed to return to their lands.
Top US commander calls for more powerful response to Houthi attacks: Report | Letter comes after Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman lobbied Russian President Vladimir Putin against arming Houthis with cruise missiles | | Supporters of Yemen's Houthis in Sanaa, on 24 June 2024 (Mohammed Huwais/AF…
ICJ opinion on Israel's occupation upends the order that oppresses Palestinians | Western leaders can no longer pretend to ignore what is actually happening on the ground in occupied Palestine | | Israeli soldiers stand guard as Palestinians line up to enter a checkpoint in Qalandia, in the…
ICJ: Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands is 'unlawful' and breaches laws concerning apartheid | Top UN court says Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories should be brought to an end 'as rapidly as possible' | | Judge and President of the International Cou…
ICJ opinion necessitates arranging Palestinian right to return to 1967 lands, legal experts say | While nonbinding, the advisory opinion was described as historic by legal experts who say it has ramifications for Israel | | Israeli soldiers clash with Palestinians protesting against Isra…
Israel lobbyist in House of Lords claims thousands of pounds in public funds | Lord Polak said David Cameron encouraged him to 'stand up for Israel' in parliament at the time of his appointment | | Lord Polak stepped down as head of Conservative Friends of Israel when he entered the House o…
UK announces it will resume funding Unrwa | Foreign Secretary David Lammy announces $27m in new funding to agency, months after previous UK government suspended financing | | A man walks with a gilet bearing the logo of the UN at school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine…
Turkey moves to deploy navy to Somali waters after new defence deal | Erdogan is seeking authorisation for troop deployment to Somali territorial waters as Ankara set to conduct maritime exploration activities there | | Turkish naval forces warship sails during a military naval parade on Bosph…
US shrugs off Baghdad's bid to broker Turkey-Syria talks | US officials paid lip service to Turkey and Syria reconciliation in their meeting with Iraq's top diplomat, putting more pressure on Kurdish-led SDF | | US soldiers patrol an area in town of Tal Hamis, southeast of Qameshli in Syria…
Dolly Parton — My Tennessee Mountain Home On the astonishing security failures attending the attempted assassination of Trump, by eugyppius Puzzling Features of Crooks Crime Scene, by John Leake Scott Ritter on JD Vance, Donald Trump and the Assassination Attempt (Video) Crooke: "The Slow-Motion Advance to the Edge of the Abyss," by Karl Sanchez The False Flag Trump Shooting: How I'd have done it (and why), by Kevin Barrett "The Attempt on President Trump's Life," by Naomi Wolf (Video) Woman Sitting Behind Trump Details Witnessing Assassination Attempt: 'Out-of-Body Experience.' What do…
An Israeli reserve officer died from wounds sustained from a "Retired officer Efraim Ben Amram, 25, a soldier of the 53rd Battalion, died of his wounds about two weeks after he was seriously injured in a drone attack launched from southern Lebanon on a military base in the Golan Heights," an a…
A field commander in Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces was killed in an Israeli strike on Habib Maatouk had replaced another commander in the elite unit, Ali Ahmed Hassin, who was killed in April in an Israeli strike, the security sources said. | The Israeli military said it had killed a Radwan Force operations unit commander it named as Ali Ja…
Every Israeli football player is a soldier. | Joining the Israeli army is mandatory in order to become a football player in the national team. | This is one of many reasons why the Palestine Football Association (PFA) is asking FIFA to expel Israel and uphold its own rules and regulations. | When the Ukraine war began, athletes from Russia and Belarus were forced to compete as "neutral" athletes. This meant no flag, no anthem, and no connection to the armed forces or support for the war. | Not only are all Israeli football players soldiers, but they regularly advertise and promote the Israeli army, posting pho…
Recently, real estate events in synagogues in Toronto, Los Angeles, and New Jersey, among other locations, have promoted property sales in Israel and the Occupied West Bank. In response, Palestinian communities have protested the sales and engaged in legal action. Marketing property assets in "Anglo neighborhoods," events of this nature target Zionist Jews from the 
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister A report by Israel's Channel 14 cited unnamed Israeli officials who said they believed that it was "highly probable" that the arrest warrants would be issued in that time frame. | This comes weeks a…
Much has been written about the political earthquakes in Britain and France, the first resulting in the crushing defeat of the Conservative Party and the latter in the overpowering of the far right, by a largely leftist coalition. But these were not the only important outcomes of the July 4 and July 7 general elections 
The UN's top court on Friday The advisory opinion of The Hague-based is not binding, but it comes amid mounting concern over Israel's war in Gaza. | Meanwhile, the Houthi group said they fired a drone that 
The State Department on Wednesday barred a former Washington also imposed visa restrictions on a group of people involved in actions undermining peace, security and stability in the 
On Thursday, Israeli forces shot a Palestinian young man with live rounds in the village of 'Asira al-Qibliya, southwest of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to Ahmad Jibril, the director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Ambulance and Emergency Services in Nablus, said its ambulance crews transported a 19-year-old who sustained a …
As temperatures climbed above 40 ∞C in Al-Auja village in the Kaabneh is one of 150 
Several Zionists have criticised The model, who has been outspoken about her Palestinian heritage and criticised Israel's ongoing war on Gaza, adorned posters of the retro-inspired shoe. | However, the promotional advertisements and social media posts were quickly lambasted by Israeli and Zionist public figure…
On Thursday, July 18th, day 286 of the Israeli assault on the entire civilian population of the Gaza Strip, Israeli bombardment continued from the pre-dawn hours, through the morning, afternoon and into the evening.
US President The warning was sent to Tehran last month highlighting US-Israeli knowledge of new research activities by Iranian scientists which could indicate steps are being taken towards nuclear weapons, Axios reported on Wednesday. | US and Israeli offi…
More than nine months after Israeli armed forces escalated their attacks on Gaza, the impacts have been catastrophic. Beyond the visible destruction, the region suffers from The 
Israeli forces demolished, on Thursday, four tourist villas in Jericho city, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, and delivered orders to demolish a residential building north of occupied Jerusalem. Media sources said that occupation forces stormed near the "Hisham's Palace" archaeological site in Jericho city, accompanied by bulldozers. Sources added that the …
The summoning and prosecution of a group of girls who participated in the Many believe this incident serves as a warning that, with conservatives leaving the presidential office, pressures on civil society, opponents of the mandatory hijab, and political activists will increase. | On Tuesday…
An explosion ripped through "logistics" warehouses belonging to former "At 7: 00 pm (1600 GMT) an explosion occurred in logistics warehouses belonging to the 42 Brigade in the Yusufiyah area, south of 
The three gunmen who shot and The 
Prominent British food critic and journalist Jay Rayner said he had declined an invitation to write a culinary guide for Writing on social media platform X, the well-known critic who has been published in the Guardian and also worked for the BBC, Channel4 and The Observer, hit out at the kingdom, citing a number of reasons. | ".
A Kurdish civilian was killed by a Turkish airstrike early on Thursday while the situation in Duhok province is 
Police fired rubber bullets at hundreds of protesters, who fought back and chased retreating officers to the headquarters of Bangladesh Television (BTV) in the capital Dhaka.
In this essay, I will describe my activism on behalf of Palestinians' human rights and their right to self-determination, from my graduate student days on a US campus, to the present in my position as a tenured full professor, and the ways in which I've experienced attempts at silencing and censorship. These attempts today are more blatant and worrisome than ever before on anyone speaking up for Palestine in the USA 
The Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) celebrated 41 years of dedicated service to the people through art and cultural work at their 41st General Assembly, successfully held on July 13, 2024 at the UP College of Fine Arts. | The organization paid the highest tribute to the martyrs and heroes who paved the way for national liberation. During the General Assembly, CAP successfully selected a new Board of Directors and approved its General Plan of Action for the next two years. This event also featured the opening of the CAP interactive exhibit. The assembly saw active participation from the CAP Bicol Chapte…
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gynecologists say reliance on traditional birth attendants is contributing to the high number of obstetric fistula in Busoga. An obstetric fistula is an abnormal opening between a woman's genital tract and her urinary tract or rectum.The condition is caused by prolonged, obstructed labor which often leaves women leaking urine, feces, or …