(2024-08-15). Taliban 'deliberately deprived' 1.4 million girls of schooling: UN. aljazeera.com As Afghanistan's rulers mark three years in power, the future of an entire generation of girls is 'in jeopardy'.
(2024-08-15). Taliban marks three years in power with grand military parade and show of strength. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff On Wednesday, the Taliban marked three years of their rule in Afghanistan with a grand military parade. The event featured displays of homemade bombs, fighter jets, Soviet-era tanks, and artillery, including items brought from the former U.S. airbase at Bagram. The parade was attended by hundreds, including diplomats from China and …
(2024-08-15). Taliban officials attend military parade on 3rd anniversary of Afghanistan takeover. presstv.ir Taliban officials attend a military parade on the third anniversary of Afghanistan's takeover.
(2024-08-15). Need for an urgent rethink of international response to the human rights crisis in Afghanistan. fidh.org Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), as part of the Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan, joins eight other international human rights organisations to highlight concerns regarding the international response to human rights violations committed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Three years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, we, the undersigned organizations, remain (…) | – |
(2024-08-15). Trump slams Harris on economy ahead of major policy rollout. geo.tv 
Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at a campaign event in Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. August 14, 2024. — Reuters
(2024-08-15). India: UN Human Rights Committee calls for protection of human rights defenders and reform of counter-terrorism laws. fidh.org Front Line Defenders (FLD) together with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, welcome the findings of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee following its review of India's situation of civil and political rights. FLD and the Observatory urge the government to take immediate steps to address the serious concerns expressed by the (…) | – |
(2024-08-15). Online visas to enhance business, tourism for Pakistan. ecns.cn Pakistan offering online visas for Chinese citizens signals closer economic cooperation and mutual exchanges between the South Asian nation and China, analysts said, adding that it can help enhance Pakistan's economy.
(2024-08-15). Ukrainian soldier says unarmed Russian troops 'drinking coffee' during Kursk invasion. scmp.com Volodymyr said the Russians were unaware about the rare cross-border incursion that saw Ukraine seizing several villages and towns.
(2024-08-15). Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi — A Great Editor and Freedom Fighter Who Was an Important Meeting Point for Several Streams of Freedom Movement of India. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2024-08-15). Hasina has fallen, and so has India's flawed South Asia policy? ummid.com Sadly, most Indians, fail to see the connection between Hasina's rise as a despot and her fall because of and the role the India/Modi/Hasina Patron/Client relationship played in it.
(2024-08-15). Bloomberg says Pakistan has highest inflation in Asia. gnnhd.tv 
American media company says the ratio of electricity bills is higher than the house rent…
(2024-08-15). Days of the Philippines' dependence on the US are numbered. scmp.com Instead of aligning with one superpower against another, the Philippines is bent on enhancing its own strategic agency in world affairs.
(2024-08-15). Laos: Government fails in follow-up review of key civil and political rights. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Lao Movement for Human Rights (LMHR) welcome the assessment by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (CCPR), which gave the Lao government low grades concerning the implementation of the committee's recommendations on enforced disappearances and participation in public affairs and the right to vote.
Paris, 15 August 2024. On 6 August 2024, the CCPR released its report on the follow-up to the Concluding Observations it (…) | – |
(2024-08-15). The Tokyo Tribunal: Precedent for Victor's Justice II. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2024-08-15). Thailand: Dissolution of election-winning party a setback for democracy, human rights. fidh.org
(2024-08-15). John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the world. asiapacificreport.nz 
Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from the CIA and related US intelligence agencies. So in effect we have the colonisation of our intelligence agencies These agencies dominate the advice to ministers, writes John Menadue. INTERVIEW: John Menadue talks with Michael Lester Michael Lester:…
(2024-08-15). Greece: Continued judicial harassment of migrants' rights defender Panayote Dimitras. fidh.org The recent summons by the Athens Magistrate marks a new development in Mr Dimitras' long history of judicial harassment, this time also prospecting the criminal prosecution of his wife, constituting a major violation of their right to defend human rights as well as of the recently adopted European Union (EU) anti-SLAPP Directive. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) urges the Greek authorities to put an immediate end to this practice of harassment and to (…) | – |
(2024-08-15). Power Struggle in Iran After the Assassinations. globalresearch.ca On May 19, 2024, Iran's President, Ebrahim Raisi, met the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, at the Giz Galasi Dam along the two countries' borders to inaugurate the hydroelectric complex there. In his return en route to Tabriz, the …
(2024-08-15). Hong Kong should approach South Lantau project with purpose. scmp.com From Bali's resorts to Beijing's countryside attractions, other ecotourism sites provide useful templates for developing South Lantau.
(2024-08-15). The U.S. Supports Horrific Atrocities in Indian-Occupied Kashmir—Where is the Outcry? covertactionmagazine.com The Biden administration has ratcheted up weapons supplies to India's quasi-fascist government as part of a dangerous anti-China policy In early February, the U.S. State Department approved nearly $4 billion in drone sales to India, adding to the $20 billion worth of U.S.-origin defense material the U.S. had sold to India since 2008. State Department …
(2024-08-15). 'Reclaim the night': Massive protests in India after doctor's rape, murder. aljazeera.com Demonstrators are demanding more safety for women after a trainee doctor's body was found in a Kolkata state hospital.
(2024-08-15). Protests escalate in India over rape and murder of doctor in Kolkata. aljazeera.com The discovery of the 31-year-old's body last week at a state-run hospital has led to widespread outrage.
(2024-08-15). Protests sweep India over rape, murder of trainee female doctor. geo.tv 
(2024-08-15). As cases mount, Bangladesh will decide on seeking Hasina's extradition, adviser says. geo.tv 
(2024-08-15). Bangladesh Hindus Call for an End to Violence. indybay.org WASHINGTON (08-13) — A vociferous crowd of Bangladeshi Hindus demonstrated at the White House on August 10, calling for an end to religious discrimination and violence directed against them in the aftermath of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation and hasty departure to India. As head of the Awami League Party coupled with her 15-year reign as prime minister, her popularity has waned over time as her government had become more authoritarian. The weeks of violent protests and demonstrations beginning in July when scores of university students and others were killed was the beginning of the end of her st…
(2024-08-15). How India was partitioned. muslimmirror.com By Osman Sher Ask anybody in the Indian Subcontinent or even globally: "who is responsible for the division of India in 1947". The unequivocal reply would be: "the Muslim League led by M.A. Jinnah". Prima facie, yes, but analyzing it deeply we would find it as a doubtful answer. Firstly, in 1947 the British were …
(2024-08-15). When will Gulfisha Fatima be released? muslimmirror.com By Pudumadam Haleem Even writing this article with the question of who is this Gulfisha Fatima is somewhat embarrassing. The reason is that she was one of the people who organized the biggest protest in Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University against the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), gathering a large number of students. However, many people …
(2024-08-15). Unhappy with PM Modi's remarks on UCC: AIMJ chief Shahabuddin. muslimmirror.com Bareilly : After Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a forceful argument for adopting the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) during his Independence Day speech on Thursday, August, 15, Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, the president of the All India Muslim Jamaat (AIMJ), claimed that Muslims in the country are not happy with the Prime Minister's remarks. During his …
(2024-08-15). India celebrates its 78th Independence Day anniversary. tvbrics.com Prime Minister Modi delivered a speech at the Red Fort…
(2024-08-15). India to host third Voice of the Global South summit. tvbrics.com 
Participants will exchange views and priorities on a wide range of issues on a common platform…
(2024-08-15). Hajj 2025 application starts at hajcommittee.gov.in. ummid.com The Haj Committee of India has started receiving Hajj Application Form (HAF) of the pilgrims who are willing to embark on Hajj 2025 (Haj 1446 AH) through its website hajcommittee.gov.in from today i.e. Tuesday August 13, 2024.
(2024-08-15). Petitioner against Urdu signboard at Patur Municipality suffers setback in SC. ummid.com The petitioner against Urdu signboard put up by the Patur Municipal Council in Akola district of Maharashtra Tuesday suffered setback in the Supreme Court of India.
(2024-08-15). How Islamophobia, misinformation added fuel to UK riots? ummid.com The recent riots in the UK have made one thing clear that the far-right is on the increase in Europe and elsewhere too, including India. Further in its vilifying campaigns its in now-a-days heled by the rising social media, and the time has come to reign-in the social media's negative use.
(2024-08-15). Integrity of SEBI compromised: Rahul Gandhi on Hindenburg allegations. ummid.com The Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi commenting on the latest allegations by Hindenburg Research said the integrity of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has been "gravely compromised".
(2024-08-15). Why PM Modi's concern about Bangladeshi Hindus has no takers? ummid.com Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is required to show action needed to bring his own house in order before reminding his neighbours about their duties.
(2024-08-15). Radhika Desai: Peak Hindutva? newleftreview.org As Modi's BJP loses its overall majority, Radhika Desai examines the part played by India's capitalist conglomerates in his rise—and the contradictions on which their strategy has foundered. The economic crisis of the parched countryside as brake on Hindutva's forward march.
(2024-08-15). India: Marxist Coordination Committee merges with CPI(ML) Liberation. links.org.au 
CPI(ML) Liberation — The unification of Jharkhand's two leading Left forces, CPI(ML) Liberation and Marxist Coordination Committee, was announced on 10 August.
(2024-08-15). Kashmiris observe Black Day across world. gnnhd.tv 
Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik's wife Mashal Malik said world should ask India on what basis it is celebrating independence…
(2024-08-15). PM Modi Advocates for Secular Civil Code in Independence Day Address. devdiscourse.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday advocated for the implementation of a secular civil code, describing it as a necessity for modern India. Speaking from the Red Fort on Independence Day, Modi asserted that the existing set of laws function as a 'communal civil code' and are discriminatory.
(2024-08-15). Kolkata doctor case: Protests escalate in India over gruesome rape of doctor. gnnhd.tv 
Holding candles and posters that said "reclaim the night"
(2024-08-15). Kolkata Horror: Victim's Last Diary Entry Reveals Heartbreaking Details | Rape-Murder | CBI | Police. hindustantimes.com Father of Kolkata doctor, who was raped and murdered on August 9, has revealed what his daughter wrote in her last diary entry. The father, in an interview to India Today, revealed that his daughter wanted to become gold medalist in her MD course. "But everything is shattered now," the grieving father said. Watch this video for more information.
(2024-08-15). Growing Iran-India Ties to Benefit Region: FM. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran's caretaker foreign minister said the growing ties between Tehran and New Delhi will benefit the region and improve regional peace and stability.
(2024-08-15). Independence Day Celebrations Across India: Key Highlights. devdiscourse.com Independence Day celebrations nationwide will be commenced with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's highly anticipated speech. Various state-level events are planned with significant participation from political and social leaders.
(2024-08-15). India's Vision 2047 Shines at 78th Independence Day. devdiscourse.com The vision of 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047 was the central theme at the 78th Independence Day celebrations held at the Red Fort, where members of the Indian contingent for the Paris Olympics were among the special guests.
(2024-08-15). Congress Criticizes Omission of Nehru from President's Address. devdiscourse.com The Congress on Thursday strongly objected to Jawaharlal Nehru's omission from the list of iconic independence movement personalities in President Droupadi Murmu's address. They accused the government of attempting to erase India's first prime minister from history.
(2024-08-15). Transforming Agriculture: PM Modi's Vision for India's Farmers. devdiscourse.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi underscored the urgent need to revamp India's agriculture system during his Independence Day speech. He outlined the government's comprehensive efforts to enhance farmers' lives by providing access to loans, modern technology, and marketing support.
(2024-08-15). Narendra Modi celebra su victoria en las elecciones generales. telesurtv.net Narendra Modi necesitará el apoyo de otros partidos para gobernar, algo inédito en sus anteriores mandatos.
(2024-08-15). Organizará India tercera Cumbre de la Voz del Sur Global. radiohc.cu La Habana, 15 ago (RHC) India efectuará la tercera Cumbre de la Voz del Sur Global el sábado venidero con el objetivo de compartir en una plataforma común perspectivas y prioridades sobre una amplia gama de temas.
(2024-08-15). UN rights experts press Bahrain over prison conditions. newarab.com 
(2024-08-15). UK whitewashing Bahraini crimes. presstv.ir Marking Bahrain's Independence Day in the shadow of a regime that rules with an iron fist, the exiled democratic opposition in London say it is an occasion which is more than worthy of celebrating, even though it remains incomplete.
(2024-08-15). Egypt and Bahrain explore new horizons in renewable energy cooperation. tvbrics.com 
The Egyptian Minister of Energy noted that relations between the two countries serve as an ideal model for constructive cooperation between Arab countries…
(2024-08-15). King Abdulaziz Quran Competition 2024: Final qualifying round underway in Makkah. ummid.com The jury of the final qualifiers of the 44th edition of the King Abdulaziz International Competition for Memorization, Recitation, and Interpretation of Holy Quran Saturday listened to the recitations of 14 contestants from Kenya, Congo, Egypt, Uganda, Kuwait, Djibouti, Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yemen, the Philippines, Ghana, Jordan, Portugal and Bahrain.
(2024-08-15). Bangladesh protesters, vowing to 'guard revolution', beat Hasina supporters. aljazeera.com Mob assaults supporters of the ousted leader and stops them from reaching a memorial to her father.
(2024-08-15). Bangladesh : Who is Muhammad Yunus, the new prime minister ? cadtm.org
(2024-08-15). Students in Bangladesh Are Challenging a Repressive System. cadtm.org
(2024-08-15). Disappeared Bangladeshi lawyer recounts ex-PM Sheikh Hasina's secret jail. geo.tv 
Ahmad Bin Quasem giving an interview after he was released from being confined for eight years by the Sheikh Hasina government. — AFP/File DHAKA: Blindfolded, handcuffed and bundled out of his secret prison for the first time in eight years, Bangladeshi barrister Ahmad Bin Quasem…
(2024-08-15). Complaint filed against Hasina at international crime tribunal. muslimmirror.com Dhaka : A complaint was filed on Wednesday with the investigation agency of Bangladesh's International Crime Tribunal against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and several others, accusing them of committing crimes against humanity during the recent mass movement of the students against her government. "The complaint was filed by the father of one of the …
(2024-08-15). Challenges before Yunus' interim government in Bangladesh. ummid.com The challenges at the frontiers of Yunus' interim government in Bangladeshare (unlucky) seven: law and order; economy; military, elections; justice; religious freedom; and freedom of expression.
(2024-08-15). Assam CM Urges PM Modi to Ensure Safety of Hindus in Bangladesh. devdiscourse.com Expressing deep concern over the current situation in Bangladesh, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa on Thursday called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explore all diplomatic channels to ensure the safety of Hindus residing in the neighboring nation.
(2024-08-15). Babar Azam to play on number four against Bangladesh. gnnhd.tv 
Two ICC World Test Championship fixtures will be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh…
(2024-08-15). China's reform, opening-up add certainty to world, Indonesian envoy says. ecns.cn China's high-quality development and high-level opening-up inject certainty to a world plagued by challenges including weak economic recovery and frequent regional conflicts, an Indonesian diplomat said.
(2024-08-15). Washington intensifies preparations for Middle East war with $20 billion arms sale to Israel. wsws.org Backed by the entire ruling class, the Biden administration is determined to wage a catastrophic conflict targeting Iran that it views as one front in a global eruption of imperialist violence against its rivals, which can only be stopped by the independent political mobilisation of the international working class.
(2024-08-15). The US reasserts its support for Israel's massacres by selling it 20 billion in arms. peoplesdispatch.org While blaming Iran and its allies of threatening peace and security in the region, the US has provided Israel with the needed financial support to proceed with one of the most hideous genocides in history.
(2024-08-15). 'Promising start': White House says Doha summit has started, talks to continue into Friday. haaretz.com Fire breaks out in Upper Galilee due to rocket explosion; Fire teams operating on location ‚ñ White House's Kirby: Information tells us that Iran has not moved off its threat to attack Israel ‚ñ Netanyahu meets with hostage deal negotiating team ahead of Qatar summit ‚ñ Five Palestinians killed in Israeli raids, strike in West Bank; four soldiers wounded by explosive device during operation ‚ñ U.S. envoy in Beirut says Israel-Hezbollah escalation is avoidable…
(2024-08-15). After Midnight, Hezbollah's Early Morning Attack Tires IDF: 4th Israel Base Hit; Iran Strike Soon. hindustantimes.com Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group fired a volley of 'Katyusha' rockets at an Israeli military barracks in Beit Hillel in northern Israel in the early hours of August 15. The Lebanon-based militant group said that its attack was in retaliation for the IDF's strike on the town of Blida earlier on Wednesday that killed at least one person.
(2024-08-15). Israel holds the key to freeing the hostages – but Iran will decide if the Middle East goes to war. haaretz.com Thursday's summit in Doha is a Russian doll filled with layer upon layer of obstacles: it's unclear how much flexibility Netanyahu has given Israeli negotiators and whether that will be enough for Hamas; and no one knows whether Iran and Hezbollah will see a Gaza cease-fire as an excuse to forgo their military response to two humiliating assassinations…
(2024-08-15). Day 313: Protesting genocide at the DNC. electronicintifada.net Can Iran force a ceasefire?
(2024-08-15). Iran Condemns US Backing of Israel As 'Indelible Disgrace'. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran's Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the United States for backing Israel in committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, according to a statement released on social media.
(2024-08-15). Revealed: Iran's 4 New, Next-Gen Weapons – Fighter Jet, Drone, Warship; New Chief's Israel War Plan. hindustantimes.com Iran's new defence minister, Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, proposed modernisation of the country's military before the parliament on August 14, according to Press TV. Nasirzedah proposed further development of the Iranian defence sector amid ongoing tensions with Israel after the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on July 31 in Tehran. He proposed improving artificial intelligence technology across the country's drone squad to further equip it for swarm flight operations and enhance naval and aerial warfare capabilities.
(2024-08-15). How the Gaza war highlights Bosnia's internal divisions. newarab.com 
The past ten months of Governments in this part of Europe have responded in various ways to the conflict, with each considering public opinion at home and geopolitical dynamics vis-à -vis the EU, the US, Israel, Arab states, Turkey, Iran, and Russia. | In
(2024-08-15). Erdogan Shocks Israel Weeks After Invasion Threat: Big Warning Ahead Of Iran Attack | Mahmoud Abbas. hindustantimes.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ankara on August 14. Erdogan assured Abbas that Turkey will continue to support the Palestinian cause and push the international community to increase pressure on Israel, according to his office. Erdogan also condemned Israel's war in Gaza and accused some Western countries of remaining silent and continuing to support Israel. Meanwhile, Abbas is set to address an extraordinary session of Turkey's parliament on Thursday. Abbas earlier met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on August 13.
(2024-08-15). Israel wants to trap Iran's 'ghost fleet,' the oil tankers financing its axis under the radar. haaretz.com A Haaretz investigation found that the tankers are registered by straw companies around the world and turn off their transponders to conceal their operations…
(2024-08-15). Explainer: What are the scenarios and potential targets of retaliatory strike on Haifa? presstv.ir In addition to the port complex, Haifa has significant sites that could be targeted, such as the Bahad 21 air force training base and the ministry of war affairs building.
(2024-08-15). Iran Rival Saudi Arabia Ruler Salman Fears Assassination: Watch Why | Israel | Haniyeh | Gaza | MBS. hindustantimes.com Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Mohammed Bin Salman is reportedly worried about his own assassination. According to Politico's report, the Saudi Crown Prince expressed fears to the US. MBS mentioned to members of the US Congress that his life is in danger and he fears murder due to a plan with the US to normalise ties with Israel, as per Politico report. However, Salman told the US that any normalisation deal with Israel must include a "true path to a Palestinian state." BS…
(2024-08-15). Iran's revenge against Israel will be 'calculated, forceful': Iraqi resistance. presstv.ir A prominent Iraqi resistance group says Iran's potential retaliation of the Israeli assassination of Ismail Haniyeh will be "calculated and impactful."
(2024-08-15). Hamas Gets Powerful Company In Gaza As IDF Suffers Multiple Attacks Simultaneously | Iran | Haniyeh. hindustantimes.com Hamas and its allies seem to have equipped a new 'attack strategy' against Israeli forces. Al Jazeera, citing war monitors, said multiple Palestinian armed groups have collaborated in the Gaza Strip. The groups are reportedly carrying out combined attacks on IDF forces and their command posts. Watch for more.
(2024-08-15). Iraq 2.0: Israel's False-Flag Playbook and the March to War Against Iran. globalresearch.ca A recent poll conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs between June 21st and July 1st under their headline
(2024-08-15). Bibi's war of terror agenda. strategic-culture.su 
On July 24th, Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu swaggered into the U.S. Capitol to address a joint session of Congress and to cultivate material and emotional support for his upcoming war with Iran. During the course of his nagging hour-long harangue, the Israeli prime minister received 58 standing ovations from submissive stooges on both sides of the aisle, proving once more that Pat Buchanan's description of Capitol Hill as "Israeli-occupied territory" is as true today as it was 30 years ago.
(2024-08-15). Israel warns Haredi over kosher phones amid Iran attack fears. newarab.com 
(2024-08-15). Backed by US, Israel committing 'crimes against humanity': Iran. presstv.ir Iran says the terrorist Israeli regime has the full support from the US in committing crimes against humanity.
(2024-08-15). How a BRICS trio is staring down Israel. thealtworld.com While Israel increasingly isolates itself on the international stage, BRICS members Iran, Russia, and China are quietly coordinating a full-spectrum effort to support Palestine diplomatically and militarily. | The Global Majority is fully aware that the genocidals in Tel Aviv are trying as hard as they can to provoke an apocalyptic war — with full US military support, of course. | Contrast that combative mindset with 2,500 years of Persian diplomacy. Iran's acting Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri Kani, has recently remarked how Tehran is trying hard to prevent "the Israeli regime's 'dream' of triggering an all…
(2024-08-15). Iranian hackers that hit top Israelis officials now targeting Trump, Harris campaigns. haaretz.com After Trump campaign confirmed they were hacked in a possible breach of Rodger Stone's email account, Google researchers say the Iranian group specializing in cyber espionage against high-profile political and security targets in Israel is also targeting U.S. presidential campaigns…
(2024-08-15). Khamenei Calls Out Israel's 'Bluff' To Scare Iran Into Retreat: 'Psychological Warfare' | Haniyeh. hindustantimes.com Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that Tehran's rivals are using "psychological warfare" to force the country to rethink its planned attack against Israel. Khamenei, while speaking at a meeting with organisers of National Congress of Martyrs of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province in Tehran on August 15, said Iran's rivals are not as powerful as they make it out to be. Watch this video for more information.
(2024-08-15). Iran court issues new charges against rapper, keeping him jailed. newarab.com 
Salehi, 33, was arrested in October 2022 after publicly backing demonstrations that erupted a month earlier, triggered by the death in police custody of Iranian Kurdish woman Amini, 22, was detained b…
(2024-08-15). Sunday 8/25: Brave Resistance by Iran's Women Political Prisoners. indybay.org On Zoom: zoom.us/j/91631626879?pwd=ajem5BtDvWSXVry4Bnwiii0gfB7BJP.1 | Also live audience at 1187 Franklin St. TSK Room…
(2024-08-15). Makran, a watershed in Iran's sea-based economy plans. presstv.ir The geopolitical features of Iran are considered one of the most important indicators of its empowerment, including turning the country into a regional magnet for commerce and investment.
(2024-08-15). Adversaries exaggerate their power as part of psychological warfare: Leader. presstv.ir The Leader said the enemies of Iran have always tried to instill fear in the nation and force it to retreat on the military field.
(2024-08-15). IRGC adviser martyred following injuries in US-led airstrike in Syria. presstv.ir A military adviser of the Aerospace Division of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has succumbed to injuries sustained in Syria recently during an airstrike by the US-led occupation.
(2024-08-15). Iran pres. pick for defense chief says will develop 'jump jets, AI-driven drone swarms'. presstv.ir The Iranian president's pick for defense minister presents parliament with his proposals for further development of the country's defense sector.
(2024-08-15). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Three-day strike at easyJet Portugal over staffing levels and working hours undermined by minimum service requirements and union only calling out Portuguese-based crews; Iranian nurses' strike over pay and conditions continues and intensifies after death of nurse from overwork; state forces kill 21 workers demonstrating high cost of living and government policies in Nigeria…
(2024-08-15). NPA Aspirant Prosecutor Programme back on track. sanews.gov.za NPA Aspirant Prosecutor Programme back on track | The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has announced that it will reinstate the much vaunted Aspirant Prosecutor Programme. | The programme was suspended this year due to budget constraints. | "In 2022/23, the NPA absorbed over 1000 law graduates into its Aspirant Prosecutor Programme. Due to the unplanned budget cuts, many of these aspirants could not be given contracts after completion of the programme. | "The recent improvement in the NPA's budget situation has allowed the organisation to offer contracts to many aspirants that are already in the system, gradu…
(2024-08-15). Iran Defense Minister Nominee Outlines Strategic Military Development Plans. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh, nominated by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to head the Ministry of Defense, submitted comprehensive proposals to parliament aimed at further advancing the country's defense capabilities.
(2024-08-15). Leader Underlines Confronting Enemy's Psychological Warfare. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei referred to the enemy's psychological warfare against Iran and stressed the need to counter it.
(2024-08-15). Iran Exports $13 Million of Handwoven Carpet in 4 Months: Official. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The head of the Iran National Carpet and Creative Industries Center said the country exported $13 million of handwoven carpets in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2024).
(2024-08-15). Iran Commemorates Anniversary of Iran-Iraq War Prisoners' Release. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces commemorated the release anniversary of the prisoners of war from Iraq, emphasizing that the country's independence and dignity stem from the nation's enduring fight for freedom.
(2024-08-15). Irán inicia etapa de calificación de candidatos a elecciones. telesurtv.net Tras el proceso de investigación, el Ministerio del Interior anunciará los candidatos finales el 11 de junio, y los calificados tendrán 15 días, del 12 al 26 de junio, para llevar a cabo sus campañas electorales.
(2024-08-15). Presidente de Siria recibe a canciller de Irán. telesurtv.net Ambos políticos debatieron sobre el estado de las relaciones bilaterales, así como el avance de la agresión de Israel en la Franja de Gaza.
(2024-08-15). Millions flock to Iraq's Karbala for Arbaeen pilgrimage. newarab.com 
Millions of This event, which marks the 40th day of mourning following the martyrdom of Imam Hussein bin Ali, a central figure i…
(2024-08-15). British ambassador in Baghdad says 'faced threats from militias'. newarab.com 
The British Ambassador to Iraq During his appearance on
(2024-08-15). The ICJ Finds That BDS Is Not Merely A Right, But An Obligation. popularresistance.org Israel and its lobby have, for years now, been engaged in a frenzy of activity to further insulate Israel from accountability by using their influence in the West to effectively outlaw organized opposition to Israel. Foremost among these efforts has been the Israeli campaign to penalize calls to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel for its gross violations of human rights. As a result, countless laws and policies are now on the books across the U.S. and the broader West, trampling on core constitutional principles and internationally guaranteed human rights in defense of Israeli impunity. But an advisory opi…
(2024-08-15). Democracy Now! 2024-08-15 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for August 15, 2024; "Incomprehensible": U.S. Approves $20 Billion in New Arms for Israel as Gaza Death Toll Tops 40,000; Colombia Faces "One of the Largest Humanitarian Crises on Earth" as Armed Groups Grow Stronger; "End the Impunity": Rohingya Muslims Under Attack by Both Burmese Army and Rebel Group | Headlines for August 15, 2024; "Incomprehensible": U.S. Approves $20 Billion in New Arms for Israel as Gaza Death Toll Tops 40,000; Colombia Faces "One of the Largest Humanitarian Crises on Earth" as Armed Groups Grow Stronger; "End the Im…
(2024-08-15). New round of Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha: Where do Hamas, Israel stand? aljazeera.com Amid risks of a wider regional conflict, Israel and Hamas face major sticking points ahead of truce talks in Qatar.
(2024-08-15). Columbia University President Steps Down After Israel-Hamas Conflict Fuels Campus Protests. themedialine.org 
(2024-08-15). Day 314: Pre-Dawn Israeli Airstrikes Kill at least 9 Palestinians on Thursday. imemc.org 
On Thursday, day 314 of Israel's ongoing assault of the entire civilian population of the entire Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued their attacks on Palestinians by land, sea and air. Before dawn Thursday morning, six Palestinians were killed and others were injured in Israeli occupation forces' shelling of Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, and Bani …
(2024-08-15). Israel approves new illegal settlement on UNESCO site near Bethlehem. aljazeera.com The Nahal Heletz settlement shrinks Palestinian land and poses 'imminent threat' to a World Heritage Site.
(2024-08-15). MBS Warns US Lawmakers His Life Is at Risk Over Israel-Saudi Deal: Report. themedialine.org 
(2024-08-15). Israel has killed 2,100 Gaza babies under 2 years of age: Euro-Med. presstv.ir "The number of Palestinian children killed by the Israeli army is horrifying, and the rate of their killing is unprecedented in the history of modern wars."
(2024-08-15). March On DNC: Coalition Vows To Win Fight For Right To March. popularresistance.org Chicago, IL — On Monday, August 19, the Democratic National Convention comes to Chicago. The Coalition to March on the DNC, consisting of more than 200 organizations, will bring tens of thousands of protesters to the streets surrounding the United Center. | The front banner in the street will read, "Stand with Palestine! End U.S. aid to Israel!" Because this is mainly a march for Palestine, the Democratic Party powerbrokers are scared. | On Monday, August 12, U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood ruled against the coalition's lawsuit, which sought a longer march route than the city of Chicago had offered. The…
(2024-08-15). Israeli rabbis condemn settler raid into al-Aqsa Mosque led by Ben-Gvir. presstv.ir Five senior Israeli rabbis deplore a recent settler incursion into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
(2024-08-15). Jewish Voice for Peace: US 'actively assisting' Israel to commit genocide. presstv.ir "It's well past time for a weapons embargo. We demand a complete end to US funding, arming, and backing of the state of Israel's oppression of Palestinians."
(2024-08-15). PDF of August 15 print issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. Message to DNC Stop the genocide! Following massacre Hamas calls for worldwide response Union's first Apple store contract Intensify the class struggle On the picket line Around the World Meeting Leila Khaled‚ÄÉ Olympics expose Western bias‚ÄÉ Nicolás Maduro wins!‚ÄÉ Condemn Israel's assassinations Tear down the walls: Anatomy . . . |
(2024-08-15). Palestinians rally in Ramallah against Israeli 'massacre' in Gaza school. presstv.ir Palestinians rallied in Ramallah to denounce Israeli 'massacre' in Gaza City school that killed at least 100 individuals.
(2024-08-15). "They Just Killed Everybody in the School." ‚Ä®An Outcry to the World on the Zionist-Israeli Mass Homicide. globalresearch.ca Please watch this powerful message from a beautiful Gazan girl. | It is a message to the world about the Israeli Zionist bombing-massacre committed on a school in Gaza City, in the Al-Daraj neighborhood. See 1-minute facebook video below. | . ….
(2024-08-15). Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif is alive, says senior official. middleeasteye.net 
Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif is alive, says senior official | Osama Hamdan tells AP that Deif is 'fine' and dismisses the Israeli assassination claim as an attempt to 'justify the massacre' of Palestinians in the 13 July attack | | A billboard in Tel Aviv displays portraits of Hamas leaders…
(2024-08-15). Parliament Speaker Reiterates Lebanese Right to Self-Defense. plenglish.com Beirut, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reiterated today Lebanon's right to self-defense against Israeli aggression, which did not hesitate to attack civilians, journalists, paramedics and use internationally banned weapons.
(2024-08-15). Turkey to confront Israel attempts to set region on fire: Erdogan. presstv.ir Turkey says it will confront the Israeli regime's attempts "to set the region on fire," addressing Tel Aviv's ongoing incendiary acts of deadly aggression against the regional countries.
(2024-08-15). Two killed, scores injured in Israeli strikes on Lebanon. newarab.com 
One person was killed and nine others wounded in a strike on the southern town of Marjayoun, the Lebanese health ministry said, revising downwards a previous death toll of three. | Another was k…
(2024-08-15). The June Jordan-Audre Lorde Dispute, Kamala Harris, And Palestine. popularresistance.org At a rally in Detroit Michigan on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, Kamala Harris chided pro-Palestine protesters. As they chanted "Kamala, Kamala You can't Hide! We Won't Vote for Genocide!" the self-proclaimed "top cop" shot back, "You know what? If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I'm speaking." This open contempt displayed by the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic Party came exactly two weeks after she met with Benjamin Netanyahu and reiterated the United States' unwavering commitment to the right of the colonial entity ("Israel") to exist, and by extension, to continue its wa…
(2024-08-15). Aug 14: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation. presstv.ir Amid Israeli genocide in Gaza, Palestinian and regional resistance groups continued their operations against the regime and its Western backers on Wednesday, August 14.
(2024-08-15). Returning Gaza Student Protesters Face Punitive Welcome. indybay.org As university and college students prepare to return to campus for the new school year, many find themselves in legal limbo for their participation in the anti-Genocide student encampments protesting Israel's war in Gaza at the end of the last school year.
(2024-08-15). Day 313 Update: Including Children, Israel Kills, Injures, Dozens In Gaza. imemc.org 
On Wednesday, Day 313 of the ongoing genocide, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including children, women, and infants, in several parts of the devastated, destroyed, and besieged Gaza Strip, especially in Khan Younis. The head of the government media office in Gaza, Ismael Thawabta, said the Israeli army continues to …
(2024-08-15). Israel mounts 'diplomatic pressure' to stave off ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant: Report. presstv.ir The Israeli regime is reportedly applying "diplomatic pressure" on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to delay arrest warrants against the regime's PM and minister of military affairs.
(2024-08-15). Columbia University president resigns months after pro-Palestine protests. middleeasteye.net 
Columbia University president resigns months after pro-Palestine protests | A student group that led the protests welcomes Minouche Shafik's departure but pushes for divestment from Israeli-linked companies | | Columbia University President Minouche Shafik testifies before the House Education and…
(2024-08-15). Will Poland Refurbish Israeli Patriots for Ukraine War? dissidentvoice.org In June, rumors swirled in the media that the Biden administration was holding discussions with Israel and Ukraine about the possibility of transferring aging Patriot air defense systems currently in Israel to Ukraine. The CNN reported: "The systems would likely need to be transferred to the US first, where they would undergo refurbishment, before being …
(2024-08-15). Bloody Eschatology: Israel and the Next Big War. globalresearch.ca The push towards an all-out war in the Middle East is moving out of its sleepwalking phase to that of conscious eschatological reckoning. A blood filled, fiery Armageddon will reveal the forces of virtue, linking the evangelicals of the United …
(2024-08-15). State Department Approves Over $20 Billion Arms Package For Israel. popularresistance.org On Tuesday, the State Department approved a series of potential weapons sales to Israel worth over $20 billion that includes F-15 fighter jets and tank munitions. The approval comes as Israeli airstrikes continue to slaughter civilians in Gaza, including newborn twins who were killed hours before the State Department announced the new support for Israel. | In total, the US announced five new arms deals for Israel. The biggest is for 50 F-15 fighter jets and related equipment, worth $18.8 billion. Israel will also receive $102.5 million in advanced air-to-air missiles, about 33,000 120mm tank cartridges worth $774…
(2024-08-15). Israel's Horrifying Mass Rape And Torture Campaign Against Palestinians. thelastamericanvagabond.com While the fate of around 100 remaining Israelis, taken captive by Hamas on October 7, have dominated the discourse in Western politics and mainstream media, some 21,000 Palestinian captives held by Israel have been completely ignored. Despite there being no evidence for the wild claims of mass rape campaigns and torture of Israelis, there are
(2024-08-15). Why Germany must end blanket support for Israeli war in Gaza? ummid.com Germany's blanket support for the Israeli war in Gaza is harmful not only for it's own interests but also for its international standing.
(2024-08-15). Every school bombed in Gaza adds to Palestinians' thirst for education. ummid.com According to the United Nations, 93% of Gaza's 560 schools have been either destroyed or damaged whereas about 340 have been directly bombarded by the Israeli army since October 7.
(2024-08-15). U.S. steps up the pressure ahead of Gaza summit – and plans a change of tactics if it fails. haaretz.com The Biden administration may present Israel and Hamas with a non-negotiable, yes-or-no proposition. If Netanyahu declines, Washington is likely to blame him for the failure and could potentially take further action against the extreme right within his government…
(2024-08-15). More Australian workers and youth explain why they have joined the SEP as electoral members. wsws.org "As a Palestinian myself I've always felt that all these systems of oppression are interconnected. We see that in the most violent and blatant way in Israel and the occupied territories, but really the whole world is basically occupied by capitalism, by greed."
(2024-08-15). Melbourne Symphony Orchestra cancels performance over dedication to murdered Palestinian journalists. wsws.org The MSO publicly attacked pianist Jayson Gillham because he condemned Israel's murder of more than 100 Palestinian journalists and noted that such killings violate international law.
(2024-08-15). Palestinian Christians demand settler stolen UNESCO land back. newarab.com 
Since then, the family, along with Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists, have continuously returned to their land to demonstrate against the eviction and reclaim their home. | "[The settlers] are trying now to use the war and [with] all eyes on Gaza and the demonstrations happening in Israel," Alice Kisiya, 30, told The New Arab. | "So they're taking advantage of this situation to steal more lands," she adds. |
(2024-08-15). 40 Palestinians martyred in Israeli unabated attacks across besieged Gaza. gnnhd.tv 
Martyrdom toll of Palestinians has now risen to over forty thousand…
(2024-08-15). Israeli airline El Al rakes in record $147M in quarterly profits with help of Gaza war. haaretz.com Benefitting from decreased competition from foreign airlines operating in Israel, the company, which faced deep financial struggle at the start of the decade, was able to reduce its net financial debt from the end of 2022 in this year's second quarter by $1.089 billion…
(2024-08-15). Pledging arms embargo on Israel would help Harris gain more voter support: Poll. middleeasteye.net 
Pledging arms embargo on Israel would help Harris gain more voter support: Poll | Harris' aides previously rejected outright that the vice president would agree to stop sending Israel weapons | | Pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside of the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, on 1…
(2024-08-15). Saudi crown prince fears 'assassination' for pursuing normalization with Israel: US magazine. presstv.ir Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly fears facing "assassination" for pursuing normalization of the kingdom's relations with the Israeli regime.
(2024-08-15). Israeli settlers kidnap, abuse 2 Palestinian boys near Bethlehem. newarab.com 
Israeli settlers kidnapped and abused two Palestinian teenage boys near On Monday, Israeli settlers from a new illegal settlement outpost in the area assaulted two 15-year-old Palestinian boys who were herding sheep around the suburb of Irtas south of Bethlehem. | The settlers put knives on the boys' necks and took them to their settlement outpost, where they beat them, broke their legs, and urinated on them. | They…
(2024-08-15). Gaza's other death toll. aljazeera.com Israel has caused countless preventable deaths which are yet to be reflected in the official Gaza death toll.
(2024-08-15). Turkey's Erdogan Vows to Confront Israel's Attempts to Set Region on Fire. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Wednesday to confront the Israeli regime's attempts "to set the region on fire," vowing to ensure those responsible for the deaths of thousands are brought to justice.
(2024-08-15). Gaza war one of bloodiest in 21st century: Report. muslimmirror.com JERUSALEM : In a recent investigation, Israel's Haaretz daily highlighted the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza as one of the "bloodiest" wars of the 21st century. According to the newspaper, the war has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians, many of whom were in zones previously designated as "safe" by the Israeli …
(2024-08-15). Haaretz investigation unveils IDF's systematic use of Gaza civilians as human shields. nationofchange.org New testimonies from Israeli soldiers expose the use of Gaza civilians, including children and the elderly, as human shields in the ongoing conflict, highlighting widespread violations of international law.
(2024-08-15). 2,100 Palestinian Infants Killed in Israeli War on Gaza: Report. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor reported that nearly 17,000 Palestinian children have been killed in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, with nearly 2,100 of them being infants under the age of two.
(2024-08-15). Israeli military will 'never eliminate' Hamas, say US and Zionist officials. muslimmirror.com American and Israeli officials have conceded that the Israeli military has failed to achieve its objectives in Gaza, with the possibility of weakening Hamas being further diminished as the war drags on, the New York Times reports. Officials interviewed by the daily said the Israeli regime has exhausted its military options in Gaza, and continued …
(2024-08-15). CPJ slams Israel for smearing Gaza journalists killed in attacks. newarab.com 
(2024-08-15). Led by Shin Bet and Mossad chiefs, Israeli team lands in Doha for Gaza cease-fire summit. haaretz.com A senior Palestinian official told Haaretz that remarks by Netanyahu and certain cabinet members suggest negotiations are very unlikely to move forward and that their success depends on American pressure…
(2024-08-15). Israel approves new West Bank settlement amid deadly raids on Palestinians. presstv.ir Tel Aviv says the new approval was partly in response to the recognition of a Palestinian state by other countries.
(2024-08-15). 40,000 reasons for thought: Testimony to the lives in Gaza that are no more. haaretz.com A look into the names, stories, and lives that were cut short after 10 months of devastation and war in Gaza…
(2024-08-15). Saturday 8/24: Film Screening: "Israel's Reel Extremism" indybay.org Arab American Cultural Center | 3968 Twilight Drive, Bldg 2, Houge Park | San José CA 95124…
(2024-08-15). The Cult of Military Service: Tim Walz as Soldier-Teacher. counterpunch.org 
Soon after Vice-President Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, the attacks on his military record began. Quick comparisons were drawn in the media to the "Swiftboating" of Democratic candidate John Kerry in 2004. Too be straight about it, debating the finer points of Walz's military record misses the larger point being made
(2024-08-15). Gaza detainee describes 40 days of horror as 'IDF human shield'. newarab.com 
A chilling new account of Israel's alleged use of Palestinian civilians as human shields has emerged from Gaza as mounting evidence The
(2024-08-15). Houthi: Resistance front's response to Israeli assassinations 'definite'. presstv.ir Houthi says US warships and military forces can't deter Yemenis from launching an anti-Israel retaliatory operation.
(2024-08-15). Israel's military assault on Gaza has reached its limits: report. newarab.com 
While Israel's relentless onslaught of the enclave had "severely…
(2024-08-15). Nothing's Changed Since 1948 — Except Now Israel's Excuses Don't Work. globalresearch.ca The headline below, about yet another Israeli operation to ethnically cleanse the Palestinians in the tiny, besieged and utterly destroyed enclave of Gaza, was published in yesterday's Middle East Eye. | When I began studying Israeli history more than a quarter …
(2024-08-15). Rashid Khalidi: The Neck and The Sword. newleftreview.org Rashid Khalidi and Tariq Ali discuss the political and intellectual history of the Palestinian national movement, its fraught entanglement with neighbouring Arab regimes, the realities of the 'peace process', Israel's grip on the Biden Administration and the strategic calculations—or miscalculations—of Hamas.
(2024-08-15). Barclays planned to withdraw from Israeli bond auctions: Report. aljazeera.com UK bank wanted to quell criticism over involvement with defence firms supplying Israeli military.
(2024-08-15). Barclays 'to withdraw from Israel bond auction' amid pro-Palestine backlash. middleeasteye.net 
(2024-08-15). Gaza truce talks resume as number killed by Israel tops 40,000. newarab.com 
The United States hailed a "promising start" to Israel's onslaught has devastated Gaza, displaced nearly all of its population at least once and triggered a towering humanitarian crisis. | Talks involving CIA director William Burns opened in the Qatari capital
(2024-08-15). Will Poland Refurbish Israeli Patriots for Ukraine War? globalresearch.ca In June, rumors swirled in the media that the Biden administration was holding discussions with Israel and Ukraine about the possibility of transferring aging Patriot air defense systems currently in Israel to Ukraine.
(2024-08-15). Japanese Communists defend decision excluding Israel from atomic bomb peace ceremony. peoplesworld.org 
NAGASAKI, Japan—Japanese Communist Party Secretariat Head Koike Akira said at a press conference in Nagasaki on Aug. 9 that the city's decision not to invite Israel to its annual peace ceremony "should not be criticized." Koike said this when asked by reporters about the exclusion of Israeli government representatives from the peace event held to …
(2024-08-15). Israel strike kills two Palestinians in Balata camp, near Nablus. newarab.com 
"Two men, aged 18 and 20, were killed and seven people were wounded, one of them seriously, in
(2024-08-15). The UK BDS effect: Is divestment from Israel gaining momentum. newarab.com 
The UK's Currently, one of the most prominent forms of
(2024-08-15). Gaza 40,000 dead marks 'global shame' as Israeli attacks ongoing. newarab.com 
The official Humanitarian organisations, such as Islamic Relief Worldwide, on…
(2024-08-15). Deif is 'fine': Hamas rejects Israeli claims of military chief assassination. presstv.ir A senior member of Hamas has categorically dismissed Israeli reports on the assassination of the Palestinian resistance movement's military leader, Mohammed Deif.
(2024-08-15). UN reports hike in Israel's killing, wounding of Palestinian children in West Bank. presstv.ir The UN has warned of a surge in the killing and wounding of Palestinian children by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
(2024-08-15). All of Gaza is now a graveyard. peoplesworld.org 
Editor's Note: This week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the Biden administration was approving $20 billion of fresh weapons sales to the Israeli government. Most of these "sales" will be paid for by Israel with cash and or vouchers provided by the American taxpayer. The total includes: $18.82 billion for "up to …
(2024-08-15). Saudi prince MBS 'fears assassination' over Israel normalisation. newarab.com 
Saudi Crown Prince The sources, who include one unnamed former US official and two individuals with knowledge of the talks, said the kingdom's de-facto ruler shared these fears with US lawmakers. | Prince Mohammed allegedly highlighted the US's alleged failure to protect slain Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who was assassinated in October 1981 after normalis…
(2024-08-15). Polio: Israel's dirty bioweapon is bringing Gaza to its knees. newarab.com 
In the break room of the Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford sits a bookcase filled with ceramic replicas of bedpans. | The bed pans are a homage to the work carried out by Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, and their colleagues in the 1940s at the department making penicillin and demonstrating its efficacy in fighting bacterial infections. | They used bedpans as enormous flasks to culture the Penicillium notatum mould. When I was a PhD student in the department, I used to gaze on the simple, beige vessels and sense the gravity of the research being carried out by my colleagues. | While I was, admitt…
(2024-08-15). Israeli society still supports Netanyahu and his war on Palestinians. aljazeera.com
(2024-08-15). Hamas says guard killed Israeli hostage in Gaza 'revenge attack'. newarab.com 
(2024-08-15). Israeli forces shoot dead three Palestinians injured in drone strike. presstv.ir Israeli forces have shot dead three Palestinians at close range, including a 17-year-old boy, following a drone strike in the northern occupied West Bank.
(2024-08-15). Israeli Negotiators Head to Doha for Cease-fire Talks as Uncertainty Lingers. themedialine.org 
(2024-08-15). The Tip of the Iceberg: Israel Cannot Whitewash Horrific Abuse of Palestinians by Its Soldiers. globalresearch.ca It's not easy to commit crimes and get off scot-free. It requires legal expertise and a degree of sophistication, especially when you simultaneously have to contend with public opinion, both local and international. | And no, I'm not talking about the …
(2024-08-15). 'Is this a koke?': Tlaib slams Blinken's hypocrisy as US weapons fuel Gaza carnage. nationofchange.org As Secretary of State Antony Blinken commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Rep. Rashida Tlaib and other critics highlight the stark contrast between U.S. rhetoric and its ongoing support for Israel's military actions in Gaza.
(2024-08-15). Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks: A timeline of obstruction. aljazeera.com If the past is any indication of the future, there are reasons to be sceptical over the present round of peace talks.
(2024-08-15). Minuto a minuto del asedio israelí contra la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net En varios países continúan realizándose actividades para expresar apoyo al pueblo palestino y condenar el genocidio que comete Israel.
(2024-08-15). ONU condena más de 500 asesinatos de palestinos en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Más de 500 palestinos han muerto desde el 7 de octubre en actos de violencia en la ocupada Cisjordania vinculados al asedio del Ejército israelí de ocupación en Gaza.
(2024-08-14). Active Duty U.S. G.I.S, Israeli Soldiers and Palestinian Fighters Declare: "We're Done With War!" pressenza.com All urge U.S. military personnel to tell Congress "Stop Funding Gaza Genocide!": | An Online News Conference: Noon EDT, August 15, 2024: | link here. | Here are the social platforms where it will be streaming; these will include: | RLC Facebook: RLC YouTube: Shane's Twitter:
(2024-08-15). Life in Japan to return to 'normal' after lifting week-old 'megaquake' alert. geo.tv 
A collapsed house is seen following an earthquake in Osaki town, Kagoshima prefecture, southwestern Japan, August 8, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo. — Reuters
(2024-08-15). Japan lifts 'megaquake' warning, tells people to 'go back to normal'. aljazeera.com Alert triggered panic in archipelago of 125 million people with many cancelling holidays, stocking up on essentials.
(2024-08-15). In Japan's ageing countryside, some villages face extinction. aljazeera.com Japan has an estimated 9 million abandoned homes as rural areas grapple with rapid population decline.
(2024-08-15). Ex-soldier apologises for atrocities as Japan vows never to wage war again. aljazeera.com
(2024-08-15). Kishida to step down amid public distrust. ecns.cn His term as LDP president lasts until Sept 30, and the party's rules stipulate that the leadership election Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is also the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, announced on Wednesday he does not intend to run in the party's leadership election next month.
(2024-08-15). Life in Japan to return to 'normal' after lifting week-old 'megaquake' alert. geo.tv
(2024-08-15). DPRK celebrates anniversary of its liberation. plenglish.com Thousands of citizens visited the Kumsusan Sun Palace, where the mortal remains of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, also commander of the Korean People's Army and top leader of the country, are kept. | The scene was repeated at various places in the capital and the nation associated with the war against Japanese colonialism, which lasted 20 years and culminated with the liberation of the country on August 15, 1945. | On the occasion, leaders of other countries and revolutionary organizations around the world as well as representatives of the accredited diplomatic corps here sent congratulations to Kim Jong…
(2024-08-15). Japan offers funding 3 projects related to climate change. gnnhd.tv 
Japanese Minister of State assured to help Pakistan in getting funding from the World Bank…
(2024-08-15). Hizbullah reaffirms commitment and principles in defense of Lebanon. plenglish.com In a statement on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of the victory in July 2006, the political and military movement emphasized its strength and determination to protect Lebanon, its people, resources and "what the homeland deserves in terms of a free, honorable and dignified life." | In commemorating the date, Hezbollah highlighted the dignity of the martyrs who "with their blood wrote the epic of the honorable defense of Lebanon and the people." | At this point, he stressed that the triumphant return on August 14, 2006, amidst rubble and destruction, marked the way under the central motto: "The era of defeat…
(2024-08-15). CPJ urges Mongolia not to contest investigative journalist's appeal against conviction. zarig.mn
(2024-08-15). China reaffirms support for a stable Myanmar. ecns.cn China firmly supports Myanmar in staying committed to domestic peace, stability, and economic development, and opposes chaos and wars in the country, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.
(2024-08-15). North Korea to open its borders for tourism after four years. geo.tv 
Samjiyon city in North Korea before the COVID-19 pandemic. — Reuters/File North Korea has decided to open its borders to foreign tourists in December after the borders were closed down nearly five years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tourists will be allowed to…
(2024-08-15). UK woman jailed for 'blow up mosque' Facebook post after Southport riots. aljazeera.com Julie Sweeney sentenced after pleading guilty to sending communications that 'threaten death or serious harm'.
(2024-08-15). Vietnam president to visit China. ecns.cn To Lam, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Vietnam's president, will pay a state visit to China from August 18 to 20, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced on Thursday.
(2024-08-15). Grand jury indicts Ohio officer who shot and killed pregnant woman in 2023. wsws.org Officer Connor Grubb will face four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the killing of Ta'Kiya Young and her unborn daughter.
(2024-08-15). Grand jury indicts Ohio officer who shot and killed pregnant woman in 2023. wsws.org Officer Connor Grubb will face four counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the killing of Ta'Kiya Young and her future daughter.
(2024-08-15). SATIRE: Coworker Asks If Woman Interested In Reliving Childhood Trauma On Work Volleyball Team. theonion.com 
IOWA CITY, IA—Framing the offer as an enriching opportunity for exercise and a fun change of pace, area marketing manager Kyle Sanchez asked Thursday if his coworker Brittany Price might be interested in reliving her childhood trauma on their work volleyball team. "Hey, we're looking for a few more people for the…
(2024-08-15). Pakistan: Belgian Woman Found 'Tied, Raped' On Street On Independence Day After 5-Day Ordeal. hindustantimes.com
(2024-08-15). Pakistan's military arrests three former officers amid spy chief probe. aljazeera.com The latest arrests are linked to investigations against former ISI chief Faiz Hameed, who faces a court-martial.
(2024-08-15). Faith strongly associated with cultural heritage for most British Muslims: survey. geo.tv 
Muslim women walk in the park after finishing a GCSE exam near their school in Hackney, London. —Reuters/File71% British Muslims think UK media negatively portrays them.Researcher say insights crucial for fostering cultural awareness.39% of Muslims in UK describe themselves as Pakistani.
(2024-08-15). Pakistan Celebrates Independence Day on August 14. pressenza.com by Irshad Ahmad Mughal | The 14th of August is the Independence Day of Pakistan. There are lots of flags all around. Dangerous demonstrations are made on the roads due to the one-wheeling of motorcyclists. A 12-gun salute is fired by the Army and messages are given on the day by the Chief of Army Staff, the President and the Prime Minister. | For the past several decades, Pakistan has not had the same splendor of the day as it used to. You can say that common people suffer from inflation, terrorism, lawlessness, bribery, unemployment, and political corruption. All these diseases have made them emaciated. | They a…
(2024-08-15). Internet slowdown after increased security surveillance, blames WISPAP. gnnhd.tv 
Association says internet speed in Pakistan dropped by 30 to 40 percent…
(2024-08-15). First suspected case of Mpox reported in Pakistan. gnnhd.tv 
Authorities have begun tracing individuals who came into contact with the patient…
(2024-08-15). Faiz Hameed's case should not be politicised: Chairman PTI. gnnhd.tv 
Barrister Gohar stated that Pakistan Army is a strong institution, and the matter of Faiz Hameed is its internal matter…
(2024-08-15). Saturday 8/17: San Diego Weekly Peace Vigil for Palestine. indybay.org Entry to Ocean Beach | Sunset Cliffs Blvd and W Point Loma Blvd | San Diego, CA…
(2024-08-15). Sunday 8/18: Kamala's Home Town Says: Not Another Bomb. indybay.org Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Between 12th Street and 1st Ave., Lake Merritt Blvd, Oakland…
(2024-08-15). Pro-Palestine Encampment Turned Home for the Displaced Swept in Duluth, Journalist Arrested. unicornriot.ninja 
(2024-08-15). Philippine court overturns Rappler shutdown order. rappler.com
(2024-08-15). US military conducts live-fire drills in South Korea to test deployment readiness. presstv.ir The US military conducted live-fire drills in South Korea to exercise deployment readiness.
(2024-08-15). Record 39 candidates to run in Sri Lanka's presidential election. aljazeera.com Economy remains key issue after protesters angered by financial crisis toppled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022.
(2024-08-15). Calm reigns in Syrian province after success of Russian mediation. plenglish.com Damascus, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Calm returned today to the northeastern Syrian provinces of Hasakeh and Deir Ezzor after the successful mediation of the commander of the Russian forces operating in Syria, Andrei Serdyakov, between the government and the separatist militia.
(2024-08-15). IRGC Commander Honors Martyrdom of Military Adviser in Syria. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps issued a message of condolence following the martyrdom of Colonel Ahmadreza Afshari, an IRGC aerospace officer who was killed due to injuries sustained during an airstrike in Syria.
(2024-08-15). A Presidential Ticket That Supports the War Powers Act. theintercept.com 
When President Barack Obama wanted to bomb Syria in 2013 following reports that Bashar al-Assad was using chemical weapons on his own people, Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., who represented a rural district in southern Minnesota, went to a local grocery store. | Walz stood outside the store and asked everybody that came out whether they supported bombing Syria. Every single person said no. | "He was clearly stunned because he told us that story the next time we talked to him," said Cathy Murphy, president of the Minnesota Peace Project, which has lobbied Walz on a range of foreign policy issues over the years. "It's l…
(2024-08-15). 5.7 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Taiwan. devdiscourse.com On August 15, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's northeastern county of Yilan, according to the island's weather administration. There were no immediate reports of damage.
(2024-08-15). 'Big shock': Thailand faces political upheaval as PM removed from office. aljazeera.com Thailand's constitutional court made its second bombshell ruling in a week as it ousted Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.
(2024-08-15). China and Thailand to launch joint air force drill. ecns.cn China and Thailand will hold a joint air force exercise in Thailand this month, with the Chinese side sending multiple types of warplanes and special operations forces.
(2024-08-15). Thailand's Pheu Thai party chooses Paetongtarn Shinawatra as PM candidate. geo.tv 
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 37, the Pheu Thai Party's most visible candidate for prime minister, looks on during the general election campaign in Ubon Ratchathani province, Thailand, February 17, 2023. — ReutersBANGKOK: Thailand's Pheu Thai party has chosen 37-year-old Paetongtarn…
(2024-08-15). PA's Abbas tell Turkey parliament he will 'go to Gaza' amid war. newarab.com 
(2024-08-15). Vietnam sorry for damage due to rains and floods in DPRK. plenglish.com Hanoi, Aug 15 (Prensa Latina) Vietnam on Thursday lamented the damage caused by heavy rains and prolonged flooding that have affected the northwestern region of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the last few days.
(2024-08-15). Yemen Urges UN To Move Operations to Aden After Houthi Seizure of UN Office. themedialine.org 
Environmental destruction is not an unintended side effect, but a primary objective in colonial wars of occupation. By David Whyte and Samira Homerang Saunders Many in the international community are finally coming to accept that the earth's ecosystem can no longer bear the weight of military occupation. Most have reached this inevitable conclusion, clearly articulated in the…
Today is Pakistan's independence day, and tomorrow is India's independence day. British India once comprised India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. In 1947, the British packed their bags and left. Pakistan and India were the two successor states forged after absorbing the princely states, which the British used as puppets. In 1971, Bangladesh won its independence from… 
Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin arrives to welcome Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah at the Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, April 29, 2024. — Reuters New prime minister must be chosen by parliament.Phumtham Wechayachai to take over as interim PM.Court ruling raises…
The United States appears to have moved far from its self-proclaimed post-racial status, with deepening societal and political divides echoing some of the old Civil War battle lines that never really healed. | The current election campaign, pitting white nationalist Donald Trump against the biracial Kamala Harris, is exacerbating these divides. | But this dynamic reflects longstanding racial tensions that were intensified during Obama's presidency, underscoring the persistent impact of race on American politics. | Just as Obama faced accusations of being "foreign" due to his upbringing in Hawaii and Indonesia,…
I have found what I want to be when I grow up (glad I'm figuring that out since I turn 70 in January). A guy who gets to interview folks without having to handle invites and the technical aspects of the video, audio and editing. Danny Davis has a producer, Gary Villapiano. A great guy who used to work for Judge Napolitano (they parted as friends). | I have been wanting to interview Jacques for some time. Guess I was too lazy to track him down. Fortunately, he is a regular on Daniel Davis Deep Dive and I got the chance to do a virtual sitdown with him today. We spent most of the hour talking about Iran and I…
Iran may be about to launch a proper missile strike on Israel for the first time ever — in retaliation for the attack on Tehran last month which killed Ismail Haniyeh. Israeli intelligence says an attack is likely to come within days. The Jerusalem Post on 11 August quoted Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, a member of 
The artefacts were discovered during archaeological research near the UNESCO World Heritage site of Soltaniyeh…
On Wednesday, Day 313 of the ongoing genocide, Israeli missiles and shells targeted various parts of the devastated and densely populated Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens, including children, infants and women. The army fired missiles and shells at various parts of the coastal enclave, especially areas west and north of Rafah, in the Gaza …
US envoy Amos Hochstein confirmed on Wednesday that work is underway at various diplomatic levels to avoid an all-out war between Hochstein, a senior adviser to US President Joe Biden, landed in the Lebanese capital earlier that day in a bid to deter an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel, after the latter killed a senior comman…
Israeli genocide scholar Omer Bartov has accused Israel of committing Bartov, a professor at Brown University in the 
Nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's war on Gaza, according to the official death toll, though the true casualty figure is likely far higher with thousands of the dead unaccounted for. Meanwhile, Israeli forces have raided towns and villages across the occupied West Bank, and settlers under military protection have repeatedly stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in recent days. This all comes as the State Department on Tuesday announced the approval of $20 billion in new arms sales to Israel, including scores of fighter jets. We speak with the Reverend Munther Isaac, pastor at the Evangeli…
Israel is attempting to delay the issuing of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court ( According to Haaretz, 
The Israeli army has been using abducted Palestinian civilians as The civilians, who the soldiers refer to as shawish, or 'sergeant' in Arabic, are used by the army to carry out dangerous search operations while dressed in Israeli army uniform, according to soldiers…
In his remarkable literary memoir, Palestinian prisoner Nasser Abu Srour crafts a universe from the monotonous surroundings of his prison cell. | Srour's memoir, The Tale of a Wall, was written from within the carceral condition that he has endured since 1993 when he was imprisoned towards the end of the Accused of being an accomplice to the murder of an Israeli intelligence officer, he was convicted based on a confession extracted under torture and sentenced to life in…
The The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that one man was kille…
In the immediate aftermath of October 7, before the dust had settled and the wholesale destruction of Gaza had commenced, claims of High-profile figures penned pieces about not believing Jewish women and the undermining of the 
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian child, on Tuesday, while he was working in a car wash in the town of Anata, northeast of occupied Jerusalem. According to a statement by the media office in the Jerusalem Governorate, occupation forces shot and killed the child, Shady Wissam Sheha, 16, in Anata town. Media sources …
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved the sale of F-15 jets and equipment worth nearly $19 billion along with tank cartridges valued at $774 million, explosive mortar cartridges valued at ove…
Rajoub, who is also the head of the Palestinian Football Association, was detained at the King Hussein border (Karama)…
The The Defence Ministry Rehabilitation Department said that of the 10,056 
'All that was left was bones': Palestinian father mourns newborn twins killed by Israeli army | Muhammad Abu al-Qumsan was getting birth certificates for his children when an Israeli shell struck his apartment, also killing his wife and mother-in-law | | "> | Muhammad Ab…
Israel has approved a new 
Relations between Jordan and Israel have come under further strain over a scandal related to allegedly tainted vegetables exported from the kingdom. | Israeli media outlets reported on Monday that Tel Aviv had halted imports of some fruits and vegetables from Despite no evidence yet of produce being contaminated, the pause on imports was taken as a precautionary measure while Israel's Health Ministry investigates further. | T…
On Wednesday dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Qalqilia and Hableh town, south of the city in the northwestern West Bank, and abducted three Palestinians, including one child. Media sources said several military vehicles invaded Qalqilia from its eastern area before the soldiers destroyed infrastructure. They added that the soldiers invaded the Al-Iman Mosque in the city, …
The US, UN EU, and several regional countries have strongly condemned the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticised Ben-Gvir's leading of some 2,250 Je…
An expert on the process said some deliveries could be even earlier than 2026…
Hamas will not participate in crunch In a statement to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Hamas politburo member Suhail Al-Hindi reiterated his group's insistence on a return to the Israel is reportedly pushing for new c…
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on August 14, 2024. — REUTERSTOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced stepping down next month on the back of political scandals and widespread public…
The LDP will hold a contest in September to replace him as president of the ruling party…
Jordan using cybercrime laws 'against pro-Palestine' sentiment, Amnesty says | Violations under the law include 'spreading fake news', 'provoking strife' and 'contempt for religions' | | Protesters in Amman, Jordan, carry placards honouring slain Palestinian figures on 9 August 2024 (Reuters/Alaa…
The 2024 Olympics are officially done, but there's one bronze medal that's still hanging in the balance. That medal was initially awarded to American gymnast Jordan Chiles. Chiles, who won gold with the US team in Paris, placed third in the floor event final…
This Monday, the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, confirmed that 25 people died in the violent events following the presidential elections on July 28. The two regions with the most fatalities were Caracas and Aragua, with seven deaths in each. He attributed the deaths to the "comanditos" organized by the opposition. The executive vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, also presented reports on the subject. | Before the National Defense Council and the Council of State, AG Saab provided a detailed report of the investigations that the Public Ministry began on Sunday, July 28, when "the origins of a pla…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has rejected the Alcohol Control Bill, 2023 that sought to regulate the purchase, sell and consumption of alcohol. The private members Bill that was introduced for the first time by Tororo District Woman Representative, Sarah Opendi in November 2023 also aimed to regulate the time and premises where alcohol …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has temporarily halted the hearing of a corruption case involving three Members of Parliament. The MPs Lwengo District Woman MP Cissy Namujju Dionizia, Bunyole East MP Yusuf Mutembuli, and the Busiki County MP Paul Akamba are accused of soliciting a 20 percent bribe from the …
Mobile apps disrupted in several cities including Rawalpindi and Islamabad…
Olympic star Arshad Nadeem and Senate Chairman Yusuf Raza Gilani were also present at event…
We are a free nation just because the martyrs' sacrifices…
CERT advises to take immediate steps to protect their digital systems…
The armed forces honored those who played a vital role in Pakistan's struggle for independence…
Elias Khoury, a well-known Lebanese novelist and public intellectual, recognised globally for his Khoury is celebrated for his engaging storytelling and distinctive viewpoint and is known for his advocacy of free speech and democratic principles. | His writing frequently 
For migrants and refugees, the change was long-awaited. After years of promises, major amendments to Germany's citizenship law came into force earlier this summer, announced by the interior ministry as " In the revamp, migrants and refugees could now become dual nationals, no longer needing to give up official ties to their home country. They could also apply for citizenship after a shorter period of living in Germany, from eight years down to five or even three years. | A…
With a federal judge's denial on Tuesday to activists for a longer protest route at the "The court case is not the be-all-end-all. We're going to appeal and will continue pressuring the city to say that this is ridiculous, Muhammad Sank…
The following statement was issued by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Office of Martyrs, Prisoners and Wounded on Aug. 8, 2024, by the Resistance News Network. Incarcerated Palestinians The leak of rape and torture scenes that Palestinian detainees are subjected to in the extermination camp at "Sde . . . | 
Five industrial associations are currently under the ministry's control…
Paris Olympics 2024: Algerian boxer Imane Khelif names JK Rowling and Elon Musk in lawsuit | Khelif was the subject of tabloid and social media controversy over unproven claims that she was a man | | Imane Khelif has blamed 'bullying' for the controversy surrounding her presence at the Olympics (A…
Yemen's Houthi rebels stormed the headquarters of the United Nations' Human Rights Office in the capital, Sanaa, seizing documents, furniture and vehicles, a senior UN official said Tuesday. | The seizure was the latest move in The rebels to…
B-girl Talash, 21, unveiled the blue top with the slogan on Friday just before the first duel of the whole competition, against India Sardjoe of the Netherlands. | "Refugee athlete B-girl Talash was dis…
Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a large rally in the heart of New Zealand's largest city today strongly condemned Israel's indiscriminate killing of Palestinian children in its 10-month genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip. The 2000-strong rally was replicated in "Stop the war on children" protests across New Zealand this weekend. Ironically, the demonstrations…
Portland, Oregon — Protesters disrupted U.S. Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley's Town Hall in Clackamas, Oregon, held inside the Oregon National Guard station on Aug. 2. The demonstration was organized by a coalition of groups opposing the U.S. increased military funding to the Philippines to further escalate the cold war against . . . | 
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock and serious concern over the fact that a number of working journalists were killed in the recent past across Bangladesh. This as the south Asian nation witnessed massive anti-government protests that snatched away the lives of over 300 Bangla nationals including a large number of students and young people. | The political unrest for many weeks even compelled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee from Dhaka to take shelter in neighboring India, from where she may leave to a third country which is yet to be discl…
Starmeroid Home Secretary went to anti-refugee heartland to make video pandering to racists Home Secretary Yvette Cooper last week put out a watery statement condemning the racist rioters who were trashing refugee and town centres and attacking Black and Asian people — but that doesn't mean she's not happy to pander to them and seek …
Clifton D'Rozario — There is no denying the far right has emerged as a formidable political force around the world. In India, fascism is not just being fought in the electoral arena; it is also being confronted on the streets.
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak during different political gatherings. — Reuters/FileThe ouster of Bangladesh's autocratic premier sparked celebrations in Dhaka this week but alarm in neighbouring India, which backed Sheikh…
Representational image of a Rohingya family who fled from Buthidaung, Myanmar, to Bangladesh, walk at a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 25, 2024. — Reuters 
Relatives of the people who disappeared during the reign of Awami League, mourn as they demand justice at the Shaheed Minar, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 11, 2024. — ReutersOusted Hasina is accused of using excessive force against 
Sheikh Hasina Wajed, now ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, gestures while speaking to the media, a day after she won the 12th parliamentary elections, in Dhaka on January 8, 2024. — AFP"My mother never officially resigned," claims her son.Wazed says Hasina had planned to…
An illustration depicting Neom Stadium. — Saudi 20234 bid/Neom/File
Protesters gather at the High Court premises demanding the resignation of Obaidul Hassan, chief justice of Bangladesh in Dhaka, August 10, 2024. — ReutersAdviser to caretaker govt urges protesters to remain peacefulCentral bank Governor Abdur Rouf's resignation "not accepted".4…
There is a problem, fundamentally, in viewing the regime change in Bangladesh as a 'stand-alone' event.
The Jordanian state-owned Al-Mamlaka news TV quoted an informed source who said the kingdom would not allow using its airspace "under any circumstances to any party, and won't allow a military response for any belligerent party currently." | However, the Israeli Channel 12 reported they would, citing an informed official in Jordan's capital. | "It stems from a secu…
This is the Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Iran-backed Hamas, was assassinated in the Iranian capital Tehran on…
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, on November 20, 2018. — AFP
Iran's president nominates Abbas Araghchi as foreign minister | Araghchi is a seasoned diplomat and former chief nuclear negotiator, known for his openness to engaging with the West | | Abbas Araghchi removes his mask as he leaves the Grand Hotel Wien following closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna…
I appeared on Randy Credico's NY radio show today, along with Matt Hoh, Ray McGovern and Scott Ritter. Scott gave us the full dump on what happened. I was shocked to learn that the FBI showed up with copies of his emails and text messages. The FBI has been spying on Scott for years. Scott is innocent of the accusation that he is a foreign agent, but truth and facts don't matter to this politicized FBI. | I think Scott made a big mistake talking to the FBI. Scott did so because he knows he has done nothing wrong, but I reminded him of what the FBI did to General Mike Flynn and to Donald Trump. Oh yeah, they…
Iranian press review: Execution of 2022 anti-establishment protester sparks outrage | Meanwhile, expert says Iran faces challenges in retaliating against Israel, Tehran says the New York Times acts as a propaganda tool for Israel, and industries experience financial setbacks due to power shortages | 
Fighting between Six children were among the victims of intense shelling of Dahla in the eastern province of Deir Ez-zor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. | Fighting erupted on Wednesday when pro-Iranian fighters attacked Kurdish-held areas, according to the Britain-bas…
Iran is expected to import 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia per day…
Iraq's top Shia Muslim cleric Sistani also urged an end to the 
The comments come less than a month after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and must end. | He also expressed that he opposed the formation of a sovereig…
The Lebanese government has circulated a detailed proposal to all its diplomatic missions abroad, outlining what it says is a plan aimed at achieving long-term stability in southern This initiative, which includes pledging to deploy more Lebanese army personnel through a new recruitment campaign into the border region, comes amid heightened tensions in the region and the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and Hezbollah in south Lebanon. | This proposal marks the first time the Lebanese go…
Nasser Yassin, the minister overseeing contingency planning for a wider conflict, told Reuters Lebanon would need $100 million monthly for food, shelter, healthcare and other needs in a worst-case scenario. | "A small fraction…
A US citizen told AFP he was shot by Israeli forces and wounded in the leg during a protest Friday against settlement expansion in the Palestinian medics reported that a foreign activist was shot during the demonstration in the town of Beita, while the Israeli military said he was "accidentally injured". | Th…
Israeli forces shot one Palestinian and abducted three others, on Sunday morning, in the Al-Ain refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Media sources said that the army invaded the camp on Sunday morning, sparking protests and resistance from local Palestinian youths, as soldiers fired live ammunition. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society …
The State Department said Friday it has opted against what would have been its first-ever blocking of aid to an While the US has not publicly identified the Israeli unit, it is believed to be the The unit and some o…
Rescuers in The bombardment of Al-Tabeen school and mosque drew criticism from across the Middle East and beyond alongside calls for a 
A joint statement published on Saturday by the Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners Club added that Israeli forces have arrested at leas…
Prominent Gaza journalist Tamim Muammar was killed along with several family members in an Israeli air strike which targeted their house in Khan Younis, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. | Muammar worked for Palestine Voice Radio and was mourned by other journalists and official Palestinian media outlets. | Social media was also awash with photos of Muammar and his family, with people remembering his work and contributions. | "He trained me on how to write the news at the Palestine Voice radio – the respected and intelligent journalist Tamim Muammar, was martyred after his home and his family members…
Saturday dawn, Day 309 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army targeted a school where dozens of families sheltered in Gaza City, killing more than 100, and wounding at least 150, largely children and women; many Palestinians were also killed and injured across the destroyed coastal enclave. …
Editors of the English-language edition of The article, which had been called "Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza", is now titled "Gaza genocide". | The change, reportedly made on 25 July, comes as Israel stands a…
'Zionist without qualification' sides with mass murderers again Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will be boycotting the 79th Nagasaki Nuclear Memorial anniversary in Japan — because Japan uninvited Israel, because of the occupying power's genocide in Gaza, and invited a Palestinian delegate instead. This, apparently, is so unacceptable a crime that war-happy Starmer …
Often overlooked, Israel's intentional system of economically fragmenting and dispossessing Palestinians is an essential part of its plan to ethnically cleanse the land and deny Palestinian liberation.
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost That deranged speech Bibi Netanyahu delivered to a joint session of Congress last month: I cannot get it entirely out of my mind. It did not change anything — neither the Israeli prime minister nor his hosts seem to desire or intend to change anything in U.S.—Israeli relations. …
The following statement was published Aug. 9, 2024, on Resistance News Network. The axis of evil prepares for the inevitable In light of an expected operation against the Zionist entity, "israel's" allies in the region and outside of it have quickly mobilized to support it as it remains in the . . . | 
Israel bombs Gaza school whilst displaced Palestinians pray, killing at least 100 | Videos obtained by MEE showed scores of bodies strewn across the floor of the Tabin school in Gaza City after it was targeted in an early morning strike | | Palestinians search for their loved ones afte…
Israeli forces shot four citizens, including two children, on Saturday afternoon, in the town of Beit Furik, southeast of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. Media sources said that occupation forces invaded Beit Furik town and opened fire with live rounds, tear gas canisters, and concussion grenades towards citizens. According to the Palestinian Red …
On Saturday evening, Israeli soldiers invaded Kafr Al-Lubbad and Ramin towns, east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank's northwestern part. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Kafr Al-Lubbad, before storming various neighborhoods, especially in the Al-Karaj and al-Madwara area, and around the schools, leading to protests. The sources added that the soldiers fired live …
On Saturday night, Israeli soldiers injured several Palestinians in the villages of Zabbouba and Rommana, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank's northern part. Media sources said several army vehicles invaded the two villages, and closed streets, leading to protests. The sources added that the soldiers fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas …
Israeli ministers and politicians have defended soldiers accused of raping a Writing on social media platform X, he called for an "imm…
Israeli forces shot a Palestinian young man with live rounds near the village of Rummana, northwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank, on Saturday afternoon. Media sources said that occupation forces opened fire with live rounds towards a Palestinian citizen of Jenin governorate, while he was in the vicinity of the Apartheid Wall, built …
Israeli forces shot a Palestinian young man with live rounds, on Saturday, in the town of Deir Ibzi' , west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank. Media sources said that Israel soldiers invaded the town of Deir Ibzi' , in the afternoon, which sparked protests among local Palestinian youths. Sources added that soldiers …
IsraelPalestineNews: Israel drops 6,000 pounds of bombs on Gaza school; US poised to send Israel $3.5 billion, including to extremist battalion; two more journalists killed; waiting for "inevitable" polio outbreak as Israel blocks vaccines; new possible war crime revealed; more displacement; water and sanitation systems in shambles; more on Israeli torture of Palestinian prisoners — …
On Saturday, Israeli soldiers shot three Palestinians near a village south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank's southern part. Media sources said the soldiers invaded an area near Beit Marsam village, west of Doura town, south of Hebron, and closed streets, leading to protests. They added that the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated …
On Saturday evening, Israeli colonizers burnt Palestinian farmlands and a car in Nil'in town, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank's central part. Local sources said the paramilitary colonizers invaded the town and stormed Palestinian farmlands around it. They added that the colonizers burnt large areas of farmlands and a Palestinian car before the …
The Palestinian Detainees' Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society said in a joint statement that Israeli soldiers abducted, in less than two days, at least 40 Palestinians, including children and former political prisoners. The statement revealed that the abductions were carried out during massive and violent invasions, especially of homes, in various parts of the …
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Organizers are canceling the Obon festival in Philadelphia this year because of weather-related reasons — but festival goers can still participate in lantern ceremonies this Sunday and next Saturday. | In Japan, families visit cemeteries and offer food to their ancestors and honor their mem…
US Democratic presidential candidate Around 15,000 people gathered at the rally in the city of Glendale, where Kamala is hoping to win to defeat Republican opponent Donald Trump. | Loud chants of "free, free Palestine" could be heard from the crowd. | "I have been clear, now is the time to…
The racist pogroms on the streets of Britain are the result of British support for genocide in Palestine and the construction of a "migrant threat".
The United States last month invited Sudan's warring sides to hold 
The environmental check-ups were completed in the first six months of 2024…
The United States has brought criminal charges against the former head of a notorious Samir Ousman Al-Sheikh, 72, oversaw severe physical abuse of inmates while head of the 
Khelif, silver medallist at the 2022 World Championships, and Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting have been in the spotlight as part of a gender dispute in Paris that has dominated headlin…
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura and Pizaro Gozali Idrus in Jakarta Indonesian human rights groups have called for an independent investigation into the death of a New Zealand helicopter pilot in a remote part of Papua province earlier this week. The pilot, identified as Glen Malcolm Conning, was reportedly killed by an armed group shortly…
On Monday, August 5, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J military transport in a hurry and fled to Hindon Air Force base, outside Delhi. Her plane was refueled and reports said that she intended to fly on either to the United Kingdom (her niece, Tulip Siddiq is a minister in 
A combination of images showing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. — APP/Reuters/FilesYunus became chief advisor of Bangladesh's interim government.Nobel laureate took oath after returning to Bangladesh from Paris. His appointment followed violent…
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reviews an honour guard at the Government House, during her visit to Thailand, in Bangkok, Thailand, April 26, 2024. — ReutersNot clear whether Sheikh Hasina will compete in elections.Hasina's Awami League party doesn't feature in interim govt.She…
Vijay Prashad reflects on the last several weeks in Bangladesh of protests and convulsions, which culminated in the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
In an article titled " "The United States has sent clear messaging to Iran that the risk of a major escalation if they do a significant retaliatory attack against Israel is extremely high," an anonymous US official told The Wall Street Journal, adding that "there is a serious…
Simplified rules of mutual travel for residents of these countries start to operate from 10 August…
The idea that the war on Gaza is essentially waged and sustained by and for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, for long, dominated political analyses on the subject. The notion is often kept alive by public opinion inside Israel. Most polls produced since the start of the Israeli genocide on Gaza suggest that an 
War on Gaza: Israel advances into Khan Younis after mediators call for ceasefire summit | US, Qatar and Egypt urge Hamas and Israel to finalise the deal on the table during a meeting scheduled for next week | | Mourners pray beside the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes at Nasser Hosp…
An The drone flew over the town of Bint Jbeil playing an audio recording that urged the residents of the town to "blame Hezbollah and [its Secretary-General] Hassan Nasrallah" for the attacks on southern…
CAIR Chicago has filed a landmark federal lawsuit against Canary Mission, the shadowy pro-Israel website that has targeted pro-Palestinian individuals with doxxing attacks for nearly a decade.
According to Minnesota activists, Governor Tim Walz canceled an agreed upon meeting with Palestinian families who have lost relatives in Gaza after learning they wanted to talk about state divestment from Israel.
A 20-year-old in Toronto is in a coma after suffering an injury while fighting for the Israeli military. His high school, which encourages enlistment in Israel, should lose its charitable status and be investigated for violating Canadian law.
I will start by redirecting you to Mark Wauck's latest post on the Scott Ritter affair and Gilbert Doctorow's screwy analysis. Mark writes: | Please note that it is NOT illegal to write articles for foreign news outlets and receive payment for your work. The fact that RT paid Ritter for his articles proves nothing—except that RT thought his articles were worth the money. A US citizen has the 1A right to express his views, including in foreign news outlets, and to receive payment for his work. This only becomes an issue if the person in question acts as an "agent" of a foreign government, working under…
The U.S. and UK ambassadors to Japan will not attend the Nagasaki atomic bomb victim memorial on August 9 due to the Nagasaki administration's decision not to invite the Israeli envoy.
Peace Park in Nagasaki. Photo from Wikimedia Commons from October 13, 2008 By News Desk / Western ambassadors to Japan announced that they would not attend an upcoming ceremony commemorating the victims of the US 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki because the city's mayor did not invite the Israeli ambassador. | This includes the ambassadors from the US, the UK, Fran…
The New York Times has always favored Israel in its editorial writings, but no Times' columnist compares to Bret Stephens, whose writings are chauvinistic and bellicose., Stephens, a former editor of the Jerusalem Post and a supporter of all Israeli policies, left the Wall Street Journal to join the Times in 2017 because he believed Israel was not getting a fair hearing in the mainstream media. In doing so, he joined other Jewish columnists at the Times (Thomas Friedman, David Brooks, Paul Krugman, and Roger Cohen). However, these men brought some objectivity to America's Israel problem. Stephens has no limits in…
Israeli forces shoot US citizen in occupied West Bank | Bullet fired by an Israeli soldier ripped through the thigh of a US citizen protesting against Israeli settler encroachment | | Israeli policeman fires rubber bullets towards Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank town of Beita…
Palestinian women endure increasing violence, depression from Israeli war, survey finds | Study concludes Israel's invasion and bombing leave most women in the Gaza Strip facing tragic living conditions | | A woman sits with others gathering outside the morgue of the Aqsa Martyrs Hos…
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich faced a storm of international condemnation this week after he suggested that causing the starvation of Gaza's more than two million Palestinians "might be just and moral" until the hostages held by Hamas are released. It is unclear why the far-right minister's remarks to a conference in support of Jewish …
The ongoing Uganda-Japan (UJ) Connect project, implemented by the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), is projected to generate 6,000 jobs in the Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) sector. Dr. Aminah Zawedde, Permanent Secretary of the ICT Ministry, highlighted that UJ Connect is a critical component …
Considered one of the Arab world's most prestigious musical venues, the The star of the show, however, was off-stage: veteran Lebanese choreographer The colourful show, based on the legendary female prota…
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Inside Turkey's decision to block Instagram | Ankara was frustrated by the apparent double standards over posts about Hamas and the PKK, but it is unclear if Erdogan knew the platform would be restricted | | Many Turkish officials were blindsided by the sudden blocking of Instagram in Turkey…
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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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 …
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…
