(2025-08-31). Seven more Palestinians starved to death by Israel in Gaza. newarab.com 
Seven new deaths from hunger-related causes were recorded in Gaza on Sunday, bringing the total death toll from Israel's forced starvation of the enclave to 229, Gaza's health ministry said. | The ministry said in a statement that "since the IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) declared famine in Gaza, 61 deaths have been recorded, including nine children", referring to the UN-backed body's announcement on 22 August. | At least 124 children are among those killed by starvation, according to the ministry. | The health ministry also warned on Sunday of a severe wave of influenza spreading among ch…
(2025-08-31). LIVE: Child, aid seekers shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza. aljazeera.com Israeli forces shot at tents of displaced people, killing a child and severely wounding other people.
(2025-08-31). Strikes maim children as Israel says Qassam spokesman Abu Obeida targeted. aljazeera.com Video shows injured children in the aftermath of strikes on Gaza City as Israel's military hit multiple apartment…
(2025-08-31). Israeli Official Says Israel May Halt the Meager Aid Entering Northern Gaza Amid Famine. news.antiwar.com An Israeli official told The Associated Press on Saturday that Israel is planning to halt or slow the meager aid supplies that are entering Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza as Israel is expanding its military offensive amid a famine in the area. The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) and the …
(2025-08-31). Over 100 Sacramento Jews protest Senator Alex Padilla as part of actions against genocide in Gaza. indybay.org The group said the Israeli military is starving the people of Gaza through a five month total blockade on food, water and medicine, while the Israeli government has announced a plan to forcibly transfer hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a concentration camp.
(2025-08-31). Friday 9/5: Israel: Stop Killing Palestinians! Stop Starving Gaza! indybay.org 456 Montgomery – Israeli Consulate…
(2025-08-31). US Senators visit Egypt's Rafah crossing with starving Gaza. newarab.com 
US Senators visited Egypt's Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, while a UN agency said it had thousands of aid trucks waiting to enter the territory. | Democrat Senators Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley, who arrived at El Arish Airport, inspected aid warehouses on the Egyptian side of the crossing, Al-Qahera News Channel reported. | They met with North Sinai Governor Major General Khaled Megaour to observe aid efforts related to the nearly 23-month war on Gaza. | The two Senators have been on a trip to the region to visit facilities and crossings involved in the aid supply chain and to advo…
(2025-08-31). Israel says longtime Hamas spokesperson killed in Gaza City. longwarjournal.org Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that Abu Obeida, Hamas's spokesperson, was killed in Gaza on Saturday. Abu Obeida was one of Hamas's few senior members left from before its launch of the October 7 surprise attack on Israel, and he played a central role in the Islamist group's propaganda apparatus.
(2025-08-31). Media Action for Gaza: Protect Journalists. Let Reporters In. newarab.com 
At the rate journalists are being In nearly 23 months, at least 210 journalists have been killed by the Israeli army in this territory, according to The New Arab joins with more than 150 other media outlets across the world, to condemn these crimes. And we call on the Israeli authorities to allow independent access for the international press in the Gaza Strip.
(2025-08-31). Hamas military spokesman Abu Obeida killed in Gaza, Katz says. newarab.com 
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced on Sunday that the army had assassinated Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas' military wing. | Katz's comments on the attack, which took place on Saturday, followed an earlier announcement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the attack on the Qassam Brigades spokesman. | "Hamas terror spokesperson Abu Obeida was eliminated in Gaza and sent to meet all the liquidated members of the axis of evil from Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, and Yemen at the bottom of hell," Katz said on X. | "Congratulations to the IDF and Shin Bet for the flawless execution," he added, referring t…
(2025-08-31). Trump's post-war Gaza plan sees relocation of population: Report. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Hamas confirms death of Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar. newarab.com 
Pictures released by the Palestinian Islamist group on Saturday showed him alongside other political and
(2025-08-31). Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg set to sail for Gaza. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Israel continues to reject Gaza peace deal, intensifies strikes. newarab.com 
Hebrew media reported on Saturday that the Israeli security cabinet will not discuss any prisoner-exchange arrangement during its meeting on Sunday, despite mounting international concern and appeals fr…
(2025-08-31). Thousands protest Israel's war on Gaza near Venice Film Festival. newarab.com 
Thousands protested Saturday against Israel's siege of Organised by left-wing political groups in northeast
(2025-08-31). CAIR Presses Congress to Confront Gaza Catastrophe After Senators Blocked From Entry. truthout.org The largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group in the United States is calling on U.S. lawmakers to follow in the footsteps of Sens. Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen, who on Saturday shared a video about their unsuccessful attempts to visit — or even just fly over — the Gaza Strip during Israel's ongoing assault. "Sens. Van Hollen and Merkley have taken a bold and necessary step by… |
(2025-08-31). Could Western leaders be legally complicit in the Gaza genocide? aljazeera.com US and Western support have been vital in Israel's war.
(2025-08-31). Yemen's Houthi leader condemns Israel's 'record of terror' after killings. aljazeera.com Israel has repeatedly targeted the Houthis in recent months as tensions with the group increase over the war in Gaza.
(2025-08-31). Mothers, newborns most at risk as Israeli-induced malnutrition grips Gaza. aljazeera.com An estimated 55,500 malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women require an urgent nutrition response.
(2025-08-31). Gaza humanitarian flotilla departs Barcelona to break Israeli siege. aljazeera.com Vessels expected to reach Gaza in mid-September in third attempt by sea to end war that has killed 63,000 Palestinians.
(2025-08-31). Pro-Palestine activists shine spotlight on Gaza at Venice Film Festival. aljazeera.com Thousands of pro-Palestine demonstrators are making their voices heard during the Venice Film Festival.
(2025-08-31). Flotilla activists speak out before setting sail from Barcelona to Gaza. aljazeera.com Activists addressed the media as the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to depart for Gaza from Barcelona, aiming to deliver…
(2025-08-31). Hamas' ambush will have "tactical consequences on Israeli army" aljazeera.com "The ambush in al-Zeitoun showed that the battle of the city of Gaza, will not only be measured in territorial gains."
(2025-08-31). Sumud, the largest flotilla to sail for Gaza, prepares to set out. aljazeera.com An international effort bringing together volunteers from all over the world aims to break the siege on Gaza.
(2025-08-31). Egypt's PM in China: How Cairo's SCO Role Intersects with Gaza Crisis. moderndiplomacy.eu Egypt's official participation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, was witnessed by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, who attended and participated on behalf of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Egypt's speech at the summit is expected to receive significant attention, as the situation in the Middle East and the war on …
(2025-08-31). Susan Watkins: Israel after Fordow. newleftreview.org Netanyahu is building on the obliteration of Gaza to launch an external offensive across multiple fronts, aiming at cantonization in Lebanon and Syria, and regime change, if not state break-up, in Iran. What explains the West's political investment in an Israeli-centric Middle East, on conspicuous display during June's Twelve-Day War?
(2025-08-31). Jeffrey Sachs' Dire Israel Warning: Most Dangerous Moment Since WW2. scheerpost.com In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Krystal Ball and Ryan Grim / Breaking Points | Krystal and Ryan are joined by Jeffrey Sachs to discuss Israel and Gaza. |
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(2025-08-31). Juan Cole: Türkiye Bans Israeli Ships, Goods At Its Ports, Halts Cargo Overflights, Declares Gaza a Genocide. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced Friday that his country would completely cut economic relations with Israel, blocking Israeli ships from docking at Turkish ports and denying Israeli aircraft that might be carrying weapons overflight rights over Türkiye. The latter step imposes extra costs on Israeli cargo …
(2025-08-31). Israel Faces New Challenge As Activists Launch Gaza-Bound Flotilla. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — A flotilla carrying aid, activists and European lawmakers including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is set to leave Barcelona on Sunday, aiming to reach Gaza by mid-September in what organizers call the largest solidarity mission to date.
(2025-08-31). Red Cross head says mass evacuation of Gaza City 'impossible'. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Israel claims targeting Abu Obaida. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The Israeli military said it, in cooperation with the Shin Bet, targeted a key Hamas operative on the outskirts of Gaza City, north of the Strip, targeting the Al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obeida.Israeli Army Radio reported the attack on Gaza City targeted Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, but his fate is still unknown.Israel Hayom newspaper quoted a senior Israeli source as saying, "Abu Obeida cannot survive this time if he was actually in the targeted location."Hebrew media reported that estimates indicate the success of the assassination of Abu Obeida. However, Hamas has not r…
(2025-08-31). Israeli Army: 900 soldiers killed, 6,213 wounded in Gaza battles. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Hebrew media reported that the death toll among Israeli soldiers and officers in fighting in the Gaza Strip has reached 900, with over 6,000 others reported injured.The figure includes 311 soldiers who were killed on Oct. 7—8, 2023, when Hamas carried out the "Al-Aqsa Flood" operation against Israel and the ensuing battles along the border. In addition, another 589 Israeli soldiers were killed, 456 of them in the ground offensive inside Gaza, Ynet outlined.It is worth noting that after about 23 months of fighting, the Israeli army has approved a plan to occupy Gaza, starting with Gaza City, Israe…
(2025-08-31). Israel's security receives final confirmation of the killing of Abu Obaida. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Israel's Security Agency, known as Shin Bet, claimed that it has received final verification of the assassination of Hamas spokesman, Abu Obaida, in an attack on Gaza City, north of the Gaza Strip.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a government meeting that the military "attacked Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaida" and that they are "waiting for the results."Earlier today, a Palestinian source told Al Arabiya and Al Hadath channels that the spokesperson for the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, known as "Abu Obaida," was killed in the attack by Israel.#ÿߟ&Nt…
(2025-08-31). Palestinian source to Al Arabiya: Abu Obeida was killed in Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A Palestinian source told Al Arabiya and Al Hadath channels on Sunday morning that the spokesperson for the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, known as "Abu Obaida," was killed.The Palestinian source confirmed the news that Israel targeted an apartment in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip, where Abu Obaida was located, adding that the airstrike killed everyone inside.According to Al Arabiya and Al Hadath channels, members of Abu Obeida's family and Al-Qassam Brigades leaders confirmed his death after examining the body.Despite all the reports by the Israeli army and Hebrew media, Hamas has no…
(2025-08-31). Invade Gaza City, take the blame: Netanyahu signals only the IDF will answer for failures of his takeover plan. haaretz.com This week, reserve troops begin mobilizing for the Gaza City offensive, with the Israeli army deploying regular forces. While Netanyahu has Trump's backing, the prime minister's promises may not match the operation's pace, risking a crisis between the leaders…
(2025-08-31). Update from the Red Cross Field Hospital, Rafah: 15-Month Operational Summary. icrc.org Rafah, Gaza Strip – 9 May 2024 to 31 July 2025…
(2025-08-31). Houthis confirm their PM killed in Israeli strike. jagonews24.com Yemen's Huthi rebels said Saturday their prime minister had been killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this week, the most senior official known to have died in a series of attacks during the Gaza war.
(2025-08-31). From political opportunist to populist demagogue: How Netanyahu has changed since October 7. haaretz.com Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's once relatively sober judgment now appears increasingly clouded amid Israel's growing isolation and his stubborn war in Gaza. Once a famously cynical realist, he now seems more and more unhinged from reality…
(2025-08-31). Tuesday 9/16: Webinar: Dire Healthcare Situation in Gaza. indybay.org Online | masspeace.us/dire-healthcare-gaza…
(2025-08-31). Israel kills dozens, continues Gaza City assault. newarab.com 
In Gaza City, Israel has been conducting intense raids throughout the night, striking the Sabra neighbourhood in the south of the city, as well as the Zeitoun neighbourhood, which has seen intense Israeli ground attacks. | Israel has been urged by the international community against launching the offensive, with the…
(2025-08-31). Recognising Problems in Israel. newarab.com 
This week on The New Arab Voice podcast, we look at the recent decision by Western nations to recognise the State of Palestine. | It came as a surprise to many, although it remains to be seen what it actual means for Palestinians. Either way, it angered Israel. And as Western states were announcing to recognise a Palestinian state, Israel was planning a major new offensive in Gaza, and Israeli citizens were on the streets protesting against the Netanyahu government. | This week, what's Israel doing in Gaza, and why are some Israeli citizens protesting the move? What does the recognition of a state of Palestine…
(2025-08-31). Israelis protesting annihilation are fighting for the survival of liberal democracy. haaretz.com The war crimes in Gaza are taking place in the name of democracy, with very little opposition…
(2025-08-31). Hamas confirms death of military leader Mohammed Sinwar, months after Israel said it killed him. haaretz.com The Hamas chief was the target of an IDF strike on the European Hospital in Khan Yunis in May. According to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza, at least 16 were killed and 70 were wounded in the attack…
(2025-08-31). Humanitarian Flotilla Departs Spain in Biggest Attempt to Break the Israeli Blockade on Gaza. news.antiwar.com
(2025-08-31). ICRC president: Mass evacuation of Gaza City unfeasible and incomprehensible. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Israel and the occupied territories: ICRC appalled by strike on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Israel and the occupied territories: Intensification of hostilities threatens to worsen catastrophic humanitarian conditions in Gaza. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Boycott Chevron Banner Drop on Gilman Walkway. indybay.org Gigantic Chevron Genocide Banner Deployed Despite High Winds…
indiatimes.com (2025-08-31). Hamas' Deadliest Ambush Catches IDF Off Guard In Gaza; 4 Soldiers 'Captured' In Stunning BattlesFierce clashes have erupted inside Gaza, where four Israeli soldiers are reported missing following heavy battles with Hamas fighters. Israeli media confirmed at least two soldiers were killed and over a dozen injured in intense overnight fighting across multiple neighbourhoods.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2025-08-31). Hamas' Deadliest Ambush Catches IDF Off Guard In Gaza; 4 Soldiers 'Captured' In Stunning BattlesFierce clashes have erupted inside Gaza, where four Israeli soldiers are reported missing following heavy battles with Hamas fighters. Israeli media confirmed at least two soldiers were killed and over a dozen injured in intense overnight fighting across multiple neighbourhoods.
(2025-08-31). Horoscope today: your 24-hour briefing for life, love, and more. thecanary.co 
Here's today's horoscope from the Canary — helping guide you through life, with a daily dose of lifestyle musings for our readers. Your horoscope for Sunday 31 August 2025 Aries ‚ôà The Taurus Moon slows your fiery pace, which feels like being asked to walk when you'd rather sprint. But today, restraint is your secret […] | By
indiatimes.com (2025-08-31). Hamas' Deadliest Ambush Catches IDF Off Guard In Gaza; 4 Soldiers 'Captured' In Stunning BattlesFierce clashes have erupted inside Gaza, where four Israeli soldiers are reported missing following heavy battles with Hamas fighters. Israeli media confirmed at least two soldiers were killed and over a dozen injured in intense overnight fighting across multiple neighbourhoods.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2025-08-31). Hamas' Deadliest Ambush Catches IDF Off Guard In Gaza; 4 Soldiers 'Captured' In Stunning BattlesFierce clashes have erupted inside Gaza, where four Israeli soldiers are reported missing following heavy battles with Hamas fighters. Israeli media confirmed at least two soldiers were killed and over a dozen injured in intense overnight fighting across multiple neighbourhoods.
(2025-08-31). Muslim activist urges US workers to come together on Labor Day. newarab.com 
With mass demonstrations "This is our time. Labor Day is when labour really shows up," she tells The New Arab. "With everything happening with this administration — cuts to Medicaid, the Fed [Federal Reserve], the CDC [Cen…
(2025-08-31). Israel mulls West Bank annexation over Palestine recognition. newarab.com 
Extension of Israeli sovereignty to the West Bank – de facto annexation of land captured in the 1967 Middle East war – was on the agenda for Prime Minis…
(2025-08-31). British embassy in Cairo closes after Egypt removes barriers. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Ukraine vows to retaliate after Russian attacks on power sector. newarab.com 
Three and a half years into the war,
(2025-08-31). Israel expands Hebron settlement as cabinet weighs annexation. newarab.com 
The has been condemned by Palestinians as part of a broader strategy to entrench total control over the territory and block The Kiryat Arba settlement council confirmed on Saturday that a new neighbourh…
(2025-08-31). Rights groups condemn enforced disappearances in MENA. newarab.com 
Human rights organisations have marked the In a joint statement released on 30 August, international and MENA organisations described enforced disappearance as a deep wound in the human rights landscape of the region. They said it is no lo…
(2025-08-31). Chicago mayor defies Trump's immigration crackdown plans. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). RSF's Hemedti sworn in as head of parallel Sudanese government. newarab.com 
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the paramilitary Dagalo, known as Hemedti, has rarely been seen in
(2025-08-31). Passenger train derails in Egypt killing at least 3, injures 94. newarab.com 
A passenger The train derailed as it travelled to
(2025-08-31). Israel bombs houses, children in Abu Obeida 'assassination'. newarab.com 
Israeli strikes targeted parts of
(2025-08-31). Iraqi govt pulls PMF bill due to internal divisions, US pressure. newarab.com 
The Iraqi government has withdrawn a draft law regulating the Parliamentarians and officials told The New Arab's sister site, Al‚ÄëAraby Al‚ÄëJadeed, that the decision reflects not only external pressure from Washington, but also deep internal disagreements that have rendered the bill politically unviable in its current form. | The draft law aimed to formally integrate…
(2025-08-31). Ancient tombs unearthed in Iraq due to drought. newarab.com 
Archaeologists in The tombs, believed to be over 2,300 years old, were unearthed at the edges of the
(2025-08-31). Anger over US decision to revoke Palestinian officials' visas. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Yemen's Houthis say PM killed in Israeli strike. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Three arrested after appeals court ruling on UK migrant hotel. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Lebanon to discuss army's Hezbollah disarmament plan on 5 Sept. newarab.com 
A cabinet session to discuss the Lebanese army's plan to disarm all militant groups in the country, including Hezbollah, will be held on 5 September, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam's Office announced Friday. | The anticipated session was initially scheduled for 2 September. | Salam said his government will meet next Friday afternoon at the Baabda Presidential Palace to discuss In an unprecedented move, the cabinet assigned the army wi…
(2025-08-31). Trump EPA Rollbacks Put Texas Communities at Risk. truthout.org For Donna Thomas, smokestacks are a typical sight from her home in Fort Bend County, Texas. Since she was a child, she has seen the coal and natural gas-powered W.A. Parish Generating Station puff clouds of haze during the day and light up brightly at night. The facility — which has been around since 1958 — is both part of the background and all she thinks about. Thomas is not alone. |
(2025-08-31). "Excited Delirium" Is Pseudoscience. Police Often Cite It to Justify Brutality. truthout.org Anton Black was 19 years old when police officers chased him, shackled him, and left him face-down on the ground, struggling to breathe. He died from asphyxiation. Despite tireless objections from his family, the Maryland Medical Examiner called his death an accident. Until now. After Maryland's former head medical examiner testified in 2021 that Derek Chauvin was not responsible for George… |
(2025-08-31). Trump Admin Waives Environmental Laws to Build Border Wall in TX Wildlife Refuge. truthout.org The Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday that Secretary Kristi Noem has waived the protections of the Endangered Species Act and other federal statutes to "ensure the expeditious construction" of the border wall through the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. Funds were appropriated for border wall construction in the Rio Grande Valley during the first… |
(2025-08-31). Tribes Condemn Trump for Backing Out of Columbia River Deal for Salmon Recovery. truthout.org Time is running out for wild salmon in the Columbia River Basin in the Pacific Northwest. Their populations, as well as those of some other native fish, have been declining for decades. Now, President Donald Trump is attacking the progress that had been made to restore those once-abundant salmon runs. In June 2025, Trump signed a memorandum signaling his administration's unwillingness to… |
(2025-08-31). Meloni apoia inclusà£o da Ucrânia no âmbito da defesa da OTAN. globalresearch.ca Apesar da impopularidade da Ucrânia entre a populaàßà£o ocidental, a maioria dos líderes europeus insiste em uma política de apoio total e irrestrito ao regime de Kiev. Essa postura é mantida até mesmo por políticos que chegaram ao poder prometendo …
(2025-08-31). UE usa chantagem e calúnia para pressionar políticos georgianos. globalresearch.ca Aparentemente, a tática da UE de chantagear seus oponentes está atingindo até mesmo líderes eurocéticos em países fora do bloco. Recentemente, o prefeito de Tbilisi denunciou publicamente a campanha de perseguiàßà£o travada por autoridades europeias contra autoridades de seu país, …
(2025-08-31). Trump Makes Israel Great. The President Declares that He "Can Do Anything" globalresearch.ca Last week Donald J Trump declared that as president of the United States,
(2025-08-31). Trump administration gives coal plants and chemical facilities a pass. grist.org 
For Donna Thomas, smokestacks are a typical sight from her home in Fort Bend County, Texas. Since she was a child, she has seen the coal and natural gas-powered W.A. Parish Generating Station puff clouds of haze during the day and light up brightly at night. The facility — which has been around since 1958 — is both part of the background and all she thinks about. | Thomas is not alone. For decades, residents have expressed concerns over the pollution emitted from the Parish coal plant — a separate facility from the natural gas plant — and called for its closure. The plant, located about…
(2025-08-31). Update: San Bernardino Man Shot at by Federal Agents in Early August Now in Custody. lataco.com Francisco Longoria is in custody weeks after fleeing an arrest from then-unidentified and armed assailants who smashed the windows of his vehicle before shooting at him.
(2025-08-31). US judge blocks government from deporting unaccompanied Guatemalan minors. aljazeera.com District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan's emergency order follows a legal complaint brought on behalf of 10 children.
(2025-08-31). Liverpool's Szoboszlai downs Arsenal while Man City stumble again. aljazeera.com Holders Liverpool beat Arsenal 1-0 in football's Premier League, while fallen favourites Man City lose 2-1 at Brighton.
(2025-08-31). Two million impacted as Pakistan's Punjab faces worst floods in its history. aljazeera.com While South Asia's seasonal monsoon brings rainfall that farmers depend on, climate change is making it deadly.
(2025-08-31). Piastri wins Dutch GP as Norris's McLaren breaks down. aljazeera.com Norris's title chances took a heavy blow when his McLaren broke down after smoke poured from the back of the car.
(2025-08-31). How elites destroyed the Democratic Party in the US and fuelled populism. aljazeera.com Author Joan Williams argues that elitism has weakened the party and pushed people towards populism.
(2025-08-31). UNIFIL's mandate in southern Lebanon was renewed. What happens next? aljazeera.com Everything you need to know about UN Interim Force in Lebanon and the renewal of its mandate until the end of 2026.
(2025-08-31). China's Xi says SCO bears 'greater responsibility' for keeping peace. aljazeera.com Summit in China shoulders mission of building consensus among parties and stimulating momentum in cooperation, Xi says.
(2025-08-31). Clashes break out at anti-immigration protest in Australia. aljazeera.com Police in Australia used pepper spray as clashes broke out between anti-immigration demonstrators & counter-protesters.
(2025-08-31). US pressure may break Iranian influence in Iraq. aljazeera.com Washington is pressing Baghdad to dismantle pro-Iranian paramilitary groups. The move is risky, but it may pay off.
(2025-08-31). Pakistan's Punjab province faces worst floods in its history. aljazeera.com More than two million people have been affected by flooding in Pakistan's worst-hit province of Punjab.
(2025-08-31). At least 3 killed, over 90 injured after passenger train derails in Egypt. aljazeera.com Train derails as it travels to Cairo from the western Mediterranean province of Matrouh, on the country's north coast.
(2025-08-31). Pakistan's Punjab evacuates half a million people stranded by floods. aljazeera.com Floods in Punjab displace nearly 500,000 people and kill dozens amid the largest rescue in eastern province's history.
(2025-08-31). How a children's chocolate drink became a symbol of French colonialism. aljazeera.com With its red fez, broad smile and simplified French, Banania's mascot has been associated with racist stereotypes.
(2025-08-31). Liverpool vs Arsenal 1-0: Premier League — as it happened. aljazeera.com All our updates, including our full text commentary stream with post-match reaction and interviews, from Anfield.
(2025-08-31). Yemen's Houthis vow vengeance after PM killed by Israel. aljazeera.com Yemen's Houthis has vowed 'vengeance' against Israel after confirming that their prime minister, Ahmed al-Rahawi, was ki…
(2025-08-31). Germany Poised to Become a Leading Hub for International Higher Education. moderndiplomacy.eu In a social media post on August 22 2025 the German Ambassador to India Dr Philip Ackermann said: 'New numbers are out! Almost 60,000 students from India are currently studying in Germany — a leap of 20 % over a year.' He also said that public universities in Germany were a "great choice" due to their …
(2025-08-31). Floods Don't Fall from the Sky Alone: How Human Interventions Accelerate Climate Destruction. moderndiplomacy.eu When the 2025 cloudburst hit Buner, a district located in northern Pakistan, villagers described how torrents of water came down upon their dwellings with such fury as never before seen. Entire settlements vanished behind walls of mud and rock. Survivors stood amidst the rubble of their houses, blaming fate, blaming climate change, and waiting for …
(2025-08-31). The origins of Covid-19 under international law and the certainty of the next pandemic. moderndiplomacy.eu It's been more than 2,000 days since Covid-19 appeared in late 2019 growing to more than 700 million cases and at least 7 million deaths globally. Like many other people who were infected by Covid-19, I have long thought about its origins and where we go next. As someone who had been a lawyer admitted …
(2025-08-31). Soft Power vs. Hard Power: Dominance in 21st Century Diplomacy. moderndiplomacy.eu The debate in international relations and defense strategy between soft power and hard power has almost never faded away from the center. Joseph Nye, the author of the term soft power in the late 20th century, defined soft power as the ability of a nation to influence the preferences of others by means of appeal …
(2025-08-31). Canada's Strategic Entry: A Quiet Shift Toward Global Leadership. moderndiplomacy.eu The 2025 Alaska meeting has served as a wake-up call, prompting Canada to undergo a strategic realignment in its foreign policy with a particular focus on strengthening ties with Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. On Ukraine's Independence Day, Canada's Prime Minister did more than just visit Kyiv. His presence sent a message of genuine solidarity …
(2025-08-31). Johnson C. Smith Shuts Down Morehouse College at Inaugural ESSENCE HBCU Classic at Harvard. moguldom.com Boston witnessed a historic cultural moment as the first-ever ESSENCE HBCU Classic brought the traditions and pageantry of Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Harvard Stadium. The four-day celebration, which concluded with Johnson C. Smith University's decisive 45-9 victory over Morehouse College on Saturday, August 30, marked the first time the city had hosted an …
(2025-08-31). Eric Adams Vows to Continue Mayoral Campaign "No Matter What" Despite Mounting Scandals. moguldom.com New York City Mayor Eric Adams remains defiant about his re-election bid despite a cascade of corruption investigations and criminal charges surrounding his administration that have left him polling in single digits. The embattled mayor declared "Yes, I'm staying in, no matter what" in a recent Bloomberg interview, even as his campaign faces unprecedented legal …
(2025-08-31). Snoop Dogg Switches Up and Responds to Backlash Over Criticism of LGTBQ Themes in Kids Entertainment. moguldom.com Rapper Snoop Dogg has issued a public apology after facing significant backlash for controversial remarks he made about LGBTQ content in Disney's 2022 animated film "Lightyear." The controversy highlights ongoing tensions between representation advocates and parents navigating complex conversations with young children. The Initial Comments During an August 20 appearance on Dr. Sarah Fontenot's "It's …
(2025-08-31). Martti Koskenniemi: The Laws That Rule Us. newleftreview.org In an expansive response to Perry Anderson's critique of international law in NLR 143, Martti Koskenniemi counterposes to headline rulings on crimes against humanity the opaque, pervasive network of techniques that constitutes the legal infrastructure of global capitalism, shaping our unequal world-social relations and how we imagine them.
(2025-08-31). Kevin Gray: Old Wine in New Bottles. newleftreview.org Though brandishing 'Stop the Steal!' placards, along with US and Israeli flags, nationalist mobilizations in South Korea draw on a different lineage to that of Trump, Bolsonaro or Farage. The latest NLR study of rising new rights locates the RoK's conservative bloc in its history of collaboration with Japanese and American imperialism, now re-gearing against the PRC.
(2025-08-31). Julia Hertà§g: Three Generations of German Working Class Cinema. newleftreview.org Picking up on Emilie Bickerton's identification in NLR 109 of a new genre of films centred on the working class, Julia Hertà§g offers a comparative-historical view of German Arbeiterfilme. Themes and forms tracked from the radical efflorescence of Weimar through the sixties rebellion against the Bonn Republic to the anomic social landscape of…
(2025-08-31). Aaron Benanav: Beyond Capitalism—2. newleftreview.org Following his analytic survey of socialist economic theory and practice in the last number of NLR, Aaron Benanav sets out a design for institutions that could structure an economic democracy beyond capital accumulation and waged labour. A novel dual-currency system, elected investment boards, worker self-management and trans-sectoral coordination, responsive to the broadest social goals.
(2025-08-31). Carolyn Lesjak: Writing the Collective. newleftreview.org Carolyn Lesjak on Fredric Jameson, Inventions of a Present. The cultural theorist's literary criticism assembled for the first time, yielding new insights on method.
(2025-08-31). Jonathan Ree: The Analytic Ideology. newleftreview.org Jonathan Rée on Christoph Schuringa, A Social History of Analytic Philosophy. Critique of the ideological function of Anglo-American philosophy's hegemonic style.
(2025-08-31). Julian Stallabrass: Arts of Distraction. newleftreview.org Julian Stallabrass on Claire Bishop, Disordered Attention. Case studies limning a contemporary artworld in which viewing is reconfigured by digital distractions.
(2025-08-31). Israeli Troops Raid Multiple Villages in Southwest Syria. news.antiwar.com Over the weekend, Israeli ground troops reentered a number of villages in Syria's Quneitra Governorate, setting up checkpoints and confronting local residents as they attempt to pass by. The new offensives began Friday evening, entering the villages of Ayn Baida and Ofania in the northwestern part of the governorate. They also entered al-Hurriyah on Saturday …
(2025-08-31). Israeli Warplanes Pound Southern Lebanon, Sparking Forest Fires. news.antiwar.com On the day that the Lebanese government is expected to release its plan to fully disarm Hezbollah, Israel carried out yet more attacks against southern Lebanon, targeting the Ali al-Taher and al-Dabsheh forests near Nabatieh al-Fawqa, sparking major fires which civil defense forces are struggling to get under control. Strikes were centered around Upper Nabatieh. …
(2025-08-31). From Revolution to Revival: Russell Brand Embraces Trump and Israel. orinocotribune.com By Alan MacLeod — Aug 29, 2025 | Not so long ago, Russell Brand was a socialist icon, preaching global revolution and the redistribution of wealth and power to the masses. Today, he is a born-again Christian who endorses Donald Trump and has headlined events at the Republican National Convention and Turning Point USA.. | Where once he preached eco-socialism, anti-racism, and described Israel as a terrorist state, he now attacks Greta Thunberg, Bob Vylan, and other prominent Israel critics, all while hobnobbing with the same racist politicians he once warned the public not to follow. | What explains Brand's d…
(2025-08-31). How US-Israeli Regime Change in Iran Failed. scheerpost.com By Kit Klarenberg / Substack On July 29th, the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies, a think tank that is enormously influential on Zionist entity 'defence' and security policy, published a document advocating for regime change in Iran, setting out potential methods by which Israel could achieve that malign end. In a bitter irony, much of the …
(2025-08-31). Ambassador Mahlangu honoured with Special Official Funeral Category 2. sanews.gov.za Ambassador Mahlangu honoured with Special Official Funeral Category 2 | President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared that the late Ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu, former Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, will be honoured with a Special Official Funeral Category 2. | The long-serving diplomat passed away at the age of 72 on 24 August 2025, on his way to a South African hospital after a short illness. | The President has directed that the National Flag be flown at half-mast at all flag stations from Saturday, 30 August 2025, until the evening of his funeral on Saturday, 6 September 2025. | Ramaphosa…
(2025-08-31). Call to advance financial inclusion for women. sanews.gov.za Call to advance financial inclusion for women | Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities Sindisiwe Chikunga has emphasised the importance of collaborative ecosystems in driving successful and resilient women-owned businesses across Africa. | Addressing the Group Twenty (G20) Empowerment of Women Working Group (EWWG) Women to Africa event, held in Johannesburg on Friday, Chikunga said governments, including private sector, development institutions, and women entrepreneurs, should work together to advance financial inclusion for women. | "No economy can claim resilience if more than half its people […
(2025-08-31). Eskom marks over 105 days without loadshedding. sanews.gov.za Eskom marks over 105 days without loadshedding | Eskom's power system remains stable, with the power utility reached 105 consecutive days without loadshedding to South Africa. | In a statement on Friday, Eskom said this milestone, driven by consistently low level of unplanned outages, underscores the sustained improvements in the performance of the generation fleet. | "This milestone builds on the momentum of Financial Year (FY) 2025, which recorded 352 loadshedding-free days, and reflects a significant improvement from the 36 days achieved in FY2024. As the winter season concludes, the national grid remains stab…
(2025-08-31). Government welcomes ruling on foreign nationals in Bellville sites. sanews.gov.za Government welcomes ruling on foreign nationals in Bellville sites | Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has welcomed the Western Cape High Court ruling granting the City of Cape Town, in partnership with the Departments of Home Affairs and Public Works and Infrastructure, authority to serve eviction notices at the Wingfield and Paint City sites in Bellville. | This follows the COVID-19 lockdown, when groups of people were relocated to the two sites after their removal from Greenmarket Square and the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town's city centre. | While many accepted support and reint…
(2025-08-31). NYDA clarifies partnership with Scorpion Kings. sanews.gov.za NYDA clarifies partnership with Scorpion Kings | The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has sought to clarify that its partnership with music duo Scorpion Kings for a concert was a non-financial collaboration aimed at creating opportunities for young people in the creative sector. | This comes after the agency noted concerns raised by the public regarding its involvement in the event. | "The NYDA has entered a partnership with Scorpion Kings to expand opportunities for young people. The NYDA did not pay or provide financial support for the Scorpion Kings event," NYDA said in a statement on Friday. | The par…
(2025-08-31). South Africa calls for immediate end to Sudan conflict. sanews.gov.za South Africa calls for immediate end to Sudan conflict | With the escalation of fighting in the Republic of the Sudan, the South African government has reiterated its call for an immediate end to the conflict and resumption of genuine and sincere talks to bring an end to the conflict. | The on-going armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has resulted in the significant loss of civilian lives, the destruction of property, especially critical infrastructure, and the internal and external displacement of the Sudanese population. | Since 15 April 2023, t…
(2025-08-31). Standard Bank invests $10m to support African women fund managers. sanews.gov.za Standard Bank invests $10m to support African women fund managers | Minister of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, has welcomed Standard Bank's commitment to invest $10 million to the African Women Impact Fund (AWIF), aimed at supporting women fund managers with businesses in Africa. | The AWIF is a private-public partnership that recognises women are essential to Africa's social and economic transformation. | It was launched in response to the African Union's Agenda 2063 and the United Nations's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which target gender equality, decent work and ec…
(2025-08-31). Building a mass movement for Palestine is our "North Star" , says longtime activist Eugene Puryear. peoplesdispatch.org 
Eugene Puryear, a journalist with BreakThrough News and a member of the ANSWER coalition, spoke on the panel "The Struggle Continues: The Fight for Palestine in North America" at the People's Conference for Palestine…
(2025-08-31). Day of Solidarity With Venezuela Against US Interventionism Celebrated Around the World. orinocotribune.com 
(2025-08-31). In 2017 under Corbyn, Labour held 94/98 Durham County Council seats under Starmer it has 4. skwawkbox.org 
Starmer's recycled Thatcherism destroying Labour in NE former stronghold shows the YP/Green left working together is the UK's hope of defeating fascism Keir Starmer's destruction of the Labour continues to accelerate, with polling averages showing the shell of the party that remains under his Thatcher-Blair hybrid war on the disabled, the sick, people with mental …
(2025-08-31). Venezuela Repudiates Norwegian Statement Justifying US Aggression. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The Venezuelan statement was issued on Saturday, August 30, in response to a Norwegian statement that expressed concern over alleged "forced disappearances" in Venezuela. The Norwegian government decried an increase in "forced disappearances" in Venezuela, claiming that the Venezuelan government is using it "as a weapon to silence…
(2025-08-31). Iran Wins FIVB U-21 World Championship for Second Successive Time. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran defended its title in the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's U-21 World Championship, beating Italy 3-1 (15-25, 25-18, 25-22, 25-14) on Sunday.
(2025-08-31). Iranian General Warns Israel's Backers of Response to Any Aggression. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The commander of Iran's Basij (mobilization) Force warned that Tehran's response to any new act of aggression will not be limited to the Zionist regime itself, but will also target its sponsors who will be held to account this time.
(2025-08-31). Resistance to Give Harsh Response to Zionists for Attack on Yemen: IRGC. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The IRGC condemned the Israeli regime's recent fatal airstrike on Sana'a as a brazen war crime and a case of state terrorism, warning that the Islamic resistance forces in the region, especially the Yemeni nation, will give the Zionist criminals a crushing response.
(2025-08-31). Top General Urges Boost to Iran's Air Defense Power. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi called for the renovation and strengthening of Iran's air defense capabilities with modern technologies.
(2025-08-31). Claims of Iranian Envoy's Support for Karabakh Separatists Rejected. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iran's Embassy in the Republic of Azerbaijan dismissed as baseless the allegations that Iran's envoy to Armenia has been tasked with supporting Karabakh separatists or providing arms to the Armenian government.
(2025-08-31). Israeli Regime Launches New Airstrikes on Southern Lebanon. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Israeli regime once again violated the ceasefire on Sunday, launching air raids on several areas in southern Lebanon, including Kafr Rumman and the al-Tahir heights near Nabatieh.
(2025-08-31). Iran Condemns Israeli Strike on Yemeni Officials. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly denounced the Israeli regime's latest act of aggression against Yemen, which led to the martyrdom of Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmad Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahwi along with several cabinet ministers.
(2025-08-31). Armenia Praised for Addressing Caucasus Security Concerns. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi commended Armenia for taking into account the shared concerns over stability and security in the South Caucasus.
(2025-08-31). President of Iran Condemns Israeli Assassination of Yemeni PM, Ministers. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian condemned an Israeli airstrike that killed Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several other ministers in Sana'a on August 28.
(2025-08-31). Iranian President Goes to China for SCO Summit. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian traveled to China on Sunday to attend the 25th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.
(2025-08-31). West Papuan civil society groups protest over brutal security forces crackdown 17 arrests. asiapacificreport.nz Asia Pacific Report West Papuan civil society and solidarity networks are calling for urgent action over a brutal Indonesian security forces crackdown that has led to a wave of arrests and political repression. Protests erupted in Sorong, in the western part of the Melanesian territory, on Wednesday over the transfer of 4 political prisoners out…
(2025-08-31). 'Huge relief' in Samoa post snap general election, says Aupito. asiapacificreport.nz By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor, and Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Apia, Samoa A former New Zealand politician says there is a sense of relief in Samoa following snap general election day. Aupito William Sio is in Samoa to vote and support the communities he has responsibilities for as a chief. Aupito,…
(2025-08-31). 'I've never been with anyone!' Model Meghna's steamy courtroom drama. jagonews24.com In a courtroom scene ripped straight from a steamy political thriller, controversial model and self-proclaimed "leadership trainer" Meghna Alam made a dramatic appearance at the Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka. With Quran in hand and she delivered a bombshell: "I have never had physical relations with any man. Except for the Saudi Ambassador. And even with him… nothing happened."
(2025-08-31). Yunus warns against thinking alternatives to polls. jagonews24.com Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday reiterated that there is "no alternative to an election" and warned that any attempt to bypass the democratic process would be "deeply dangerous" for the nation.
(2025-08-31). Brighton battle back as late winner stuns Man City. jagonews24.com Brajan Gruda came off the bench to score an 89th-minute goal to give Brighton their first win of the Premier League season, while condemning Manchester City to back-to-back defeats…
(2025-08-31). Elections in February, says Fakhrul after meeting Yunus. jagonews24.com BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed confidence that the upcoming national elections will be held in February, following assurances from the chief adviser during a high-level meeting.
(2025-08-31). Jamaat seeks ban on JaPa, insists on PR method. jagonews24.com The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has demanded the government impose a ban on the Jatiya Party (JaPa) like Awami League…
(2025-08-31). Conspiracies emerging ahead of polls: Tarique. jagonews24.com BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has issued a stark warning of emerging conspiracies aimed at derailing the upcoming national elections, urging party leaders and activists to remain vigilant as Bangladesh approaches a critical democratic crossroads.
(2025-08-31). BAU students confine VC and 227 AC members over degree reform dispute. jagonews24.com Students from the Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Faculty of Animal Husbandry at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) confined Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. A K Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan and nearly 227 academic council members inside the Zainul Abedin Auditorium on Sunday, demanding the introduction of a single, unified degree programme.
(2025-08-31). China, India should be partners, not rivals, Xi tells Modi. jagonews24.com The leaders of China and India say there is now deepening trust between them after years of tension that includes a long-running border dispute…
(2025-08-31). Govt revokes agency licence after sending youths to Russian war. jagonews24.com The Bangladesh government has cancelled the registration certificate of Dream Home Travels for its alleged role in trafficking young men to the Russian warfront under the false promise of high-paying jobs, a move that has now been linked to at least one death in Ukraine.
(2025-08-31). Yunus holds talks with Jamaat leaders. jagonews24.com Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday, August 31, held a meeting with the leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and discussed the country's overall current situation and the upcoming national election…
(2025-08-31). Agri Univ students withdraw Dhaka-M'singh railway blockade. jagonews24.com The students of Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) withdrew their blockade of Dhaka-Mymensingh railway on Sunday afternoon, August 31, after around four hours…
(2025-08-31). 4 more dengue deaths, 568 fresh cases recorded in 24 hrs. jagonews24.com Four more deaths were reported from dengue in the last 24 hours (from Saturday 8: 00am to Sunday 8: 00am), taking the total number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 122 this year.
(2025-08-31). Baaji: Hashim Mahmud's epic comeback. jagonews24.com When the first notes of 'Baaji' echoed through Coke Studio Bangla Season 3, the show's long-awaited return after more than a year, fans braced for another genre-bending masterpiece. What they got instead was something far deeper: a moment of pure, unscripted humanity.
(2025-08-31). Total electorate in Bangladesh reaches 12.63cr. jagonews24.com The total number of registered voters in Bangladesh has risen to 12.63 crore, following the latest update from the Election Commission.
(2025-08-31). Villagers block path, delaying law enforcement's arrival at CU: Asif Mahmud. jagonews24.com LGRD, Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan has said the government is taking firm measures to control the situation at Chittagong University, where clashes have erupted…
(2025-08-31). Nur's condition improving gradually: DMCH director. jagonews24.com Physical condition of Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur is gradually improving, said Brigadier General Md Asaduzzaman, director of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), on Sunday, August 31…
(2025-08-31). Justice Akhtaruzzaman resigns amid graft probe. jagonews24.com High Court Division Justice Md Akhtaruzzaman has stepped down amid investigation into allegations of irregularities against him…
(2025-08-31). Sec 144 over CU after Pro-VC, Proctor among 70 injured in fresh clashes. jagonews24.com Violence erupted once again near Gate 2 of Chittagong University on Sunday, leaving at least 70 people injured, including the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Md Kamal Uddin and Proctor Prof Tanvir Mohammad Haydar, in a brutal clash between students and local residents that has plunged the campus into chaos.
(2025-08-31). 1,604 blockades hit Dhaka roads in 13 months: Home adviser. jagonews24.com Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that since the interim government assumed office, 123 organizations have staged 1,604 blockades on roads in Dhaka and its surrounding areas over the past 13 months.
(2025-08-31). Ex-UP member among 3 killed in clash in Netrokona. jagonews24.com Three people were killed in a clash between two groups over a longstanding dispute in the Maugati area of Netrokona Sadar Upazila on Saturday night.
(2025-08-31). Govt forms dairy development board, effective Sept 1. jagonews24.com The interim government has formed the Bangladesh Dairy Development Board, which will come into effect on Monday, September 1. On the same day, the Bangladesh Dairy Development Board Act, 2023 will also be enforced.
(2025-08-31). Writ challenges GS candidate Farhad's candidacy in DUCSU polls. jagonews24.com A writ petition has been filed in the High Court challenging the candidacy of SM Farhad of Islami Chhatra Shibir for the General Secretary post in the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) elections.
(2025-08-31). President inquires about Nur's condition; assures treatment, justice. jagonews24.com President Mohammed Shahabuddin inquired about the health of Nurul Haque Nur, president of the Gono Odhikar Parishad, on Sunday morning (31 August) at 10: 07 am.
(2025-08-31). Neves hat-trick leads PSG to 6-3 win over Toulouse. jagonews24.com Joao Neves scored a stunning hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain maintained their perfect start to the French Ligue 1 season in spectacular fashion on Saturday, winning 6-3 away to Toulouse.
(2025-08-31). Local AL leader stabbed to death in Jashore. jagonews24.com A local Awami League leader was stabbed to death in Monirampur upazila, Jashore, on Saturday night.
(2025-08-31). El regreso de James Monroe. strategic-culture.su Por lo tanto, si el Gobierno bolivariano ha decidido movilizar a la Milicia Nacional Bolivariana, se trata, en primer lugar, de una medida política, que pretende, precisamente, movilizar la conciencia revolucionaria del pueblo venezolano y, en segundo lugar, de una medida de precaución, por si la maniobra estadounidense fuera preparatoria de algún nuevo intento golpista de la oposición.
(2025-08-31). Will 'peace' in Ukraine also bring a new detente? strategic-culture.su By Philip GIRALDI | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | Weapons non-proliferation treaties should be renewed to prevent nuclear war!
(2025-08-31). We have to talk about the trans murderers. strategic-culture.su In Minneapolis on Wednesday, a heavily armed young man opened fire on a Catholic church full of children praying, then killed himself. The gunman, Robin Westman, 23, identified as a woman; sorry, U.S. media, the evil bastard left this world as he entered it: as a male. Two children died, and many more were left wounded.
(2025-08-31). Meeting di Rimini, Meloni senza meloni. strategic-culture.su Il discorso di Giorgia Meloni è stato caratterizzato dall'ottimismo, ma c'è motivo di essere cosਠottimisti? | Segue nostro Anche quest'anno si è ripetuto l'inutile Meeting di Rimini, organizzato da Comunione e Liberazione, una delle frange più liberal-progressiste della Chiesa Cattolica Romana. | L'evento, come noto, è una cloaca dei peggiori nomi dell'Occidente collettivo, una vetrina di pessimo gusto che ha il merito di stilare…
(2025-08-31). France's Recognition of Palestine — Macron's Rubicon. strategic-culture.su Macron has crossed his Rubicon and now cannot withdraw; he must see this through to the end. | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | Last…
(2025-08-31). Project Blue Beam: Who's watching the watchmen? The Apocalypse in 4K. strategic-culture.su If Project Blue Beam is genuine, it would be the most audacious psy-op in human history. | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | "The Par…
(2025-08-31). La Cina contesta il fondamento giuridico della "libertà di navigazione" statunitense. strategic-culture.su La Cina si oppone al principio americano della libertà dei mari, che di fatto non ha alcun fondamento giuridico. | Segue nostro L'11 agosto 2025, il Dipartimento della Difesa degli Stati Uniti ha pubblicato il suo rapporto annuale "Freedom of Navigation" (FON) per il 2024, identificando la Cina come il principale obiettivo tra 11 Paesi o regioni, con le rivendicazioni più "contestate" e l'unica nazione disposta ad affrontare sfide in p…
(2025-08-31). They're Lying About Venezuela While Moving War Machinery Into Place. thealtworld.com 
As if we didn't have enough ugliness in the world right now, Trump In an article titled "
(2025-08-31). Sandwich Guy Redux: In Your Fascist Face. commondreams.org 
When Pigs Fly Dept: The "remarkable failure" of prosecutors to indict the D.C. "hero with a hero" who hurled his sub at a neighborhood thug prompted glad praise that, "Ham sandwiches are finally getting a break." It also reflected a growing resistance to a fascist takeover that, with its inept efforts to turn small breaches – an open beer, a wrong door, a nap in the car – into felony charges, has judges, lawyer and an aggrieved populace denouncing it as merely, malignantly, "____ing with people for no reason."In the now-famous "assault with a deli weapon," Sean Dunn, a 37-year-old decorated Afghanistan vetera…
(2025-08-31). Flock's Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance. indybay.org Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come…
(2025-08-31). Israel targets Hezbollah site in south Lebanon. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – The Israeli army announced on Sunday morning that it targeted a Hezbollah site in southern Lebanon."A short while ago, the IDF (army) struck military infrastructure, including underground infrastructure, at a Hezbollah site in which military activity was identified, in the area of the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon," the Israeli army revealed in a statement.It maintained: "This site and the activity within it constitute a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.
(2025-08-31). Indonesia protesters clash with riot police as tensions soar. aljazeera.com Deadly protests erupt across Indonesia after police vehicle kills motorcycle taxi driver, causing public outrage.
(2025-08-31). Drought in Iraq unearths more than 2,000 years old tombs. aljazeera.com The newly discovered tombs are believed to date back to the Hellenistic or Hellenistic-Seleucid period.
(2025-08-31). India committed to improving ties with China, Modi tells Xi before SCO meet. aljazeera.com Indian leader appears to mark waning of strategic ties with US after Trump slapped punishing tariffs on Indian goods.
(2025-08-31). Indonesia's Prabowo scraps China trip over protests, TikTok halts live feed. aljazeera.com Protests spreading across the country force president to call off his travel plans, and TikTok to halt live broadcasts.
(2025-08-31). War in Sudan: Humanitarian, fighting, control developments, August 2025. aljazeera.com Sudan's civil war saw a number of developments on the battlefield as well as in diplomacy and the humanitarian crisis.
(2025-08-31). Trump to order voter ID for every vote, 'no exceptions'. aljazeera.com US president is seeking to overhaul country's electoral system, falsely claiming his 2020 loss was a result of fraud.
(2025-08-31). Ostapenko apologises to Townsend for 'no education' comments. aljazeera.com 'When I said education, I was speaking only about what I believe as tennis etiquette,' Ostapenko said on social media.
(2025-08-31). Sinner and Swiatek fight back to enter US Open last 16. aljazeera.com Emotional Gauff sets up fourth-round meeting with former champion Osaka as Zverev crashes out in New York.
(2025-08-31). Indonesia protesters light fires as anger flares against police and gov't. aljazeera.com Protesters in Indonesia have lit fires as outrage over police brutality and economic inequality grows.
(2025-08-31). Thursday 9/4: Rally and Public Comment Against Flock Fascism! indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland City Hall…
(2025-08-31). Listen Live: Native Bvlbancha Liberation Radio: 20 Years after Hurricane Katrina. indybay.org Bvlbancha Liberation Radio is live with 'Swamp City Girl,' Monique Verdin, Houma Nation, as Govinda and the team sets up Native grassroots disaster relief radio. Monique is speaking on the Mound Culture, as the Gulf Coast region remembers Hurricane Katrina 20 years later.
(2025-08-31). Trump Administration Moves to Kill National Forest Roadless Rule. indybay.org WASHINGTON, August 27, 2025 — The Trump administration today proposed rescinding the nation's landmark roadless rule. The move would open nearly 45 million acres of wild, unfragmented national forests to road construction, logging and other development.
(2025-08-31). Saturday 8/30: Sebastopol: Workers Over Billionaires! Labor Day Weekend Sidewalk Rally. indybay.org Intersection of Main Street and Bodega Ave (HWY 12) | Sebastopol, CA 95472 | Peaceful and family friendly…
(2025-08-31). Man shot dead in Umm al-Fahm, five wounded from a car bomb in Jaffa. haaretz.com A suspect for the bombing was arrested near the scene in Jaffa. There have been 207 homicides in Israel this year, including 163 Arab-Israelis…
(2025-08-31). Nautical Protest to Trade Poultry Policy. indybay.org Activists use Trader Joe's nautical theme to urge the company to follow its moral compass and steer away from Perdue's Petaluma Poultry. "Perdue" morphed into "Perdon't."
(2025-08-31). China leads in large-scale offshore heavy oil thermal recovery. ecns.cn China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) announced on Saturday that its offshore heavy oil thermal recovery technology system and core equipment have achieved significant progress in large-scale application, with cumulative offshore heavy oil thermal recovery exceeding 5 million metric tons.
(2025-08-31). Xi meets UN chief. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in the port city of Tianjin on Saturday.
(2025-08-31). President Xi Jinping meets with U.N. Secretary General António Guterres. ecns.cn On the afternoon of August 30, President Xi Jinping met with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres at the Tianjin Guest House, who was in China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025.
(2025-08-31). Xi Jinping meets Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. ecns.cn On the afternoon of August 30, President Xi Jinping met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, who is in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025, at the Tianjin Guest House.
(2025-08-31). Xi prioritizes good-neighborliness on SCO stage. ecns.cn On July 15, President Xi Jinping received top diplomats and heads of standing bodies of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the bright, stately Fujian Hall of the Great Hall of the People in the heart of Beijing.
(2025-08-31). Xi meets Egyptian prime minister. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly in the port city of Tianjin on Saturday.
(2025-08-31). Xi meets Myanmar's acting president. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Min Aung Hlaing, acting president of Myanmar, in the port city of Tianjin on Saturday.
(2025-08-31). President Xi Jinping meets with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. ecns.cn In the morning of August 31, President Xi Jinping met at the Tianjin Guest House with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who is in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025 and the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
(2025-08-31). President Xi Jinping meets with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. ecns.cn On the morning of August 31, 2025, President Xi Jinping met at the Tianjin Guest House with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025 and the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. The two leaders announced the establishment of a strategic partnership between China and Armenia.
(2025-08-31). United in Heart | Why this 'imperfect' Five-Star Red Flag inspires pride among overseas Chinese. ecns.cn On October 9, 1949, a Five-Star Red Flag—flawed in form but perfect in meaning—was raised for the first time on the American continent.
(2025-08-31). British Photographer: The SCO summit opens a window into beautiful Tianjin. ecns.cn The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit is soon to be held in North China's coastal city of Tianjin. For Bruce Connolly, a British photographer who has long trained his lens on the city's landscapes, the gathering will offer the world a rare opportunity to encounter Tianjin's charm and glimpse the living spirit of China.
(2025-08-31). The Return of Woody Guthrie. counterpunch.org Woody Guthrie (Photo: Courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications) Woody Guthrie (Photo: Courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications) Woody Guthrie (Photo: Courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications) Woody Guthrie (Photo: Courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications) Woody Guthrie (Photo: Courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications) Woody Guthrie (Photo: Courtesy of Woody Guthrie Publications) Woody Guthrie (Photo: Courtesy of Woody Guthrie […] | To read this article, log in
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(2025-08-31). Flock Safety's Feature Updates Cannot Make Automated License Plate Readers Safe. indybay.org Two recent statements from the surveillance company—one addressing Illinois privacy violations and another defending the company's national surveillance network—reveal a troubling pattern: when confronted by evidence of widespread abuse, Flock Safety has blamed users, downplayed harms, and doubled down on the very systems that enabled the violations in the first place.
(2025-08-31). At Philadelphia's Big Black Ball, community rallies behind college-bound teens. whyy.org 
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Themed "Sophisticated Black Hollywood," the The association, founded in 2014 by Director Mister Mann Frisby, launched with a mission to create a community that supports and mentors young Black high school seniors through life's challenges. The mission later expanded to continue supporting the s…
(2025-08-31). Trump pushes plan to revive 'Department of War'. geo.tv 
President Donald Trump speaks with the media accompanied by players of the Juventus soccer team, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 18, 2025. — Reuters'Department of War' title was last used over 70 years ago.Govt mulling ways for change in largest…
(2025-08-31). Putin to join President Xi and world leaders at SCO meeting in China. geo.tv 
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the educational marathon "Knowledge. First" in Moscow, Russia, April 30, 2025. — ReutersTIANJIN: Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to arrive in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Sunday, where he will join…
(2025-08-31). India committed to improving ties with China on trust and sensitivities, Modi tells Xi. geo.tv 
(2025-08-31). 'Toxic buttons': Dubai police foil deadly pill smuggling bid. geo.tv 
Three suspected smugglers with their faces blurred seen in this image issued by Dubai Police. —X@DubaiPoliceHQDubai Police have foiled a major drug smuggling attempt, seizing narcotics valued at more than Rs340 million and arresting three suspects in a high-level anti-narcotics…
(2025-08-31). Sri Lanka: Ambiguous Loss. icrc.org Dealing with frozen grief…
(2025-08-31). ICRC response in Southern Syria: Operational update. icrc.org 15 July to 15 August 2025…
(2025-08-31). Philippines: "The Book of Memories" book and exhibit launch. icrc.org A tribute to Marawi's missing people and their families' relentless search for answers…
(2025-08-31). Arms Trade Treaty: A framework that saves lives and preserves humanity in armed conflict. icrc.org Statement by Mr. Gilles Carbonnier, Vice President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, 25 August 2025, Geneva…
(2025-08-31). Joint statement: DIRCO and ICRC call for stronger political commitment to uphold IHL across Africa. icrc.org Pretoria, 19 August 2025…
(2025-08-31). Saturday 9/6: Trump Regime Takedown (every Saturday). indybay.org corner of Van Ness and O'Farrell St, San Francisco…
(2025-08-31). Attack on CU students leaves over 50 injured; exams suspended. jagonews24.com Local residents attacked students of Chittagong University (CU) following an announcement made through a mosque loudspeaker on Saturday night, leaving more than 50 students injured.
(2025-08-31). CU students clash with local residents again, several injured. jagonews24.com Clashes have erupted again between students of Chittagong University (CU) and local residents. The second round of clashes broke out around 12: 00 pm on Sunday (31 August), turning the areas adjacent to the campus into a battleground.
(2025-08-31). Yunus to meet BNP, Jamaat, NCP this afternoon. jagonews24.com Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will hold separate meetings with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami, and the National Citizen Party (NCP) on Sunday afternoon to discuss the prevailing political situation and the upcoming national elections.
(2025-08-31). The fascist legacy. indybay.org The resurgent Poor Peoples Campaign calls for a moral reorientation of the US, where exploitation, social warfare against the poor, and real warfare over resources and power are currently part of "business."… | This market fundamentalism is destroying society.
(2025-08-31). The spirits he summoned. indybay.org To prevent parliament from deciding to release the Epstein files, House Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers into an early summer recess. However, when it comes to child abuse and sex with minors within their own ranks, the US right wing in particular often becomes very quiet very quickly. This also applies above all to Trump.
(2025-08-31). Trenton Plates, The World Takes fights food insecurity in the city and world. whyy.org 
From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Since 2021,
(2025-08-31). LEPAIO Statement on Labor Day 2025: AFL-CIO: STOP Collaborating with Trump's Fascist Gov. indybay.org The AFL-CIO is appealing to the Trump fascist government to continue to fund the AFL-CO Solidarity Center which is an appendage of US imperialism and has worked to overthrow governments around the world and build pro-capitalist unions using US government money…
(2025-08-31). Standing for Immigrant Workers, ICE, Police, Sheriff & Billionaire SF Mayor Lurie. indybay.org Regular solidarity actions are taking place to defend immigrants seized by ICE in San Francisco. A speaker talked about their actions.
(2025-08-31). Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US's Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations. juancole.com by Ranjan Solomon ( Middle East Monitor ) — The United States is once again demonstrating that it is unfit to serve as host of the United Nations Headquarters. Reports that Washington may deny a visa to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for an upcoming UN encounter evoke bitter memories of 1988, when Yasser Arafat …
(2025-08-31). Abbas, 80 PA officials have US visas revoked: State Department. newarab.com 
Palestinian Authority President The extraordinary step further aligns President Donald Trump's administration with Israel's government, that is conducting Israel adamantly rejects a Palestinian state and has sought to lump together the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority with rival Hamas. | "Secretary of State Marco Rubio is denying and rev…
(2025-08-31). Egypt signs $340 mln oil, gas exploration deals with four firms. newarab.com 
The deals, signed by the state-owned
(2025-08-31). Fatah surrenders more weapons in south of Beirut camp. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Iran says eight arrested for suspected links to Israel's Mossad. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Lebanese army to launch 'sensitive missions' in Hezbollah plan. newarab.com 
Gen. Rodolphe Haykal was apparently referring to the Lebanese government's The Leb…
(2025-08-31). Microsoft fires staff for protesting company's ties to Israel. newarab.com 
Tech giant Two of the protesters had taken part in a sit-in at the company's president's office. | According to reports citing the protest group No Azure for Apartheid, both Anna Hattle and Riki Fameli received voicemails from the company informing them that they had been fired.
(2025-08-31). Russia strikes across Ukraine as peace prospects flounder. newarab.com 
(2025-08-31). Trump moves to cut more foreign aid, risking shutdown. newarab.com 
The $4.9 billion in cuts target programs of the The pre…
(2025-08-31). Trump withdraws Kamala Harris's Secret Service protection. newarab.com 
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn The Republican's move comes just weeks before Democrat Harris is set to go on a tour to promote a new book about her failed presidential campaign against Trump last year. | The Secret Service customarily protects vice presidents for six months after they leave office, a period that ended on July 21 for Harris.
(2025-08-31). US appeals court finds Trump's global tariffs illegal. newarab.com 
A US appeals court on Friday ruled that The 7-4 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court's finding that Trump had exceeded his authority in tapping emergency economic powers to impose wide-ranging duties. | But the judges allowed the tariffs to stay in place through mid-October ⚪ a…
(2025-08-31). In whirlwind tour, Qatari royal commits $70bn to southern Africa. newarab.com 
Qatari investment firm Al Mansour Holding has pledged $70 billion in investments across four southern Africa countries in a 10-day tour, a move analysts call strategic as US funding retreats from the continent. | Group leader and royal family member Sheikh Mansour bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani has met the leaders of Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe to sign commitments of major financing for projects spanning energy, agriculture, tourism and mining. | In Maputo this week, he signed a $20 billion partnership agreement with President Daniel Chapo aimed at supporting government initiatives including in he…
(2025-08-31). White House claims 'foreign influence' behind criticism of US envoy. newarab.com 
The White House lashed out Friday what it called a "foreign influence operation" by German-owned US news outlet Politico after it criticized Vice President JD Vance slammed Politico, bought in 2021 by German media giant Axel Springer, over an article that quoted unnamed officials as saying Witkoff's "inexperience shines through" in his talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin. | "This story from Politico is journalistic malpractice. But it's more than that: it'
(2025-08-31). Fear at the Gate. counterpunch.org Immigration today provokes some of the fiercest political passions in the UK. It changes the shape of communities, stretches housing and public services, and unsettles those who feel the familiar slipping away from them. These concerns, in themselves, are not signs of prejudice. They deserve to be heard and addressed honestly. As George Eliot wrote, […] | To read this article, log in
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(2025-08-31). Labor Day Solidarity Season Opens in DC. indybay.org Kicking off Labor Day weekend on August 28, the "Solidarity Season Rally and March" organized by the Metropolitan Washington Council AFL-CIO demonstrated the importance of workers by reminding everyone that "Workers make DC run and deserve better than mass firings, union busting, deportations, and occupation." They demonstrated their "…support for Federal workers and labor rights, our opposition to union-busting" by highlighting "working-class solidarity over the billionaire ruling class."
(2025-08-31). Labor Day – Some Great Documentaries & Films to Watch this Weekend. indybay.org Get out and join a Labor Day 2025 rally, but also spend time this weekend watching some great labor rights films.
(2025-08-31). Israeli June attack lightly wounded Iranian president, tracked via bodyguards, NYT reports. haaretz.com Israeli intelligence reportedly hacked the phones of the bodyguards accompanying Iran's highest-ranking officials, tracking their location and bombing a high-level meeting in western Tehran…
(2025-08-31). Saturday 9/6: How Do We Fight MAGA? indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705…
(2025-08-31). Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan — climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe. juancole.com By Pintu Kumar Mahla, University of Arizona (The Conversation) — Farmers in South Asia rely on the summer monsoon's rainfall, but extreme monsoon rains in recent years have been destructive and deadly. Since July, flooding during the 2025 summer monsoon has killed more than 700 people in Pakistan as water and mud swept through settlements …
(2025-08-31). African journalists meet in Nairobi to discuss impact of Artificial intelligence. independent.co.ug 
NAIROB | Xinhua | A half-day training workshop themed "The Rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Its Impact on Journalism" took place on Tuesday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, organized by Xinhua News Agency Africa Regional Bureau. Nearly 100 participants, including editors and news reporters from over 10 media outlets in Kenya and across Africa, …
(2025-08-31). Leaders of over 20 countries, 10 International organizations to attend SCO Tianjin Summit. independent.co.ug 
BEIJING | Xinhua | Leaders from more than 20 countries and heads of 10 international organizations will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025, which will be held in Tianjin from Aug. 31 to Sept. 1, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin said on Friday. This will be the fifth time that China has …
(2025-08-31). Morocco takes historic third TotalEnergies CHAN triumph. independent.co.ug 
Lamlaoui brace seals Morocco's historic third TotalEnergies CHAN triumph Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Morocco secured a record third TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) title after overcoming first-time finalists Madagascar 3-2 in a pulsating final at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, on Saturday. The Atlas Lions, champions in 2018 and 2020, were tested to …
(2025-08-31). MUSEVENI: Chinese investment drives industrial transformation. independent.co.ug 
MBALE, Uganda | Xinhua | Chinese-funded industrial parks and factories are playing a vital role in driving Uganda's industrial transformation, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on Friday. He made the remarks when visiting the Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park in the eastern city of Mbale. Museveni, who inaugurated four new Chinese-invested factories and laid foundation stones …
(2025-08-31). Solutech empowers businesses by investing in people, not just technology. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | When employers weigh new automation tools, the promise of efficiency often collides with the fear of job loss. Will staff see it as progress—or a quiet replacement plan? For Solutech Limited, the answer has always been clear: technology should empower people, not displace them. While automation tools can sharpen …
(2025-08-31). Sunday 9/21: Sun Day in San Leandro. indybay.org Boys & Girls Club of San Leandro | 2200 San Leandro Blvd. | San Leandro, CA 94577…
(2025-08-31). The strong weak man. indybay.org One could ask to what extent Donald Trump's intellectual deficits play a role in this whole disaster. The man does not seem to be very well-read, nor does he appear to have a minimum level of general or political education… And so we are left with a sobering realization: the "most powerful man in the world" is even further from being able to exert a constructive influence on geopolitics.
(2025-08-31). battle against universities and science. indybay.org Shortly after taking office, the Trump administration launched a campaign against the best American universities and the scientific system as a whole. Back in 2019, the current Vice President J.D. Vance had already publicly declared: "If we want to do what we want to do for our country and the people who live in it, we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country."
(2025-08-31). Friday 9/26: WFF Presents: American Agitators. indybay.org CineLux Green Valley Cinema – GVC, 1125 S Green Valley Rd, Watsonville,…
(2025-08-31). Looming Possibility of Invasion of Venezuela Threatens the Hemisphere. wibailoutpeople.org 
Send an email to the UN to demand its intervention for peace in Venezuela Further actions: Send an email to your US Representative calling for no invasion of Venezuela and an end to the blockade and sanctions Send an email to your US Senator If your organization is planning demonstrations, educational events, or other actions …
(2025-08-31). Orinoco Tribune News, Views and Analysis from the Global South. wibailoutpeople.org 
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko views Global South as new world center of power, Belarus as integral part of it. eng.belta.by One of the questions addressed to the head of state concerned the prospects for the development of the Global South, which is becoming an important force driving positive change against the backdrop of challenges such as geopolitical tension and rising protectionism.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko sees Belarus as connecting link in SCO economic projects. eng.belta.by First and foremost, the head of state emphasized that the SCO is an organization focused on the future.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko: We must speak loudly about the Great Victory, or everything can repeat itself. eng.belta.by The president noted that in the current extremely difficult international situation, when some are trying to distort and rewrite history, "it is very important to jointly protect the memory of our common Great Victory".
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko shares expectations from another visit to China. eng.belta.by One of the questions zeroed in on expectations from Aleksandr Lukashenko's current visit to China, which has become the 16th one for the Belarus president.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko identifies areas for Belarus-China tighter cooperation. eng.belta.by The head of state drew attention to the fact that Belarus was one of the first few countries to join the Belt and Road initiative. Belarus realized right away that these are not just pretty words, that these are concrete opportunities and prospects for the economy and for the people.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko describes Minsk-Beijing trustful dialogue as genuine diplomacy of 21st century. eng.belta.by The president was asked to evaluate China President Xi Jinping as a leader. Xinhua wondered what role diplomacy plays at the top level in the development of Chinese-Belarusian relations.
(2025-08-31). Xi Jinping calls to focus on new quality productive forces in cooperation with Belarus. eng.belta.by In his words, the China-Belarus relationship, characterized by all-weather comprehensive strategic partnership, is developing at a high level.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko believes Belarus may adopt experience in political system. eng.belta.by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed his belief that it was possible to adopt China's experience in the state's political system as he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tianjin on 31 August.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Kyrgyzstan. eng.belta.by "You can rightfully take pride in the country's successes in the field of socio-economic development and in improving the prosperity and quality of life of your citizens," the message of greetings reads.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko: Potash production is a brand of Belarus. eng.belta.by Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that potash production is a brand of Belarus and one of the most important sectors in the country's economy.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko confirms interest in strengthening relations with Malaysia. eng.belta.by The president confirmed Belarus' interest in the further strengthening of relations with Malaysia on the principles of friendship and mutual respect, as well as its readiness to expand interstate cooperation in various areas of mutual interest.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko praises China's development. eng.belta.by "You are simply excellent – China's gigantic development! People are engaged in concrete work," the Belarusian leader emphasized.
(2025-08-31). Lukashenko, Xi Jinping meet in Tianjin. eng.belta.by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a meeting in Tianjin, where the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit is taking place on 31 August-1 September.
(2025-08-31). "On Prayer" by German Spiritual Author BॠYin Râ. Part II. montanarcc.substack.com
(2025-08-31). Child of Their Time: The emotional cost of international adoptions. aljazeera.com
(2025-08-31). Big Guns Begin To Arrive … smoothiex12.blogspot.com
(2025-08-31). The SCO Summit in Tianjin and Turkey's dilemma. strategic-culture.su
(2025-08-31). Week in Pictures: From missile strikes in Kyiv to Indonesia protests. aljazeera.com
(2025-08-31). 10 big things about China you should not miss (Aug. 24-Aug. 30). ecns.cn
(2025-08-31). Xi says China always a trustworthy partner of UN. ecns.cn
(2025-08-31). Balancing risks and opportunities: New technologies and the search for missing people. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). DRC: Silence, a slow killer. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). ICRC voices: Contending with Syria's deadly legacy of war. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Myanmar: Restoring hope to families of the missing. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). To protect humanitarians is to protect communities: World Humanitarian Day 2025. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). South Sudan: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). South Sudan: The pain, memories and hope. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Stop putting targets on aid workers' backs. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi: January to June 2025 Facts & Figures. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). International Day of the Disappeared: Conflict in Sudan drives missing persons cases in Africa. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Jordan: International Day of the Disappeared – Supporting Syrian families of missing persons. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Number of missing people registered with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement up nearly 70% in five years. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Philippines: ICRC president highlights need to make international humanitarian law a political priority to support peace and stability. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). Syria: ICRC calls for sustained and collective efforts to address the issue of the missing. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). "A grave betrayal of humanity" : Abhorrent attacks on aid workers must stop. icrc.org
(2025-08-31). The principle of hopelessness. indybay.org
(2025-08-31). IDF says it hit Hezbollah infrastructure as several strikes reported in south Lebanon. haaretz.com
(2025-08-31). People's Conference for Palestine August 29, 2025 Sessions. wibailoutpeople.org
(2025-08-30). Workers' intifada against Microsoft. iacenter.org By Jim McMahan August 28, 2025 As the United Nations' world food crisis authority finally declared a famine in Gaza, direct action demonstrators protested war profiteer Microsoft, whose technology is used to aid the U.S./Israeli war, which is committing genocide in Gaza. No Azure for Apartheid demonstration on Microsoft's campus in Redwood, Washington, Aug. 20, 2025. Photo Credit: No Azure for Apartheid After months of protests in Seattle, on Aug. 20 and 21 worker-led activists took the struggle to Microsoft's vast campus in Redmond, Washington, where No Azure for Apartheid and Bilyad Seattle exposed Microsoft's…
(2025-08-30). CUNY Classes Begin With Divestment Win. popularresistance.org A new semester is beginning at the City University of New York (CUNY) with the fight against repression and for Palestine at the center. While we are facing intense crackdowns, including the firing of four faculty members over their pro-Palestine activism and the suspension of at least one student, there is also a movement fighting back. Amid these attacks, we've also had victories — most recently, a court decision forcing CUNY to disclose its investments in Israel. | As Israel escalates its genocidal campaign in Gaza, including a famine, with full support from the U.S. government, CUNY has targeted faculty…
(2025-08-30). EU science grants are funding Israeli military tech, data shows. thegrayzone.com The EU has given Israeli technology start-ups run by ex-IDF soldiers nearly half a billion euros in research grants since the start of the Gaza genocide. Some of the founders of these tech start-ups have served as reservists in Gaza, and in at least one instance the technology has been deployed to aid the genocide. This article was originally published by °Do Not Panic! The Horizon Europe program, described by the EU as 'a scientific research initiative to develop a sustainable …
(2025-08-30). Philadelphia: Press conference targets Zionist CBS. iacenter.org August 26, 2025 Activists protesting the Israeli military's killing of nearly 270 journalists in Palestine and Gaza over the past two years, including the Aug. 10 intentional assassination of Anas al-Sharif and several other journalists and photographers working for Al-Jazeera, held a press conference and rally outside the offices of CBS broadcasting in Philadelphia on Aug. 21. Press conference targets CBS for its support of Israeli genocide. Philadelphia, Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo: Joe Piette) Speakers targeted corporate media giant CBS because of its recent purchase by Larry Ellison, son of David Ellison, the secon…
(2025-08-30). Solidarity with Palestine Action! iacenter.org August 25, 2025 In July, the solidarity group Palestine Action was "proscribed" — banned — by the British government for allegedly violating the Terrorism Act, passed by Parliament in 2000. The Act prohibits "serious damage to property" even when no human beings are hurt. In the case of Palestine Action, the fact that the group allegedly broke into Royal Air Force Brize Norton and damaged two military planes by spraying paint in the engines was enough to get the group proscribed. Credit: The Guardian RAF Brize Norton is complicit in genocide in Gaza. Associated Press reports that "Planes from Brize No…
(2025-08-30). Lessons of Katrina today — Another form of U.S. ethnic cleansing. iacenter.org A cry for help during Hurricane Katrina, 2005. For almost two years now, since Oct. 7, 2023, the world has watched in horror the genocide that has taken place in Gaza at the hands of the U.S.-backed Zionist regime. The Palestinian Ministry of Health recorded on August 23 that over 62,600 Gazans have been martyred and over 157,600 have been injured since Oct. 7. The Government Media Office in Gaza reports that 1.3 million Gazans have been forcibly displaced by this genocide, another form of ethnic cleansing. (Resistance News Network) Ethnic cleansing is nothing new when it comes to settler colonialism, neocolonial…
(2025-08-30). Scars of Betrayal: Assyrians Continue to Feel Uncertainty from the Sykes-Picot Agreement. moderndiplomacy.eu Assyrians are one of the oldest continuously documented ethnic groups in history today. Their presence dates to the initial stages of human civilization and the Amorite and Sumerian periods. Assyrians have contributed immensely to human society, including siege warfare, libraries, early cuneiform, and the sciences. As war rages in the Gaza Strip and Palestinians perceive the Sykes-Picot …
(2025-08-30). Trump continues to dabble in dangerous fantasy as Netanyahu razes Gaza to the ground. mondoweiss.net 
This week, the Trump administration invited Jared Kushner and Tony Blair to the White House to discuss the "day after" in Gaza. The meeting was an exercise in fantasy, and its only intended beneficiary was not even present – Benjamin Netanyahu.
(2025-08-30). European Dockworkers And Medics To Join Global Sumud Flotilla. popularresistance.org Delegations from at least 17 European countries are preparing to join the Global Sumud Flotilla, which will set sail on Sunday, August 31, in a new attempt to break Israel's blockade of Gaza. Many of the crew members taking part in this effort to deliver urgently needed supplies have already been active in Palestine solidarity campaigns in their own countries over the past years. For them, joining the flotilla is a logical step in confronting Israel's ongoing genocide. | Belgian physician Hanne Bosselaers, active with Medics for the People (MPLP—GVHV) and the People's Health Movement (PHM), emphasized that…
(2025-08-30). Turkey Cuts All Trade Ties, Closes Airspace and Ports to Israel Over Gaza Genocide. orinocotribune.com Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that Turkey is closing its airspace and ports to Israeli aircraft and ships, and severing all economic and trade ties with Israel over its genocidal war on Gaza. | Fidan made the remarks during an address to the parliament on Friday, where he was apparently summarizing steps that Turkey has already taken against Israel or has started to implement over the regime's bloody onslaught on Gaza, which has so far killed more than 63,025 Palestinians. | "We have totally cut our trade with Israel, we have closed off our ports to Israeli ships and we are not allowing Turkish…
(2025-08-30). "Ending this genocide is transforming the world that has allowed for it to happen," says Palestinian organizer. peoplesdispatch.org Lamees Mehanna, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, spoke on the panel "Gaza is the Center of the World" at the People's Conference for Palestine…
(2025-08-30). Global Sumud Flotilla Prepares to Set Sail to Gaza. progressive.org Organizers are leading the largest civilian attempt to break Israel's blockade of Gaza.
(2025-08-30). Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail for Gaza tomorrow. skwawkbox.org 
The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which was announced last month, will set sail for Gaza from Spain tomorrow. GSF was formed by four anti-genocide groups — the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), which has sent a number of vessels to Gaza that have been illegally attacked, in one case bombed, and its crews briefly held hostage …
(2025-08-30). Irish ambassador lodges complaint with Germany after Berlin police batter Gaza genocide protester. skwawkbox.org 
Indomitable Kitty O'Brien smiles to supporters as police thugs drag her away despite bleeding face and broken arm The habitual thuggery of Berlin police toward anti-genocide protesters has been on show again in the brutal beating of well-known Irish activist Kitty O'Brien, punched repeatedly in the face and breaking her arm despite her posing no …
(2025-08-30). Even the Media's Gaza 'Investigations' Hide the Real Story of Israel's Atrocities. scheerpost.com
(2025-08-30). How the UN Could Act Today To Stop the Genocide in Palestine. scheerpost.com United Nations General Assembly 2024. Mojnsen, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By Craig …
(2025-08-30). Tehran threatens snapback retaliation, raises fears of war with Israel. longwarjournal.org Reacting to Europe's decision to initiate snapback, the reimposition of pre-2015 UN sanctions, officials and state media in the Islamic Republic issued vague threats of retaliation. While some voices have acknowledged that snapback could pave the way for war, others are downplaying its impact in an effort to prevent public panic and preserve regime morale, a contrast that suggests Tehran is bracing for the possibility of escalation.
(2025-08-30). Miccosukee Tribe Won a Battle Against Alligator Alcatraz, But the War Isn't Over. truthout.org The Miccosukee Tribe makes its home in the Florida Everglades, where a tribal village sits only a few miles from the federal immigration detention center called "Alligator Alcatraz." Residents for weeks have lived with vehicles coming and going around the clock, stadium lights illuminating the once dark nighttime sky, and the facility restricting access to the game they rely on for food. |
(2025-08-30). Sanders Demands RFK Jr. Resign as Health and Human Services Secretary. truthout.org "Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign." That's how U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) began a New York Times op-ed on Saturday, amid mounting calls for Kennedy to leave the Department of Health and Human… |
(2025-08-30). House Republicans Investigate Wikipedia for Alleged "Anti-Israel" Bias. truthout.org A pair of House Republicans is moving forward with an investigation that will seek to reveal the identities of Wikipedia editors who have edited articles to include information that portrays Israel negatively. On Wednesday, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chair of the House Oversight Committee, and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), chair of the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology… |
(2025-08-30). Racist Lies About College "Quotas" Stoke Support for Trump's War on Higher Ed. truthout.org In June 2025, the Trump administration pressured University of Virginia (UVA) president James Ryan to resign, threatening to withdraw federal funding due to an alleged lack of compliance with civil rights law. Like other elite higher education institutions such as Harvard, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, and many others targeted by the Trump administration, UVA capitulated to the… |
(2025-08-30). FEMA Employees Speak Out After Attacks on Workers Warning of Looming Disaster. truthout.org Nearly 200 employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) signed an extraordinary letter sent to Congress on August 25, denouncing the current administration's erosion of their work and warning that it risks the occurrence of another Hurricane Katrina-sized disaster. More than 30 provided their names; the rest signed anonymously. Named the Katrina Declaration, the letter was one… |
(2025-08-30). Transcript of Press TV interview, 29 August. gilbertdoctorow.com Transcript submitted by a reader www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/08/29/753998/… PressTV: 0: 19Hello and welcome to "Spotlight". Iran's ambassador to the UN has strongly rejected and condemned the E3 push to activate the snapback mechanism against Iran, which would reimpose UN sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program. Amir Saeedi Avani said the decision undermines Iran's cooperation with the IAEA …
(2025-08-30). Two short interviews with News X World (India). gilbertdoctorow.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of the first world leaders to arrive in Tianjin, China today for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit that opens tomorrow and Indian broadcasters have been very busy securing commentary from their own and foreign experts on what may be accomplished at the summit. Indeed, at various times today I …
(2025-08-30). 'Spotlight,' Press TV (Iran): E3 Move to reimpose UN sanctions. gilbertdoctorow.com France, Britain and German, European cosigners of the JCPOA agreement that provided for international monitoring of Iran's nuclear program and restrictions on uranium enrichment in exchange for lifting economic sanctions against Iran, are now poised to implement its 'snapback' provisions reimposing those sanctions within a month over allegations that Iran has failed to live up …
(2025-08-30). Spese di guerra sempre più alte. globalresearch.ca La guerra continua a divampare nel cuore dell'Europa perché è alimentata fondamentalmente dalla stessa strategia che l'ha fatta esplodere. Dopo il summit con Putin in Alaska, Trump ha detto che, se venisse raggiunto un accordo tra Russia e Ucraina, gli …
(2025-08-30). US EV sales are booming — for now. grist.org 
(2025-08-30). Air Canada flight attendants defy company, government. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt August 25, 2025 Fed up with low pay and unpaid work, around 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada went on strike on Aug. 16 just after midnight, shutting down the company. Air Canada flight attendants on strike, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Aug. 18, 2025. Later that same day the Canadian government, via Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu, ordered the workers to return to work, invoking Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code. However, the flight attendants defied the back to work order and had the backing of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents them. Th…
(2025-08-30). The legacy of Black August inspired by George Jackson. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead August 25, 2025 Monica Moorehead, a Workers World managing editor, gave the following excerpted remarks at an August 22, 2025, Workers World Party meeting in New York City in honor of Black August. Our program tonight is to honor Black August, launched in 1979 by incarcerated members of the Black Guerrilla Family in San Quentin Prison, located in California. The political motivation for Black August was to honor the memory of comrade George Jackson, assassinated by prison guards in San Quentin on Aug. 21, 1971. This atrocity took place exactly one year and two weeks after Jackson's 17-year-old…
(2025-08-30). New York: Reaching out to political prisoners. iacenter.org By Bronx Anti-War Coalition August 21, 2025 The following statement was issued by the Bronx Anti-War Coalition on Aug. 8, 2025, in recognition of Black August. The letter-writing campaign events took place on Aug. 14 in Franz Sigel Park in the Bronx, New York, and Another World in Brooklyn, New York. Go to bronxantiwar.org. What is a political prisoner? Political prisoners are people jailed on charges related to their resistance to oppression, targeted by the state for their political beliefs and/or actions. They are not imprisoned for actual crimes, but for challenging a system built on invalid, racist laws desi…
(2025-08-30). Taiwan's residents reject being Washington's proxy in its war against Socialist China. iacenter.org By Chris Fry August 23, 2025 The Pentagon's war plans against the People's Republic of China (PRC) have hit a snag. On July 27, Taiwan's residents voted to reject the ruling secessionist Democratic Peoples Party's (DPP) bid to recall 24 opposition Kuomintang (KMT) legislators. The KMT, just as pro-capitalist as the DPP, nevertheless favors continuing dialogue and improved relations with the PRC. Protest in Taiwan. And it agrees with the "one China policy" accepted by the vast majority of nations around the world. Its leaders have traveled to mainland China to hold trade and cultural talks with the PRC leadership,…
(2025-08-30). Trump's Venezuela drug war gambit and the militarization playbook at home. iacenter.org August 29, 2025 Solidarity activist Michelle Ellner takes stock of the Trump administration's escalating rhetoric, militarization and migrant crackdown. This article first appeared in venezuelanalysis.com on Aug. 17, 2025. By Michelle Ellner President Donald Trump has quietly authorized the Pentagon to carry out military operations against what his administration calls "narco-terrorist" networks in Latin America. On paper, it's a counter-narcotics policy. In practice, it serves as a green light for open-ended U.S. military action abroad, bypassing congressional approval, sidestepping international law and stretch…
(2025-08-30). Yemen denounces Israel's attacks on Sana'a, its capital. iacenter.org August 27, 2025 The Government of Change and Construction in Sana'a, Yemen (Ansarallah) made the following statement on Aug. 23, 2025, released by Resistance News Network. The "israeli" enemy launched a brutal aggression this afternoon on the capital [of Yemen] Sana'a, targeting vital facilities with its usual criminality. The vital Hazeiz power station, which illuminates the homes of innocents and powers hospitals for children and the sick, was subjected to barbaric shelling that led to widespread destruction and a power outage. The Zionist aggression also targeted a fuel station for cars, in a despicable attemp…
(2025-08-30). DAILY MEMO: Border Patrol Takes More Than 12 From Studio City Car Wash, The Most In A Single Raid. lataco.com ICE agents conducted multiple raids across Southern California, taking at least 28 people from car washes, Home Depots, a warehouse, and near a courthouse, while rapid responders in North Hollywood helped many escape by blowing whistles to alert the community. In other news, a Reseda teen was secretly transferred to Arizona, reports surfaced of brutal beatings inside Alligator Alcatraz detention, and the NYT profiled Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, who may expand his aggressive Los Angeles raid tactics nationwide.
(2025-08-30). Politicization of PECA Act. moderndiplomacy.eu The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016, also known as cybercrime law, was proposed by then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a 20-point National Action Plan to combat terrorism and to regulate online speech. The Electronic Transactions Ordinance of 2007 and the Pakistan Telecommunication Act of 1996 were insufficient. About 50 amendments were introduced before …
(2025-08-30). Southern African States Unite Behind Cultural Integration. moderndiplomacy.eu On August 19, 2025, the Library of Foreign Literature hosted the Southern African Development Community Day. The SADC's primary goal, besides regional socio-economic cooperation and integration, is to cooperate to showcase the culture among 16 countries in southern Africa. In Moscow, the heads and representatives of the diplomatic missions of Angola, Brazil, Venezuela, the Democratic …
(2025-08-30). Chinese Influence Diversification Across the World Through Toys: The Case of Labubu. moderndiplomacy.eu China's global influence today leans heavily on a nuanced blend of soft power that often surpasses its use of traditional hard power. China's strategy is distinctive in that its soft power is closely linked to its economic strength and technological capabilities, along with cultural initiatives to broaden its influence in a more subtle and enduring …
(2025-08-30). After Targeting New York AG Letitia James, Trump Targets Pro-Reparations Federal Reserve Member Lisa Cook Over Mortgage Fraud Allegations. moguldom.com Second criminal referral filed against first Black woman Fed governor as markets reject Trump's central bank interference President Donald Trump's escalating campaign against Federal Reserve independence has zeroed in on Governor Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the central bank's board, with Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte filing a second …
(2025-08-30). DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Says Trump Federal Surge in DC is Working, Thanks MAGA. moguldom.com Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has dramatically reversed course on President Trump's federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital, publicly crediting the controversial takeover with reducing crime while facing intense backlash from fellow Democrats questioning her safety and motivations. At a Wednesday press conference, Bowser displayed charts showing crime statistics and declared: "We greatly …
(2025-08-30). Who is Science Prodigy 'Sean The Science Kid'? Meet the 11-year-old Teaching Science on Social Media. moguldom.com Sean Atitsogbe gained fame for making complex scientific concepts accessible through authentic curiosity and self-taught expertise Sean Atitsogbe has become a social media phenomenon as "Sean The Science Kid," teaching complex scientific concepts to millions of followers while pursuing his dream of becoming what he calls a "neurocardio surgeon" — a term he coined at …
(2025-08-30). California Official Tony Thurmond to Convene 'Artificial Intelligence in Education' Workgroup. moguldom.com State Superintendent Tony Thurmond launches first-in-nation legislative effort to guide AI use in K-12 schools California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond will convene the first meeting of a groundbreaking Artificial Intelligence in Education workgroup Friday at the California Department of Education headquarters in Sacramento, marking the state as a national leader in addressing AI's role in …
(2025-08-30). Why Equity Formulas Are Critical for Structuring Private Equity Deals. moguldom.com 
Those who know how private equity works also know their deals can be complicated. Typically, they involve gathering loads of data and complex calculations to determine whether it's a good deal. After all, investors need to analyze every aspect of a target company before investing in it. That's when equity formulas come in handy. Unfortunately, …
(2025-08-30). Top Equity Analyst Dan Niles Raises Red Flags Over Nvidia's Earnings Report, Stock Drops. moguldom.com 
Prominent tech analyst admits being "wrong" about Nvidia after first datacenter miss since ChatGPT launch Top equity analyst Dan Niles issued a stark warning about Nvidia's latest earnings report, admitting he was "wrong" about his bullish stance after the AI chip giant posted its first datacenter revenue miss since the ChatGPT boom began in late …
(2025-08-30). Peter Thiel: Inside the Twisted Mind of a Transhumanist Billionaire. muslimskeptic.com I write often about transhumanist elites and their plot to take over the world through technology. However, there is one transhumanist in particular, Peter Thiel, along with an artificial intelligence he helped create called Palantir, that deserve to be singled out and studied more closely. And it's not just the twisted ideologies of Thiel himself …
(2025-08-30). The Fight For The Roof Depot Continues. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, MN — On August 11, 2025, the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) held a press conference in front of the Roof Depot site. They have fought continuously for three years around the Roof Depot issue, which was sparked when the City of Minneapolis wanted to demolish the former Sears warehouse building on 27th Street and Longfellow Avenue. The building had been built when a pesticide plant was in operation nearby, and it had effectively trapped arsenic particulates; this was the main reason the community stopped the demolition — to avoid being poisoned by toxic clouds. The city's origi…
(2025-08-30). Israel escalates attacks on Yemen, killing several ministers. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has renewed its aggression on Yemen with two major aerial attacks that targeted the capital, Sanaa, on Sunday, August 24, and Thursday, August 28. | At least The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) claimed in a statement that Sunday's strikes were launched in response to Ansar Allah's repeated attacks against Israel. | The IOF's…
(2025-08-30). Russia, China, Reject Attempt of E3 To Reimpose Sanctions on Iran Over Nuclear Program. scheerpost.com U.S. Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0 In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible By Juan Cole / Ann Arbor (Inform…
(2025-08-30). Essentials For Fighting ICE. popularresistance.org Since Donald Trump' s inauguration, ICE has ramped up aggressive attempts to abduct and deport community members across the country. ICE's tactics and strategies aren't new. It's important to remember that every president (yes, even Barack Obama & Joe Biden) and congress has increased ICE's budget since its creation in 2003. ICE threatening more and more people has always been a logical conclusion of its existence. ICE must be abolished. | Trump's current "Border Czar" Tom Homan (a West Carthage, New York native who began his career as a West Carthage Police Officer) was first appointed to an executive direc…
(2025-08-30). Why We Remember Katrina. popularresistance.org Hurricane Katrina first struck the United States on August 25, 2025 making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, the least powerful storm in that designation. But after being downgraded to the category of tropical storm, it gained strength as it traveled into the Gulf of Mexico and again reached hurricane status, making landfall again in Mississippi and Louisiana on August 29, 2025. | Residents of Mobile, Alabama, Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, and New Orleans and other Louisiana cities were all devastated by the storm surge. Twenty years later when we think of Katrina it is the images from New Orlean…
(2025-08-30). A Funny Thing Happened to US Warships on Their Way to The Caribbean: The Invasion That Wasn't. orinocotribune.com By Maria Páez Victor — Aug 28, 2025 | The USA has deployed two warships, an armed nuclear submarine and 4,500 troops to the Caribbean Sea. According to Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, their supposed mission is to combat drug trafficking and a drug cartel called "Cartel de los Soles" [Cartel of the Sun's]. Rubio claims that it is led by President Maduro, and he insists that it is intent on "flooding" the US with narcotics. He
(2025-08-30). Supreme Court Asks Why It Shouldn't Gut The Voting Rights Act. popularresistance.org In what may prove to be the most consequential redistricting case to come before the Supreme Court, Louisiana is urging the court to gut the main provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) and ban any consideration of race in redistricting. Louisiana filed its brief after the high court on August 1 asked the parties whether compliance with Section 2 of the (VRA) violates the Constitution's 14th or 15th Amendments. By framing that question, the court may be signaling its intention to eviscerate the VRA. | Louisiana v. Callais reached the Supreme Court after a coalition of civil rights organizations and Black…
(2025-08-30). From Amnesia to Remembrance: The Unfinished Story of the 'Comfort Women'. orinocotribune.com By Liu Tianyang — Aug 28, 2025 | More than 80 years after World War II, one of its darkest legacies remains painfully unresolved. An estimated 400,000 women from China, Korea, the Philippines, Indonesia and beyond were forced into sexual slavery by Japan's military — a brutal system that killed many and left survivors with lifelong trauma. For decades, these "comfort women" lived in silence, their wartime wounds hidden from history. That began to change in 1991 when South Korean survivor Kim Hak-sun broke the silence and told her story to the world. Her courage inspired thousands of other survivors acr…
(2025-08-30). Washington Blocks Palestinian Leaders From Attending UN General Assembly. popularresistance.org In an unprecedented move, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on 29 August revoked visas for Palestinian Authority (PA) leaders scheduled to attend the UN General Assembly in New York in September. | The State Department justified the move by citing PA payments to the families of Palestinian martyrs, President Mahmoud Abbas' plan to use a "constitutional declaration" to declare an independent Palestinian state at the General Assembly meeting, and Palestinian efforts to hold Israel accountable for war crimes in international courts. | "The Palestinian Authority must also cease its attempts to circumvent the negotiat…
(2025-08-30). Clearing The Air … smoothiex12.blogspot.com regarding this story which originated in Chinese tabloid Sohu which used term "gift" from Russia before Putin's official visit to Beijing. This "gift" thingy then started to be propagated all over the place in Russian (incompetent) media. Here is Vzglyad:
All this "gift" BS is just that ⚪ BS. Russia is not making any "gifts" to Ch…
(2025-08-30). I Agree That He Was Always A Fraud … smoothiex12.blogspot.com albeit Born in the USA should it have been written from the moral and civic position of such people like Roger Waters it would have been a great protest song but it wouldn't be "anti-American", unless this Lewis guy wants to believe that the US went to Vietnam to do humanitarian work and not "to go and kill a yellow man". If Aaron doesn't understand that the US killed millions of Vietnamese civilians and that the US, certainly, deserved this "anti-American" song ⚪ he should have his head examined. But then again ⚪ explaining to people like Lewis what war crimes and crimes against humanity are will be exercise…
(2025-08-30). Whose Workers, Whose Wages? A Revolutionary Intervention Against the Imperial Left's China Syndrome. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish pieces older than two weeks. However, an exception is being made in this case as the current article remains as relevant today as when it was first published. | By Prince Kapone — Jun 10, 2025 | While China brings electricity, roads, and rail to the Global South, the imperial left brings its measuring tape—only to weep over wage gaps. But whose gap are they really mourning? And in whose name? | Bricks, Not Sermons: The Scale of Struggle in Concrete Terms
| In the war for the future of the Global South, China is laying bricks while the Wes…
(2025-08-30). "We will not stop" : Palestinian Youth Movement organizer opens People's Conference with fearless challenge to Zionism. peoplesdispatch.org 
Taher Dahleh, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement and a labor leader in the Communications Workers of America gives opening remarks at Peoples Conference for Palestine…
(2025-08-30). Does The House Have The Grit To 'Block The Bombs' To Israel? progressivehub.net JOHN RAMMING CHAPPELL AND ANNIE SHIEL | RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT…
(2025-08-30). Bolivia's Judiciary Releases 2 Politicians Involved in 2019 Coup. orinocotribune.com In a ruling widely criticized by social and political organizations, the Supreme Court of Justice of Bolivia ordered the release of two participants of the 2019 coup, Marco Antonio Pumari and Luis Fernando Camacho, from prison. Camacho, who was formerly the governor of the province of Santa Cruz, has been placed under house arrest. There are ongoing judicial proceedings against both of them for their roles in the coup against Evo Morales that ended with Jeanine àÅñez's self-proclamation as the president of the country. | Preventive detention measures lifted
| The Supreme Court also lifted the preventi…
(2025-08-30). Venezuela VP: We Are Ready to Defend Our Homeland. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan vice president and minister of petroleum, Delcy Rodríguez, highlighted the bravery of the workers who responded to the military enlistment call made by President Nicolás Maduro to defend the homeland in the face of US invasion threats. | "We are ready. For the love of Venezuela," said Rodríguez in a speech delivered on Friday, August 29, at an event in the El Palito Refinery in the state of Carabobo, one of the largest oil refining complexes in the country. "Venezuela is not a threat. Venezuela is hope." | The enlistment drive, called by President Nicolás Maduro, is part of the Simón Bolívar Great…
(2025-08-30). Venezuelans Enlist in Bolivarian Militia Amid US Intervention Threats. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelans flocked to various designated points across the country to enlist in the ranks of the Bolivarian Militia this Friday, August 29, and Saturday, August 30, nationwide. | Since early hours on Friday, young people, workers, and various sectors of the country have enlisted with joy and patriotism to commit to joining in the defense of national sovereignty. | The majority of attendees express their firm repudiation of US invasion threats and the destabilization narratives promoted by the far right through their media campaigns. | For this new enlistment drive, the Bolivarian Militia set up approximately a t…
(2025-08-30). Venezuela Repatriates Over 500 Migrants From US Amid Tensions. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( The most recent flight, number 63 from the United States,
(2025-08-30). Venezuelan youth train to "defend the Homeland and construct the future" amid US escalation. peoplesdispatch.org 
The youth wing of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) carried out "Basic Revolutionary Resistance Training" over the past week in the Venezuelan state La Guaira. On the evening of August 28, the youth participated in a 10 kilometer night march led by Secretary General of PSUV, Diosdado Cabello. The training took place amid …
(2025-08-30). Call to action! Political Prisoners for Palestine on hunger strike from Britain to the U.S. samidoun.net T. Hoxha is a Palestine activist who has been imprisoned for 9 months without trial in connection with the so-called Filton 24 case. This case is part of the targeting of Palestine Action — including its recent proscription in Britain — the activist group accused of participating in an action against the site of leading …
(2025-08-30). Remembering the Haitian Revolution: The slave revolt that founded a new nation. therealnews.com 
In August 1791, slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue revolted, rising up by the thousands. Within ten days they've taken over the whole northern province. By the following year, they controlled a third of the colony. It was the spark that would ignite the Haitian revolution — a 13-year-long endeavour. Independence would finally come on January …
(2025-08-30). Support for Labor Unions Near Historic High as Trump Trashes Working Class. scheerpost.com
(2025-08-30). These Billionaires Have Already Spent $19 Million in a Bid to Defeat Mamdani. scheerpost.com
(2025-08-30). Why is Putin OK with Ukraine joining the EU? responsiblestatecraft.org
(2025-08-30). If They Believe That Even … smoothiex12.blogspot.com
(2025-08-30). Yes, And Then He Would Run To His Office … smoothiex12.blogspot.com
(2025-08-30). Our America: Of Peace, of War, and Other Demons. orinocotribune.com