(2025-12-06). Sudan's War, UAE Gold, And The Rise Of Anti-Imperialist Alliances. popularresistance.org Even as the U.S. empire's gaze is turned towards Venezuela, it continues to meddle in Africa. Foreign intervention is fueling a bitter civil war in Sudan, the Trump administration is pushing a line about a genocide against Christians in Nigeria, with an eye on military intervention, and across the Sahel region, anti-imperialist forces continue to rise and organize, dreaming of a united, pan-African continent that will resist American imperialism and reject Israeli colonization. | Joining MintCast host Mnar Adley today to talk about the continent is Ahmed Kaballo. Ahmed is a British-Sudanese journalist and the CEO…
(2025-12-06). UN: Dec. 5] Security Council Visits Lebanon Syria, Unpaid UN Dues Piling Up Lots More. passblue.com 
This Week @UN: UN crossword, anyone?; Trump targets the Refugee Convention; Slovenia softens on SG race; Russia must return Ukrainian children. Plus: Billions of unpaid UN dues; separate Israeli airstrikes hit Syria and Lebanon; Myanmar #1 in opium; Sudan death spiral; real peace in Congo? • For the first time in six years, the UN …
(2025-12-06). CPJ, 29 others call on UN to act on 'unprecedented' rights abuses in Tanzania. CPJ Staff
(2025-12-06). Martín Mosquera: The Meaning of Milei. newleftreview.org With Latin America in Trump's cross-hairs, a report from Buenos Aires on the social stalemate that allowed far-right firebrand Javier Milei to impose the harshest shock therapy in Argentina's history. Mosquera mobilizes the conceptual legacies of Gramsci, Trotsky, Otto Bauer and Angelo Tasca to identify the function of the region's highly successful new rights.
(2025-12-06). Lord Macaulay: Saint or Sinner? ummid.com While the Modi tribe is blaming Macaulay for our ills, the Dalit thinkers like Chandrabhan Prasad are hailing the contribution of Macaulay in laying the foundations which in due course led to the struggle for dignity and rights of equality for Dalit and marginalized sections of society.
(2025-12-06). NEP 2020 and Silent Erosion of Minority Rights. ummid.com The National Education Policy 2020 represents a quiet and comprehensive restructuring of Higher Education that never once acknowledges the existence of constitutional Minority Rights.
(2025-12-06). UN General Assembly passes 5 pro-Palestine resolutions. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — The UN General Assembly has adopted five resolutions concerning Palestine, including measures on refugee assistance, UNRWA's mandate, Palestinian property rights, human rights violations, and Israeli settlements.
(2025-12-06). Iran's Maritime Power Play: Strategic Patterns and the 2024 Strait of Hormuz Crisis. moderndiplomacy.eu As global geopolitical attention is fixated on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Iran has chosen to optimize its strategic position in the most advantageous area, the Strait of Hormuz. The detention of the tanker St. Nikolas by Iran's rapid response forces from a helicopter in January 2024 (BBC News, 2025) was not the first …
(2025-12-06). Israeli military stages new incursion into Syria's Beit Jinn. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — Local sources in Syria report that Israeli forces carried out a new incursion into the Beit Jinn area near Damascus, deploying tanks and armored vehicles into an abandoned military site.
(2025-12-06). Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of attacking Kandahar. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — The Afghan interim government has accused Pakistan of carrying out a cross-border attack on Kandahar, claiming that Afghan forces successfully repelled the incursion.
(2025-12-06). Resistance leader warns against US, Israel crimes. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 06 (MNA) — Shaykh Akram al-Kaabi, secretary-general of the al-Nujaba Islamic Resistance Movement, has strongly warned against the continuation of the American and Israeli crimes in the region.
(2025-12-06). Ancient Tea Horse Road: A testament to collaboration among diverse ethnic groups. ecns.cn Today, fresh tea from a thousand miles away can be delivered the next day. However, about thirteen centuries ago, to accomplish this, it required couriers to travel for about half a year along the Ancient Tea Horse Road — a testament to how commerce persisted even across the most challenging terrain and geographical obstacles.
(2025-12-06). Civilian Assassinations Reach 86 in US Military's Killing Spree. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( In a social media post, the US military wrote the strike was ordered by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. "On Dec. 4, at the direction of Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal ki…
(2025-12-06). Loose Talk in a Nuclear Age: The Case for Rhetorical Restraint and Diplomacy. moderndiplomacy.eu There is an old wartime maxim—dating to the First World War—that "loose lips sink ships." It warned American sailors and civilians alike that careless speech could reveal troop movements or naval deployments to enemy spies and lead to catastrophic losses at sea. The warning remains true, but today the stakes are vastly higher: loose talk …
(2025-12-05). Iraq demands accountability after erroneous wording appears in anti-terror decree. tehrantimes.com Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Thursday directed authorities to open an immediate investigation into a significant editorial error that appeared in a counter-terrorism decision published last month in Iraq's official gazette.
(2025-12-05). Sudan's Khartoum needs 'urgent' help due to severe food shortages: Report. aljazeera.com Report by NGOs also finds healthcare system largely not functioning in Khartoum, months after city recaptured by army.
(2025-12-05). Go Tell It on the Mountain: Genocide is Wrong. counterpunch.org 
Israel and its partners continue to wage genocide against the Palestinian people. Those who, so far, have survived the hideous attacks since October 7, 2023, now face ongoing jeopardy. Hemmed in by yet another military border, over two million Palestinians in "East Gaza" live amid rubble, unexploded ordnance, decaying corpses, starvation conditions, and the uncertainties
(2025-12-05). Several nations boycott Eurovision over Gaza genocide. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands and Slovenia announced they would not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, after it was decided Israel would be allowed to compete.
(2025-12-05). Tuesday 12/9: Webinar: Recognizing and Punishing Genocide. indybay.org Zoom | bit.ly/tlaib-townhall…
(2025-12-05). Havana Film Festival fires up the projectors and the miracle continues. radiohc.cu A meeting place for lovers of the seventh art and a source of nightmares for the enemies of the Cuban Revolution, the 46th edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema got underway Thursday evening in Havana… and the miracle continues. | In her opening remarks at the Charles Chaplin Theater in Havana, Festival Director Tania Delgado drew attention to the dangers currently looming over the region, whose peace is once again threatened by the hostility of the U.S. government. | She also expressed the festival's solidarity with the Palestinian cause and denounced the Israeli genocide, a cause…
(2025-12-05). Spain, Ireland, Slovenia, Netherlands Boycott Eurovision Over Israel's Inclusion. truthout.org Four countries have announced that they are boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2026 because of the organizers' much-criticized decision to allow Israel to continue participating in the competition, despite its genocide. Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands are pulling out of the competition for next year, after the body behind the competition, the European Broadcasting Union… |
(2025-12-05). Milwaukee4Palestine: Sign the petition! Louis Fortis and the editors of the Shepherd Express: Shepherd Express Denies GENOCIDE Demand Better Journalism Now. wibailoutpeople.org 
Milwaukee4Palestine Click here to share this petition on Facebook. Click here to share this petition on Twitter. Or you can send your friends this link: actionnetwork.org/petitions/shepherd-exp… Copy and paste this email to friends to spread the word: Subject: Sign the petition! Louis Fortis and the editors of the Shepherd Express: Shepherd Express Denies GENOCIDE — …
(2025-12-05). Microsoft Faces Reckoning For Assisting Israel's Genocide In Gaza. popularresistance.org Ahead of its annual shareholders meeting on December 5, Microsoft is coming under mounting pressure to reconsider its relationship with the Israeli military, which has used the tech giant's products to carry out the genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. | In an open letter to the company released on Tuesday, December 2, an international coalition of legal aid groups said Microsoft and its executives potentially face legal liability for "aiding and abetting … atrocity crimes" committed by the Israeli military against Palestinian civilians. | "Over the last few months, it has become exceedingly…
(2025-12-05). Inside Coca-Cola's Multi-Billion Dollar Theft Of Trade Secrets. popularresistance.org Since 2004, as part of the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke, I have attended Coca-Cola's annual meetings of shareholders to confront The Coca-Cola Company's chief executives and board members over the company's involvement in horrific human rights abuses and other criminal behavior. | These meetings often became confrontational and tense. I was violently attacked from behind while standing at the microphone raising issues of Coca-Cola's complicity in deadly human rights abuses perpetrated against union leaders in Colombia. The assailants turned out to be Wilmington, Delaware police dressed in plain clothes moonlighti…
(2025-12-05). Witch Hunt: The Heretic and the Inquisition: Why the West Fears Francesca Albanese. counterpunch.org 
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, represents a systemic, existential threat to the narrative of "Western Civilization" and the myth of supremacy peddled daily by the establishment. Within the Italian media landscape, Maurizio Molinari (former director of La Repubblica and La
(2025-12-05). Colombia: Armed Groups Strangle Southern Communities, HRW Says. eurasiareview.com Armed groups in Colombia's southern state of Putumayo, have tightened their control over citizens' daily lives and committed grave abuses against civilians, particularly in Indigenous communities, Human Rights Watch said. | Since 2023, the government has been in peace talks with several armed groups that control parts of Putumayo, which is on the Ecuador border. While some negotiating parties have reached agreements to destroy weapons and replace coca crops with food, armed groups continue to establish control over and abuse people living in the area. The armed groups have killed community leaders, recruited c…
(2025-12-05). Annual Report 2024 – 2025. aclusocal.org 
Dear friends,Thanks to your generous partnership, we are at the forefront of the fight against authoritarianism in our country.From our ongoing lawsuit challenging ICE raids in our region, to our recent victory affirming the First Amendment rights of journalists and protestors, to our win against book banning in Huntington Beach, your support enables our defense of fundamental rights protected by our Constitution. This brief report describes just a few of our local wins.Your philanthropy has also enabled our ACLU colleagues across the nation to halt Trump's attacks on birthright citizenship and voting rights,…
(2025-12-05). Russian MFA reveals nothing on Putin-Witkoff meet, rejecting Western spin. hindustantimes.com Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the Kremlin will not disclose details of President Vladimir Putin's nearly five‚Äëhour meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, stressing the talks are "focused on results, not on external appearances." She dismissed Western coverage claiming Moscow rejected US proposals, calling the conversation "useful and constructive," and used the briefing to attack the EU's "moral authority," accusing Brussels of weaponising human rights and ignoring alleged abuses in Ukraine while selectively pressuring other states.
(2025-12-05). IndiGo cancels 400 more flights as week-long meltdown strands tens of thousands. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- India's largest airline, IndiGo, scrapped more than 400 flights on Friday, deepening a week-long operational crisis that has disrupted travel for tens of thousands and drawn heightened scrutiny from regulators. Delhi airport alone logged over 220 cancellations and delays, while Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune reported severe knock-on disruptions.IndiGo, holder of over 60% of India's domestic aviation market, blamed the collapse on "unforeseen operational challenges," chiefly an acute pilot shortage triggered by new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules that took effect this month.PTI PHOTO | S…
(2025-12-05). The Reluctant Hegemon: China's Strategic Rejection of Global Currency Primacy. moderndiplomacy.eu Ever since the 2008 global financial crisis, a popular narrative has assumed that China's rise will inevitably push the Chinese yuan (Renminbi, RMB) to replace the U.S. dollar as the world's dominant reserve currency. The logic seems straightforward: China is now the world's second-largest economy and its biggest trading nation, so surely its currency will …
(2025-12-05). Why Japan Just Humiliated China's Red-Line Threats. thinktank.pk the Taiwan Strait remains a flashpoint of global tension, with recent exchanges between Tokyo and Beijing amplifying fears of miscalculation. A recent commentary from a Chinese state-affiliated outlet lambasts Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for "evasiveness" on Taiwan policy, demanding a "comprehensive explanation" to avert a "deeper crisis." Yet, this narrative overlooks Japan's consistent adherence …
(2025-12-05). UAE-backed STC captures major Hadramout and Al-Mahra cities and oilfields. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces tightened their grip on Hadramout on Thursday, seizing key cities, military sites, and the PetroMasila oilfields in a sweeping offensive that has upended Yemen's southern balance of power. The campaign, dubbed Promising Future, has brought nearly one-third of Yemen's territory under STC influence, deepening fears that the anti-Houthi coalition is fracturing beyond repair.STC-aligned Hadrami Elite Forces took control of Seiyun on Wednesday after brief clashes with units from the First Military Region, capturing the presidential palace, the…
(2025-12-05). EU hits Musk's X with $140m fine for 'deceptive' blue tick, ad transparency. aljazeera.com Landmark penalty triggers US fury as Brussels enforces first digital transparency sanction.
(2005-12-25). Forest Department recovers 800 acres in Lal Sohanra National Park. tribune.com.pk 
The Punjab Forest Department has reclaimed nearly 800 acres of forest land in Lal Sohanra National Park that had been under illegal occupation for almost four decades. The recovered land had been controlled by occupying groups for an extended period, and its return is part of ongoing efforts to manage and conserve the province's forest resources. | According to the Forest Department, the operation was conducted under the direct supervision of a senior provincial minister, who monitored all stages of the operation in real time. The operation involved GIS lab experts, field forces, forest officers, forest guards…
(2025-12-05). Iran condemns US sanctions as 'crimes against humanit. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 05 (MNA) — Iran has strongly condemned US-imposed unilateral sanctions on the occasion of the newly established International Day against Unilateral Coercive Measures, describing them as "illegal, inhuman, and crimes against humanity."
(2025-12-05). British soldiers accused of more abuses in Kenya: What we know. aljazeera.com British soldiers training in Kenya abused women and caused environmental destruction for years, parliament has said.
(2025-12-05). West Contra Costa California educators and classified workers launch joint strike. wsws.org The strike by 3,000 educators and support staff has shut down normal operations in one of the San Francisco Bay Area's largest school districts.
(2025-12-05). ICE Now Grabbing People Out Of Churches. popularresistance.org Chicago — ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), in an ever-expanding unconstitutional crime spree, is ushering in the Christmas season by launching immigration raids inside churches across the country. Trump's holiday gift to the nation is the administration's new policy that it is legal to enter churches as people worship and round them up in the immigration raids happening from coast to coast. | Not waiting for the fightback on the part of immigrants and their supporters that has already begun, ICE agents began their terror campaign here in Chicago on a recent Sunday.
(2025-12-05). How the Jewish Chronicle Weaponizes 'Antisemitism' to Fuel a Moral Panic. counterpunch.org On Yom Kippur, two British Jews were killed at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester, during a cruel, antisemitic act of violence. One of them was accidentally shot by police. Later that week, while discussing antisemitism at the dinner table, my teenage son, who frequents a high school in Hackney, London, took out his phone and displayed
(2025-12-05). President calls on men to take lead in GBV fight. sanews.gov.za President calls on men to take lead in GBV fight | President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on South African men to stand up and be counted in the national fight against gender-based violence (GBV), warning that the country faces a pandemic of violence that will continue to destroy families and communities unless men take responsibility. ⚪ Addressing delegates at the 2025 Men's Indaba at Lemo Green Park in Bloemfontein on Thursday, the President said he was encouraged to see "brothers, fathers, grandfathers, uncles and sons of our nation" gathered with a shared purpose. ⚪ "You are here because you recognise that…
(2025-12-05). DOJ Plans to End Sexual Violence Protections for Incarcerated LGBTQIA+ People. truthout.org The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state, and local prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities, according to a government memo obtained by Prism. The memo, dated Dec. 2, takes aim at existing standards of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) that the department says do not comport with the Trump administration's… |