(2025-12-28). Iraq says it is preparing to host Iran-US Talks in Baghdad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani reportedly said his country is making efforts to arrange a bilateral meeting between Iran and the United States in Baghdad to resume dialogue.
(2025-12-28). Bilawal proposes Zardari to lead political healing. tribune.com.pk 
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has offered the services of his father, President Asif Ali Zardari, to spearhead the process of political reconciliation in the country, tacitly extending an olive branch to Imran Khan's beleaguered PTI. | "The political forces will have to find a political path," Bilawal said while addressing thousands of people at his party's public meeting held to commemorate the 18th death anniversary of his mother, former prime minister and PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto. | "The opposition parties will have to practice responsible politics, and those in power will have to keep the count…
(2025-12-28). AI: Bizarre Nationwide UAE Government Propaganda Khutbah. muslimskeptic.com One of the grave realities about the UAE is that it keeps coming up with new ways to distort Islam and make it into being pro-Israel, pro-genocide, and pro-evil. The latest of these efforts arrives in the form of a nationwide government-produced Friday khutbah (sermon) that is essentially an AI glaze-fest. UAE Friday Khutbahs Are …
(2025-12-28). Trump's Christmas Day strikes on Nigeria beg question: Why Sokoto? responsiblestatecraft.org For the first time since President Trump publicly excoriated Nigeria's government for allegedly condoning a Christian genocide, Washington made good on its threat of military action on Christmas Day when U.S. forces conducted airstrikes against two alleged major positions of the Islamic State (IS-Sahel) in northwestern Sokoto state. According to several sources familiar with the operation, the airstrike involved at least
(2025-12-28). 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.
(2025-12-28). Dr Hussam Abu Safia's Family Demand His Release From Israeli Prison. popularresistance.org Exactly one year after Israeli forces kidnapped Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, relatives and health officials renewed demands for his release on 27 December, citing his deteriorating health. | The anniversary prompted statements from Gaza authorities and international rights groups calling for disclosure of his fate and an end to his arbitrary detention. | Occupation forces took Dr. Abu Safia on 27 December 2024 during a military raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia. | At the time, the hospital was the last operational medical center serving northern Gaza. Witness accounts said he was d…
(2025-12-28). Quiet courage of ordinary people can rebuild a world in crisis. scmp.com My son, who is almost four, has recently become obsessed with the universe. He can recite the planets of the solar system and tell anyone who will listen that Pluto — his favourite — was once a planet but was reclassified as a "dwarf planet" in 2006. | Now that he has a sense of scale and size, he has developed a habit of comparing everything: an ant is smaller than a leaf, the Earth is smaller than the sun, the sun is just a dot in the galaxy, and the galaxy is a tiny part of the universe.
(2025-12-28). Economists Call For The Suspension Of Sri Lanka's Debt. popularresistance.org The Institute of Political Economy (IPE), Sri Lanka and the UK-based Debt Justice issued a joint statement demanding the International Monetary Fund (IMF) suspend Sri Lanka's debt repayment to help it tackle its prolonged economic crisis compounded by Cyclone Ditwah. | The statement, signed by over 120 well-known economists from across the world including Jayati Ghosh and Utsa Patnaik from India, Nobel-prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, and French economist Thomas Piketty, asks the IMF to prioritize the welfare of people and their development over financial obligations to external creditors.
(2025-12-28). Joint international operations seize 952 suspects, demolish 494 scam-related buildings in Myanmar. ecns.cn China, Myanmar and Thailand have jointly launched a new round of crackdown on cross-border gambling and telecom fraud, repatriating 952 Chinese nationals suspected of telecom fraud back to China and demolishing 494 buildings linked to gambling and scam crimes in Myanmar's KK Park, authorities said.
(2025-12-28). China urges Japan to reflect on history of aggression. ecns.cn China urges Japan to face up to and do soul-searching on its history of aggression, and show repentance for militaristic crimes and respect for the victims through concrete actions, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
(2025-12-28). Iran, Qatar urge end to attacks on civilians in Gaza, Lebanon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) — Iranian and Qatari foreign ministers exchanged views on developments in Palestine, Lebanon, and Yemen during a telephone call.
(2025-12-28). Maulana Fazlur Rehman: An Indian Supporter In Pakistan. ummid.com Pakistani opposition leader and Chief of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), Maulana Fazlur Rehman delivered a pointed critique of Pakistan's military leadership, specifically targeting Army chief Asim Munir and the country's policy toward Afghanistan.
(2025-12-28). Xinjiang ramps up cotton, textiles biz. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region is leveraging its strengths in cotton production, energy resources, strategic location, and supportive policies to restructure and upgrade its textile and apparel industry value chain.
(2025-12-28). What Russia's Support for Venezuela Signals to Washington. moderndiplomacy.eu Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's expression of "serious concern" over U.S. military activity in the Caribbean seas, delivered during a call with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil, is less about immediate military realities than about strategic messaging. On the surface, the exchange reads as routine diplomatic solidarity between two sanctioned states aligned against Washington. Yet …
(2025-12-28). Stronger RMB points to resilience. ecns.cn The recent strengthening of the renminbi against the US dollar reflects the resilience of China's economic fundamentals and the improving stability of its financial system, while a weaker dollar has also provided external support for the renminbi's gains, economists said.
(2025-12-28). China sets world record in maglev technology by reaching 700 km/h in 2 seconds. ecns.cn "By promoting deeper integration between industry, academia, research and application, we aim to support independent innovation in national defense science and technology.""ÄÄ"ÄÄThe vehicle reaches the end of the test track.
(2025-12-28). Land-sea trade corridor key to regional progress. ecns.cn China has rolled out a package of financial measures to support the development of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, officials said, underscoring the country's commitment to advancing high-quality Belt and Road cooperation amid complex global geopolitical and economic conditions.
(2025-12-28). Russia still stands for establishment of Palestinian State. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that Moscow still supports the establishment of a Palestinian State.
(2025-12-28). Trumpist fascism: The worm turns. links.org.au 
Kevin B. Anderson — The Trumpist fascist overreach has led to increased support for a wide array of forms of resistance.
(2025-12-28). Support CN at 30: The Meaning of Independent Media. consortiumnews.com During Consortium News' 30th Anniversary, Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria explains what independent media and ethics mean to CN. CN Editor Joe Lauria made the following brief remarks at the Mut Zum Ethiks conference in Switzerland in August. The min. audio recording…
(2025-12-28). Strengthening Congress: A Call for Organizational Renewal. devdiscourse.com During the Congress's 140th Foundation Day, Shashi Tharoor supported the views of his colleague Digvijaya Singh on the need to strengthen the party organization.
(2025-12-28). Language, Bias, and Violence: Why We Must Name Terrorism Fairly. ummid.com Defending Islam requires more than citing scripture. It demands consistent, visible rejection of violence from within Muslim communities, while the global community must judge acts of terror by what they are—not by who commits them.
(2025-12-28). Christmas 2025: Widespread violence, intimidation against Christians in India. ummid.com Reports of widespread violence and intimidation against Christians are being reported from different parts of India on the eve and day of Christmas Thursday December 25, 2025.
(2025-12-27). Sudan's RSF kill at least 200 people in latest string of attacks. newarab.com 
The According to the network, the RSF attacked civilians in various areas, including in Ambro, Sarba, and Abu Qumra. | In a press statement, the network cited "testimonies from survivors who arrived at displacement camps in the Tina region of Ch…
(2025-12-27). Sudanese RSF offensive near Chad border leaves hundreds dead, villages in ashes. tehrantimes.com More than 200 people, including women and children, were killed in ethnically motivated RSF attacks in parts of Darfur, the Sudan Doctors Network said, citing survivor testimonies from displacement camps near the Sudan—Chad border.
(2025-12-27). Gaza genocide and collapse of human conscience. tehrantimes.com History will record this moment not as a triumph of civilization, but as its absolute moral collapse. In Gaza, more than 70,000 innocent human beings—the overwhelming majority women, mothers, pregnant women, and children—have been systematically annihilated. Their crime? Being born Palestinian. Their punishment? Death under rubble, starvation, and fire. And the world, with all its institutions, governments, and self-proclaimed guardians of humanity, stood by in silence.
(2025-12-27). The Epstein Incompetence, Trump Bombs Nigeria The Gaza Genocide Continues. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/27/25). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the
(2025-12-27). B'Tselem and Amnesty warn Gaza genocide is not over. thecanary.co 
Israeli human rights organisation, B'Tselem, issued a statement affirming that Israeli violence in Gaza has continued, despite claims of a ceasefire. As coverage from Skwawkbox and the Canary has underlined, the sham ceasefire, brokered by the US, has been repeatedly been called into question, with reports of continued military attacks on civilians in the Gaza […] | By
(2025-12-27). 2025 Was a Year of Chaos for Reproductive Rights Under the Trump Administration. truthout.org With a decidedly anti-choice Trump administration taking office at its start, 2025 was poised to be yet another brutal year for abortion rights. Advocates feared the imminent resurgence of the Comstock Act, an 1873 law that made it a criminal offense to share contraceptives, abortifacients, and information about either across state lines or through the mail. As of now, the last month of this… |
(2025-12-27). Venezuela: UN Report Demonstrates Illegality of US Blockade. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government stated that the recent report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) constitutes a resounding legal and political condemnation of the armed blockade imposed by the United States. The report demonstrates that this policy gravely violates international law and the Charter of the United Nations. | On Wednesday, December 24, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil highlighted that the statement by independent UN experts confirms what Venezuela has been stating for years: that Washington is carrying out a colonial-style strategy of threats, force, and plun…
(2025-12-27). End of the Dream of One Caribbean or Renewal of the Vision. orinocotribune.com By Isaac Saney — Dec 22, 2025 | Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's declaration that CARICOM is no longer a reliable partner, coupled with her insistence that Trinidad and Tobago must now "choose our path," marks a potentially historic rupture in the long and fragile project of Caribbean unity. Coming at a moment of intensifying global instability, renewed U.S. imperial assertiveness, and deepening ecological crisis, her statement raises a stark and unsettling question: are we witnessing the death blow to the dream of a unified Caribbean, or a moment that will force a long-overdue r…
(2025-12-27). Expert predicts Europe's political and economic downfall. eng.belta.by Dmitry Kulikov noted that the world is facing a global crisis of Western civilization, which has been ongoing for "a considerable number of decades". However, in the publicist's opinion, this crisis has not yet reached its peak.
(2025-12-27). Venezuela's oil and the crisis of US imperialism. wsws.org Behind the US regime change operation aginst Venezuela is the unique, strategic role, Venezuela plays in the global economy — the largest holder of so-called "proven" oil reserve in the world.
(2025-12-27). Amid Intense Clashes, Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Second Ceasefire. moderndiplomacy.eu Thailand and Cambodia reached a second ceasefire on Saturday, ending weeks of severe border fighting, which resulted in over 101 deaths and displaced more than half a million people. The ceasefire took effect at noon (0500 GMT) and was confirmed by a Thai Defence Ministry spokesperson, who reported no gunfire since its start. Prior to …
(2025-12-27). Thailand and Cambodia agree to 'immediate' ceasefire. newarab.com 
At least 47 people were killed and more than a million displaced in three weeks of fighting with artillery, tanks, drones and jets, according to official tallies. | The conflict spread to nearly every border province on both sides, shattering an ear…
(2025-12-27). Muraveiko: Oreshnik system deploys in minutes. eng.belta.by The deployment time for the Oreshnik missile system is a matter of minutes, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces — First Deputy Defense Minister of Belarus Pavel Muraveiko told the ONT TV channel.
(2025-12-27). Israeli forces continue Qabatiya raid, prepare to demolish home. newarab.com 
Israeli forces continued raiding the occupied West Bank town of It comes after the Israeli army
(2025-12-27). US Launches Christmas Strikes on Nigeria—the 9th Country Bombed by Trump. scheerpost.com By Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams President Donald Trump—the self-described "most anti-war president in history"—has now ordered the bombing of more countries than any president in history as US forces carried out Christmas day strikes on what the White House claimed were Islamic State militants killing Christians in Nigeria. "Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United …
(2025-12-27). No To The Re-Militarization Of Puerto Rico. popularresistance.org We are now on the threshold of a new year, and for the Puerto Rican people, it means a renewal of our struggle for independence and sovereignty. With renewed vigor, we may resume the battle against the militarization of our archipelago. | In 2003, we were able to expel the most powerful naval force in the world, the U.S. Navy, after four years of relentless struggle. The entire population, regardless of political beliefs, bravely united, facing beatings and arrests at the hands of U.S. security forces. The people were determined to close the bases that stored deadly weapons and from which the Navy bombed the pris…
(2025-12-27). Study: Earth's growing heat imbalance it's the clouds and natural climate variability. wattsupwiththat.com Understanding this hemispheric "balancing act" helps society focus on the true forces behind global warming—changes in cloud behavior linked to surface warming and natural climate variability…
(2025-12-27). Venezuela Releases 99 More Detainees for Post-Election Violence, Incitement of Hatred. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, Venezuela's Penitentiary Ministry reported the release of 99 people who had been detained for their involvement in acts of violence and incitement to hatred following the July 28, 2024, presidential election. To date, over 2,100 people have been released by Venezuelan authorities for these crimes, with the majority of the releases occurring between November 2024 and March 2025. | In an official statement, the institution explained that those released were involved in actions aimed at disregarding the mandate expressed by the Venezuelan people at the polls and generating scenarios of destabilization t…
(2025-12-27). IOF escalates abuse against Palestinian women prisoners in Damon. peoplesdispatch.org The Palestinian Prisoners' Media Office According to confidential testimonies cited by the Media Office, IOF units have carried out violent raids on women's units, forcibly removing detainees from their cells and dragging them into the prison yard. There, the women were made to sit on the ground, had their hijabs torn off, and were subjected to severe beatings, particularly targeting their legs. | The testi…
(2025-12-27). Why we, the youth, must defend Venezuela. iacenter.org By Benny Schaft December 22, 2025 In recent months, we have seen the U.S. capitalist war machine once again reveal its true character as it launches fascist aggression against our comrades in Venezuela. This aggression has already claimed the lives of countless civilians through relentless bombings, justified, as always, by lies about so-called "drug smugglers." These lies have already been exposed, not only by the people of Venezuela themselves but by the proletariat, who have once again laid bare the deception and trickery of these warmongers. Completely out of touch with the material conditions and lived reali…
(2025-12-27). Israeli Christmas leaflets threaten Palestinians with 'terrorism charges'. thecanary.co 
As the Western world celebrates Christmas, Israel is intensifying its campaign of mass bombings over civilian areas in Gaza and Lebanon. On Christmas Day, the residents of Tubas in occupied West Bank woke up to leaflets dispensed by the Israeli military — dubbed the sickest of 'Christmas cards'. Israel is watching The document issues a […] | By
(2025-12-27). Saudi-led coalition warns it will counter STC military moves in Yemen. tribune.com.pk 
Yemen's Saudi-led coalition said any military moves by the main southern separatist group STC in the eastern province of Hadramout that undermined de-escalation efforts would be countered to protect civilians, the Saudi state news agency reported on Saturday. | The statement from coalition spokesperson General Turki al-Malki followed a request from Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council, for the coalition to take immediate measures to protect civilians in Hadramout from "violations committed by armed groups affiliated with the STC". | The Southern Transitional Council (STC), backed by…
(2025-12-27). Iran's satellite program 'entirely peaceful': FM Araghchi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Tehran's satellite program is strictly civilian and scientific, as the country prepares to launch three domestically built satellites into orbit this weekend.
(2025-12-27). Social And Solidarity Economy: African Youth Prepare Initiatives On Continental Scale. popularresistance.org This initiative is part of the international project 'Regionalisation of the UN resolution on the promotion of the Social and Solidarity Economy', which aims to adapt and operationalise international commitments to the SSE in African contexts. In a continent where young people represent a major demographic force, but also a socio-economic challenge, the social and solidarity economy (SSE) appears to be a structuring response. Based on solidarity, democratic governance, territorial anchoring and inclusion, it is a recognised lever for decent job creation, social innovation and economic resilience.
(2025-12-27). Hunger striker loses ability to stand as the strike hits day 55. thecanary.co 
Prisoners for Palestine have announced that hunger striker T Hoxha has lost the ability to stand. Hunger striker Heba Muraisi, meanwhile, is losing the ability to speak. Day 54 for Heba and the UN having to call on the British state to intervene is telling of the seriousness of the situation we are in t.co/92eIYlIU7S […] | By
(2025-12-27). Demand the immediate release of UK pro-Palestine hunger strikers threatened with death. wsws.org The brutal treatment by Britain's Labour government of the hunger strikers is a step change in this lurch to authoritarianism and dictatorship by imperialist powers internationally. The government made clear from the outset that it would not consider any of the legitimate democratic demands of the political prisoners.
(2025-12-27). Bring in a new year of struggle / Support WW's fight for socialism! workers.org 
Workers World Party has been a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist party inside the belly of the imperialist beast for almost 67 years. We are a multinational, multigenerational and multigendered organization that not only aims to abolish capitalism but to build a socialist society, because it's the only way forward! Capitalism and imperialism . . . |
(2025-12-27). Military expert: Belarus will support any peace agreements made by Russia. eng.belta.by Speaking about the global situation and the armed conflict in Ukraine, Andrei Bogodel noted that leaders of many collective Western countries continue to convince their publics that Belarus sides with an aggressor interested in continuing the war in the neighboring country.
(2025-12-27). 'No witnesses, no narrative:' Syndicate says Israel deliberately targets Palestinian journalists. tehrantimes.com Israel's systematic campaign of violence against Palestinian journalists since October 2023 has peaked this year with the targeting of dozens of members of the press, Al Jazeera reported Saturday, citing the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.
(2025-12-27). Nigerian Town Bombed by Trump Has No Known History of Anti-Christian Violence. truthout.org When President Donald Trump launched a series of airstrikes in Nigeria on Christmas, he described it as an attack against "ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians." But locals in a town that was hit during the strike say terrorism has never been a problem for them. On Friday, CNN published a report based on… |