(2026-01-17). Hyper-Imperialism On Hyper-Drive. popularresistance.org The US attack on Venezuela on 3 January 2026 came on the same day as French and UK jets bombed an underground facility in the mountains near Palmyra (Syria) and just a few weeks after the US bombed villages in the Nigerian state of Sokoto. None of these attacks — all carried out under the pretence of fighting some form of 'terrorism' — had authorisation from the United Nations Security Council, making them violations of international law. These are all illustrations of the danger and decadence of this sulphurous hyper-imperialism.
(2026-01-17). Pakistan rebuffs India's 'integral part' claim on Kashmir. tribune.com.pk 
Pakistan has brushed aside India's untenable claim that Jammu and Kashmir was its "integral and inalienable part", saying that the UN resolutions recognized the Himalayan state as a disputed territory. | "Jammu and Kashmir is not 'an integral part' of India, nor has it ever been so under international law," Pakistani delegate Asif Khan told the UN General Assembly on Thursday. | He was responding to Indian delegate Eldos Punoose who protested a pointed reference to the unresolved Kashmir dispute made by Pakistan's Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad while commenting on the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' priori…
(2026-01-17). South Sudan Needs Decisive African Union Action. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Internally displaced people fetch water inside a camp in the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, February 13, 2025. | © 2025 Brian Inganga/AP Photo | The African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council should use its January 19 ambassadorial-level meeting to address the urgent protection needs and escalating abuses in South Sudan. The meeting follows a visit by the AU High-Level Ad Hoc Committee on South Sudan, during which they assessed the 2018 peace agreement's implementation, which has been undermined by, amongst others, President Salva Kiir's party's unilateral amendments. Over the…
(2026-01-17). Russia Blasts US at UN Security Council Over Iran. 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 By Joe Lauria / Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia, in an