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2025-11-22: Sudan Roundup

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aljazeera (2025-11-22). Waves of Sudanese families flee expanding war, arrive in impoverished Chad. aljazeera.com Many people in Chad already depended on humanitarian assistance even before the start of the war in Sudan.

_____ (2025-11-22). South Sudan authorities suspend Hot in Juba news outlet. CPJ Staff

| AFP | (2025-11-22). New Zealand sweep West Indies ODI series. tribune.com.pk Matt Henry took 4-43 and Mark Chapman crafted 64 as New Zealand coasted to a four-wicket win over the West Indies in the third ODI here at Seddon Park on Saturday for a series sweep. | The tourists' top order failed to fire once again, skittled for 161 in Hamilton before New Zealand eased to 162-6 off 30.2 overs. | The chase started poorly, with the home side reduced to 32-3, before Chapman's steady knock was supplemented by an unbeaten 40 from Michael Bracewell. | The most one-sided match of the series left New Zealand savouring a 3-0 triumph, following their 3-1 win in the T20 series. | The teams will next c…

| Sports Desk | (2025-11-22). Sri Lanka set a target of 129 runs against Pakistan in the third T20I of tri-series. tribune.com.pk Sri Lanka put up a total of 128 runs for six wickets at the end of their 20 overs against Pakistan in the T20I Tri-Series at Rawalpindi Stadium on Saturday evening. | Mohammad Nawaz had the most successful spell among Pakistani bowlers when he took the wickets of Kusal Perera, Dasun Shanaka, and Kamindu Mendis. | Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, and Salman Mirza each took one wicket as well. | Janith Liyanage was the highest scorer for Sri Lanka with 41 runs, he got support from Perara, who scored 25 runs, while openers Kamil Mishara scored 22 runs, and Pathun Nissanka managed 17 runs. | Sri Lanka won the toss and…

tehrantimes (2025-11-22). First Republican lawmaker to call Israel's Gaza assault genocide quits Congress amid MAGA rift. tehrantimes.com Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential figure among the right and longtime ally of Donald Trump who recently had a dramatic falling out with the US president, has said she is quitting her seat in Congress, Al Jazeera reported Saturday.

aljazeera (2025-11-22). Young man documents Gaza's untold stories of Israel's genocide in book. aljazeera.com The 24-year-old says death and destruction make him question the purpose of writing, but he looks for a glimmer of hope.

Craig Mokhiber, Mondoweiss. (2025-11-22). The United Nations Embraces Colonialism. popularresistance.org More than two years into the genocide in Palestine, the UN Security Council has finally acted. But rather than acting to enforce international law, protect the victims, and hold the perpetrators accountable, it adopted a resolution that openly flouts key provisions of international law, disempowers and further punishes the victims, and rewards and empowers the perpetrators. | Most disturbingly, it hands control of Gaza and the survivors of the genocide over to the United States, a co-perpetrator of the genocide, and provides for the participation of the Israeli regime in decision making.

aljazeera (2025-11-22). Mamdani says Israel is 'committing genocide' in Gaza at Trump meeting. aljazeera.com New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Israel is committing genocide in Gaza at a meeting with President Trump.

alex Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center For the Study of Genocide, Human Rights, Rutgers University, Newark (2025-11-22). Why MAGA is so concerned with Epstein ‚àí and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump. | Alex Hinton

newleftreview (2025-11-22). 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.

en.mehrnews (2025-11-22). International community failed to protect Gaza children. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) — This is an analytical note presented by an American author and human rights activist on the international community's failure to protect children, with a case study of children in Gaza as victims of Israeli violence.

nikhil Datta, Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Warwick (2025-11-22). Could new tenants' rights usher in rent controls? Here's why that wouldn't necessarily be a positive. | Nikhil Datta

en.mehrnews (2025-11-22). Intl. session on children rights held by Iranian institute. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) — An international session titled "Children; Victims of Violence in Wars and Terrorist Incidents" was held by Habilian Association on World Children's Day, bringing together a group of experts and researchers.

WSWS (2025-11-22). Texas university board upholds firing of labor historian Tom Alter. wsws.org Thomas Alter's dismissal sets a precedent for the systematic dismantling of democratic rights on the campuses and the initiation of a purge at universities of all those who do not subscribe to the fascist ideology running rampant through the Republican Party.

James Shwe (2025-11-22). Truth on Myanmar finally prevails in US Congress. asiatimes.com When the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee convened on November 19 for the hearing "No Exit Strategy: Burma's Endless Crisis and America's Limited Options," the testimony sounded remarkably familiar. To those of us who have been sounding the alarm since the start of the 119th Congress, it was a moment of profound vindication. The hearing …

aljazeera (2025-11-22). COP30 deal urges more funds for poorer countries, omits fossil fuels. aljazeera.com Leaders welcome deal reached at UN climate summit as step forward but say 'more ambition' needed to tackle the crisis.

____ (2025-11-22). Punjab's Drug Crisis: An Alarming Call for Action. devdiscourse.com The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) sounded an alarm on Saturday over the escalating deaths linked to illegal drug use in Punjab, highlighting newly available data that showcases a dire situation contrary to the government's repeated assurances of eradication efforts.

Ayurella Horn-Muller (2025-11-22). Biofuels Push at COP30 Could Accelerate Climate Crisis and Threaten Food Supply. truthout.org First the plant stalk is harvested, shredded, and crushed. The extracted juice is then combined with bacteria and yeast in large bioreactors, where the sugars are metabolized and converted into ethanol and carbon dioxide. From there, the liquid is typically distilled to maximize ethanol concentration, before it is blended with gasoline. You know the final products as biofuels — mostly made… |

Dr. John Calabrese (2025-11-22). Iran's Energy Crisis and Tehran's Strategic Turn to Russia and China. moderndiplomacy.eu Following a summer of widespread blackouts and record heat, and in the wake of June military strikes by Israel and the U.S. on its nuclear sites, Tehran is pursuing an ambitious—and contentious—energy pivot. Confronted with a crippling domestic energy crisis, the recent snapback of U.S. and UN sanctions has sharply constrained access to technology, finance, …

aljazeera (2025-11-22). Historic South Africa G20 summit declaration prioritises developing world. aljazeera.com The summit declaration urges more help against the climate crisis and reduced debt burden for poor countries.

WSWS (2025-11-22). Mamdani announces "partnership" with hated would-be dictator Trump. wsws.org Coming only a day after Trump called for the execution of Democratic Party legislators, Mamdani's voyage to the White House served to bolster the political legitimacy of the crisis-ridden Trump regime.

WSWS (2025-11-22). Liberals' "Canada strong" class-war budget passed with NDP, union and Green Party complicity. wsws.org The role of the NDP and Greens in securing the budget's passage confirms their function as props of a right-wing big business government committed to restructuring class relations in the interests of Canadian capitalism at a time of accelerating social and economic crisis.

aljazeera (2025-11-22). Deadly skies: Why Nepal is one of the most dangerous places to fly. aljazeera.com 101 East takes to the skies in Nepal and investigates the Himalayan nation's aviation crisis.

WSWS (2025-11-22). Social resistance in Ukraine on the eve of the funding crisis. wsws.org The confrontation between the people and the state in Ukraine is developing dynamically.

Andy May (2025-11-22). What is a "climate crisis?" wattsupwiththat.com By Andy May In a new paper by Gianluca Alimonti and Luigi Mariani, they argue that the public needs a proper definition of precisely what a climate crisis is to…

albawaba (2025-11-22). US plan maps Gaza into 'Green' and 'Red' zones in major shift toward partition model. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – As part of a larger plan to set up temporary communities for displaced Palestinians in the south, starting with Rafah, the United States is pushing for a plan to split the Gaza Strip into clearly defined zones of control. One zone would be controlled by the Israeli military and the other would stay under Hamas control. | The Wall Street Journal says that the plan is a big change in Washington's strategy for "dismantling Hamas," which is one of the goals of the second phase of the American 20-point peace initiative. However, U.S. officials admit that reaching that goal is unlikely in the near future.

tehrantimes (2025-11-22). Wave of Israeli attacks targets southern Lebanon towns and valleys. tehrantimes.com Israeli forces renewed their aggression on Lebanon on Saturday with a series of airstrikes, targeting areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, in a continued violation of the ceasefire agreement.

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-11-22). Israeli occupation forces launch wide arrest campaign in across the West Bank. english.almanar.com.lb

en.mehrnews (2025-11-22). Ali Jahanshahi appointed as Iran Army Ground Force commander. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) — Brigadier General Ali Jahanshahi was appointed as the new commander of the Army Ground Forces, succeeding Major General Kiumars Heidari.

newarab (2025-11-22). Israeli attacks intensify across south, central Gaza. newarab.com Israeli forces Israeli forces conducted air raids and fired tank shells east of Rafah in the south, while also carrying out additional air and artillery strikes in the vicinity of Khan Younis. | Meanwhile, in Gaza City, artillery and tank shells hit the Tuffah neighbourhood, our colleagues noted, though no casualty figures were initially provided. Al Jazeera Arabic has since reported fu…

en.mehrnews (2025-11-22). Russian troops capture over 15 villages in eastern Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) — Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had captured a string of frontline settlements in eastern Ukraine, something that Kyiv has either denied or declined to acknowledge.

en.mehrnews (2025-11-22). Iran ready to respond to any enemy's potential threats. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) — Iran's Army Ground Forces Commander Brigadier General Ali Jahanshahi says that the country is fully prepared to respond to any enemy's potential threats, benefiting from the competent manpower and state-of-the-art weapons.

Chris Townsend, Portside. (2025-11-22). Organizing For A Breakout. popularresistance.org There is a military axiom that if your positions are encircled by far superior forces, you will inevitably be annihilated, unless you break out. I have been a member of our labor movement and left wing since I got out of high school in 1979. For every one of those 46 years our labor movement has been under heavy attack, and at the end of every year we were smaller and more exhausted than when it began. This year will be no exception. | With only a few scant exceptions the U.S. labor movement continues to avoid the key question of new organizing. The call to "Organize the Unorganized!" is no longer heard. Embattle…

| AFP | (2025-11-22). Two Palestinians killed in West Bank clashes. tribune.com.pk The Palestinian health ministry said Friday that Israeli forces fatally shot two teenagers overnight in the town of Kufr Aqab in the occupied West Bank. | "The young man Amr Khaled Ahmed Al-Marbou (18) and the boy Sami Ibrahim Sami Mashayekh (16) were martyred by occupation forces gunfire in the town of Kufr Aqab near Ramallah," the ministry said in a statement. | The army and the Israeli police, which has authority in the area, did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment. | The Palestinian Red Crescent reported transporting two people from Kufr Aqab to a hospital during the night, one with a "ve…

en.mehrnews (2025-11-22). Iran missile program continues to grow stronger than ever. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) — Senior spokesman for the Iranian armed forces says that the country's missile capabilities continue to advance daily, emphasizing that Iran is stronger today than it was yesterday, and will be stronger tomorrow.

albawaba (2025-11-22). Israel says top Hamas figure killed as airstrikes leave 23 Palestinians dead. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – On Saturday, Israeli forces hit several places in the Gaza Strip, killing 23 Palestinians. Reports say that a high-ranking commander in Hamas's military wing was the target in Gaza City. | Israel's Channel 12 said that the army hit Alaa al-Hadidi, who was called a high-ranking official in Hamas's logistics and supply network. Army Radio, quoting security officials, said he was in charge of the al-Qassam Brigades' weapons division. | Israel said that Hamas broke the ceasefire agreement that had been in place since October by sending a fighter into an area under Israeli control to attack soldiers. The of…

tehrantimes (2025-11-22). International tribunal in Spain probes Israeli war crimes with witness testimony. tehrantimes.com A forum on Israel's war crimes in Palestine has kicked off in Barcelona, Spain, Al Jazeera reported Saturday.

UMMID (2025-11-22). Delhi Blast: Suspicion First, Evidence Later. ummid.com This phenomenon is not new. It is the natural extension of a decade-long drift where Muslims in India have not just been blamed for crimes they did not commit, but targeted for simply existing within a landscape where trust has become communal and suspicion automatic.

Staff (2025-11-22). Venezuela Receives 383 Repatriated Migrants, Including 16 Children Separated From Parents by US Government. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( Flight 88 arrived on Wednesday, November 19, from Phoenix, Arizona, United States, carrying 167 repatriated migrants. This group consisted of 129 men, 30 women, and eight children. It was operated by the US-based Eastern Airlines. | A second flight, numbered 89, landed on Thursday, November 20, from Colombia. This special humanitarian ope…

tehrantimes (2025-11-22). UN warns 1.1 million in Gaza tents face winter storms, flooding risk. tehrantimes.com More than 200 makeshift displacement sites housing hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza face severe flooding risk this winter, Al Jazeera reported Saturday, citing the latest UN humanitarian assessment.

aljazeera (2025-11-22). Epstein victims expect death threats to rise as US release of files nears. aljazeera.com Abuse survivors urge accountability, support ahead of the release of the files related to the sex offender in the US.

F. Andrew Wolf, Jr. PhD (2025-11-22). Ukraine Corruption, Refusal to Federalize and Why It Won't Stop. moderndiplomacy.eu Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy is racing to contain the fallout from a high-level corruption scandal that could undermine his authority, just as his country's soldiers and civilians face potentially their toughest winter of the war with Russia. A week after anti-corruption investigators said they had smashed an alleged $100 million (‚Ǩ86 million) kickback scheme centered on state nuclear power firm Energoatom, …

albawaba (2025-11-22). "Indefensible" : Huckabee—Spy Pollard meeting triggers conservative firestorm. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – A meeting between U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard has made a lot of conservatives in the U.S. angry, especially those who support former President Donald Trump. | The New York Times said that Huckabee met with Pollard in private last July at the U.S. Embassy in Israel, which sparked the controversy. The ambassador, who is known for being very pro-Israel, did not put the meeting on his official schedule. | Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst, spent 30 years in prison for giving Israel highly classified American documents. This is one of the…

lewis Eves, Lecturer in the School of Politics, International Relations, University of Nottingham (2025-11-22). Why Japan's support for Taiwan has gone down so badly in China. | Lewis Eves

english.almanar.com.lb (2025-11-22). UNIFIL on Lebanon Independence Day: We Remain Committed to Supporting Lebanese Army. english.almanar.com.lb Marking Lebanon's 82nd independence day, UNIFIL's Head of Mission and Force Commander Major General Diodato Abagnara said the international force is committed to support the Lebanese Army. In a post on X, Abagnara said: "On Lebanon's 82nd Independence Day, UNIFIL remains committed to supporting the Lebanon Army — our close partner in strengthening stability in …

| Syed Ali Shah | (2025-11-22). PPP, PML-N reaffirm support for Sarfraz Bugti amid in-house change rumours in Balochistan. tribune.com.pk Amid reports suggesting a possible change of Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti, the coalition partners — PPP and PML-N — have reaffirmed their confidence in the incumbent provincial chief executive. | Swirling speculation emerged after claims that President Asif Ali Zardari had expressed reservations over Bugti's performance. Reports further suggested that during a recent trip to Dubai, the president declined to meet the Balochistan chief minister, fueling rumours of an impending shift in the provincial leadership. | However, senior parliamentary figures from both the PML-N and PPP quickly m…

albawaba (2025-11-22). Greene steps down as MAGA rift deepens over Epstein files and Trump's attacks. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congresswoman from the US, said she was leaving her job on Friday. This was a big break in the Republican Party and the MAGA movement, just a week after President Donald Trump said he would no longer support her. | Greene, a well-known figure in far-right politics, said in a video she posted online that she had "never fit in" in Washington and had long felt "humiliated" there. She also said that she didn't want her family or supporters to go through what she called a "bitter, hateful primary" run by the same president she used to support. | The Republican from Georg…

nosihle (2025-11-22). High debt serving cost hinder Africa's development. sanews.gov.za High debt serving cost hinder Africa's development | African leaders have underscored the urgent need for coordinated action to tackle the immediate burden of high debt service costs and address the underlying causes of recurring debt crises on the continent. | These sentiments were expressed by African Heads of State and Government, the African Union (AU), and African organisations, on the margins of the 2025 Group Twenty (G20) Leaders' Summit, during a working dinner that was convened by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday in Johannesburg. | They expressed strong support for the G20 Ministerial Declaration on…

Leocadia Bongben (2025-11-22). Unchecked development threatens Cameroon's Manyange Na Elombo-Campo marine park. globalvoices.org Marine Protected Areas have evolved as a tried-and-tested method of preserving marine life and supporting coastal communitiesOriginally published on This story was produced with the support of Internews' Earth Journalism Network. | Returning from the sea one morning in July with his catch, Nerville Eboma Ndomo, 25, is helped by young men and women at the Ebodje makeshift l…

UMMID (2025-11-22). Watch: Gen Z storm National Palace as anti-govt protests intensify. ummid.com A mild protest by Gen Z against drug violence and the security policies of the government Saturday turn into a massive uprising a day later as thousands of people marched to National Palace, asking President Claudia Sheinbaum to quit.

aljazeera (2025-11-22). 'Violence never ended': Israeli attacks kill 22 Palestinians in Gaza. aljazeera.com Fear grips Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to carry out attacks despite US-brokered truce.

Henry A. Giroux (2025-11-22). In Courting Saudi Arabia, Trump Emulates Mohammed Bin Salman's Authoritarianism. truthout.org Fascism thrives in societies that grow desensitized to violence. Once cruelty is normalized, political life collapses into a spectacle of force, lies, and corruption. Under such conditions, the humanity of selected populations becomes disposable. Bodies disappear, injustice parades as lawful, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security reveal themselves as… |

aljazeera (2025-11-22). Israeli violence in the West Bank is spiralling. aljazeera.com Violence is out of control in the West Bank – and the few covering it are being assaulted.

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