(2025-12-11). Anduril Partners With UAE Bomb Maker Accused of Arming Sudan's Genocide. theintercept.com 
The American weapons maker Anduril says its founding purpose is to arm democratic governments to safeguard the Western way of life. The company's official mission document, titled "Rebooting the Arsenal of Democracy," contains 14 separate references to democracy, two more than the name of the company. Building weapons isn't simply a matter of national security, the company argues, but a moral imperative to protect the democratic tradition. "The challenge ahead is gigantic," the manifesto says, "but so are the rewards of success: continued peace and prosperity in the democratic world." | Mentions of democracy a…
(2025-12-11). UN estimates that some 10 million people are displaced in Sudan. plenglish.com Khartoum, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) estimates that some 10 million people, half of them children, have been displaced in Sudan due to the war, local media informed on Thursday.
(2025-12-11). Mozambique: Thousands Displaced in Poor Conditions. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A Mozambican police officer patrols a shelter for internally displaced people in Naminawe, Mozambique, December 9, 2025. | © 2025 Diego Menjíbar Reynés / AFP via Getty Images…
(2025-12-11). Sri Lanka Struggles in Aftermath of Devastating Cyclone. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A landslide survivor searches for his belongings following Cyclone Ditwah in Kandy, Sri Lanka, December 1, 2025. | © 2025 Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo | Sri Lanka is suffering a series of floods and landslides brought upon by Cyclone Ditwah this past November. Climate experts believethe intensity of seasonal storms, which also recently devastated Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia, are likely to have been "supercharged" by rising sea temperatures. Sri Lankan authorities and civil society organizations are now struggling to bring relief to millions of affected people. About 20 percent…
(2025-12-09). China to inject more force for good into human rights development. ecns.cn China actively participates in human rights affairs in the United Nations and has broad-based exchange and cooperation in human rights with other countries, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday, adding that China is willing to inject more force for good into human rights development in the world.
(2025-12-11). Afghanistan's Crisis Deepens As Human Rights Recede And Aid Funding Falls. eurasiareview.com By Vibhu Mishra | Afghanistan's worsening humanitarian crisis is being driven by the accelerating erosion of fundamental rights — especially for women and girls — alongside mass displacement, economic decline and shrinking aid, senior UN officials warned on Wednesday. | Briefing the Security Council, Georgette Gagnon, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, and Tom Fletcher, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, said nearly half the population will need protection and humanitarian assistance in 2026. | Women and girls remain "systematically excluded" from almost all a…
(2025-12-11). Humanitarians' Baseless Trial in Greece. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Protesters hold placards in solidarity with humanitarians who were still detained in Greece, November 18, 2021. | © 2021 Hesther Ng/SOPA Images via AP Photo | Two dozen humanitarian workers facing 20 years in prison finally got their day in court on December 4 and 5 on the Greek island of Lesbos after a seven-year wait. We were there. The hearings quickly revealed just how baseless the case against them is.The defendants were associated with a small search and rescue group, Emergency Response Center International, working to save the lives of asylum seekers, migrants, and refugees…
(2025-12-11). Amnesty Australia honours Wael al-Dahdouh for Gaza coverage. newarab.com 
The veteran journalist was honoured at the organisation's annual ceremony, which highlights reporters who have made major contributions to human rights journalism worldwide. | Al-Dahdouh left Gaza in January to receive medical treatment in Qatar after being injured in an Israeli air strike. Amnesty said he was selected for the 2025 award for his "commit…
(2025-12-11). UHRC Warns Security Agencies Against Concealing Vehicle Plates. plusnews.ug 
The Chairperson of the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), Mariam Wangadya, has warned security agencies not to cover vehicle number plates or hide name tags during the campaigns. She says these actions reduce openness and make people lose trust. Wangadya spoke during a human rights meeting with top commanders from the Kampala Metropolitan Police (KMP), …
(2025-12-11). 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.
(2025-12-11). 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.
(2025-12-11). Egypt detainee death adds to mounting rights violations. newarab.com 
A 35-year-old man died inside a police station on the outskirts of Cairo only hours after his arrest, prompting fresh concerns over torture and detention conditions as new rights reports document tens of thousands of violations across Egypt's security apparatus since 2013. | The Al-Shehab Centre for Human Rights said on Wednesday that Khalil Muhammad Abu Heba, a car dealer and father of four from Mahalla al-Kubra, died shortly after being brought into Mahalla Third Police Station. | According to the centre, he was arrested on 8 October in circumstances his family described as "raising suspicions of torture and il…
(2025-12-11). Poll Finds Nearly Half Of Americans Struggle To Afford Basic Needs. newsone.com 
Source: sanjeri / Getty | Despite President Donald Trump's efforts to label the affordability crisis "
(2025-12-11). Gaza faces new crisis as Storm Byron brings heavy rain, flooding. newarab.com 
(2025-12-11). Australian Labor government scraps energy bill rebates. wsws.org Ending temporary band-aids on soaring prices for domestic electricity and gas services will intensify the cost-of-living crisis for working-class households.
(2025-12-11). Food Waste In South Africa Is Dumped In Landfills – Study Weighs Up Healthier And More Sustainable Options. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) Every year, millions of tonnes of food end up in South Africa's landfills. This is a wasted resource that deepens environmental damage, worsens food insecurity and costs …
(2025-12-11). Baby dies of exposure in flooded tent as Storm Byron batters Gaza. aljazeera.com Displaced Palestinians in dire need of tents, blankets, warm clothing in harsh winter climate.
(2025-12-11). Buliisa Leaders Ask Museveni to Resettle Flood Victims. plusnews.ug 
Leaders in Buliisa district have asked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to immediately find a lasting solution and resettle the over 3,500 victims who were displaced by floods that resulted from the rising levels of Lake Albert water. In 2020, more than 3,500 families were displaced after floods resulting from the rising water levels of Lake …
(2025-12-11). Israel leads as 2025 ends as deadliest year for Journalists: RSF. ummid.com Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its latest report said the year 2025 is ending as the deadliest year for journalists with majority of them killed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IDF) in Gaza.
(2025-12-11). UNIFIL says Israeli forces fired on them in southern Lebanon. newarab.com 
The It is the latest such incident reported by the peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, where UNIFIL acts as a
(2025-12-11). Course-Correcting The Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Peter Rough and Can Kasapoƒülu | Over three years have passed since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to capture the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine. And 21 months have elapsed since Russia began its major assault on the city of Pokrovsk, a critical Ukrainian stronghold in Donetsk. | Battlefield geometry makes Pokrovsk uniquely consequential: reports of Russian advances in the city have produced international headlines for weeks. Should Russian combat formations take control of the city, they will be positioned to assault Ukraine's principal fortifications along th…
(2025-12-11). YouTube Wipes UK Journalist's Archive After Israeli-Linked Pressure. orinocotribune.com In February 2024, YouTube unexpectedly removed the account of independent British journalist Robert Inlakesh, a frequent contributor to Al Mayadeen English, The Intercept reported. | His channel held dozens of videos, including many livestreams documenting Israeli occupation in the West Bank. Over roughly ten years covering developments in occupied Palestine, he filmed Israeli forces tearing down Palestinian homes, police stopping and intimidating Palestinian drivers, and soldiers firing at Palestinians and journalists during demonstrations outside illegal settlements. All of that footage vanished instantly. | By…
(2025-12-11). Over 74 Civilians Killed in Fighting Between M23 Rebels, FARDC-UN. plusnews.ug More than 74 civilians have died in the fierce fighting between March 23 Movement/Alliance Fleuve Congo (M23/AFC) rebels and soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and their coalition since December 2, 2025, according to the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). The …
(2025-12-11). Palestinian teen killed as Israeli tank runs over him in Jabalia. newarab.com 
Palestinian boy was killed on Thursday after The agency identified the boy as Zaher Nasser Shamiya and said he was shot by Israeli forces before a tank rolled over his body, splitting it in half. The incident took place in central Gaza near
(2025-12-11). China-Russia air patrol shows capability to maintain peace, stability. ecns.cn The joint patrol by Chinese and Russian air forces showed their resolve and capability to address regional security challenges and safeguard peace and stability, a Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.
(2025-12-11). Berri stresses 'fundamental principles' of Lebanon-Israel talks. newarab.com 
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri stressed on Thursday "the fundamental principles" that must guide Berri reiterated that the talks must focus solely on the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon,
(2025-12-11). US: Thousands Of Afghan Refugees Qualified For Slew Of Costly Benefits. eurasiareview.com By Sarah Roderick-Fitch | ( Following the pullout of American forces from Afghanistan in 2021, the Biden administration admitted nearly 200,000 evacuees between 2021 and 2023, including two recently arrested on te…
(2025-12-11). Venezuela-Cuba Friendship Movement condemns attack on ship. plenglish.com Caracas, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuela-Cuba Friendship and Mutual Solidarity Movement strongly rejected and condemned the act of aggression against an oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, an action carried out by the United States Armed Forces.
(2025-12-11). Israeli civilians arrested for crossing the border into Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The Israeli military said Wednesday evening that Israeli civilians crossed the border into the Gaza Strip and were stopped by its soldiers.The military stated that the civilians were under constant surveillance, adding that forces in the area stopped them, returned them to Israel, and handed them over to the police for further investigation, according to The Times of Israel.The reason for their attempted entry remains unclear. The military stressed in a statement that entering a combat zone is prohibited, poses a danger to civilians, and impedes troop operations in the area.It is worth noting that Isra…
(2025-12-11). Takeaways From The Georgian Opposition's 365-day Permanent Protest OpEd. eurasiareview.com The socio-political situation in Georgia by the end of the year can be characterized as "stable instability," where the authorities are more or less in control of the situation in the country, while the opposition is trying to undermine this stability, sometimes inflicting "pinpricks" on the authorities, and even then with the help of Western allies. | Georgian opposition forces, comprising political parties, non-governmental organizations, and youth movements positioning themselves as "pro-European," are summing up their 365-day protest on Tbilisi's central avenue. This new form of civil and political resista…
(2025-12-11). Palestinian NGOs call to unite efforts to stop Israeli crimes. plenglish.com Ramallah, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO Net) called to unite international efforts under the United Nations to stop Israeli crimes in the occupied territories.
(2025-12-11). Epstein survivors speak out. whyy.org Back in September, at a news conference on Capitol Hill, nearly a dozen women shared emotional testimonials about Jeffrey Epstein and the abuse they had endured, urging the the Justice Department to release the Epstein investigation files. For some, it was the first time they had gone public. | Last month, President Trump, who had called this a "Democrat hoax," signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which requires the release of those documents by December 19th, now just days away. | This scandal has been an open secret for years with perpetrators and enablers protected by a culture of silence and complicity.
(2025-12-11). Gazans Endure Their Harshest Night Yet in Waterlogged Tents. english.almanar.com.lb Rainwater flooded several displacement camps in the Gaza Strip as Palestine was affected by a deep low-pressure system expected to continue until Friday evening, bringing cold weather and a significant drop in temperatures. The Palestinian Meteorological Department reported a noticeable temperature drop on Thursday, leading to cold, rainy, and windy weather. This has proven catastrophic …
(2025-12-11). Palestine activists conducting a historic hunger strike in Britain need our international solidarity. mondoweiss.net 
Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.
(2025-12-11). UK: Pressure mounts on Lammy over Palestine Action hunger strike. newarab.com 
Calls are mounting for British Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary MPs say the situation has become urgent, with several of the prisoners already hospitalised and others now more than 38 days without food. | The group began their strike on 20 October in protest at their treatment in custody and what they say are unfair trial conditions, including extended pre-trial detention an…
(2025-12-11). Social media ban for under-16s: New online age law divides tech giants, parents in Australia | Edit. ptcnews.tv PTC Web Desk: Australia has stepped into uncharted territory by enforcing a nationwide ban on social media access for children below 16 years, becoming the first country to introduce such a sweeping restriction. The decision has set off vigorous debate at home and abroad, as governments, tech experts and parents closely examine the implications of this bold move. The new law, built on concerns over the rising tide of online risks faced by young users, aims to create a safer digital environment at a time when social media platforms have become deeply ingrained in daily life.Supporters of the ban, including parent…
(2025-12-11). China continues to support U.S. search for remains of missing American service members. ecns.cn military personnel missing within Chinese territory since the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1931-1945), according to China's Ministry of National Defense."ÄÄ"ÄÄThe Chinese and U.S.
(2025-12-11). Fire-hit homeowners to get HK$100,000 subsidy. ecns.cn Each homeowner of fire-hit Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po district of Hong Kong is set to receive a onetime subsidy of HK$100,000($12,851), as the support fund reaches HK$3.4 billion, Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration Warner Cheuk Wing-hing announced on Wednesday.
(2025-12-09). IMF: China's resilience will be sustained. ecns.cn China's economy is poised for resilient growth in 2026 and beyond, supported by a pro-growth macroeconomic policy combination and a stronger push to prioritize the shift toward a consumption-driven growth model, leading international and domestic economists said.
(2025-12-11). Starbucks Workers and Unions in 10 Countries To Protest in Support of US Baristas. portside.org Starbucks Workers and Unions in 10 Countries To Protest in Support of US Baristas |
(2025-12-11). Cuba condemns act of piracy against Venezuelan oil tanker. plenglish.com "We reaffirm our support for the homeland of Bolivar and Chavez," he wrote. | For his part, the island's Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, reiterated his rejection of the escalating aggression against the Bolivarian nation and clarified that this attack "contravenes the rules of free trade and freedom of navigation, in blatant violation of international law." | According to the statement issued by the Bolivarian government, this new and extremely serious step in the escalating aggression comes after the announcement of the US National Security Strategy, which seeks to reaffirm, 200 years later, the abominable M…
(2025-12-11). Cuba attends the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council meeting. plenglish.com "We reaffirm the will to continue strengthening ties of friendship and cooperation, and integration as a tool for the development of our countries," he said on the social network X. | During his address to the Council, Mr Marrero thanked the governments of the Union for their support, last October 29, for the resolution calling for an end to the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, despite the unprecedented pressure exerted by the current US government to prevent that outcome. | He also assured that despite the adversities, the island continues to work without stopping on a development st…
(2025-12-11). Three Held in Adjumani Over Campaign-Related Violence. plusnews.ug 
Adjumani police are holding three people in connection with campaign-related violence, including malicious damage to three motor vehicles during a clash between rival campaign teams. Collins Asea, the North Nile region police spokesperson, confirmed the incident and said a case of Malicious Damage, Assault, and Video Recording has been opened under Reference: Adj CRB 719/2025. According to …
(2025-12-11). Exposure To Neighborhood Violence Leads Some Denver Teens To Use Tobacco And Alcohol Earlier, New Study Shows. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) High levels of neighborhood violence increase the risk of Latino and African American teens in Denver starting to use alcohol and tobacco, according to our recent …