(2025-07-28). Suwayda's resistance and the struggle for Syria's future. greenleft.org.au 
(2025-07-28). Headlines for July 28, 2025. democracynow.org 147 Palestinians Starve to Death; Netanyahu Denies Starvation in Gaza, Israeli Forces Raid Handala Aid Ship to Gaza, Pentagon Kills Senior Islamic State Leader in Syria, U.S. and EU Announce Trade Deal; U.S. to Impose 15% Tariff on EU Imports, Anti-Trump Protests Held in Scotland During Trump's Visit, Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration Lawsuit Against Chicago over Sanctuary Policies, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Holds Second Day of Meetings with Ghislaine Maxwell, Thailand and Cambodia Agree to Ceasefire, Doctors Without Borders: 652 Children Have Died of Malnutrition in Nigeria, Islamic State R…
(2025-07-28). Sri Lanka arrests ex-navy chief. tribune.com.pk 
Sri Lankan investigators arrested a former navy chief on Monday over the abduction and disappearance of a suspect 15 years ago, a police officer told AFP. | Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne was taken into custody over the disappearance in 2010, when he headed the Directorate of Naval Intelligence, said a detective who asked not to be named as he was not authorised to speak to media. Ulugetenne, who also served as Sri Lanka's ambassador to Cuba following his retirement from the navy in December 2022, was remanded in custody until Wednesday. | "We recorded a statement from him regarding the disappearance of a 48-yea…
(2025-07-28). Trump Made 'Mistake of Historic Proportions' on Ukraine Says His Former Ambassador. bylinetimes.com American diplomat, Bridget Brink, resigned in April from her position as US Ambassador to Ukraine, after she concluded she could no longer conduct the Trump administration's policy towards that country in good conscience. Since then, she has decided to run for public office, as a Democrat Party candidate for the US House of Representatives, representing her home state of Michigan. | I've known Bridget for over 12 years, since we were both posted to the Republic of Georgia in the Caucasus in the mid-2010s. We became good friends due to our shared professional and personal interests (she is married to a Brit, I…
(2025-07-28). 27 Palestinians dead in Israeli strikes. tribune.com.pk 
Gaza civil defence agency said Israeli army fire killed 27 Palestinians, 12 of them near aid distribution areas. | However, Jordanian and Emirati planes dropped food into Gaza on Sunday, as Israel began a limited "tactical pause" in military operations to allow the UN and aid agencies to tackle a deepening hunger crisis. | UN emergency relief coordinator Tom Fletcher welcomed the tactical pauses, saying he was in "contact with our teams on the ground who will do all we can to reach as many starving people as we can in this window". | But the UN's World Food Programme said a third of the population of Gaza had…
(2025-07-28). Armed banditry is becoming a crisis in Nigeria: why fixing the police is key. |
(2025-07-28). Trump, Starmer to hold talks on trade, Gaza starvation. tribune.com.pk 
US President Donald Trump will host British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his golf resort in western Scotland on Monday for talks expected to range from their recent bilateral trade deal to the worsening hunger crisis in Gaza, the two governments said. | Trump, riding high after announcing a huge trade agreement with the European Union late on Sunday, said he expected Starmer would also be pleased. | "The prime minister of the UK, while he's not involved in this, will be very happy because you know, there's a certain unity that's been brought there, too," Trump said. "He's going to be very happy to see what w…
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(2025-07-28). K-P CM overseeing Tirah crisis: adviser. tribune.com.pk 
Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, adviser to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) chief minister, has said Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur is personally overseeing the Tirah incident and has summoned a jirga of tribal elders in Peshawar to hear their concerns. | "The CM is in constant contact with the relevant administration [to address the crisis]," Saif said in a statement on Monday. According to the adviser, the government is deeply saddened by the tragedy. | Five people died and 17 others sustained injuries on Sunday when protesters were fired upon during a protest outside a military installation at the Bagh Maidan ar…
(2025-07-27). 'Sanctions as deadly as war': Lancet study finds US-led sanctions kill over 500,000 people annually. voicesfromsyria.com US-led sanctions have functioned as 'silent killers' in countries such as Iraq, Syria, and Venezuela Original Link Here: 'Sanctions as deadly as war': Lancet study finds US-led sanctions kill over 500,000 people annually Broad economic sanctions, often portrayed as a less violent alternative to war, are responsible for an estimated 564,000 deaths each year — most of …
(2025-07-27). Syria, Israel Hold 'De-Escalation' Talks in Paris, Agree To Hold Second Round. news.antiwar.com With US envoy Tom Barrack in attendance in Paris, Syrian and Israeli government ministers met in what is being called "de-escalation" talks aimed to reduce the growing tensions amid the ongoing Israeli invasion of southwestern Syria and the sectarian violence in the Suwayda Governorate. Talk began on Thursday evening, and involved Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad …
(2025-07-27). Indian man running 'fake embassy' arrested. tribune.com.pk 
Police in India have arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy from a rented house near New Delhi and duping job seekers out of money with promises of overseas employment. | Harsh Vardhan Jain, 47, was operating an "illegal West Arctic embassy by renting a house" in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, which neigbhours the capital, local police said. | Jain, according to police, claimed to be the ambassador of fictional nations "like West Arctica, Saborga, Poulvia, Lodonia". | He allegedly used vehicles with fake diplomatic plates and shared doctored photos of himself with Indian leaders to bolster his claims. | "
(2025-07-27). Iran, Afghanistan Discuss Bilateral, Regional Issues. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — High-ranking diplomats from Iran and Afghanistan talked about the relations between the two neighbors and the latest regional developments, such as the crisis in Gaza.
(2025-07-27). Re-emergence of Thailand-Cambodian Border Crisis. uwidata.com By Mehmet Enes Be≈üer The new flare-up between Thailand and Cambodia in the year 2025 regarding the border dispute is just as much about historical antagonism as about unpredictable political undertows characterizing modern Southeast Asia. The most recent incident involving the mobilization of troops and nationalist posturing all across the region of the temples of …
(2025-07-27). Remembering The Resistance That Helped Stop A Genocidal War. popularresistance.org When the United States was carrying out its genocidal campaign against Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s, Canada welcomed tens of thousands of American war resisters to this country. Their actions, along with peace movements in the US and around the world, not only helped to end the war, but they may have even forced President Richard Nixon to abandon a plan to escalate the conflict with the use of tactical nuclear weapons. | In light of the serious challenges we face today—including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, rising poverty and inequality, and the deepening environmental crisis—it is more important tha…
(2025-07-27). For An Eco-Communist Alternative To Degrowth And 'Luxury' Communism. popularresistance.org In his new book, Rojo fuego. Reflexiones comunistas frente a la crisis ecológica (Fiery red: Communist reflections on the ecological crisis), Argentine Marxist Esteban Mercatante takes aim at capitalism as the root cause of the "multidimensional" ecological crisis, while engaging in important dialogues with ecological currents such as degrowth and ecomodernism. Against these, Mercatante argues for an "eco-communist" strategy, focused on labour as the agent of both its own emancipation and the qualitative transformation of society's relationship with nature, as the only means to avoid disaster. | With the book onl…
(2025-07-27). Israel announces daily pauses in Gaza fighting as aid airdrops begin. tribune.com.pk 
Israel said on Sunday it would halt military operations for 10 hours a day in parts of Gaza and allow new aid corridors as Jordan and the United Arab Emirates airdropped supplies into the enclave, where images of starving Palestinians have alarmed the world. | Israel has been facing growing international criticism, which the government rejects, over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and indirect ceasefire talks in Doha between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have broken off with no deal in sight. | Military activity will stop from 10 am to 8 pm (0700-1700 GMT) until further notice in Al-Mawasi, a…
(2025-07-27). 'Not eating for days': Gaza's worsening starvation crisis. aljazeera.com Aid groups fear the forced starvation of Palestinians under Israel's brutal blockade is now reaching a tipping point.
(2025-07-27). Somalia: US Carries Out Airstrikes Against al-Shabaab, Conducts Raid Against ISIS Affiliate. news.antiwar.com US Africa Command announced on Saturday that its forces carried out airstrikes against al-Shabaab in southern Somalia and also conducted a raid against the ISIS affiliate in Somalia's northeastern Puntland. Both operations took place on Friday, and AFRICOM shared virtually no details about the airstrikes or the ground raid. The US-backed Somali Defense Ministry announced …
(2025-07-27). Israeli strikes kill 63 in Gaza despite 'pauses', as hunger crisis deepens. aljazeera.com Israel attacks 'safe zones' in Gaza as six more Palestinians, including two children, die from malnutrition.
(2025-07-27). The manufactured cost of living crisis is about to spiral out of control again. thecanary.co The ruling elite's manufactured cost of living crisis is about to get worse with grocery prices rising by £275 this year. As anthropologist David Graeber said, "the ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently". And currently it's being made by the […] | By
(2025-07-27). Israel, Syria hold talks to reach security agreement to end Israeli attacks, source says. haaretz.com Following a cease-fire deal in mid-July after escalation in southern Syria, Israeli and Syrian officials have been meeting to reach a security agreement…
(2025-07-27). Netanyahu says Israel will have to allow amount of to enter Gaza. haaretz.com Amid sharp international condemnation for Gaza's starvation, the Netanyahu administration has reportedly made moves to attempt to alleviate the crisis. The IDF spokesperson said that there is no hunger in Gaza, and that Hamas is working to exacerbate the situation…
(2025-07-27). Israel announces daily humanitarian pauses in three Gaza areas amid hunger crisis. haaretz.com The IDF also said it secured routes for trucks to distribute aid throughout Gaza. Egypt's Red Crescent said 100 trucks would be sent into Gaza on Sunday, and the UN said it would step up efforts during the 'pauses'…
(2025-07-27). approach to humans is utilitarian; only those serving his interests deserve to. haaretz.com Orna Weinberg, relative of murdered hostage Itay Svirsky, says the Netanyahu administration's 'purely utilitarian' approach to human lives has brought Israel to a point of 'terrible moral crisis'…
(2025-07-27). Three IDF soldiers imprisoned and dismissed after refusing to fight in Gaza. haaretz.com The three soldiers reportedly fought in Gaza for several months and claimed they were experiencing a 'deep internal crisis' due to the loss of many friends and the difficult experiences they endured during the fighting…