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Taliban Voices Support For Kashmir, Sparking Indian Fears Of Terrorism

OWP | 2023-12-11, 03:25

In the midst of India’s concerns regarding the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan potentially facilitating anti-Indian activities, the insurgent group has made a surprising statement, asserting its right to advocate for Muslims around the world, including those in

To End Cruel Migration Policies, Humanize Those They Impact

Human Rights Watch | 2023-12-11, 02:22

At various times in recent generations, members of my family were forced to leave their home countries. My father, born a Muslim in India, was one of thousands who had to relocate during partition in 1947. Thirty years later, my parents preemptively chose to

The View from Washington: Let the Killing in Gaza Continue

GlobalResearch | 2023-12-11, 02:21

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Accidents of Eccentricity: Israel’s Pacific Hold

GlobalResearch | 2023-12-11, 02:21

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Video: “The design of the so called COVID-19 vaccines was intentionally to harm people.” Dr. ...

GlobalResearch | 2023-12-11, 00:50

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Gaza: “Genocide Joe,” 66% of Americans Want a Ceasefire!

GlobalResearch | 2023-12-11, 00:50

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Activating the Genocide Convention

GlobalResearch | 2023-12-11, 00:50

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Ukraine/Russia: Children’s futures under attack as Russian aggression in Ukraine continues to restrict schooling

Amnesty | 2023-12-11, 00:47

Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, those living under Russian occupation have risked brutal reprisals for seeking to continue Ukrainian education, with some parents choosing to hide their children to avoid them being taken to ‘re-education’

How Israel caused a young swimmer to lose an arm

The Electronic Intifada | 2023-12-10, 21:23

Kenzi Adam al-Madhoun loves to swim. The 5 year old received a swimming certificate this past August. She would swim with her father at the beach or in pools. He calls her “butterfly” because of the way she flutters her hands while swimming. On

Norman Lear: A Giant of the Public Interest

Scheerpost | 2023-12-10, 20:58

By Mark Lloyd / Original to ScheerPost For a brief decade and a half the U.S. government gave the Archie Bunkers of America the power to have a real say, to have their voices heard. No one advanced this federal project more than Norman Lear. As Lear would put

The Criminalization of U.S. Foreign Policy: The Life and Legacy of Henry Kissinger

GlobalResearch | 2023-12-10, 15:55

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Doubling down on fusion

Resilience | 2023-12-10, 14:59

There's a reason the U.S. is asking

The San Francisco APEC Forum: An Attempt To Renew Stability Between China And The US?

OWP | 2023-12-10, 14:10

On November 15th, US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met near San Francisco on the side-lines of the annual APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum), as French journal Le Monde reports. This is the first meeting between the two

Chris Hedges: ‘The Genocide in Gaza’

Scheerpost | 2023-12-10, 12:31

Support our Independent Journalism — Donate Today! SUBSCRIBE TO PATREON DONATE ON PAYPAL Subscribe to our weekly newsletter * indicates required Email Address * Chris Hedges Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who was a

The US Condemned Stalin’s Prosecution of Journalists. Now It Uses His Playbook.

Scheerpost | 2023-12-10, 12:31

Protesters demonstrating in solidarity with Julian Assange on a road outside Belmarsh Prison (Alisdare Hickson / Wikimedia Commons) By Charles Glass / Truthout Two of my colleagues — Evan Gershkovich in Moscow and Julian Assange in London — languish in prisons

Ralph Nader on Israeli Government’s War Crimes – Enabled & Defended by Biden & Congress

Scheerpost | 2023-12-10, 12:31

Protest meeting in front of the White House in Washington DC in support of Palestinian resistance to Israel on Oct. 8, 2023 (Ted Eytan / Wikimedia Commons) By Ralph Nader / Nader.org The humiliation of the U.S. government, which is actively complicit in

Human rights investigation into new death on Del Monte pineapple farm

web Content warning: contains graphic descriptions of violence and injury Kenya’s human rights commission is investigating the death of a man whose body was found last month in a dam on a pineapple farm owned by the multinational food company Del Monte. Two

Senate Votes Down Resolution to Withdraw Troops from Syria

Scheerpost | 2023-12-10, 11:37

US hands off Syria (Debra Sweet / Wikimedia Commons) By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com The Senate on Thursday voted down a resolution that would have directed President Biden to withdraw all US troops from Syria, where US forces have come under frequent attack in

Vermont Niceness Is Not the Answer to the Shooting of Three Palestinians

The Intercept | 2023-12-10, 11:02

Avoiding conflict makes violence more likely.

Does Israel want to wipe Gaza off the map?

The Electronic Intifada | 2023-12-10, 10:52

In May this year, I visited Egypt for the first time. I saw many buildings that were old and covered with dust. Nonetheless, they were intact. The contrast with Gaza is stark. Israel’s wars have inflicted immense damage on our infrastructure and

As the US Vetoes UN Ceasefire Resolution, the People Take the Streets for Palestine

Scheerpost | 2023-12-10, 10:45

Demonstrators rally outside of the New York Stock Exchange (Photo: Wyatt Souers) By Peoples Dispatch From Alaska to Florida, people in the US once again took to the streets en masse to demand a permanent ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza and an end US aid to

75 Years since Universal Declaration, UN Still Failing Older People

Human Rights Watch | 2023-12-10, 10:25

Today, Human Rights Day, marks 75 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). But for people like Gawabulla, a 75-year-old woman in South Africa, the declaration’s promises remain elusive. Gawabulla spent over half her life

“Is the Virus Fictitious”? Laboratories in US Can’t Find COVID-19 in One of 1,500 Positive Tests

GlobalResearch | 2023-12-10, 05:24

Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. First published by Global Research on September 6. 2021. Translated from Dutch. A clinical scientist and immunologist-virologist at a southern California laboratory says he and colleagues from 7

Israel’s Battle For Power- Who’s Right And Who Isn’t?

OWP | 2023-12-10, 03:57

Since the beginning of 2023, Israel, a country in the Middle East, has been plunged into an institutional crisis. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to pass laws that would diminish the country’s Supreme Court’s powers and give such to Parliament.

The WHO Confirms that the Covid-19 PCR Test is Flawed: Estimates of “Positive Cases” are ...

GlobalResearch | 2023-12-10, 00:53

Visit and follow us on Instagram at @crg_globalresearch. *** . Author’s Note and Update The World has been in a state of crisis for more than three years despite the fact that the WHO and the CDC (with the usual innuendos) have unequivocally

Day 62 roundtable: Genocide enters third month

The Electronic Intifada | 2023-12-09, 23:08

Day 59 roundtable: Israel escalates Gaza massacres Nora Barrows-Friedman 5 December 2023 Day 55

Visit to a future sustainable neighborhood Pt 2

Resilience | 2023-12-09, 19:44

Once this sustainability revolution started to take

Refaat Alareer was assassinated by Israel

The Electronic Intifada | 2023-12-09, 18:19

Israel assassinated the writer and educator Dr. Refaat Alareer. The Israeli airstrike that killed Refaat and several members of his family on 6 December was “apparently deliberate,” the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor concluded. Refaat had worked

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