(2024-08-30). Gruesome photos of US Marines massacre of Iraqi civilians spark global outrage. presstv.ir The New Yorker has published the photos of the 2005 American Marines' massacre in Iraq's Haditha, shocking the world.
(2024-08-30). 'This Is What the US Military Was Doing in Iraq': Photos of 2005 Haditha Massacre Finally Published. scheerpost.com 
(2024-08-30). Iraqi Resistance launches drone strike on Israeli power station in Haifa. presstv.ir Fighters from Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have launched a drone attack on a strategic site in the Israeli port city of Haifa.
(2024-08-30). Islamic Resistance in Iraq claim strike on Haifa power station. newarab.com 
(2024-08-30). Turkey hosts Iraq, Qatar and UAE on new infrastructure hub. newarab.com 
(2024-08-30). CPJ submits report on Iraq to UN's human rights review. ohchr.org
(2024-08-30). Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh: Government must hold perpetrators accountable, ensure justice and reparation for victims, survivors, and their families. fidh.org A Joint Statement by the Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN), the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Capital Punishment Justice Project, the International Coalition Against Enforced Disappearances (ICAED), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Maayer Daak, Odhikar, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) in commemoration of the International (…) | – |
(2024-08-30). Radhika Desai: Peak Hindutva? newleftreview.org As Modi's BJP loses its overall majority, Radhika Desai examines the part played by India's capitalist conglomerates in his rise—and the contradictions on which their strategy has foundered. The economic crisis of the parched countryside as brake on Hindutva's forward march.
(2024-08-30). Impact of Jammu Kashmir, Haryana Polls on Modi, Rahul Gandhi. ummid.com Whose political fate is going to be judged most strongly based on the results of the assembly polls in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Haryana, Narendra Modi or Rahul Gandhi?
(2024-08-30). Indian Pharmaceutical Companies Express Interest in Localizing Business in Russia. infobrics.org Indian pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines to the Russian market have shown keen interest in localising production within the Russian Federation and collaborating on the development of new medicines…
(2024-08-30). Israel supporters flout Canadian law with impunity. dissidentvoice.org As an observer of foreign affairs, I've often written about the hypocrisy of Liberal and Conservative governments' failure to uphold "an international rules-based order" despite claims of its importance. In the case of Israel, the duplicity is even more glaring. Our governments, past and present, repeatedly fail to uphold Canadian law. Activists have long shown …
(2024-08-30). Biden's Israel-Gaza Policy "fueled by Racism and Islamophobia" indybay.org Noting that those who speak out at first against injustices are considered a "marginal fringe," Edward Ahmed Mitchell, Deputy Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said that history has shown that with the passage of time they are seen for "the wisdom of their ways." As an example, he cited the Vietnam antiwar movement whose tireless efforts eventually resulted in the US withdrawal from the conflict.
(2024-08-29). 'Karbala is the Path to Al-Aqsa': An Iraq Diary. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Iraq's prime minister hosted a unique conference in Baghdad during the 21 million-strong Arbaeen march, linking the seventh-century murder of Imam Hussain in Karbala to Israel's current genocide of Palestinians. BAGHDAD and KARBALA — Arriving in Baghdad today comes as an electric shock to any visitor who remembers recent, somber Iraqi history. There…
(2024-08-29). 'Karbala is the path to Al-Aqsa': an Iraq diary. thealtworld.com Iraq's prime minister hosted a unique conference in Baghdad during the 21 million-strong Arbaeen march, linking the seventh-century murder of Imam Hussain in Karbala to Israel's current genocide of Palestinians. | BAGHDAD and KARBALA — Arriving in Baghdad today comes as an electric shock to any visitor who remembers recent, somber Iraqi history. | There are virtually no checkpoints, apart from sensitive government areas. None of those ghastly cement blocks from the time of the American occupation, forcing a slow slalom every few minutes. No sense of unpredictable danger capable of striking at any minute. Lu…
(2024-08-29). Iraq shoots down Turkish drone over Kirkuk. middleeasteye.net 
Iraq shoots down Turkish drone over Kirkuk | Baghdad hit a Turkish drone following the signing of a new security cooperation deal with Ankara this month | | A TAI Aksungur, an unmanned aerial vehicle developed by Turkish Aerospace industries, is displayed during the International Paris Air S…
(2024-08-29). Iraqi Army Downs Turkish Military Drone Over Baghdad-Administered Territory. themedialine.org 
(2024-08-29). Project 2025 Offers Dystopian View of America. aclu.org 
Deeply embedded in our Bill of Rights and our most basic American values is the idea that we the people — not the government — are in charge of our own lives. But there are plenty of people who disagree with that premise and want to control our lives. And those people have a plan. | All of us remember Donald Trump's presidency: separating families, banning visitors from Muslim countries, stacking the Supreme Court with justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, and attacking LGBTQ people. Yet as the ACLU's detailed analysis of Trump and his supporters' policy proposals and rhetoric has shown, if…
(2024-08-29). IFS backs Rachel Reeves's claim that Labour inherited a worse financial situation than expected. leftfootforward.org The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has backed Chancellor Rachel Reeves' claim that the Labour government inherited a worse financial situation than expected. | Reeves has repeated the claim over recent weeks, saying that the Tories had left a £22bn black hole in the country's finances for Labour to clean up, meaning that the new Labour government was limited in its spending plans, with less fiscal headroom than previously thought. | Former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and the Tory press have sought to discredit the claim, however the IFS has now shown that 'in black and white that there was a black hole in…
In an overcrowded Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Sheikhan, Iraq, 24-year-old Kovan looks at pictures of her absent children, a six-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl. | It has been four months since she last saw them, following her rescue from the notorious Al Hol camp, a sprawling tent city home to wives, widows, children and other family members of Islamic State group (IS) militants. | Kovan, like other Yazidi women rescued from Al Hol in recent years, knew that to return home she would have to leave behind her children born in IS captivity. | "I had no choice but to leave my children behind,"
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Gaza war, including the impact on the enclave's civilian population, a study by a US-based research centre has shown. | A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center published on Monday showed that a staggering 59 percent of Israelis support censoring any display of sympathy for Palestinian victims of the nearly 11-month onslaught on Gaza, compared to 30 percent of those who do not. | Widespread support among ordinary Israelis for silencing Palestinian voices coincides with inflammatory statements from some Israeli leaders, 
After more than nine months of a vacant parliamentary speaker position, The position has remained unfilled since the removal of former Speaker Mohammad Al-Halbousi last November, with intens…
by Mohammad Nazrul Islam | Due to the opening of the Dambur and Ghazaldoba dams in India, flash floods have occurred in 13 districts of Bangladesh including Feni, Noakhali, Lakshipur, Comilla, Chandpur, Brammanbaria, Sylhet, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, it is not a natural disaster. It is an artificially created flood in India. Photo Courtesy of Mohammad Reaz Uddin. | Bangladesh has 54 connecting rivers with India, of which India has dammed 30. As per international convention, an upstream country can never dam a common international river that would damage the river system of the downstream country. Bangladesh does not…
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Online users in Egypt and across the Middle East have shown overwhelming support for renowned Egyptian political satirist Bassem Youssef after his X account was Initial reports suggested that the platform had suspended his account, allegedly due to accusations of 
The "I am particularly proud to welcome Comoros as the newest member of the WTO," said the organisation's director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. | "Comoros's membership will add a valuable voice to the multilateral trading system as it has shown commitment to the values of the WTO and has clearly demonstrated willingness…
Millions of This event, which marks the 40th day of mourning following the martyrdom of Imam Hussein bin Ali, a central figure i…
Jason Gillespie, coach of Pakistan's Test team, defended the decision to select only one specialist spinner, Abrar Ahmed, for the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh, starting on August 21. | Gillespie highlighted the balance and potential within the squad, including the dual capabilities of Salman Ali Agha as a specialist spinner. | Gillespie detailed the reasons behind the selection strategy during a press briefing. "We consider both Salman Ali Agha and Abrar Ahmed as special spinners. Salman has shown considerable skill with his off-spin, while Abrar is emerging as a fine talent in his early career," he…
ALBAWABA — Official sources announced that Kuwait Minister of Commerce and Industry, Omar Saud Al-Omar, and Basel Al-Haroon, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), had diverse discussions to regulate car sales transactions in the country. The final decision will include banning cash purchases and transactions in this sector, according to Al Rai Kuwaiti newspaper.Recent discussions in Kuwait to ban cash transactions for car purchases: Omar Saud Al-Omar, Kuwait's Minister of Commerce and Industry, had many discussions with Basel Al-Haroon, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), to regulat…
Iraq's top Shia Muslim cleric Sistani also urged an end to the 