(2024-09-13). UK Labour's Emily Thornberry slammed after foreign affairs role. newarab.com 
Thornberry was voted in as chair by British MPs on Wednesday, who are in the process of electing select committees – cross-party bodies that oversee government expenditure and policies – for the nex…
(2024-09-13). UK diplomats working in Russia engaged in harming Russian people — diplomat. tass.com "We fully share the Russian Federal Security Service's assessment of the activities of the so-called British diplomats," Maria Zakharova emphasized…
(2024-09-13). Iran summons E3, Dutch envoys over 'unconstructive remarks'. presstv.ir Iran Foreign Ministry has separately summoned heads of the British, French, Dutch and German embassies to Tehran to protest "unconstructive remarks" by European officials.
(2024-09-13). UK crime minister's bag stolen at police conference. rt.com 
Diana Johnson was discussing a criminal "epidemic" at a senior officers' event | The British minister for policing and crime prevention, Diana Johnson, had her purse stolen while speaking about rising lawlessness at a conference for top police officials on Tuesday. | The incident happened during the annual Police Superintendents' Association (PSA) conference in Kenilworth, as confirmed by the ministry to the Financial Times. Warwickshire Police reported that they are investigating a theft at the hotel hosting the event. A 56-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of burglary and has since been released on bail…
(2024-09-13). Russia revokes accreditation of six British diplomats over spying claims. aljazeera.com UK Foreign Office calls allegations 'completely baseless' as tensions escalate over war in Ukraine.
(2024-09-13). Bolivia denounces U.S. blockade against Cuba. plenglish.com La Paz, Sep 13 (Prensa Latina) The Chargé d'Affaires in Bolivia, Yohanelis Gutierrez, assured today that Cuba will persist in the United Nations (UN) on the need for the United States to eliminate the economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Caribbean island.
(2024-09-13). China, Latin America forge stronger human rights partnership. ecns.cn The report, titled "Common Goals: China-Latin America and the Caribbean Cooperation on Human Rights Development, the Present and the Future", outlines significant progress in poverty reduction, social equity and environmental protection across both regions.
(2024-09-13). Actualización sobre el accidente ferroviario: Reanuda su marcha hacia La Habana el tren de Guantánamo. cubadebate.cu Hoy 12 de septiembre a las 5: 35 am ocurrió un lamentable accidente ferroviario, que involucró al tren de carga extra 69, con la locomotora 31205. El incidente sucedió en el kilómetro 151.0 de la Línea Central, en el tramo comprendido entre las estaciones de Quintana y Jovellanos. Se descarrilaron tres planchas portacontenedores operadas por la empresa Ferromar.
(2024-09-13). Sesiona ronda de conversaciones migratorias Cuba-Bolivia. radiohc.cu La Habana, 13 sep (RHC) La IV Ronda de Conversaciones Migratorias entre la República de Cuba y el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia sesiona hoy en esta capital, informó el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de la nación caribeña.
(2024-09-13). øSe prohíbe la reproducción y circulación digital de materiales audiovisuales en Cuba?: Experto desmiente rumores. cubadebate.cu "Las nuevas normativas no prohíben la circulación de material audiovisual ni el ejercicio de esta actividad por cuenta propia, siempre y cuando quienes la ejercen cuenten con el autorizo debido y cumplan con lo establecido en la Ley de los Derechos del Autor y del Artista Intérprete", aclaró el director del Centro Nacional de Derecho de Autor y del Artista Intérprete.
(2024-09-13). US Reneges on Agreement to Oblige Dominican Republic to Repay $350 Million Debt to Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president of the National Assembly of Venezuela Deputy Jorge Rodríguez denounced the US government for reneging on its promise to oblige the Dominican Republic to repay its $350 million debt to Venezuela. | On Thursday, September 12, Rodríguez stated that in the
(2024-09-13). Autoridades dominicanas colocan a 25 provincias en alerta verde. telesurtv.net El COE aumenta 14 provincias y al Distrito Nacional en alerta amarilla debido a una masa de aire húmeda dejada por una onda tropical en el país caribeño.
(2024-09-13). Venezuela acogerá la Serie del Caribe en el año 2026. telesurtv.net La lista de sedes por año quedaría de la siguiente forma: Mexicali 2025, Venezuela 2026, Hermosillo 2027, República Dominicana 2028 y Puerto Rico 2029.
(2024-09-13). Genocide In The Foreground, World War Looming In The Background. caitlinjohnstone.com.au While attention is justifiably focused on the present horrors in Gaza and the imminent possibility that it could spark another war in the middle east, the world's power structures are once again dividing themselves up into two increasingly intimate alliance groups with an increasingly hostile and militaristic posture toward each other.
(2024-09-13). Protesters in Tel Aviv demand release of Gaza hostages. presstv.ir Families of Israeli captives in Gaza staged a new protest in Tel Aviv, urging a deal with Palestinian resistance groups.
(2024-09-13). War correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny discharged from hospital. tass.com On August 7, Poddubny was injured in the Kursk Region near the border, where fighting with Ukrainian groups is taking place…
(2024-09-13). Civil Rights Groups Sue UCSC for Unlawful Campus Bans and Response to Student Protests. indybay.org September 9, 2024 – Today, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation, and civil rights attorney Thomas Seabaugh filed a lawsuit against the University of California Santa Cruz for banning more than 100 students and faculty members from campus after they were arrested at a pro-Palestine protest this past May.
(2024-09-13). Lies about Haitians reflect racist imperialism. dissidentvoice.org A crass new iteration of anti-Haitianism has recently received a remarkable amount of attention. This novel form of racism with deep anti-Black roots was even referenced in the US presidential debate. Recently racist and ignorant social media users have circulated the idea that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating pets. US Vice presidential candidate …
(2024-09-13). Haiti: Under chronic stress and in constant fear, health workers strive to save lives. icrc.org
(2024-09-13). Time to End Business as Usual in Unlawful West Bank Settlements. hrw.org Click to expand Image | People collect scrap timber in the Mishor Adumim industrial zone near the Israeli settlement of Maaleh Adumim, November 22, 2010. | © 2010 Sebastian Scheiner/AP Photo | The United Nations' core human rights agency is mandated to produce a database, updated annually, of businesses involved in Israel's unlawful policy of establishing Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.So far, this has been a political football, with some states like the United States rejecting the mandate and attempting to limit the agency's resources, and the Office of the UN High…
(2024-09-13). NATO In Panic After Putin's On-Camera Threat Of Direct War? UK PM's 1st Reaction After Missile Move. hindustantimes.com NATO appears to be on edge following a recent on-camera threat from Vladimir Putin, which has sparked significant concern within the alliance. The first to respond from the NATO camp was UK PM Keir Starmer. He reacted after Putin issued a warning about the potential for direct conflict. Putin expressed anger over the West's reported decision to allow Ukraine to use Western weapons for long-range strikes deep in Russian territory. In response to months of demands from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Western nations have lifted restrictions on the use of long-range missiles, as per a report in The Guardian.
(2024-09-13). The Law of Force or the Force of Law. dissidentvoice.org Are the nations of the world doomed to go on fighting the brutal, horrifying wars that have long characterized human history? We might well wonder about that as we watch, aghast, while Israeli armed forces slaughter thousands of Palestinian civilians, Russian military might relentlessly pounds Ukrainian towns and cities into rubble, and new, bloody wars …
(2024-09-13). The Law of Force or the Force of Law. counterpunch.org 
Are the nations of the world doomed to go on fighting the brutal, horrifying wars that have long characterized human history? We might well wonder about that as we watch, aghast, while Israeli armed forces slaughter thousands of Palestinian civilians, Russian military might relentlessly pounds Ukrainian towns and cities into rubble, and new, bloody wars
(2024-09-13). Gaza: Israeli strikes kill dozens, states condemn school bombing. newarab.com 
Israel intensified its raids on the Global condemnations of Israel's The strike on Wednesday killed 18 people at a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians, including six UN employees. The…
(2024-09-13). Gaza economy shrinks to less than a sixth of its pre-war size. newarab.com 
The report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (U…
(2024-09-13). War in Sudan: Both Sides Accused of Crimes Against Humanity as UAE, Russia, China, Serbia Send Arms. democracynow.org 
In Sudan, a recent United Nations fact-finding mission documented "harrowing" human rights violations committed by both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, including indiscriminate attacks on civilians, schools, hospitals, water and power supplies. Civilians have also been subjected to torture, arbitrary detention and gruesome sexual violence. Over 20,000 people have been killed and 13 million displaced over the past 16 months. The war has also destroyed the country's healthcare system and caused an outbreak of diseases like cholera, malaria and dengue. Sky News correspo…
(2024-09-13). Azerbaijan: Civil society demands attention to human rights and climate justice ahead of COP29. fidh.org Human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, highlight the urgent need to address serious human rights concerns in Azerbaijan in the lead-up to its hosting this year's United Nations Climate Conference (COP29), to be held in Baku from November 11 to 22, 2024.
11th September 2024. We, the undersigned civil (…) | – | /…
(2024-09-13). Pezeshkian calls for Muslim unity, says discord only benefits enemies. presstv.ir Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for unity among Muslim nations, noting that the benefits of enemies lie in discord among Muslims.
(2024-09-13). UN affiliate makes Umar Farooq Zahoor pro bono ambassador at large. geo.tv 
Businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor. — ReporterLONDON/DUBAI: The Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition , an autonomous inter-governmental observer to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, has appointed UAE based Pakistani…
(2024-09-13). Who is Laura Loomer and why do Republicans want her away from Trump. geo.tv 
Laura Loomer arrives ahead of former US president Donald Trump's debate with Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, September 10, 2024. — Reuters
(2024-09-13). Donald Trump's legal battle in Georgia narrows as judge drops two charges. geo.tv 
Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump looks on as he addresses the Fraternal Order of Police at their meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, US on September 6, 2024. — Reuters In a significant development in the 2020 election interference case in…
(2024-09-13). Trump rules out new Harris debate as swing state fight resumes. newarab.com 
The Republican former president lashed out two days after his
(2024-09-13). Xi signs order awarding national medals, honorary titles to 15 individuals. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday signed a presidential order to award national medals and national honorary titles to 15 individuals on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
(2024-09-13). US Presidential Election. internationalviewpoint.org The US presidential election has been upended this summer by a series of dramatic events that reversed the electoral fortunes of the Democratic and Republican parties while left-wing third-party candidates such as Green Party USA Ecosocialist candidate Jill Stein and radical intellectual Cornell West fight for ballot access in many states. | – | / |
(2024-09-13). Saturday 9/14: Fishing Mission Creek: a walking tour through real estate. indybay.org we meet on the steps of the basilica immediately adjacent the Mission Dolores entrance on Dolores near 16th Street, San Francisco | Guide will be wearing a California Republic bicycle cap…
(2024-09-13). Korean Civil Society Calls for Government to Take Responsibility as a Major Plastic Producer, not Standing on the Sidelines. pressenza.com The Global Plastic Treaty aims to regulate the entire lifecycle of plastics through legally binding measures on a global scale, with 175 countries engaged in intense negotiations. The fifth and final session of these negotiations will take place in the second largest city of the Republic of Korea, Busan, this coming November. The key agenda is the reduction of plastic production. A number of UN member states have signed the 'Bridge to Busan: Declaration on Primary Plastic Polymers', agreeing to reduce primary plastic polymer production. Recently, the United States, the world's largest producer of plastics and oil…
(2024-09-13). Republic of Korea: Preserving humanity in war by upholding the Geneva Conventions. icrc.org
(2024-09-13). Republic of Korea: Upholding humanitarian principles amid security crises in an interconnected world. icrc.org
(2024-09-13). Marx's anti-colonialism, new sub-imperialisms and consistent internationalism in a bipolar world. internationalviewpoint.org Kevin B Anderson is a Marxist humanist and Professor of Sociology, Political Science and Feminist studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author and editor of various works, including the forthcoming book The Late Marx's Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism and A Political Sociology of Twenty-First Century Revolutions and Resistances: From the Arab World and Iran to Ukraine, Africa, and France (2024). In this interview with Federico Fuentes for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Anderson discusses Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin's writings on colonia…
(2024-09-13). Ecuador: From Rafael Correa to Guillermo Lasso via Lenin Moreno. cadtm.org
(2024-09-13). The World Bank did not Foresee the Arab Spring Popular Uprisings and still Promotes the very same Policies that triggered them. cadtm.org
(2024-09-13). Hezbollah launches barrage of missiles at Israeli base after killing. presstv.ir Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has launched a barrage of missiles at an Israeli air base in retaliation for the fatal attack that hit the Lebanese territories.
(2024-09-13). Israel and the Occupied Territories: International Day of the Disappeared. icrc.org
Hezbollah's Israeli financial newspaper Globes cited data from the Israel Tax Authority, which said the attacks have caused up to $1 billion shekels ($265 million) in damage, as thousands flee the north of Israel due to almost daily rocket fire from Hezbollah and other groups in southern Lebanon. | Data from the Northern Horizon Directorate in the Israeli Defense M…
In In a press statement on Monday, 9 September, ISIE said it had received information from official bodies that some of these groups received "suspicious…
Waves from Lake Pontchartrain crash against the seawall along Lakeshore Drive as Hurricane Francine was intensifying before its expected landfall on the US Gulf Coast, in New Orleans, Louisiana, US September 11, 2024. — Reuters
Norway has normalised its practice for the export of defence material and multi-purpose goods for military use to "This means that the ministry of foreign affairs lifts the restrictions from 2019 and returns to an ordinary licensing practice for Turkey," the foreign ministry said in a statement. | Norway joined other European nations five years ago in suspending new arms sales to fellow NATO member Turkey due to con…
Members of the media use a screen to watch the presidential debate, as Republican presidential nominee, former US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee, US Vice President Kamala Harris attend a presidential debate hosted by ABC in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, September…
Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes at an event in Tucson, Arizona, US, April 12, 2024. — Reuters WASHINGTON: A top election official from the battleground state of Arizona warned the US Congress on Wednesday that a Republican drive against noncitizen voting in the…