Cold, rainy weather making war-wracked Gaza ‘completely uninhabitable’
Relentless Israeli attacks against infrastructure in Gaza and cold weather are making the Palestinian enclave “completely uninhabitable”, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) has warned. “I fear that many more civilians will die,” Ajith Sunghay, the head of the OHCHR for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said on Friday. “The continued attacks on specially protected Read More
ICJ ruling in Gaza genocide case renews calls to end Israel arms transfers
Rights advocates and legal experts have welcomed the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision ordering Israel to take “all measures within its power” to prevent acts that could amount to genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. While it stopped short of explicitly demanding a ceasefire, the top court of the United Nations on Friday Read More
Has the war on Gaza hurt Israel’s economy?
Israel’s war on Gaza, now well into its fourth month, has taken a toll on its own economy with many industries pausing business even as a few continue to get new investments. Since October, Israel’s government has subsidised the salaries of reportedly 360,000 mobilised reservists deployed to Gaza – many of whom are high-tech industry Read More
Hunter Biden’s ‘sugar bro’ threatens lawsuit against Jonathan Turley
The “sugar brother” of President Biden’s son, Hunter, is threatening legal action against criminal defense attorney and Fox News contributor Johnathan Truly, accusing him of defamation. Kevin Morris, a Hollywood attorney and personal confidant to the younger Biden sat for a transcribed interview with the House Oversight Committee as part of House Republicans’ sweeping probe Read More
Brutality of oppression: Ai Weiwei speaks on Gaza, China and New York City
“Power is afraid of art and poets,” writes Ai Weiwei in Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir. He would know. The renowned artist is a notorious rankler of the powers that be, particularly in his native China, where Communist Party leadership came to fear him to such a ferocious degree that he has endured prison, torture and Read More
Packed Tanzania protests offer hope but reforms remain a distant dream
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania – As thousands of supporters carrying placards stating their demands marched through Dar-es-Salaam on Wednesday, opposition party Chadema deputy chairperson Tunde Lissu declared to reporters that the rallies were the beginning of a mission to get a new constitution and get the electoral commission truly independent. Deemed the biggest public demonstrations since President Read More
Palestinians slam suspension of UNRWA funding by some Western nations
Top Palestinian officials and Hamas have criticised the decision by some Western countries to suspend funding to the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians and called for an immediate reversal of the move that entails “great” risk. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) earlier said it had Read More
INS Vishakhapatnam responds to distress call from merchant ship in Gulf of Aden
Based on the request from the MV Merlin Luanda, INS Visakhapatnam has deployed the Ship’s NBCD team along with firefighting equipment to provide assistance to the crew towards augmenting firefighting efforts onboard the distressed MV Merlin Luanda, according to the Indian Navy.
Biden promises to ‘shut down’ border if Congress approves bill GOP claims would ‘incentivize illegal aliens’
President Biden is vowing to “shut down the border” if Congress passes the bipartisan immigration deal he claims would give him “emergency authority” necessary to stop the years-long surge of migrants. Biden said in a Friday press release later published on social media that the border security measures, which are tied to a Ukraine aid package Read More
Crisis in the Northwest: Are voters ‘beyond a turning point’ after decades of progressive politics?
his is the first story in a series about the addiction and homelessness crises plaguing Oregon. SALEM, Ore. – It was a quiet morning, aside from the man shouting incoherently behind the Oregon State Capitol. He paced back and forth, occasionally flailing his arms, and seemed unbothered by the January drizzle. Inside the building, lawmakers Read More