(2024-09-30). Assange to Testify at Council of Europe. transcend.org 24 Sep 2024 – The freed publisher will appear in person in Strasbourg on 1 Oct to address the Council of Europe, WikiLeaks said today.
(2024-09-30). Thomas Merton on US Militarism. transcend.org 27 Sep 2024 – Our Government is facilitating mass slaughter. The two political parties running for President are complicit. The Catholic monk Thomas Merton's writings on US militarism were censored and often forbidden. He resorted to sending his work privately, much unknown until after his assassination.
(2024-09-30). Bootleg alcohol kills six in Iran: state media. newarab.com 
Six people have died of alcohol poisoning in northern Iran banned the production and consumption of alcoholic beverages after the Ever since, smuggled and unregulated alcohol has proliferated on the black market, with methanol often added to drinks as a cheaper alternative to ethanol. | Official…
(2024-09-30). Is Palestinian Flag Banned in India? ummid.com A senior police officer in Chhattisgarh has given a statement to the media that he has registered a case against the youth waving Palestinian flags and now the court has the right to decide this.
(2024-09-30). Hasan Nasrallah died on the road to liberate Palestine. mronline.org Israel's assassination of Hasan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hizballah, in an apocalyptic bombing attack on Beirut's southern suburb on Friday is likely, at least in the short term, to cause enormous shock, despair and demoralization among supporters of the resistance to Zionism in Lebanon and across the region.
(2024-09-30). Veterans Group to DOJ: Impanel Grand Jury, Indict Blinken. commondreams.org A national veterans' organization today called for a grand jury to indict Department of State (DOS) Secretary Antony Blinken and the U.S. Ambassador to Israel for lying to Congress, violating the Export Control Act, the Genocide Prevention Act and the U.S. War Crimes Act. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice, Veterans For …
(2024-09-30). Is a regional war between Israel and Iran inevitable. newarab.com 
On 27 September, Israel Felt dozens of kilometres away, these Israeli airstrikes produced the By targeting Hezbollah's Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and other leaders in the Lebanese party, Tel Aviv's military strikes da…
(2024-09-30). Iran: Nasrallah mocked myth of West invincibility in 2006; martyrdom heralds new chapter. presstv.ir Iran's foreign minister honors the legacy of Hezbollah's late secretary general, who was martyred during recent Israeli airstrikes against Lebanon's capital Beirut.
(2024-09-30). Hezbollah deputy leader vows to 'continue path' paved by Martyr Nasrallah. presstv.ir Hezbollah's Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has vowed to continue the path paved by the late Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and to achieve the goals he had set.
(2024-09-30). US Bolsters Forces in Middle East, Issues Warning to Iran. scheerpost.com 
Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder conducts a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 8, 2024. (DoD photo by Joseph Clark) By Dave DeCamp / Antiwar.com The Pentagon on Sunday announced steps to bolster its forces in the Middle East amid Israel's non-stop bombardment of Lebanon. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat …
(2024-09-30). Kamala Harris Backed by Hundreds of Millions of Dark-Money Dollars. dissidentvoice.org 
On 17 March 2021, OpenSecrets.org headlined "'Dark money' topped $1 billion in 2020, largely boosting Democrats" and reported that, The 2020 election saw more than $1 billion in 'dark money' pending at the federal level, a massive sum driven by an explosion of secret donations boosting Democrats in a historically expensive cycle. That's according to …
(2024-09-30). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Speaks at 2024 UN General Assembly. scheerpost.com Please share this story and help us grow our network! Transcript Dear Mr President, Ladies and gentlemen, A few days ago, this building hosted a forum called the Summit of the Future. Russia was supportive of the idea of the Secretary-General to convene it, since the crisis of our Organisation is deepening and something needs …
(2024-09-30). Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Speaks at 2024 UN General Assembly. scheerpost.com Transcript Dear Mr President, Ladies and gentlemen, A few days ago, this building hosted a forum called the Summit of the Future. Russia was supportive of the idea of the Secretary-General to convene it, since the crisis of our Organisation is deepening and something needs to be done about this. We devoted our efforts to …
(2024-09-30). Azerbaijan: Unprecendent repression since January 2024. fidh.org In a joint letter, human rights groups, 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, alert the new Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr Alain Berset, to the escalation of repression in Azerbaijan since January 2024.
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(2024-09-30). Labor and civil rights icon, Bill Lucy, dies at 90. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —Longtime AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer and civil rights icon Bill Lucy, who helped assemble and lead the famous "I Am A Man" unionization drive and strike by Black sanitation workers in 1968 in Lucy's hometown of Memphis, Tenn., died September 25 at his D.C. home. He was 90. Lucy, who later co-founded and was the first …
(2024-09-30). Developing: Israel 'begins ground operation in Lebanon'. newarab.com 
Israel is "currently conducting" limited "This is what they have informed us that they are currently conducting, which are limited operations targeting Hezbollah infrastructure near the border," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told journalists. | Israel had warned Monday that it could send in troops to fight Hezbollah, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant saying near the Lebanese border: "We will use al…
(2024-09-30). Israel's plan to assassinate leaders. unitedworldint.com First impressions from Iran and evaluations of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Abu Taqiyya The world's eyes are on Lebanon after the martyrdom of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and the central commanders in Israel's attack. We continue to present the observations and evaluations of our sources in the region. Gàºrkan Demir, the Iran correspondent for Türkiye's Ulusal …
(2024-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: How to get hay fever relief from fall allergies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Autumn is the season of change, with green leaves turning color and temperatures cooling. It's also the season of hay fever, or allergic rhinitis. So how can people with fall allergies get relief? Dr. James Li, a Mayo Clinic allergist, has more in this Mayo Clinic Minute. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 06) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script….
(2024-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why more preventive screenings are needed in the Hispanic community. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to a recent study by the American Cancer Society, cancer is a leading cause of death among those of Hispanic heritage living in the U.S. Hispanic and Latino people are less likely to be diagnosed with lung, colon, breast and prostate cancers than non-Hispanic white men and women. Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says preventive screenings for cancer and other diseases are effective ways to help reduce these burdens. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…
(2024-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is CAR-T cell therapy? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Roughly 635,000 new cases of lymphoma were diagnosed worldwide, according to the World Cancer Research Fund International's most recent report. Survival rates for aggressive lymphomas have improved significantly thanks to advances in treatment, such as chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy). Dr. Madiha Iqbal, a Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist, explains that CAR-T cell therapy is a personalized and innovative treatment giving hope to patients diagnosed with various lymphomas. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mhzo1FAmV0 Journalists: …
(2024-09-30). Mayo Clinic Minute: What is valley fever? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Some areas of the U.S. are experiencing a recent uptick in cases of a fungal lung infection called valley fever. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, explains what you need to know about valley fever, how it's spread and how to avoid becoming infected. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-d-FB39CTdI Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (0: 59) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo…
(2024-09-30). 'It's Bisan from Gaza and I'm Still Alive' wins Emmy 2024. ummid.com "It's Bisan From Gaza — and I'm Still Alive" of Palestinian Journalist Bisan Owda and Al Jazeera's AJ+ has won an Emmy in the Outstanding Hard News Feature Story category.
(2024-09-30). Iranian Kurdish journalist Fardin Mostafaei detained in undisclosed location. hra-news.org
Image by Allison Saeng. | America and its origin story are full of unexamined assumptions, one of the biggest being that voters actually cast their ballots for presidential candidates. Is democracy — which comes from the Greek words for people (demos) and rule (kratos) — the USA's foundational "Big Lie"? Consider that, according to Ari Berman's new book Minority Rule, only 1.8% of the population of the 13 original states voted in George Washington's 1789 presidential election. In One Person, One Vote? director Maximina Juson goes behind the closed doors of 1787's Constitutional Convention, when Ame…
Workers World condemns Israel's assassination of the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, that took place in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, on Sept. 27. Nasrallah had been leading the Lebanon-based liberation organization for 32 years. His assassination was part of a larger massacre, as the same Israeli airstrikes . . . | 
Mass protest at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. The writer is First Secretary of Workers World Party. The presidential election this year is a watershed moment for the working-class movement and for the anti-imperialist forces within it. It is time to do what has yet to . . . | 
COMMENTS | Oscord Mark Otile | The recent remarks made by the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, suggesting that Uganda's tax burden is among the lowest in the region, merits a critical examination. While the statement may hold some statistical truth, it does not accurately reflect the lived realities of many Ugandans. In consideration with …
TRIBUTE | LOUIS JADWONG | Onapito Ekomoloit was my OB and fellow veteran journalist. I got in touch with him early on September 1, 2024, confident that since he was Nile Breweries Limited's Board Chairman, I would secure a beer sponsorship for an upcoming Family fun day out. The Fun day is being organized by …
Israeli soldiers have leaked video of themselves blowing up a mosque in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. | Video shared on The mosque appeared empty, with signs of bombardment damage in the footage. | One Israeli soldier appearing in the footage smiled as he tossed an explosive in the air. | Palestinian journalist Younis Tirawi shared the footage, saying on X that it had been provided to right-wing Israe…
An Israeli security official said on Friday that any The comments come after The security official, briefing journalists on cond…
By now it's clear even to the thick-skulled nabobs running our government, that the U.S. can't win actual wars. It puts up a more respectable performance with propaganda campaigns, probably because those are things the mighty intellects in the CIA truly enjoy, but even those, with their ferocious philippics against malevolent Moscow in The New 
Saudi crown prince said he personally 'doesn't care' about Palestinian issue | Mohammed bin Salman reportedly told Antony Blinken that while he was not concerned about 'the Palestinian issue', the young Saudi population were | | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince…
U.S. efforts to control information in Africa will ultimately backfire, says African journalist, author, and filmmaker David Hundeyin.
PORTLAND, Ore.—Portland, Ore., seldom sees so many suits and ties. But for three weeks, Judge Adrienne Nelson's 14th-floor federal courtroom there was wall-to-wall with lawyers, national grocery executives, and hedge fund representatives. In a lockdown environment where smartphones and even laptops were banned, they were there to attend round one of the Federal Trade Commission …
UK Lawyers for Israel sought Israeli help in dispute with Palestine NGOs | Leaked document seen by MEE reveals 2019 meeting between UKLFI leaders and senior justice ministry official | | UKLFI's Jonathan Turner addresses MPs during a parliamentary committee hearing in September 2023 (Pa…
In what it called "China Week", the U.S. House of Representatives approved 25 anti-Chinese laws over a few days, in bipartisan votes. Cold War Two fervor is reaching fever pitch in Washington.
The UN chief warned world leaders on Tuesday that The gathering of dozens of world leaders, the high point of the diplomatic calendar, comes as Biden marks his last appearance at the UN General Assembly. | "We should all be alarmed by the escalation. Lebanon is at the brink," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. | As world leaders gathered in Manhattan for the annual flurry of speeches and f…
No Democratic administration has been willing to challenge the excesses of Israeli policy, and the Biden administration is no exception. President Joe Biden's bear hug of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu several days after the Hamas attack on October 7th indicated that U.S. policy would be one-sided. Even worse, Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on October 12th, and said that he was there not only as secretary of state but "as a Jew." Accordingly, the United States has been complicit in virtually every aspect of Israel's genocidal campaign in Gaza as well as negligent in accepting Israe…
British foreign secretary Lammy's latest remarks come after the During his speech in…
After almost a year of stress and anxiety, Marieha Hussain was found The 'crime'? | Holding up a placard depicting the then Prime Minister and former home secretary as The courtroom cheered as the judge read out her ve…
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Kedrace Turyagyenda has officially taken over as the Ministry of Education and Sports Permanent Secretary, following her recent appointment. The First Lady of Uganda and the Minister for Education and Sports, Janet Museveni, congratulated Dr. Turyagyenda on her new role, expressing confidence in the ministry's ability to provide …
As the state keeps details around the death penalty hidden, an investigation into its execution team raises questions about how incarcerated people are treated in their final moments.
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? The CT machine stood ready like a giant white gleaming donut, but the patient wasn't quite cooperating. | It was evening, and the third floor of the Pavilion at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania was mostly empty. Medical testing and imaging during regular business hours were done for the day. | But in this one exam room, half a dozen people crowded around the CT scanner bed, trying to position the patient just right. | "Can we move it?" asked Leening Liu, a PhD…
Keir Starmer's Labour Party has blocked another progressive journalist — Femi Oluwole — from attending this year's Labour conference, while allowing a GB News presenter to quite literally host a fringe event there. Femi: Labour is sorry but you're not coming in Femi Oluwole is an activist and journalist. He rose to prominence amid the […] | By 
General Almog | Source: Wikimedia Commons By John McEvoy / Declassified UK When retired Israeli general Doron Almog boarded his flight from Tel Aviv on 11 September 2005, he expected to soon step foot on British soil. Minutes after landing at Heathrow airport, however, an Israeli embassy official boarded the plane and warned Almog to …
Iran's President U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that Russia had received ballistic missiles from Iran and was likely to 
A London woman was acquitted of a racially aggravated public order offence on Friday after displaying a placard depicting former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Home Secretary Marieha Hussain, 37, was 
LONDON | Xinhua | Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said on Friday he is "looking forward" to the start of the hearing into the 115 charges leveled against his club for breaking the Premier League's financial fair play rules. The trial begins at a secret location on Monday after a four-year investigation into the club's …
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 2024 Veterinary Wealth Sacco Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held next Saturday, September 21 at Media hall, COVAB, Makerere University from 9am. The theme this year is "Empowering the Vets to unlock their full potential through financial inclusion." The general secretary Uganda Veterinary Association (UVA) Dr Boniface Obbo …
Arrogance, hypocrisy and entitlement of Labour right writ large again as party drones try to defend undeclared sprees funded by multimillionaire donor given Downing Street pass Foreign Secretary David Lammy has put the arrogance and entitlement of the Labour right on full show again today by telling Sky News, in defence of Starmer's failure to …
Rag disowns Elon Perry after string of 'fabricated' claims and has 'due diligence under scrutiny' — but persisted for years with libel-machine Harpin and others The right-wing Jewish Chronicle is 'in crisis' after being forced to delete a string of articles by one of its journalists — because they were made up. The rag issued …
YouTube has provisionally banned The Electronic Intifada for streaming and uploading Pro-Palestinian content ⚪ The independent media outlet became aware of the restriction after they were unable to upload or live stream on the social media platform
Prohibited underarm whitening product also sold with impunity in the Philippines — EcoWaste Coalition: | 12 September 2024, Quezon City. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore has issued an Alert against a topical whitening product containing banned or potent ingredients, mercury in particular, after a woman was admitted to a hospital due to a severe hypersensitivity reaction that can be life-threatening. | Citing information from the HSA Alert, the environmental and health watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition warned that 88 Total White Underarm Cream, which is widely sold in the Philippines,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency announced Friday, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature climate, health care and tax package signed into law in 2022. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel traveled to Austin, Texas, to tour …
"This is a media outlet that disseminates false content, which includes incitement against Israelis and Jews, and constitutes a threat to (Israeli) soldiers," the Israeli government press office said in a statement. | An Israeli official told A…
I was sitting in the back of a car heading towards Dublin a couple of weeks ago when Motaz's smile widened as he scrolled down the article and learnt that he wasn't alone; 
On the occasion of a recent road trip to the Western Balkans, Mariannella Kloka and Efi Pavlogergatou interview the journalist Milka Tadiƒá Mijoviƒá about Montenegro's past and present. Milka Tadiƒá Mijoviƒá became internationally known as an activist during the turbulent transition period in Southeastern Europe. She is one of the co-founders of the weekly Monitor, Montenegro's first private and independent weekly magazine (1990). During the 1990s, she was actively involved in the anti-war movement. The published photos from Kotor, Montenegro are taken by Rena Xirof…
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…