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18:37 [ Democratic Socialists of America ]

DSA Statement on the New State Department Report on Cuba

(August 10, 2026)

We are being depicted as fanatics for building a world where people live in peace, safe from bombs; where no child goes hungry; where no family has to worry that their lives will be ripped apart by ICE; and where no one has to suffer from lack of housing or healthcare. They depict us as such because they are afraid that our ideas are not fringe demands. These are the demands that millions of Americans have already committed to fighting for at the ballot box and in the streets.

Despite Rubio’s attempt to smear us, his report admits that DSA does not organize on behalf of the Cuban Government, only of its own accord.

18:27 [ Forbes Breaking News / Youtube ]

Cuban UN Representative: If The UN Wants To Stop World Hunger, ‚Then The Arms Race Needs To Stop‘

(August 26, 2026)

During a UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday, Cuban Representative to the UN Ernesto Soberón Guzmán spoke about the link between peace and global food stability.

18:21 [ ApexNewsExclusive.com ]

Cuba takes ‘Hunger Blockade’ claim to UN Security Council, accuses US of deepening crisis

(August 26, 2026)

The Cuban government, in a statement to the Security Council on Tuesday, August 25, warned against the use of hunger as a weapon of war and argued that conflicts, economic inequalities and unilateral coercive measures were aggravating global food insecurity.

Havana specifically linked the worsening food situation in Cuba to the impact of the United States’ economic, commercial and financial restrictions, which it refers to as a blockade.

The intervention came only days after Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez launched a fresh attack on Washington over new sanctions imposed on Cuban state entities and officials, accusing the administration of US President Donald Trump of deliberately squeezing the Cuban economy and undermining the government’s capacity to provide basic services.

Rodríguez said the latest measures were particularly affecting the movement of containers carrying food, medicines and medical equipment, including supplies acquired by Cuba’s private micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.

16:17 [ Umair Malik / Twitter ]

this is the biggest blunder in American history. Mark my words

(December 9, 2023)

16:09 [ American Conservative ]

The Iran War Is Lose-Lose

The on-again, off-again conflict, characterized by tit-for-tat retaliatory strikes, is a lose-lose situation for both parties and for the region as a whole, yet we are unlikely to escape this tragic dynamic unless more realist strategic thinking prevails in both Washington and Tehran. Neither side can “win” this war, but they can cut their losses before they incur even higher human, financial, and military costs. The realist school of thought offers a compelling diagnosis of this conflict, and points the way to a mutually beneficial conclusion.

15:49 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Folgen des Iran-Kriegs: Trump hat Amerikas Macht verspielt

Die Supermacht USA hat sich mit einer zweitklassigen Regionalgröße angelegt – und ist dabei unterlegen. Das hat geostrategische Folgen, die wir längst noch nicht alle begreifen. Am Persischen Golf sind die Amerikaner jetzt auf dem Rückzug, das Pentagon überlegt ernsthaft, die zerstörten Stützpunkte in der Region nicht wieder aufzubauen.

27.08.2026 - 18:44 [ Law For Palestine ]

The Need for Accountability: Israel Must Be Expelled from the United Nations

(October 28, 2024)

It is of vital importance that member states of the UN start taking immediate steps towards expelling Israel under the UN Charter. Expulsion from the UN is not only warranted in this case, but is imperative, as it is the only way to ensure the legitimacy of international law, and of the UN itself. Should expulsion prove politically difficult, due to the veto power Israel’s allies – in particular, the US – wield in the UNSC, member states should, at least as a first step, de facto suspend Israel from the UNGA, as was done in the case of South Africa.

27.08.2026 - 17:19 [ Al Jazeera ]

WATCH: UNRWA chief says Israel seeks to eliminate agency, Palestinian refugee issue

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27.08.2026 - 16:56 [ PassBlue.com ]

Choosing the Next UN Secretary-General Cannot Be Left to a Powerful Few

Historically, the selection of a new secretary-general has been treated as the domain of the UN Security Council, especially its five permanent members, known as “the P5.” But the wording of the UN Charter is clear that while the Council should recommend a candidate, the appointment is made by the General Assembly. If the P5 propose an unsuitable candidate for reasons of realpolitik, the states of the General Assembly can and should reject them and insist that more suitable individuals be put forward.

27.08.2026 - 16:52 [ Washington Post ]

Trump administration dives into U.N. secretary general race

(August 24, 2026)

The next leader of the United Nations could, for the first time, be a woman. But first she’ll need Trump’s approval.

27.08.2026 - 16:35 [ United Nations ]

‘We Cannot Keep Peace When There Is No Peace to Keep,’ Secretary-General Says, Calling for Reset of United Nations Peace Operations

But let me be clear: Peacekeeping operations should only be deployed when a peace agreement or at least a robust ceasefire is in place. We cannot keep peace when there is no peace to keep.

26.08.2026 - 20:15 [ Al Jazeera ]

Netanyahu says Israel to expand settlements in West Bank despite global backlash

“We cannot ignore the numbers: 104 communities that we established and legalised together, and 160 farms, with more to come,” Netanyahu said.

Israel has faced growing international outrage over its settlement expansion, as violence by settlers against Palestinians soars.

26.08.2026 - 20:03 [ WAFA.ps ]

Gaza death toll rises to 73,431 since October 2023

GAZA, August 25, 2026 (WAFA) — Medical sources in the Gaza Strip said on Sunday that the death toll from Israel’s ongoing aggression on the Strip has risen to 73,431 Palestinians killed and 174,437 injured since October 7, 2023.

They said Gaza hospitals received nine fatalities over the past 24 hours.

26.08.2026 - 19:59 [ Anadolu ]

UNIFIL says ‘entire neighborhoods’ wiped out in southern Lebanon

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Monday night that peacekeepers continue to report “extensive destruction” of civilian infrastructure across southern Lebanon, warning that entire neighborhoods have been wiped out and some destruction appears “systematic rather than selective.”

UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel told UN Radio that peacekeepers had documented widespread damage and destruction from Kafr Kila to Khiam and Naqoura.

26.08.2026 - 19:24 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

The Leaders of the Joint List Met with European Union Ambassadors to Israel

(August 21, 2026)

The leadership of the Joint Lis, including the alliance’s chairman, Prof. Yousef Jabareen, MK Dr. Ahmad Tibi, and former MK Sami Abu Shehadeh, alongside Hadash MK Ofer Cassif and Joint List candidate Jafar Farah (Hadash), met in Tel-Aviv on Thursday, August 20, with more than twenty European Union ambassadors to Israel. This marks the Joint List’s first diplomatic meeting since the announcement of its formation.

26.08.2026 - 19:18 [ Ofer Cassif עופר כסיף عوفر كسيف / X ]

@ListJoint The Joint List held its first diplomatic meeting with ambassadors from European Union Member States.

(August 21, 2026)

We highlighted the grave threats facing the integrity and fairness of elections in Israel, specifically the political persecution of parties and parliamentarians representing Arab citizens, alongside racist attempts to undermine their legitimacy.

We also addressed the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank and the escalation of state terror against Palestinians, carried out by settler milicias with military cooperation and protection and in blunt violation of international law.

We have commenced the meeting by emphasizing the vital role of the European Union and its Member States in combating racism, advancing democratic norms and human rights, and promoting an immediate end to the occupation to achieve a just peace.

26.08.2026 - 19:01 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Occupation Soldiers Block Hadash MK from Besieged Palestinian Home in Qusra

Cassif eventually reached the families and expressed his support.

Louai Ridi, a Palestinian American, has been effectively trapped on his property since settlers first arrived in the area on Aug. 9. The settlers pitched a tent surrounding Ridi’s home before cutting water pipes and electricity lines and blocking roads leading to his property, making it extremely difficult for the Ridi family and other residents to go about the area.

Videos posted by Cassif, Zo Haderekh and the Palestinian families have brought international attention to the standoff, creating an unusual degree of pressure on the Israeli government and its military.

26.08.2026 - 18:47 [ Al Jazeera ]

WATCH: Israeli soldiers block Knesset member from besieged Palestinian home

Israeli soldiers blocked Knesset member Ofer Cassif from reaching a Palestinian family home in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra, where settlers have maintained a 17-day siege.

Cassif eventually reached the families and expressed his support.

25.08.2026 - 22:22 [ Wafa.ps ]

UNRWA says Israeli forces’ raid into Kalandia centre unacceptable, deeply concerning

JERUSALEM, August 25, 2026 (WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said in a press statement today that Israeli forces forcibly raided its Kalandia Training Centre (KTC) in occupied East Jerusalem at around 10:00 a.m., with at least four armored vehicles and more than 50 Israeli security personnel, while approximately 20 UNRWA staff members were on site.

According to the statement, Israeli officials subsequently made public statements indicating that the premises had been seized by the Israeli authorities.

UNRWA unequivocally condemned this unauthorized and deeply concerning incursion into the Kalandia Training Centre.

25.08.2026 - 22:15 [ Wafa.ps ]

Israeli forces raid Qalandiya, Kafr Aqab and move to evict UNRWA facility

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir took part in the raid and said Israeli authorities had begun what he described as an “operation to evacuate the building,” claiming that “there is no place for the agency in Jerusalem and Israel.”

The sources added that Israeli forces detained 40 employees and others present at the Qalandiya Training Institute and subjected them to questioning,

The occupation forces also distributed notices to several homes and facilities near the apartheid wall in the Kafr Aqab area, coinciding with the tightening of military measures in the region.

In Kafr Aqab, Israeli forces evacuated the Qalandiya Vocational Training Center, run by UNRWA, and began demolishing its facilities.

25.08.2026 - 21:56 [ Al Jazeera ]

Israel intensifies raids on UNRWA facilities in occupied West Bank

(8 hours ago)

The Israeli army raided UNRWA’s vocational facilities in Qalandiya and Kafr Aqab, which provide services for about 16,000 Palestinian refugees from across the occupied West Bank, says journalist Sarah Abu Alrob from Ramallah.

“This comes within a larger campaign where the Israeli government has been calling to dismantle the UNRWA organisation that provides educational, medical and social services to Palestinian refugees who are still in the occupied West Bank,” she told Al Jazeera.

25.08.2026 - 21:46 [ Middle East Eye / X ]

A UN spokesperson said that three UN warehouses were damaged in an Israeli air strike on Sunday, with one significantly affected.

(August 24, 2026)

25.08.2026 - 21:37 [ Anadolu ]

US removes Syria from state sponsor of terrorism list

The US State Department on Monday removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, fulfilling President Donald Trump‘s commitment to provide sanctions relief to the post-Assad government.

Syria is no longer subject to prohibitions under the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations, according to the Treasury Department‘s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Washington revoked the designation of the al-Nusrah Front, also known as Hay‘at Tahrir al-Sham, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization.

25.08.2026 - 20:52 [ TKP.at ]

CIA-Direktor in Moskau

Ratcliffe hatte im März 2026 bereits ein Telefongespräch mit dem Chef des russischen Auslandsnachrichtendienstes SWR, Sergei Naryschkin, geführt. Das war der erste Kontakt auf diesem Level seit über zwei Jahren.

Ob es um die Ukraine, den Iran, Geheimdienstfragen oder einen möglichen Gefangenenaustausch geht, bleibt offen. Weder die CIA noch die Regierungen in Washington und Moskau kommentierten den Zweck.

25.08.2026 - 00:42 [ Antiwar.com ]

Iran Threatens to Attack US Bases in European Countries

“There is no justification for any country to fear Iran unless that country opens its territory to the United States for aggression against Iran,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said on Monday. “It is Iran’s right to target the source and origin of any aggressive action against the Islamic Republic.”

24.08.2026 - 23:32 [ theNationalNews.com ]

US-Oman ties face strain as Muscat walks tightrope between Washington and Tehran

(August 21, 2026)

Mr Trump himself agreed in a signed document that Oman would “conduct dialogue” with Iran to define the future administration and maritime services in the strait.

“Oman’s negotiations with Iran over a mechanism to manage the Strait of Hormuz appear to have been a bilateral Iran-Oman effort, though it’s true that the memorandum of understanding from June endorsed a 60-day Iranian-Omani mechanism,” Marc Sievers, former US ambassador to Oman, told The National. “It is also true that the US and Iran understood this point differently, which led to the collapse of the MoU.”

24.08.2026 - 23:26 [ Al Jazeera ]

Israel accused of using kites as pretext to justify escalating Gaza attacks

A four-year-old child was among three Palestinians killed in Israeli air attacks in central Gaza on Sunday, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to escalate attacks over the alleged launching of paper kites from the war-torn enclave.

23.08.2026 - 18:50 [ Al Jazeera ]

World is amazed by Iran’s ‘resistance, solidarity and cohesion’: Pezeshkian

Iran’s president says Washington falsely predicted before the war that the country would fall amid US aggression and become like Venezuela.

“The enemy had assessed that if Iran falls, it will become Venezuela,” he said in a televised speech.

“Not only did it not happen, but it became a power that amazed the world with its resistance, solidarity and cohesion.”

Pezeshkian said Iran’s enemies hope to “create division and rift in society through problems”.

“We will try with all our might to avoid division, rift, conflicts and egos,” he concluded.

22.08.2026 - 16:32 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israeli forces reportedly use phosphorus shells in attacks on southern Lebanon

In 2024, images and footage shared by Human Rights Watch showed the munitions hitting residential buildings in the southern Lebanese border villages of Kafr Kila, Mays al-Jabal, Boustane, Markaba, and Aita al-Chaab.

Inhalation of white phosphorus fumes can cause respiratory injuries and asphyxiation, and inflict second- and third-degree burns to the skin.

In 2023, HRW revealed that Israeli forces had used the weapon on the densely populated Gaza Strip and on two rural areas along the Israel-Lebanon border.