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As president runs for new term, critics say credible polls can’t be held unless jailed opposition politicians are freed.Tunisian President Kais Saied has said that he will seek a new five-year term in an election set for October. Saied’s announcement comes as the opposition says fair and credible elections cannot be held unless imprisoned politicians are released and the media is allowed to do its job without pressure from the government. “I officially announce my candidacy for the October 6 presidential election in order to keep up the fight in the battle for national liberation,” Saied, who has ruled by…

Businesses and services around the world were slowly recovering after a massive technology outage wreaked havoc across the world and raised questions about the vulnerability of the global interconnected economy. A faulty software update caused the “unprecedented” outage on Friday, grounding flights, knocking out financial companies and news outlets, and disrupting hospitals, supermarkets, small businesses and government offices. By Saturday, several services were back online, but George Kurtz, the CEO of US cybersecurity company CrowdStrike – whose botched software update on its Falcon Sensor hit Microsoft’s Windows operating system – cautioned that a total recovery could take weeks. CrowdStrike said…

The brutal war the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia has been waging against the Sudanese people for the past 15 months, and the unprecedented atrocities it committed in the process,  have so far received an inadequate response from the international community. True, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2736, adopted on June 13, 2024, which demands the RSF halt its siege of el-Fasher in North Darfur region and end fighting in the area, is significant.  However, it falls short of unequivocally condemning the militia for its crimes. According to a panel of independent experts assigned by the UNSC, between April and…

As Israel carries out a devastating war on Gaza, settlers are exploiting the lack of global attention on the occupied West Bank to expel Palestinians from their land there. The International Court of Justice, the world’s highest court, will rule on Friday on whether Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory is illegal – a move that could outrage Israeli settlers and the broader settlement movement. Settlers have been particularly emboldened by far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, both of whom have pushed to expand settlements in the West Bank – which violate international law…

NewsFeedVideos show the moment a drone struck a building in Israel’s Tel Aviv, killing one person and injuring several more. Yemen’s Houthis say they were behind the attack.Published On 19 Jul 202419 Jul 2024 Source link

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Casualties mount as Israeli military targets Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp following ICJ ruling that Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land is ‘unlawful’ and must end. Source link

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and should come to an end “as rapidly as possible”. Nawaf Salam, president of the ICJ in The Hague, read out the nonbinding advisory opinion issued by the 15-judge panel on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory on Friday. The judges pointed to a wide list of policies – including the building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, use of the area’s natural resources, the annexation and imposition of permanent control over lands and discriminatory policies…

Some critics point to mismanagement in the salt industry as part of the reason for La Guajira’s economic instability. From 1941 to 2002, the national government was in charge of the salt mines, first through the Bank of the Republic and later through the Institute of Industrial Development (IFI). But Indigenous communities chafed at the federal control. They asserted their rights to the territory and eventually struck an agreement with the government to create a new entity called the Maritime Salt Flats of Manaure (SAMA). It was conceived as a public-private partnership. The municipal government of Manaure holds a 24-percent…

NewsFeed“Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory unlawful,” says UN’s top court. The International Court of Justice has ruled Israel’s ongoing occupation of the West Bank is illegal. The non-binding ruling could pave the way for Israeli leaders to be prosecuted at the ICJ. Soraya Lennie explains the issue at the centre of the case…Published On 19 Jul 202419 Jul 2024 Source link

NewsFeed“It is a big blow to Israel as a state, as an establishment, as a government, as settlers.” Palestinian officials welcomed the International Court of Justice’s opinion that called for an end to Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.Published On 19 Jul 202419 Jul 2024 Source link