(2024-05-09). Pakistani Farmers Launch A Nationwide Movement. popularresistance.org Thousands of farmers in Pakistan have launched a nationwide movement demanding increased government procurement of wheat. The campaign will kick off with national mobilizations on Friday, May 10, Khalid Khokhar, the leader of Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (Pakistan Farmer Movement or PKI), a united body of most of the farmers' unions in the country, said in a press conference on Sunday. | The mobilizations are set to kick off in Multan, Punjab and would be a continuation of the last month's agitation in several parts of the country. Khokhar claimed that an even greater number of farmers' organizations and groups would…
(2024-05-09). Saturday 6/22: "Searching For Kapwa" Film Screening And Discussion. indybay.org Oakland Asian Cultural Center auditorium.
(2024-05-09). Indian PM Narendra Modi Runs on "Hatred and Demonization" of Muslims in World's Largest Election. democracynow.org 
Millions of voters in India are casting their ballots in the third of seven phases in the country's mammoth general election. The election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP party against an alliance of more than two dozen opposition parties led by the Indian National Congress. Modi has recently come under fire from opponents for referring to Muslims in India as "infiltrators," but our guest, the award-winning Indian author and journalist Siddhartha Deb, points out that "the Hindu right, they've always been extreme," using "genocidal language&…
(2024-05-09). What's inside Neom's futuristic coastal community Jaumur. geo.tv 
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(2024-05-09). FBI informant who infiltrated Islamic State and al-Qaeda released from US prison. middleeasteye.net 
FBI informant who infiltrated Islamic State and al-Qaeda released from US prison | Kamran Faridi tells MEE he believes he was jailed for threatening to disclose 'dirty laundry' about FBI entrapment operations | | Kamran Faridi in a photo he says was taken near the frontline in opposition-held…
(2024-05-09). United Methodist Church resolution condemns Hindu nationalist persecution of Christians in India. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Web Desk United Methodist Church (UMC) delegates at the April 2024 General Conference have made a significant statement by overwhelmingly supporting a resolution condemning the persecution of Indian Christians by Hindu nationalists. This resolution also calls upon the US Department of State to classify India as a country of particular concern regarding …
(2024-05-09). PM asks people to choose between 'vote jihad', 'Ram Rajya'. muslimmirror.com Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted India has reached a turning point in history and people have to decide in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections if "vote jihad" or "Ram Rajya" is the way forward for the country. Addressing an election rally in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, Modi hit out at the opposition Congress, …
(2024-05-09). Cuba seeks more cooperation with Eurasian Economic Union. plenglish.com Moscow, May 9 (Prensa Latina) President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday ratified Cuba's willingness to increase its participation in the development of the mechanisms of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
(2024-05-09). Are sleaze revelations fueling 20 percent GOP vote for dropout Haley? peoplesworld.org 
INDIANAPOLIS—It's bad enough that women and everyone who supports them are hearing stories in the current Trump trial about how he compared a porn star with whom he was about to have sex to his own daughter and how he assured the performer that his wife, Melania, was not an issue because they did not …
(2024-05-09). Dubai-Jamaica flight with Indians sent back, MEA confirms. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: A chartered flight carrying multiple Indian passengers from Dubai to Jamaica has been sent back due to concerns over their documentation, confirmed the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday. | MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Thursday said, "We are given to understand that a chartered flight from Dubai landed in Jamaica with several Indians onboard. They had prior travel and hotel bookings. However local authorities were not satisfied with their documents. They were sent back to Dubai on 7th May."As per the reports, the chartered flight was carrying "253 Indians and other foreign nationals".
(2024-05-09). Attempts to pursue 'Taiwan Independence' doomed to fail: Foreign Ministry. ecns.cn Any attempt to pursue "Taiwan independence" under any pretext or in any form will not succeed, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Thursday.
(2024-05-09). Syria/Dabbagh case : First trial in France of the crimes of the Syrian authorities. fidh.org
(2024-05-09). Azerbaijan: Arbitrary detention of Anar Mammadli. fidh.org In a context of increasing crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan, more than 30 organisations including OMCT and FIDH in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders call for the immediate release of Anar Mammadli and urge the authorities of Azerbaijan to end reprisals against human rights defenders in the country.
We, the undersigned human rights organisations, condemn in strongest possible terms the Azerbaijani authorities' detention of Anar Mammadli, (…) | – |
(2024-05-09). Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation: The dictator is down, throw him out! links.org.au 
CPI(ML) Liberation — The first two phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections have set the tone and direction of these elections. We the people of India must now take it forward to ensure a clear victory…
(2024-05-09). A strong US dollar could bring Asia more pain, especially if Trump wins. scmp.com The prospect of 'higher for longer' interest rates and a 'stronger for longer' US dollar has hit Asian markets particularly hard, with Japan an extreme example. The only way the dollar will fall meaningfully is if the US economy slows sharply and the Fed cuts rates sooner and at a faster pace than markets expect.
(2024-05-09). Heatwave highlights climate vulnerabilities in Southeast Asia. globalvoices.org 
(2024-05-09). Indian student Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi reported missing in Chicago since May 2. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: An Indian student, Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi, has been reported missing in Chicago since May 2. The Consulate General of India in Chicago has initiated efforts in coordination with local authorities and the Indian diaspora to locate and reestablish contact with him.In a recent statement posted on X, the Consulate General of India expressed deep concern over Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi's disappearance, stating, "The Consulate is deeply concerned learning that Indian student Rupesh Chandra Chintakindi is incommunicado since May 2. Consulate is in touch with the police and the Indian diaspora hoping…
(2024-05-09). Cuba pide mayor participación en Unión Euroasiática. telesurtv.net Agradeció la amistad de la Unión Económica Euroasiática en la lucha contra el bloqueo impuesto por Estados Unidos a Cuba.
(2024-05-09). India: Modi and the rise of the billionaire Raj. cadtm.org A general election in India starts today. 970m Indians, more than 10% of the world's population, will head to the polls in what will be the largest election in history for the Lok Sabha (House of the People) parliamentary elections. The poll will spread across India and take up to 4 June to complete. Opinion polls suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and his coalition will win a third successive 5-year term, and win by (…) | – | / |
(2024-05-09). India : popular movements, not elections, will bring transformative change. cadtm.org With the exception of a brief period, India has been more fortunate than many other nations in being able to maintain parliamentary rule over the last 77 years. With 900 million voters—more than the populations of Europe and Australia put together—the Indian elections are hailed as the largest exhibition and celebration of democracy. The nation's economic growth over the past 30 years —one of the fastest in the world—also makes the elections noteworthy on a global scale.
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(2024-05-09). Preserving Syria's past: The tragic loss of Idlib artefacts. newarab.com 
(2024-05-09). Erdogan threatens new military operation in Syria. newarab.com 
Turkish President Turkey "will complete its work in Syria when the time is right," Erdogan said, following a government meeting earlier this week. | "Certainly, when the time and hour come, we will complete our work in Syria, which was left incomplete due to the promises made and broken by our allies," he added, apparently hinting at the US which supports Kurdish-led factions in war-…
(2024-05-09). Preserving Syria's past: The tragic loss of Idlib artefacts. newarab.com northwest Syria is among the richest of the country's regions when it comes to its However, in the last 13 years of war, these sites — some of which are on the
(2024-05-09). Ghassan Abu Sittah receives honorary doctorate from AUB. newarab.com 
British-Palestinian doctor and activist The prestigious university chose Abu Sittah for his efforts treating the wounded around the region over the last decade. | Joining Abu Sittah as recipients of the award are Indian author Arundhati Roy and American philanthropist Darren Charles Walker. | The honorees will be inducted into this year's Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters category at…
(2024-05-09). Basra in shock after 13 Iraqi lives lost in murder-suicide. newarab.com 
(2024-05-09). Thousands attend pro-Palestinian protest in Bangladesh. presstv.ir Thousands of Bangladeshi students march in Dhaka in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza and with pro-Palestinian student protests around the world.
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This blatant political chicanery would penalize political speech protected by the First Amendment.
BERLIN — It was May10 in Germany's terrible year, 1933. Hitler had been in power for hardly three months, when students and staff emptied the university libraries of forbidden books and threw them, an estimated 20,000 books by over a hundred authors, into the flames of a giant bonfire. Most authors were German — Jewish, …
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