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Pakistani Journalists Protest Media Blackout, Censorship
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Pakistani opposition parties and journalists have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of intimidating broadcasters into a blackout on television coverage of his critics after several TV channels were briefly taken off-air and opposition protests and news conferences passed unreported. | RELATED: | US Labels Anti-Pakistan Baloch Army a 'Terrorist' Organization…
telesurenglish.net/news/Pakistani-Journalists-Protest-Media-Blackout-Censorship-20190731-0011.html

Videos of Chinese 'Crackdown' in Hong Kong Are Fake: AFP
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
A fact-check investigation by AFP published Tuesday has debunked a number of images and videos purporting to show repression carried out by Chinese troops in Hong Kong. These images were circulated widely on social media, some of them being viewed over a million times, yet many were fake or old. | Different country: | | These are images from a video, posted by opposition activists in Hong Kong, claiming to be the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA…
telesurenglish.net/news/Videos-of-Chinese-Crackdown-in-Hong-Kong-Revealed-as-Fake-by-AFP-Investigation-20190731-0005.html

Warren Backs "No First Use" Nuclear Policy as Buttigieg Calls for Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-31
While most of Tuesday's debate focused on domestic issues, Democratic candidates were briefly asked about nuclear weapons policy and the war in Afghanistan. Senator Elizabeth Warren defended her "no first use" policy on nuclear weapons, despite criticism from Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Meanwhile, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sparred on whether the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan after 18 years of war.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/31/cnn_debate_foreign_policy_mehdi_hasan

12th Round of Sino/US Trade Talks Falls Flat. US Rage for Global Dominance
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
Over a year of Sino/US trade talks failed to resolve major differences because of unacceptable Trump demands. | On matters of statecraft, China, Russia, Iran, and other countries have outwitted the US. | Sino/US disagreements have little to do with the trade …
globalresearch.ca/12th-round-of-sinous-trade-talks-falls-flat-us-rage-for-global-dominance/5685174

Warren Backs "No First Use" Nuclear Policy
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-31
| While most of Tuesday's debate focused on domestic issues, Democratic candidates were briefly asked about nuclear weapons policy and the war in Afghanistan. Senator Elizabeth Warren defended her "no first use" policy on nuclear weapons, despite criticism from Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Meanwhile, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sparred on whether the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan after 18 years of war. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, de…
truthout.org/video/warren-backs-no-first-use-nuclear-policy/

As US Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf, Yemen's Houthis Turn to Russia for Support
Ahmed AbdulKareem | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
Houthi attempts to engage the UN to broker a peaceful solution to the war on Yemen have stalled. Now, out of options, the movement may have found a willing partner in Moscow. | *** | Yemen's Houthi movement has reacted with concern …
globalresearch.ca/us-beefs-up-military-presence-gulf-yemen-houthis-turn-russia-support/5685195

Hong Kong Authorities Called to 'Do What Needs to Be Done' to Quell Protests
Donald Kaufman | truthdig.com | 2019-07-31
After weeks of demonstrations in Hong Kong, local and Chinese officials are taking a harder line in their rhetoric.
truthdig.com/articles/hong-kong-authorities-called-to-do-what-needs-to-be-done-to-quell-protests/

Iran simply won't let itself be hemmed in by the U.S. and UK
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-31
The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has said it will send "command and control" ships to coordinate the escort naval vessels from different countries. But there are cracks in the coalition. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/30/iran-simply-wont-let-itself-be-hemmed-in-by-the-u-s-and-uk/

Hong Kong's Crisis as Microcosm of the World's Future
Thomas Hon Wing Polin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Hong Kong, with its Sino-Western heritage, lies on the fault line of the intensifying confrontation between the Western Empire and China. The conflict is likely to be the defining international affair of our time. That's a fundamental reason the former British colony and current Chinese special administrative region has been wracked by turmoil the past…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/hong-kongs-crisis-as-microcosm-of-the-worlds-future/

China's Proposed "Code of Conduct" for Antarctica
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
The Czech Republic hosted the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting from July 1 to 10 to discuss the future of the world's seventh continent, during which China proposed a code of conduct for all nations' active on the landmass, though it …
globalresearch.ca/china-proposed-code-conduct-antarctica-deserves-fair-hearing/5685183

The Way Forward in Hong Kong
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
I am in Hong Kong, never having been there before. But having been to mainland China several times a year in the past decade, the urge to draw comparisons is irresistible. Of course, unlike the mainland which never was a part of the British empire, the vestiges of Hong Kong's colonial past are everywhere–from the…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/the-way-forward-in-hong-kong/

Is India displaying signs of neo-fascism?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-31
Property rights of people are protected under neo-fascism, except those racially, communally, sexually, or politically targeted whose properties are often confiscated. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/31/is-india-displaying-signs-of-neo-fascism/

Israel Approves 6,000 New Settler Homes in West Bank
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Israel will build 6,000 new homes for Jewish settlers and 700 new homes for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. | RELATED: | Israel Will Pay $14M to Countries in Exchange for Moving Embassy to Jerusalem | The news was announced by an unnamed Israeli official Wednesday, days ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushn…
telesurenglish.net/news/israel-6000-new-illegal-settlement-palestine-west-bank-jared-kushner-20190731-0009.html

Netanyahu May Survive This Political Crisis, but Israel's Left Will Not
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-31
JERUSALEM, OCCUPIED PALESTINE — Like a pack of hyenas surrounding a weakened and wounded lion, Israeli politicians are ganging up on an injured, weakened Benjamin Netanyahu. With over ten years in office, Netanyahu is now the longest-reigning prime minister in the history of the State of Israel. Comparisons are being drawn between him and the man who is now second only to Netanyahu, the man considered to be the Founding Father of Israel, Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion. | Th…
mintpressnews.com/netanyahu-may-survive-political-crisis-israel-left-will-not/261058/

With Criticism Crushed in the West, Israel Can Enjoy Its Impunity
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Recent events have shone a spotlight not only on how Israel is intensifying its abuse of Palestinians under its rule, but the utterly depraved complicity of western governments in its actions. The arrival of Donald Trump in the White House two-and-a-half years ago has emboldened Israel as never before, leaving it free to unleash new…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/with-criticism-crushed-in-the-west-israel-can-enjoy-its-impunity/

What's Wrong with Corey Stapleton?
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Three shocking events concerning foreign interference in state and national elections were revealed last week. The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report detailing "unprecedented" Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election in all 50 states; Robert Mueller testified before two House committees that Russia and other foreign nations were…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/whats-wrong-with-corey-stapleton/

US Court Rules for Canadian Firm To Collect $1.4B of Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
With United States backing, self-declared interim president, Juan Guaido, and the Venezuelan right have been conducting an illegal operation to confiscate the Venezuelan public's wealth and assets, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Wednesday. | RELATED: | Russia To 'Abstain' Attending Int'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima | According to r…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Will-Take-Crystallex-Case-to-High-Court-Rodriguez-20190731-0015.html

Ukraine: Language-laws Are Not Purely Symbolic
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
On February 22nd 2014 Oleksandr Turchynov, on his first day as speaker of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, made his now infamous speech concerning the disestablishment of the Russian language as a state language in Ukraine. What people who were …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-language-laws-not-purely-symbolic/5685150

The Injustice of Economic Warfare
Daniel Larison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
The AP reports on the harmful effects of sanctions on the availability of medicine in Iran: | "Our biggest concern is that channels to the outside world are closed," said Dr. Arasb Ahmadian, head of the Mahak Children's Hospital, which | …
globalresearch.ca/injustice-economic-warfare/5685211

US Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Foreign Minister
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said on its website. | The Treasury Department said it was imposing sanctions on Zarif for acting on behalf of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. | RELATED: | Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant | "Javad Zarif implements the reckless agenda of Iran's Supreme Leader, and is the regime's pri…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Imposes-Sanctions-on-Irans-Foreign-Minister-20190731-0013.html

Iran to Europe: Fix INSTEX or Will Reduce Deal Commitments
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lamented Wednesday, on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting in Teheran that France, Britain, and Germany are not abiding by the terms of the multilateral nuclear deal they signed in 2015. | RELATED: | US Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Foreign Minister | The deal is not being respected, or the responsibility of these European countries, to find a solution to the consequences of the United States' leaving the accord, officially called the Joint Comprehen…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-to-Europe-Fix-INSTEX-or-Reducing-Deal-Commitments-Again-20190731-0016.html

Will Shake Up at IAEA Impact Iran? Washington's Abuse of International Institutions
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano's passing has stirred up suspicion and further tensions amid US-Iranian tensions. | Amano was 72 years old and as of mid July 2019 had already begun preparing to step down due to …
globalresearch.ca/will-shake-up-iaea-impact-iran/5685127

Video: Syrian Army Advancing in Northern Hama
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
On the evening of July 28 the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), the Tiger Forces and their allies renewed their advance on militant positions in northern Hama. In the ensuing series of clashes, government troops eliminated at least 5 units of …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-advancing-northern-hama/5685213

Video: The War on Syria and the Next Loop of the Great Game
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
After the defeat of ISIS, the war in Syria entered a low intensity phase. However, the conflict is in no way near its end and the country remains one of the main points of instability around the world. | In August | …
globalresearch.ca/video-syria-2018-2019-next-loop-great-game/5685124

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Could Blow Saudi Arabia's Role in Attacks Wide Open
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-31
He's reportedly ready to spill the beans on Saudi Arabia's involvement in the worst terror attack to ever take place on American soil.

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Could Blow Saudi Arabia's Role in Attacks Wide Open

'Secret Embargo': Saudi Arabia Stops Turkish Exports From Entering Kingdom
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-31
Saudi authorities blocked 80 Turkish trucks which were transporting textile products and chemicals into Saudi Arabia.

'Secret Embargo': Saudi Arabia Stops Turkish Exports From Entering Kingdom

Millions displaced and hundreds killed by monsoonal floods in South Asia
wsws.org | 2019-07-31
South Asian governments have responded with apathy and indifference toward the poverty-stricken people severely impacted by the floods.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/31/flod-j31.html

Hong Kong Protests: A Reaction to Beijing's Growing Effort for Control
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-31
Protesters have expanded their demands, after China's central government has conceded to their initial demand of cancelling an extradition law. As the protests continue in Hong Kong, Adam Ni says it is unlikely they will expand to the mainland…
therealnews.com/stories/hong-kong-protests-a-reaction-to-beijings-growing-effort-for-control

Second Democratic Debate, Part One: The Moderate/Progressive Divide Came Through (1/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-31
The first part of the second democratic debate showed a non-rancorous divide on how to beat Trump and fresh discussions first-use of nuclear weapons and for getting out of Afghanistan…
therealnews.com/stories/second-demcoratic-debate-part-one-the-moderate-progressive-divide-came-through-1-3

Is nothing sacred? For WaPo, hamburgers have 'hidden Russia connection'
rt.com | 2019-07-31
There is no food so quintessentially American as hamburgers, which of course makes them a perfect target for disparagement by the woke clickbait media. The newest twist is that they have a 'hidden Russia connection.' | …
rt.com/usa/465513-wapo-hamburgers-trump-russia-connection/

Second Demcoratic Debate, Part One: The Moderate/Progressive Divide Came Through (1/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-31
The first part of the second democratic debate showed a non-rancorous divide on how to beat Trump and fresh discussions first-use of nuclear weapons and for getting out of Afghanistan…
therealnews.com/stories/second-demcoratic-debate-part-one-the-moderate-progressive-divide-came-through-1-3

Indian protest marks seven years of legal vendetta against jailed Maruti Suzuki workers
wsws.org | 2019-07-31
The sole "crime" of the 13 jailed auto workers was to challenge the poverty-wages and repressive sweatshop conditions at Maruti Suzuki.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/31/maru-j31.html

Fukushima 2020 Olympics Nightmare: Is PM Abe Criminally Insane?
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-31
This documentary investigates and exposes the plans of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to bring the Olympics baseball games to contaminated Fukushima. Although there is over a million tons of tritium radioactive water in tanks surrounding the plan, thousands of contamined bags of waste and melted nuclear rods still in the broken plants Abe has claimed to the Olympic Committee and world that Fukushima has been decontaminated.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/28/18825018.php

Conspiracy theorists watch out: Body of world-famous bank robber John Dillinger to be exhumed
rt.com | 2019-07-31
The remains of the infamous 1930s bank robber John Dillinger are due to be exhumed and reburied in September, 85 years after he was shot dead by the FBI. Conspiracy theories persist that he was not actually buried in his grave. | …
rt.com/usa/465459-john-dillinger-remains-exhumed-indiana/

No, YOU are 'Russian asset': Meme war turns tables on Washington Post
rt.com | 2019-07-31
With the Washington Post stuck in a mud-slinging meme war with Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, the capital's paper of record has found itself on the receiving end of internet trolls' meme-cannons. | …
rt.com/usa/465431-trump-washington-post-russian-asset/

How a Small Group of Pro-Israel Activists Blacklisted MintPress on Wikipedia
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-30
For over ten years, Wikipedia has been a key focus of right-leaning, pro-Israel groups that have effectively weaponized the online encyclopedia as a means of controlling the narrative when it comes to the state of Israel's more than 50-year-long military occupation of Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/pro-israel-activists-blacklist-mintpress-wikipedia/261022/

Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart…
truthout.org/video/four-immigrants-have-died-at-stewart-ice-facility-in-georgia/

Hong Kong Protesters, Chinese Workers Point the Way to New Internationalism
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| Just as the "Made in China" label insinuated itself into our retail stores in the 1980s, China today insinuates itself into most of our mainstream news coverage, as one of the largest global markets, the top carbon emitter, the biggest workforce, and the biggest geopolitical rival to the United States in recent memory. For Americans, seeing U.S. dominance in the headlines displaced by an upstart rival superpower can be humbling — or terrifying. | As Max Elbaum and Calvin Cheung-Mia…
truthout.org/articles/hong-kong-protesters-chinese-workers-point-the-way-to-new-internationalism/

US Stealing Syrian Oil. Controls About 30% of Syrian Territory
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Imperial adventurism is grand theft on a global scale — seizing, controlling, and looting the resources of targeted nations, along with exploiting their people. | Operating from illegally constructed military bases in northern and southern parts of Syria, platforms for war …
globalresearch.ca/us-stealing-syrian-oil-controls-about-30-of-syrian-territory/5685056

St. Kitts and Nevis Officially Recognizes Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
The government of the Carribean island of St. Kitts and Nevis announced Monday that it will formally recognize the state of Palestine, joining 135 countries around the world, predominantly in the global south. | RELATED: | Caricom Unites Behind Goals of Prosperity, Innovation | The announcement was made following a meeting between St. Kitts and Nevis' Foreign Minister Mark Brantley and his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki. Brantly said his country "formally recognizes the State o…
telesurenglish.net/news/St.-Kitts-and-Nevis-Officially-Recognizes-Palestine-20190730-0015.html

Israel Has "the Most Moral Army in the World"?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were demolished in a military-led operation by more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers, policemen and municipal workers using bulldozers, …
globalresearch.ca/israel-has-most-moral-army-world/5685063

Standing room only at Nashville immigrant and refugee rights forum
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-30
"I am a woman. I am a Mexican. My family lives in fear every single day"- Veronica Zavaleta NASHVILLE — Veronica Zavaleta, a homeowner, a business owner, mother, and immigrant gave a moving account of her feelings of terror at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Her narrative was given at a public …
peoplesworld.org/article/standing-room-only-at-nashville-immigrant-and-refugee-rights-forum/

India: Rape Victim of BJP Lawmaker Injured in Shady Accident
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Protesters stepped up demands Tuesday for India's far-right ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sack a state lawmaker accused by a young woman of raping her, holding several demonstrations just days after the survivor was critically injured in a highway collision. | RELATED: | India: 49 Intellectuals Write to PM Modi, Condemns Lynching of Minorities…
telesurenglish.net/news/india-unnao-rape-case-victim-car-crash-bjp-narendra-modi-20190730-0012.html

Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellectual'
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/bassam-shakaa-the-making-of-a-palestinian-organic-intellectual/

Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Jail in Georgia. Advocates Want It Shut Down
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart on July 10 as his removal proceedings continued. Two weeks later he was pronounced dead at a Georgia hospital.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/pedro_arriago_santoya_ice_custody_death

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2019-07-30: News Headlines

Donald Kaufman (2019-07-31). Hong Kong Authorities Called to 'Do What Needs to Be Done' to Quell Protests. truthdig.com After weeks of demonstrations in Hong Kong, local and Chinese officials are taking a harder line in their rhetoric.

RT (2019-07-31). No, YOU are 'Russian asset': Meme war turns tables on Washington Post. rt.com With the Washington Post stuck in a mud-slinging meme war with Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, the capital's paper of record has found itself on the receiving end of internet trolls' meme-cannons.

unitedEditor (2019-07-30). The Future of Iran-UK Tanker Crisis. uwidata.com WAS IRAN RETALIATING AGAINST THE UK FOR SEIZING ITS TANKER? Even though Mr. Ali Rabei, the newly appointed speaker of the Iranian Government, and Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, officially rejected the claims that Iranian seizure of the British Tanker in the Persian Gulf was a response to the …

The Canary (2019-07-30). Most civilian deaths in Afghanistan at hands of coalition and regime forces, says UN report. thecanary.co More civilians were killed by Afghan and international coalition forces in Afghanistan in the first half of this year than by the Taliban and other militants, the UN mission said in a report.The report apparently refers to civilians killed during supposed Afghan and US military operations against insurgents, such as airstrikes and night raids on militant hideouts. Insurgents often hide among civilians.The US formally ended its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014 but still provides extensive air and other support to Afghan forces.The UN report published on Tuesday said 403 civilians were killed by Afghan forces…

Alleen Brown (2019-07-30). More Than 160 Environmental Defenders Were Killed in 2018, and Many Others Labeled Terrorists and Criminals. theintercept.com Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, was disturbed to learn that her name had been included on a list of "terrorists" allegedly affiliated with the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army. | Authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte had imposed martial law on the island of Mindanao in May 2017, when ISIS sympathizers attacked the predominantly Muslim city Marawi. By October, ISIS had been ousted, but martial law remained in p…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). St. Kitts and Nevis Officially Recognizes Palestine. telesurenglish.net The government of the Carribean island of St. Kitts and Nevis announced Monday that it will formally recognize the state of Palestine, joining 135 countries around the world, predominantly in the global south. | RELATED: | Caricom Unites Behind Goals of Prosperity, Innovation | The announcement was made following a meeting between St. Kitts and Nevis' Foreign Minister Mark Brantley and his Palestinian counterpart Riyad Al-Maliki. Brantly said his country "formally recognizes the State o…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-07-30). Yemeni Civilians in Crowded Market Pay with Their Lives as Trump Keeps Building Saudi Arsenal. mintpressnews.com More U.S. Weaponry is headed for Saudi Arabia just as the Kingdom unleashed fresh airstrikes on the crowded Al-Thabit Market in Yemen.

Staff (2019-07-30). Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia. Advocates Want It Shut Down. democracynow.org A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart on July 10 as his removal proceedings continued. Two weeks later he was pronounced dead at a Georgia hospital.

SAMIR (2019-07-30). Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019. bdsmovement.net Boycott Pop-Kultur Berlin Festival 2019: PACBI StatementPalestinians call for the boycott of Pop-Kultur Berlin festival, until it ends its partnership with Israel | Cultural BoycottJuly 30, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

Staff (2019-07-30). Hong Kong Protesters, Chinese Workers Point the Way to New Internationalism. truthout.org | | Just as the "Made in China" label insinuated itself into our retail stores in the 1980s, China today insinuates itself into most of our mainstream news coverage, as one of the largest global markets, the top carbon emitter, the biggest workforce, and the biggest geopolitical rival to the United States in recent memory. For Americans, seeing U.S. dominance in the headlines displaced by an upstart rival superpower can be humbling — or terrifying. | As Max Elbaum and Calvin Cheung-Mia…

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-30). US Stealing Syrian Oil. Controls About 30% of Syrian Territory. globalresearch.ca Imperial adventurism is grand theft on a global scale — seizing, controlling, and looting the resources of targeted nations, along with exploiting their people. | Operating from illegally constructed military bases in northern and southern parts of Syria, platforms for war …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-30). Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian 'Organic Intellectual'. counterpunch.org It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great More

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Israeli Police Summon 4-year-Old Palestinian For Interrogation. telesurenglish.net Israeli police summoned a four-year-old Palestinian boy Monday for interrogations who allegedly threw stones at a police vehicle. | RELATED: | Palestinian Boy, 9, Fights for Life After Protest Shooting | Muhammad Rabiaa Elayyan, a resident of East Jerusalem village of Issawiya was taken by his father Rabiaa to the police station Tuesday after being handed…

Philip Giraldi (2019-07-30). Israel Has "the Most Moral Army in the World"? globalresearch.ca Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were demolished in a military-led operation by more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers, policemen and municipal workers using bulldozers, …

Danny Sjursen (2019-07-30). Could Trump End the Afghanistan War? counterpunch.org Could Donald Trump end the Afghan war someday? I don't know if such a possibility has been on your mind, but it's certainly been on the mind of this retired U.S. Army major who fought in that land so long ago. And here's the context in which I've been thinking about that very possibility. Back More

Whitney Webb (2019-07-30). How a Small Group of Pro-Israel Activists Blacklisted MintPress on Wikipedia. mintpressnews.com For over ten years, Wikipedia has been a key focus of right-leaning, pro-Israel groups that have effectively weaponized the online encyclopedia as a means of controlling the narrative when it comes to the state of Israel's more than 50-year-long military occupation of Palestine.

Staff (2019-07-30). Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia. truthout.org | | A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). India: Rape Victim of BJP Lawmaker Injured in Shady Accident. telesurenglish.net Protesters stepped up demands Tuesday for India's far-right ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sack a state lawmaker accused by a young woman of raping her, holding several demonstrations just days after the survivor was critically injured in a highway collision. | RELATED: | India: 49 Intellectuals Write to PM Modi, Condemns Lynching of Minorities

Staff (2019-07-30). Headlines for July 30, 2019. democracynow.org Gilroy, CA Shooter Touted White Supremacist Text, Posted Racist Content Before Massacre, Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Senate Fails to Override Trump Vetoes on Bills Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Air Raids Kill At Least 10 in Northern Yemen, 5 Teenage Students Killed by Security Forces in Sudan, Brazil: At Least 57 Killed in Prison Riot, 164 Environmental Activists Killed in 2018, Indigenous Activists Protest Real Estate Development in New Zealand, Greenland's Ice Sheet at Risk of Record Melting, CNN and MSNBC to Host Climate Crisis-Centered Events, Kamala Harris R…

Albert Bender (2019-07-30). Standing room only at Nashville immigrant and refugee rights forum. peoplesworld.org "I am a woman. I am a Mexican. My family lives in fear every single day"- Veronica Zavaleta NASHVILLE — Veronica Zavaleta, a homeowner, a business owner, mother, and immigrant gave a moving account of her feelings of terror at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Her narrative was given at a public …

Dr. Andrew Glikson (2019-07-30). Space Lunacy: $ Trillion Space Games and False Prophecies by Billionaires While Rome Burns. globalresearch.ca History testifies to powerful rulers' aspirations for the position of gods, including the Pharaohs and Roman Emperors such as Caligula or Nero, nowadays mimicked by false messianic prophecies of "intergalactic civilization" made by billionaires and their followers in public and …

Staff (2019-07-30). Capital One Hack Exposes Personal Information of About 106 Million. truthdig.com A woman faces a computer fraud charge in one of the largest security breaches of a major U.S. financial institution on record.

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Venezuela: Six Farmers Killed by Colombian Paramilitary Forces. telesurenglish.net Diosdado Cabello, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), lamented Monday the killing of six Campesinos by far-right paramilitaries in the Barinas state at the Colombia-Venezuela border area. | RELATED: | Colombian Cartel Kills Woman Community Leader, Son Witnesses | "We want to alert you to what happened in the Bari…

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-30). The Recent Japanese Elections Might Slow Down the US' "Indo-Pacific" Strategy. asia-pacificresearch.com …

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Guatemala's Top Court to Rule on Migration Agreement with US. telesurenglish.net Guatemala's Human Rights Prosecutor Jordan Rodas Monday filed an urgent appeal to the Constitutional Court to curb the "Safe Third Country" (STC) agreement signed by President Jimmy Morales administration in Washington, D.C., on July 26. | RELATED: | Trump Admin Enacts Another Restriction for Asylum-Seekers | "The agreement contradicts not only the Guatemalan Constitutio…

Arabi Souri (2019-07-30). Trump's Coalition Commits New Massacre in Syria's Deir Ezzor Countryside. globalresearch.ca The illegal coalition led by the United States of America outside the United Nations and without the approval of the Syrian state added a new massacre to its long list of ugly crimes against the Syrian people today by bombing …

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Saudi Forces Kill 13 in 'Massacre' at Yemen Market. telesurenglish.net Saudi forces launched Monday airstrikes at a busy market in Yemen's northern province of Saada, killing 13 and injuring 26, along with destroying much of the market produce, as the country suffers one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. | RELATED: | Yemen World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Human Rights Report | The attack has been called the 'Al Thabet Market Massacre' by Yemeni media outlet Almasirah. Though the confirmed death toll is 13, the number is likely to rise according to a He…

Mel Gurtov (2019-07-30). The US-China Trade War: A Cease-Fire, Nothing More. counterpunch.org The Financial Times reported on July 10 that Donald Trump, at his last meeting with Xi Jinping in Osaka in June, promised to "tone down" criticism of China's actions in Hong Kong in return for progress on trade talks. Such is the way of Donald's world: Making a deal with authoritarian regimes is always preferable More

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-30). It's Deceptive to Talk About a 'Cycle of Violence' in Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca The popular Western mainstream media outlet Reuters published a very misleading piece over the weekend that deceptively described the latest events in Hong Kong as a "cycle of violence," inaccurately implying that the recent disturbances are partially the fault of …

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Brazil's Bolsonaro Says No Evidence Indigenous Leader Murdered. telesurenglish.net Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Monday said there was no evidence that the death of Emyra Wajapi, a 68-year-old Amazonian indigenous chief, was caused by illegal miners who invaded traditional Indigenous lands. | RELATED: | Gold Miners Kill Indigenous Leader in Brazilian Amazon | "There is no solid evidence as of now that such Indian wa…

Nyla Ali Khan (2019-07-30). Why is Education Being Corporatized and Human Life Being Devalued? counterpunch.org In the southern Indian state of Telangana at least 23 teenagers have killed themselves since the scores of their school-leaving exam results, processed by a private software firm, Globarena Technology, were announced in April. The state education board of Telangana has impersonalized education by outsourcing the job of conducting the school-leaving exam, processing the scores, More

Yetta Stein (2019-07-30). Trump's Disregard for Public Lands and Outdoor Heritage: Releases Management Plan for Illegally Reduced Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration released a management plan for the illegally reduced areas of Bears Ears National Monument in Utah today. With Congressional recess right around the corner, the timed release of the proposed management plans and Final Environmental Impact Statement …

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Pakistani Military Aircraft Crashes Near Capital City, 17 Dead. telesurenglish.net A Pakistani military aircraft reportedly crashed on Tuesday morning while conducting a training flight near the garrison city of Rwalpindi. | RELATED: | Kabul Seeks Explanation on Trump Talk of Wiping out Afghanistan | According to the Pakistani authorities, the training flight crashed in a built-up area in the garrison city of Rawalpindi early on Tuesday killing all five crew members and 12 civilians and setting off a blaze that left a pile of smoking rubble. | A statement from the Pakistani…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Nearly 4,000 Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan This Year: UN. telesurenglish.net A new report released by the United Nations on Tuesday revealed that nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed during the first half of 2019. | RELATED: | At Least 20 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan | According to the United Nations report, at least 3,812 Afghan civilians have killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against militant groups, including a big increase in the number of casualties caused by government and NATO-led troops, the United Nations said on Tuesd…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban. telesurenglish.net The U.S. Senate failed on Monday to override President Donald Trump's veto of the legislation passed by Congress that would have banned the sale of certain weapons to Saudi Arabia. | RELATED: | Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Open to Testify Against Saudi Arabia | In the first attempt to overturn the U.S. President's decision, the Senate was unable to reach the two-thirds majority that was needed to reinstate their weapons ban bill. | According to the Senate session report, the supporter…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Dubai Ruler's Wife Applies for 'Marriage Protection Order'. telesurenglish.net Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has requested a "forced marriage protection order" in the United Kingdom's High Court in relation to one of her two children. | RELATED: | UAE Becoming Second Israel: Iran's Zarif | Under the British legislature, a forced marriage protection order can provide help and protection from the state if someone says they have been forced into marriage or are already in a forced marriage. | The 45-year-old…

Staff (2019-07-30). Iran Won't Let Itself Be Hemmed In by the U.S. and U.K. truthdig.com The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz.

Faramarz Davar (2019-07-30). Iran's 40-Year Old Financial Dispute with Britain. A Hostage for the Money. globalresearch.ca A ruling by the high court in London has just made relations between Britain and the Islamic Republic of Iran more complicated, increasing friction at an already tense time. | The court ruled this week that the International Military Services (IMS) …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-30). Information Warfare: Iran's "B-Team" Branding Is Effective in Putting a Lot of Pressure on Bolton. globalresearch.ca Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif's recent branding of US National Security Advisor Bolton, "Israeli" Premier Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) as part of a so-called "B-Team" of anti-Iranian hawks has been very successful in putting …

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday evening that Iran had never won a war, adding that they had also "never lost a negotiation. | RELATED: | US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban | "Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!" | Trump' would not elaborate after this bizarre tweet, but his remarks seem to follow U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest rant about Iran's unwillingness to hold talks with the Ameri…

Thomas Knapp (2019-07-30). American Politicians Use Jews as Pawns to Excuse Their Meddling in Israeli Elections. counterpunch.org On July 23, the US House of Representatives passed (the vote went 398-17, with five voting "present") a resolution condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. The resolution was an outrageous condemnation of the freely chosen economic actions of millions of Americans. Worse, that condemnation was made on the express behalf of not just More

unitedEditor (2019-07-30). Not a coincidence, a message: S-400s arrive in Turkey on anniversary of coup attempt. uwidata.com Journalist Sedat Ergin of the Turkish newspaper Hàºrriyet recently wrote that the delivery of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems coincided with the anniversary of the coup d'état on July 15, 2016, and that this was anything but a coincidence. He stressed that the S-400s arriving from Russia had even landed on the same runway where …

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Russia To 'Abstain' Attending Int'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima. telesurenglish.net Russia will not be participating in international talks on the political crisis in Venezuela due to be held in Peru next month, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Cuba: International Community Should Stop US Attacks | It said it declined the invitation as one was not extended to representatives of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, among other concerns. | "We doubt that a meeting focusing on the situation in Venezuela without inviting Venezuelans, repr…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2019-07-30). Russia and China Display Strategic Coordination in Asia-Pacific. Joint Air Patrol. globalresearch.ca A significant new template has appeared in the geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific last week when Russia's Aerospace Force and China's Air Force carried out their first-ever joint air patrol in the region. | Steadily and imperceptibly but profoundly, the regional alignments …

Staff (2019-07-30). Are the Green New Deal and China the Answers to Climate Change? truthdig.com At its best, the earth was once likened to a spaceship that sails through the heavens with a crew working together for the common good. Thanks to climate change, this metaphor no longer works. Our planet is now more like a lifeboat that's sprung a major leak. People onboard are beginning to panic and the clock is ticking. | It is, however, the perfect environment to test out the best way to deal with life-and-death situations. | For such a test, imagine not one but two lifeboats of survivors bobbing in an endless, empty sea. Bot…

teleSUR (2019-07-30). Chinese Huawei Beats Trump's Ban, Makes a $58.3 Billion Profit. telesurenglish.net China's tech company Huawei made a profit of US$58.3 billion, which means it billed 23.2 percent more in the first half of 2019 despite the veto imposed on its products by the U.S. President Donald Trump. | RELATED: | Trump's Decision to Ease Huawei Ban Boosts Market Shares | In the first six months, Huawei sold 118 million smartphones, an increase of 24 percent over the prev…

John Feffer (2019-07-30). The Case For A Coercive Green New Deal. thenation.com The Case For A Coercive Green New Deal…

John Lekas (2019-07-30). Could Trump end a cruel Dog meat festival during U.S.-China trade negotiations? nationofchange.org It's often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. However, I have no words for the images from the recent Lychee and Dog Meat Festival held in Yulin, Guangxi, China. Held annually during the third week in June, this 10-day festival ritualizes the abduction, torture, slaughter and eventual consumption of tens of thousands of dogs. The torture comes in many forms, including blow-torching, hanging, skinning and immersing the dogs in boiling water [mdas…

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-30). Khalistan Isn't About "Sikh Supremacy", but Challenging Hindu Supremacy. asia-pacificresearch.com …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-30). Top End Travels: The Tiwi Islands, the Catholic Church and King Joe of Melville Island. asia-pacificresearch.com …

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