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Zelensky warns Ukraine risks losing US support over White House peace plan Vladimir Putin says the plan could be the "basis" for peace but warns Russia is prepared to fight on.

Another Peace Plan that echoes imperalistic and colonial pasts - with ‘smaller’ States forced to concede to ‘greater’ powers www.bbc.com/news/article...

It’s interesting how the Security Council endorsed a peace plan, granting its governing body and an intervening force, legal authority - without knowing any of the details or parameters of the plan. And at the same time denying the Palestinian People involvement in their self determination.

Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian warehouse and land as West Bank attacks surge Several Palestinians were also injured when settlers launched arson attacks targeting an industrial area, a Bedouin village, and farmland east of Tulkarm.

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Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989

This is the largest military presence by the US in Caribbean since the 1980s www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Turkiye issues arrest warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu over Gaza ‘genocide’ Turkiye accuses Israeli officials of 'genocide and crimes against humanity' over Israel's war on Gaza.

The ICJ’s Arrest Warrants case?

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He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’ For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are ...

The RSF are hunting down activists, journalists. They are searching phones for any sign of communication with the media or human rights groups - to detain or execute them.

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So I did a thing…

Sudan war: New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key city RSF troops executed a number of unarmed people after seizing el-Fasher, videos reviewed by BBC Verify show.

Approximately 1,500 have been killed in three days.

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‘Horrific’ violence as thousands flee Sudan's El Fasher After 500 days of siege, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have reportedly taken control of the key Sudanese city of El-Fasher in Darfur, triggering widespread fear among families, and forcing th...

For the last 18 months, El Fasher has become the “epicentre of suffering”, with hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped. Now there are reports of widespread ethnically and politically motivated killings

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‘Horrific’ violence as thousands flee Sudan's El Fasher After 500 days of siege, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have reportedly taken control of the key Sudanese city of El-Fasher in Darfur, triggering widespread fear among families, and forcing th...

For the last 18 months, El Fasher has become the “epicentre of suffering”, with hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped. Now there are reports of widespread ethnically and politically motivated killings

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It’s worrying that Judge Sebutinde uses misinformation to try to warn about disinformation, including her footnote regarding senior UN officials - not technically correct.

How Not to Trade with Occupying Powers: Western Sahara and the Amendment to the EU-Moroccan Association Agreements On October 3 2025, the EU and Morocco concluded an amendment (‘the amendment’) to the EU-Mediterranean Agreement (‘the association agreement’). With the approval of the Council it is already being app...

How Not to Trade with Occupying Powers: Western Sahara and the Amendment to the EU-Moroccan Association Agreements | by Andrea Maria Pelliconi and Sebastian von Massow

AU suspends Madagascar as military leader to be sworn in as president Colonel Randrianirina set to assume presidency in Madagascar after President Andry Rajoelina removed.

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UN lists 158 firms tied to illegal Israeli settlements Report exposes global firms profiting from Israel’s unlawful settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank.

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Ben Saul: Sanctioning Israel for Violating International Law Why has Australia placed so few sanctions on Israel? Why are we still exporting fighter jet parts to a state that, over the past two years, has systematically attacked civilians in Palestine and delib

Why has Australia placed so few sanctions on Israel? Why are we still exporting fighter jet parts to a state that continues to deny humanitarian relief to civilians in Gaza? Can sanctions be an effective means of changing Israel’s behaviour? Find out from Ben Saul in today's episode.

UN General Assembly adopts resolution endorsing the New York Declaration and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution

In favor: 142
Against: 10
Abstain: 12

Someone should remind Trump what the themes of Apocalypse Now are. Not sure he wanted to use a movie that explores the darkness of human nature, and war as a corrupting force that leads to moral ambiguity and the descent into madness of the lead character. Or maybe he do?

US envoy says calling Lebanon reporters ‘animalistic’ was ‘inappropriate’ Tom Barrack says he was telling Lebanese journalists to ‘be civilised’ but notes that they were ‘just doing their job’.

Edward Said said it in the 70s and here we still are - “The moment this starts becoming chaotic — like, animalistic — we’re gone. So, you want to know what’s happening? Act civilised, act kind, act tolerant, because this is the problem with what is happening in the region.”

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Famine in Gaza: ‘A failure of humanity itself’, says UN chief More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new UN-backed food security report released on Friday...

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North Koreans tell BBC they are sent to work 'like slaves' in Russia More than 50,000 North Koreans will be sent to work in Russia, as Moscow's war in Ukraine drains labour pools.

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‘We’re suffering’: People in Sudan’s el-Fasher eat animal fodder to survive A deadly cholera outbreak adds to the misery in a region that has witnessed fighting between the army and the rebels.

The situation in Sudan is getting worse with each day

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Hope for peace as DR Congo and M23 rebels sign peace deal in Qatar The declaration says both parties must sign a final peace deal by mid-August.

Some good news… www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scoop: Israel seeks U.S. help on deals to move Palestinians out of Gaza The head of Mossad claimed Ethiopia, Indonesia and Libya have expressed openness.

The legal definition of ethnic cleansing is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror-inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas. www.axios.com/2025/07/18/i...

Australian envoy’s antisemitism plan criticised as ‘Trumpian’ over concerns changes could be used to silence dissent Recommendations to remove funding from institutions or charities that fail to act on antisemitism are ‘deeply dangerous’, critics say

The Jewish Council of Australia’s executive officer, Max Kaiser, said if the government followed the envoy’s recommendations it would function as a tactic that “echoes the authoritarian playbook used by figures like Donald Trump – using funding as a weapon to enforce ideological conformity”

It was fantastic to be part of two amazing panels at #ANZSIL2025 annual conference @anzsil.org

DR Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal in ‘turning point’ after years of conflict The US and Qatar-brokered peace agreement must be followed by disengagement and return of displaced families, DRC says.

Some light in the midst of the darkness aje.io/3n0wrv

Well said - “any ambiguity here is entirely due to decades of efforts by the states concerned, some of their government lawyers, and some academic lawyers, to generate as much flexibility in the existing rules as possible”

And the hits just keep on coming…

“All in all, there is scope to establish a humanitarian action by the GA as much as it did in the past regarding peacekeeping missions… The obvious objection is that all this seems to be a utopian tale in a situation where grim hatred overrides the sense of humanity.“

G7 Leaders\' statement on recent developments between Israel and Iran \nWe, the leaders of the G7, reiterate our commitment to peace and stability in the Middle East. \nIn this context, we affirm that Israel has a right to defend itself.  We reiterate our support for th...

If my students made the same comment as the G7, that the attack on #Iran falls with the legal parameters of self-defense, I would have failed them.

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