Habib Siddiqui

        [Michigan, July 31, 2025]     The unfolding famine in Gaza is not merely a crisis; it is a moral catastrophe and an outrage. The Israeli deliberate starvation of civilians, including infants, children, and the elderly, has reached intolerable levels. No person with a living conscience can condone or justify such suffering under any circumstances or remain silent or indifferent.   Live-str...

  Brazil has criticised the United States Department of the Treasury’s decision to impose sanctions on Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over alleged suppression of freedom of expression and the ongoing trial of   former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro . Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also released a statement on Wednesday condemning what he called the “US government’s interference in the Brazilian justice system”. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Bolsonaro’s son blasts top Brazilian court official over assets freeze list 2 of 3 Brazil’s Supreme Court declines to arrest Bolsonaro over social media ban list 3 of 3 US restricts visas for Brazilian officials over Bolsonaro ‘witch-hunt’ end of list “The Brazilian government stands in solidarity with [de Moraes], who is the target of sanctions motivated by the actions of Brazilian politicians who betray our country and our people in defence of their own interests,” President Lula said, withou...

  It is not clear what triggered the fighting although sections of the border have long been contested. Map of Uganda and South Sudan [Al Jazeera] At least four members of the  South Sudanese  security forces have been killed in fighting with the Ugandan army near the countries’ shared border, according to local officials, as tensions flare over disputed border demarcations. Three South Sudanese soldiers were shot dead on Monday by Ugandan forces who retaliated after one of their soldiers was killed, Major General Felix Kulayigye, spokesperson for the Ugandan military, said on Wednesday. But Wani Jackson Mule, a local official in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state, said he received the bodies of five soldiers. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Uganda deploys troops in South Sudan as civil war fears grow list 2 of 3 Is Trump using Africa as a ‘dumping ground’ for criminals? list 3 of 3 The Nile cannot be governed by colonial-era treaties end of list Uganda...

  The Israeli military has launched a massive series of air strikes on several areas across Lebanon, in its latest   near-daily violation   of a ceasefire agreement with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah last November. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported at least seven air raids on towns in the Bekaa Valley and a mountainous region in Baalbek in the eastern and northeastern parts of the country, far from the southern border with Israel on Thursday. It also said more attacks targeted the Ghaziyeh area of south Lebanon, leading to a fire at a warehouse. Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Lebanon says Israeli strike kills one as Beirut rules out normalisation list 2 of 3 Hezbollah says it will not give up weapons despite US proposal list 3 of 3 Hezbollah rejects calls to disarm, says demands serve Israel end of list Israel’s Defence Minister Katz confirmed that Israel was launching what he described as a “violent renewed attack on the largest site for the p...