Habib Siddiqui

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and pressed for “closer and stronger strategic coordination” between Beijing and Moscow, according to state media. Xi met with Lavrov in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, according to China’s Xinhua news agency, where he urged Russia and China to “firmly defend their legitimate interests and safeguard the unity of Global South countries”. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Israel and Lebanon hold direct talks for first time in decades list 2 of 4 US forces kill 4 people in latest strike on vessels in eastern Pacific list 3 of 4 New trial begins over football legend Maradona’s death list 4 of 4 South Africa appoints former apartheid-era negotiator as US ambassador end of list The Chinese leader also said the stability and certainty of China-Russia relations were particularly “precious” in an international landscape marked by change and chaos, The Associated Press news ...

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  The Sudan war erupted on the morning of April 15, 2023, more than 1,000 days ago. The conflict has sown destruction across the country, killing tens of thousands of people and robbing millions of their livelihoods and their homes. Sudan, for me and for millions of Sudanese people, is not a story to analyse; it is our past, present and future on this planet. Simply put, this is our life. Seeing our country decimated, ignored, pulled apart and brutalised in front of our eyes has fundamentally altered us. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 The real problem with the new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks list 2 of 4 The pope is right about Israel and Gaza. This is cruelty, not war list 3 of 4 Let’s remember Madeleine Albright for who she really was list 4 of 4 How Germany burned its ‘bridge to the Islamic world’ end of list Three years into this nightmare, what we need is a ceasefire that not only stops the fighting but also guarantees safety, protection and access to basic...

  In the  Devil’s Dictionary , Ambrose Bierce defines peace as a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.  The Israeli version of a ceasefire might be defined as a moment of war deceptively halted to enable conflict to continue. War as cosplay and camouflage.  Under such fragile conditions, military objectives can still be pursued with a ruthlessness offensive to international law, custom and common sense. Seeing as Israel was a central, if not the central power in pushing the crime of aggression on February 28 against Iran, wooing with seductive voice and lurid promise a deranged egoist in the White House (glory and oil awaits thee, Mr President), not to mention the dedicated thorn in any Middle East peace process that threatens sabotage to any enduring arrangements, the continued attacks on Lebanon seemed quotidian.  With a war crimes habit well and truly formed, Israel  had already  issued displacement orders for some ...

  On the 250th year since U.S. independence was declared, many are thinking of new forms of independence. This piece proposes a Declaration of Moral Independence from Empire, naming empire as the enemy and the fundamental struggle as moral. It leave open the possibilities for different political outcomes, including a post-imperial U.S. and autonomy of bioregions and states, either in confederation or fully independent. The reality of empire “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” Position the imperial death star, commands the demented emperor. Fortunately, Trump almost immediately did a TACO from his April 7 message, pulling back with announcement of a two-week ceasefire with Iran. No doubt, the implications of an apocalyptic attack on that nation would have been destruction of much Persian Gulf oil and gas infrastructure. It would have disrupted supplies for months and years in a way even more devastating that the current Hormuz bottleneck. Trump’s...