Sitaram Yechury

25 July 2018; GANASHAKTI; AS the prime minister was labouring to deliver his one and half hour long speech at the end of the no-confidence motion debate on Friday, June 20, Rakbar alias Akbar Khan was being lynched to death in Alwar district of Rajasthan over allegations of cow smuggling.

by Nathan Morley

NICOSIA, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Observers remain cautious and skeptical after the European Union (EU) and the United States claim to have averted a trade war with an agreement to "work together towards zero tariffs."

The reasons are mainly related to the U.S. President Donald Trump administration's unpredictability, the rough relationship endured by Brussels and Washington lately, and most importantly the fact that nothing concrete has been agreed on.

Tehran, July 27, IRNA - Iranian ex-diplomat and former nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian on Thursday warned about escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran, saying that the start of a US-Iran war and a broader conflict that would make ongoing regional crises pale in comparison.

Beijing, July 26, IRNA – US pressure on different world countries to leave the July 2015 nuclear deal and sever oil cooperation with Iran will not make Tehran languish, a Chinese analyst said here on Thursday.

by Xinhua writers Gao Pan, Liu Yang, Liu Chen

WASHINGTON, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Farmers and businesses across the United States have begun to feel the pain, as its major trading partners, including China, Canada, Mexico and the European Union (EU), retaliate against a wide range of American products, in response to Washington's ill-advised tariffs.

by Xinhua writer Zhu Shaobin

NAIROBI, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Today, a "China-Africa community with a shared future" is the buzzword to describe China-Africa relations. Behind the popularity of the phrase lies the unremitting effort by leaders of China and Africa to forge such a community by deepening political mutual trust and pursuing common development.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is currently on a trip to Senegal, Rwanda and South Africa. He will also attend the 10th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg on July 25-27 and visit Mauritius during a stopover.

by Professor Kamel Hawwash

The Palestinian people are in need of some good news to boost their morale at an extremely difficult time in their struggle for freedom, justice and equality.

There has been little good news, particularly since US President Trump took office, recognised Jerusalem as capital of Israel, moved the US Embassy from Tel Aviv in record time, defunded UNRWA and leaks of his “ultimate deal” for resolving the conflict indicated it could not be accepted by the Palestinian people.

by Ramzy Baroud

“In my four years as High Commissioner, I have heard many preposterous claims. That claim is almost in its own category of absurdity. Have you no shame, sir, have you no shame? We are not fools.”

These were some of the remarks made by outgoing United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, in his final briefing to the Human Rights Council on July 4. He was responding to a Burmese official’s claim that his country is not targeting Rohingya in a genocidal campaign but is defending the rights of all of its citizen.

By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese

The United States cannot be a moral or ethical country until it faces up to the realities of U.S. empire and the destruction it causes around the world. The U.S. undermines governments (including democracies), kills millions of people, causes mass migrations of people fleeing their homes, communities and countries and produces vast environmental damage.

July 21, 2018; Middle East Monitor; Jewish-American activist and supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Ariel Gold, who was barred from entering Israel earlier this month, speaks to MEMO about her experience.

July 17, 2018; Middle East Monitor; A two-year probe by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on drones claims that British military personnel could be prosecuted for murder and complicit in alleged war crimes, a report launched today reveals.

by Xinhua writers Zhu Dongyang, Gao Pan, Ye Shan

BEIJING, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The United States filed challenges against China, the European Union (EU), Canada, Mexico and Turkey at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Monday, claiming that the U.S.-initiated steel and aluminum tariffs were "wholly legitimate and fully justified" on national security grounds, while the countermeasures taken by these economies were "completely without justification."