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Sky News AU
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘How stupid some people can be': Anti-Israel group deny Hamas is antisemitic
Sky News host Andrew Bolt discusses recent conversations in NSW parliament in which an anti-Israel group claimed the Hamas terrorist group is not antisemitic. 'It is hard to believe how stupid some people can be, defending even terrorists who would gladly kill them,' Mr Bolt said. 'That impregnable ignorance is so stunning.' Mr Bolt went on to read the Charter of Hamas, which states that 'The Day of Judgment will not come about until Muslims fight Jews and kill them.'
United News of India
19-05-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Senior BNP leader accuses Yunus-led interim govt of partisan bias
Khulna, May 18 (UNI) Senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Salahuddin Ahmed has accused the Interim Government of partisan bias and demanded the removal of two of its advisors due to their alleged affiliations with the National Citizen Party (NCP), the political arm of the powerful student's body Students Against Discrimination. Addressing a high-energy rally in Khulna on Saturday, Ahmed warned that public patience was wearing thin and that the Mohd Yunus-led interim government risked losing its legitimacy if it failed to uphold neutrality. Speaking to thousands of supporters, many of them young activists from BNP's affiliate bodies—Chhatra Dal, Jubo Dal, and Swechchhasebak Dal — Ahmed declared that the interim government, formed in order to restore democracy "had betrayed its mandate by aligning itself with smaller political factions to consolidate power", reports The Daily Star. 'Don't assume we want you to remain in office until the Day of Judgment,' he said, directing his remarks at Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus. 'The people now call this an 'NCP-backed government." 'Two of your advisors are widely known to be affiliated with the NCP. They may not carry official party badges, but the connection is an open secret. If neutrality truly matters, they must resign. And if they refuse, you must remove them.' (Two advisors, Nahid Islam and Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan, who are the youngest members to be sworn in as advisors to an interim government in Bangladesh, are known to be close to the NCP.) Tensions between the BNP and the interim government have escalated in recent weeks, with the BNP accusing the administration of overreach and partisan interference. Party insiders claim recent backchannel engagements between NCP figures and senior interim officials have only deepened the mistrust. Salahuddin Ahmed's comments suggest that what was once merely a slight dent in an otherwise strong alliance, is now becoming more hostile. In a particularly scathing segment of his speech, Salahuddin criticised the appointment of a foreign national as the government's national security advisor. 'Do you not understand the gravity of giving a foreign citizen access to our military's security reports?' he asked. 'This man is attempting to turn Bangladesh into a strategic battleground, hiding behind the language of humanitarian corridors and the Rohingya crisis.' He alleged that the appointment had not been discussed with political stakeholders or the public and claimed the advisor had arrogantly dismissed concerns, saying, 'It doesn't matter.' (He was referring to the appointment of Khalilur Rahman as the National Security Advisor in charge of Rohingya issues. Khalilur Rahman has said he is a Bangladeshi national, and challenged Salahuddin's claim that he is a foreigner.) The BNP leader said such a post should never be held by a foreign national and called for the adviser's immediate resignation or removal. 'He is sowing instability. We cannot and will not allow this.' He also condemned the government's apparent move to sign foreign agreements involving the country's strategic ports and transport corridors, arguing that such actions fall well outside the remit of a caretaker administration. 'What authority do you have to strike international deals? Who gave you the mandate to negotiate away our sovereignty? Your only responsibility is to deliver a fair and timely general election.' With elections expected by December, the BNP is increasingly vocal in its calls for electoral reforms and the restoration of public trust. Salahuddin warned that if the government did not act swiftly and decisively to distance itself from partisan influences, the consequences could be severe. 'If Professor Yunus fails to remove the fascist elements within his government and continues to ignore the will of the people, his exit will not be a dignified one,' he warned. Other speakers at the rally—including Jubo Dal President Abdul Monayem Munna, Swechchhasebak Dal President SM Jilani, and General Secretary Nurul Islam Nayan—echoed the BNP's demands and reaffirmed their commitment to political mobilisation if the demands were not met. Salahuddin concluded with a warning that the interim government's continued deviation from its original mandate would not go unchallenged. 'Do not underestimate the people's resolve. We were not silent under autocracy, and we will not remain silent now.'
Yemenat
13-05-2025
- General
- Yemenat
A Retreat from Suicide
I let my thoughts flow in every direction, conversing with myself: suicide is a painful, regrettable, and tragic decision, not just for me, but also for my family who loves me. They feel discontent and dissatisfaction with my father's well-known harshness and cruelty, though I cannot deny his love and fatherhood. I feel an urgent need to express my deep discontent and strong protest to my father, leading him to a profound regret that will compel him to reflect, experiencing a pain that should touch only him. This regret and pain must not extend to anyone else. I must do something that harms only my father, as I reconsider my impulsive decision to commit suicide. I need to retract the tragedy I had intended, which would undoubtedly inflict a heavy blow on my family that they cannot withstand. I must move away from what I resolved in a moment of heightened emotion. I want to do something different, adventurous, and risky, but it must come at a lower cost than taking my own life, which, if lost, will never return. Nothing could be worse than the separation from those I love. The instinct for survival also leaned toward rejecting the decision of suicide. I found it clinging to life more fiercely than before, battling within me. This instinct stirred deeply, rallying its forces and guiding me toward a path other than what I had determined. My decision weakened until it culminated in my retreat from what I had planned. It is not easy for a child to resolve to commit suicide unless they have reached a breaking point, enduring ongoing harm and suffering that has peaked. Yet, the instinct for survival continued to wrestle with my thoughts, offering justifications, echoing what my mother used to say: 'You are still new to life, which will balance and change in your favor one day. There is still a long journey ahead, and change will come. Be patient… just a little patience… endure until you can bear it and grow stronger, and you will free yourself from your father's cruelty. God will open a thousand doors for you.' Then, the instinct for survival urged me toward a less severe action; it suggested I could find a way to annoy my father that would involve less loss and cost to me and my loved ones. The loss forever is something I cannot bear, nor can my mother and sisters. I remind myself: if I kill myself, I will certainly destroy my mother with grief and regret. I will miss my sisters for eternity, extending to the Day of Judgment. I will burden them with immense sadness and the pain of loss for the rest of their lives. None of them can endure such a great calamity. I continue to think: it is impossible for me to kill my father. Who will support our large family after him if I were to take his life? Where will I escape from the shame that will tarnish my entire existence? The deeper regret that would inevitably follow would only worsen my situation. I would end up doing what I sought to escape twice: once by executing my father and again by taking my own life. The consequences of both would be dire for my exhausted family. It is a foolish decision that entails a double loss. No… no… this is an impossible option that I must not pursue. Here, I can blame the 'devil' within me for the whisperings urging me toward something heavier and more devastating. In truth, I want another action that is less costly but still noisy enough to express my feelings and my rejection of my father's oppression. This can only be achieved through an act that is loud and filled with rebellion and protest. I want my father to regret his actions filled with cruelty. I want him to hear some of my madness as a protest against his oppression. I want to return some of his madness to him in a way that is possible, without taking any life. I cannot swallow my anger and remain silent like a stone or a log. I must do something to express the utmost protest I can muster, but without resorting to suicide. I want, in some way, to punish my father and make him hear my defiant protests. He must feel my injustice and the suffering he has caused me, and it is fine for everyone to hear my story. I want my father to regret his excessive cruelty toward me. My anger surged again within me, and the blood rekindled its rage, boiling in my veins. I need to release the pent-up frustration and rebellion inside me. * * * I left my room and stopped by the door to ensure it was securely locked. Then, I went up to the living room. I placed an empty ' Tahoony ' box, vibrant in its green color, against the opposite wall and secured it with a knife in a hole in the wall. In front of me, I created a makeshift 'box' from wooden planks that were once used to transport gas canisters on camels. I lay down behind it and tried to stabilize the rifle against the wooden planks to reduce recoil when firing. I stretched my legs in a combat position that felt foreign to me, though it was etched in my mind from images I had seen in Chinese and Russian magazines that I had previously obtained from my brother, who belonged to the Revolutionary Democratic Party, and my companion Abdulbasit, brother of Mohammed Saeed Ghalib, who was part of one of the national factions led by Abdullah Abdulrazzaq Ba'thieb. I knew that the rifle would push the shooter back upon firing, so I needed to stabilize it to minimize recoil. I aimed at the box I had placed on the wall, my finger ready on the trigger with the safety off. As soon as I pressed the trigger, shots were fired rapidly. I had no idea that the dust would accumulate inside so densely and for what felt like an extended period. I didn't realize that the bullets would damage the walls! I don't know how I survived! Perhaps 'Al-Khidr,' whom my father had forbidden me from visiting, was with me, or maybe it was just sheer luck. I was unaware that the sound of gunfire and the thick dust would be so intense that anyone outside the house, hearing the gunfire within, would think an earthquake had struck. The smell of gunpowder filled the air. In the chaos of dust, I tried to find the 'Tahoony' box I had aimed at, and I found it untouched, with the knife still lodged in the wall. I was shocked and puzzled that I had failed to hit the target, despite being only four meters away. It was a rapid shot from 'zero' distance; I had survived, and so had the target, while everything else was hit. Women, men, and children rushed to the house to see what had happened! The first to arrive was our neighbor, Mani Saeed. The door was locked, and I reassured everyone from the living room that nothing had happened and that I was unharmed. People gathered at our door, their questions overlapping, their expressions marked with concern. Some pounded on the door forcefully, threatening to break it down, while my mother rushed from the well to our house, acting like a madwoman, screaming and crying with a heart torn apart by grief! I came down and opened the door, reassuring everyone that I was fine, while my mother searched my body and clothes to see what I had done to myself. When she confirmed my safety, she took me to hide from my father in another room of the house—a dark space filled with bundles of dry plants. My father had rushed from the head of 'Sharar,' perhaps to take revenge on me, but he didn't find me. My mother informed him that I had fled to the mountain. * * * I stayed for two days in my secret hideout, finding comfort only in my mother's presence and her bread. Yet, I couldn't escape the postponed punishment, nor could my mother avoid a hundred questions and problems. During those two days, I felt that I had grown tired of my hiding place, and it had grown tired of me. Whirlwinds of anxiety built up inside me, and fierce nightmares haunted my sleep. A heavy weariness weighed down on me, and a deadly loneliness intensified in the pitch-black night. I asked my mother to let me sleep among my sleeping siblings, promising to return to my hideout quietly before dawn without being seen by my father. But my plan was revealed after an hour. Oh, how disappointing my attempt and my mother's attempt were! Around ten at night, my father passed by my sleeping siblings, who were deep in slumber. I was the only one among them who was alert and anxious, barely hearing the sound of ants. I had no idea what had caught my father's attention despite our stillness. I don't know which devil informed him that I was likely present there, among those who slept. I heard him count those present, saying to my mother: 'There's one extra.' She tried to cast doubt, maneuvering to redirect him to another topic; but my father knelt down among us, began to feel with his fingers, counting heads and naming them for my mother. My mother trembled in fright, trying to quietly read Surah Yasin, while my father counted and touched the heads. When he reached mine, he recognized me and began to pound me into the ground like a hammer. My mother lunged at him like a wolf, and they began to fight, while my terrified siblings and the sounds of the struggle filled the village and its surroundings. The screams tore through the calm of the night, creating confusion and fear among the people of our village and beyond.
Saba Yemen
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
"Eye Center" Condemns in Strongest Terms American Crimes Against Citizens, Migrants in Sana'a & Sa'ada
Sana'a – Saba: The "Eye Center for Human Rights and Development" condemned, in the strongest terms, the crimes of the American aggression's airstrikes targeting citizens' homes in the capital, Sana'a, and a shelter for illegal African migrants in Saada Governorate. In a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the Center explained that the American enemy's aircraft targeted, in the early hours of Monday—April 28, 2025—a shelter for African migrants, resulting in a horrific massacre that claimed 68 lives and left over 60 injured, according to preliminary figures expected to rise. This occurred amid shameful international silence. The statement noted that the aggression's aircraft, in Sana'a Governorate, launched their criminal raids around 9:15 PM on Sunday, April 27, 2025, targeting four homes belonging to innocent citizens in the Thaqban area of Bani Al-Harith District. This led to the martyrdom of 11 civilians, including 8 children and 2 women, and the injury of 4 children and a woman. In a bloody scene that reveals the hideous face of aggression, which does not hesitate to kill innocents and destroy life's resources, in blatant defiance of all international laws and conventions, The Eye of Humanity Center for Rights and Development affirmed that the continuation of these massacres against civilians and migrants constitutes a fully-fledged war crime, for which the US administration and its criminal tools bear full responsibility. The Center held the United Nations and all international organizations responsible for their suspicious silence and shameful complicity in these crimes. The Center called for an urgent and independent international investigation and the prosecution of the aggression's leaders as war criminals before international courts. It noted that the blood shed in these crimes will remain a curse that haunts the killers until the Day of Judgment, and will not be forgotten by the passage of time. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (Local)
New York Times
02-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Times
Desperation Grows in Gaza as U.N. Shutters Bakeries
Bilal Mohammad Ramadan AbuKresh has lost his home, his job, his wife and seven other relatives during the war in Gaza. Now, as the United Nations closes 25 bakeries across the territory, he is also losing his only reliable source of food. Before Wednesday, Mr. AbuKresh, 40, said he would leave his tent in a camp for displaced people in northern Gaza at dawn and stand in line for hours at one of the bakeries, waiting for bread for his four children. 'The line was unimaginable, like the Day of Judgment,' Mr. AbuKresh said on Wednesday, the day after the World Food Program, a U.N. agency, said it had run out of the flour and fuel needed to keep the bakeries in Gaza open. But at least it was affordable, compared to the $30 he paid for a bag of pasta that he bought recently to feed his family. The lack of humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza over the past month has prompted violent competition for food and driven up prices. Mr. AbuKresh said he has resorted to selling his children's jewelry and collecting trash to sell to scrounge up enough money just to buy a bit of food. 'To secure a bag of bread for my children, I risk death a hundred times,' he said. As well as the bakery closures, the World Food Program said on Tuesday that it would distribute its last food parcels by Thursday, and that its remaining supplies in Gaza were expected to run out within two weeks. The announcement prompted desperate Gazans to rush to U.N. warehouses this week to haul away heavy bags of flour that were being handed out. The decision to close the bakeries came almost a month after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel ordered a halt to all humanitarian aid into Gaza, in an attempt to pressure Hamas into accepting a new hostage release deal as cease-fire negotiations have stalled. The aid has not resumed and a fragile two-month truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed two weeks later, when Israel launched new airstrikes on the territory. The bakeries used as much as 300 tons of flour each day, producing enough bread to supply about 70 percent of Gaza's population, Abdel Nasser al-Ajrami, head of the enclave's bakers' association, said in an interview. Five other bakeries in Gaza had already closed last month, he said, when they ran out of supplies. 'Where will people get their food from?' Mr. al-Ajrami said, worrying aloud that Gaza was headed toward an even deeper humanitarian crisis. The United Nations has said the escalating war in Gaza has led to 'unprecedented' need for aid, estimating 91 percent of its population is facing acute food insecurity. Nearly one-third of the bread made at the U.N.-funded bakeries was distributed for free, he said, and much of the rest was sold as packets of pita for as little as 50 cents. 'It was a way to support thousands of Gazans who lost their jobs and a source of income during the war,' Mr. al-Ajrami said, voicing concern that food shortages could lead to unrest. 'This might cause chaos again across Gaza as people would start fighting for a piece of bread. There might be looting again,' he said. For weeks, the United Nations has sounded the alarm that humanitarian aid supplies were dwindling, and that attempts to gain access for aid convoys lined up at the border crossings had failed. It has accused Israel of routinely denying U.N. requests for broader efforts to coordinate humanitarian movement inside the enclave, and has said the Israeli army's no-go zones and evacuation order areas covered more than half of Gaza. COGAT, the Israeli military unit responsible for coordinating aid deliveries to Palestinian territories, said in a social media post on Tuesday that 450,000 tons of assistance was delivered to Gaza during the two-month cease-fire, and less than 30 percent of it was from the United Nations. 'Meaning, when the U.N. say they have 2 weeks worth of aid left in Gaza, there are plenty of other aid organizations and other actors with food aid,' COGAT said. 'Much of the aid was diverted and available on the markets,' it added. 'There is enough food for a long period of time, if Hamas lets the civilians have it.' In a sharp response to Israel, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said aid must be allowed into Gaza immediately and called claims that Gaza had enough food 'ridiculous.' 'W.F.P. doesn't close its bakeries for fun,' he told reporters at the U.N. headquarters in New York. 'If there's no flour, if there's no cooking gas, the bakeries cannot open.' During the cease-fire, 'we saw humanitarian aid flood Gaza,' he said. 'We saw markets come back to life. We saw prices going down. We saw hostages released, we saw Palestinian detainees released. We need to go back to that.' Mr. AbuKresh said his family was living in 'unimaginable circumstances' and barely surviving. 'This is beyond description,' he said. 'We've surrendered to death.'
