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Condemning Israeli crackdown
Palestine’s foreign ministry has strongly condemned the Thursday Israeli raid on offices of several Palestinian NGOs in the occupied West Bank. The ministry in a statement called the raid unlawful. It said Israeli forces looted documents and seized equipment at the offices before shutting them down. The offices belonged to Palestinian human rights groups and civil society organizations. The foreign ministry warned that civil society and human rights defenders remain as the prime target of the apartheid Israeli regime. That’s because, the ministry said, they play a key role in monitoring and documenting Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people. It called on the international community to provide urgent protection for the groups targeted Thursday.
Brazil presidential election
Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva keeps his lead over incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, less than two months before presidential elections there. According to a new poll, leftist Lula da Silva has a 47-percent support among likely voters. For right-wing Bolsonaro, the support is 32 percent. That’s up by three percent compared with a poll last month. But, there’s still a 15-point gap between the two rivals. On Tuesday, they officially launched their campaigns for what is believed to be the most polarized presidential race in Brazil. The election is set to be held on the 2nd of October. A run-off will follow, if none garners over 50 percent of the vote in the first round. Recent elections in South American countries, including Chile and Colombia, show voters have lurched to left-wing candidates.
Korean peninsula tensions
North Korea rejects an offer by its southern neighbor to help boost the North’s economy in exchange for nuclear disarmament. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of the North Korean leader said the South Korean president should “shut his mouth.” She called Seoul’s offer ignorant and the height of folly far from realization. Yo Jong said the idea of exchanging Pyongyang’s nuclear power with economic cooperation is just a dream of Seoul. South Korea has expressed regret over its neighbor’s pledge to continue nuclear development. The South’s President Yoon Suk-yeol made the offer on Wednesday, also calling for talks with Pyongyang. The North says its nuclear program is for self-defense.
France fails to ban anti-Islamophobia protests
In Numbers: 200 days of Israeli genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza
Death toll mounts in Gaza as Israeli genocidal war marks 200 days
Hamas dismisses US accusation of obstructing ceasefire in Gaza
Gaza solidarity protests sweep US universities despite police crackdown
Tension flares in India after Modi's anti-Muslim hate speech amid elections
Iran, Pakistan to bring peace, stability to region through cooperation: Raeisi
'Regrettable': Iran slams EU sanctions, says bloc satisfying criminal Israeli regime
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