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Photo credit: CNBC The Vice President of the US and Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris, showed a spectacular change with her brilliant performance at her rally in Atlanta, Georgia. She challenged the former president and Republican Party nominee, Donald Trump. With her winning smile, she lambasted Trump and told the crowd her plans for the…

Photo credit: Aljazeera An Israeli airstrike hit Beirut’s southern suburb on Tuesday. The Israeli army said it was a retaliatory attack for a cross-border attack three days earlier. CBC reports that the Israeli military claimed to have killed Hezbollah’s most senior military commander and head of its strategic unit, Fuad Shukr, in the strike. Shukr…

Photo credit: The Conversation The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused the Rwandan army of jamming satellite navigation systems, affecting civilian flights in the conflict-hit east of the country. BBC reports that DRC said that Rwanda was interfering with aircraft Global Positioning System signals through “jamming” and “spoofing”, a type of cybercrime involving the creation of false…

Photo credit: Hungary Today There have been allegations of failure to rescue and assist migrants in distress, maltreatment, and abuse of migrants at EU borders. FRA reports that investigations of these rights violations remain ineffective. The latest report from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights identifies system gaps and obstacles to investigating such violations.  The…

Photo credit: Democracy Now Human Rights Watch has alleged that the warring parties in Sudan are engaging in widespread gender-based violence in the capital, Khartoum. Aljazeera reports that both the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces soldiers have regularly carried out rape and, among other crimes, since the start of the civil war in…

Photo credit: Aljazeera Antonio Gutteres, the UN Secretary-General, and the Western powers, including the US, Britain, France and Germany have condemned the attack and appealed for calm, as Iran warned Israel that any new military operations in Lebanon could lead to “unforeseen consequences”. Dawn e-paper reports that on his own part, Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav…

Photo credit: Emirates 24/7 Germany has introduced a new immigration law for specialized work personnel to attract more qualified workers from non-EU countries. Emirates 24/7 reports that the foreign office issued over 80,000 work visas in the first half of this year. Over half of the new visas were issued to skilled workers. It is…