Dave DeCamp (2022-07-18). Biden Promises Not to 'Walk Away' From the Middle East at GCC Summit. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Saturday vowed that the US would not "walk away" from the Middle East during a summit attended by regional leaders in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The summit was attended by members of the Gulf Cooperation Council plus Iraq, Egypt, and Jordan, known as the GCC+3. Biden's message to the Gulf monarchs and other …

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-07-18). Atentado en el centro de Somalia deja dos muertos y 15 heridos. telesurtv.net Varios ministros y parlamentarios regionales resultaron heridos tras el ataque suicida con coche bomba contra un hotel de la ciudad de Jowhar.

____ (2022-07-18). Nelson Mandela (18 Jul 1918 — 5 Dec 2013). transcend.org Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa in 1994, serving until 1999. A symbol of global peacemaking, he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Staff (2022-07-18). Nelson Mandela: "Uno de los más extraordinarios símbolos de esta era" (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El líder sudafricano Nelson Mandela, quien este 18 de julio cumpliría 104 años de edad, nos recordaba que "mientras la pobreza, la injusticia y las grandes desigualdades persistan en nuestro mundo, ninguno de nosotros puede descansar realmente". Mandela fue desde muy joven un luchador incansable contra toda manifestación de injusticia social.

Rqorinoco (2022-07-18). One Year After July 11, 2021. orinocotribune.com By Ike Nahem — Jul 11, 2022 | "The heroism of normality in Cuba does not generate headlines." | -Cuban revolutionary journalist Rosa Miriam Elizalde | July 11, 2021 in Cuba quickly went from legitimate, valid, peaceful street protests to violent provocations and destructive acts directed by US clients in Cuba. Thousands of people in many cities, towns, and working-class neighborhoods took to the streets in response to harsh, deteriorating conditions — the worst of the Covid Delta infections, hospitalizations, and deaths on the island before the application of the Cuban-vaccines; the electricity blacko…

WSWS (2022-07-18). Anger erupts in chaotic, drawn-out Papua New Guinea elections. wsws.org Within days of the polls opening for the three-week election period, frustrations erupted over the incomplete electoral roll, which has left many voters unable to cast their ballots.

TeleSUR -HIM (2022-07-18). Ejército de Liberación Saharaui lanza ataques contra tropas marroquíes. telesurtv.net En la última fecha las hostilidades se han concentrado en Mahbes, localidad ocupada por Marruecos y cercana a la frontera con Mauritania y Argelia.

Staff (2022-07-17). Iran urges for regional dialogue; Arab NATO to get nowhere. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) — The head of Iran's Strategic Foreign Relations Council Seyed Kamal Kharrazi has said Tehran is ready to hold regional dialogue with important countries such as Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Egypt, Qatar and other countries.

_____ (2022-07-17). Argentina And Mexico Increase Commercial Ties With Cuba. popularresistance.org Cuba has ramped up commercial ties with Argentina and Mexico this week as it looks toward Latin America to break out of the blockade imposed by the United States. Havana is currently hosting a trade conference with Mexican businesses to attract investment and on Tuesday Argentina formalized a wide-ranging cooperation agreement to boost the agricultural sector. | The Mexico-Cuba trade conference, hosted at the Hotel Nacional, concluded today with the signing of 12 investment agreements in renewable energy, textiles, food, information technology, and other areas. The conference was inaugurated by Cuba's President M…

____ (2022-07-17). Tanzania receives 3 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by China. ecns.cn The government of Tanzania on Thursday received a donation of 3 million COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine doses donated by China.

_____ (2022-07-17). Biden The Warmonger Gets Played By The Saudis. popularresistance.org Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — On the second day of his trip to Saudi Arabia, President Joe Biden met with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates—along with Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq to discuss security issues, but particularly to push for a united front against Iran. Biden has spent much of his trip to the Middle East reinforcing the regional policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump, rather than implementing the policies on which he campaigned for president. And he is rightly taking heat for his meetings yesterday with S…

____ (2022-07-17). Chinese FM spokesperson refutes 'debt trap' claim. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted the so-called "Chinese debt trap" claim, saying that it is pure disinformation and a narrative trap created by those who do not hope to see China-Africa cooperation pick up speed.

Sharmila Devi (2022-07-16). [World Report] Climate change driving east Africa towards famine. thelancet.com Consecutive years of drought caused by climate change and La Niña have led to food insecurity in many parts of east Africa. Sharmila Devi reports.

____ (2022-07-17). Chinese FM spokesperson refutes 'debt trap' claim. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted the so-called "Chinese debt trap" claim, saying that it is pure disinformation and a narrative trap created by those who do not hope to see China-Africa cooperation pick up speed.

____ (2022-07-17). Tanzania receives 3 mln COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by China. ecns.cn The government of Tanzania on Thursday received a donation of 3 million COVID-19 Sinopharm vaccine doses donated by China.

Jason Ditz (2022-07-16). Iran Proxy Claims Iraqi PM Wants Normalization With Israel. news.antiwar.com This weekend's GCC+3 summit in Saudi Arabia is fueling some controversy in Iraq. Iraq PM Mustafa Kadhimi will attend the summit, and his rivals in pro-Iran proxy groups think he's up to something. | It's not clear how this got started, but Ketaib Hezbollah figures are claiming that some Israelis might attend the summit, expanding that to PM Yair Lapid possibly being there, and then suggesting Kadhimi There is no evidence of any of this, and Lapid almost certainly…

Anonymous811 (2022-07-16). BRICS Expanding: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt Willing To Join The Group. southfront.org Putin takes part in the BRICS meeting | Purnima Anand, president of the BRICS international forum, said on July 14 that Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt are considering joining BRICS. The possibility of countries joining, as well as their potential admission to the ranks of the BRICS, could take place in 2023 when the next summit of the group will be held. The countries themselves have expressed a desire to join the union, but if approved, the application process will be lengthy. | South Africa will host th…

Staff (2022-07-16). Venezuela's PSUV Participates in 15th Congress of South African Communist Party (Centenary Celebration). orinocotribune.com Members of the national leadership of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) are participating in the 15th Congress of the South African Communist Party (SACP), which is being held in the capital of South Africa, Johannesburg, on the occasion of 100 years of the foundation of SACP. | Jesús Faría, member of the vice-presidency of International Affairs of PSUV, and participant in the Congress highlighted his admiration for the South African Communist Party and the important role it has played in the struggle against imperialism. | Jesús Faría, intengrante de la Vicepresidencia de Asuntos Internacionales del…

_____ (2022-07-16). The West Is Experiencing A Power Contraction, Not Necessarily Decline. popularresistance.org What Westerners call the West or Western civilization is a geopolitical space that emerged in the 16th century and expanded continuously until the 20th century. On the eve of World War I, about 90 percent of the globe was Western or Western-dominated: Europe, Russia, the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and much of Asia (with the partial exceptions of Japan and China). From then on, the West began to contract: first with the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the emergence of the Soviet bloc, and then, from mid-century onward, with the decolonization movements. Terrestrial space, and soon after, extraterrestrial space, bec…

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2022-07-16). The West is experiencing a contraction of its power, not necessarily its decline. peoplesdispatch.org What Westerners call the West or Western civilization is a geopolitical space that emerged in the 16th century and expanded continuously until the 20th century. On the eve of World War I, about 90 percent of the globe was Western or Western-dominated: Europe, Russia, the Americas, Africa, Oceania, and much of Asia (with the partial exceptions of Japan and China). From then on, the West began to contract: first with the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the emergence of the Soviet bloc, and then, from mid-century onward, with the decolonization movements. Terrestrial space, and soon after, extraterrestrial space, bec…

____ (2022-07-16). 31 killed in tribal clashes in Sudan Blue Nile prov.: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) —At least 31 people were killed and 39 others wounded in tribal clashes on Saturday in a Sudanese southern province, authorities said.

Sharmila Devi (2022-07-16). [World Report] Climate change driving east Africa towards famine. thelancet.com Consecutive years of drought caused by climate change and La Niña have led to food insecurity in many parts of east Africa. Sharmila Devi reports.

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-15). Report: US Clinches Deal for Steps Toward Saudi-Israeli Normalization. news.antiwar.com The Times of Israel reported Thursday that President Biden An unnamed Middle Eastern diplomat told the Times that Egypt had agreed to transfer the control of two Red Sea islands, T…