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Israel continues to murder Palestinians as Donald Trump tries to credit the ceasefire in Gaza. The glaring double standards in coverage exposed how this genocide was allowed to continue for so long as both Israeli and Palestinian prisoners were released.

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Maria Corina Machado, the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize this year, opted to give Donald Trump the honor. The Venezuelan opposition leader’s desire to tarry the US president was the subject of Meenakshi Ravi’s report.

The rise of the “womanosphere”: All the president’s women

Men have dominated the right-wing media for years. However, the election of 2024 highlighted a growing parallel force: the “womanosphere,” according to Donald Trump’s MAGA movement. Conservative women are reinventing right-wing politics for a female audience through YouTube channels, social media, and podcasts.

As a result of the large crowds that gathered to view the body of revered former prime minister Raila Odinga at a memorial event in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu, hundreds of people were reported as a result of local media reports.

Despite authorities using military vehicles, police, and aerial surveillance to stop a recurrence of deadly and chaotic incidents that marked earlier memorial proceedings on Thursday and Friday, the injuries happened on Saturday at Jomo Kenyata International Stadium.

As the crowds swarmed inside the facility, Kenya Red Cross teams treated those who had exhausted and were in agony and managed to avoid casualties.

Zealots of people from all over the area gathered to pay their respects on Sunday as Odinga’s body was transported through Kisumu to his ancestral home in nearby Bondo for burial.

At least five people were killed by violence and chaos during the 80-year-old opposition leader and statesman’s memorial procession on Wednesday in Kerala, India.

Raila Odinga was praised by Kisumu Governor Anyang ‘ Nyong’o for his lifelong service to Kenyans, noting that thousands of people “thronged” Jomo Kenyatta Stadium-Mamboleo in his honor.

As the arrangements for transporting Odinga’s body to his ancestral home in Bondo, which is located 40 kilometers west of Kisumu, where the most recent disruptions had occurred, were in progress, Siaya County Governor James Orengo urged restraint.

Orengo told local media, “I really ask that the public and the community as a whole keep the peace during this time.”

At least three people were killed at a Nairobi stadium when security forces shot tear gas and weapons at crowds heading towards the pavilion where Odinga’s coffin had been placed on Thursday, causing at least three to die.

A day later, panic set in as mourners departed from Friday’s state funeral service in a different capital location, causing a crowd-crush that claimed the lives of two more victims and treated 163 patients.

Since Odinga’s body returned home on Thursday, a sizable turnout has persisted throughout the duration of the mourning process, with supporters escorting his remains nearly 30 kilometers (20 miles) from Nairobi’s airport.

Tens of thousands of people gathered for the state ceremony on Friday to honor the reverend known as “Baba,” the Swahili word for father, who sang, danced, and waved handkerchiefs.

Odinga’s relatives pleaded for peaceful conduct at the service, which included Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and President William Ruto.

Raila should not be left to cry when she passes away, his brother Oburu said in a statement to the crowd. When he was still alive, he had enough teargass.

In a post on X, former US President Barack Obama honored Odinga as “a true champion of democracy” who “enhanced decades of struggle and sacrifice for the greater cause of freedom and self-governance in Kenya.”

Obama noted that Odinga “was willing to choose the path of peaceful reconciliation without downplaying his core beliefs.”

Odinga served five unsuccessful presidential campaigns that spanned three decades, but she had a greater impact on Kenya’s democratic development than many others. This has caused a wave of grief both nationally and internationally.

Iran has stated that its landmark 10-year agreement with the world powers has ended, and that it is no longer subject to restrictions on its nuclear program. Tehran also reiterated its “commitment to diplomacy.”

The Iranian government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Saturday, the day the pact’s expiration, that “all of the provisions] of the 2015 deal,” including the restrictions on the Iranian nuclear programme and the related mechanisms, are considered to be terminated.

Iran further stated that it “firmly commits itself to diplomacy.”

The UN Security Council’s “termination day” for the agreement was set for exactly ten years after it was adopted.

Iran’s nuclear program was put on hold in exchange for restrictions under the international sanctions that were imposed under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which was signed by the country’s leaders.

However, during President Donald Trump’s first year in office, Washington unilaterally terminated the agreement and reinstated sanctions. Then, Tehran began stepping up its nuclear program.

The United Kingdom, Germany, and France have all yet failed in negotiations to revive the agreement, leading to the re-imposition of UN sanctions in August.

According to Arms Control Association expert Kelsey Davenport, “Termination day has little meaning because of snapback.”

The nuclear deal had been “lifeless” for years, according to Ali Vaez, the project director for Iran for the International Crisis Group, but “its sorry fate continues to cast a shadow over the future,” Vaez claimed.

Iran has long been accused of attempting to acquire nuclear weapons by Western powers and Israel, a claim Tehran refutes.

This year, neither US intelligence nor the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) disclosed any proof that Iran was pursuing atomic weapons.

Iran and other world powers are currently at a standstill in nuclear negotiations.

Given its past relationship with President Trump, Iran is still skeptical about the value of a bilateral relationship, according to Vaez, who spoke to AFP.

Trump vowed to reach an agreement on the matter with Iran on Monday, but emphasized that Tehran was the site.

Tehran has repeatedly vowed to pursue diplomatic relations with the US, as long as Washington offers assurances against military action at any potential discussions.

In a 12-day war that hit nuclear sites, the US joined Israel and attacked Iran, killing more than 1, 000 Iranians, including hundreds of civilians, and causing billions of dollars in damage.

President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a law in early July that suspended all cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog and prompted inspectors to leave the country because they were angry that the IAEA did not condemn the attacks and  accusing the agency of “double standards.

The IAEA, on the other hand, expressed concern that Iran’s nuclear stockpile has not been verified since the start of the conflict.

The three European countries last week made the announcement that they would try to restart discussions in order to reach a “comprehensive, durable, and verifiable agreement.”