According to media reports, the conflict erupted again in Sweida on Saturday, August 29, and continued through Monday, August 31, after the Druze armed group the National Guard blocked roads, preventing students from traveling to government-controlled examination centers north of Sweida.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/03/clashes-reignite-in-sweida-between-government-forces-and-druze-groups/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/03/clashes-reignite-in-sweida-between-government-forces-and-druze-groups/
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Clashes reignite in Sweida between government forces and Druze groups - BT News
The development occurred a week after the integration of the Kurdish-led forces and civil administration into the state’s institutions was completed, fueling hopes that the sectarian strife in the country would be contained.
According to media reports, Israeli soldiers not only escorted the settlers while attacking the village, but Israeli snipers were also deployed to the tops of buildings and opened fire on Palestinians who tried to confront the attack.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/04/as-israeli-violence-escalates-palestinian-youth-increasingly-identify-as-martyrs-to-be/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/04/as-israeli-violence-escalates-palestinian-youth-increasingly-identify-as-martyrs-to-be/
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As Israeli violence escalates, Palestinian youth increasingly identify as ‘martyrs-to-be’ - BT News
In recent years, Palestinians have become even more certain that the Oslo Accords left them with no protection from continued Israeli violence.
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The march, held on Tuesday, September 1, was called by all major left parties in the country, including the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, among others.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/04/india-marches-against-us-wars-in-west-asia/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/04/india-marches-against-us-wars-in-west-asia/
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India marches against US wars in West Asia - BT News
The rallies, held to commemorate International Day for Peace and Solidarity against Imperialism and War, also demanded that the Indian government return to its legacy of anti-colonialism.
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Bayona was referring to the investigations she had conducted regarding the severe and chronic shortage of medicines and medical supplies in the public health system that has plagued the country for several years. Noboa has repeatedly promised to resolve this problem, but so far there has been no solution, while the number of deaths due to a lack of public health care continues to rise.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/04/you-won-mr-president-press-freedom-under-attack-in-ecuador/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/04/you-won-mr-president-press-freedom-under-attack-in-ecuador/
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‘You won, Mr. President’: Press freedom under attack in Ecuador - BT News
Gisella Bayona who announced her resignation from journalism due to threats against her family, is one of many cases in which journalists from both the left and the right claim to have been pressured by the government to abandon their investigative reporting.
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“If you have any sanity, you understand the enemy is not China, it's the US.”
Tehran-based journalist Navid Zarrinnal breaks down the China-Iran alliance, SCO solidarity, and Washington’s ultimate confrontation with Beijing.
WATCH The China Report https://youtu.be/2denwh9nHlc
Tehran-based journalist Navid Zarrinnal breaks down the China-Iran alliance, SCO solidarity, and Washington’s ultimate confrontation with Beijing.
WATCH The China Report https://youtu.be/2denwh9nHlc
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China Is NOT Abandoning Iran – Tehran Journalist Explains
Since the beginning of the US-Israeli war on Iran, some have claimed that Beijing’s support for Tehran is little more than empty rhetoric and symbolic statements. So what is the nature of the China-Iran alliance?
Tehran-based journalist Navid Zarrinnal joins…
Tehran-based journalist Navid Zarrinnal joins…
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Immigrant rights groups have been organizing to shut down the NWIPC for over a decade. La Resistencia recently joined with Tsuru for Solidarity outside the NWIPC to host a Solidarity Day on August 15, demanding the facility’s closure.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/07/inside-tacomas-ice-detention-center-worm-infested-food-suicide-and-neglect/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/07/inside-tacomas-ice-detention-center-worm-infested-food-suicide-and-neglect/
BT News
Inside Tacoma’s ICE detention center: worm-infested food, suicide, and neglect - BT News
The inhumanity concealed behind the walls of the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) exposes an ICE detention system in which private companies profit from the imprisonment of immigrants in abusive facilities where their human needs, health, and dignity…
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On August 25, the 532nd day of their protest against the government’s notification to acquire 9,600 acres of fertile, multicropped land in 26 villages of Bengaluru South district, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar conceded to farmers, assuring them their land would not be forcibly acquired.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/05/protesting-farmers-stall-plans-for-indias-first-ai-powered-city/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/05/protesting-farmers-stall-plans-for-indias-first-ai-powered-city/
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Protesting farmers stall plans for India’s first AI-powered city - BT News
After nearly 550 days of protest by farmers resisting the acquisition of 9,600 acres of fertile, multiple-cropped land, Karnataka state's Chief Minister conceded, assuring them their land would not be forcibly acquired.
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The opposition has strongly disputed those figures. The PAI-Terra Ranka and API-Cabas Garandi coalitions said the referendum was widely boycotted, claiming participation was below 10% across the country. In a statement issued after the CNE announced the results, the two opposition platforms described the referendum as a “fraud” and accused the electoral commission of presenting figures that could not withstand scrutiny.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/06/guinea-bissau-approves-new-constitution-as-opposition-calls-referendum-a-fraud/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/06/guinea-bissau-approves-new-constitution-as-opposition-calls-referendum-a-fraud/
BT News
Guinea-Bissau approves new constitution as opposition calls referendum a fraud - BT News
Guinea-Bissau’s opposition has rejected the recent referendum, questioned its legitimacy, and pointed to what it describes as low voter turnout and inconsistencies in the figures released by the electoral commission.
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AfD’s success has been noted with concern by progressive politicians across the region. They pointed to the stubborn insistence of mainstream parties on austerity policies even as it becomes apparent that they are pushing people into the arms of the extreme right.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/september-8-2026/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/september-8-2026/
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BT LIVE: AfD Wins Big in Germany | Israel’s Gaza Mass Expulsion Plan | Meta Targets Teens - BT News
Pro-Israel AfD wins big in Germany; Ben-Gvir's new plans for Gaza mass expulsion; & Meta targets teens; and the latest from Lebanon amid Israel’s ongoing attacks. Rania Khalek & Zoe Alexandra are joined by special guests to break it all down.
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China is ready to work with the countries in the region to “safeguard the security of international shipping lanes, advance development cooperation, promote the convergence of interests of regional countries, gradually enhance mutual trust, and eliminate root causes of the conflict,” Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/07/china-says-regional-integration-is-the-path-to-security-in-west-asia/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/07/china-says-regional-integration-is-the-path-to-security-in-west-asia/
BT News
China says regional integration is the path to security in West Asia - BT News
Chinese President Xi Jinping underlined the need for stronger international coordination for common security in the Middle East and a reaffirmation of the UN charter and international law.
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“Iranian people are defending themselves against America’s aggressive actions, and in a situation where they are resolutely responding to America’s war crimes against women and children” any country participating in its military activities in any way “can only be regarded as directly supporting the perpetrators of the aggression,” Esmaeil Baqaei said in a post on X on Monday, September 7.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/iran-warns-south-korea-against-joining-us-military-actions-in-strait-of-hormuz/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/iran-warns-south-korea-against-joining-us-military-actions-in-strait-of-hormuz/
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Iran warns South Korea against joining US military actions in Strait of Hormuz - BT News
Iran is preparing to declare a new “restricted zone” in the Persian Gulf beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
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A far-right party with roots in Holocaust complicity is now Germany's most pro-Israel political force.
Antifascist activist Philipp Slanina on why AfD's historic win in Saxony-Anhalt isn't the political shock the media claims it is.
WATCH: youtu.be/IsL8WswLIb8
Antifascist activist Philipp Slanina on why AfD's historic win in Saxony-Anhalt isn't the political shock the media claims it is.
WATCH: youtu.be/IsL8WswLIb8
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How the AfD Is Using Israel to Rebrand Germany’s Far Right
A far-right party with roots in Holocaust complicity is now Germany's most pro-Israel political force, with AfD winning nearly half the vote in Saxony-Anhalt's state election. Germany's political establishment is calling it a shock; anti-fascist activist…
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"Whether or not Hezbollah fires almost doesn't matter. Look at Syria: Israel is still bombing Syria while openly stating interest in its land.”
Rania Khalek: Israeli bulldozers, artillery don't discriminate between resistance & capitulation.
WATCH: youtu.be/MIWy7XRIkNo
Rania Khalek: Israeli bulldozers, artillery don't discriminate between resistance & capitulation.
WATCH: youtu.be/MIWy7XRIkNo
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‘Israel Has Turned South Lebanon Into Gaza’ | w/ Rania Khalek
"South Lebanon has become Gaza.”
Breakthrough News’s Rania Khalek tears apart Netanyahu’s "security" strategy that’s killed 27 people in Lebanon over the last three days, with relentless Israeli attacks on the country’s south designed to render entire villages…
Breakthrough News’s Rania Khalek tears apart Netanyahu’s "security" strategy that’s killed 27 people in Lebanon over the last three days, with relentless Israeli attacks on the country’s south designed to render entire villages…
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Vijay Prashad: "This is the war’s most important development. The United States built its power in West Asia on an asymmetry. It could bomb a country from protected airfields and command centers scattered across the region, while the attacked country was unable, or unwilling, to touch those bases. Iraq fired Scud missiles towards Israel in 1991 but did not systematically attack the vast US military architecture in the Gulf. Baghdad feared that striking US bases would bring down even greater destruction. Greater destruction came anyway. Iran studied that lesson."
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/iran-reverses-the-asymmetry/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/iran-reverses-the-asymmetry/
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Iran reverses the asymmetry - BT News
The expensive network of military bases and assets designed to project US power has become a collection of targets.
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“Somalia is at the epicenter of climate change, despite its negligible greenhouse gas emissions, and suffers recurrent extreme weather events that destroy lives and livelihoods,” the World Food Program (WFP) explains.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/somalia-on-the-brink-of-mass-starvation-a-vortex-of-climate-shocks-war-and-aid-cuts/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/somalia-on-the-brink-of-mass-starvation-a-vortex-of-climate-shocks-war-and-aid-cuts/
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Somalia on the brink of mass starvation: a vortex of climate shocks, war, and aid cuts - BT News
Somalia is already reeling from repeated droughts and floods, with millions facing acute hunger. Now economic shocks from the war on Iran compound US cuts to humanitarian aid, as El Niño’s peak portends devastating floods once again.
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Protesters demanded not only the clearing of the affected areas in Gospić, but also accountability from the government and a pledge to temporarily halt waste imports into the country. This final demand relates to the fact that tens of thousands of tons of illegal waste found at several dumping sites across the country originated from Slovenia, Italy, and Germany.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/croatians-demand-their-government-stop-importing-toxic-waste/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/08/croatians-demand-their-government-stop-importing-toxic-waste/
BT News
Croatians demand their government stop importing toxic waste - BT News
Tens of thousands flooded Zagreb to demand immediate cleanup of illegal toxic waste dumped in the Lika region.
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“We will not hesitate in launching more severe and wider strikes,” spokesperson for the Ansar Allah-led Yemeni Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e threatened.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/09/over-300-killed-in-yemen-in-clashes-between-ansar-allah-and-saudi-backed-forces/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/09/over-300-killed-in-yemen-in-clashes-between-ansar-allah-and-saudi-backed-forces/
BT News
Over 300 killed in Yemen in clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-backed forces - BT News
According to the IOM, about 18,500 people have been displaced across the Arab country, as the fighting continues to unfold.
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Following his arrest, news of Cerimedo’s apprehension began to appear in various media outlets. Although many people did not attach much importance to it, it turns out that, according to several journalistic investigations, Cerimedo may have been involved in several presidential elections in which the new Latin American right-wing movements won the presidencies of various countries.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/09/attempted-murder-accusations-troll-farms-and-presidential-connections-the-notorious-case-of-fernando-cerimedo/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/09/attempted-murder-accusations-troll-farms-and-presidential-connections-the-notorious-case-of-fernando-cerimedo/
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Attempted murder accusations, troll farms, and presidential connections: the notorious case of Fernando Cerimedo - BT News
In mid-August, his ex-partner accused the powerful political consultant of ordering her murder, while also accusing him of engaging in corrupt business dealings allegedly linked to the governments of Bolivia and Argentina.
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On September 4, the General Assembly adopted the resolution titled “Correct the Map: Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World’s Regions, Particularly Africa.” The United States was the only country to vote against it.
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/09/us-votes-against-un-resolution-promoting-maps-reflecting-africas-true-size/
https://breakthroughnews.org/2026/09/09/us-votes-against-un-resolution-promoting-maps-reflecting-africas-true-size/
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US votes against UN resolution promoting maps reflecting Africa’s true size - BT News
The United Nations has adopted a resolution calling for the use of map projections that more accurately portray the size and proportions of the world’s continents, particularly correcting the long-standing distortion of Africa’s true size.
What Ben-Gvir & Smotrich are calling "voluntary transfer" is still a war crime.
Mouin Rabbani on the forced expulsion "choice" Israel wants Trump's approval to give Palestinians in Gaza
WATCH: youtu.be/Dtaxj93My8Q
Mouin Rabbani on the forced expulsion "choice" Israel wants Trump's approval to give Palestinians in Gaza
WATCH: youtu.be/Dtaxj93My8Q
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Israel's Plan to Expel 2 Million From Gaza | w/ Mouin Rabbani
As Israeli plans emerge to expel all two million Palestinians from Gaza and Itamar Ben-Gvir shares what can only be described as genocidal AI fantasy videos on X, Mouin Rabbani, non-resident fellow at the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies, says…