Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after landmark coup plot convictionFormer Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced on Thursday to 27 years and three months in prison hours after being convicted of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, dealing a powerful rebuke to one of the world's most prominent far-right populist leaders.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazils-bolsonaro-sentenced-27-years-after-landmark-coup-plot-conviction-2025-09-12/War crimes magistrate wants Colombia to seize assets of companies profiting from Gaza genocideMagistrate Caterina Heyck filed a lawsuit in which she urged the prosecution to proceed to the forfeiture of assets belonging to companies that were mentioned in a recent report on Israel’s “economy of genocide.” Multiple multinationals with subsidiaries in Colombia, like Glencore and Drummond, appear in the report of the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese.
https://colombiareports.com/war-crimes-magistrate-wants-colombia-to-seize-assets-of-companies-profiting-from-gaza-genocide/UN General Assembly backs two-state push for Israel and PalestinePresented by France and Saudi Arabia, the seven-page document calls for “collective action to end the war in Gaza, to achieve a just, peaceful and lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the effective implementation of the Two-State solution”. It also orders Palestinian group Hamas, which runs the government in Gaza, to “free all hostages”, stipulating that it must “end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority … in line with the objective of a sovereign and independent Palestinian State”.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/12/un-general-assembly-backs-two-state-solution-for-israel-and-palestinehttps://archive.ph/Nr6rmEgypt discovers Israeli attempts to kill Hamas leaders on its soilThe senior Egyptian officials’ statements to MEE came in response to threats by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel would target Hamas in other countries. “Any attempt on the lives of Hamas leaders on Egyptian soil would be considered by Egypt as a violation of its sovereignty and, accordingly, a declaration of war by Israel, which we would not hesitate to retaliate against,” the security source said.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-egypt-discovers-israeli-attempts-kill-hamas-leaders-its-soil Ireland won’t take part in Eurovision if Israel does In a statement, RTÉ said that Ireland’s participation in a contest alongside Israel “would be unconscionable given the ongoing and appalling loss of lives in Gaza.” “RTÉ is also deeply concerned by the targeted killing of journalists in Gaza, and the denial of access to international journalists to the territory, and the plight of the remaining hostages,” the statement said.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-wont-take-part-eurovision-israel-does/https://archive.ph/h6xFANeither candidate to replace Rayner has backed ‘genuine’ Labour values, Momentum warnsA spokesman for Momentum said: “Labour members are left with two candidates in the race with little track record of representing genuine Labour values. “Although Starmer’s allies have, for now, succeeded in their goals of preventing a full democratic contest, their project is on borrowed time.” Candidates needed the support of 80 MPs by 5pm on Thursday to enter the next stage of the contest.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/neither-candidate-replace-rayner-has-backed-genuine-labour-values-momentum-warnsAlbania puts AI-created ‘minister’ in charge of public procurementAnnouncing the makeup of his fourth consecutive government at the ruling Socialist party conference in Tirana, Rama said Diella, who on the e-Albania portal is dressed in traditional Albanian costume, would become “the servant of public procurement”. Responsibility for deciding the winners of public tenders would be removed from government ministries in a “step-by-step” process and handled by artificial intelligence to ensure “all public spending in the tender process is 100% clear”, he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/albania-diella-ai-minister-public-procurementFormer chief justice appointed Nepal prime minister in bid to end turmoilThe young protesters were anxious that their revolution might be subverted by traditional political parties or that there might even be a return of the autocratic king deposed in 2008. Karki, who was Nepal’s first and so far only female chief justice, was seen as “empathetic”, “kind” and “not corrupt”, said one Gen Z representative involved in the negotiations who declined to be identified.
https://www.ft.com/content/81603d44-09b7-4a3b-a2e6-61c453ab8b94https://archive.ph/y8ruYIndian Left Decries BJP Govt for Hosting Israeli MinisterThe Communist Party of India (Marxist) and several other Opposition groups, intellectuals, and activists condemned the Indian government for hosting Israel’s ultra-right-wing leader and finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich. The CPI (M) and others demanded that India instead cut all ties with Israel. They reminded the Indian government that it has been the country’s foreign policy legacy to oppose occupation and support anti-colonial movements, such as the Palestinian struggle.
https://www.newsclick.in/indian-left-decries-bjp-govt-hosting-israeli-ministerChina’s newest aircraft carrier sails through Taiwan Strait for the first timeThe Fujian, which is doing sea trials ahead of its commissioning, was heading to the South China Sea to conduct training and scientific experiments, the navy said in a short post on social media. The navy said the carrier’s activities were not targeting anyone else. A social media account affiliated with state media quoted an expert saying the Taiwan Strait was the normal and most reasonable and efficient route for the carrier to reach the South China Sea.
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