Hamas agrees to release hostages but rejects foreign governorship of GazaHamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk told Al Jazeera that the group would not disarm before the Israeli occupation ends. "The other issues mentioned in President Trump’s proposal regarding the future of the Gaza Strip and the inherent rights of the Palestinian people are linked to a comprehensive national position based on relevant international laws and resolutions, and are being discussed within a national framework," the Hamas statement said. A Hamas senior representative in Doha, Osama Hamdan, told Al Araby TV following the announcement that Hamas will not accept foreign governorship of the enclave, and that it must be run by Palestinians, even transitionally.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/hamas-agrees-release-all-israeli-captives-dead-or-aliveUS judge dismisses lawsuit accusing UN agency of aiding Hamas attack on IsraelU.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) had "absolute immunity" from the lawsuit because it is a subsidiary of the United Nations, which has immunity from such lawsuits. In her decision made public on Wednesday, Torres also rejected an argument that UNRWA was merely a "specialized agency" not entitled to immunity.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/10/us-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-accusing-un-agency-aiding-hamas-attack-israel From Ang Bayan: NPA Unit Conducts Successful Attack On AFP Troops In Samar Province Western Samar (Arnulfo Ortiz Command) unit fired the first shots against the 8th ID troopers operating in Sitio San Pedro, Barangay Poblacion 3, San Jose de Buan, Samar on the afternoon of September 27. With high alertness and guerrilla readiness, the people’s army’s attack killed one soldier and injured many others. The NPA-Western Samar reported that at 5 p.m. that day the 8th ID deployed a helicopter to retrieve its wounded soldiers. The soldiers again squandered funds the next day by flying another helicopter.
https://www.redspark.nu/peoples-war/philippines/from-ang-bayan-npa-unit-conducts-successful-attack-on-afp-troops-in-samar-province/Protests, Violence Erupt in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir At the heart of the unrest lies JAAC’s 38-point charter of demands, which channels public anger over soaring electricity tariffs, rising food prices, and entrenched elite privileges. Despite multiple rounds of talks with federal and local authorities, the deadlock persists. What began as issue-based agitation has evolved into one of the most widespread protest movements the region has witnessed in years, exposing a deepening crisis of representation and legitimacy.
https://thediplomat.com/2025/10/protests-violence-erupt-in-pakistan-administered-kashmir/https://archive.ph/SvOiNBritish government exploits Manchester synagogue killings to attack anti-genocide protestersWithin hours of the killing of two Jewish worshippers at a synagogue in Manchester on Thursday, the Labour government and police—backed by a frothing right-wing media—leapt on the tragedy to intensify their crackdown on protests against the Gaza genocide, and the campaign to brand anti-Zionism as “left antisemitism”.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/03/flde-o03.htmlArmenian archbishop sentenced to 2 years in prison over alleged coup plotArchbishop Mikael Ajapahyan was arrested in June and accused of being part of an alleged coup plot against the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The cleric was found guilty on Sept. 24 of calling for the government to be overthrown. His lawyer, Ara Zohrabyan, condemned the verdict as being politically motivated.
https://apnews.com/article/armenia-church-cleric-pashinyan-opposition-prison-9a6db260de55857751aac6701c9a0077 EFF and Operation Dudula clash after child’s death “What begins as hatred directed at African migrants quickly mutates into the policing of fellow South Africans based on their language, place of origin, or cultural identity,” the party cautioned. Dunga added that Operation Dudula’s actions were obstructing access to healthcare for citizens they labelled as undocumented. “According to them, anyone who comes to these facilities without identification is perceived to be an illegal immigrant,” he said.
https://www.citizen.co.za/alex-news/news-headlines/2025/10/03/eff-at-loggerheads-with-operation-dudula/https://archive.ph/2bw3i#selection-602.0-602.1Madagascar president who took power in coup accuses protesters of trying to trigger another oneOn Monday, the president dismissed the prime minister and dissolved the government. However, the leaderless Gen Z Madagascar movement called for more protests, demanding the resignation or dismissal of the president, constitutional court judges, election commission members and parliamentary leaders.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/03/madagascar-president-accuses-protesters-coupUS threatens to pull UN support for Colombia’s peace process and war crimes tribunalWaltz suggested that the administration of US President Donald Trump no longer supports the implementation of the peace deal when it comes to indigenous rights. The ambassador said that his government supports justice for “victims of narcoterrorism,” but rejected UN monitoring of “transnational justice.”
https://colombiareports.com/us-threatens-to-pull-un-support-for-colombias-peace-process-and-war-crimes-tribunal/The Continuation of Counterinsurgency in Chiapas: Dispossession, Creation of Conflicts, and Incursions by Military and State Forces Against the EZLNThe Assembly of Zapatista Autonomous Government Collectives (ACGAZ)—part of the Zapatista structures that promote El Común—denounced attacks that began in April, which included refusal to engage in dialogue, incursions into and surveying of the autonomous territory recovered in 1994, threats, theft of crops, burning of two houses, and dispossession, perpetrated by a group of civilians together with the Ocosingo municipal police, the State Police, the Government Delegate, the Chiapas State Attorney General’s Office, and members of the Mexican Army.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/21656/El Salvador Bans Inclusive Language in Public SchoolsA memorandum issued by the ministry clarified that the ban applies to “all public educational centers and agencies of this ministry” in order to “consolidate clear, uniform, and respectful institutional communication.” It specifically barred expressions such as “amigue, compañere, niñe, todos y todas, alumn@, jóvenxs, nosotras,” or any other linguistic variation “referring to gender ideology.”
https://www.telesurenglish.net/el-salvador-bans-inclusive-language-in-public-schools/Quebec government shifts further right amid collapsing supportDeclaring his intention to administer “shock therapy,” Legault announced that his government will “cut deeply into bureaucracy.” This is a euphemism for slashing and privatizing what remains of essential public services, particularly public health care and education, and eviscerating all social supports. He also targeted environmental regulations in a clear signal to big business that it will be given carte blanche to rake in profits by ignoring and trampling on the most basic environmental protections.
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