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On Sunday, Trump warned that if Afghanistan doesn’t give the facility back, unspecified “BAD THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN!!!” The US leader had earlier lamented Washington’s loss of the base, noting its proximity to China.

Later that day, Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesman of the Taliban-run Afghan government, noted that Kabul has made it clear to the US in all negotiations that the country’s “independence and territorial integrity are of the utmost importance.”

“It should be recalled that, under the Doha Agreement, the United States pledged that ‘it will not use or threaten force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Afghanistan, nor interfere in its internal affairs,’” he said, urging the US to honor its pledge.

“Rather than repeating past failed approaches, a policy of realism and rationality should be adopted,” Fitrat stressed.

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The first clue that something had changed in the U.S. approach to selling military equipment to Europe came as Denmark neared a decision on the purchase of a multibillion-dollar air-defense system. For weeks, American and French negotiators had aggressively pursued the deal. But as the deadline approached, the Pentagon suddenly lost interest.

“We couldn’t understand why,” a contractor who had been tracking the discussions told me. “It seemed like a no-brainer, but they just weren’t into it.”

The comments surprised some State officials, but they soon learned that it wasn’t just Denmark having its access cut off. Current and former administration officials told me the Pentagon has identified some weapons as being in short supply, and is moving to block new requests for those systems coming in from Europe. It wasn’t immediately clear to those I spoke with how long the hold will last, how many weapons are on the list, or if it could expand to include even more weapons. Few exemptions will be granted.

Former Hamas captive Idan Alexander, a 21-year-old Israeli-American soldier, has announced he will return to the Israeli army to take part in its ongoing genocide on Gaza.

"Next month I will return to Israel and once again wear my [Israeli army] uniform, serving proudly alongside my brothers. My story doesn't end with survival – it continues with service. Until victory," Alexander declared at a Friends of the Israel Defence Forces (FIDF) event in the United States earlier this week.

Alexander was freed in May after Hamas said it would release him as a goodwill gesture to advance ceasefire talks and open the way for urgently needed humanitarian aid. Since Hamas’ gesture, the Trump administration has hardened its stance against Palestinians, backing the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and promoting ethnic cleansing.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36484465

from +972’s Sunday Recap
972 Magazine [published in #Israel]
Sept 21, 2025

Israel’s center-left camp is now plotting a return to power, with the latest polls suggesting that Netanyahu and his far-right coalition will struggle to form a majority in the next elections, currently scheduled for October 2026. Yet as Joshua Leifer argued, the Israeli opposition remains its own worst enemy, still in denial about its only trump card: joining forces with Palestinian-led parties.

And for Orly Noy (first published on Local Call), Israel is unleashing a holocaust in Gaza, and it cannot be dismissed as the will of the country’s current fascist leaders alone. The deadly ethno-supremacy inherent to Israeli society runs deeper than Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, and Smotrich — and if Israel is ever to return to the fold of humanity, it must undergo a deep process of denazification.

Iran's top security body said Saturday that action by Britain, France and Germany to reimpose UN sanctions will "effectively suspend" its cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.

"Despite the foreign ministry's cooperation with the (International Atomic Energy) Agency and the presentation of plans to resolve the issue, the actions of European countries will effectively suspend the path of cooperation with the agency," the Supreme National Security Council said in a televised statement.

The announcement comes after the Security Council voted on Friday to reimpose frozen UN sanctions after the European governments activated the "snapback" mechanism in a decade-old nuclear agreement accusing Iran of non-compliance.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/49108510

Israel's attack on two newspaper offices in Yemen last week killed 31 journalists, making it the single largest massacre of the press in 16 years, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-journalist-massacre-yemen

Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.

The Israeli government has declared that all aid entering Gaza for distribution by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) must be sourced from Israel only.

"New Israeli regulations mandate that all food items going into Gaza must be procured and packaged inside Israel, and we are abiding by that requirement."

The JNS report comes as multiple indicators suggest the Israeli economy is taking a hit as a result of its genocide in Gaza, on account of growing international isolation, lack of investment and consumer confidence as well as the high number of conscripts being called away from work to fight.

According to Cabello, the detainees confessed the shipment was part of a "false flag operation" designed to incriminate Venezuela in international drug trafficking and justify external aggression. "The four detainees are saying they work for the DEA," Cabello told state television, calling the alleged plan a "maneuver for destabilization."

Authorities said the boat originated in Colombia's Guajira region and was connected to a trafficking group called "Los Orientales," allegedly led by Gersio Parra Machado. Cabello argued that the operation demonstrated Venezuela's commitment to combating narcotics without resorting to lethal force. "We don't apply the death penalty," he said, drawing a contrast with U.S. military strikes on alleged drug vessels in the Caribbean.

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