Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-09-05). What's Behind Talk Of A Possible Plea Deal For Assange? popularresistance.org Australia has too often behaved as a doormat to the United States, to the point where Australia is threatening its own security by going along with an aggressive U.S. policy towards China, which poses no threat to Australia. | But this time, Blinken got an earful. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reiterated that he wanted the Assange case to be dropped. Certain members of Parliament brusquely gave it back to Blinken. | Assange was "not the villain … and if the US wasn't obsessed with revenge it would drop the extradition charge as soon as possible," Independent MP Andrew Wilkie told The Guardian's Australian edi…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-09-05). Rumanía niega caída de drones rusos en su territorio. telesurtv.net El ente castrense señaló a través de un comunicado que "niega categóricamente los informes en el espacio público".

Editor (2023-09-04). NYC Police Plan to Use Drones to Surveil Labor Day Parties. scheerpost.com By Zane McNeill / PopularResistance Civil Liberties Groups Believe Police Use Of Surveillance Drones Is "Poised To Explode." The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is planning to use surveillance drones to patrol large gatherings, including private parties and barbecues, this Labor Day weekend. "If a caller states there's a large crowd, a large party …

WSWS (2023-09-04). NYPD marks Labor Day by sending drones to monitor backyard parties. wsws.org The dystopian actions by the New York Police Department are ultimately aimed at preparing for confrontations with the working class.

teleSUR, SH (2023-09-04). Rusia destruye cuatro lanchas de Ucrania en la costa de Crimea. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Defensa indicó que el domingo destruyó drones ucranianos sobre el mar Negro cerca de Crimea y sobre el territorio de la región de Kursk.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-09-04). Rumanía niega caída de drones rusos en su territorio. telesurtv.net El ente castrense señaló a través de un comunicado que "niega categóricamente los informes en el espacio público".

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-09-05). Russian air defense shoots down a drone over Crimea. plenglish.com "We have foiled another attempt by Kiev to conduct a terrorist attack with a drone against objects on Russian territory. | According to the statement, four incidents with drones were recorded. | As measures, Moscow's airports temporarily suspended their operations, "all restrictions have already been lifted," it added. | The Ukrainian army regularly attacks Russian regions with the help of drones. The main strike falls in the border areas and central Russia.

teleSUR (2023-09-05). Russia Destroys Drones in Kaluga and Moscow Regions. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that its air defense forces have destroyed Ukrainian drones in the Kaluga and Moscow regions. | RELATED: | "Today at night, air defense forces destroyed drones in the Kaluga Region and in the Istra district that were trying to commit an attack on Moscow," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, adding that there was no damage or casualties on the crash site. | Russia has reported a series…

greenleft.org.au (2023-09-05). Qld gov't referred to UN Committee Against Torture for suspending human rights law. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2023-09-05). "Doing Harm": Roy Eidelson on the American Psychological Association's Embrace of U.S. Torture Program. democracynow.org A military judge at Guantánamo has thrown out the confessions of Saudi man Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri because he had been tortured and waterboarded at secret CIA black sites in Afghanistan, Thailand, Poland, Romania and Morocco before being sent to Guantánamo. Psychologists James Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen, who were paid at least $81 million by the CIA to develop and then implement the CIA's post-9/11 torture program, had waterboarded al-Nashiri at a CIA black site. We get response from Roy Eidelson and discuss his new book, Doing Harm, which investigates the American Psychological Association's comp…

Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo (2023-09-05). When the Torturer is the 'Savior'. counterpunch.org At the zenith of the mass protests in Egypt on January 25, 2011, Twitter, Facebook and other Western-based social media platforms appeared to be the most essential tools for the Egyptian Revolution. Though some observers later contested the use of the terms 'Twitter Revolution' or 'Social Media Revolution', one cannot deny the centrality of these

Patrick Maynard (2023-09-03). UK May Block Assange's Attendance at Appeal to European Court of Human Rights. truthout.org Should he be deported from the U.K., Julian Assange, the Australian publisher of WikiLeaks, faces up to 175 years in a U.S. prison on charges related to his release of information that revealed U.S. war crimes and torture. His legal team has stated that they plan to appeal the extradition case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, arguing that the British litigation… |

Editor (2023-09-04). NYC Police Plan to Use Drones to Surveil Labor Day Parties. scheerpost.com By Zane McNeill / PopularResistance Civil Liberties Groups Believe Police Use Of Surveillance Drones Is "Poised To Explode." The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is planning to use surveillance drones to patrol large gatherings, including private parties and barbecues, this Labor Day weekend. "If a caller states there's a large crowd, a large party …

sputnikglobe (2023-09-04). Russian Aerospace Forces Shoot Down Ukrainian Mi-8 Helicopter. sputnikglobe.com The Russian Armed Forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 military helicopter, 24 drones, and three HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) missiles over the past 24 hours, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Monday.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-04). Russian Drones Hit Shipbuilding Enterprise in Ukraine. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian drones have hit a shipbuilding enterprise in Ukraine, where unmanned boats are assembled from imported components, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

teleSUR, SH (2023-09-04). Rusia destruye cuatro lanchas de Ucrania en la costa de Crimea. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Defensa indicó que el domingo destruyó drones ucranianos sobre el mar Negro cerca de Crimea y sobre el territorio de la región de Kursk.

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2023-09-04). Rumanía niega caída de drones rusos en su territorio. telesurtv.net El ente castrense señaló a través de un comunicado que "niega categóricamente los informes en el espacio público".

WSWS (2023-09-04). NYPD marks Labor Day by sending drones to monitor backyard parties. wsws.org The dystopian actions by the New York Police Department are ultimately aimed at preparing for confrontations with the working class.

Graham Peebles (2023-09-03). Ethiopia: Amhara Genocide and the Threat of Civil War. dissidentvoice.org Since April the Ethiopian government, in the form of the ENDF (Ethiopian National Defense Force) have been engaged in violent clashes throughout the Amhara region in Ethiopia, with the volunteer force known as Fano. The ENDF have used drones, tanks and heavy artillery against Fano freedom fighters, resulting, inevitably in the death of hundreds of …

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-09-03). Syrian military repels terrorist attack, shoots down 2 drones. plenglish.com During their failed attempt, the radicals faced numerous casualties in their ranks and losses in their war material including automatic rifles, RPG launchers, armored vehicles and a rocket launcher. | The Ministry released footage of drones shot down in the northern province of Idlib and used by the terrorists to attack civilian communities and some military points. | Three military personnel, on the other hand, were killed while repelling offensive of pro-Turkish extremist groups in Al-Tawila locality in Tel Tamer area in western Hasakeh province.

Zane McNeill, Truthout. (2023-09-03). NYC Police Plan To Use Drones To Surveil Labor Day Parties. popularresistance.org The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is planning to use surveillance drones to patrol large gatherings, including private parties and barbecues, this Labor Day weekend. | "If a caller states there's a large crowd, a large party in a backyard, we're going to be utilizing our assets to go up and go check on the party," Kaz Daughtry, the assistant NYPD Commissioner, said at a press conference. | Civil liberties groups and privacy advocates have said that such drone use may violate existing laws that regulate police surveillance in the city. One such law is the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST)…

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-09-03). Rusia denuncia nueva oleada de ataques ucranianos en Bélgorod. telesurtv.net Por su parte, Rusia informó que destruyó drones navales en el mar Negro que tenían como objetivo el puente de Crimea.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-03). NYPD's Labor Day Drone Surveillance Sparks Privacy Concerns. sputnikglobe.com The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has announced its plans to employ surveillance drones over Labor Day weekend, intensifying concerns over privacy. Assistant NYPD Commissioner Kaz Daughtry stated that these drones will be deployed in response to both non-priority and priority calls, particularly to monitor backyard parties and gatherings.

TASS (2023-09-03). US-led coalition violated flight safety in Syria 478 times in August. tass.com Russian Reconciliation Center for Syria deputy head Counter Admiral Vadim Kulit added that, in the past 24 hours, coalition planes and drones created dangerous situation 18 times…

sputnikglobe (2023-09-04). Production of Kamikaze Drones Launched In Russia's Kamchatka Region. sputnikglobe.com The Russian Armed Forces have mastered the use of kamikaze unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) during the special military operation to achieve specific objectives without endangering military personnel.

sputnikglobe (2023-09-03). Russia's Air Defense Downs 2 Ukrainian Drones Over Kursk Region, Crimea – Defense Ministry. sputnikglobe.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia's air defense forces have destroyed two Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over Russia's Kursk Region and the Black Sea near Crimea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

TASS (2023-09-04). Two Ukrainian drones downed by Russian air defenses over Kursk Region and Black Sea. tass.com

Areeb Ullah (2023-09-04). UK apologises to Matthew Hedges after watchdog finds Foreign Office 'ignored' signs of UAE torture. middleeasteye.net