#Times of Oman newspaper

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In a poll by tabloid Ilta-Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun), 53 percent of respondents said they would be willing to see Finland join Nato without Sweden.

The question comes at a time when Sweden's Nato accession lies in limbo as it is held hostage by Turkey. According to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his country seemingly approves of Finland joining the defence alliance. However, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto (Green) has said that Finland has the "patience" to wait for such a decision.

The survey commissioned by IS and conducted by polling firm Taloustutkimus also had 28 percent of respondents saying that Finland should wait to join Nato with Sweden while 19 percent of those polled said they could not say.

Taloustutkimus research director Juho Rahkonen offered his input on the survey, noting that Finland "cannot turn back now" and that is "clear message to decision makers".

Rahkonen further noted that people in Finland have become slightly more convinced that they should not hold out for Sweden on the issue of joining Nato, compared to previous surveys.

"The Finnish opinion in this survey can be summed up in one sentence: 'Sveriges sak är inte vår' [Sweden's cause is not ours], Rahkonen emphasised, recalling a famous piece of Swedish propaganda during the Winter War — "Finland's cause is ours (siirryt toiseen palveluun)".

Ukrainian arrivals and municipalities residence

As the war in Ukraine approaches its one-year anniversary, many Ukrainian arrivals in Finland are preparing to apply for their municipality of residence.

Ostrobothnia-based Ilkka-Pohjalainen (siirryt toiseen palveluun) writes that after living in a municipality for one year, the arrivals from Ukraine will be entitled to apply for their municipality of residence.

While applying for a municipality of residence is not mandatory, it would entitle Ukrainian arrivals to benefits not seen under the status of temporary protection. In addition, it will mean that Ukrainian children must attend Finnish schools in their municipality rather than remote Ukrainian schooling, which is accepted under temporary protection status.

The Finnish Immigration Service said on Monday that more than 40,000 Ukrainians came to Finland last year after the temporary protection introduced by the EU.

IP predicted a potential logistical nightmare looming as municipalities braced for a possible influx of applications from Ukrainians.

The largest issue, according to sources interviewed, is a lack of knowing how many will apply. A Ministry of the Interior poll from last summer found that just under a third of Ukrainian arrivals planned to stay in Finland.

Finnish brand spotted at massive drug seizure

Helsingin Sanomat (siirryt toiseen palveluun) covers a US Coast Guard vessel seizing illegal drugs worth over 30 million euros from a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Oman.

According to a press release by the US Navy, 4,000 kilograms of hashish and 512 kilograms of methamphetamines were seized from the vessel.

As part of its press release, the US Navy posted a picture of the vessel's deck showing yellow sacks and dozens — if not more — of packages depicting the red design of Finnish brand Paulig's Juhla Mokka coffee.

HS contacted Paulig over their brand's appearance at the site of the drug trafficking incident, who were already alerted by the news.

"It is unfortunate that our brand has been used for criminal activity. We don't have any more information on the matter," commented Paulig's director of communications and responsibility Kaisa Lipponen.

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Tips for Smooth Relocation in Monsoon Season

Monsoon season is considered to be the worst time of year to move because the weather is always unpredictable and the roads will be slippery and slowed by delays. However, with careful planning and strategies, you can make your moving process smooth and well-organized, even in rainy seasons. 

Here are a number of tips that can help you in monsoon relocation. In case you need help with relocation, contact AUC Logistics- local, national, and International Packers and Movers in Oman.

1. Selecting The Best Time In The Year To Move

It is also important to choose the date when the moving is planned during monsoon season but the weather forecast says there will be less rain. 

While it is not possible to control the weather, one has to just stay very vigilant and check the weather forecast frequently as you approach the moving day. If at all possible it is also advised to ensure that you move when one would not easily notice or associate it with rain and this could be at very early morning, or late in the evening. 

2. Hiring Professional Movers 

Search for local, national, and International Packers and Movers in Oman, who offer their service particularly during the monsoon season. So, they would know how to cope with wet and slippery roads because they are alert every time. 

Make sure that they pack your goods with a material that is waterproof and that they have covered cars that will not allow water to infiltrate your goods during transport.

3. Waterproof Packing

Among the major concerns during a monsoon in the moving process is keeping all belongings from water damage. Handy materials for this will include waterproof packing materials such as plastic wraps, ziplock bags, and waterproof containers. 

Plastic sheets are to be used in covering furniture items, while fragile items are to be wrapped in bubble wraps. Electronics, documents, and other prized possessions are packed into waterproof bags or containers to keep out moisture.

4. Prepare Your New Home in Advance

Get your new house ready to welcome your belongings. Make sure there are no leaked roofs, windows, or doors. Waterlog your drainage to make sure they are correct for avoiding flooding. You can set mats or old newspapers at the entrance so that the floor would remain clean and dry when some people are getting in and out.

5. Plan for Delays

Monsoon weather could contribute to traffic congestion and delay. Plan your move with extra time taken into consideration. It would be even better if one started off early in the day to avoid rush hours and be prepared for slow times of travel. 

One should keep in contact with your moving company about the status of the move. In case of any delays, one shouldn't freak out but be patient because the safety of their belongings and the people is far more important than taking an extra hour or so longer .

6. Keep Essentials Handy 

Put all necessary items together in one bag, these include clothes, bathroom items, medicine and drugs, documents, identification cards, cash, credit cards, emergency items such as a first aid kit, etc. This makes sure that one will be ready in case of delay or should they wet something accidentally. 

And, obviously one should be equipped, and ready with a raincoat, an umbrella or even a few towels in case of sudden rains.

7. Handle Fragile and Delicate Items with Care

The monsoon has highly concentrated humidity in the air. Due to humidity, paintings, wood items, and electronics may get damaged. For that purpose, you can place silica gel packets or moisture absorbers in the box with them so that it may keep them dry. 

The other option for the electronics is to carry them in the car with you. In this way, it will stay safe and dry.

8. Check Weather Forecast

Check the weather forecast for the week of your move, and then contact local, national, and International Packers and Movers in Oman. In case of bad stormy weather, it would be wiser to schedule a different date. Though this will be inconvenient and cost you more, this option is safer and the moving will avoid bad weather that might ruin your goods and make traveling hazardous.

9. Hire Additional Labor in Case of Self Move

Moving during the monsoon might get exhausting physically as the ground is wet and slippery. Arrangements about extra help on a moving day may be considered to make the process smoothly feasible. It could be done by hiring extra movers or asking friends and family to help out.

10. Keep Your Spirits High

Lastly, a positive mindset is the most important step in terms of moving in during the monsoon season. Yes, it's for sure there is going to be heavy weather; however, being composed automatically tightens your thoughts on working your way around any complication that may arise. Remember that with proper preparation, you are able to overcome any obstacles the monsoon has in store for you.

Conclusion:

This move during the monsoon season is a bit more caring and extra cautious, but once you adopt certain strategies, you can move smoothly and conveniently.  You can safeguard your goods by making early planning, using waterproof material, and being flexible; this way, transition to a new home will be pretty smooth. For all sorts of relocation, contact AUC logistics, they offer local, national, and Door to Door International Cargo Services in Oman.

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Biden-Harris appeasement didn't delay Iran retaliation against Israel. Here's what really happened

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Biden-Harris appeasement didn't delay Iran retaliation against Israel. Here's what really happened

On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at 2 a.m., the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran, just a day after Fuad Shukr, the most powerful military commander of Hezbollah, was killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut, Lebanon. Shukr was wanted by the U.S. for 41 years, with a $5 million “Rewards for Justice” bounty for any information about him due to his central role in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, which killed 241 U.S. military personnel and wounded 128 others. Haniyeh also directed and celebrated the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, which resulted in the killing of 1,200 people and over 300 days of hostage-taking of hundreds, including Americans, by Hamas.Adding to the shock, Kuwait’s Al-Jarida newspaper, citing an unnamed source in Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reported that a high-level American security delegation, brokered by Oman, secretly traveled to Tehran. Their mission was to deliver a “calming and cautionary” message to deescalate the situation and ensure the supreme leader of Iran understood that the Biden-Harris administration was “kept in the dark” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the killing of two major terrorist leaders last week. AMERICA’S RECKLESS IRAN POLICY HAS MIDDLE EAST ON BRINK OF WAR. ONLY ONE THING CAN PULL US BACK NOWThe detailed report stated that the American delegation, arriving on a private plane from Turkey, landed at Payam-e-Khorram Airport in Karaj on Thursday and held a two-hour meeting with Iranian officials before returning to Ankara. According to the same report, “the delegation presented a list containing the names of ten Mossad agents inside Iran, whom the Americans believe were involved in the assassination, directly or indirectly. This was intended as a good faith initiative in response to the Israeli state’s stunning strike, which was carried out without coordination with Washington.” It could be one of the most valuable souvenirs given to the Iranian mullahs lately.Although the U.S. State Department rejected the report on Sunday, later in the week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted that to deescalate the conflict, the Biden administration had “engaged in intense diplomacy with allies and partners, communicating that message directly to Iran,” which largely confirms the Kuwaiti newspaper’s report. PUTIN’S IRAN-ISRAEL DILEMMA AMID GROWING FEARS OF REGIONAL WAR: ‘COMPLEX CONSIDERATIONS’Additionally, immediately after the reported visit by the U.S. delegation, “more than two dozen people, including senior intelligence officers, military officials, and staff workers at a military-run guesthouse in Tehran,” were arrested in response to the assassination of the Hamas leader, according to the New York Times based on reports from two Iranians familiar with the investigation.Iran delayed its retaliation attacks on Israel, a move for which some in the Biden administration claimed credit. However, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, two major events clearly demonstrated that the supreme leader of Iran did not respect the Biden administration’s pleas for deescalation and did not appreciate the American overtures. On that day, Iran-backed militias in Iraq attacked an American Army base, injuring five U.S. troops and two contractors.Simultaneously, a high-ranking Russian delegation, led by Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council and a senior ally of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, visited Iran. The delegation included Russia’s defense ministers and several Russian army generals, who met with Tehran’s top leaders.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONThey delivered Putin’s direct message to his minion the Comrade Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordering him not to act recklessly by attacking Israel with outdated missiles as they did on April 13, an act that resulted in humiliation. Putin promised to soon deliver advanced weapons, including air defenses, to Iran.Additionally, the Islamic regime of Pakistan announced plans to provide Iran with advanced ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, in case the supreme leader decides to launch a nuclear attack on Israel.It is clear that it was not U.S. diplomacy that worked but rather Russian military and intelligence advice/orders that influenced Iran’s decisions. We are on the brink of World War III. Russia and China’s Communist Party are setting their war chessboard. Iran’s regime is likely to attack Israel with a nuclear bomb soon unless Israel, with the help of America, destroys all nuclear and missile facilities of Iran, thereby giving the Iranian people an opportunity to overthrow the weakened regime of the mullahs.CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM AMIR FAKHRAVAR

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Iran conducting indirect nuclear talks with US via Oman, says acting FM Kani - Notice Today Web https://www.merchant-business.com/iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani/?feed_id=130856&_unique_id=66931054b9107 #GLOBAL - BLOGGER BLOGGER Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman.Kani’s reported comments followed Monday’s remarks by a White House spokesperson, who said that the US was not ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran under its newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian.“Indirect talks are being conducted through Oman but the negotiation process is confidential and its details cannot be recounted,” Kani said after the US official’s statement. Efforts were being made to leave “suitable grounds” for negotiations for the new Iranian government that will take office in the next few weeks.Pezeshkian, a low-profile moderate who won Iran’s run-off presidential vote last week, has said he will promote a pragmatic foreign policy and ease tensions with the six powers that have been involved in now-stalled nuclear talks to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.However, foreign policy in Iran is ultimately decided by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who warned last month prior to elections that “one who thinks that nothing can be done without the favour of America will not manage the country well.”Pezeshkian is taking office at a time of growing Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and over cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which have exacerbated disputes between Tehran and Washington.In a letter to Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Pezeshkian reiterated on Wednesday Tehran’s continued support for Palestinians against “the occupation of the Zionist regime (Israel)”.Hezbollah and Hamas are part of a group of Iranian-backed factions in the region known as the Axis of Resistance.“Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri…”Source Link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1208699-iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1720911607_368_s-l400.jpg Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — Reuters DUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States … Read More

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Iran conducting indirect nuclear talks with US via Oman, says acting FM Kani - Notice Today Web - BLOGGER https://www.merchant-business.com/iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani/?feed_id=130850&_unique_id=66930f2f58cb9 Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman.Kani’s reported comments followed Monday’s remarks by a White House spokesperson, who said that the US was not ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran under its newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian.“Indirect talks are being conducted through Oman but the negotiation process is confidential and its details cannot be recounted,” Kani said after the US official’s statement. Efforts were being made to leave “suitable grounds” for negotiations for the new Iranian government that will take office in the next few weeks.Pezeshkian, a low-profile moderate who won Iran’s run-off presidential vote last week, has said he will promote a pragmatic foreign policy and ease tensions with the six powers that have been involved in now-stalled nuclear talks to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.However, foreign policy in Iran is ultimately decided by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who warned last month prior to elections that “one who thinks that nothing can be done without the favour of America will not manage the country well.”Pezeshkian is taking office at a time of growing Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and over cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which have exacerbated disputes between Tehran and Washington.In a letter to Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Pezeshkian reiterated on Wednesday Tehran’s continued support for Palestinians against “the occupation of the Zionist regime (Israel)”.Hezbollah and Hamas are part of a group of Iranian-backed factions in the region known as the Axis of Resistance.“Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri…”Source Link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1208699-iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1720911607_368_s-l400.jpg BLOGGER - #GLOBAL Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — Reuters DUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States … Read More

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Iran conducting indirect nuclear talks with US via Oman, says acting FM Kani - Notice Today Web - BLOGGER https://www.merchant-business.com/iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani/?feed_id=130846&_unique_id=66930f2c2cc7b Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman.Kani’s reported comments followed Monday’s remarks by a White House spokesperson, who said that the US was not ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran under its newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian.“Indirect talks are being conducted through Oman but the negotiation process is confidential and its details cannot be recounted,” Kani said after the US official’s statement. Efforts were being made to leave “suitable grounds” for negotiations for the new Iranian government that will take office in the next few weeks.Pezeshkian, a low-profile moderate who won Iran’s run-off presidential vote last week, has said he will promote a pragmatic foreign policy and ease tensions with the six powers that have been involved in now-stalled nuclear talks to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.However, foreign policy in Iran is ultimately decided by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who warned last month prior to elections that “one who thinks that nothing can be done without the favour of America will not manage the country well.”Pezeshkian is taking office at a time of growing Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and over cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which have exacerbated disputes between Tehran and Washington.In a letter to Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Pezeshkian reiterated on Wednesday Tehran’s continued support for Palestinians against “the occupation of the Zionist regime (Israel)”.Hezbollah and Hamas are part of a group of Iranian-backed factions in the region known as the Axis of Resistance.“Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri…”Source Link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1208699-iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1720911607_368_s-l400.jpg Iran conducting indirect nuclear talks with US via Oman, says acting FM Kani - Notice Today Web - #GLOBAL BLOGGER - #GLOBAL

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Iran conducting indirect nuclear talks with US via Oman, says acting FM Kani - Notice Today Internet - #GLOBAL https://www.merchant-business.com/iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani/?feed_id=130833&_unique_id=66930e0416053 Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman.Kani’s reported comments followed Monday’s remarks by a White House spokesperson, who said that the US was not ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran under its newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian.“Indirect talks are being conducted through Oman but the negotiation process is confidential and its details cannot be recounted,” Kani said after the US official’s statement. Efforts were being made to leave “suitable grounds” for negotiations for the new Iranian government that will take office in the next few weeks.Pezeshkian, a low-profile moderate who won Iran’s run-off presidential vote last week, has said he will promote a pragmatic foreign policy and ease tensions with the six powers that have been involved in now-stalled nuclear talks to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.However, foreign policy in Iran is ultimately decided by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who warned last month prior to elections that “one who thinks that nothing can be done without the favour of America will not manage the country well.”Pezeshkian is taking office at a time of growing Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and over cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which have exacerbated disputes between Tehran and Washington.In a letter to Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Pezeshkian reiterated on Wednesday Tehran’s continued support for Palestinians against “the occupation of the Zionist regime (Israel)”.Hezbollah and Hamas are part of a group of Iranian-backed factions in the region known as the Axis of Resistance.“Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri…”Source Link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1208699-iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/s-l400.jpg BLOGGER - #GLOBAL

[kirstythejetblackgoldfish]

Yes, I know, HRW and 'Assad's barrel booms' stories

But it's a big deal that they're reporting on this for the first time

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Human Rights Watch wrote in July 2023 separately to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces director-general, Major General Imad Othman, and to Judge Zaher Hamadeh, the judicial investigator in charge of the case, requesting detailed information on Gaddafi’s judicial status and health, but has not received a response.

The lawyer told Human Rights Watch that Gaddafi went on a hunger strike from June to October 2023 to protest his continued arbitrary detention as well as detention conditions that resulted in him losing considerable weight and repeated hospitalization. Prison conditions in Lebanon have dangerously deteriorated since the country’s slide into a serious economic crisis in 2019. Conditions include inadequate health services, insufficient and poor quality food, and severe overcrowding that authorities blame on an increase in crime rates, slow trial proceedings, and the inability of many who have served their sentences to pay fees required for their release.

Unidentified armed men kidnapped Gaddafi in 2015 in Syria near the Lebanon border after he was reportedly misled to believe that he would be interviewed by a newspaper. Instead, the men transferred him to Lebanon, where they tortured him, demanded information on Imam Sadr’s disappearance, and demanded a ransom, the lawyer said. Gaddafi had been living in Syria with his family after fleeing Libya at the onset of the 2011 revolution that toppled his father’s regime and after some time living in Algeria and Oman.

Lebanese authorities freed Gaddafi from his captors but reportedly arrested him within days and kept him detained at the Internal Security Forces Information Branch after Judge Hamadeh issued an arrest warrant accusing him of concealing information about the disappearance of Imam Sadr. Gaddafi was formally charged 2016, apparently based on reports that he knew where Sadr had been held between 1978 and 1982. Gaddafi and his lawyer have denied this allegation.

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Lebanese authorities have claimed that Hannibal Gaddafi provided an affidavit during his detention with information on Sadr and his aides’ alleged detention in Libya after their disappearance, but a lawyer for Gaddafi in 2022 dismissed these claims, stating that Gaddafi had been forced to sign a document under duress, without the presence of a lawyer.

Throughout Gaddafi’s imprisonment, Lebanese authorities have released little information on his judicial status and the legal basis for his ongoing detention. It remains unclear which judicial entity periodically signs off on his continued detention, and how often Gaddafi is taken before a judge.

In January 2019, then-Lebanese Justice Minister Selim Jreissati asked the head of the Judicial Inspectorate, the state body in charge of supervising the judiciary and the work of the judges, to assess whether Gaddafi’s continued detention without trial remained judicially relevant, but the results were not made public. Libyan authorities in August 2023 also questioned the legality of Gaddafi’s detention and said that Lebanese authorities should release him and allow him to return to Syria to his family, but Lebanese authorities did not respond.

(Dbeibah refused to give permission to the Libyan Justice Minister to visit Syria. Embarrassing, considering Saif managed to send his lawyer there)

Under international law, detention is subject to strict due process, in particular informing the person of the reasons for arrest; basing detention on clear domestic law; promptly taking the person before a judge and charging or releasing them; providing a judicial ruling on the legality of detention; the right to a speedy trial or release from detention; and providing regular opportunities to challenge the lawfulness of a long-term detention. Failure to respect such procedural safeguards makes a detention arbitrary. Under international law, pretrial detention should be the exception, not the rule.

Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.” Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which Lebanon ratified in 1972, specifies that “[n]o one shall be deprived of his liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedure as are established by law.”

“It’s understandable that people want to know what happened to the Imam Sadr,” Salah said. “But it is unlawful to hold someone in pretrial detention for many years merely for their possible association with the person responsible for wrongdoing.”

[cyberbenb]

Relations between Russia and Iran hit a rough patch

Relations between the two best friends , Iran and Russia, began to deteriorate. The reasons for this were two factors. The first is the territorial claims of the Islamic Republic to three islands in the Strait of Hormuz.

On Monday, July 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with colleagues from the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council: The Kingdom of Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the Secretary General of the organization Jassim Al-Budaiwi. The parties signed a statement, one of the points of which caused indignation in Iran: in the communiqué, Russia supported the position of the UAE in relation to the islands of Abu Musa, the Greater and Lesser Tunbs, which the emirates consider illegally seized by Iran.

Two days later, the Foreign Ministry of the Islamic Republic summoned the Russian ambassador to Tehran, Alexei Dedov, and voiced a protest. The Ministry demanded that Russia changed its position on this issue. Iranian Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehghan said that only Tehran has rights to the islands, and this is topic is not up for discussions. Some Iranian experts even called on Tehran to reconsider relations with Moscow.

Another contentious issue between Mosco and Tehran is the delivery of Su-35 fighter jets which Iran bought from Russia.

Two years ago, during Hassan Rouhani's second presidential term, Tehran ordered 50 fighter jets from Moscow. Russia promised to fulfill the contract by 2023. However, as the commander of the Iranian Air Force, Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi, said in an interview with Iranian state television, the money was given, but there are no planes.

"As for the purchase of Su-35 fighters, we need them, but we do not know when they will be received by our squadron," he said.

Tehran needs new fighter jets to upgrade its air force fleet, which mainly consists of American aircraft that were in service before the 1979 revolution.

To speed up deliveries of the Su-35, Iran agreed last year to deliver hundreds of drones to Russia for strikes on Ukrainian cities. However, now Iranian officials do not expect Moscow to keep its word, writes the news outlet Bourse & Bazaar.

One of the interlocutors of the newspaper, a former diplomat, said that Iranian hardliners "fell into the trap", considering themselves equal partners of Russia since "Russians are lining up up to buy weapons from them." According to him, the delivery of drones contributed to the political isolation of Iran, giving Western officials the impression of deepening cooperation between Moscow and Tehran against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine.

Iran believes that one of the possible reasons for the delay in the delivery of the Su-35 is the influence of Israel. In June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Russian authorities that he was extremely concerned about Moscow's growing military cooperation with Tehran, news website Axios wrote, citing Israeli MPs.

"While officials in Tehran continue to seek a partnership with Russia, it is becoming increasingly clear that Russian officials see their relationship with Iran as nothing more than a card that can be played according to their needs," BourseBazaar writes.

At the same time, Russian experts believe that disputes between countries are unlikely to bring to naught all initiatives that are beneficial to them.

[hardynwa]

UK special forces operated secretly in Nigeria – Report

The British Special Air Service and the European country’s other special forces have operated clandestinely in Nigeria and 18 other nations over the past 12 years, research has revealed. It could be recalled that in 2012, a group of SBS commandos attempted and failed to rescue a Briton and an Italian held by an Islamist group in Nigeria. The Guardian UK reported that the British SAS also operated secretly in Algeria, Estonia, France, Oman, Iraq, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Cyprus, Pakistan, Somalia, the Philippines, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen and most recently Sudan. The elite military units don’t have ministers publicly certifying their operations, thus, they operate covertly. But, based on media leaks, a research organisation called Action on Gun Violence has compiled a list of their operations from 2011, the online newspaper added in a May 23, 2023 report titled, ‘UK special forces have operated secretly in 19 countries since 2011, It gives the impression that the prime minister and defence secretary frequently send personnel of the SAS, Special Boat Service, and Special Reconnaissance Regiment on dangerous operations, usually when Britain is not at war. Special forces have been particularly active in Syria, with reports of them entering the country in 2012 to help rebel groups fighting against President Bashar al-Assad. They are also reported to have been sent in 2013 to identify military targets in advance of a bombing campaign that MPs ended up voting against. But because of the fixation with secrecy, Matt Tonroe, a member of the SAS, was officially identified as a member of the Parachute Regiment when he was murdered in Syria in 2018. It was later discovered that he had actually been killed by his US colleague’s grenade, not an improvised explosive device. Although Britain is not an official participant in the conflict, 50 members of the UK special forces were named as being present in Ukraine earlier this year in leaked Pentagon documents. The numbers for the US and France were listed as being 14 and 15, respectively. Nonetheless, their goal was left unstated. The lengthy list of deployments, according to the report’s authors, occurred despite a lack of control. Even though special forces can be deployed without the Commons’ consent and are not subject to parliamentary committee investigations, etiquette requires that MPs vote to authorise a war. After a terrorist massacre of 38 people, including 30 Britons, at a beach hotel in Tunisia in June 2015, it was once claimed that David Cameron, the country’s then-prime minister, had granted the SAS “carte blanche” to apprehend or murder Middle Eastern Islamic leaders. “The extensive deployment of Britain’s Special Forces in numerous countries over the past decade raises serious concerns about transparency and democratic oversight,” said Iain Overton, the executive director of AOAV. “The lack of parliamentary approval and retrospective reviews for these missions is deeply troubling.” Yet in March, a public investigation into claims that the SAS committed 54 summary executions in Afghanistan in 2010 and 2011—typically during night raids—began. Guys were taken away from their families and shot dead several times after being accused of producing a weapon. Following the start of violence in Sudan in April, special forces helped evacuate two dozen British diplomats and their families to an airfield north of the capital when they were in danger of being attacked. At the time, current defence secretary and Tory MP Ben Wallace commended the military effort. The operation, according to the Ministry of Defence, also included troops of the Royal Marines, the RAF, and the Parachute Regiment, although it omitted special forces. Special forces routinely take part in both exfiltrations and hostage rescues. A couple detained in the Philippines was successfully released in 2019 in a mission that UK special forces assisted in preparing and for which it trained the country’s military. In 2012, a group of SBS commandos attempted and failed to rescue a Briton and an Italian held by an Islamist group in Nigeria. The last time SAS members were referenced in the media was in 2014 when a tabloid claimed they were “on hand” to guard the safety of British athletes at the Sochi Winter Olympics. Read the full article

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Iran conducting indirect nuclear talks with US via Oman, says acting FM Kani - Notice Today Internet https://www.merchant-business.com/iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani/?feed_id=130840&_unique_id=66930f26a58df #GLOBAL - BLOGGER BLOGGER Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman.Kani’s reported comments followed Monday’s remarks by a White House spokesperson, who said that the US was not ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran under its newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian.“Indirect talks are being conducted through Oman but the negotiation process is confidential and its details cannot be recounted,” Kani said after the US official’s statement. Efforts were being made to leave “suitable grounds” for negotiations for the new Iranian government that will take office in the next few weeks.Pezeshkian, a low-profile moderate who won Iran’s run-off presidential vote last week, has said he will promote a pragmatic foreign policy and ease tensions with the six powers that have been involved in now-stalled nuclear talks to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.However, foreign policy in Iran is ultimately decided by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who warned last month prior to elections that “one who thinks that nothing can be done without the favour of America will not manage the country well.”Pezeshkian is taking office at a time of growing Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and over cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which have exacerbated disputes between Tehran and Washington.In a letter to Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Pezeshkian reiterated on Wednesday Tehran’s continued support for Palestinians against “the occupation of the Zionist regime (Israel)”.Hezbollah and Hamas are part of a group of Iranian-backed factions in the region known as the Axis of Resistance.“Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri…”Source Link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1208699-iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/s-l400.jpg Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — Reuters DUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States … Read More

[bravecompanynews]

Iran conducting indirect nuclear talks with US via Oman, says acting FM Kani - Notice Today Internet - #GLOBAL https://www.merchant-business.com/iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani/?feed_id=130839&_unique_id=66930e0985ee7 Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman.Kani’s reported comments followed Monday’s remarks by a White House spokesperson, who said that the US was not ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran under its newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian.“Indirect talks are being conducted through Oman but the negotiation process is confidential and its details cannot be recounted,” Kani said after the US official’s statement. Efforts were being made to leave “suitable grounds” for negotiations for the new Iranian government that will take office in the next few weeks.Pezeshkian, a low-profile moderate who won Iran’s run-off presidential vote last week, has said he will promote a pragmatic foreign policy and ease tensions with the six powers that have been involved in now-stalled nuclear talks to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.However, foreign policy in Iran is ultimately decided by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who warned last month prior to elections that “one who thinks that nothing can be done without the favour of America will not manage the country well.”Pezeshkian is taking office at a time of growing Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and over cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which have exacerbated disputes between Tehran and Washington.In a letter to Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Pezeshkian reiterated on Wednesday Tehran’s continued support for Palestinians against “the occupation of the Zionist regime (Israel)”.Hezbollah and Hamas are part of a group of Iranian-backed factions in the region known as the Axis of Resistance.“Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri…”Source Link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1208699-iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/s-l400.jpg BLOGGER - #GLOBAL

[onlinecompanynews]

Iran conducting indirect nuclear talks with US via Oman, says acting FM Kani - Notice Today Internet https://www.merchant-business.com/iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani/?feed_id=130836&_unique_id=66930e070119a Iran’s acting fore... BLOGGER - #GLOBAL Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States via Oman.Kani’s reported comments followed Monday’s remarks by a White House spokesperson, who said that the US was not ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran under its newly elected President Masoud Pezeshkian.“Indirect talks are being conducted through Oman but the negotiation process is confidential and its details cannot be recounted,” Kani said after the US official’s statement. Efforts were being made to leave “suitable grounds” for negotiations for the new Iranian government that will take office in the next few weeks.Pezeshkian, a low-profile moderate who won Iran’s run-off presidential vote last week, has said he will promote a pragmatic foreign policy and ease tensions with the six powers that have been involved in now-stalled nuclear talks to revive a 2015 nuclear pact.However, foreign policy in Iran is ultimately decided by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who warned last month prior to elections that “one who thinks that nothing can be done without the favour of America will not manage the country well.”Pezeshkian is taking office at a time of growing Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and over cross-border fire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which have exacerbated disputes between Tehran and Washington.In a letter to Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian group Hamas, Pezeshkian reiterated on Wednesday Tehran’s continued support for Palestinians against “the occupation of the Zionist regime (Israel)”.Hezbollah and Hamas are part of a group of Iranian-backed factions in the region known as the Axis of Resistance.“Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — ReutersDUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri…”Source Link: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1208699-iran-conducting-indirect-nuclear-talks-with-us-via-oman-says-acting-fm-kani http://109.70.148.72/~merchant29/6network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/s-l400.jpg #GLOBAL - BLOGGER Iran’s acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani speaks during a press conference at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, Lebanon June 3, 2024. — Reuters DUBAI: Iran’s acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was quoted by the country’s Etemad newspaper on Thursday as saying that Iran is still conducting indirect nuclear talks with the United States … Read More

[don-lichterman]

Environment Authority removes mesquite trees in Dhofar | Times of Oman

Environment Authority removes mesquite trees in Dhofar | Times of Oman

Muscat: The Environment Authority has carried out a campaign to remove harmful mesquite trees from Khors nature reserves in Dhofar Governorate. “The Environment Authority, in cooperation with the Port of Salalah, continues the campaign to remove mesquite trees (marine ghaf) from the Khors natural reserves in the Dhofar Governorate, because of their damage to the environment, as they are removed…

[harryissuchalittleshit]

I was thinking... We already had headcanons about Fleur and her children, so could you please write something about Bill and/or Fleur's parents? I am getting very interested in the Weasley-Delacours! Thank you!

Yes of course! I’ve been thinking a lot about Fleur’s parents and how I want to tie them into Lover (Dominique’s Story)

But first we’ll do-

Bill:

Born on November 29, 1970

He was a pretty small baby, very long, and he grew very quickly

He kept Molly busy that first year, she worried constantly over him

Arthur adored his son, and tried to spend as much time as possible with him

Arthur often did the night feedings and changed his diaper anytime he could (as he did with all of his children, resulting in a lot of abuse thrown his way by family and co-workers)

He often followed around his Uncle Bilius, which is the reason why he goes after Bill (Molly and Arthur called him Liam until he was about three)

He grew up during the first war, but Molly and Arthur worked so hard to shield him from the chaos outside their home

He had been very excited about both Charlie and Percy, but by the time the twins were coming, hated being an older brother

Charlie was always his favorite brother, but Ginny is his favorite sibling

The cracks between his and Percy’s relationship started when they were children and Percy would just follow Bill everywhere (and the twins followed Percy everywhere and Ron followed the twins everywhere)

He would often run out into the garden and hide with a book

Uncle Bilius traveled a lot and would often write or tell stories about the far away places he went too

By the time Ginny was born, Bill knew he needed to get as far away as possible from the Burrow, if only for a little while

Going to Hogwarts was a big culture shock and Bill was pretty angry with his parents for shielding the war from them

He remembers when his Uncles Gideon and Fabian died, he remembers the first Oman that came and told his mum, but he doesn’t remember how they died

Molly and Arthur wanted their kids to know safety, not fear the world outside of the Burrow

And it took a very long letter from Uncle Bilius for Bill to understand this

Then the war ended

It wouldn’t be until Bill saw Harry come out of the maze crying and holding Cedric for him to realize that he once met Lily Potter and tried to block her from coming into the garden

Those eyes haunt him from the newspaper clipping that he keeps with him about the war ending

He was made prefect and later Head Boy in an attempt to keep him from sneaking out of his dorm and the castle at all hours of the night

Not Dumbledore’s best idea

Bill is responsible, but it’s more with his siblings and friends, anyone else he doesn’t really care about like that

Leaving for Egypt feels victorious, but it’s not the same as leaving to go to Hogwarts, the safety net of his family is gone and feels a crushing weight of depression

But he works through it and becomes one of the best Curse Breakers he can be

He knows he has to stay in England when the war starts up, but it’s dreadfully boring until he meets Fleur

They have a whirlwind romance, and Bill does love her, but it’s also a time of war

Living in Shell Cottage is a lot more different than living with his parents and siblings

It takes an adjustment

After the war, Bill feels hollow and stays away from the rest of the family for a while

Then Fleur gets pregnant

He doesn’t feel as happy as he should, and Fleur can tell, though she doesn’t voice it

Victoire is a perfect baby, and Bill is thankful that he doesn’t have to be at Hogwarts for the Remembrance Ceremony

When they lose Jack, he becomes less of himself, and the soulless look in his eyes becomes permanent

Dominique is a gift to them, followed so closely by Louis that Bill gets physically sick when Fleur tells him

And then Louis is so small and weak and sickly, Bill is ready for him to die and almost hoping for it if it’ll end Louis’ pain and his own

But Louis survives and gets bigger and becomes such an amazing baby

Dominique’s babyhood is often forgotten about because of Louis, and her childhood is often misremembered because of Louis’ diagnosis

Bill doesn’t know what to do with an autistic child, let alone his perfect son

And Fleur tries to get them to connect, but Bill is too stubborn too try

Victoire runs away after she graduates because Bill doesn’t approve of her boyfriend SJ, he would’ve rather seen her with Teddy

And then he’s made a grandfather before his youngest two are at Hogwarts

I’m going to cut it off right there because that is a lot and there is so much more I can goi to on another post later (or possibly a story!)

Apolline & Jacques Delacour:

She met Jacques when she was thirteen and he was fourteen at Beauxbatons

She knew that people were vying for her beauty already, but he just always tried to make her laugh

It wasn’t for another two years that they started dating, very friends to lovers

Apolline became a maid after graduating, she was always very handy with cleaning spells and she eventually went on to own the company she started at

It was a beautiful wedding, springtime in Paris, very romantic and intimate

Jacques went to work at one of the many Wizarding banks in Paris, he was always very good with money

They had Fleur within a year of getting married, which they waited to do, at least until they got their careers going

Apolline was ready to be a mother, and Fleur was very well behaved, so she went everywhere with her

Jacques was a very understanding and kind person, so he was a very good man to his girls

They had always wanted another baby, but they are also very ambitious people, which is why the age gap between Fleur and Gabrielle is so big (9 years)

The girls were raised to believe in family first and to watch over each other, it keeps them very close

They were very proud of Fleur for becoming a Triwizard Champion, they knew how smart and capable she was

They had been surprised when she decided to move to London for a year, but Jacques pulled some strings to get her a job at Gringotts

They didn’t quite know what to think of Bill when they met him, he was everything they didn’t want for their daughter

(But Bill knows how to win over unsure parents)

Jacques offered them a house in France when Fleur wrote to them that she was pregnant

Apolline went and spent the whole summer with them after Victoire was born

Jacques had been so honored that they wanted to name their son after him, and hearing about his lost made the whole family depressed

They started taking Victoire in for the summers the summer Louis was born, knowing that Bill and Fleur thought the distance would be easier for Victoire if Louis died

Victoire loves her summers with her grandparents and starts to bring along Dominique and Louis when their a little older

When she’s sixteen though, she goes by herself and meets SJ, who Apolline and Jacques adore

He’s the perfect boy for their oldest grandson

They are so happy when they meet their great-grandson Arcturus, he is the perfect little boy

Apolline and Jacques are wonderful grandparents that Victoire, Dominique, and Louis take advantage of

When the three of them (and later two, Dominique and Louis) can’t be at home, they jump on the train to Paris

Jacques starts to decline when Dominique is sixteen, and she takes to writing to him more and more

She tells him about the baby, and how scared she is, and how she’s not ready to be a mother

Jacques offers kind words and love and understanding

Which is why it breaks Dominique when he passes away

She has no control over her son’s name, she doesn’t want to hold him or touch him even when he’s outside of her body

She would’ve named him Jacques though

Apolline is still an escape for Dominique, but she passes before she can see Dominique get married or have another baby

Dominique is the one that remembers them most and thinks about them the most often

Thanks, now I’m crying 😭

I will write more about this family eventually, Lover (Dominique’s Story) is still very much on my mind even now, I just have another project I want to finish first.

[brookston]

Holidays 10.8

Holidays

Air Force Day (India)

Alvin C. York Day

American Touch Tag Day

Arbor Day (Namibia)

Back to Basics Day

Battle of Angamos Day (Peru)

Children’s Day (Iran)

Cold Dew (Chinese Farmer’s Calendar)

Commonwealth Culture Day (Northern Mariana Islands)

Cosmopolite's Day

Father’s Day (Sweden)

International Birth Registration Day

International Lesbian Day

International Off-Road Day

International Podiatry Day

Lovable Lawyers Day

National Education Day (Kiribati)

National Harbormaster Appreciation Day

National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day

National Mall Walking Day

Navy Day (Peru)

Nude Beach Party Day (Baker Beach, California)

San Ernesto Day

Semana Morazánica (Honduras)

Tube Top Day

Virgin Islands/Puerto Rico Friendship Day

World Octopus Day

World Teachers’ Day (Kiribati)

Food & Drink Celebrations

Birthday of the Microbrewery

National Fluffernutter Day

National Pierogi Day

2nd Saturday in October

Fall Astronomy Day [2nd Saturday]

I Love Yarn Day [2nd Saturday]

International African Penguin Awareness Day [2nd Saturday]

International Newspaper Carrier Day [2nd Saturday]

National Chess Day [2nd Saturday]

National Costume Swap Day [2nd Saturday]

National Curves Day [2nd Saturday]

National Family Bowling Day (a.k.a. Kids Bowl Free Day) [2nd Saturday]

National Motorcycle Ride Day [2nd Saturday]

Pinotage Day [2nd Saturday]

Universal Music Day [2nd Saturday]

World Hospice and Palliative Care Day [2nd Saturday]

World Migratory Bird Day [2nd Saturday]

World Porridge Day [Saturday of 1st Full Week]

Independence Days

Croatia (from Yugoslavia, 1991)

Feast Days

Albertus Magnus (Positivist; Saint)

Bearing of Green Branches (Ancient Athens)

Bridget of Sweden (Christian; Saint)

Demetrius (Christian; Saint)

Evodus (a.k.a. Yves; (Christian; Saint)

Grandpa Mullally (Muppetism)

Keyne (Celtic; Christian; Saint)

Palatias and Laurentia (Christian; Saint)

Pelagia the Penitant (Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches)

The Prophet’s Birthday [Islam] (a.k.a. ... 

Baravfat (India)

Birthday of Prophet Muhammed (Cameroon, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Palestine, Sierra Leone, UAE)

Eid Al-Maulid Anebi (Eritea)

Eid-El-Maulud (Nigeria)

Gamo (Gambia)

Gamou (Senegal)

Hari Maulad Nabi (Cocos or Keeling Islands)

Le Mouled (Tunisia)

Maoulida (Mayotte)

Maouloud (Guinea, Senegal)

Maouloud-Al-Nebi (Chad)

Maulid (Tanzania)

Maulid Nabi Muhammad SAW 1444 H (Indonesia)

Maulidur Rasul (Brunei)

Mawleed al-Nabi (Afghanistan)

Mawlid (Ethiopia)

Mawlid al-Nabi (Jordan)

Mawlid An Nabi (Syria)

Mawlid En Nabaoui Echarif (Algeria)

Mawlid Nabi (Somalia)

Mawloud (Mali)

Mawlud Nabi (Gambia)

Mavlid Al Nabi (Cyprus)

Milad Al Nabi (Oman)

Miladunnabi (Bahrain)

Milad-un-Nabi (India)

Moulad (Iraq)

Mouled Al Nabee (Libya)

Moulid Al Nabi (Sudan)

Moulid El Nabi (Egypt)

Mouloud (Comoros, Djibouti, Niger)

Rabi' al-Awwal (Yemen)

Youman Nabi (Guyana)

Reparata (Christian; Saint)

San Ernesto, Che Guevara as a folk saint (Bolivian campesinos)

Sawney Beane Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Simeon (Gospel of Luke; Christian; Saint)

Tell Massive Lies Day (Pastafarian)

Thaïs (Christian; Saint)

William Dwight Porter Bliss and Richard T. Ely (Episcopal Church)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 281 [60 of 72]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

The Color of Money (Film; 1986)

Great Balls of Fire, recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis (Song; 1957)

Imagine, by John Lennon (Song; 1971)

It’s Kind of a Funny Story (Film; 2010)

Les Misérables (Musical Play in English; 1985)

No Time to Die (US Film; 2021) [James Bond #27]

Remain in Light, by Talking Heads (Album; 1980)

Romeo and Juliet (Film; 1968)

Rumble Fish (Film; 1983)

The Second Hundred Years (Short Film; 1927) [1st Laurel & Hardy Film]

Too Many Girls (Film; 1940)

Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchet (Novel; 2009) [Discworld #37]

Today’s Name Days

Simeon (Austria)

Demetrije, Hugo, Pelagija, Šimun, Zvonimir (Croatia)

Věra (Czech Republic)

Ingeborg (Denmark)

Hilja, Hilje, Hilju (Estonia)

Hilja (Finland)

Pélagie, Thaïs (France)

Gerda, Günther, Hannah, Laura (Germany)

Pelagia (Greece)

Koppány (Hungary)

Pelagia (Italy)

Aina, Anastasija, Aneta, Anita (Latvia)

Brigita, Daugas, Demetra, Gaivilė (Lithuania)

Benedikte, Bente (Norway)

Artemon, Bryda, Brygida, Demetriusz, Laurencja, Marcin, Pelagia, Pelagiusz, Symeon, Wojsława (Poland)

Brigita (Slovakia)

Hugo, Thais (Spain)

Nils (Sweden)

Demetria, Demetrio, Demetrius, Demi, Dimitri, Stewart, Stuart (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 281 of 2022; 84 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 40 of 2022

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 8 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Júyuè), Day 13 (Jia-Wu)

Chinese Year of the: Tiger (until January 22, 2023)

Hebrew: 13 Tishri 5783

Islamic: 12 Rabi I 1444

J Cal: 11 Shù; Threesday [11 of 30]

Julian: 25 September 2022

Moon: 98%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 28 Descartes (11th Month) [Albertus Magnus]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 13 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 16 of 90)

Zodiac: Libra (Day 14 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Descartes (Modern Philosophy) [Month 11 of 13; Positivist]