Guinea-Bissau Hepatitis B Vaccine Trial: Do African Babies Matter Less?
By Shizza Umer A US-funded medical trial planned for 14,000 newborns in Guinea-Bissau has forced an uncomfortable question into the open: would a study like this ever have been proposed for babies in Europe or the United States? Funded by Washington and designed by Danish researchers, it would have given half of the babies a […]
Gaza’s Child Amputees: 1,134 Children Denied Limb Treatment Abroad
Gaza’s children are now among the most heavily maimed child populations of any modern conflict. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported on 4 November that 1,134 children in Gaza had undergone limb amputations as of 9 October 2026, and that Israeli restrictions on patient travel and medical evacuations are keeping hundreds of them from specialised treatment […]
Michigan Senate Race: Religious Attacks, Pro-Israel Money and Foreign-Agent Registrations
Michigan’s 2026 Senate election is about far more than which party wins an open seat. Abdul El-Sayed could become America’s first Muslim senator Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is a Michigan-born, trained doctor, epidemiologist and former Detroit health director. If elected, he would be the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. He faces Republican former congressman […]
ANOTHER TRAIN CRASH. ANOTHER CRISIS. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO SPAIN?
By Shizza Umer Spain has endured two devastating high-speed railway disasters in less than a year. The latest collision near Urda, Toledo, has left dozens dead, intensified scrutiny of the country’s railway safety systems and brought an earlier tragedy back into public discussion. But another story is circulating alongside the wreckage: an old warning from […]
“MOTHER COWS WILL GO EXTINCT”, WHY WERE THREE MUSLIM MEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN INDIA?
A court in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district has sentenced three Muslim men to rigorous life imprisonment in a cow-slaughter case, drawing attention not only to India’s strict cow-protection laws but also to the use of Hindu religious texts in criminal sentencing. The judgment, delivered on 26 October 2026, cited the Vedas and the Manusmriti while discussing […]
RFK JR. SAYS ARABS DON’T PRODUCE SCIENCE. HERE ARE THE RECEIPTS.
By Verum Network | 28 October 2026 US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces widespread criticism after telling a Republican campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 26 October: “There’s 500 million Arabs in the world. And yet they don’t produce science.” He went on to say Arabs “don’t win the Nobel Prize”, the […]
THE CEASEFIRE WAS SUPPOSED TO END THE HORROR. THE UN SAYS IT DIDN’T.
By Verum Network | 27 October 2026 A ceasefire was supposed to mark the beginning of an end to Gaza’s devastation. Instead, a new United Nations investigation says Israeli authorities continued committing genocidal acts after the truce took effect in October 2025. The findings, released on 26 October 2026 by the UN Independent International Commission […]
LULA JUST PULLED OFF BRAZIL’S IMPOSSIBLE COMEBACK. FLÁVIO BOLSONARO WON’T ACCEPT IT.
By Shizza Umer | Verum Network | 26 October 2026 Brazil voted for a comeback. Now comes the confrontation. Three weeks before Brazil’s presidential runoff, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appeared to be heading for defeat. Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, had finished ahead in the first round. Four eliminated candidates subsequently […]
TEHRAN PUT ‘TRUMP’ BEHIND BARS. BUT WHY?
A Prison Cell in the Middle of Tehran This week, people passing through Tehran’s busy Tajrish Square encountered an unusual spectacle: an actor dressed as US President Donald Trump, in a realistic mask, dark suit and red tie, sitting behind bars. The mock prison cell formed part of a billboard installation carrying the slogan, “It […]
A CRITIC OF RWANDA’S PRESIDENT HAS BEEN FOUND BEHEADED IN UGANDA. WHAT HAPPENED?
By Shizza Umer Robert Kabera fled Rwanda in 2020 and became an outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame while living in Uganda. On 17 October 2026, his decapitated body was discovered in Uganda’s Mpigi District. His head is still missing. His death has raised urgent questions about the safety of political critics living abroad. But […]