Nathan Ruser
@Nrg8000
Picking quarrels and provoking trouble (寻衅滋事) 🎵I'm working late, cause I'm a mapper 🎵 Analyst at @ASPI_CTS
It’s no exaggeration that Ukrainian public opinion is in an absolute firestorm after the parliament today approved a law essentially dismantling independent anti-corruption agencies, just days after SBU raided key investigators. The law isn’t enacted until Zelensky signs it — and…
A reminder it's been 21 months since #HongKong based SCMP #journalist Minnie Chan was last seen attending an event in Beijing. Last story filed November 1, 2023. Still no contact. We will never stop hoping for her safe return to her family. Will someone follow up this story?
It is now six months since award-winning #journalist Minnie Chan last filed a story for @SCMPNews. Based here in #HongKong, last seen in Beijing. Her current and former colleagues and the broader community of journalists here care only for her welfare and hope she is OK.
[Breaking] Reports indicate an exchange of gunfire between Cambodian and Thai troops near Ta Muen Thom temple in Surin. #Thailand #Cambodia #ไทยกัมพูชา #ชายแดนไทยกัมพูชา
Doctors and medical staff in Gaza say their increasing hunger and the lack of available food due to Israel’s blockade is beginning to leave them too weak to provide urgent medical care to patients inside hospitals full of malnourished & injured civilians. trib.al/9w3azox
BBC and DW: both on the ground in southern Syria speaking to victims of the sectarian violence. One spoke to Druze civilians, the other to Bedouin refugees. Both speak of horrors. Now watch as many people only share the stories of one side while ignoring those of the other.
When people start dying from starvation it comes as a flood, not a trickle. And it looks like it's already starting. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-no…
NOW in English Satimages show that in just 2months, Israeli Army has almost entirely destroyed Khan Yunis Governorate, including Gaza Strip's 2nd-largest city and its environs, an area encompassing 90 square km and thousands of homes Planet Labs PBC haaretz.com/israel-news/se…
As Harvard’s feud with Trump escalated, so did tensions over an ‘education and Palestine’ issue of a prestigious journal. Scholars blame the ‘Palestine exception’ to academic freedom theguardian.com/education/2025…
At least one boat was sunk by resistance forces! New battle footage just released by the Ministry of Defence of the NUG. Source (MOD-NUG): facebook.com/modNUG/videos/…
The Mandalay-PDF and other resistance groups carried out an impressive large-scale operation against a convoy of boats on the Irrawaddy River. Ambushes occurred "all along the river, in the townships of Madaya, Singu and Thabeikkyin". Source (MDY-PDF): facebook.com/61559171995407…
Trump now at -40 approval with young people, down from roughly even at the start of his term, per YouGov. The buyers remorse with Gen Z is real
#Syria: the fact-finding committee tasked to investigate the killings on the Coast early March released its results in a press conference (some highlights): - 33 sites were visited - over 230 Security/military personnel were killed by Assadists (265 suspects identified) - some…
المتحدث الرسمي للجنة الوطنية للتحقيق وتقصي الحقائق بأحداث الساحل المحامي ياسر الفرحان خلال مؤتمر صحفي: 📌 تحققت اللجنة من أسماء 1426 قتيلاً منهم 90 امرأة والبقية مدنيون وعسكريون سابقون أجروا تسويات 📌 ركزت اللجنة على تقصي هوية الفاعلين بوسائل متعددة ومنها فحص الأدلة الرقمية…
The desperation caused by a lack of food and other necessities of life is forcing Palestinians to approach GHF sites and humanitarian convoys, even though between 27 May and 21 July, 1,054 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military in Gaza while trying to access food. Of…
AFP warning its Gaza reporters are at risk of literally starving to death - having risked their lives for so long to tell the story that Israel prevents the international media from reaching.
AFP Journalists’ Association on reporters in Gaza: ‘Since AFP was founded in August 1944, we have lost journalists in conflicts, we have had wounded and prisoners in our ranks, but none of us can remember seeing a colleague die of hunger. We refuse to see them die’
200k were part of the general mobilization that led to the massacre. In light of last week’s events, it puts into stark terms how many people have access to weapons and how little control the state truly has over them. Not surprising considering the civil war. Lot of work to do.
The committee investigating coastline events said regime remnants attempted to seize coastal areas to form a breakaway state, prompting 200,000 armed men to intervene, which led to violence and reported abuses.
As unspeakably tragic as the Texas flood earlier this month was, we need to be thankful it wasn't worse. A camp neighbouring Camp Mystic had several of its buildings washed away to the slab, including most of the accommodation buildings. It was due to start a new term in 2 days.
Claims have been circulating, alleging that a video shows a Druze terrorist group affiliated with Hikmat al-Hijri carrying out mass executions of Syrian security personnel. However, this claim is false. Our OSINT search confirms that the video is old, originally published on…
After two different failed attempted truces, a new ceasefire in #Suwayda is finally holding, but continued attacks by pro-government forces put its durability in doubt. 🔗: buff.ly/JXCNBLL
China has begun building the world’s largest dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River raising concerns of irreversible harm to the fragile plateau & downstream ecosystems in India & Bangladesh, footage from the inaugural ceremony helps geolocate the site near Mainling in Tibet
Mdy-PDF just posted this few hours ago. Ammo they seized from junta troops — you can clearly see it’s made by Norinco (China North Industries Corporation).
The statement says it is "horrifying that over 800 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid," adding that Israel's "denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable." Signed by the following countries: gov.uk/government/new…