Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · 18h

Giorgia Meloni visée par une plainte à la CPI pour complicité de génocide: En cause : les activités de Leonardo, un groupe d’aéronautique et de défense transalpin accusé de fournir l’ "armement meurtrier"
www.liberation.fr/internationa...

Giorgia Meloni visée par une plainte à la CPI pour complicité de génocide

La présidente du Conseil des ministres italien a affirmé ce mardi soir être la cible de cette procédure. En cause : les activités de Leonardo, un groupe d’aéronautique et de défense transalpin.

www.liberation.fr

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · 4d

Full support to Greta, the GSF participants and their legal teams.

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · 4d

One of the kindest soul in the world abused by Israel. What a world.

Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 4d

““They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” the Turkish activist ErsinÇelik, a participant in the Sumud flotilla, told Anadolu news agency.”+

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

1 2

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · 6d

Manchester synagogue attack: Two victims shot, one fatally, by police
www.irishtimes.com/world/uk/202...

Manchester synagogue attack: Two victims shot, one fatally, by police

Suspect killed by police is not believed to have had a firearm, officers say

www.irishtimes.com

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall was a hero who used her life to make the world a better place. If the world uplifted and amplified people like her over fascists and billionaires, the world would be a very different place. #3E

59 680 3K

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

FRANCE 24 @france24.com · 10d

Moldavie : le parti pro-européen largement en tête d'un scrutin marqué par des accusations d'ingérence russe

f24.my

1 7 27

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · 12d

'NATO Warships Protecting Gaza Convoy Against Israel Attack', Newsweek, 26 September 2025
www.newsweek.com/nato-warship...

NATO Warships Protecting Gaza Convoy Against Israel Attack: Greta Thunberg

Italy and Spain have deployed warships to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla, as Greta Thunberg warns of a deadly attack by Israel.

www.newsweek.com

1

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

Levent Kemal @leventkemal.bsky.social · 14d

Our article with Ömer Özkızılcık for Atlantic Council about economic engagement between Syria & Turkey.

Turkey–Syria trade hits $2B in 2025, with $14B pledged for reconstruction and new pipelines powering ties. www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menaso...

Is a new era of Turkey-Syria economic engagement on the horizon?

The convergence of Turkey's and the Gulf's economic strategies in Syria presents an opportunity for Washington.

www.atlanticcouncil.org

1 2 14

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · 16d

Today's good news. "The 43-year-old blogger and pro-democracy activist is one of Egypt's best known political prisoners." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Alaa Abd El-Fattah: Egypt's president pardons prominent activist

The British-Egyptian activist is one of six people whose sentences have been commuted, according to state media.

www.bbc.com

1

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · 22d

Blessés des bipeurs piégés du Hezbollah : la faille dans la peau, photos par Matthieu Karam www.lorientlejour.com/article/1477...

Blessés des bipeurs piégés du Hezbollah : la faille dans la peau

L'article traite des blessés des bipeurs piégés du Hezbollah, révélant les cicatrices physiques et morales laissées par une attaque israélienne, un an après.

www.lorientlejour.com

2

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · 28d

The f!!

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · 29d

Amazing news.

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 29d

President Trump has just announced that Princeton University PhD student Elizabeth Tsurkov who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023 and held by Kata'ib Hezbollah has been released and is now at the American Embassy in Iraq.

2 14 60

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · Sep 9

Du bon pain c'est plutôt dans les 15 mins, les pâtisseries et le fromage c'est plus simple !

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

Bilge Yesil @bilgeyesil.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is what we are talking about when we say Erdogan is blocking the roads so people can’t go to oppo party HQ. This is one of the major arteries in central Istanbul, a city of 18 million.

4 27 67

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Sep 6

BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.

‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’

Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities

www.thetimes.com

270 4.2K 6.9K

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

bianet English @bianet-eng.bsky.social · Sep 7

Police surround CHP İstanbul HQ as party resists court-appointed leadership bianet.org/haber/police...

Police surround CHP İstanbul HQ as party resists court-appointed leadership

The main opposition party views a court decision to suspend its provincial leadership as part of an attempt by the government to reshape the party leadership through judicial means.

bianet.org

1 17 13

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · Aug 31

"If the US cannot uphold its obligations, the time has come to question whether the UN should continue to be headquartered in New York at all."

1

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · Aug 31

"The UN Headquarters Agreement, signed in 1947, obligates the host country to host country to grant visas to representatives of all member states “irrespective of the relations existing between the governments.”" www.juancole.com/2025/08/hypo...

Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US's Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

by Ranjan Solomon ( Middle East Monitor ) - The United States is once again demonstrating that it is unfit to serve as host of the United Nations Headquarters. Reports that Washington may deny a visa ...

www.juancole.com

1 1 3

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · Aug 31

"The UN Headquarters Agreement, signed in 1947, obligates the host country to host country to grant visas to representatives of all member states “irrespective of the relations existing between the governments.”" www.juancole.com/2025/08/hypo...

Host, Bully, Hypocrite: The US's Shameful Gatekeeping of the United Nations

by Ranjan Solomon ( Middle East Monitor ) - The United States is once again demonstrating that it is unfit to serve as host of the United Nations Headquarters. Reports that Washington may deny a visa ...

www.juancole.com

1

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · Aug 30

This is absolute blackmail!

Sonia Chabane @soniachabane.bsky.social · Aug 30

Literally my thoughts. This should happen!

1

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · Aug 30

MOVE THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO GENEVA

It was moved in 1988 when US denied a visa to Yasser Arafat

Today, little SecRubio did the bidding of his Israeli bosses & denied visas to the Palestinian Authority to attend the UNGA

Why? Western countries plan to recognize Palestine

6 34 67

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

PBS News @pbsnews.org · Aug 30

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step the Palestinian Authority decried as against international law.
https://to.pbs.org/4naCsqj

U.S. revokes visas of Palestinian president, other officials ahead of UN General Assembly

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, a step ...

www.pbs.org

57 200 360

Reposted by Sonia Chabane

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · Aug 30

There’s a persistent myth that new solar farms don’t really help tackle climate change because panels are “made with coal” and “never pay back” their carbon debt.

This is simply false.

- UN: solar ~8x cleaner than gas, ~19x than coal per kWh
- panels repay CO2 in 4 months; save 57x over life

66 890 2.5K