Aluru Otieno 🇰🇪 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇹🇿 🇺🇬 🇸🇩

Father/Friend/ Afro-optimist / Energy developer / dreamer / believer... Proudly Kenyan and African.. YNWA

[Reuters @Reuters]

In the sprawling concrete jungle of Sao Paulo, a 72-year-old former cleaning woman turned sports pioneer is keeping her two-decade dream alive with little more than determination and a volunteer coach

[Monica Juma @Monica_Juma_]

I am deeply proud and honoured to start my tenure as Director-General/Executive Director of the UN Office at Vienna/@UNODC.

I look forward to leading the @UN’s work in addressing the challenges of drugs, organized crime, corruption and terrorism, for a safer and more just world.

[Aluru Otieno 🇰🇪 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇹🇿 🇺🇬 🇸🇩 @galuru]

@AmbMonicaJuma @UNODC @UN Congratulations and wishing you success in this important role.

[Sputnik @SputnikInt]

🇨🇳 China announces completion of world’s largest wind turbine

The record-breaking 16-megawatt turbine is located in China’s Guangdong province and sits an astonishing 70 km from shore, marking a significant breakthrough in wind-generated energy tech for the country.

The new turbine combines a series of China-made technology, including an improved mooring system, an active ballast system, and AI-monitoring.

[Aluru Otieno 🇰🇪 🇵🇸 🇨🇩 🇹🇿 🇺🇬 🇸🇩 @galuru]

RT @AnyangNyongo: 𝗔 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

This is not a performance. It’s a position.
I didn’t step into the arena for spectacle or se…

[Renee @PettyLupone]

Oh I do hope Kendrick Lamar saw this! 😆

[BOBI WINE @HEBobiwine]

Today, we celebrate a life that has refused to bow to dictatorship. A man who chose conviction over comfort. That he sits, languishing in jail on his 70th birthday, is yet another reminder of how much he has had to sacrifice for the sake of our country and its people.

Sending out revolutionary birthday greetings to Dr. Kizza Besigye Kifefe. May his sacrifice never go in vain. May he live long enough to see the kind of Uganda he has wholeheartedly fought for.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Those who pray are aware of their own limitations; they do not kill or threaten with death. Instead, death enslaves those who have turned their backs on the living God, turning themselves and their own power into a mute, blind and deaf idol (Ps 115:4–8), to which they sacrifice every value, demanding that the whole world bend its knee. Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life. #Peace

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

Statement on behalf of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran:

[IRAN EMBASSY in KENYA @IRANinKENYA]

Your Excellency, allow us to comment on this post in which we are of the view that it has missed a few important chapters of international law:
1. Aggression originates from the U.S. and the Israeli regime use of regional water, air and land territories: Based on Article 3(f) of the UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX) (Definition of Aggression, 14 December 1974), “The action of a State in allowing its territory, which it has placed at the disposal of another State, to be used by that other State for perpetrating an act of aggression against a third State” constitutes aggression. For months, we had warned neighboring countries—particularly those along the Persian Gulf—that any aggression from their soil against Iran would be met with our inherent right to self‑defense. Despite their denials, numerous attacks against Iran have been launched from U.S. bases in these countries, a small example being the downing of three military aircraft in Kuwait.
2. Violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter: The United States and the Israeli regime have violated Article 2(4) , which requires all Members to “refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.” Their military aggression against Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity is the root cause of the current crisis.
3. Iran’s response is lawful, legitimate self‑defense: Our response has been strictly in exercise of our inherent right to self‑defense, consistent with international law and the principles of proportionality, necessity, and discrimination. Operations have targeted only military bases and assets of the aggressors. After these military installations were struck, enemy military personnel and forces fled into hotels and civilian centers, taking innocent civilians as hostages—a gross violation of the law of armed conflict.
4. The Strait of Hormuz: prior freedom of navigation & current restrictions: Before the U.S.‑Israeli regime military aggression against Iran’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, the Strait of Hormuz was open to all countries. Any current disruption to Persian Gulf security or maritime traffic is a direct consequence of that aggression, and full responsibility lies with the aggressors. As the coastal state, Iran has introduced necessary restrictions to ensure safe passage. Vessels belonging to non‑belligerent countries may conduct innocent passage in coordination with Iran. Clearly, vessels of belligerent parties—especially the U.S. and the terrorist Israeli regime, as well as those serving their interests—cannot use this waterway.
5. Call on all free and independent nations: The Islamic Republic of Iran expects all free and independent nations to stand on the right side of history and condemn the aggressors. We reaffirm our readiness for diplomatic solutions based on mutual respect and international law, but will not hesitate to defend our sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security.
Thank you Excellency for paying due consideration the the above facts.

[Champagne Joshi @JoshWalkos]

This is incredibly well done.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

It is strange how the world can cooperate to get oil through the Iranian blockade at the Strait of Hormuz but still aren't able to get food through the Israeli blockade at the borders of Gaza.

[Power to the People ☭🕊 @ProudSocialist]

BREAKING: Cuba's electrical grid has suffered a complete and total collapse.

It’s the first nationwide blackout since the US blocked the flow of oil to Cuba.

This was entirely caused by the US.

The US is strangling Cuba to death so it can come in & take control of the country.

[State of Palestine @Palestine_UN]

#TammunMassacre Khaled and Mustafa Odeh, aged 11 and 8, were left orphans after the Israeli army murdered their parents, Ali and Waad, and little siblings, Mohammad and Othman, 5 and 6, in the occupied West Bank, as they were driving in the family car going home.

After soldiers killed their family, they dragged the two surviving brothers by their hair as they desperately screamed for help. The boys were forced into a Jeep, stripped naked, and beaten with metal rods. The soldiers celebrated the massacre by saying, “we killed dogs.”

An ambulance nearby was not allowed to approach their family. An hour later, the two children were released and instructed to simply keep walking straight ahead.

This is how the children report that their father, their mother, and their two younger brothers, were executed.

[State of Palestine @Palestine_UN]

“They are shooting at a car with a little girl inside surrounded by dead bodies, can you imagine that?”

8 minutes to reach her
355 bullets fired
1 voice to change the world

The Voice of Hind Rajab #Oscars 🇵🇸

[sarah @sahouraxo]

BREAKING:

Israel just executed Mohammad with a direct shot to the head.

He was only 5 years old.

He was killed along with his 6-year-old brother Othman and their parents in the occupied West Bank.

A whole innocent family erased.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

While the world was focusing on Iran, israelis carried out 192 attacks, including arson and serious assaults, against Palestinian communities https://t.co/YR3wF2cfyd

[Rana Ayyub @RanaAyyub]

170 children killed in Iran, 83 children killed in Lebanon in Israeli airstrikes in just one week. Imagine a world where the blood of young children, their decapitated bodies does nothing to our conscience, we are still debating the ‘context’ of their murder

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

MEE has collected 61 names and ages of many of the 168 victims killed in a "double tap" strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school in Minab, Iran.

The identified victims include students, staff, and siblings, including a two-month-old baby.

Hana Dehqani, 8 years old
Fatemeh Salari, 34 years old
Reza Habashian, 7 years old
Arya Bahadori, 9 years old
Ali Asghar Zaeri, 8 years old
Zahra Bahrami, 7 years old
Ahmad Soltani, 8 years old
Hamed Par-ashegh-nezhad, 7 years old
Fatemeh Yazdan-panah, young girl, age unknown
Mahdis Nazari, 7 years old
Athena Chamani-nezhad, 6 years old
Amirghasem Zaeri, 7 years old
Fatemeh Dorazehi, 10 years old
Arad Ahmadizadeh, 8 years old
Saman Karimzadeh, 7 years old
Fatemeh Shahdadi, age unknown
Nadia Shahmiri, 9 years old
Parham Ranjbari, 9 years old
Mahmoud Gholamyani, 35 years old
Fatemeh Rahdar, 10 years old
Amir-Hassan Rasouli, 8 years old
Zahra Behrouzi, 8 years old
Mohammadhatam Raisi, 10 years old
Asna Raisi, 12 years old
Benyamin Jangjou, 8 years old
Mohammad-Sadra Zarei, 8 years old
Maryam Pazark, 10 years old
Liana Mohammadi, 7 years old
Mandana Salari, 29 years old
Sara Shayesteh, 5 years old
Zoha Pasand, 8 years old
Esra Zakeri, 9 years old
Salma Zakeri, 6 years old
Fatemeh Taherifard, 29 years old
Zahra Ansari, 7 years old
Fatemeh Fadavi, 10 years old
Mahna Zarei, 2 months old
Athareh Zarei, 10 years old
Alireza Zarei, 9 years old
Mohammadreza Shahsavari, 8 years old
Samira Basarde, 38 years old
Ehsan Saleminia, 6 years old
Fatemeh Zahra Karimi, 7 years old
Zeynab Bahrami, 10 years old
Mohammad Shah-dousti, eight years old
Reza Barani, seven years old
Athena Ahmadzadeh, 10 years old
Khadijeh Darvishi, 9 years old
Roqayyeh Karimi, 42 years old
Reza Ranjbar, 6 years old
Marzieh Bashiri-far, 38 years old
Mohammad-Mehdi Chegini, 10 years old
Mohammadian Bahrami, 17 years old
Ali-Akbar Karyani Pak, 8 years old
Hananeh Mehdikhah, 7 years old
Fereshteh Sangarzadeh, 44 years old
Mohammad-Ali Karyani Pak, 7 years old
Parsa Mokhtari-nasab, 12 years old
Arina Arab-Kish, 8 years old
Makan Nasiri, 12 years old
Esra Farahi-Zadeh, young girl, age unknown

[MintPress News @MintPressNews]

US Submarine Attacks An Iranian Frigate Uninvolved In The War

148 Iranian sailors are now missing in the surprise attack, in Intl Waters, thousands of kilometres from Iran.

A rather embarrassing cowardly attack for the world’s most powerful military to claim as a victory.