- Student is arrested on charges of spying on the US for Russia The Associated Press
- Guard at U.S. Embassy in Norway Accused of Spying for Russia and Iran The New York Times
- US embassy security guard arrested in Norway on spying allegation The Independent
- Norwegian guard at US Embassy in Oslo arrested over allegations of spying for Russia and Iran CNN
- Student Charged With Spying on US Embassy for Russia, Iran Newsweek
Lava flow from Iceland volcano creeps towards homes
A lava flow from Iceland’s Grindavik volcano is creeping towards homes and a popular geothermal spa.
Canada denies it has evidence linking Modi to killing of Sikh separatists
Trudeau adviser shuts down foreign ministry’s allegations that Indian government was behind intimidation plot
Canada, which expelled six Indian diplomats over allegations they were involved in a plot against Sikh separatists, has denied it has evidence Narendra Modi was linked to violence on Canadian soil.
The Canadian foreign ministry last month alleged Amit Shah, considered the number two in Modi’s government, was behind a campaign of intimidation in Canada. Ottawa says it has evidence linking Indian government agents to the 2023 murder of the Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.
Continue reading...Intense Hezbollah rocket fire targets northern Israel just before Shabbat | Iran announces new ‘advanced centrifuges’ | IDF kills Hamas terrorists involved in Oct 7 massacre – All Israel News
- Intense Hezbollah rocket fire targets northern Israel just before Shabbat | Iran announces new ‘advanced centrifuges’ | IDF kills Hamas terrorists involved in Oct 7 massacre All Israel News
- Rocket from Lebanon said to crash next to factory near Haifa overnight; no injuries reported The Times of Israel
- Man killed in rocket attack on northern Israeli town, Israeli medics say Reuters
- Three people lightly wounded while running to safe rooms following rocket barrage to North The Jerusalem Post
- At least 5 people wounded as rocket shrapnel falls on Israeli city NBC News
Arms to Israel: Will countries halt sales in wake of ICC arrest warrants?
The arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant could lead to countries rethinking arms deals with Israel, experts say
Scholz to lead SPD into snap German election after Pistorius withdraws
Chancellor’s popular rival says he is unavailable to stand, leaving Scholz as the default candidate
The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, will be nominated as the candidate to lead his Social Democratic party (SPD) into the February general election after his more popular defence minister, Boris Pistorius, pulled out of the race.
After weeks of calls for a change at the top of the ticket, Pistorius released a video on Thursday in which he said he was “not available” to stand as the SPD flag-bearer in the snap election triggered after Scholz sacked his finance minister, Christian Lindner, imploding the three-year-old ruling coalition.
Continue reading...Four Italian soldiers injured in strike at UNIFIL base in Lebanon, gov’t sources say – The Jerusalem Post
- Four Italian soldiers injured in strike at UNIFIL base in Lebanon, gov't sources say The Jerusalem Post
- Italy's Foreign Minister condemns rocket attack on UNIFIL base Euronews
- Italy Says Hezbollah Staged UN Base Attack It Had Blamed On Israel Barron's
- Four Italian soldiers injured in strike at UNIFIL Lebanon base Reuters
- UNIFIL, IDF confirm Italian soldiers wounded by Hezbollah rockets The Jerusalem Post
Israel bombs Gaza after the ICC issues arrest warrants
24 hours after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinians in Gaza are still being bombed.
Middle East crisis: Netanyahu thanks Orbán for invite after ICC warrant, saying Hungary on ‘side of justice and truth’ – as it happened
Israeli PM thanks his Hungarian counterpart after he extends invite in defiance of moves by International Criminal Court
The US have said they “fundamentally reject” the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for senior Israel officials and said the court does not have jurisdiction over the matter.
On Thursday, arrest warrants were issued by the court for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the late Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif over alleged war crimes committed in Gaza.
Continue reading...Burnayi Lurnayi: Bendigo development aims to provide safe homes for Aboriginal women
Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation says the development will help Indigenous women stay in the increasingly unaffordable regional city
Traditional owners have partnered with community housing providers in central Victoria to build a new housing project aimed at addressing the high rates of homelessness faced by Aboriginal women.
The development, named Burnayi Lurnayi, meaning “young women” in Dja Dja Wurrung language, is being built in the Bendigo suburb of Flora Hill, in a partnership between the Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (Djarra) and community housing organisation YWCA.
Continue reading...Greens and some independents are biggest winners from Labor’s proposed donation cap, data shows
Labor and Coalition would have missed out on $4.1m and $4.7m in donations after public funding boost, while the Greens would have been $2.9m better off
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The Greens and independent MPs who ran low-cost campaigns have emerged as the biggest winners from Labor’s proposed donation cap and increased public funding of elections, data shows.
According to a Guardian Australia analysis of 2021-22 data, the Greens would have lost just $2.7m in donations if Labor’s proposed $20,000 cap had been law at the time, a sum more than made up for by a $5.6m increase in public funding. In net terms, the Greens would have been $2.9m better off.
Continue reading...People smugglers who promoted Tripadvisor-style video reviews caught
The smugglers offered the migrants bronze, silver, gold and platinum packages, depending on risk.
Hungary invites Netanyahu to visit as world leaders split over ICC arrest warrant
Viktor Orbán says he will not enforce ICC decision that requires court members to detain Israeli PM if he enters their country
Hungary’s illiberal prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has said he will invite his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, to visit in defiance of an international criminal court arrest warrant, as world leaders split over the ICC’s momentous decision.
The world’s highest criminal court issued warrants on Thursday for Netanyahu, his former defence minister Yoav Gallant and the Hamas commander Ibrahim al-Masri, commonly known as Mohammed Deif, who is believed to be dead, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Continue reading...What do we know about Russia’s new ballistic missile, Oreshnik?
Moscow says the Oreshnik, a nuclear-capable weapon, was used in an attack on Ukraine amid escalating tensions.
Will Israel’s Netanyahu and Gallant ever be arrested?
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israel’s PM and former Defence Minister.
A strong treaty can end plastic pollution and save lives
Failure to do so is not an option.
China reels from spate of suspected ‘revenge against society’ attacks
Stabbings and car rammings raise fears that China’s strained social safety net is leading to growing violence
China is grappling with a spate of violent rampages that have left dozens of people dead, sparking a conversation about whether “revenge against society” attacks are becoming more common.
On 19 November, a 39-year-old man drove a car into a group of people near a school in Changde, a city in central China, injuring several students. Days earlier, another car-ramming attack in the southern city of Zhuhai had killed 35 people outside a sports centre, China’s deadliest mass killing in a decade. That same week, a former student in another city stabbed to death eight people and injured 17 others at a vocational college.
Continue reading...Armed gang steal jewels from French museum’s £6m ‘national treasure’
Thieves fired shots and took parts of 1904 work by goldsmith Joseph Chaumet from Hiéron Museum
Armed robbers snatched jewels worth millions from a work by the famed Parisian goldsmith Joseph Chaumet classed as a national treasure, in a brazen heist at a French museum.
The thieves arrived on motorbikes at the Hiéron Museum in Paray-le-Monial, in central France, at about 4pm local time on Thursday. Three entered the building and one stood guard outside, said the local mayor, Jean-Marc Nesme.
Continue reading...Permanent solution to Hezbollah conflict lies in Lebanon’s parliament – expert – The Jerusalem Post
- Permanent solution to Hezbollah conflict lies in Lebanon's parliament - expert The Jerusalem Post
- Understanding Israel’s Campaign to Defeat Hezbollah in Lebanon Institute for the Study of War
- Lebanon’s Day After: Will the Country Survive the War With Israel? Foreign Affairs Magazine
- Hezbollah’s Rockets Remain a Threat Despite Israel’s Crushing Offensive The New York Times
- Are We on the Verge of Lebanon's Third Civil War? Haaretz
Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change?
How future talks will play out if another superpower comes to the fore, just as the US steps back