Hong Kong model’s skull found ‘boiling in carrot soup’, court told – The Independent

  1. Hong Kong model’s skull found ‘boiling in carrot soup’, court told  The Independent
  2. Suspects bought meat mincer and electric saw before socialite's murder, court hears  ABC7 Los Angeles
  3. Suspects ‘bought saw and mincer before murdering socialite influencer’  The Times
  4. Influencer Abby Choi, 28, Was Dismembered ‘by Ex-Husband and His Family’ in Feud Over Luxury Apartment Sale: Prosecutor  People.com
  5. Detailed plan led to murder of Hong Kong model Abby Choi, court hears  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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UK arrests British-Iranian suspect over RAF ‘plot’: What we know – Al Jazeera

  1. UK arrests British-Iranian suspect over RAF ‘plot’: What we know  Al Jazeera
  2. Mullin says US 'knew' Iran would try to attack American assets in UK  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. UK-Iranian Man Arrested in Connection to RAF Fairford Air Base Incident  The New York Times
  4. Trump says Iran decision coming ‘very soon’ as US probes possible Fairford terror links  foxnews.com
  5. British Iranian arrested in U.K. terror plot probe  Axios
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Trump administration shifts funds from human rights to supporting far-right causes – CNN

  1. Trump administration shifts funds from human rights to supporting far-right causes  CNN
  2. Trump administration diverts human rights funds to push far-right agenda abroad | US foreign policy  The Guardian
  3. US State Department Directs Democracy Fund Millions to Far-Right-Linked Projects  Межа. Новини України.
  4. Trump redirects millions from US human rights fund to Afrikaner rights programme  Cape Town ETC
  5. State Department reportedly pushes to redirect human rights funding toward right-wing causes abroad  ms.now
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Pro-democracy activists increasingly vulnerable to authoritarian governments in Southeast Asia – NPR

  1. Pro-democracy activists increasingly vulnerable to authoritarian governments in Southeast Asia  NPR
  2. Vietnam detains 3 men on terrorism charges, including Norwegian and Australian citizens  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  3. Another Lao activist disappears in Thailand  Bangkok Post
  4. Viet Tan: Rights group accuses Vietnam of abducting Australian, Norwegian activists  BBC
  5. Another Lao Activist Vanishes in Thailand  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine
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‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack

Smit Machchhar says in video call with Indian PM that he realised if he did not get up ‘passengers would lose their lives’

The Indian pilot who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv said his faith and his desire to save his passengers allowed him to make a “last push” to open the cockpit door as he fought for his life.

Capt Smit Machchhar, who was recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, described to India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, how he helped save the plane and its more than 170 passengers.

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Brazil’s leading presidential candidates snub TV debate ahead of Sunday’s election – AP News

  1. Brazil’s leading presidential candidates snub TV debate ahead of Sunday’s election  AP News
  2. Brazil election's final TV debate scrapped as Lula, Flavio Bolsonaro skip  Reuters
  3. Election debate cancelled in Brazil, bomb scare outside Supreme Court  Al Jazeera
  4. Brazil final presidential debate canceled after court rulings  upi.com
  5. One Big Question: Does It Matter that Lula and Flávio Refused to Debate?  AS/COA
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Suspects bought meat mincer and electric saw before socialite’s murder, court hears – CNN

  1. Suspects bought meat mincer and electric saw before socialite’s murder, court hears  CNN
  2. Money the ‘root cause’ behind Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi’s murder, prosecutors say  CNN
  3. Influencer Abby Choi, 28, Was Dismembered ‘by Ex-Husband and His Family’ in Feud Over Luxury Apartment Sale: Prosecutor  people.com
  4. Suspects ‘bought saw and mincer before murdering socialite influencer’  The Times
  5. Hong Kong model’s skull found ‘boiling in carrot soup’, court told  The Independent
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Death Toll Hits 15 in One of Nepal’s Worst Climbing Disasters – Newser

  1. Death Toll Hits 15 in One of Nepal's Worst Climbing Disasters  Newser
  2. Nepal avalanche toll rises to 15 deaths with discovery of 8 bodies on Mount Himlung  AP News
  3. Avalanche kills 15 Nepali workers preparing Himalayan mountain camp for climbers  Reuters
  4. At least four dead, others missing in avalanche as severe weather batters Nepal  CNN
  5. Nepal avalanche kills at least 15 expedition workers  Al Jazeera
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Egypt arrests entire media editorial team over Muslim Brotherhood accusations – New York Post

  1. Egypt arrests entire media editorial team over Muslim Brotherhood accusations  New York Post
  2. Egypt Arrests 6 Matsaddash Journalists on Claims of Spreading Disinformation  The New York Times
  3. Egyptian police arrest entire newsroom of investigative outlet over alleged Muslim Brotherhood ties  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Global Call for the Release of Entire Newsroom at Egyptian Investigative Journalism Platform Matsadaash  The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy -
  5. Press Release: Beyer, DelBene Urge Release of Detained Egyptian Journalists  Quiver Quantitative
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