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- The Perils and Pitfalls of a U.S.-Saudi Defense Pact Foreign Policy
- Too Powerful to Ignore, Saudi Prince Returns to Washington’s Embrace The New York Times
- Opinion | As Trump and MBS meet, a longtime partnership faces new realities The Washington Post
- Saudi prince restores clout in first White House trip since Khashoggi crisis Reuters
Germany lifts restrictions on arms exports to Israel – politico.eu
- Germany lifts restrictions on arms exports to Israel politico.eu
- Germany to resume arms exports to Israel after ceasefire BBC
- The German government says it’s lifting restrictions on exports of military equipment to Israel abcnews.go.com
- Berlin to lift suspension of Israel weapons sales, but says ceasefire must hold Reuters
- Germany lifts curbs on arms exports to Israel, citing Gaza ceasefire Al Jazeera
Communist and far-right candidates head to Chile presidential run-off
The Communist Party's Jeanette Jara will face far-right candidate José Antonio Kast in the second round of voting in December.
Brad Battin faces spill after group of Victorian Liberal MPs say they have lost confidence in his leadership
Sources say shadow treasurer Jess Wilson has received enough support to test leadership of the party a year out from state poll
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A group of Victorian Liberal MPs has told the party leader, Brad Battin, they no longer have confidence in his leadership, paving the way for a vote on whether to replace him.
The intervention on Monday afternoon – delivered almost one year before the state goes to the polls – could trigger a ballot on his position as early as Tuesday morning.
Continue reading...Dozens of Indian pilgrims killed in bus accident in Saudi Arabia
Forty-five people were killed in the accident, while one survivor is in hospital, an Indian official said.
491,000 Japan-bound air tickets cancelled as China warns people to avoid travel – South China Morning Post
- 491,000 Japan-bound air tickets cancelled as China warns people to avoid travel South China Morning Post
- Aiming to Shock Japan, China Pushes a Wave of Reprisals The New York Times
- Japan seeks to calm escalating dispute with China over Taiwan Reuters
- Japan says warplanes scrambled as Chinese drone detected near southern island close to Taiwan CBS News
- Japan’s Sanae Takaichi Has Few Good Options to End China’s Retaliation Bloomberg.com
Man who grabbed Ariana Grande at premiere jailed in Singapore
"Serial intruder" Johnson Wen was given nine days in jail for being a public nuisance.
‘His role is to recruit’: the Sheffield-based propagandist for Sudan’s RSF militia
Abdalmonim Alrabea has appeared in hundreds of videos in which he expresses support for paramilitary group accused of committing genocide
A British citizen based in Sheffield appeared in a TikTok live broadcast laughing along while a notorious fighter from Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces group boasted about participating in mass killings in the city of El Fasher.
The video, broadcast on 27 October, is just one of hundreds posted to social media in which 44-year-old Abdalmonim Alrabea expresses support for the RSF and the ethnically targeted atrocities it has committed in Sudan’s western Darfur region.
Continue reading...How Tanzania police crushed election protests with lethal force – BBC
- How Tanzania police crushed election protests with lethal force BBC
- Tanzania: What to Know About the Post-Election Violence The New York Times
- Tanzania’s descent into repression is a stark warning of how fast Africa’s progress can be eroded | Kenneth Mohammed The Guardian
- Tanzania: Reports of hundreds killed and detained following deadly election violence UN News
- Demand accountability in Tanzania. Amnesty International
How Tanzania police crushed election protests with lethal force
The UN says hundreds of people were killed in the protests. Verified clips show the violent actions of police as they attempted to crush protests.
Japan tourism and retail stocks slide after China row – BBC
- Japan tourism and retail stocks slide after China row BBC
- China travel warning for Japan sends shares in tourism and retail companies plunging The Guardian
- Taiwan row: stay ‘on high alert’, People’s Daily warns, as Japan seeks to ease tensions South China Morning Post
- Japan to dispatch senior envoy to China, NHK says, as travel warning drives tourism selloff in Tokyo CNBC
- China Signals Further Retaliation Over Japan PM’s Taiwan Remarks Bloomberg.com
Saudi prince restores clout in first White House trip since Khashoggi crisis – Reuters
- Saudi prince restores clout in first White House trip since Khashoggi crisis Reuters
- Trump pulling out all the stops to welcome Saudi crown prince for first White House visit since Khashoggi killing CNN
- Opinion | Saudi Leader Looking Inward as He Comes to Washington The New York Times
- Opinion | As Trump and MBS meet, a longtime partnership faces new realities The Washington Post
- Saudi crown prince visits US with defence, AI and nuclear on the agenda Reuters
LIVE: Russian attack kills 3 in Kharkiv; Ukraine’s Zelenskyy to meet Macron
Russian attack kills three people and injures 10 in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region.
At a Shared Symbol of Jihad, the Taliban Defy Their Old Ties With Pakistan – The New York Times
- At a Shared Symbol of Jihad, the Taliban Defy Their Old Ties With Pakistan The New York Times
- The Power Struggle in Afghanistan and India’s Expanding Role Minute Mirror
- Modi and the Mullahs: India’s Embrace of the Taliban The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine
- Afghanistan at the Center of “India-Central Asia Summit” Hasht-e Subh Daily
- Taliban Foreign Minister’s India Visit Deepens Rift With Pakistan Sri Lanka Guardian
Rape victims in Scotland will be protected when giving evidence, says lord advocate
Supreme court ruled ‘rape shield’ laws to limit intrusive cross-examination may breach men’s right to fair trial
Scotland’s most senior law officer has moved to reassure victims of sexual abuse that they will be protected after a supreme court ruling warned that Scottish laws designed to limit intrusive cross-examination could be breaching men’s right to a fair trial.
In a strongly worded statement, the lord advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, said: “I would like to make clear that I understand sexual abuse inflicted upon women and children to be the single greatest challenge our justice system faces.
Continue reading...With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery – study
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
Insect-eating bird populations in France appear to be making a tentative recovery after a ban on bee-harming pesticides, according to the first study to examine how wildlife is returning in Europe.
Neonicotinoids are the world’s most common class of insecticides, widely used in agriculture and for flea control in pets. By 2022, four years after the European Union banned neonicotinoid use in fields, researchers observed that France’s population of insect-eating birds had increased by 2%-3%. These included blackbirds, blackcaps and chaffinches, which feed on insects as adults and as chicks.
Continue reading...A Grand Bargain With Venezuela – Foreign Affairs
- A Grand Bargain With Venezuela Foreign Affairs
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- Maduro’s last chance to negotiate a peaceful exit from power The Hill
- Opinion | Trumpty Dumpty and the Venezuelan boat strikes The Washington Post
- Readers Write: Risk of war in Venezuela, 50-year mortgages, Minneapolis housing costs Star Tribune
Exclusive: Ahead of Hasina court verdict, son warns of Bangladesh violence if party ban stays – Reuters
- Exclusive: Ahead of Hasina court verdict, son warns of Bangladesh violence if party ban stays Reuters
- Protests break out as verdict against Bangladesh's deposed leader Sheikh Hasina begins BBC
- Bangladesh beefs up security ahead of verdict against ousted PM Sheikh Hasina abcnews.go.com
- Bangladesh live: Tribunal’s verdict against former PM Sheikh Hasina shortly Al Jazeera
- 'Shoot Those Who Show Intent To Kill': Dhaka Preps For Sheikh Hasina Order NDTV
Jury in high-profile Australian trial visit beach where murder victim found
Rajwinder Singh denies stabbing the 24-year-old to death in October 2019.
Bangladesh live: Tribunal reads verdict against deposed ex-PM Sheikh Hasina
Hasina is being tried in absentia for crimes against humanity for a violent crackdown on student protests last year.