- Why Pakistan will likely refuse to join the Abraham Accords Middle East Eye
- Why U.S. allies aren’t taking Trump seriously after his push for Arab-Israel normalization NBC News
- The Mideast Is Baffled by Trump’s Call to Expand Abraham Accords The New York Times
- A ruse, a brave gamble or a fantasy? Why Trump’s most puzzling Iran move yet is unlikely to work CNN
- Trump asked Muslim leaders to join Abraham Accords after Iran war ends Axios
Nato and EU condemn Russia after drone hits Romanian residential block
Romania says the Russian drone was likely hit over Ukraine by its air defences and altered its trajectory.
Why are people attacking Ebola clinics? It revolves around trust, death and body bags – NPR
- Why are people attacking Ebola clinics? It revolves around trust, death and body bags NPR
- Ebola Ward in Congo Burns After Residents Turn Against Medics The New York Times
- Ebola patients flee in attacks on Congo health facilities, hobbling response Reuters
- Congo’s response to Ebola is late and chaotic The Economist
- Suspected Ebola patients ‘escape’ health center in DR Congo CNN
Lula says Brazil will not be treated like ‘tinpot country’ after US designates gangs as terrorists
Marco Rubio made announcement after meeting president’s far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro
Brazil will not be treated as a “tinpot country,” the country’s president, Luiz Inácio da Silva, said on Friday after the United States designated Brazil’s two largest criminal gangs, the First Capital Command (PCC) and the Red Command, as foreign terrorist organisations.
The announcement, made by Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, on Thursday, is being widely seen in Brazil as a setback for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president who had strongly opposed the designation – and a boost for Lula’s main challenger in October’s presidential election, the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
Continue reading...Jeffrey Donaldson’s letter to alleged victim had ‘nothing to do’ with abuse claims, trial hears
Former DUP leader’s barrister said woman was mistaken in linking letter to his alleged sex offences
Jeffrey Donaldson told a woman who has accused him of sexual assault that he regretted inflicting “hurt, pain and distress”, but his comments were not related to the allegations, a court has heard.
A lawyer for the former MP and Democratic Unionist party leader told Newry crown court on Friday that Donaldson’s letter to the alleged victim had “nothing to do” with her accusations of sexual abuse and referred to other behaviour.
Continue reading...Lone children held at UK-run detention centres in France 284 times last year
Refugee charities say the numbers revealed in freedom of information data are ‘shocking’
Lone children were held at UK-run detention centres in France on nearly 300 occasions last year, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Data obtained by the Guardian shows they are part of about 900 instances when unaccompanied minors have been detained at British short-term facilities near Calais and Dunkirk over the last four years.
Continue reading...Exclusive | The U.A.E.’s Secret Role in the War Involved Dozens of Strikes on Iran – WSJ
- Exclusive | The U.A.E.’s Secret Role in the War Involved Dozens of Strikes on Iran WSJ
- UAE struck Iran dozens of times during war and amid truce, including with Israel — WSJ The Times of Israel
- Report: UAE struck Iran dozens of times in coordination with Israel and U.S. Haaretz
- UAE struck Iran dozens of times with US, Israeli intelligence The Jerusalem Post
- UAE Carried Out Dozens Of Airstrikes On Iran Alongside The US And Israel During War - Report i24NEWS
Russia Heads for Showdown With Armenia Over European Ambitions – Bloomberg.com
- Russia Heads for Showdown With Armenia Over European Ambitions Bloomberg.com
- Moscow-led economic grouping threatens to suspend Armenia over its EU bid AP News
- Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union urges Armenian referendum Euronews.com
- Russia warns Armenia on supplies over EU bid; Trump backs PM Pashinyan Reuters
- Putin warns Armenia against closer EU ties ahead of election Yahoo
Brussels agrees on tougher China trade policy, as Beijing vows retaliation – South China Morning Post
- Brussels agrees on tougher China trade policy, as Beijing vows retaliation South China Morning Post
- Europe Is Edging Closer to a Trade War With China. Here’s Why. The New York Times
- China threatens retaliation over EU moves to curb imports politico.eu
- EU to broaden import quotas and tariffs against China Financial Times
- EU to discuss potential restrictions on Chinese imports amid fears of overreliance The Guardian
Early Addition: Vladimir Putin is trying to grow human organs inside mini-pigs – Gothamist
- Early Addition: Vladimir Putin is trying to grow human organs inside mini-pigs Gothamist
- Inside Putin’s $26 Billion Quest for Longevity WSJ
- Mini-Pigs To Organ Printing, Putin's $26 Billion Anti-Ageing Plan: Report NDTV
- The WSJ reported on the 28th (local time) that Russian President Vladimir Putin is investing 26 bill.. 매일경제
- Putin's $26B mission to live forever includes 3D printed flesh, organ transplants and naked ice baths New York Post
Canadian man admits sending ‘suicide packets’ to hundreds of people around world – The Guardian
- Canadian man admits sending ‘suicide packets’ to hundreds of people around world The Guardian
- Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Aiding 14 Suicides The New York Times
- 'Poison seller' who sold toxic chemicals online to people across world admits aiding suicides BBC
- Former chef pleads guilty to selling lethal substances to 14 people who died by suicide CBS News
- Families speak after Canadian man pleads guilty to selling substances to people who killed themselves Yahoo
Canadian man admits sending ‘suicide packets’ to hundreds of people around world – The Guardian
- Canadian man admits sending ‘suicide packets’ to hundreds of people around world The Guardian
- Canadian Man Pleads Guilty to Aiding 14 Suicides The New York Times
- 'Poison seller' who sold toxic chemicals online to people across world admits aiding suicides BBC
- Former chef pleads guilty to selling lethal substances to 14 people who died by suicide CBS News
- Families speak after Canadian man pleads guilty to selling substances to people who killed themselves Yahoo
British Museum Postpones Jewish Cultural Event, Citing Threat of Disruption – The New York Times
- British Museum Postpones Jewish Cultural Event, Citing Threat of Disruption The New York Times
- British Museum postpones Jewish culture month lecture over protest fears The Guardian
- War against Israel targets the British Museum JNS.org
- British Museum postpones Jewish Culture Month event over security concerns Haaretz
- British Museum postpones Jewish Culture Month event over protest fears BBC
Ex-head monk of China’s ‘kung fu temple’ jailed for embezzlement
Shi Yongxin is sentenced to 24 years in prison for embezzlement and bribery.
Ex-head monk of China’s ‘kung fu temple’ jailed for embezzlement – BBC
- Ex-head monk of China's 'kung fu temple' jailed for embezzlement BBC
- Former head of China's 'kung fu' temple sentenced to 24 years, state media reports Reuters
- Former abbot of China’s famous Shaolin Temple sentenced to 24 years in prison for corruption NBC News
- China sentences former Shaolin abbot to 24 years for corruption South China Morning Post
- China Shaoling Abbot Jail Jonesboro Sun
Kazakhstan offers to take Iran’s uranium stockpile, watchdog says – Financial Times
- Kazakhstan offers to take Iran’s uranium stockpile, watchdog says Financial Times
- Kazakhstan willing to store Iran’s enriched uranium if deal reached, IAEA chief says The Times of Israel
- As the U.S. and Iran continue negotiations over the export and management of about 440 kilograms (97.. 매일경제
- Tokayev, IAEA Chief Deepen Nuclear Cooperation Amid Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Push The Astana Times
- Kazakhstan Offers the IAEA a Practical Option on Iran The Times Of Central Asia
He Snuck Onto a Forbidden Island for YouTube Footage—and He’d Do It Again – Newsweek
- He Snuck Onto a Forbidden Island for YouTube Footage—and He’d Do It Again Newsweek
- U.S. Tourist Arrested for Giving Diet Coke to Tribe Breaks Silence The Daily Beast
- YouTuber Shares Journey To Forbidden North Sentinel Island Yahoo
- YouTuber defends giving Coke to uncontacted tribe which could have wiped them out Daily Star
- Moment YouTuber lands on forbidden island to leave coke can for isolated tribe the-sun.com
Anger at decision not to prosecute Canadian suicide kit supplier in UK
Kenneth Law pleaded guilty in Canada to sending products internationally, knowing they would probably be used to end lives
Bereaved families whose loved ones were the victims of an online supplier of suicide kits say they feel insulted by a decision not to prosecute him in the UK.
Kenneth Law pleaded guilty in a court in Ontario, Canada, to 14 charges of aiding suicide and sending products internationally in the knowledge that they were likely to be used to end lives. He is due to be sentenced at a later date.
Continue reading...Former head of China’s ‘kung fu’ temple sentenced to 24 years, state media reports – Reuters
- Former head of China's 'kung fu' temple sentenced to 24 years, state media reports Reuters
- Ex-head monk of China's 'kung fu temple' jailed for embezzlement BBC
- China sentences former Shaolin abbot to 24 years for corruption South China Morning Post
- Former abbot of China’s famous Shaolin Temple sentenced to 24 years in prison for corruption NBC News
- China Shaoling Abbot Jail Jonesboro Sun
Pope Leo asks Catholics worldwide to pray rosary for peace May 30 – America Magazine
- Pope Leo asks Catholics worldwide to pray rosary for peace May 30 America Magazine
- Pope to lead worldwide Rosary for peace in Vatican Gardens Vatican News
- Vatican announces global rosary for peace with Pope Leo XIV EWTN News
- Pope Leo XIV Prays at End of Marian Month: ‘True Peace Begins in a Heart That Loves’ National Catholic Register
- Today: Join Pope Leo to pray Rosary for peace aleteia.org