Israeli president pardons combat medic who shot dead wounded Palestinian attacker

Elor Azaria’s conviction in 2017 for manslaughter of man who stabbed soldier continues to divide country

Israel’s president has pardoned a combat medic who shot dead a badly wounded Palestinian attacker who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank, in a case that divided the country a decade ago.

Elor Azaria’s conviction in 2017 for manslaughter and his release after serving two-thirds of his 18-month sentence drew enormous attention in Israel, where military service is compulsory for most Jewish men.

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Oct. 7 footage taken by Gazan not published to avoid harming Palestinian mob – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Oct. 7 footage taken by Gazan not published to avoid harming Palestinian mob  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Gazan activist admits self-censorship by journalists in the Strip over Hamas criticism  Jewish News
  3. Gaza's Celebrity Photographer Motaz Azaiza Gives a Disturbing Account of What He Did on October 7  KSLM Radio
  4. Moataz Azaiza: Gaza Journalists Turn Cameras Away from Hamas Critics  MEMRI | Middle East Media Research Institute
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Group With Al Qaeda Links Claims Responsibility for Attack in Pakistan – The New York Times

  1. Group With Al Qaeda Links Claims Responsibility for Attack in Pakistan  The New York Times
  2. Kohat: At least 21 killed in attack on mosque in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa  BBC
  3. Pakistani forces end 20-hour standoff with militants in the northwest  AP News
  4. Death toll at 31 in Pakistan police compound attack, AFP reports  Reuters
  5. Bomb attack at Pakistan mosque kills at least 31 people  Al Jazeera
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Dutch riot police break up violent far-right protest in The Hague

Authorities ban anti-immigration march after fireworks and other projectiles thrown at officers in city centre park

Dutch riot police dispersed several hundred far-right protesters in The Hague on Saturday after violence erupted and local authorities banned a planned march in the city against immigration and asylum policies.

The Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported that 24 people had been arrested, after some protesters threw fireworks and other projectiles at police.

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Turkey says it could help meet Saudi military needs under defence pact – Reuters

  1. Turkey says it could help meet Saudi military needs under defence pact  Reuters
  2. Turkiye backs Saudi Arabia’s security amid escalating Houthi attacks: FM  Al Jazeera
  3. World’s 9th strongest military backs Saudi Arabia after Houthi drone attack near Mecca as Yemen militants forge deeper ties with an African terror group  Business Insider Africa
  4. Taking on the Houthis? Turkey could pay a steep price  Middle East Eye
  5. Fidan announces creation of Mecca Alliance headquarters — Anadolu Agency  UA.NEWS
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Victorian Labor promises new offences to close domestic and family violence ‘loopholes’

Premier Ben Carroll vows to legislate new form of manslaughter and increase maximum penalty for rape to life imprisonment

A re-elected Victorian Labor government will create two new Australian-first offences aimed at closing “loopholes” it says have allowed perpetrators of family violence to escape punishment.

On Sunday, the premier, Ben Carroll, will announce an election commitment to legislate a new form of manslaughter covering cases in which a person takes their own life as a result of family violence, as well as a new offence covering perpetrators abandoning a victim in need of medical care.

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Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century – AP News

  1. Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, the first named in over a century  AP News
  2. Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years  nationalgeographic.com
  3. Meet Earth’s newest wild cat species, living in Bolivia and the first named in over a century  PBS
  4. New wild cat species discovered after hiding in plain sight for more than a century  foxweather.com
  5. New tiger cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century  Al Jazeera
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