Fourteen-year-old Palestinian Killed in Central Gaza After Air-dropped Aid Box Fell on Him – Haaretz

  1. Fourteen-year-old Palestinian Killed in Central Gaza After Air-dropped Aid Box Fell on Him  Haaretz
  2. Aid drops over Gaza criticized for being dangerous as starvation mounts under Israel offensive  NBC News
  3. Palestinian boy killed in Gaza aid drop as starvation toll rises to 217  Al Jazeera
  4. IDF says some 131 tons of food aid airdropped into Gaza today by 7 countries  The Times of Israel
  5. A father criticised the use of airdrops in Gaza. Five days later, he was killed by a falling pallet  Sky News
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Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal – Reuters

  1. Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal  Reuters
  2. President Trump Brokers Another Historic Peace Deal  The White House (.gov)
  3. Donald Trump brokers a peace plan in the Caucasus  The Economist
  4. Leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan Sign Peace Pledge at White House  The New York Times
  5. A Nobel Peace Prize for Trump? World leaders are lining up  USA Today
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‘We’ll beg for the Iron Dome’: Germany’s Merz faces backlash over Israel arms embargo – Ynetnews

  1. 'We'll beg for the Iron Dome’: Germany’s Merz faces backlash over Israel arms embargo  Ynetnews
  2. Merz: Germany's support for Israel hasn't changed, but we cannot support Gaza City takeover  The Times of Israel
  3. Germany updates: Israel arms halt met with CDU/CSU backlash  DW
  4. Germany, long opposed to E.U. pressure on Israel, suspends arms shipments  The Washington Post
  5. Germany's arms embargo on Israel isn't a betrayal, it's a moral reckoning | Opinion  Haaretz
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Iran and Russia stand to lose from US deal with Azerbaijan and Armenia

Trump-brokered peace treaty predicted to suffocate geopolitical influence of Washington’s rivals in region

Iran expressed concern about foreign interference on Saturday, fearing it had been carved out of a declaration brokered by Donald Trump between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The two countries have come closer to ending 35 years of enmity by signing a peace treaty in Washington and agreeing to a US private consortium taking control of a strategic corridor on Iran’s border.

The corridor passing through southern Armenia will link Azerbaijan with its exclave Nakhchivan, a longstanding demand of Baku. The US will operate the corridor under Armenian sovereignty on a 99-year land lease, changing the balance of power in the region. Some Iranian commentators claimed the deal amounts to “Iran’s geopolitical suffocation in the region”.

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Three Thai soldiers injured by landmine on border with Cambodia, army says

Thai military accuses neighbouring country of planting concealed weapons in violation of international law

Three Thai soldiers were injured on Saturday after one tripped a landmine in territory along its frontier with Cambodia, Thailand’s army has said as it accused the neighbouring country of planting concealed weapons in violation of international law.

The incident, in which a Thai sergeant major suffered severe injuries, came two days after the countries reasserted their commitment to a ceasefire that ended a brief but intense period of fighting. Cambodia denies the accusation.

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North Korea is removing some of its speakers from their tense border, South Korea military says – CBS News

  1. North Korea is removing some of its speakers from their tense border, South Korea military says  CBS News
  2. North Korea dismantles propaganda speakers at border  BBC
  3. North Korea starts dismantling some border loudspeakers, South Korea says  Reuters
  4. North Korea starts to dismantle border loudspeakers  DW
  5. South Korea claims North Korea has removed speakers from tense border  The Independent
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‘A deadly scheme’: Palestinians face indiscriminate gunfire at food sites – The Guardian

  1. ‘A deadly scheme’: Palestinians face indiscriminate gunfire at food sites  The Guardian
  2. US-backed aid distribution points in Gaza are sites of orchestrated killing  Doctors Without Borders
  3. Gaza aid distribution declared ‘orchestrated killing’ by MSF  Al Jazeera
  4. Team Leader at Gaza Aid Distribution Sites Belongs to Anti-“Jihad” Motorcycle Club, Has Crusader Tattoos  The Intercept
  5. International aid agencies hold secret collaboration meeting with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation  The New Humanitarian
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Six Lebanese soldiers killed in explosion in southern Lebanon – Al Jazeera

  1. Six Lebanese soldiers killed in explosion in southern Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  2. Six Lebanese soldiers killed in blast while seizing Hezbollah munitions  The Times of Israel
  3. Explosion kills six members of army in southern Lebanon  Reuters
  4. Lebanon: 6 soldiers killed in blast at Hezbollah arms depot  DW
  5. Hezbollah military facility explosion: 5 soldiers killed while clearing munitions; Lebanese PM pays tribu  Times of India
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Women call out ‘creepy’ experiences on Vinted as trolls and image thieves target site

Scrutiny of selling platforms grows as female users warning of harassment on sites after photos stolen and sexualised

Users of secondhand clothing websites such as Vinted are warning about the danger their images will be used against their will on pornography sites, and sounding the alarm about the spread of sexually charged harassment under their posts.

The potential for hijacking photos posted on the internet for real or faked erotic content has long been known, but victims and their advocates say culprits appear to have zeroed in on Vinted with targeted campaigns.

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Eleven more die from malnutrition in Gaza, Hamas-run health ministry says – BBC

  1. Eleven more die from malnutrition in Gaza, Hamas-run health ministry says  BBC
  2. Gaza’s Hamas-run authorities claim 37 killed by IDF fire Saturday, mostly aid seekers  The Times of Israel
  3. Israeli plan to seize Gaza City an ‘unprecedented provocation’, Palestinian Authority says – as it happened  The Guardian
  4. Gaza: Israeli Killings of Palestinians Seeking Food Are War Crimes  Human Rights Watch
  5. Dozens killed seeking aid in Gaza as Israel weighs further military action  AP News
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Israeli plan to seize Gaza City an ‘unprecedented provocation’, Palestinian Authority says – as it happened

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Iran’s judiciary said Saturday it was investigating the cases of 20 people arrested over their suspected links with Israel following the 12-day war between the two arch-foes.

“These cases were immediately filed under the supervision of the esteemed investigators and are being investigated,” Judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir told reporters in Tehran, adding that further information would be shared as it became available.

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Path to peace cannot be decided without Ukraine, says Europe

Ukrainian and European partners to join UK foreign secretary and US vice-president at Chevening for talks

The UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, and the US vice-president, JD Vance, held a meeting with Ukrainian and European partners in Britain on Saturday to discuss the drive for peace in Ukraine.

The summit comes before a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin set for next Friday in Alaska. In a comment that that was met with pushback from Kyiv, the US president said that an end to the war must involve “some swapping of territories”. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stressed early on Saturday that “Ukrainians will not give their land to occupiers”.

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