‘Replaced with rockets’: Israel’s war strands Gaza pilgrim on Hajj
Iyad Adwan, a displaced Palestinian in Gaza, won’t make the Hajj pilgrimage for a second year in a row.
Troop Casualties in Ukraine War Near 1.4 Million, Study Finds – The New York Times
Colombia rejects Guatemalan court’s arrest warrants for top officials
Colombia says that the action by Guatemalan Prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche is part of a politically motivated campaign.
State Dept spokesperson says she’s ‘being harangued’ over Gaza starvation
Tammy Bruce dismissed questioning from journalists after three months of “being harangued” over starvation in Gaza.
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation names US evangelical leader as new chair
Johnnie Moore, also an adviser to Trump, named as US- and Israeli-backed initiative tries to recover from resignations
An evangelical leader and adviser to Donald Trump on interfaith issues has been appointed the new head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) as the controversial US- and Israeli-backed initiative attempts to recover from top-level resignations during a tumultuous rollout last week.
Johnnie Moore, a member of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom and founder of the boutique advisory firm Kairos Company, was appointed the new head of the GHF after Jake Wood, a former marine, resigned, saying that he could not guarantee the GHF’s independence from Israeli interests.
Continue reading...Geert Wilders: Dutch government collapses as far-right leader exits coalition – BBC
- Geert Wilders: Dutch government collapses as far-right leader exits coalition BBC
- Dutch Government Collapses After Geert Wilders Withdraws Right-Wing Party The New York Times
- ‘He put himself first’: Wilders burns allies in Dutch collapse Financial Times
- The Netherlands' government collapses as far-right leader Wilders quits coalition NBC News
- Far-right leader Geert Wilders throws Dutch politics into turmoil by pulling party from ruling coalition PBS
Kohli wins first IPL title as RCB beat Punjab Kings in final
Virat Kohli and Royal Challengers Bengaluru win first Indian Premier League title, beating Punjab Kings by six runs.
‘Malicious’: New Jersey Mayor Ras Baraka sues US attorney after arrest
Baraka, a candidate for New Jersey's governor race, has condemned members of Trump administration for 'false arrest'.
Will Sheikh Hasina face justice in Bangladesh?
Former prime minister is charged with crimes against humanity but fled to India in 2024.
Five UN food aid workers killed in Sudan ambush as hunger crisis deepens
Deadly attack on UN convoy in Sudan disrupts aid to hunger-stricken families in the war-torn country.
Liberal candidate Lee set to win South Korea presidential election
Lee Jae-myung appears set to win South Korea’s snap presidential election.
Watch: BBC on the ground in Seoul as new president is announced
Opposition's Lee Jae-myung will become South Korea's next president, winning the country's first election since impeachment chaos.
Putin’s uncompromising demands emerge after the latest round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks – AP News
- Putin's uncompromising demands emerge after the latest round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks AP News
- Russia’s Battlefield Woes in Ukraine CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Medvedev says Russia seeks victory, not compromise, in talks with Ukraine Reuters
- Ukraine-Russia peace talks yield no ceasefire, Zelenskyy warns Putin should not be 'rewarded' Fox News
- Putin's demands to Ukraine underscore a position the West has always suspected: No compromise NBC News
Austrian newspaper cuts ties with writer over Clint Eastwood ‘exclusive’
Kurier editor says Q&A that was picked up by other outlets contained old quotes from round-table events
One of Austria’s leading newspapers has severed ties with a Hollywood reporter after admitting she repackaged old comments by Clint Eastwood and presented them as a supposedly exclusive interview.
In an apparent journalistic coup, the Vienna-based daily Kurier published a Q&A with Eastwood last Friday and it was picked up around the world over the weekend due to the Oscar-winning actor’s outspoken criticism of Hollywood’s “era of remakes and franchises”.
Continue reading...Far-right leader Geert Wilders throws Dutch politics into turmoil by pulling party from ruling coalition – PBS
- Far-right leader Geert Wilders throws Dutch politics into turmoil by pulling party from ruling coalition PBS
- The Dutch government has collapsed. What happens next? AP News
- Dutch government in turmoil: What to know The Hill
- Dutch Government Collapses After Geert Wilders Withdraws Right-Wing Party The New York Times
- Why Geert Wilders’ plan to become Netherlands PM may well backfire The Guardian
Major evacuation in Cologne after second world war bombs discovered
About 20,000 people relocated while allied munitions dropped on German city in 1940s are made safe
The biggest evacuation in Cologne since the second world war is under way after the discovery of three unexploded bombs dropped by allied forces 80 years ago.
About 20,000 people are having to leave their homes and businesses, while hotels, a care home for elderly people and a hospital are being evacuated. Three bridges over the Rhine have been closed and rail traffic has been halted or diverted.
Continue reading...US factory orders slump in April as spending on tariff anticipation fades
Orders tumble by 3.7 percent after a rise in March when businesses increased purchases in anticipation of tariffs.
Ukraine claims attack on Kerch Bridge linking Crimea, Russia
Video from Ukraine's SBU shows what the security service says was an attack it conducted on the Kerch Bridge in Crimea.
Masked Israeli troops block media visit to West Bank site of Oscar-winning film
Group of international reporters stopped on way to Masafer Yatta, which features in documentary No Other Land
Masked Israeli soldiers have blocked an international group of reporters from visiting Palestinian villages on the West Bank that have been under sustained attack by Jewish settlers, and which were the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary film.
The Academy Award won by No Other Land has not stopped the attacks on Masafer Yatta, a cluster of villages on the southern edge of the occupied territory, which has been the target of settler violence and house demolitions and forced displacement by the army for many years.
Continue reading...U.S. consulting firm quits Gaza humanitarian aid effort, amid criticism – The Washington Post
- U.S. consulting firm quits Gaza humanitarian aid effort, amid criticism The Washington Post
- At Least 27 Killed After Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Near Gaza Aid Site The New York Times
- IDF says Hamas ‘losing control’ of Gazan population thanks to new aid system The Times of Israel
- Dozens of Palestinians killed near Gaza aid distribution point, health officials say, in third day of shooting CNN
- Dozens reported killed as Israel acknowledges troops opened fire near Gaza food point NPR