Lebanese PM condemns wave of Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon
Israeli attacks come as residents of Lebanon's southern districts prepare to vote in municipal elections on Saturday.
Watch: German troops permanently sent to Lithuania’s eastern border
The German military has not permanently stationed troops on foreign soil since World War Two.
Erdogan denies bid to change Turkey’s constitution means he’ll run as president again
Erdogan has led Turkey for 22 years, and been president for the past 11, but cannot run again without changing the rules.
Damaged homes after small plane crashes into US neighbourhood
A small plane crashed into a US neighbourhood near San Diego early Thursday.
Deported immigrants, mostly Asian and Latino, will be in Djibouti for 2 weeks, White House says – NBC News
- Deported immigrants, mostly Asian and Latino, will be in Djibouti for 2 weeks, White House says NBC News
- Trump Confirms Attempted Deportation of Migrants to South Sudan The New York Times
- A look at the deportees on plane that headed for South Sudan from US AP News
- Trump, White House lash out at judge who ruled on deporting migrants to South Sudan The Washington Post
- White House agrees to keep migrants in Djibouti for now, blasts federal judge's ruling NPR
Russian forces are creating ‘buffer zone’ along Russia-Ukraine border, Putin says – CNN
Is United States debt becoming unsustainable?
Moody's ratings agency has stripped the US of its last perfect credit rating.
Desperate crowds scramble for Gaza’s first freshly baked bread in weeks
Desperately hungry Palestinians scrambled to try and get their share of Gaza’s first freshly baked bread in weeks.
Brazil activists decry green rollbacks as senate passes ‘devastation bill’
Legislation would dismantle regulations in farming, mining and energy, increasing risk of widespread destruction
Environmental activists in Brazil have decried a dramatic rollback of environmental safeguards after the senate approved a bill that would dismantle licensing processes and increase the risk of widespread destruction.
The upper house passed the so-called “devastation bill” with 54 votes to 13 late on Wednesday, paving the way for projects ranging from mining and infrastructure to energy and farming to receive regulatory approval with little to no environmental oversight.
Continue reading...Ramaphosa fails to rebut Trump’s false ‘white genocide’ narrative
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa met Donald Trump in a bid to reset US ties.
JPMorgan’s Dimon warns of US stagflation risk: Report
Economists echo Jamie Dimon’s concerns as US credit downgrade and tariff-driven uncertainty continue.
On the South African road incorrectly identified as a ‘burial site’ by Trump
The US president said video of crosses on the road was evidence of the scale of attacks on white farmers.
Russia says it received Ukraine’s list of names for major prisoner swap
Russia and Ukraine are expected to each swap 1,000 prisoners of war as part of deal reached at recent talks in Istanbul.
Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe
From 2040, Danish people born after 31 December 1970 will be eligible to retire at 70 years old.
Trump blocks Harvard’s ability to enrol international students
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says move is response to university's refusal to comply with Trump's demands.
US Supreme Court hits deadlock in case of publicly funded religious school
The high court's decision avoids setting precedent but allows a lower court's ruling barring the school to stand.
Words won’t save Gaza – The West must stop enabling Israel’s war
After a year of bloodshed, the UK and allies are speaking. Now they must act.
US Supreme Court blocks public funding for religious charter school
A split Supreme Court ruling upholds a lower court decision that prohibited Oklahoma from establishing the nation's first Christian charter school.
Iran would view US as ‘participant’ in any Israeli attack on its nuclear sites
Warning issued after US intelligence reportedly understood Israel might attack if Iran-US talks broke down
Iran has said it will hold the US responsible for any Israeli attack on its nuclear sites in remarks that set a fraught backdrop for the fifth and probably most important round of talks between Iran and the US on the future of Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, issued the warning on Thursday after reports appeared in the American media claiming US intelligence understood Israel was planning an attack on Iranian nuclear sites – with or without American support – if the talks broke down.
Continue reading...Children and elderly are dying from starvation in Gaza, says health minister
UN spokesperson says about 90 aid trucks have entered Gaza, but Palestinian Red Crescent says deliveries have not arrived
Twenty-nine children and elderly people have died from starvation in Gaza in the last two days, the Palestinian Authority health minister has said , as Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people since dawn amid a renewed military offensive across the territory.
The warning came as food aid is expected to start reaching Palestinians in Gaza this week after Israel began allowing limited goods through after nearly three months after global pressure to lift the blockade and halt a newly expanded offensive.
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