Will diplomacy end the conflict in eastern DRC?
Congolese and Rwandan leaders called for a ceasefire after holding direct talks in Qatar.
Europe Hatches Plans for Ukraine Peacekeepers Without U.S. – The Wall Street Journal
- Europe Hatches Plans for Ukraine Peacekeepers Without U.S. The Wall Street Journal
- Military leaders discuss Ukraine peacekeeping force as partial ceasefire plans are worked out The Associated Press
- Starmer warns Putin of ‘severe consequences’ if he breaches peace deal The Guardian
- Starmer ignores Putin to keep pushing Ukraine peacekeeping plan POLITICO Europe
- UK Spearheads Military Planning Discussions for Postwar Ukraine Bloomberg
US to Israel: Don’t strike Houthis in Yemen, ‘leave it to us’ – The Jerusalem Post
- US to Israel: Don't strike Houthis in Yemen, 'leave it to us' The Jerusalem Post
- Israel intercepts missile launched by Houthi rebels as US airstrikes hit Yemen CNN
- A look at Israel’s multilayered air defense as military says it shot down missile from Yemen The Associated Press
- Houthi chutzpah cannot last in face of Israel, US strength - comment The Jerusalem Post
- US said to ask Israel not to respond to Houthi missile attack amid American campaign The Times of Israel
Trump’s demand that US could take over Ukraine’s reactors is not credible
US president’s plan for American firms to run power plants is unrealistic and is opposed by Putin and Zelenskyy
As a demand, it is Donald Trump at his most confusing. The American president appears, at least according to Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, to have told Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that “American ownership” of Ukraine’s four nuclear power plants would be their best protection in future – although the Ukrainian president said on Thursday that “the issue of property, we did not discuss”.
Of the four, the most significant, and the one that Trump has repeatedly referred to in the past week, is the vast, six-reactor Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. It is Europe’s biggest nuclear generator, located on the southern bank of the Dnipro River. Before the full-scale Russian invasion it produced about 20% of the country’s electricity but it is now on the frontline of Europe’s largest war since 1945.
Continue reading...Second night of protest breaks out in Turkey despite ban
Some 37 people have been arrested for "provocative" social media posts, the interior ministry says.
Ukraine, Russia to hold talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia next week
Kyiv and Moscow confirm attendance at separate talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia set for Monday.
Europe’s new unanimity: Orbán doesn’t need to agree – POLITICO Europe
Karla Sofía Gascón says she is ‘less racist than Gandhi’ on return to public eye
Actor suggests she may have been intentionally smeared and says ‘no one has to forgive me’ after recent controversy
Karla Sofía Gascón has described herself as “less racist than Gandhi” and insisted “no one has to forgive me for anything” as she returns to the public eye after the emergence of offensive social media posts widely thought to have torpedoed the Oscar hopes of her film Emilia Pérez.
The Spanish performer, who became the first transgender woman to be nominated for a best actress Oscar, was dropped from the film’s campaigning materials by its studio, Netflix, and criticised by colleagues and prominent politicians after the series of old racist and Islamophobic tweets came to light.
Continue reading...Spanish parliament vote on cutting food waste will end ban on wolf hunting
Amendment brought by coalition of parties says wolves add to food waste due to remains of livestock they kill
The Spanish parliament has voted through a measure that will in effect lift the hunting ban on wolves that was imposed in 2021.
A coalition led by the conservative People’s party, with the support of the far-right Vox party and Basque and Catalan nationalists, added an amendment to a law aimed at reducing Spain’s estimated 1.2bn kilograms of food waste.
Continue reading...‘Extermination camp’ discovery horrifies Mexico – Financial Times
- ‘Extermination camp’ discovery horrifies Mexico Financial Times
- Armed men seen on video targeting group searching for relatives in Jalisco The Associated Press
- Ovens and bone fragments - BBC visits Mexican cartel 'extermination' site BBC.com
- Mexico's top prosecutor denounces state probe of 'ranch of horror' as outrage grows Reuters Canada
- Top Mexican prosecutor investigating alleged cartel killing site where bones, shoes were found: "Truth will come out" CBS News
Kirsty Coventry elected as first female president of IOC
The International Olympic Committee elected Kirsty Coventry as its first female president with a single round of voting.
Kirsty Coventry elected as first woman IOC president
Coventry wins the race to succeed Thomas Bach and will be first African to become International Olympic Committee chief.
West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide
Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brands
West Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, and the cosmetics brands Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory.
All are products that contain palm oil and are made, say the campaigners, by companies that source the ingredient directly from West Papua, which has been under Indonesian control since 1963 and where thousands of acres of rainforest are being cleared for agriculture.
Continue reading...Taliban releases US detainee George Glezmann in Trump administration deal
Glezmann is the third US citizen released by the Taliban since January, as part of agreements brokered by Qatar.
Carney to call snap election as Canada faces trade war with US – reports
The former two-time central banker is expected to pitch himself as the candidate best equipped for a trade battle with the US.
Netanyahu never planned to “Abandon Gaza Militarily”
Netanyahu on Gaza
Israel targeting West Bank refugee camps is ethnic cleansing, analyst
Israel’s targeting of refugee camps to “end the Palestinian refugee issue” is part of plans to ethnically cleanse.
Thousands mourn victims of North Macedonia nightclub fire
Ceremonies held across the country, but main funeral was in Kocani, where 30 victims were buried.
Finland ranked happiest country in the world. The U.S. falls to its lowest-ever position – PBS NewsHour
- Finland ranked happiest country in the world. The U.S. falls to its lowest-ever position PBS NewsHour
- Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position The Associated Press
- Singapore slips in world happiness ranking, gets knocked off top spot in Asia CNA
- These are the world’s happiest countries in 2025 CNN
- US Happiness Sinks As More Americans Eat Alone: Survey Barron's
West Bank Palestinians displaced by Israel’s military fear they’ll never go home again – NPR
- West Bank Palestinians displaced by Israel's military fear they'll never go home again NPR
- Israel targeting West Bank refugee camps is ethnic cleansing, analyst Al Jazeera English
- Lives shattered in Tulkarem amid Israel’s escalating military assault in the West Bank Mondoweiss
- Jenin camp '100 percent destroyed' after two-month Israeli siege The Cradle
- I.O.F. Targets Refugee Camps. Scheerpost.com