Tehran shrouded in thick smog as Iran burns dirty fuel amid energy crisis
Nearly 59,000 Iranians die prematurely due to air pollution in year to March, according to officials.
Republika Srpska’s ruling party declares victory in presidential vote
Republika Srpska's ruling party has declared victory and the opposition has claimed fraud in presidential elections.
What are the implications of Israel’s latest attack on Hezbollah?
Haytham Ali Tabatabai is Hezbollah's most senior figure to be killed since a ceasefire began in November 2024.
Ukraine allies give cautious welcome to ‘modified’ peace framework
Trump claims 'big progress', but Russia gives signs of discord as Putin aide Ushakov says changes 'unsuitable for us'.
Brazil’s Supreme Court panel votes to keep Bolsonaro in police custody
Four justices voted to keep the former right-wing president in police custody after his ankle monitor was damaged.
Disarray over leaked US-Russia peace plan is ideal scenario for Putin
Ukraine has been cornered into weighing terms it cannot accept and faces threat of losing its most important ally
The Kremlin has barely lifted a finger in recent days. It hasn’t needed to.
The 28-point US-Russia peace proposal, leaked to the media last week, has thrown Washington, Kyiv and European capitals into disarray, creating precisely the conditions Vladimir Putin has long sought: a negotiating table sharply tilted in the Russian president’s favour, with Ukraine cornered into weighing terms it cannot accept and the threat of losing its most important ally hanging over its head.
Continue reading...Manchester United vs Everton 0-1: Premier League – as it happened
All the updates as Man United squander the chance to go fourth by losing to 10-men Everton at Old Trafford.
IDF kills multiple Hamas terrorists attempting to cross Gaza’s Yellow Line – The Jerusalem Post
- IDF kills multiple Hamas terrorists attempting to cross Gaza's Yellow Line The Jerusalem Post
- IDF vows to hunt down dozens of Hamas fighters still holed up in Rafah The Times of Israel
- IDF battles trapped Hamas fighters in Gaza after ceasefire The Jerusalem Post
- IDF halts all 17 Hamas terrorists who attempted to flee Rafah tunnel following manhunt Yahoo
- IDF says it killed 11, captured six Palestinian militants escaping Gaza tunnel complex Haaretz
What is Cartel de los Soles, which the US is labelling as a terrorist organisation?
The US says it is headed by Venezuela's president and other senior politicians, but some analysts say it does not even exist.
I watched helplessly as gunmen snatched my son, says father after Nigerian school kidnapping
The authorities are trying to rescue more than 250 schoolchildren who were abducted by raiders on motorbikes.
Niger state kidnap: Nigerian father felt helpless as he saw children taken from Catholic school in Papiri – BBC
- Niger state kidnap: Nigerian father felt helpless as he saw children taken from Catholic school in Papiri BBC
- More than 300 children were abducted in an attack on a Catholic school in Nigeria NPR
- Pope Leo calls for the release of hostages in Nigeria and Cameroon Vatican News
- Hundreds of Nigerian students remain captive; Cameroon archbishop warns of church closures Catholic News Agency
- More than 300 students and teachers kidnapped, Christian association says WKRC
I watched helplessly as gunmen snatched my son, says father after Nigerian school kidnapping
The authorities are trying to rescue more than 250 schoolchildren who were abducted by raiders on motorbikes.
Venezuela accuses US of using ‘narco-terrorism’ allegations to justify ‘regime change’
Venezuelan group known as Cartel of the Suns designated as terrorist organization despite doubts over its existence
Venezuela’s government has accused the US of peddling “ridiculous hogwash” about its supposed role in sponsoring “narco-terrorism” as Washington continued to turn up the heat on Nicolás Maduro’s regime and leftwing European politicians warned South America faced being plunged into “a torrent of bloodshed”.
On Monday, the Trump administration officially designated a Venezuelan group known as the “Cartel de los Soles” (the Cartel of the Suns) a terrorist organization – despite widespread doubts over its actual existence.
Continue reading...Good Settler, Bad Settler – Defector
- Good Settler, Bad Settler Defector
- ‘We cannot remain silent’: 400 Gush Etzion residents sign petition against settler attacks The Times of Israel
- Settlers set fire to cars in latest West Bank arson as Israeli PM convenes meeting about settler violence CNN
- Surge in Israeli settler violence shakes West Bank Financial Times
- Netanyahu convenes cabinet on settler violence in the West Bank that continues unabated NBC News
UK rejects Nigerian request to deport former politican jailed for organ trafficking
Ike Ekweremadu serving prison sentence after being found guilty of conspiring to exploit a man for his kidney
The UK government has rejected a request by Nigeria to deport a former senior Nigerian politician convicted of organ trafficking.
Ike Ekweremadu, 63, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate and ally of the former president Goodluck Jonathan, is serving a sentence of nine years and eight months after being found guilty in 2023 of conspiring to exploit a man for his kidney.
Continue reading...Grisly Killings of a Married Couple Spark New Sectarian Unrest in Syria – The New York Times
- Grisly Killings of a Married Couple Spark New Sectarian Unrest in Syria The New York Times
- Syria extends Homs curfew as killings threaten to inflame sectarian tension Al Jazeera
- Homs establishes curfew, heavy security after murder The Jerusalem Post
- Alawite homes set on fire in new sectarian attacks in Syria thenationalnews.com
- Homs | Internal security forces extend curfew following attack on predominantly-Alawite neighbourhoods المرصد السوري لحقوق الإنسان
New Zealand says it’s going to eradicate feral cats – CNN
- New Zealand says it’s going to eradicate feral cats CNN
- ‘Stone-cold killers’: New Zealand to eradicate feral cats by 2050 The Guardian
- Why Are There So Few Rules For The Millions Of Cats That Damage Our Biodiversity? Community Scoop
- #weekends Aotearoa and the Feral Cat problem – its big Waatea News
- The controversial 'secondary kill' plan to eliminate feral cats on Stewart Island RNZ
G20 declaration in defiance of US marks rare victory for multilateralism – Reuters
- G20 declaration in defiance of US marks rare victory for multilateralism Reuters
- The G20 summit in South Africa ends with the glaring absence of the US after Trump’s boycott CNN
- Macron, who called NATO brain dead, warns of end to G-20 Fortune
- Cyril Ramaphosa closes G20 summit after US boycott and handover row The Guardian
- The Road From Africa’s G20 Summit to Trump’s ‘America First’ Priorities Council on Foreign Relations
Kremlin says European counter-proposal for Ukraine peace does not work for Russia – Reuters
- Kremlin says European counter-proposal for Ukraine peace does not work for Russia Reuters
- Ukraine allies give cautious welcome to ‘modified’ peace framework Al Jazeera
- Ukraine peace talks: What's at stake for the Europeans? Euronews.com
- Full text of European counter-proposal to US Ukraine peace plan Reuters
- Trump hints at ‘something good’ after Ukraine peace talks as EU says ‘work remains’ – Europe live The Guardian
China to launch Shenzhou-22 spacecraft on November 25 – Reuters
- China to launch Shenzhou-22 spacecraft on November 25 Reuters
- China launches first emergency mission to Tiangong space station Reuters
- China to Launch Rescue Shenzhou-22 Spacecraft for Stranded Astronauts Scientific American
- Shenzhou 22 launches uncrewed to Chinese Tiangong space station NASASpaceFlight.com -
- China sends emergency return vehicle to space station to replace damaged craft South China Morning Post