Djibouti refugee crisis worsens as more than 2,700 Yemenis arrive
More than 2,700 Yemenis have fled to Djibouti, many making dangerous sea crossings to escape the conflict.
Russia reports ‘powerful’ cyberattacks on second day of parliamentary vote
This is Russia's first election since it invaded Ukraine, and is expected to gauge public support for the ongoing war.
College of the damned: 3 female students at Mexican university murdered in last 7 months – nypost.com
- College of the damned: 3 female students at Mexican university murdered in last 7 months nypost.com
- Four female students murdered in seven months at the University of Morelos, where Claudia Tacoronte was studying EL PAÍS English
- Father of murdered Spanish student arrives in Mexico after suspect detained Reuters
- 21 Year Old Spanish Exchange Student Stabbed to Death at Mexican Festival Yahoo
- Call With Donald Trump / Claudia Tacoronte Feminicide Mexico Business News
UEFA defends policy after rejecting Ireland’s request not to play Israel
UEFA responds after Ireland's football association says its request to avoid future pairings with Israel was rejected.
Syria says blast at military site in Deir Az Zor killed 11
Syrian army holds funeral for soldiers killed in ammunition blast in town of Ayyash, in western Deir Az Zor, on Friday.
Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims sue California museum over Nazi-looted art
Pasadena’s Norton Simon Museum holds 16th-century paintings stolen by the Nazis during the second world war
Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims and their representatives have filed two lawsuits in California staking their claims to Nazi-looted paintings that still hang on the walls of prominent museums in Los Angeles and Auschwitz.
This pair of lawsuits are the first to be filed after the recent passage of laws by California and the US Congress, which strengthen US-based claims to artwork that were forcibly taken from Jewish families during the second world war.
Continue reading...Trump to meet with Venezuela’s interim president, other leaders during UN General Assembly: Official – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Trump to meet with Venezuela's interim president, other leaders during UN General Assembly: Official ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Trump to meet with Venezuela's interim president Rodriguez in New York on Tuesday Reuters
- Trump to meet acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez in New York next week, White House says AP News
- National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Fay forms in the northern Atlantic Journal-News.com
- Scoop: Trump expected to meet with Venezuela's new leader Axios
Iran war causes global pain at the pump – Axios
- Iran war causes global pain at the pump Axios
- As price of fuel ratchets up, so does anger of people who can no longer afford it CNN
- Syria offers cheaper diesel after fuel-price protests Reuters
- Syrians Protest as Surge in Fuel Prices Adds to Cost-of-Living Crisis The New York Times
- Rising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the World The New York Times
Fear and anger in South Africa as bodies of nine women found: What we know – Al Jazeera
- Fear and anger in South Africa as bodies of nine women found: What we know Al Jazeera
- South Africa police arrest three after woman's body found BBC
- After deaths of nine women, South Africans gather to run, mourn and demand change Reuters
- ‘We are prey’: discovery of seven women’s bodies fuels anger over femicide in South Africa The Guardian
- 3 suspects arrested in relation to one of a series of killings of women in South Africa 10TV
Converse pulls ‘deeply upsetting’ advert after backlash
Social media users say an image from the brand's Instagram account resembled a KKK hood and hanging.
A Small Country’s Huge Windfall from the War in Iran – The New York Times
- A Small Country’s Huge Windfall from the War in Iran The New York Times
- Non-oil sectors at risk from too much reliance on oil – APNU Demerara Waves Online News- Guyana
- Guyana oil exports hit record $15 billion in first half Upstream Online
- ‘Uniting Guyana is my above all task’ Guyana Chronicle
- Guyana Registers Strong Economic Growth in the First Half of 2026 Caribbean Today
All EU sanctions linked to Russia’s war may expire as France, Slovakia seek to delist oligarchs – The Kyiv Independent
- All EU sanctions linked to Russia's war may expire as France, Slovakia seek to delist oligarchs The Kyiv Independent
- France and Slovakia's threat to scupper 3,000 EU sanctions to protect two Russian oligarchs gathers steam The Kyiv Independent
- EU nears deal to break impasse over French request to delist Usmanov Euronews.com
- 'Immoral and self-destructive' - Zelensky blasts EU for considering lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs PressReader
- EU ambassadors once again fail to extend sanctions against Putin and Ukraine’s ex-president Yanukovych pravda.com.ua
Google’s Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test
The AI model accessed the internet and guessed credentials to three websites, a Google official told the BBC.
Trump’s battle to rename the Kennedy Center has put its future at risk
The president has threatened to block renovations and suggested the landmark could be demolished after courts ruled against his bid to rename it
It was born with the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass. “Young people will come here and they will see this cultural centre,” Rose Kennedy, the mother of slain US president John F Kennedy, said at that opening night gala. “They will carry some of these ideas back to their different communities.”
More than half a century later, the potential death knell came just after 4.30pm on Tuesday with a perfunctory announcement on the public address system: “The centre is now closed to the public. Please exit the centre by way of the Hall of States.” Soon barricades had been erected and security guards were blocking access.
Continue reading...An unaffordable car market highlights Iran’s cost-of-living crisis – Al Jazeera
- An unaffordable car market highlights Iran’s cost-of-living crisis Al Jazeera
- Inside Iran: A reporter's account of living through war and economic strangulation PBS
- Tehran ‘ashamed’ as Iranians struggle to make ends meet iranintl.com
- Iran’s currency slide pushes costs as household purchasing power falls Caliber.Az
- Food Prices Surge, Fuel Lines Persist as Tehran Treats Economic Strain as a Security Threat National Council of Resistance of Iran - NCRI
Smoke seen near Riyadh airport after air raid alerts in Saudi capital – ca.news.yahoo.com
Scottish Labour’s new leader backs Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gasfields
Michael Marra supports development of the North Sea sites, calling for a ‘more rational’ approach to energy policy
Scottish Labour’s new leader Michael Marra has backed the development of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gasfields in the North Sea in one of his first acts after being elected, calling for a “more rational” approach to energy policy.
On Saturday, the MSP for North East Scotland won a near two-thirds majority to lead the party in Holyrood, becoming Scottish Labour’s 11th leader. He replaces Anas Sarwar after his shock decision to resign in July to join Andy Burnham’s new government as a trade minister.
Continue reading...UN condemns ‘shocking pattern’ of sexual violence by Russian troops in Ukraine – Euronews.com
- UN condemns 'shocking pattern' of sexual violence by Russian troops in Ukraine Euronews.com
- Widespread sexual violence in Ukraine war, most cases tied to Russia, says UN report Reuters
- Russian troops’ barbaric rape campaign in Ukraine includes 4-year-old girl: UN report nypost.com
- 'Abhorrent acts' — Russian forces committed widespread sexual violence in Ukraine since full-scale invasion, UN reports The Kyiv Independent
- The U.N. has documented more than 1,000 cases of sexual violence in Russia’s war against Ukraine. It attributes 89% to Russia, and most of the victims are men. Meduza