- Russia planning attack on Nato ‘to test article 5’, warns Germany The Times
- Russia could send "little green men" to test NATO's resolve, German intelligence boss warns Reuters
- Germany plans rapid bunker expansion amid fears of Russian attack The Guardian
- Russia Setting Up to 'Test' NATO in Baltics: German Intelligence Newsweek
- NATO’s Rutte: ‘We’re all on the eastern flank now’ politico.eu
Greek court strips three far-right MPs of seats over electoral fraud
Tribunal rules Spartans lawmakers ‘deceived’ voters after convicted ex-leader of Golden Dawn found to hold influence over party
A landmark court decision has dealt a blow to the far-right movement in Greece after MPs with the neo-fascist Spartans party were deprived of seats in parliament.
Citing electoral fraud, a specially assembled electoral tribunal stripped three of the group’s lawmakers, including its leader, of their status in a move that, for the first time since the collapse of military rule, leaves Athens’ 300-seat parliament operating with just 297 MPs.
Continue reading...Two men jailed for life for supplying car bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia
Robert Agius and Jamie Vella were convicted last week of their role in the anti-corruption journalist’s murder in 2017
Two men have been sentenced to life in prison for supplying the car bomb that killed the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta eight years ago.
The sentencing on Tuesday of Robert Agius and Jamie Vella, reported to be members of the island’s criminal underworld, marked a significant step in the long campaign to bring those charged with Caruana Galizia’s murder to justice.
Continue reading...10 dead in Austria’s deadliest school attack
An ex-student opened fire at a high school, killing at least nine people in the deadliest shooting in Austrian history.
Breaking down the drone ‘revolution’ driven by Russia’s war on Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine are waging a remotely controlled battle in the air and at sea.
Palestinian Authority President Says Hamas Must Exit Gaza – The New York Times
- Palestinian Authority President Says Hamas Must Exit Gaza The New York Times
- France says Palestinian Authority makes ‘unprecedented commitments’ to reform ahead of conference on statehood CNN
- In first, Palestinian Authority’s Abbas condemns Hamas’s October 7 attack The Times of Israel
- Mahmoud Abbas sends letter to Macron outlining steps to end war in Gaza The Jerusalem Post
- Abbas calls for Hamas disarmament, international forces in letter to Macron France 24
Four killed in wave of bomb, gun attacks across southwest Colombia
Colombia on edge as attacks come just days after assassination attempt on conservative presidential hopeful.
7,000 activists begin 300-vehicle convoy from Tunisia to Rafah, aim to open corridor – The Jerusalem Post
- 7,000 activists begin 300-vehicle convoy from Tunisia to Rafah, aim to open corridor The Jerusalem Post
- What is the Global March to Gaza all about? Al Jazeera
- Tunisia activists launch overland Gaza-bound bus convoy to ‘break the siege’ The Times of Israel
- Gaza-bound flotilla and global march ignite hopes that Arabs join the movement Haaretz
- “A Show of Human Solidarity”: Ex-U.S. Diplomat to Join Global March to Gaza to Break Israel’s Siege Democracy Now!
UK sanctions two far-right Israeli ministers for inciting West Bank violence
Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich face travel bans and asset freezes as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway also impose measures
The UK has been joined by Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway in placing sanctions on two Israeli government ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, largely for inciting violence against Palestinians in their campaign to gain control of new settlements in the West Bank.
Ben-Gvir, the security minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government, and Smotrich, the finance minister, will face travel bans and have any assets in the five countries frozen. It was stressed that they were being sanctioned in their personal capacity, placing no restrictions on the ministries they lead. Netanyahu has promised to retaliate.
Continue reading...Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean’s midnight zone in world-first video – Live Science
- Haunting blood-red squid with large hooks drifts through Antarctic ocean's midnight zone in world-first video Live Science
- We've never seen this rare squid alive in the wild—until now National Geographic
- Watch the mesmerizing first-ever footage of a rare Antarctic squid Yahoo
- Deep Sea Squid Caught on Camera Alive for the First Time. The Astonishing Footage Wasn't Planned People.com
- Want To See A Monster From The Deep? Nobody Had Ever Seen This Squid Alive Before IFLScience
Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, Pew study says – NPR
- Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, Pew study says NPR
- How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020 Pew Research Center
- How the global religious landscape has changed since 2010 Deseret News
- Muslims are world’s fastest-growing religious group; Jews far below pre-Holocaust numbers The Times of Israel
- The changing face of faith: Pew report on global religious landscape 2010-2020 Vatican News
Austrians hold minute of silence and vigil for 10 victims of school shooting
Thousands gathered in Graz hours after the deadliest gun attack in the country's recent history.
What’s next in US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown?
The deployment of soldiers on the streets of Los Angeles brings crisis to new level.
‘It’s so painful’: Man City’s Guardiola speaks up on Israel’s war on Gaza
Pep Guardiola says the images out of Gaza 'since the nightmare started' have left him troubled and feeling 'so scared'.
Gunshots heard and students evacuate in videos filmed at Austrian school
Video verified by the BBC shows students being evacuated from the school in the city of Graz.
‘We did nothing wrong’: Greta Thunberg accuses Israel of kidnapping yacht crew
Swedish activist says ‘12 peaceful volunteers’ did not break laws during attempt to bring symbolic aid shipment to Gaza
Hours after being deported from Israel, Greta Thunberg accused the country of kidnapping her and her fellow activists in international waters, adding that she had refused to sign a document stating that she had entered Israel illegally.
Speaking to reporters at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, the Swedish campaigner stressed that she and others on a Gaza-bound ship intercepted by Israel on Monday had simply been attempting to bring much-needed aid to the war-torn territory.
Continue reading...Columbia University deserves to lose its accreditation
Not over the false claims of the Trump administration, but over its failure to protect academic freedom.
World Bank slashes global economic outlook as trade tensions continue
The bank warned that without a swift course correction, the harm to living standards could be 'deep'.
Iran warns against IAEA pressure, Israel attack as more US talks loom
Iran says intelligence documents taken from Israel better prepare it to respond to any potential Israeli air strikes.
Zelenskyy calls for ‘concrete actions’ as Russian strikes hit seven of Kyiv’s 10 districts
Ukraine president criticises lack of response from US and others after one of Moscow’s largest attacks of war on Kyiv
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has voiced his frustration with Donald Trump by calling for “concrete actions” rather than “silence” after Russia launched one of its largest attacks on Kyiv, with seven of the Ukrainian capital’s 10 districts hit overnight.
A total of 315 drones and seven missiles were launched at Ukrainian targets across the country in the early hours of Tuesday, including Odesa in the south-east. But it was the capital that was the focus of Russia’s ferocious barrage.
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