EU agrees sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
The EU's foreign policy chief said "extremism and violence carry consequences", while Israel branded the move "arbitrary".
As Hungary’s new PM, Magyar’s hunt for Orban’s protégés has already begun – France 24
- As Hungary’s new PM, Magyar’s hunt for Orban’s protégés has already begun France 24
- Rhythm nation: politician’s viral dance moves mark new, optimistic era for Hungary The Guardian
- Péter Magyar Led Hungarians out of Autocracy. Where Will He Take Them Now? The New Yorker
- Hungary’s New PM Magyar Demands President Quit in Showdown Bloomberg.com
- Hungary's new PM Magyar sworn in after landslide victory over Orbán BBC
South Africa plans presidential impeachment probe over ‘Farmgate’ scandal – Al Jazeera
- South Africa plans presidential impeachment probe over ‘Farmgate’ scandal Al Jazeera
- Ramaphosa’s Political Peril Earns Shrug from Investors for Now Bloomberg.com
- South African president says he will not step down after impeachment call BBC
- South Africa's Ramaphosa faces down calls to resign over cash-in-sofa scandal Reuters
- Ramaphosa says he will not resign as South Africa opens an impeachment committee over cash scandal AP News
Could the latest violence in DR Congo undermine truce efforts?
Lesser-known armed groups have carried out a spate of attacks in the country's northeast.
South Africa plans presidential impeachment probe over ‘Farmgate’ scandal
The country's parliament says its speaker will begin the process of setting up the impeachment committee.
Congo rebels pull back from key positions amid US pressure – Reuters
Trump says he will discuss arms sales to Taiwan in meeting with China’s Xi
US weapons sales to Taiwan have been longstanding source of tension with Beijing, which claims island as its territory.
EU agrees sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlers, Hamas leaders
The long-awaited agreement comes after Hungary's new government dropped the country's veto.
Journalism Succumbs To Its Wounds – Commentary Magazine
- Journalism Succumbs To Its Wounds Commentary Magazine
- Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians The New York Times
- Israel slams NYT opinion article on Palestinian abuse, ignoring Oct. 7 sexual violence The Jerusalem Post
- Prison Service: NYT article alleging widespread rape of Palestinian prisoners 'entirely unfounded' The Times of Israel
- Israeli forces raided Palestinian women prisoners’ section 10 times in 2 months, group says Anadolu Ajansı
Starmer began the day damaged and then things got worse
A growing number of Labour MPs are in no mood to heed calls from the PM’s allies to keep faith with their leader
“Has Keir done enough to survive?” was the question anxious Labour MPs were asking each other throughout Monday, after the speech regarded by many as crucial to Starmer’s chances of political survival.
But the anxiety for many of them, badly bruised by Thursday’s election crushing, did not stem from concern the prime minister might be ousted. But that he would not.
Continue reading...Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft on its airfields despite mediator role in conflict with U.S. – CBS News
- Pakistan allowed Iran to park military aircraft on its airfields despite mediator role in conflict with U.S. CBS News
- Pakistan Let Iran Park Jets At Nur Khan Airbase To Shield From US Strikes: Report NDTV
- CBS News: Pakistan providing refuge to Iranian military planes as it mediates between sides The Times of Israel
- Pakistan Sheltered Iranian Warplanes During Recent US-Iran Crisis: Report Military.com
- Pakistan parked Iranian planes on its airbases to escape US airstrikes: report Deccan Herald
A Farmer Abandoned Five Cows on a Remote Island in 1871. 130 Years Later, Scientists Opened Their DNA and Froze – The Daily Galaxy
Portrait looted by Nazis found in home of Dutch SS leader’s descendants
The painting is believed to have been plundered by high-ranking Nazi Hermann Goering during World War Two.
Elon Musk and Tim Cook among CEOs expected to accompany Trump on China trip
A total of 17 US executives are set to join the president on his visit, where he will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
UK sanctions network accused of planning attacks for Iran
Britain freezes assets and travel for those accused of laundering billions and plotting Iranian-backed hostile activity.
Philippine senator flees ICC arrest over role in Duterte’s drug war
Senator Ronald Dela Rosa has evaded a drug war warrant against him.
Fan festivals, Panini, tickets: What are FIFA World Cup fans talking about?
From collectible shirts to broadcasting issues, here's what global football fans are discussing before World Cup 2026.
Trump says Iran ceasefire is on ‘massive life support’
The US president criticises an Iranian counteroffer to end the war, and says the month-long ceasefire is "unbelievably weak".
Drug gang attacks ‘force hundreds of Indigenous families to flee’ in Mexico
Violence in Guerrero state has driven as many as 1,000 households from their homes, rights group says
Hundreds of Indigenous families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico by intense attacks from a local criminal group, including drone bombings, an Indigenous rights organisation said on Monday.
A gang known as Los Ardillos has been carrying out attacks in Guerrero state for years, but they started to intensify last week. Villages were subjected to eight hours of bombings on Saturday, the National Indigenous Congress said, forcing between 800 to 1,000 families to flee to other towns.
Continue reading...Trump says ceasefire with Iran on ‘life support’ after rejecting peace proposals
US president says he is considering restarting naval escorts in strait of Hormuz in attempt to end Iranian blockade
Donald Trump has said the ceasefire with Iran is on “life support” and that he is considering restarting US navy military escorts of ships through the strait of Hormuz in an attempt to end the Iranian blockade of the vital waterway.
The US president dismissed Iran’s peace proposals as stupid, and denied he was under any domestic pressure to reach a deal.
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