- China Sends Anti-Ship Bomber, Frigates to Scarborough Shoal navalnews.com
- People’s Republic of China National Day U.S. Department of State (.gov)
- Philippines says important that China does not militarise disputed Scarborough Shoal Reuters
- China's coast guard holds National Day celebrations at disputed shoal claimed by Philippines AP News
- Chinese coastguards ‘committed to sacred mission’ in Scarborough Shoal dispute South China Morning Post
Israel steps up deportations of flotilla activists
Another 137 people from 14 countries were deported after being detained while trying to deliver aid to Gaza.
Four Gaza flotilla activists deported by Israel
The four already deported are Italian citizens, the Israeli foreign ministry says.
‘On our own territory’: Colombia’s last nomadic tribe fights to return home
Disease decimated the isolated Nukak people of Colombia. Now, leaders are fighting deforestation to reclaim their lands.
Czechs vote in elections that could usher in populist billionaire
Self-described 'Trumpist' Andrej Babis has campaigned on pledges of welfare and halting military aid to Ukraine.
Czechs begin voting in election that could return populist to power
Billionaire Andrej Babiš hands out doughnuts on first day of voting as polls predict his ANO party will win
Czechs have begun voting in an election likely to oust their centre-right government, with polls favouring the populist billionaire Andrej Babiš to return to power on pledges to raise wages and improve growth while reducing aid for Ukraine.
The change would boost Europe’s populist anti-immigration camp and could complicate consensus on climate policies in a country where no sitting government has won a second term since 1996.
Continue reading...Climbing star, 23, dies after falling from Yosemite’s El Capitan
Balin Miller's solo climb and fall was caught on a live stream.
Climbing star, 23, dies after falling from Yosemite’s El Capitan
Balin Miller's solo climb and fall was caught on a live stream.
Pakistan FM says Trump’s plan to end Israel’s Gaza war was altered
The official objects to changes made to the US 20-point Gaza war plan, saying it deviates from the original draft.
Blackout in Spain and Portugal ‘first of its kind’, report finds
The massive blackout that hit the Iberian peninsula is the first known
blackout caused by overvoltage.
Blackout in Spain and Portugal ‘first of its kind’, report finds
The massive blackout that hit the Iberian peninsula is the first known
blackout caused by overvoltage.
Why is Israel’s interception of the Gaza flotilla illegal?
Israel has intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla sailing to Gaza and detained hundreds of crew members.
What are Trump’s new rules for universities to qualify for federal funding?
The White House sent the 'Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education' to nine US universities.
Fears Quebec Starbucks gang shooting could signal shift to brazen tactics
Local media named victim as Charalambos Theologou, shot as groups vie for power after arrests of alleged mafia bosses
The brazen daylight killing of a prominent Quebec gang leader inside a suburban Starbucks in the outskirts of Montreal this week could signal a new, more chaotic and brash environment when it comes to organised crime, observers say.
The arrests of alleged senior, older members of Montreal’s mafia in June has potentially left a chasm – meaning newer, younger gangs are attempting to gain a foothold.
Continue reading...Israel seizes last flotilla boat, readies to deport hundreds, as more ships set sail for Gaza – The Times of Israel
- Israel seizes last flotilla boat, readies to deport hundreds, as more ships set sail for Gaza The Times of Israel
- Israel intercepts almost all flotilla vessels trying to reach Gaza CNN
- Sheffield mother agonizes after sons aboard flotilla detained by Israeli forces The Boston Globe
- Israeli military intercepts final aid boat as new flotilla sails to Gaza Reuters
- Israel claims no aid was found aboard Gaza-bound flotilla Fox News
Israeli military intercepts last Gaza Flotilla boat
Israeli forces intercepted and boarded the Marinette, the last boat of the Global Sumud Flotilla that was still sailing.
Final boat of 42-strong pro-Palestinian flotilla intercepted by Israel
Protest vessel intercepted in the early hours of Friday morning 42.5 nautical miles from the coast of Gaza
The last boat of the 42 vessels in the Gaza humanitarian flotillathat sought to breach Israel’s 16-year maritime blockade has been intercepted by Israeli forces.
A live stream from the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) had late on Thursday evening shown the Polish-flagged sailing boat Marinette still “sailing strong towards Gaza” after the Israeli government claimed to have halted the flotilla carrying about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists including Greta Thunberg.
Continue reading...UK police urge cancellation of Palestine protest after Manchester attack
Protest group Defend Our Juries has said in response a planned demonstration for this weekend will still take place.
“Pattern” emerging of EU airports disrupted by drones
“This is a worrying portent of the nature of security threats to airports, in particular, to come.”
FIFA “violating its own commitments” by not banning Israel
Omar Shakir talks about FIFA and whether Israel should be allowed to play as its military carries out a genocide in Gaza