Somaliland recognition for forced transfer of Palestinians? ‘Not worth it’
Locals and analysts say reported plan to forcibly move Palestinians from Gaza to Somaliland risks inflaming the region.
EU asylum applications down 23% with huge drop in Syrian requests in 2025
The European Union Agency for Asylum finds that in May only 3,100 Syrian applications were lodged.
Israeli forces destroy another Gaza City apartment building
Israeli forces bomb the eight-storey al-Roya residential building, the third Gaza City high-rise leveled in three days.
Israel depriving Palestinian prisoners of food, its Supreme Court rules
Israel's highest court says Palestinian prisoners are being deliberately starved in harsh prison conditions.
Norway’s tight vote to decide whether to stick with Labour or turn right – BBC
- Norway's tight vote to decide whether to stick with Labour or turn right BBC
- Norway heads to the polls in highly polarised ‘Maga-fication’ election The Guardian
- Norwegians begin voting in tightly fought parliamentary election Reuters
- A longstanding tax on wealth is a central issue as prosperous Norway votes in a close election AP News
- Norway’s centrist PM faces election threat from anti-immigrant right The Times
‘Blood moon’ rises during total lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse brought a 'blood moon' over Asia, Europe, and Africa as stargazers marvelled at the sight.
A New Zealand father who evaded authorities with his 3 children for years is shot dead by the police – ABC News
LIVE: Five killed in East Jerusalem attack; Israeli forces kill 21 in Gaza
Israel intensifies its bombing campaign in Gaza City as US President Donald Trump hints at ceasefire deal.
Huge crowds rally for Brazil’s Bolsonaro ahead of verdict in coup trial
Thousands march in support of and against Brazil's former president ahead of Supreme Court decision on coup attempt.
Japan’s next PM will face a problem that won’t go away with Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation
The ruling Liberal Democratic party is still grappling with the fallout from a years-old funding scandal that may see it go into opposition for just the third time in its history
The precise timing of Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba’s resignation announcement – on a Sunday evening – took many by surprise; but the countdown to his departure arguably began just weeks after he took office.
Having won the presidency of the Liberal Democratic party (LDP) – a formidable political force that has governed Japan for much of the past seven decades – Ishiba called a snap election in search of a public mandate after a major funding scandal, and to silence his opponents on the right of the party.
Continue reading...Australian woman is sentenced to life for poisoning relatives with mushrooms – NPR
- Australian woman is sentenced to life for poisoning relatives with mushrooms NPR
- Australian Woman, Erin Patterson, Gets Life in Mushroom Murder Case The New York Times
- Australian woman convicted of killing 3 with poisonous mushrooms is sentenced NBC News
- Australia mushroom murder survivor Ian Wilkinson's plea to grieve in private as Erin Patterson jailed BBC
- ‘Only you know why’: how mushroom murderer Erin Patterson faced her sentencing The Guardian
‘Suitcase murder’ trial begins in New Zealand
Hakyung Lee is accused of killing her two young children, whose bodies were found stuffed in suitcases.
Norway elections: Why investments in Israel are shaping the vote
Norway's sovereign wealth fund has become a political sticking point over investments linked to Israel's war in Gaza.
India expands censorship powers, lets lower officials demand takedowns
A new censorship mechanism allows even district-level officers to demand social media firms pull down posts.
Huge drugs bust reveals battles on cocaine ‘superhighway’
An audacious attempt to smuggle tonnes of cocaine was stopped, but pressure from drug cartels remains.
Javier Milei suffers stinging setback in Buenos Aires polls – Financial Times
- Javier Milei suffers stinging setback in Buenos Aires polls Financial Times
- Argentina President Milei suffers crushing defeat in Buenos Aires provincial election AP News
- Milei Sticks to Plan After Landslide Defeat in Buenos Aires Bloomberg.com
- Argentina's opposition Peronist party wins election in Buenos Aires province Reuters
- Opinion | Milei’s Experiment May Be Losing Steam The Wall Street Journal
Ukraine’s new interceptor drones destroyed 150 of Russia’s long-range UAVs in a single night, Zelenskyy says – Business Insider
- Ukraine's new interceptor drones destroyed 150 of Russia's long-range UAVs in a single night, Zelenskyy says Business Insider
- Exclusive | AI-Powered Drone Swarms Have Now Entered the Battlefield The Wall Street Journal
- Exclusive: Maker of Ukraine's new Flamingo cruise missile facing corruption probe The Kyiv Independent
- Borscht from the sky: Ukraine uses drones to resupply trench-bound troops The Washington Post
- The world wants Ukraine’s cutting-edge drones, but they aren’t yet for sale The Washington Post
Protests expected as 51 Israeli arms makers among exhibitors at London trade fair
Campaign Against Arms Trade says UK government has hit ‘peak complicity in genocide’ in allowing the firms to exhibit
Fifty-one Israeli arms makers and the US defence giant behind the F-35 fighters used to bomb Gaza are among the 1,600 exhibitors at the biennial DSEI trade show that begins in London’s Docklands on Tuesday.
Their presence will be the focus for hundreds planning to demonstrate outside the four-day arms fair, at which the defence secretary, John Healey, is expected to speak alongside senior British military officials.
Continue reading...Fugitive New Zealand father Tom Phillips killed by police, authorities say
Man who absconded with his three children in 2021 shot dead after firing on police, authorities say.
What it was like inside court as mushroom murderer was jailed for life
The BBC's Katy Watson was in the courtroom as Erin Patterson was sentenced to life.