- UK military launches airstrikes with US targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels AP News
- UK launches strikes against Houthis in Yemen, in first joint US operation under Trump CNN
- UK launches Yemen airstrikes, joining US campaign against Houthi rebels The Guardian
- U.K. Joins U.S. in Strike Against Houthis in Yemen The New York Times
- UK joins US air strikes on Houthi rebel sites in Yemen Al Jazeera
Kashmir attack: How India might strike Pakistan – what history tells us
From aerial strikes to covert ground operations, India has used a range of means to hit Pakistan in the past. What now?
New Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to a Foreign Government – The New York Times
- New Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to a Foreign Government The New York Times
- Trump company strikes Qatari golf resort deal in a sign it's not holding back from foreign business AP News
- New Trump Golf Course, $5.5 Billion Beachside Project Announced for Qatar Newsweek
- Exclusive: Trump's first real estate project in Qatar to be announced by Qatari Diar, Dar Global Reuters
- Trump is building his Middle Eastern riviera, but in the Gulf Middle East Eye
An open secret – Meduza
- An open secret Meduza
- About 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded fighting for Russia, South Korea says AP News
- Putin Thanks Kim for North Korean Troops Fighting Against Ukraine The New York Times
- About 600 North Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia, Seoul says Euronews.com
- What's next for North Korean troops fighting for Russia? A possible Ukraine deployment, experts, officials say The Kyiv Independent
Who is H Fong, the man authorising the flurry of annoying Trumpet of Patriots text messages in Australia?
Unsolicited texts authorised by Harry Fong, a Senate candidate for Queensland and ‘highly respected barrister’ who befriended Clive Palmer in 1970s
- Why am I getting Trumpet of Patriots ‘spam’ text messages? Are they legal – and can I stop them?
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Australians have been infuriated this election cycle, yet again, by a deluge of unsolicited text messages from a political party associated with Clive Palmer.
“You don’t need to be welcomed to your own country, 3% home loans Vote 1 Trumpet of Patriots,” some of the texts read.
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Continue reading...One Nation candidate poised to help Coalition in handshake deal has railed against climate science and Covid ‘little Hitlers’
Exclusive: Stuart Bonds could hand the Nationals the seat of Hunter thanks to a preference deal and ‘last minute’ change to how-to-vote cards
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A One Nation candidate who could hand the Nationals the seat of Hunter, thanks to a handshake preference deal, has called public health officials “little Hitlers” and promoted a conspiracy theory alleging the government has used the climate crisis to control every aspect of people’s lives.
Stuart Bonds told a livestreamed forum with rightwing activists last week that the federal government should not do anything to address climate change. He also claimed “a crime” was committed against Australians during the Covid pandemic, alleging they were used “as an experiment to sell pharmaceutical projects”.
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Continue reading...Iranian port blast could be ‘planned attack, not an accident,’ IDF Gen. says – interview – The Jerusalem Post
- Iranian port blast could be ‘planned attack, not an accident,’ IDF Gen. says - interview The Jerusalem Post
- Iran accused of 'covering up' death toll in port explosion amid concerns of uprising Fox News
- Putin orders Russian emergency planes to Iran after blast at port of Bandar Abbas NBC News
- The epicenter of an explosion at an Iranian port is tied to a charity overseen by its supreme leader AP News
- Cargo That Set Off Blast at Iran Port Was Improperly Documented, Investigators Say The New York Times
Venezuelan detainees at Texas center spell out SOS with their bodies
Men at Bluebonnet fear deportation to El Salvador under wartime law despite maintaining they do not have gang ties
Detainees at the Bluebonnet immigrant detention center in the small city of Anson, Texas, sent the outside world a message this week: SOS.
With a Reuters drone flying nearby, 31 men formed the letters in the dirt yard of the facility on Monday.
Continue reading...Gen Assimi Goïta: Mali coup leader wins backing to be president for next five years – BBC
- Gen Assimi Goïta: Mali coup leader wins backing to be president for next five years BBC
- Mali national dialogue recommends naming junta leader Goita president with five-year term Reuters
- Winning hearts and power: how Mali’s military regime gained popular support The Conversation
- Mali: Authorities must abandon alarming proposal to dissolve political parties Amnesty International
- Mali Junta Leader Gets Backing to Serve as President Until 2030 Bloomberg.com
Report: Journo Held by Russia Tortured, Had Organs Swiped – Newser
- Report: Journo Held by Russia Tortured, Had Organs Swiped Newser
- Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture and with missing organs CNN
- ‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison The Guardian
- Journalist was tortured and had her organs removed in Russian captivity, report says NBC News
- Ukraine journalist who died in Russian captivity was tortured and had her organs removed, joint media report says CBS News
Suspect in Vancouver vehicle attack that killed 11 was on ‘extended leave’ from mental health care – NBC News
- Suspect in Vancouver vehicle attack that killed 11 was on 'extended leave' from mental health care NBC News
- Despair Blankets Scene of Car-Ramming Attack at Festival The New York Times
- Here's what we know about the confirmed victims of the Lapu-Lapu Day festival tragedy in Vancouver CBC
- Two young Metro Vancouver couples among dead, injured in Lapu Lapu Day tragedy Vancouver Sun
- Alleged SUV attacker deemed high risk for mental health deterioration without his medication The Globe and Mail
Iran executes man accused of helping Israel kill Revolutionary Guards colonel
Mohsen Langarneshin is accused of being ‘senior spy’ for Mossad, but human rights groups say he was innocent
Iran has executed a 36-year-old man it accused of helping the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, kill a senior officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Tehran in 2022.
Iranian state media said Mohsen Langarneshin was hanged, the usual method of execution in Iran, at Ghezel Hesar prison early on Wednesday morning.
Langarneshin’s family and human rights groups insisted the former IT consultant was innocent of the charges against him and that any reported confessions were obtained by torture or blackmail.
Continue reading...Deadly Syria clashes continue for second day outside Damascus
At least 16 civilians and security officials killed in Druze-majority areas around capital on Wednesday
At least 16 civilians and security officials have been killed in clashes in a town near Damascus, Syria’s interior ministry reported, the second consecutive day of fighting in Druze-majority areas around Syria’s capital.
Reports on Wednesday said fighting had started overnight in the town of Ashrafiah Sahnaya, south-west of Damascus, after unknown gunmen attacked a security checkpoint. An attack on the Druze-majority Damascus suburb of Jaramana a day earlier left at least 10 people dead, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Continue reading...2 cardinal electors, from Spain and Kenya, will not attend upcoming conclave – Catholic News Agency
- 2 cardinal electors, from Spain and Kenya, will not attend upcoming conclave Catholic News Agency
- Cardinal Who Threatened to Crash the Conclave Now Says He Won’t The New York Times
- Cardinals recognize right to vote of all Cardinal electors in conclave Vatican News
- Disgraced Cardinal Becciu formally withdraws from participation in conclave to elect pope AP News
- When is the conclave? The Vatican sets date to elect new head after Pope Francis' death USA Today
Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture and with missing organs – CNN
- Body of Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian detention returned by Moscow with signs of torture and with missing organs CNN
- Journalist was tortured and had her organs removed in Russian captivity, report says NBC News
- ‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison The Guardian
- Viktoriia Project: a story of captivity and torture endured by journalist Roshchyna and thousands of Ukrainians imprisoned by Russia Українська правда
- She tried to expose Russia’s brutal detention system — and ended up dead The Washington Post
At least three deaths linked to massive Spain power cut
Authorities are investigating whether a family of three died in circumstances linked to Monday's major outage.
At least three deaths linked to massive Spain power cut
Authorities are investigating whether a family of three died in circumstances linked to Monday's major outage.
Report: Late Ukrainian journalist’s organs removed in Russia captivity – Euronews.com
- Report: Late Ukrainian journalist's organs removed in Russia captivity Euronews.com
- Journalist was tortured and had her organs removed in Russian captivity, report says NBC News
- ‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison The Guardian
- Russia's torture of Viktoriia Roshchyna shocks world, but dozens of Ukrainian journalists still in captivity The Kyiv Independent
- Viktoriia Project: a story of captivity and torture endured by journalist Roshchyna and thousands of Ukrainians imprisoned by Russia Українська правда
Chinese e-commerce exports to US plummet by 65% in face of tariffs
Temu and Shein among fast-fashion sites affected by drop in first three months of this year but sales in rise to EU
Exports to the US from Chinese online shops such as Temu and Shein have plunged in the face of Donald Trump’s trade war, as shipping from China to the EU has increased.
Official Chinese data showed its total e-commerce shipping to the US dropped 65% by volume in the first three months of the year, but rose by 28% in Europe.
Continue reading...Several killed in sectarian clashes near Damascus, Syria
Syrian security forces have been sent to restore calm after fighting broke out near Damascus.