Nicaragua urges ICJ to reject Germany’s bid to throw out Gaza genocide case
Nicaragua maintains that German arms exports to Israel facilitated Gaza genocide as Germany's tries to halt the case.
US won’t join UK ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will ‘obviously not’ follow the UK in sanctioning illegal Israeli settlements
Fourteen go on trial over deadliest Channel small boats disaster – BBC
Fourteen go on trial over deadliest Channel small boats disaster
At least 30 men, women and children drowned when their dinghy capsized on 24 November 2021.
Pilots tried to abort landing seconds before deadly Amazon cargo plane crash that killed five
The five people killed were employees of an aircraft cleaning company who were in a van struck by the plane after it overran the Miami airport runway
Officials in Florida on Tuesday said evidence collected from Saturday’s Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami international airport suggests the pilots considered aborting the flight’s landing before it crashed and killed five people on the ground.
At a press conference Tuesday evening, officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released data from the plane’s “black box” flight data recorder, which was recovered from the wreckage on Monday, indicating pilots initiated a “go-around”, or aborted landing, seconds before impact.
Reuters contributed reporting
Continue reading...Trump renames places and poses as superhero in bizarre social media blitz
Trump passed the long weekend posting a torrent of memes and musings on his Truth Social platform
The long weekend may have proved too long for Donald Trump, who passed the time by musing about annexing other countries, unilaterally renaming places he’s not allowed to rename and turning himself into a superhero.
Amid the torrent of memes and posts by the president on his Truth Social platform over the Labor Day holiday weekend was a bizarre AI-generated video depicting Trump as the Green Lantern DC superhero, wielding a glowing green power ring to erect his border wall, illuminate an “American manufacturing” scene, and command a fleet of warplanes and warships behind him.
Continue reading...‘A bit too late, but important’: UK bans goods from Israeli settlements
The UK has announced a ban on the import of all goods produced by illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Ukrainian TV channel building hit by Russian drone as five killed in Kyiv
President Zelensky describes the daytime drone attack in Ukraine's capital as a "new page in Russian degradation"
Ukrainian TV channel building hit by Russian drone as five killed in Kyiv
President Zelensky describes the daytime drone attack in Ukraine's capital as a "new page in Russian degradation"
Israeli strikes devastate homes, displace families across Gaza
Israeli strikes hit several areas across Gaza, destroying homes in Khan Younis and sending thick smoke over Bureij camp.
Bombardier defends US manufacturing amid Trump’s aviation sales threat
Bombardier defends its US presence, stating its planes already feature components made in Texas and California.
China Tests New Silk Road—in the Arctic – Newser
- China Tests New Silk Road—in the Arctic Newser
- Chinese Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut: Smart Business? Or a Political Flex? The New York Times
- A Forgotten Soviet Waterway Could Give China a New Arctic Trade Route Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
- The new Arctic route is redrawing the economic and geopolitical map EL PAÍS English
- Container ship arrives in UK after voyage from China via the Arctic The Independent
Russia’s New Stealthy Lower-Cost Air-Launched Standoff Weapons On Display In Egypt – TWZ
- Russia’s New Stealthy Lower-Cost Air-Launched Standoff Weapons On Display In Egypt TWZ
- Russia markets drone-like missiles in Egypt during Su-57 jet's Africa air show debut Reuters
- Another powerful African country welcomes Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighter after Algeria made history as first operator Business Insider Africa
- Russians Brought Su-57E Jets to Egypt Equipped with Monochrome, Kover, and Dan-T Missiles Мілітарний
- Su-57’s Drone army: Russia turns stealth fighter into an airborne commander WION
Where is Israel’s proposed West Bank settlement the UK opposes?
BBC's Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from an area close to Israel's proposed site in the occupied West Bank.
Scientist Says Human DNA Contains Clues of an Intelligent Creator – Yahoo
Israeli strikes transform Lebanese city into ghost town
Nabatieh, once southern Lebanon’s economic centre, is now a ghost town as Israel intensifies attacks.
UK sanctions on Israeli settlements a ‘seismic’ shift says Albanese
UN expert Francesca Albanese calls UK sanctions on Israeli settlements a ‘seismic shift’ after years of UK ‘complicity’.
German police arrest suspect over sabotage attacks on power grid – BBC
- German police arrest suspect over sabotage attacks on power grid BBC
- Germany: Police arrest suspect in power grid sabotage case dw.com
- Police in Germany's Saxony state defuse 21 explosive devices found near power grid TVP World
- Berlin police probe substation fire amid series of attacks on grid Reuters
- Police arrest suspect in Germany power grid attacks after dayslong search ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Sabotage suspect held in Germany after spate of attacks on power grid
The suspect had reportedly claimed responsibility for attacks on electricity substations in letters.
Iranian twins tortured so brutally for protests — hair ripped out, feet broken — that even their mother didn’t recognize them – New York Post
- Iranian twins tortured so brutally for protests — hair ripped out, feet broken — that even their mother didn’t recognize them New York Post
- Broken feet, ripped-out hair and now a death sentence: the fate of twin sisters jailed over Iran protests The Guardian
- Iranian Twin Sisters Reportedly Tortured Over January Protests; One Sentenced To Death, Other Gets 25 Years Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- 21-Year-Old Rapper Erfan Mirzaei Executed in Isfahan Following Severe Torture IranWire
- Iran Sentences Woman, 20, to Death; Twin Gets 25 Years Yahoo