- Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of air strike on Kabul Financial Times
- Firefights erupt between Pakistani and Afghan forces along the border Reuters
- Taliban blame Pakistan after explosions in Kabul, amid outreach to India Al Jazeera
- Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of 'violating Kabul's sovereign territory' BBC
- Border tensions rise: 'Heavy clashes' against Pakistan on border areas, says Taliban; calls it 'retaliati Times of India
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Opponent of Maduro regime receives award and praise for keeping ‘flame of democracy burning’
The Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won the Nobel peace prize for her dogged struggle to rescue the South American country from its fate as “a brutal, authoritarian state”.
Machado, 58, a conservative often described as Venezuela’s Iron Lady, has spent the last year living in hiding after her political movement was widely believed to have beaten the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, in the July 2024 presidential election.
Continue reading...How to End the War in Gaza for Good – Foreign Affairs
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- Celebrate the ceasefire, but don’t forget: Gaza survived on its own Al Jazeera
- A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu The Guardian
- Will the Gaza ceasefire really stick? vox.com
Hamas will be disarmed, Netanyahu vows after ceasefire begins
In combative speech, Israeli prime minister says Gaza will be demilitarised ‘the easy way or the hard way’
Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his pledge to force Hamas to disarm in a defiant and combative speech on Friday just an hour after a ceasefire began in Gaza.
In a televised address, Israel’s prime minister said he had resisted intense domestic and international pressure to achieve his aim of ensuring “the security of Israel”, and he lambasted his critics and reiterated a threat to return to war if necessary.
Continue reading...Man jailed for at least 23 years for murdering Syrian boy in Huddersfield
Alfie Franco, 20, stabbed Ahmad Al Ibrahim after taking ‘petty exception’ to teenager brushing past his girlfriend
A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years for murdering a teenage Syrian refugee after he brushed past his girlfriend in Huddersfield town centre.
Leeds crown court heard how Alfie Franco, 20, stabbed Ahmad Al Ibrahim, 16, shortly after Ibrahim brushed past Franco’s girlfriend in April. He was found guilty of murder on Thursday.
Continue reading...Zimbabwe MP dies after his car hits an elephant
Desire Moyo died a day before his 46th birthday - the four other MPs in the car have been taken to hospital.
Machado’s Nobel is “terrific news” for democracy in Venezuela
Juan Pappier of Human Rights Watch says Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Prize is boost for Venezuela’s fight for democracy.
NBA returns to China after six-year absence following pro-democracy fallout
Relations between the NBA and China had soured after a pro-democracy tweet was liked by a team official in 2019.
Baby numbats spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in hopeful sign for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials
Video shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park in south-western NSW
Baby numbats have been spotted at two wildlife sanctuaries in south-western New South Wales, sparking hope for one of Australia’s rarest marsupials.
Video captured by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) shows some of the juveniles exploring outside their den at Mallee Cliffs national park.
Continue reading...Crocodile made famous by Steve Irwin ‘wrongfully arrested’ and should be returned to wild, traditional owners say
Exclusive: ‘Old Faithful’ was captured after Queensland authorities deemed him ‘a problem crocodile’, but Rinyirru Aboriginal Corporation says the government is mistaken
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Traditional owners have called on the Queensland environment minister to return an iconic saltwater crocodile to the wild, arguing his capture was a “wrongful arrest” – but that his case could prove “a landmark” in redefining consultation with First Nations people and the management of crocodiles.
Rinyirru (Lakefield) Aboriginal Corporation chair, Alwyn Lyall, wrote to the environment minister, Andrew Powell, on Friday saying the removal of a crocodile longer than 4 metres, known as “Old Faithful”, from Rinyirru – or Lakefield national park – last month was based on a “flawed and outdated” test of his behaviour and highlighted “a bigger problem in how crocodiles are managed”.
Continue reading...Taiwan unveils ‘T-Dome’ air defense system – DW
- Taiwan unveils 'T-Dome' air defense system DW
- Taiwan to build 'T Dome' air defence system to guard against 'hostile threats' BBC
- Taiwan’s president pledges to build air defense system in face of China threat AP News
- Taiwan’s Plan for Peace Through Strength: How Investments in Resilience Can Deter Beijing Foreign Affairs
- China honing abilities for a possible future attack, Taiwan defence report warns Reuters
Who is Maria Corina Machado, 2025 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize?
The 'Iron Lady' of Venezeula, an opposition leader who is currently in hiding, has been lauded by the Nobel Committee.
So Much for Saying ‘Never Again’ – Anash.org
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- Trump’s Great Achievement theatlantic.com
- Opinion | A One-Side Peace Plan Still Gives Palestinians Hope The New York Times
- Trump has strong-armed Netanyahu, who was planning a longer war Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Trump’s deal ended the war — but hasn’t yet delivered peace Financial Times
Macron summons parties for crunch meeting in frantic effort to appoint PM
All parties except National Rally and La France Insoumise called on by president to show ‘collective responsibility’
Emmanuel Macron has summoned the leaders of several political parties to his office to demand they show “collective responsibility” as he attempts to appoint a new prime minister amid a deepening political crisis.
All political parties except Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally, which is the biggest single opposition party, and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s leftwing La France Insoumise were called to the meeting at the presidential palace before Macron’s self-imposed deadline to name a new prime minister by Friday night.
Continue reading...‘You gave everything’: West Bank journalists honour fallen Gaza colleagues
Palestinian journalists reflect on the courage required of their colleagues in Gaza to document war and oppression.
When the bombs in Gaza stop, the true pain starts
When the guns fall quiet, Gaza is left with the ache of survival and the wounds that peace can’t heal.
Burkina Faso refuses to take deportees as US stops issuing visas
The West African nation's foreign minister asks if the decision led to the US suspending issuing visas.
How Israel denies the right to play for Palestinian children
We look at Palestinian children's right to play in war-ravaged Gaza and in the occupied West Bank.
Syrian FM in Beirut on first high-profile visit since al-Assad era
Landmark visit sees nations seeking solutions to border issues, status of Syrian prisoners and fate of Syrian refugees.
Netanyahu will face “criticism” from two sides
Former Israeli minister Yossi Beilin says Netanyahu faces backlash in Israel from both right and left over Gaza.