Bali court hands Ukrainian man life sentence for illegal drugs laboratory
Authorities say Russians and Ukrainians are collaborating to form crime rings on Indonesia's most famous holiday island.
‘We will stay’: Displaced Nigerians fear Boko Haram, stay in closing camps
Authorities are closing camps in Borno state and resettling displaced people. But communities fear continuing violence.
The lonely life and death of Delhi’s only African elephant
For 24 years, Shankar endured a lonely existence - including at least 13 spent in solitary confinement.
Breaking Silence, Former University President Claudine Gay Blasts Harvard’s ‘Compliance’ With White House Demands – The Harvard Crimson
Eritrean man is second to be deported to France under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ deal
Home Office says man left Heathrow for Paris early on Friday after losing high court attempt to block move
An Eritrean man has been deported to France under the UK government’s “one in, one out” deal with the neighbouring country.
The man – the second to be deported under the agreement – was on a flight that left Heathrow for Paris at 6.15am on Friday, the Home Office confirmed after he lost a high court attempt to block the move.
Continue reading...Houthi drone crashes into hotel in Israel’s Eilat
A drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi group crashed into a hotel in the southern Israeli city of Eilat.
LIVE: Israel kills more than 20 Palestinians as war on Gaza escalates
Mass expulsion continues from Gaza's largest urban centre as hundreds of thousands endure incessant bombardment.
For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to India
The exiled Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef has experienced firsthand how intolerant governments can silence political satire. And he had a short message this week for those living in an age of Donald Trump’s free speech clampdown: “My Fellow American Citizens,” he wrote on X. “Welcome to my world.”
In his attacks on the most prominent of American satirists, the US president has joined a cadre of illiberal and sensitive leaders around the world who will not tolerate a joke.
Continue reading...US Senate approves 48 Trump nominees in a single vote
Mass approval of nominees follows rules change that make it easier to approve lower-level Trump nominations.
US blocks UN call for Gaza ceasefire for sixth time
Washington's representative says the Security Council resolution does not go far enough in condemning Hamas.
Strong quake hits Russia’s Kamchatka, no damage reported – Reuters
- Strong quake hits Russia's Kamchatka, no damage reported Reuters
- Powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake shakes Russia's far east Kamchatka region ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Tsunami Advisory Dropped In Alaska After Major Russian Aftershock The Weather Channel
- 7.8 magnitude quake off Kamchatka was one of many aftershocks since July Alaska's News Source
- Aftershock Rocks Kamchatka after July’s Massive Earthquake Scientific American
US approves $780m sale of Javelin missiles to Poland as Russia threat grows
The key NATO front-line state is bolstering its defence as the threat of a Russian incursion into its territory grows.
Trump says TV networks opposed to him should ‘maybe’ lose licence
Concerns grow that the Trump administration is curtailing criticism after ABC host Jimmi Kimmel's show was cancelled.
Kim Jong Un declares AI military drone development a ‘top priority’ – Al Jazeera
- Kim Jong Un declares AI military drone development a ‘top priority’ Al Jazeera
- North Korea's Copycat US Drone Takes Flight As Kim Jong Un Watches On Newsweek
- Kim Jong Un oversees drone tests, calls UAV development ‘top priority’ for DPRK NK News
- North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees drone testing, KCNA says Reuters
- Test flights of the new Kumsong drone, the “Global Hawk” developed by North Korea to equip its Air Force, have been recorded Zona Militar
Expert: Kyiv ‘hits nail on the head’ with strikes on Russian oil sites – Euronews.com
- Expert: Kyiv 'hits nail on the head' with strikes on Russian oil sites Euronews.com
- Ukraine strikes choke off Russian oil exports and fuel supplies Al Jazeera
- Ukraine updates: Drones target key Russian refinery dw.com
- Russia’s Crude Exports Lose Momentum After Baltic Flows Targeted Bloomberg.com
- Russia gasoline sales hit 2-year low amid Ukrainian drone strikes and harvest-season demand politico.eu
Bali to block new hotels and restaurants after deadly flooding raises questions about mass tourism
Bali governor says new instructions issued to stop hotels and restaurants being built on productive land, especially rice fields
Indonesia will ban the construction of new hotels and restaurants built atop cleared rice fields and agricultural land on the popular resort island of Bali, after recent flash flooding killed at least 18 people.
A state of emergency was declared on Bali on 10 September after the island experienced the most severe flooding in more than a decade.
Continue reading...‘Cricket diplomacy’ collapses as India-Pakistan hostility enters field of play
Indian players refuse to shake hands with Pakistani counterparts after Asia Cup match, in sign that traditional onfield camaraderie is eroding
As nationalistic rivalries go, few run as deep as India and Pakistan. But even as the neighbours fought wars against each other, carried out rival nuclear tests and conducted nightly shows of strength along their heavily militarised border, there was always one thing that brought them together: cricket.
But as the two sides came together on Sunday for a match in the Asia Cup tournament, the camaraderie that was once celebrated as cricket diplomacy had vanished.
Continue reading...Statement by UNICEF on the theft of lifesaving therapeutic food for thousands of children in Gaza – Unicef
- Statement by UNICEF on the theft of lifesaving therapeutic food for thousands of children in Gaza Unicef
- UNICEF aid trucks robbed at gunpoint in Gaza City UN News
- Terrorists loot aid trucks of baby formula in Gaza City, UNICEF and COGAT confirm The Jerusalem Post
- Israel says Hamas ‘brazenly robbed’ UNICEF aid trucks containing baby formula The Times of Israel
- Gaza City exodus swells as gunmen raid aid trucks with baby formula Yahoo
Doctor penalised for calling mushroom murderer ‘disturbed sociopath’
Chris Webster said he realised Patterson was a killer within minutes of speaking to her.
Two Israeli soldiers killed by gunman at Jordanian border – The Washington Post
- Two Israeli soldiers killed by gunman at Jordanian border The Washington Post
- Middle East: Jordanian aid driver kills 2 Israeli soldiers dw.com
- Two shot dead in attack near West Bank-Jordan crossing, Israeli military says BBC
- Assailant Kills 2 Israeli Soldiers at West Bank-Jordan Border The New York Times
- Attacker opens fire at crossing between West Bank and Jordan, killing at least two France 24