Why Israel Should Accept Hezbollah’s Key Cease-fire Condition – Haaretz

  1. Why Israel Should Accept Hezbollah's Key Cease-fire Condition  Haaretz
  2. Hezbollah Israel: Why the war in the Middle East is widening.  Slate
  3. The long shadow: inside the 27 September Guardian Weekly  The Guardian
  4. The Middle East is closer than ever to all-out war – but there is a path to peace  The Independent
  5. Watch Rudman: Possible, if Difficult, To Get to Ceasefire  Bloomberg
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Joint Statement on the Situation in Venezuela – Department of State

  1. Joint Statement on the Situation in Venezuela  Department of State
  2. Blinken urges Maduro engage in dialogue with Venezuela's opposition  Reuters Canada
  3. Blinken urges Venezuela's Maduro to meet with opposition, discuss disputed election  VOA Asia
  4. A new wave of Venezuelan refugees would threaten a humanitarian crisis – Latin America could learn from Europe  The Conversation Indonesia
  5. What is the controversy regarding Venezuela elections? | Explained  The Hindu
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Norwegian police seek missing man over pagers in Hezbollah blasts

International warrant issued for Rinson Jose, who disappeared during work trip to US last week

Police in Norway have put out an international search warrant for a Norwegian Indian man in connection with the sale of pagers to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that exploded last week, killing dozens of people.

Rinson Jose, 39, the founder of a Bulgarian company that is alleged to be part of the pager supply chain, went missing during a work trip to the US last week.

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Sudan’s army launches push to retake ground in capital

Heavy bombardments and clashes reported before army commander addresses UN general assembly

Sudan’s army launched artillery and airstrikes in Sudan’s capital on Thursday in its biggest operation to regain ground there since early in its 17-month war with the Rapid Support Forces, witnesses and military sources said.

The push by the army, which lost control of most of the capital at the start of the conflict, came before its commander, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, gave an address at the UN general assembly in New York.

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Pakistan says police orchestrated killing of doctor accused of blasphemy

Family of Dr Shah Nawaz can file murder charges against police officers over extrajudicial killing, official says

Pakistan’s government has said police orchestrated the killing of a doctor who was in custody having been accused of blasphemy. Officers then lied about the circumstances of his death, claiming he was killed in a shootout between police and armed men, a provincial minister said.

The statement marks the first time the government has accused security forces of what the doctor’s family and rights groups have said amounted to an extrajudicial killing carried out by police.

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Blow to China’s military plans after new nuclear submarine ‘sinks’ – Yahoo! Voices

  1. Blow to China’s military plans after new nuclear submarine ‘sinks’  Yahoo! Voices
  2. China’s newest nuclear-powered submarine sank earlier this year, US officials say  CNN
  3. China Covered Up Sinking Of Newest Submarine: US Official  Barron's
  4. China’s newest nuclear submarine sank in dock, US officials confirm  The Guardian
  5. A new first-in-class Chinese attack submarine sank at a Wuhan shipyard in a pier-side accident  Business Insider
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Southern Water considers shipping supplies from Norwegian fjords to UK

Contingency plan using sea tankers to deal with future shortages would be paid for from customers’ bills

Southern Water, one of Britain’s biggest water companies, is drawing up contingency plans to tanker water from Norway to deal with future supply shortages and drought.

Southern, which has 2.7 million customers for drinking water supply in the south-east of England, could import water from Norwegian fjords to provide up to 45m litres a day, and would pay for it from customers’ bills.

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Sudan war: Army launches major attack on Khartoum against RSF – BBC.com

  1. Sudan war: Army launches major attack on Khartoum against RSF  BBC.com
  2. Sudan’s army launches push to retake ground in capital  CNN
  3. Sudan military offensive sparks new fighting in Khartoum as cholera outbreak worsens  The Associated Press
  4. Sudanese army launches major offensive against RSF in Khartoum  Sudan Tribune
  5. Sudan’s army launches major offensive on Khartoum  Al Jazeera English
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‘We always felt safer here’: Tel Aviv unmoved by Hezbollah missile attack

Beachgoers say they are unafraid but in this one-time ‘capital of hostages’, Lebanon is now main talking point

Air raid sirens blared in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning as, for the first time, Hezbollah fired a surface-to-surface missile at the coastal city. A few minutes after the incident, beachgoers flooded the bustling promenade, playing beach volley, cycling and kite surfing.

“Was there an attack this morning?” asked Eyal Kadosh, 31, confused, while resting on a bench with a friend after their daily workout. “Well, I’m here, what should happen will happen anyway.”

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‘West Doesn’t Want…’: Putin Threatens On Camera Day After Revealing New Nuclear Policy | Russia – Hindustan Times

  1. ‘West Doesn’t Want…’: Putin Threatens On Camera Day After Revealing New Nuclear Policy | Russia  Hindustan Times
  2. Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over strikes on Russia from Ukraine  CNN
  3. The world isn’t taking Putin’s nuclear threats seriously – the history of propaganda suggests it should  The Conversation Indonesia
  4. Putin reveals new rules on nuclear weapons in Russia's latest warning to the West  CNBC
  5. Kremlin says changes to Russia's nuclear policy are a signal to the West  Reuters
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