Defying protesters, Argentina’s Milei shoots down university funding plan
Yazidi woman kidnapped by IS freed from Gaza after decade in captivity
Officials say US, Israel, Jordan and Iraq involved in rescue of 21-year-old who had been captured in Iraq
A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq more than a decade ago has been freed from Gaza in an operation led by the US.
The operation this week also involved Israel, Jordan and Iraq, according to officials.
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How shy Aussie kid Ricciardo became F1 golden boy
American bomb from WWII detonates at airport in Japan – WKRC TV Cincinnati
- American bomb from WWII detonates at airport in Japan WKRC TV Cincinnati
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Jamaica welcomes US move to clamp down on gun trafficking to Caribbean
Horace Chang, deputy PM of country with highest homicide rate, praises US attorneys generals’ support for legislation
Jamaica’s deputy prime minister has welcomed a campaign by the New York attorney general, Letitia James, to push through new measures and legislation to tackle gun trafficking from the US to the Caribbean.
Horace Chang, who is also Jamaica’s minister of security, praised a coalition of 14 US attorneys general, led by James, that is backing the passing of the Caribbean Arms Trafficking Causes Harm Act. Introduced in both houses of the US Congress earlier this year, the act aims to help curb illicit arms trafficking from the United States to the Caribbean.
Continue reading...Tanzania suspends news websites over ad referencing killings of dissidents
Regulator says advert by publisher of the Citizen newspaper ‘likely to harm national unity’
Tanzania has suspended the online operations of a top newspaper publisher after one of its publications ran an animated advert depicting the country’s president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, and referencing a spate of recent abductions and killings of dissidents.
The advert, published on X and Instagram on Tuesday by the Citizen, an English-language newspaper, showed a character resembling the president flipping through TV channels. Each channel showed people speaking about loved ones they had lost through disappearances.
Continue reading...IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorist responsible for Majdal Shams rocket attack – The Jerusalem Post
- IDF eliminates Hezbollah terrorist responsible for Majdal Shams rocket attack The Jerusalem Post
- Israel says commander of Hezbollah communications division killed in strike The Times of Israel
- Israeli strike on Beirut targets senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine, Axios reporter says Reuters
- Hezbollah comms. chief Mohammad Rashid Sakafi confirmed killed The Jerusalem Post
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Woman saved as home floods – and brutal Helene destroys family history
Moldova Uncovers ‘Unprecedented’ Pro-Russia Vote Rigging – Kyiv Post
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A timeline of the UK’s history with the Chagos Islands
The UK has agreed to hand the archipelago over to Mauritius after decades of diplomatic dispute
The UK has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic deal. Here we detail the history of the archipelago.
Continue reading...Missile attack on Israel lays bare deep divisions among Iranians
How remigration became a buzzword for global far right
Electoral success of parties in Germany and Austria backing mass deportation linked to the term’s growing use by mainstream politicians, say experts
They poured on to streets across Germany in the tens of thousands, wielding placards that read “Nazis out” and “Never again is now”.
Appalled by revelations that some among the far-right Alternative für Deutschland had attended a meeting in Potsdam at which “remigration” had been on the agenda, the protesters offered a powerful rebuttal to the idea that the mass deportation of migrants – including those with German citizenship – was a valid policy option for any decent politician.
Continue reading...Nine killed in Israeli air strike on central Beirut in Lebanon – BBC.com
- Nine killed in Israeli air strike on central Beirut in Lebanon BBC.com
- Central Beirut hit as Israel vows ‘very strong’ response to Iran CNN
- Live: Middle East latest: Israeli strike in Beirut kills 9 as troops battle Hezbollah in southern Lebanon The Seattle Times
- Israel calls for evacuations from south Lebanon as explosions heard in Beirut Reuters
- Israel-Iran live updates: Beirut strike kills 9 as IDF, Hezbollah clash NBC News
Dutch court fines man in first conviction under new sexual harassment law
Man in Rotterdam faces €100 penalty after law introduced across Netherlands to tackle harassment in public spaces
A court in the Netherlands has fined a man for harassing and intimidating a woman on a street in Rotterdam, in the first conviction under a new law tackling sexual harassment in public spaces.
The 33-year-old man was fined €100 (£84) by a court in Rotterdam on Wednesday, months after he was accused of grabbing a woman on the street by the hips and holding her. The court set out an additional fine of €180 if he is caught reoffending.
Continue reading...Quebec separatist leader holds Trudeau to ransom: ‘We saw an opportunity’
Yves-François Blanchet says Liberals must pass legislation or lose support of party propping up government
The leader of the Quebec independence party propping up the government of Justin Trudeau has insisted that the political lifeline depends on the quick passage of two pieces of legislation, and warned Canada’s embattled prime minister that he remains “very vulnerable”.
The Bloc Québécois leader, Yves-François Blanchet, told the Guardian the Liberals must act swiftly to enshrine protections for dairy farmers and boost payments to seniors to stave off a fatal vote of non-confidence. He warned that unless both pieces of legislation are passed into law by 29 October, his party would begin discussions with other parties to trigger a federal election.
Continue reading...Russia’s exiled opposition rocked by claims over hammer attack on Navalny ally
Accusations that another Kremlin critic ordered attack on Leonid Volkov throws scattered opposition into further disarray
When Leonid Volkov, a longtime associate of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was brutally attacked with a hammer outside his home in Lithuania in March, it initially seemed yet another case of the Kremlin hunting down its enemies abroad.
The assailant smashed open Volkov’s car window and struck him repeatedly with a hammer, breaking his left arm and damaging his left leg. Western officials and opposition figures assumed the attack, which took place a few weeks after Navalny’s mysterious death in prison, had been orchestrated by the Kremlin.
Continue reading...Israel extends evacuation warnings in Lebanon, signaling a wider offensive – The Associated Press
Satellite imagery appears to show damage at air base after Iranian missile strike – The Times of Israel
- Satellite imagery appears to show damage at air base after Iranian missile strike The Times of Israel
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- Israel's multilayered air-defense system passes another test in fending off Iranian missile strike The Associated Press
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