- Hezbollah forges new command for crucial ground war after heavy Israeli blows Reuters
- Israel’s invasion of Lebanon may bolster support for Hizbullah The Economist
- Ibrahim Moussawi: Is Hezbollah losing the battle? Al Jazeera English
- Putin Aide’s Big Remark On Hezbollah As Israel Batters Lebanon; ‘Has Not Lost Its…’ | Gaza War Hindustan Times
- Hezbollah 'well-prepared, waiting' for Israeli soldiers: Expert Al Mayadeen English
Amid anger over Israel, Harris courts Arab and Muslim voters. Will it work?
Critics question US vice president’s meetings with handpicked community members without change in Middle East policy.
‘It went horribly wrong’: DNA analysis sheds light on lost Arctic expedition’s grisly end – CNN
Ukrainian attacks inside Russia could shift dynamics of Moscow’s war – Euronews
- Ukrainian attacks inside Russia could shift dynamics of Moscow's war Euronews
- Ukraine ‘Punches Hole’ In Russian Kamikaze Drone Fleet; Reports Claim Moscow Lost 400 Shahed-136 UAVs EurAsian Times
- Watch 400 Shahed Attack Drones Explode At The Same Time In Southern Russia Forbes
- Ukraine's Explosive New Strategy Exposes Russia's Achilles' Heel Newsweek
- Ukraine's military says it struck airfield in Russia's North Caucasus Reuters
How has the world changed after a year of genocide in Gaza?
We explore the impact of Israel’s genocide in Gaza the past year and the world’s response to the ongoing massacre.
Cameroon bans media from talking about President Biya’s health
Authorities dismiss rumours of ill health as 'pure fantasy', set up 'monitoring cells' to track online debate.
Hospitals evacuated in Cologne after discovery of second world war bomb
1,000kg US ordnance to be defused at building site after complex evacuation that also included thousands of homes
Authorities in the German city of Cologne have evacuated three hospitals and thousands of homes after the discovery of an unexploded second world war bomb during construction work on a new medical campus.
The 1,000kg US aerial bomb, equipped with a front and rear impact detonator, is due to be defused on Friday.
Continue reading...New Zealand ship didn’t sink because its captain was a woman, the ‘appalled’ defense minister says – New York Post
- New Zealand ship didn’t sink because its captain was a woman, the ‘appalled’ defense minister says New York Post
- Female captain not to blame for sinking of $61M navy ship: New Zealand defense minister Fox News
- No evidence of major fuel spill on Samoan reef where New Zealand navy ship sank The Associated Press
- New Zealand minister condemns ‘misogyny’ over sinking of navy ship Al Jazeera English
- Ex-Royal Navy commander praised for saving lives after New Zealand naval ship sinks Forces News
Cameroon bans discussing president’s health as absence fuels speculation
Health of Paul Biya, 91, declared matter of national security and any debate prohibited after denial that he has died
Cameroonian authorities have banned discussions about the health of the president, Paul Biya, after the latest round of speculation about his prolonged failure to appear in public.
In a 9 October letter to regional governors, the interior minister, Paul Atanga Nji, said discussing the 91-year-old president’s health was a matter of national security and “any debate in the media about the president’s condition is therefore strictly prohibited”.
Continue reading...Photos: Northern Lights paint the skies of Western New York – WIVB.com – News 4
- Photos: Northern Lights paint the skies of Western New York WIVB.com - News 4
- Northern lights forecast maps for tonight show best areas in U.S. to see aurora borealis CBS News
- Why have the Northern Lights been so visible recently? Turn to 10
- The northern lights dazzle night skies across U.S. and Europe NPR
- Another geomagnetic storm may bring Aurora Borealis to parts of Texas tonight. See where Austin American-Statesman
Would US democracy survive a second Trump presidency?
Mehdi Hasan goes head-to-head with Adolfo Franco to debate the implications of a potential second Trump presidency.
Israeli forces again target UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon
The attack on UNIFIL's headquarters in Naqoura comes a day after two Indonesian peacekeepers were injured.
Talks on UK rejoining EU could start in 10 years’ time, says Peter Mandelson
Labour peer says in meantime it is essential to try to reduce damage of Brexit deal struck by Boris Johnson
Peter Mandelson has suggested the UK could start talks on rejoining the EU in 10 years’ time, much earlier than Keir Starmer believes.
Lord Mandelson told an audience in Edinburgh the “truth is that [reversing Brexit] could be a conversation which starts in 10 years’ time”, but only if EU member states were willing to consider it.
Continue reading...Family who fled Israeli attacks killed in Beirut air raid
Al Jazeera’s Ali Hashem reports from the scene of one of the Israeli attacks in central Beirut.
Breakdancers warned of cone-shaped lump from ‘extensive headspinning’ – BBC.com
- Breakdancers warned of cone-shaped lump from 'extensive headspinning' BBC.com
- Man developed a 'headspin hole' after years of breakdancing, case report says Livescience.com
- Break dancers are getting weird lumps from 'extensive headspinning' — but NYC pioneers say newbies are just doing it wrong New York Post
- ‘Headspin hole’: Man develops scalp tumor after decades of breakdancing CNN
- Breakdancers told too many headspins could give them a ‘cone-head’ The Guardian
Sussan Ley says Richard Marles should resign if he failed to provide safe workplace for chief of staff
Deputy opposition leader expresses concern for Jo Tarnawsky’s welfare after chief of staff claims she was effectively sacked
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The deputy opposition leader, Sussan Ley, says Richard Marles should resign if he has failed to provide a safe and respectful workplace as required under the ministerial code of conduct.
Ley said on Friday that allegations from the deputy prime minister’s chief of staff, Jo Tarnawksy, were “extremely serious” and expressed concern for her welfare.
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Continue reading...Dramatic images show the first floods in the Sahara in half a century
More than year’s worth of rain fell in two days in south-east Morocco, filling up lake that had been dry for decades
Dramatic pictures have emerged of the first floods in the Sahara in half a century.
Two days of rainfall in September exceeded yearly averages in several areas of south-east Morocco and caused a deluge, officials of the country’s meteorology agency said in early October. In Tagounite, a village about 450km(280 miles) south of the capital, Rabat, more than 100mm (3.9 inches) was recorded in a 24-hour period.
Continue reading...Italian migration centres open in Albania under controversial deal
Fears agreement will set dangerous EU precedent with up to 3,000 men a month held during asylum processing
Italy has formally opened two centres in Albania where it plans to hold men who are intercepted in international waters while trying to cross from Africa to Europe.
The Italian ambassador to Albania, Fabrizio Bucci, said the centres were ready to accommodate people while their asylum applications were processed, but could not say when the first ones would arrive. “As of today, the two centres are ready and operational,” Bucci told journalists at the port of Shëngjin on Albania’s Adriatic coast where the people picked up will land.
Continue reading...Israel’s forgotten terror
There was a time US presidents condemned and tried to reign in Israeli terror.