- Israeli woman kidnapped by Hamas: I won’t stop fighting for hostages NBC News
- Freed Israeli hostage describes being starved by Hamas for ‘24 hours or even more’ in Gaza tunnels New York Post
- ‘It could have been Keith’: Aviva Siegel says hostages’ murders sap her hopes for husband The Times of Israel
- I Survived Hamas Captivity, but I’m Not Yet Free The Atlantic
- Hostages Freed In Gaza Truce Pine For Those Left Behind Barron's
Iran brokering talks to send advanced Russian missiles to Yemen’s Houthis, sources say – The Jerusalem Post
- Iran brokering talks to send advanced Russian missiles to Yemen's Houthis, sources say The Jerusalem Post
- The Houthis have challenged the Rules-Based International System and must be defeated Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Houthis Expand Ties Beyond Iran’s Axis The Soufan Center
- Exclusive-Iran brokering talks to send advanced Russian missiles to Yemen's Houthis, sources say AOL
Iran’s Pezeshkian says Tehran ready to work with world powers to resolve nuclear standoff – Yahoo! Voices
- Iran's Pezeshkian says Tehran ready to work with world powers to resolve nuclear standoff Yahoo! Voices
- Iran's leader to address UN amid threats of assassinations against US politicians, election interference Fox News
- Iranian president says ‘ready to engage’ on nuclear deal Al Jazeera English
- A rare foreign policy win is there for the taking Responsible Statecraft
- Iran President Says He Expects to Hold Meeting on Nuclear Deal Bloomberg
Caroline Ellison sentenced to two years after serving as star witness against FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried
Ex-Alameda CEO and ex-girlfriend of fallen crypto mogul pleaded guilty, but prosecutors requested lenient sentence
Caroline Ellison, the former crypto executive and romantic partner of the disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to 24 months in prison in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday. Ellison was a central figure in the FTX bankruptcy saga and key witness for the prosecution in the $8bn fraud trial that ended with Bankman-Fried’s conviction.
Ellison served as the chief executive of Alameda Research, which was the trading arm of the now defunct FTX crypto exchange. The collapse of FTX, once valued at $32bn, was directly linked to revelations that it was attempting to financially prop up Alameda with fraudulent accounting. Subsequent investigations and criminal charges found that FTX and the hedge fund had used billions in customer funds for risky trades and lavish personal spending.
Continue reading...Trump calls for taking other nations’ companies but lays out few specifics
Trump said he would cut corporate taxes for companies that produced goods in the US but didn't offer details.
‘Strategic partnership’: US admits Qatar to visa waiver programme
Move means Qatari citizens will be allowed to travel visa-free to the US for up to 90 days, and vice versa.
Voices of Lebanon: People fleeing for their lives as Israel attacks
People around the country speak of their fear, their tension and their yearning for home.
Bowen: Israel is gambling Hezbollah will crumple but it faces a well-armed, angry enemy
The Lebanese armed group has - like Israel - spent years preparing and is more formidable than Hamas in Gaza.
‘Disastrous failure’: How Biden emboldened Israel to attack Lebanon
US failure to end Gaza war and prevent escalation in Lebanon is leading the region to all-out war, analysts say.
Maldivian president condemns Israeli attacks on Al Jazeera
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu condemned Israeli ‘acts of terrorism’ and attacks on journalists.
British PM makes unfortunate ‘return of the sausages’ gaffe during serious speech – Fox News
- British PM makes unfortunate ‘return of the sausages’ gaffe during serious speech Fox News
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says tough times are needed to spark national renewal CNBC
- Newspaper headlines: PM braces for 'storm' and Britons told leave Lebanon BBC.com
- UK’s Starmer calls for ‘de-escalation’ between Israel and Hezbollah Al Jazeera English
- U.K.’s Labour Party is back in power, but the celebration is muted The Washington Post
Sri Lanka’s new president dissolves parliament
Anura Kumara Dissanayake calls a general election, dissolving the parliament where his party only holds three seats.
Maldives leader says Israel must be held to account for ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Mohamed Muizzu also tells the UNGA that Israel is targeting journalists to cover up its 'crimes' in Gaza and Lebanon.
Man charged with attempted assassination of Donald Trump at Florida golf course – as it happened
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Minutes after Joe Biden finished addressing the UN general assembly, Donald Trump’s campaign released a statement warning, in apocalyptic terms, of the consequences of electing Kamala Harris.
“Under President Donald J Trump, Iran was weak, ISIS was eliminated, Hamas was cut off, historic peace was descending on the Middle East, Russia was under control and there hadn’t been a US service member killed in Afghanistan in 18 months,” the lengthy email read.
Continue reading...Iran’s president tells UN Israel’s ‘terrorism in Lebanon cannot go unanswered’ – The Times of Israel
- Iran’s president tells UN Israel’s ‘terrorism in Lebanon cannot go unanswered’ The Times of Israel
- Another Country Threatens to Join War as Middle East Crisis Explodes The Daily Beast
- Video: Iran, Hezbollah’s sponsor, reacts to Israel’s strikes on the militant group CNN
- Live: Updates From UN General Assembly Bloomberg
- Iran: Israeli state terrorism in Lebanon cannot go unanswered The Jerusalem Post
Turkey’s Erdoğan compares Israel’s Netanyahu to Hitler at UN assembly – POLITICO Europe
- Turkey’s Erdoğan compares Israel’s Netanyahu to Hitler at UN assembly POLITICO Europe
- Turkey's Erdogan says UN, Western values dying in Gaza Reuters
- Turkey’s president accuses Israel of carrying out ‘a clear genocide’ The Associated Press
- Türkiye General Assembly of the United Nations General Debate
- Turkey’s President Erdogan says UN and Western values are ‘dying’ in Gaza Al Jazeera English
Palestinian child mourns father killed by Israeli strike
“Oh God, I have no one but him.” A young Palestinian boy mourned his father who was killed by an Israeli air attack.
Biden struggles to contain conflict as Israel and Hezbollah on the brink
As the US president called for restraint in a speech at the UN, Israel's leader vowed to continue striking Hezbollah.
Keep the faith, Starmer urges as he vows to build ‘a new Britain’
PM tells Labour conference he will not con people with false hope but says difficult trade-offs will help bring ‘national renewal’
Britain can become a country of pride, wealth and stability if the public accepts a series of difficult “trade-offs”, rejects nimbyism and sees through the Conservatives’ populist “lies”, Keir Starmer has said.
In his first Labour conference speech as prime minister, he urged the public to keep faith amid difficult and sometimes unpopular choices made by the government, telling them he understood their impatience for real change.
Continue reading...Brummies celebrate inaugural International Day of Birmingham
Comedian Joe Lycett declares United States of Birmingham with 10 US towns and cities that share the name
Residents of Birmingham often admit the city is not accustomed to blowing its own trumpet – still maligned and mocked by others, it tends to favour self-deprecating humour.
So the launch of the inaugural International Day of Birmingham (IDOB), celebrated with cheerleaders, confetti cannon and actual trumpets, is not what you would expect to see on a walk through the city centre on a Tuesday afternoon.
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