Israeli protesters block aid trucks destined for Gaza
Unverified video shows protesters throwing food packages onto the ground before stomping on them.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 810
As the war enters its 810th day, these are the main developments.
Man who crashed truck into White House barriers in 2023 pleads guilty
Sai Varshith Kandula from Missouri, who was carrying a Nazi flag at time of arrest, said he hoped to overthrow the US government
A Missouri man pleaded guilty on Monday to crashing a rented truck into metal barriers surrounding the White House in May 2023, admitting that he had been “fueled by the ideology of Nazi Germany” and hoped to overthrow the US government.
Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, from Chesterfield, Missouri, and also a citizen of India, pleaded guilty to a single count of damaging federal property. He faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in August.
Continue reading...NSM-20: ‘Inconsistencies’ plague US assessment on Israel’s Gaza war conduct
Advocates say Biden administration is 'bending over backwards' to avoid saying whether Israel is violating laws of war.
Drama on and off screen at Cannes Film Festival
Events off screen could be as dramatic as those in the selection of star-studded film premieres.
Biden signs bipartisan bill banning Russian uranium imports – The Washington Post
Top doctor cancer-free a year after world-first therapy
Richard Scolyer has undergone a new treatment for glioblastoma, based on his own melanoma research.
UK urged to confront Saudi leaders on Neom death
Human rights groups urge the UK to demand an independent investigation into the reported killing.
Orcas sink sailing yacht in Strait of Gibraltar – NBC News
U.N. staff member killed in attack on car marked with U.N. flag in Rafah – The Washington Post
- U.N. staff member killed in attack on car marked with U.N. flag in Rafah The Washington Post
- Israel's war on Gaza updates: UN condemns killing of foreign staff member Al Jazeera English
- Israel-Hamas conflict: Indian personnel working with UN killed in Gaza Hindustan Times
- IDF: UN employee killed earlier today in Rafah was in combat zone; doesn't say its troops were responsible The Times of Israel
- UN security staff killed in Gaza; Guterres calls for probe UN News
Lawrence Wong set to take centre stage as Singapore’s new prime minister
The 51-year-old will be sworn in as the city-state's fourth leader since 1965 in a ceremony on May 15.
UN admits Gaza death toll wrong, with almost 50% fewer women, children killed than previously reported – New York Post
- UN admits Gaza death toll wrong, with almost 50% fewer women, children killed than previously reported New York Post
- UN says total number of deaths in Gaza remains unchanged after controversy over revised data CNN
- Gaza ministry revises down figures for women and children confirmed killed The Guardian
- Lifting Hamas's 'Fog of War' Reveals a Very Different Conflict Commentary Magazine
- United Nations cuts estimates of women, children deaths in Gaza war in half USA TODAY
Kristi Noem banned by two more Native tribes in South Dakota
Governor, plagued by dog-killing story, unwelcome in 20% of her state after she accused tribal leaders of benefiting from cartels
Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor who was once considered one of Donald Trump’s top vice-presidential contenders, has been banned from nearly one-fifth of the state after two more tribes voted to prohibit her from their lands.
The move by the Yankton Sioux tribe and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate tribe last week follows criticism from the governor who has – without evidence – accused tribal leaders of “personally benefiting” from drug cartels. The Oglala, Rosebud, Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Sioux tribes banished Noem earlier this year.
Continue reading...Gaza war: Palestinians flee as Israeli forces go back into Jabalia – BBC.com
- Gaza war: Palestinians flee as Israeli forces go back into Jabalia BBC.com
- Devastation in Gaza as Israel wages war on Hamas: Live updates CNN
- Egypt threatened to suspend peace treaty after Israel took over Rafah crossing - report The Jerusalem Post
- Gazans flee Rafah as Israel pushes its war with Hamas — and the U.S. and others push for an endgame CBS News
- Fighting Flares Anew in Gaza as Hamas Regroups The New York Times
Israeli forces advance in Rafah; Health Ministry says Gaza hospital system will collapse in hours – The Washington Post
- Israeli forces advance in Rafah; Health Ministry says Gaza hospital system will collapse in hours The Washington Post
- Portland nurse in Rafah: 'Perishing before they get here' Yahoo! Voices
- U.S. medical volunteers says the war is crippling hospitals in Rafah : Goats and Soda NPR
- I've spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here's what's going wrong in Gaza The Conversation
- What We Know About Where Aid Can Enter Gaza The New York Times
Cow dung’s key role in India’s energy industry
India is hoping that biogas, produced from farm waste, will curb its reliance on imported gas.
Baltimore bridge blown up in controlled demolition
An explosion blasted away debris trapping a cargo ship in the Patapsco River.
Reports of Biden White House keeping ‘sensitive’ Hamas intel from Israel draws outrage – Fox News
- Reports of Biden White House keeping 'sensitive' Hamas intel from Israel draws outrage Fox News
- U.S. offers Israel intelligence, supplies in effort to avoid Rafah invasion - The Washington Post The Washington Post
- May 11: US said offering info on Gaza tunnel locations if Israel skips mass Rafah op The Times of Israel
- The Biden Administration’s Commitment to Self-Sabotage National Review
- US said offering intel on Hamas leaders’ whereabouts if Israel drops major Rafah op The Times of Israel
Proud mullet-wearers embrace their style at festival
More than 200 people attended the European mullet festival in Quievrain, Belgium
US university ties to weapons contractors under scrutiny amid war in Gaza
Activists are calling attention to historical ties between universities and defence contractors linked to Israel’s war.