- Latest Houthi strike in Red Sea hits oil tanker: US officials The Hill
- Yemen's Houthi rebels launch a missile that strikes an oil tanker in the Red Sea, US military says The Associated Press
- China-Bound Oil Tanker Hit by Houthi Missile in Red Sea, US Says Bloomberg
- Houthis Attack Another Oil Tanker In Red Sea - I24NEWS i24NEWS
- Houthi missile strikes Greek-owned oil tanker in Red Sea, U.S. says CBS News
Latest Houthi strike in Red Sea hits oil tanker: US officials – The Hill
- Latest Houthi strike in Red Sea hits oil tanker: US officials The Hill
- Yemen's Houthi rebels launch a missile that strikes an oil tanker in the Red Sea, US military says The Associated Press
- China-Bound Oil Tanker Hit by Houthi Missile in Red Sea, US Says Bloomberg
- Houthis Attack Another Oil Tanker In Red Sea - I24NEWS i24NEWS
- Houthi missile strikes Greek-owned oil tanker in Red Sea, U.S. says CBS News
Israeli minister vows to quit war cabinet if PM fails to agree new Gaza plan
Benny Gantz’s threat to withdraw his opposition party from coalition calls into question future of government
The Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to adopt an agreed plan for Gaza, calling into question the future of the Israeli government.
During a press conference on Saturday, Gantz announced that if a plan for postwar governance of the territory is not consolidated and approved by 8 June, his opposition National Unity party will withdraw from the coalition government.
Continue reading...Third of voters believe Starmer was wrong to let Elphicke into Labour party
In latest Opinium poll, only 16% say accepting rightwing Tory MP’s defection was the right move – against 33% who see it as a mistake
More voters believe Keir Starmer was wrong to allow a rightwing Tory MP into Labour than think it was the right move, after anger from within the party’s ranks over the defection.
Natalie Elphicke, the Dover MP, said the Tories had become “a byword for incompetence and division” when she made her shock departure to Labour earlier in May. The party leadership regarded it as a major coup to win the support of the MP on the frontline of the Channel crossings issue that Rishi Sunak has attempted to prioritise. The move came despite concerns among MPs that her views conflict with Labour in a variety of areas.
Continue reading...Body of hostage recovered from Gaza, says IDF
The Israeli military said Ron Benjamin was found alongside the bodies of three other hostages.
Israel recovers another slain hostage; pushes into new parts of northern Gaza – NBC News
- Israel recovers another slain hostage; pushes into new parts of northern Gaza NBC News
- Israel's war on Gaza updates: 83 killed in unrelenting Israeli attacks Al Jazeera English
- Israel pushes further into parts of north Gaza; new cracks in Netanyahu coalition Reuters.com
- IDF: Tank forces demolish 100 Hamas terror sites, finds 10 tunnel shafts in Rafah The Times of Israel
- Scores of terrorists killed, anti-aircraft guns captured in eastern Rafah The Jerusalem Post
Israel IDs fourth hostage found dead with 3 others held by Hamas in Gaza – Axios
- Israel IDs fourth hostage found dead with 3 others held by Hamas in Gaza Axios
- IDF recovers hostage’s body from Gaza one day after retrieving three others CNN
- Fighting intensifies in northern Gaza; body of fourth hostage recovered CBS News
- Shani Louk's parents thankful to have a grave after her body was returned from Gaza Reuters.com
- Israeli army finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza killed at Oct. 7 music festival Yahoo! Voices
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds
PFAS chemicals present in air, rain, atmosphere and water in basin, which holds nearly 95% of US freshwater
Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are ubiquitous in the Great Lakes basin’s air, rain, atmosphere and water, new peer-reviewed research shows.
The first-of-its-kind, comprehensive picture of PFAS levels for the basin, which holds nearly 95% of the nation’s freshwater, also reveals that precipitation is probably a major contributor to the lakes’ contamination.
This story was amended on 18 May 2024 to clarify that Buffalo does not border Lake Ontario.
Continue reading...Police arrest six student protesters at University of Pennsylvania
Pro-Palestinian students were attempting to take over a university hall to protest school’s refusal to negotiate in ‘good faith’
More than a dozen pro-Palestinian activists, including six students at the University of Pennsylvania, were arrested after attempting to occupy a hall on the university campus late Friday.
The protesters were arrested around 9pm after trying to take over Fisher-Bennett Hall but had been met with a response from university and Philadelphia police, according to reports. The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that protesters caused the evacuation of an alumni event at the Penn Museum.
Continue reading...Georgia president vetoes ‘foreign agent’ law
Salome Zourabichvili's said a law that has sparked weeks of protests was "fundamentally Russian".
Jeremy Hunt urged to honour pledge on infected blood compensation payouts
As the inquiry publishes its final report, the chancellor is under pressure to find £10bn to put right a longstanding injustice
The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, will come under pressure to stay true to his word and sign off on immediate compensation payments totalling up to £10bn to victims of the contaminated blood scandal when the long-awaited final report on the affair is published on Monday.
The scandal is described as the worst treatment disaster in NHS history, with more than 3,000 people having died as a result of receiving contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. It is estimated that, even today, a person infected during the scandal dies every four days.
Continue reading...Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assault on Chasiv Yar – Zelensky – Ukrinform
- Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assault on Chasiv Yar - Zelensky Ukrinform
- Zelensky recalls deportation of Crimea Tartars, compares to present Yahoo! Voices
- Interview: Crimean Tatar Leader Reflects On Stalin-Era 'Genocide,' Resistance And Resilience Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- Zelenskyy: Free from Russia, Crimea will be one of the best places to live in Europe Ukrainska Pravda
- President Erdoğan commemorates 80th anniversary of Crimean Tatar exile | Daily Sabah Daily Sabah
Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assault on Chasiv Yar – Zelensky – Ukrinform
- Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assault on Chasiv Yar - Zelensky Ukrinform
- Zelensky recalls deportation of Crimea Tartars, compares to present Yahoo! Voices
- Interview: Crimean Tatar Leader Reflects On Stalin-Era 'Genocide,' Resistance And Resilience Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- Zelenskyy: Free from Russia, Crimea will be one of the best places to live in Europe Ukrainska Pravda
- President Erdoğan commemorates 80th anniversary of Crimean Tatar exile | Daily Sabah Daily Sabah
Bishkek University Reportedly Calm After Mob Violence That Injured At Least 29 People – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- Bishkek University Reportedly Calm After Mob Violence That Injured At Least 29 People Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- What Led To Attack On Kyrgyzstan Hostels Housing Indian, Pak Students NDTV
- 'We Are Scared': Afghan Community, Foreign Students Warned To Stay Off Bishkek Streets Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
- Pakistani nationals studying in Kyrgyzstan asked to stay indoors after mobs attack foreigners, foreign ministry says CBS News
- Kyrgyz govt's request after hostels housing India, Pak students attacked: 'Destructive forces are…' Hindustan Times
Australians stranded in New Caledonia ‘running out of food’ amid civil unrest – Reuters.com
- Australians stranded in New Caledonia 'running out of food' amid civil unrest Reuters.com
- France admits it's lost control of parts of New Caledonia, the world's third-largest producer of critical EV metal nickel Fortune
- New Caledonia ‘under siege’ says local official, as unrest claims another life The Guardian
- Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory The Associated Press
- Deadly Clashes in a French Pacific Territory Raise Fears of Civil War The New York Times
Australians stranded in New Caledonia ‘running out of food’ amid civil unrest – Reuters.com
- Australians stranded in New Caledonia 'running out of food' amid civil unrest Reuters.com
- France admits it's lost control of parts of New Caledonia, the world's third-largest producer of critical EV metal nickel Fortune
- New Caledonia ‘under siege’ says local official, as unrest claims another life The Guardian
- Violence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to its Pacific territory The Associated Press
- Deadly Clashes in a French Pacific Territory Raise Fears of Civil War The New York Times
Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions
Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders' assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions.
Canada wildfires force thousands to evacuate – BBC.com
Aid delivery to Gazans arriving via US-built pier – New York Post
- Aid delivery to Gazans arriving via US-built pier New York Post
- Aid starts flowing into Gaza over U.S. pier NBC News
- Israel-Hamas war: Gaza aid driven across new US-built pier. Challenges remain The Associated Press
- JLOTS, an obscure Army-Navy capability, arrives in Gaza NavyTimes.com
- US military starts delivering aid to Gaza through floating pier. Here’s what we know CNN
Islamic Jihad leader killed in West Bank and 70 targets hit in Gaza, says Israel
IDF says ‘senior terrorist operative’ Islam Khamayseh was killed in strike on the city of Jenin
Israel says its jets have struck 70 targets across Gaza in the past 24 hours, while an airstrike in Jenin killed a “significant” Islamic Jihad figure who operated as the head of logistics for the organisation’s brigade in the city.
The strike, carried out on Friday night by a fighter jet and a helicopter, killed Islam Khamayseh, a “senior terrorist operative in the Jenin camp” who was responsible for a series of attacks in the area, the IDF said.
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