- Turkey Seeks Jail Sentence of Over 2,000 Years for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu The New York Times
- Turkish prosecutors seek 2,352-year sentence for Erdoğan rival Financial Times
- Turkey demands more than 2,000 years' jail for popular Istanbul mayor Imamoglu BBC
- Turkish prosecutor seeks 2,000 years for jailed opposition mayor of Istanbul Reuters
- ‘Entirely political’: Istanbul mayor charged with 142 offences that could total 2,000 years in jail The Guardian
Hamas fighters trapped in tunnels present new obstacle to Gaza ceasefire progress
Mediators are trying to negotiate the exit of scores of fighters believed to hiding in a southern area of Gaza under Israeli control.
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine sign voice deal with AI company
The voices of the Oscar-winning actors can now be used to create AI-generated versions in a new deal with ElevenLabs
Oscar-winning actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have both signed a deal with the AI audio company ElevenLabs.
The New York-based company can now create AI-generated versions of their voices as part of a bid to solve a “key ethical challenge” in the artificial intelligence industry’s alliance with Hollywood.
Continue reading...Israel attacked Palestinian water sources over 250 times in five years, data reveals
Armed forces and settlers used bombs, dogs, poison and machinery to attack people and infrastructure at key sites
Israeli armed forces and settlers have attacked Palestinian water sources more than 250 times in the past five years, amounting to the most sustained assault on civilian water supplies in recent years, new research reveals.
Bombs, dogs, poison and heavy machinery were among the weapons used to attack Palestinians and their infrastructure at drinking water, irrigation and sanitation sites in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip on at least 90 occasions between January 2024 and mid-2025, according to the Pacific Institute, a California-based nonpartisan thinktank tracking water conflicts.
Continue reading...Brand New Bridge in China Collapses Months After Opening – The Daily Beast
- Brand New Bridge in China Collapses Months After Opening The Daily Beast
- WATCH: Entire Section of China’s Newly Opened Bridge Collapses, Crashing Into River Below Yahoo
- Bridge partially collapses in southwest China, months after opening Reuters
- Crazy footage shows China’s Hongqi bridge collapsing months after opening New York Post
- Section of national highway collapses in Sichuan China Daily - Global Edition
Some Israelis argue all soldiers are heroes, should not be prosecuted – The Washington Post
- Some Israelis argue all soldiers are heroes, should not be prosecuted The Washington Post
- Ex-IDF legal chief hospitalized after suicide attempt, police commissioner confirms The Times of Israel
- Leaked-Video Scandal Tests Israel’s Ability to Investigate Its Own Soldiers The Wall Street Journal
- Political and Media Attacks on Top IDF Lawyer Harm Law Enforcement in Israel Haaretz
- Arrest of top whistleblower shows extent of Israeli impunity over torture of Palestinian detainees The Conversation
Search for West Virginia miner trapped by floodwater extends into fourth day
Rescuers have been seeking unnamed man since pocket of water inundated Rolling Thunder mine on Saturday
Emergency responders have been trying to reach a miner trapped deep inside a flooded West Virginia coalmine since Saturday, according to authorities.
A mining crew hit an unknown pocket of water on Saturday about three-quarters of a mile into the Rolling Thunder mine near Drennen, about 50 miles (80km) east of the state capital of Charleston, the Nicholas county commissioner, Garrett Cole, said in a Facebook post.
Continue reading...UK to reconsider decision to deny Waspi women pension payouts
Millions born in 1950s lost out because of government failings over changes to state retirement age, campaigners say
Millions of “Waspi women” have been given fresh hope that they might receive compensation after the UK government announced it would revisit a decision to deny them payouts.
As many as 3.6 million women born in the 1950s are said to have lost out because of government failings in the way changes to the state pension age were made, prompting the Waspi (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaign to launch in 2015.
Continue reading...TikTok influencer who posted videos supporting military is publicly executed by armed men in Mali, authorities say – CBS News
US government shutdown disrupts flights for fifth consecutive day
US airlines cancel 1,200 flights, marking five days of disruptions caused by the prolonged government shutdown.
Pentagon’s largest warship enters Latin American waters as US tensions with Venezuela rise
USS Gerald R Ford’s arrival marks the largest US military presence in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989
The US navy has announced that the USS Gerald R Ford, regarded as the world’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, has entered the area of responsibility of the US Southern Command, which covers Latin America and the Caribbean.
The deployment of the ship and the strike group it leads – which includes dozens of aircraft and destroyer ships – had been announced nearly three weeks ago, and its arrival marks an escalation in the military buildup between the US and Venezuela.
Continue reading...Netanyahu, Kushner strike deal to expel Hamas terrorists from Rafah—but world says no – Ynetnews
- Netanyahu, Kushner strike deal to expel Hamas terrorists from Rafah—but world says no Ynetnews
- Hamas fighters trapped in tunnels present new obstacle to Gaza ceasefire progress BBC
- Kushner, Netanyahu still seeking solution to impasse on terrorists in Rafah tunnels The Times of Israel
- Scores of Gaza Militants Still in Areas Under Israeli Control, Officials Say The New York Times
- Israel allows 200 Hamas terrorists to be deported from Gaza The Jerusalem Post
Roman-Era Treasures Stolen From Syria’s National Museum – The New York Times
- Roman-Era Treasures Stolen From Syria’s National Museum The New York Times
- Thieves steal Roman statues from Syria’s national museum AP News
- Ancient Roman-Era Statues Taken During Brazen Museum Heist in Damascus Time Magazine
- Ancient Roman-era marble statues taken in audacious museum theft The Independent
- The Theft of Valuable Artifacts from the National Museum in Damascus وكالة صدى نيوز
Russian court extends jailing of teenage singer over street performance of anti-war songs – AP News
Top House Democrats vow to oppose shutdown bill over healthcare funding
Democrats are demanding an extension of tax credits for Affordable Care Act health plans set to expire at end of year
As House Republican leaders move to hold a vote on legislation to reopen the US government, top Democrats vowed on Tuesday to oppose the bill for not addressing their demand for more healthcare funding.
Democrats have for weeks demanded that any measure to fund the government include an extension of tax credits for Affordable Care Act health plans, which were created under Joe Biden and due to expire at the end of the year, sending premiums for enrollees higher.
Continue reading...Turkey demands more than 2,000 years in jail for popular Istanbul mayor
Istanbul's chief prosecutor accuses Ekrem Imamoglu and 400 others of running a corruption network.
Pokrovsk: Russian forces use fog cover to push further into key Ukraine town – BBC
- Pokrovsk: Russian forces use fog cover to push further into key Ukraine town BBC
- Russian forces roll 'Mad Max'-style into battered Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, video shows Reuters
- Ukraine’s Hardest Winter Foreign Affairs
- Russian forces ride into Pokrovsk, Ukraine in 'Mad Max'-style video NBC News
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 10, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the four-year siege of the city in the 1990s.
More than 10,000 people were killed in Sarajevo by constant shelling and sniper fire between 1992 and 1996 in what was the longest siege in modern history, after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia.
Continue reading...‘There was a state of terror’: Sudan hospital worker describes fleeing before alleged massacre
"I have lost the people whose faces I used to see smiling," says Abdu-Rabbu Ahmed after escaping el-Fasher.
‘There was a state of terror’: Sudan hospital worker describes fleeing before alleged massacre
"I have lost the people whose faces I used to see smiling," says Abdu-Rabbu Ahmed after escaping el-Fasher.