Ruling party dominates early results in Russia’s wartime parliamentary vote
The Kremlin wants the elections to showcase popular support for the war in Ukraine and legitimise its action.
Workers came across human remains – and unearthed a mass grave of 572 people
Workers in northern Sri Lanka accidentally uncovered the country's largest mass grave – and reopened wounds from its civil war.
Sri Lanka’s Chemmani mass grave reopens wounds from the civil war – and families want answers – BBC
- Sri Lanka's Chemmani mass grave reopens wounds from the civil war - and families want answers BBC
- Skeletons of 572 people found in Sri Lanka: Who do these remains belong to and under what circumstances did they die? Zamin.uz
- Grisly scene: Family finds mass grave in garden Arab News
- Sri Lankan Bishops: “True Justice for the Victims of Chemmani” asianews.it
France to summon Iran envoy after language centre closure in Tehran
Iran accuses the French language centre of conducting 'illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions'.
Trump reportedly to form health funding board that could veto ‘woke’ initiatives
President’s latest order expected to bring NIH funding under control of Trump administration to align with agenda
Donald Trump’s latest executive order is expected to establish a board responsible for approving National Institutes of Health grant funding, marking another attempt by the Trump administration to censor topics that do not align with the president’s agenda.
The executive order, reported by outlets including the Washington Post and Politico, was discussed in a meeting on Friday where senior administration officials accused the NIH of funding “woke” initiatives that went against Trump’s political priorities.
Continue reading...Poison suspected in deaths of ten lions in game reserve in Tanzania – NPR
Specialist courtrooms to prioritise rape cases in England and Wales
Funding boost for facilities and fixed dates for trials designed to encourage more survivors to come forward
Specialist courtrooms prioritising cases of rape and other serious sex offences are to be introduced across England and Wales, with campaigners welcoming the move as potentially transformative.
The changes, designed to encourage more survivors to come forward, will include the provision of private entrances and waiting rooms, and facilities equipped for recording evidence in advance and observing sentencing remotely.
Continue reading...Houthis Push to Expand Territory as Tensions With Saudi Arabia Rise – nytimes.com
- Houthis Push to Expand Territory as Tensions With Saudi Arabia Rise nytimes.com
- The Houthis’ offensive is the latest spillover from Trump’s Iran disaster | Mohamad Bazzi The Guardian
- A simple guide to the Yemen conflict Al Jazeera
- Abdulmalik al-Houthi, the Yemeni rebel leader spooking oil markets Financial Times
- How the Houthis Opened a Volatile New Front in the Iran War The New Yorker
Qatar PM urges Gulf security framework with Iran
Qatar’s PM says, the Gulf won't be the same unless there's a framework ensuring no one is a threat to each other.
Argentina’s Left stages ‘March of Anger’ over Milei’s austerity measures
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires for the ‘March of Anger’.
Eighteen suspects extradited to US over Haitian president’s 2021 killing
Federal court in Florida to try men accused of orchestrating the transnational plot to kill Jovenel Moise from US soil.
More than a dozen arrested in connection with 2021 assassination of Haitian president
Jovenel Moïse, 53, was shot dead in July 2021 in a killing which sparked chaos in Haiti
Eighteen people have been arrested in association with the 2021 assassination of the Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, according to US officials.
Moïse, 53, was shot dead on 7 July 2021 at his private residence by a hired group of about 20 military-trained Colombian mercenaries. His security detail did not intervene to protect him.
Continue reading...Qatar PM describes fallout of US-Israel war on Iran as ‘earthquake’
Speaking before the UN General Assembly, Sheikh Mohammed also announces a key shift in Qatar's investment strategy.
Iran’s economy faces another blockade: Red tape and gridlock are clogging up land routes – Fortune
- Iran's economy faces another blockade: Red tape and gridlock are clogging up land routes Fortune
- Will shutdowns forced by US blockade damage Iran’s oil wells? Iran International
- Iran’s Attempts to Get Around the Hormuz Blockade Are Hitting a Wall WSJ
- Iran trade plummeting under US blockade, bureaucratic errors New York Post
- Opinion | Iran’s Hormuz leverage is dwindling The Washington Post
US proposes AI safety notification mechanism in talks with China
Scott Bessent and He Lifeng meet in New York for US-China talks ahead of the Trump-Xi meeting later this week.
Qatar says it is working to revive Iran-US talks
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson tells Bloomberg that mediators are shuttling between Iran and US to revive talks.
France’s Macron and Canada’s Carney announce plans to build stronger ties
Announcement comes as Canada seeks a closer relationship with the EU amid a trade war with the US.
German Chancellor Merz calls state election a ‘disaster’ for his party but vows to stay on
Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky approves ‘new long-range operations’ in response to Russian strikes – The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine war latest: Zelensky approves 'new long-range operations' in response to Russian strikes The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine's growing fleet of new high-speed interceptors is downing Russia's fastest attack drones Yahoo
- Ukraine's answer to Russia's new jet-powered drones takes a Shahed-like form businessinsider.com
- Zelenskyy unveils new interceptor drone for jet-powered Shahed drones – video Українська правда
- Zelenskyy Approves New Long-Range Strikes on Russian Targets, Orders Jet-Powdered Drone Interceptor Scale-Up UNITED24 Media
Sister of Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan arrested
Aleema Khanum is accused of mobilising her brother’s supporters ahead of country-wide protests.