British couple detained by Taliban in Afghanistan return to UK
Barbie Reynolds, 76, and husband Peter, 80, were released after being held without charge for nearly eight months
A British couple who were detained without charge for nearly eight months by the Taliban in Afghanistan have arrived in the UK.
Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, were released on Friday, having been arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, central Afghanistan, in February.
Continue reading...Brazil joins South Africa’s ‘genocide’ case against Israel at ICJ
Cyber-attack causes delays at Heathrow and other European airports
Hamas releases ‘farewell photo’ of 47 Israeli captives amid escalation in Gaza City – Middle East Monitor
- Hamas releases ‘farewell photo’ of 47 Israeli captives amid escalation in Gaza City Middle East Monitor
- Hamas posts ‘farewell picture’ of 48 captives as Israel destroys Gaza City Al Jazeera
- Hamas Releases "Farewell" Photo Of Hostages, Blames Israel's Gaza Invasion NDTV
- Hamas releases 'farewell photo' of 47 Israeli captives amid escalation in Gaza City Anadolu Ajansı
- Hamas propaganda poster warns hostages would share fate of IDF airman missing since 1986 i24NEWS
Starvation or execution: Sudanese under siege face ‘death everywhere’ – The Washington Post
- Starvation or execution: Sudanese under siege face ‘death everywhere’ The Washington Post
- Ethnically-driven killings in Sudan's war have jumped this year, UN says Reuters
- Starving Children Eat Animal Feed in Besieged Sudanese City The New York Times
- Deadly attacks and collapsing services push Sudan closer to catastrophe UN News
- UN chief sounds alarm over worsening crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher UN News
Malawi election result: Eight arrested for alleged electoral fraud – BBC
- Malawi election result: Eight arrested for alleged electoral fraud BBC
- Malawi's ex-president Mutharika takes early lead in election Reuters
- Parties of both main candidates claim Malawi election victory but results not yet announced The Washington Post
- A guide to Malawi’s presidential and parliamentary elections AP News
- After a Landmark Election, a Disillusioned Malawi Returns to the Polls The New York Times
Malawi police arrest eight for alleged election fraud
Gaza hospital director receives bodies of brother and other relatives while on duty – CNN
- Gaza hospital director receives bodies of brother and other relatives while on duty CNN
- LIVE: Israel kills 46 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn Al Jazeera
- Hundreds of thousands flee Israeli military's devastating assault on Gaza City NBC News
- Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza City as some countries prepare to recognize Palestinian state AP News
- Israel presses on with Gaza City assault, at least 60 Palestinians killed Reuters
Israeli air strike kills at least 4 children at Gaza City school
From Israel to India: How Saudi-Pakistan defence pact is redrawing power lines – Middle East Eye
- From Israel to India: How Saudi-Pakistan defence pact is redrawing power lines Middle East Eye
- ‘Watershed’: How Saudi-Pakistan defence pact reshapes region’s geopolitics Al Jazeera
- Pakistan Minister On Whether Saudi Arabia Will Get Involved If There Is War With India NDTV
- Pakistan says its nuclear program available to Saudi Arabia under defense pact The Times of Israel
- Saudi pact puts Pakistan's nuclear umbrella into Middle East security picture Reuters
Ukraine says three killed in ‘massive’ Russian aerial attack
India, Pakistan keen to skip controversy ahead of Asia Cup Super Fours game
Dutch police use water cannon to disperse anti-immigration protestors
Anti-immigration protesters and counter-protesters clash in Glasgow
Event comes a week after the largest far-right event in decades took place in London
Anti-immigration protesters have clashed with anti-racist counter-protesters in tense scenes in Glasgow this afternoon, a week after the largest far-right event in decades took place in London.
The statue of Scottish statesman Donald Dewar, father of the Holyrood parliament, was surrounded by union flags bearing the words: “Stop the boats” and “Unite the kingdom”.
Continue reading...Police arrest man suspected of shooting into a Sacramento ABC news station
Police say the ABC10 building was occupied when shots were fired into the lobby but ‘no one was injured’
Police have arrested a man suspected of shooting into the lobby of Sacramento’s ABC affiliate on Friday.
Though the shooting occurred just a day after protesters gathered outside to the station to condemn ABC’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talkshow, Sacramento police said the motive in the case remained under investigation, with it not being immediately clear whether the gunfire was targeted or random.
Continue reading...Airports across Europe face disruptions due to cyberattack – dw.com
- Airports across Europe face disruptions due to cyberattack dw.com
- Heathrow cyber-attack: Delays after airport check-in system hit BBC
- Cyberattack disrupts check-in systems at major European airports AJC.com
- Multiple Flights Canceled and Delayed as Hackers Target Several Airports with Cyber Attacks People.com
- Cyberattack disrupts operations at European airports including Heathrow, Brussels CNN
Four people arrested in Washington after alleged hate crime attack on trans woman
Three teenagers and one adult arrested in Renton after an alleged attack left a 39-year-old woman hospitalized
Four people – including three teenagers – are accused of a hate crime in Washington state after being arrested in connection with an alleged attack on a transgender woman that left the victim hospitalized, according to authorities.
The Renton police department said the four suspects in the case first argued with the 39-year-old woman on Monday evening – then beat her after she saw them again later. Investigators say they hurled homophobic slurs at the victim, who was attacked on a street near a transit center in Renton and suffered serious injuries.
Continue reading...A Polish Soldier, an Unusual Radar Dot and Then NATO Jets – The New York Times
- A Polish Soldier, an Unusual Radar Dot and Then NATO Jets The New York Times
- Poland scrambles jets as Russia launches massive aerial assault on Ukraine CNN
- Poland scrambles aircraft as Russia attacks Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles – as it happened The Guardian
- NATO Scrambles Fighter Jets Again After Major Russian Attacks Newsweek
- Poland scrambles aircraft after Russia launches strikes on Ukraine Reuters
Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded
Press freedom group says ‘brutal and unjustified attack’ is deadliest since 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Philippines
Thirty one journalists and media staff were killed by Israeli strikes on newspaper offices in Yemen last week in what the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Friday was the deadliest attack on journalists in the last 16 years.
Israel struck a newspaper complex in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital, which housed three Houthi-connected media outlets on 10 September. At the time, members of the Yemeni army’s press arm were finishing the weekly print edition, according to the publication’s editor-in-chief, which increased the number of journalists present during the strike.
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