- Serbia’s president criticizes UN court for not releasing war criminal Mladic to die at home AP News
- Serbia says convicted war criminal Mladić to be buried with ‘highest honors’ CNN
- ‘The butcher may be gone, but to many he is a hero’: victims condemn glorification of Mladić The Guardian
- Mladic died a happy man. He won Al Jazeera
- Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83 The New York Times
People stranded for days on dilapidated Nigerian highway
Al Jazeera asked people on the Benin-Agbor-Asaba road how they view this infrastructure crisis.
Deadly strike on Kyiv warehouse prompts evacuations
Ukraine correspondent Dan Johnson reports from Kyiv after the deadly strike, which authorities said killed more than 30 people.
Korea divided: A sister’s long wait and a defector’s bid to save his mother
An elderly South Korean waits to see a brother in the North one last time, while a North Korean defector risks it all.
Ukraine chooses three Western fighters to build its air force around. One of them can fly again from stretch of road in 15 to 20 minutes – Euromaidan Press
- Ukraine chooses three Western fighters to build its air force around. One of them can fly again from stretch of road in 15 to 20 minutes Euromaidan Press
- Sweden to Transfer 10 High-Speed Boats to Ukraine The Defense Post
- Sweden to Donate 10 Coast Guard Vessels to Ukraine Bloomberg.com
- Swedish FM arrives in Kyiv Ukrinform
- Sweden announces $28 million in additional defense support for Ukraine Hromadske
Russian drone strike on Kyiv warehouse storing weapons kills at least 37
Ukrainian prosecutors open investigation into why munitions were stored so close to residential buildings
At least 37 people have been killed after a Russian drone struck a warehouse near Kyiv’s western suburbs that was storing “explosive objects”.
The attack damaged at least 50 residential buildings, including a care home for elderly and disabled people, and sparked a huge fire and explosions in the Bucha district of the Kyiv region. The regional governor, Tymur Tkachenko, said a further 42 people, including four children, had been injured in the strike.
Continue reading...Ex-White House teleprompter operator fined $172,000 for Trump speech bets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Gabriel Perez wagered on Kalshi about words president used in speeches
A White House teleprompter operator who left his post amid accusations that he used inside knowledge to make bets on Donald Trump’s speeches on an online prediction market has been fined $172,000, according to federal regulators.
Gabriel Perez exploited “material, nonpublic information” that he gathered through his work for the president in order to place wagers on the Kalshi platform “for his personal benefit”, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) maintained in a news release on Friday.
Continue reading...Mladic died a happy man. He won
He fought for fascism to triumph. And it did.
Cells for arrested offenders may run out without early prison release, says Labour
Bridget Phillipson says government would not have to consider releasing prisoners early if Tories had created more capacity
Cells to hold newly arrested people could run out without the early prison release scheme, a minister has said.
Bridget Phillipson defended the plan to address the prison capacity crisis in England and Wales by releasing thousands of prisoners early, which has been criticised by domestic abuse charities, bereaved families and probation officers among others.
Continue reading...Israeli settlers surround Palestinian home in occupied West Bank’s Qusra
At least four people trapped inside their home, as earlier siege on Palestinian families has continued for three weeks.
Chinese rescuers race to reach mudslide survivors in Nepal-China border
Rescuers raced to clear roads leading to the mudslide-hit border port of Gyirong, China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Israel raids, shutters UNRWA lifeline for Palestinian refugees
An UNRWA vocational centre in the occupied West Bank has been raided by Israeli forces and ordered to close.
Gunfire, blasts heard in attempted mutiny in Niger’s capital Niamey – Al Jazeera
- Gunfire, blasts heard in attempted mutiny in Niger’s capital Niamey Al Jazeera
- Rival factions stand off in Niger capital after mutineers attack airport, presidency Reuters
- An African country rich in gold and uranium shaken by fresh coup threat 3 years after military takeover as soldiers attack the presidency Business Insider Africa
- Niger’s security forces battle mutinous soldiers in the capital AP News
- Niger junta led by General Tiani faces attempted coup Le Monde.fr
UNRWA’s first and last vocational college in East Jerusalem is under threat
Israel threatens the Qalandiya Training Centre, one of Jerusalem's oldest still-operational educational institutions.
Gaza farmer returns to the grapevines he couldn’t bear to abandon
After nearly three years of war, a farmer returns to Sheikh Ijlin’s renowned grape fields.
Fourth time lucky as Chris Cantrill’s spoof whodunnit wins Edinburgh comedy award 2026
Nominated in three previous years, the rambunctious standup – one half of The Delightful Sausage – wins the prize for his show Rewilding while Marty Gleeson is named best newcomer
The annual Edinburgh comedy award has been won by the standup Chris Cantrill, two years after his comedy partner Amy Gledhill – in the raucous northern double act The Delightful Sausage – won the same prize.
Cantrill, 42 and from Bradford, received the so-called “Oscar of live comedy” for a show, Rewilding, about his new life in rural Northumberland, where an act of vandalism shocks the local community – and a spoof whodunnit ensues. It builds on the foundations laid in 2024 by Easily Swayed, which documented his move to the countryside and secured what was then Cantrill’s third nomination (but first as a solo act) for the award.
Continue reading...Indonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke
Indonesia sets up shelters for babies, children affected by wildfire smoke
Formula One champion Lando Norris extends McLaren contract until 2030
Last season, 26-year-old Norris delivered McLaren's first drivers' title since Lewis Hamilton won it in 2008.
Trump-shaped ecstasy pills can be fatal, Dutch drug institute warns – politico.eu
- Trump-shaped ecstasy pills can be fatal, Dutch drug institute warns politico.eu
- Dutch health institute issues 'red alert' over Trump-shaped ecstasy pills BBC
- A Dutch institute issues a ‘Red Alert’ over potentially lethal Trump-shaped ecstasy pills NBC News
- Trump-shaped Ecstasy Pills Issued Fatal Warning in Tourist Hotspot Newsweek
- Trump-shaped ecstasy pills contain dangerous chemical and could be deadly, Dutch group says CBS News