Adelaide University cancels literary festival event with UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese

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Festival organisers criticise the university for last-minute booking cancellation of event headlined by special rapporteur for Palestinian territories

Another free speech row at a literary festival has erupted, with Adelaide University abruptly cancelling a high-profile event featuring UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese.

The move has prompted the festival’s organisers and speakers to accuse the 152 year-old institution of “crumbling in fear”.

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Cuba charges six exiles with terrorism in wake of deadly speedboat attack

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Detainees accused of coming from the US with intent to sow chaos and attack military units on Communist-ruled island

Cuban prosecutors have formally charged six people with crimes of terrorism after a US-flagged speedboat was involved in a deadly shootout with Cuba’s coast guard last week.

The US-based Cuban defendants are accused of packing a boat with weapons and heading toward Cuba in hopes of destabilising the government in Havana.

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Jordanian arrested for visa offences after alleged Bondi attackers visited his coffee shop during Philippines stay

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Military used in arrest of Mohammad Odeh Saleh, owner of business allegedly visited by the Akrams before Australia’s deadliest terror attack

A Jordanian national whose coffee shop was visited by the alleged gunmen behind December’s Bondi beach terrorist attack – and who frequently traveled to Australia and the Middle East – has been arrested in the Philippines for overstaying his visa.

Authorities investigating the gunmen’s month-long stay in Mindanao Island, in the country’s south, alleged that Mohammad Odeh Saleh, 65, had travelled to Australia in the years before his arrest in Pagadian City on Monday.

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Live: Macron says he urged Netanyahu to ‘refrain from ground offensive’ in Lebanon – France 24

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  1. Live: Macron says he urged Netanyahu to 'refrain from ground offensive' in Lebanon  France 24
  2. Is Hezbollah Still a Threat?  Foreign Affairs
  3. At least 11 killed as Israel escalates attacks across Lebanon  Al Jazeera
  4. Hezbollah is dragging Lebanon into the war on Iran, but the militia is a shadow of the force it once was  CNN
  5. Israel orders Lebanese to leave swathe of the south 'immediately'  Reuters
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Plibersek accuses Mafs of platforming ‘coercive control’ after contestant wanted a woman ‘obedient’ like a dog

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Social services minister Tanya Plibersek criticises hit reality TV show Married at First Sight for ‘messaging which encourages control and dehumanises women’

The social services minister, Tanya Plibersek, has accused Australia’s biggest media company, Nine Entertainment, of “normalising” coercive control by airing an exchange in which a Married at First Sight contestant says he wants a woman to be obedient like a dog.

Plibersek urged parents not to let their children watch the “dangerous” reality TV juggernaut, which regularly attracts more than 2 million viewers on broadcast television alone.

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America and Israel’s War to Remake the Middle East – Foreign Affairs

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  1. America and Israel’s War to Remake the Middle East  Foreign Affairs
  2. The future of war? US-Israel blitz on Iran unveils next-gen allied combat  Fox News
  3. Opinion | Iran and a New Middle East Alliance  WSJ
  4. Open Letter from 75 Retired U.S. Military Leaders in Support of Joint U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran  JINSA
  5. Israel and U.S. Trumpet Their Collaboration in War Against Iran - The New York Times  The New York Times
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US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking

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US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuadorian forces involves ‘decisive action’ against narco-terrorists

US and Ecuadorian forces have launched joint operations to combat drug trafficking, the US Southern Command said on Tuesday, but neither side gave more details.

Southern Command, which encompasses 31 countries through South and Central America and the Caribbean, said in a statement on X that the “decisive action” was aimed at combating illicit drug trafficking.

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