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'Qatar targeted my brother on Grindr - I want him home’ (www.bbc.com)

The family of a gay British-Mexican man held in Qatar for alleged drug offences has given further details of what they say was a “honeytrap” operation using the gay dating app, Grindr....

Russian forces are operating at same base as US troops in Niger (www.cnn.com)

Russian and US troops have been operating out of the same military base in Niger for at least several weeks, a US defense official and another source familiar with the matter told CNN, putting the two militaries in close proximity to each other at a time of heightened tensions over the war in Ukraine and as the country’s...

NATO sounds alarm over 'hostile' Russian activity across Europe (www.euronews.com)

NATO has issued a sharp warning over “hostile” Russian activity across Europe....

‘It’s like winning the lottery’: the mobile home owners buying the land they live on (www.theguardian.com)

Residents of manufactured housing parks typically own their homes – but not the parks themselves, which can be incredibly lucrative. Now some residents are forming cooperatives, and taking control...

Experts condemn US tobacco firm’s sponsorship of doctor training as ‘grotesque’ (www.theguardian.com)

Philip Morris International has supported non-smoking programmes around the world ‘to advance its own interests’, say health professionals...

Arizona governor signs into law measure to repeal 1864 abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)

State supreme court had ruled that the near-total abortion ban could be enforced, unleashing unprecedented outrage...

Germany accuses Russia of cyberattack on governing party (www.dw.com)

A German government investigation, led by the Foreign Ministry, found that Russian hackers with state support targeted the Social Democratic Party in the governing coalition....

Israeli precision-guided munition likely killed group of children playing foosball in Gaza, weapons experts say | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

Yulia Navalnaya to receive DW Freedom of Speech Award 2024 (www.dw.com)

The widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his Anti-Corruption Foundation are the 10th DW Freedom of Speech Award laureates....

Chinese EV makers risk tougher duties over failure to cooperate with EU probe (www.politico.eu)

European Commission warns BYD, SAIC and Geely that their lack of cooperation frees its hands to impose higher penalties, letters seen by POLITICO show....

Houthis offer education to students suspended in US protest crackdown (www.reuters.com)

“We are serious about welcoming students that have been suspended from U.S. universities for supporting Palestinians,” an official at Sanaa University, which is run by the Houthis, told Reuters. “We are fighting this battle with Palestine in every way we can.”...