US strikes Iranian targets in Syria -Pentagon (www.reuters.com)
Blasts hit two Egyptian Red Sea towns, Israel points to 'aerial threat' (www.reuters.com)
South Korean court upholds ban on gay sex within armed forces (www.reuters.com)
South Korea’s constitutional court on Thursday narrowly upheld a law banning same-sex relations within the armed forces, citing a possible risk to the military’s combat readiness in a ruling criticised by activists as a setback for gay rights....
At UN, Iran warns US will 'not be spared' if war in Gaza continues (www.reuters.com)
Iran’s Foreign Minster Hossein Amirabdollahian warned at the United Nations on Thursday that if Israel’s retaliation against Palestinian militants Hamas in the Gaza Strip doesn’t end then the United States will “not be spared from this fire.”...
Canada top court to get first woman majority bench with Trudeau's new nominee (www.reuters.com)
The naming of Moreau will give Canada’s top court five female judges and four male judges. Moreau was most recently the chief justice of Alberta’s superior court, and has worked in that court for 29 years. She will fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court created by the resignation of Russell Brown in June....
White House: Russia is executing soldiers who refuse to follow orders (www.reuters.com)
The Hamas tunnel city beneath Gaza: a hidden frontline for Israel (www.reuters.com)
What lies in wait for Israeli ground troops in Gaza, security sources say, is a Hamas tunnel network hundreds of kilometres long and up to 80 metres deep, described by one freed hostage as “a spider’s web” and by one expert as the “Viet Cong times 10”....
Broken Lebanon cannot afford war, and Hezbollah knows it (www.reuters.com)
With an economy in ruins and a crumbling state, Lebanon can ill afford another war between Hezbollah and Israel....
North Korea says Israel bombed Gaza hospital, calls US 'accomplice' (www.reuters.com)
North Korea’s foreign ministry accused Israel of bombing a hospital in the Gaza Strip on Oct 17., saying it had openly committed a war crime “under the undisguised patronage of the United States”....
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies outside jury's presence (www.reuters.com)
The judge released the jurors for the rest of the day following a lunch break and instructed them to return on Friday morning. The unusual move came after Bankman-Fried’s lawyers said they planned to elicit testimony about the involvement of FTX lawyers in key company decisions like document retention and in crafting of loans...
Hamas delegation visits Moscow, discusses release of hostages in Gaza - agencies (www.reuters.com)
US economic growth accelerates in third quarter (www.reuters.com)
Ford, UAW reach tentative deal to end strike including record pay raise (www.reuters.com)
The proposed accord, which UAW’s leadership must still approve, provides a 25% wage hike over the 4-1/2-year contract, starting with an initial increase of 11%....
China rushes to swap Western tech with domestic options as U.S. cracks down (www.reuters.com)
China has stepped up spending to replace Western-made technology with domestic alternatives as Washington tightens curbs on high-tech exports to its rival, according to government tenders, research documents and four people familiar with the matter.
Russia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strike (www.reuters.com)
Australian retailers add security tech amid rising theft, aggression (www.reuters.com)
Anti-Semites cannot be granted German citizenship under new law - minister (www.reuters.com)
A law under consideration by the German parliament would mean that people who have committed anti-Semitic acts can never be granted citizenship, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not terrorist organisation, cancels trip to Israel (www.reuters.com)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in his strongest comments yet on the Gaza conflict, said on Wednesday the Palestinian militant group Hamas was not a terrorist organisation but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands....
Donald Trump fined $10,000 for second gag order violation in civil fraud case (www.reuters.com)
Justice Arthur Engoron on Oct. 3 barred Trump from disparaging court staff after Trump shared on social media a photo of the judge’s top clerk posing with U.S. Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and falsely called her Schumer’s “girlfriend.”...
Gaza still has fuel but it could run out in hours, Red Cross official says (www.reuters.com)
Consumer Reports finds more lead and cadmium in chocolate, urges change at Hershey (www.reuters.com)
California sidelines GM Cruise's driverless cars, cites safety risk (www.reuters.com)
Venezuela's Machado wins presidential primary, near-final count shows (www.reuters.com)
Turkey's Erdogan says Hamas is not a terrorist organisation (www.reuters.com)
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