US and Japan push for ban on nuclear weapons in space with UN security council resolution (www.theguardian.com)
Iran accuses Israel of killing Iranian military commander and others in airstrike on consulate in Syria (www.msn.com)
A top commander in Iran’s Revolutionary Guard was killed among several others in an airstrike on the country’s consulate building in Damascus, Syria, according to Iranian officials and state-affiliated media, which blamed Israel for the attack....
Germany legalises cannabis possession and home cultivation for personal use (news.sky.com)
Cannabis is currently classed as a narcotic under German law, but from 1 April that will change, with a new law decriminalising possession and home cultivation.
Ukraine says Russia in less than a week hit it with 700 glide bombs, weapons that can really only be beaten by killing the planes (www.yahoo.com)
Brazil: Judge rejects Bolsonaro's request for Israel travel (www.dw.com)
The salary Americans need to buy a starter home has nearly doubled since the pandemic (fortune.com)
Gaza's al-Shifa hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid (www.bbc.co.uk)
Passport checks for air travellers lifted as Bulgaria and Romania join EU's Schengen (www.reuters.com)
Iran alerted Russia to security threat before Moscow attack (www.reuters.com)
China's economic slowdown makes Taiwan crisis more likely: report (asia.nikkei.com)
Russia has questions to answer over response to Moscow terror attack (news.sky.com)
Turkey’s Erdoğan suffers blow in crucial mayoral elections as secular opposition surges (www.politico.eu)
Opposition’s triumph in Istanbul, where the president had invested significant electoral resources, boosts a party that was left reeling by a general election defeat last year....
Philippines to boost diplomacy and defence capability as South China Sea 'countermeasures' (www.yahoo.com)
MANILA (Reuters) - Countermeasures by the Philippines to China’s conduct in the South China Sea will entail strengthening its defence capabilities with allies and exhausting all diplomatic measures to resolve disputes, a security official said on Monday....
Twelve people reported drowned off a Gaza beach trying to reach aid drop (www.theguardian.com)
Twelve people drowned trying to get to aid dropped by plane off a Gaza beach, Palestinian health authorities have said, amid growing fears of famine nearly six months into Israel’s military campaign....
Israelis stage largest anti-government protest since the war in Gaza began (apnews.com)
Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered outside the parliament building in Jerusalem on Sunday in the largest anti-government demonstration since the country went to war in October. They urged the government to reach a cease-fire deal to free dozens of hostages held by the Hamas militant group in Gaza and to hold early elections....
Exclusive: Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)
Russia demands extradition of Ukraine security chief and others for ‘terrorism’ (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has demanded that Ukraine extradite a number of people, including the head of the country’s SBU security service, over claims they are connected with “terrorist” acts....
Cambodia: Hundreds of Indians rescued from cyber-scam factories (www.bbc.com)
Barrage of Russian attacks aims to cut Ukraine's lights (www.bbc.com)
In central Kharkiv you hear the rattle of generators on every street....
European prosecutors take over Belgian probe into Pfizergate (www.politico.eu)
European Public Prosecutor’s Office looking into texts between Ursula von der Leyen and boss of Pfizer....
Remains of missing French toddler Emile Soleil found in French Alps (www.theguardian.com)
Bones were discovered near the hamlet of Le Vernet, close to where the little boy went missing in 2023...
A Russian Defector’s Killing Raises Specter of Hit Squads (www.nytimes.com)
Mr. Kuzminov defected from Russia to Ukraine last summer, flying his Mi-8 military helicopter into Ukrainian territory and handing the aircraft along with a cache of secret documents to Ukrainian intelligence operatives. In doing so, he committed the one offense President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has said again and again he...
Headless, dog-sized robot to patrol Alaska airport to prevent bird strikes (news.sky.com)
Finnish authorities detect sulphur-like smell in Helsinki region (www.reuters.com)
Chocolate prices could soar as changing climate patterns worsen cocoa crisis (news.sky.com)
