Israel holds female Palestinian rights lawyer without trial or charge (www.aljazeera.com)
‘It’s legalised robbery’: anger grows at China’s struggling shadow banks | Chinese economy | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli Settler Movement’s Ugly Postwar Plans for Gaza (newrepublic.com)
Largest Covid vaccine study finds links to health conditions (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Russia and China clash with US and UK over attacks on Yemen rebels for strikes on Red Sea ships (apnews.com)
Russia and China on Wednesday accused the United States and Britain of illegally attacking military sites used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to launch missiles at commercial vessels in the Red Sea, disrupting global shipping....
A man in Iran guns down 12 relatives in a shooting spree with a Kalashnikov rifle (apnews.com)
UN agencies warn of 'explosion' in Gaza child deaths (www.al-monitor.com)
“The Gaza Strip is poised to witness an explosion in preventable child deaths which would compound the already unbearable level of child deaths in Gaza,” said Ted Chaiban, deputy head of humanitarian action at the UN children’s agency UNICEF....
US warns Israel against ground offensive into Rafah in draft UN resolution (www.ft.com)
Despair in Russia as Putin Spirals Out of Control (www.thedailybeast.com)
President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman informed Russians this week that the “special military operation” that Putin launched in Ukraine in February 2022 was set to go on much longer because it is now “a war against the collective West.”...
India wants Israel to be mindful of Gaza civilian deaths (www.thehindu.com)
Brazil recalls ambassador to Israel in row over Lula’s Gaza comments (www.aljazeera.com)
Julian Assange judge previously acted for MI6 (www.declassifieduk.org)
Canada sending more than 800 drones to Ukraine to support its fight against Russia (abcnews.go.com)
UN court begins hearings on Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories (www.ft.com)
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Israel Was Behind Attacks on Major Gas Pipelines in Iran, Officials Say (www.nytimes.com)
Israel carried out covert attacks on two major natural gas pipelines inside Iran this week, disrupting the flow of heat and cooking gas to provinces with millions of people, according to two Western officials and a military strategist affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps....
US conducts strikes against Houthi underwater vessel for the first time since Red Sea attacks began (www.cnn.com)
The US on Saturday conducted strikes against Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles and vessels, including on the first unmanned underwater vessel the Iranian-backed rebel group has used since the attacks in the Red Sea began, according to US Central Command....
Indonesia says 71 election workers died from exhaustion (www.bangkokpost.com)
Alexei Navalny: Putin critic dies after 'feeling unwell' and 'losing consciousness' (news.sky.com)
‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts (www.theguardian.com)
There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?...
Israeli soldiers fire at Palestinians approaching aid trucks in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Desperate Palestinians rushing toward aid trucks to fetch food in central Gaza were forced to flee after Israeli troops opened fire on them amid the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the enclave....
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls (www.ohchr.org)
Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received....
Indonesia: A Curious Outcome | Gwynne Dyer (gwynnedyer.com)
Israel vows to 'finish the job' in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah (apnews.com)
The U.S., Israel’s top ally, said it instead hopes to broker a cease-fire and hostage-release agreement between Israel and Hamas, and envisions a wider resolution on the war sparked by the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Hamas’ demands “delusional.”...
Sydney school, supermarket tainted with asbestos as crisis widens (www.reuters.com)
Seven more public sites in Sydney, including a school, sports hub and supermarket, were exposed to asbestos, authorities said on Monday, as the contamination of the toxic material widened and officials rushed to remove it from public spaces....