Israel-Palestine war: Bodies piling up in the streets as Gaza onslaught escalates (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Blinken warned lawmakers Azerbaijan may invade Armenia in coming weeks (www.politico.com)
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Japan asks court to strip Unification church of religious status (www.theguardian.com)
Japan’s government has asked a court to strip the Unification church of its status, amid growing criticism of the group’s fundraising activities after the assassination last year of the former prime minister Shinzo Abe....
Langmatt Museum’s Decision to Sell Three Cezannes Raises Ire of the International Council of Museums (www.artnews.com)
The Swiss branch of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has issued an official letter in protest to the Langmatt Museum’s decision to sell three prime works by Paul Cézzane at Christie’s New York in November, the Art Newspaper reported Thursday. The museum has said the sale will save the Baden, Switzerland-based...
Israel at war: an explosive moment in the Middle East (archive.ph)
Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorous in Gaza, Lebanon (www.reuters.com)
Military briefing: the shape of a Gaza invasion (archive.ph)
Scores killed in Israeli air strikes on families fleeing northern Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)
Get out of Gaza City, Israel's military tells Palestinians (www.cbc.ca)
Police raid 50-room brothel in Taipei's Wanhua, 44 arrested | Taiwan News | 2023-10-13 12:00:00 (www.taiwannews.com.tw)
Blinken says Israeli actions are not retailatory but defensive (www.cnn.com)
Sri Lanka crisis: Colombo reaches debt deal with China (www.bbc.com)
Turkey says 'intensive contacts' underway to free Israel's hostages with Hamas (www.al-monitor.com)
Doctors in Gaza describe the war's devastating impact on health care — and civilians (www.npr.org)
US defense secretary is in Israel to meet with its leaders and see America’s security assistance (apnews.com)
S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Israel on Friday for meetings with senior government leaders and to see firsthand some of the U.S. weapons and security assistance that Washington rapidly delivered to Israel in the first week of its war with the militant Hamas group....
EU funded water pipelines despite Hamas boast it could turn them into rockets (www.telegraph.co.uk)
The European Union helped to build more than 30 miles of water pipelines for Palestinians despite Hamas terrorists boasting of their ability to forge an arsenal of home-made rockets from pipes....
Military briefing: ‘Everything you can imagine and worse’ awaits Israeli army in Gaza (archive.ph)
Europe gives TikTok CEO 24 hours to respond about Israel-Hamas war misinformation (www.cnbc.com)
European regulator Thierry Breton shared a stern letter to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on Thursday, claiming his office has “indications” that the platform is being used to distribute disinformation and illegal content around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war....
French authorities link a school stabbing that killed a teacher to Islamic extremism (apnews.com)
A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school and wounded three other people Friday in northern France, authorities said.
Developed nations pledge $9.3 billion to global climate fund at gathering in Germany (apnews.com)
Developed countries pledged $9.3 billion to help poor nations tackle climate change at a conference held in the German city of Bonn on Thursday, authorities said. However, nongovernmental groups criticized the outcome, saying the funds fall short of what is needed to tackle climate change....
Argentina central bank hikes key rate to 133% as inflation worsens (www.reuters.com)
They were told to leave their homes. They did. They were still bombed (www.middleeasteye.net)
Africa’s first carbon-removal plant (www.nbcnews.com)
The article puts it up as a question about whether this practice is worthwhile since the only logical solution to climate change is to de-carbonize. Personally I think that question isn’t very nuanced, certainly de-carbonizing 100’a of tons from the atmosphere from just this one plant is a small net positive. Can’t let it...
U.S. and Qatar agree to not release Iran's $6B (www.nbcnews.com)
The U.S. and Qatari governments have agreed to block Iran from accessing any of the $6 billion it gained access to as part of a prisoner swap deal between the Biden administration and Tehran last month, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told House Democrats on Thursday, according to three sources familiar with his remarks,...
