El Salvador’s ‘cool dictator’ boasts country would be ‘a one-party system’ after election win (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Nayib Bukele claims landslide victory and says Spanish democracy is a colonial fraud in impassioned speech to supporters...
Ugandan judge Sebutinde takes over as ICJ vice-president for three years (www.timeslive.co.za)
Chile's former president Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash (www.reuters.com)
The helicopter carrying Pinera, 74, and three others plunged into a lake in southern Chile. The former president was pronounced dead shortly after rescue personnel arrived at the scene. The other three passengers survived. Two sources told Reuters Pinera was the pilot, although officials have not confirmed that, nor the...
CIA director: Not passing Ukraine aid would be a mistake 'of historic proportions' (www.politico.com)
Helping Ukraine is “a relatively modest investment with significant geopolitical returns,” the CIA director wrote....
Giant successor to Hadron Collider could uncover secrets of 95% of the universe (news.sky.com)
US planning to station nuclear weapons in UK amid threat from Russia – report (www.theguardian.com)
Missiles could be placed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk in case of potential war between Nato and Russia...
Israel-Gaza war: Unknown fate of six-year-old Hind Rajab trapped under fire (www.bbc.com)
LGBTQ+ Palestinians can request asylum in Israel, court rules (www.jpost.com)
Israeli military opens probe into reports of Oct. 7 friendly fire deaths (www.reuters.com)
Israel has begun investigating possible breaches of the law by its forces during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, the military said on Tuesday, following reports some Israeli civilians may have been killed by friendly fire in the fighting....
‘They Come in Waves’: Ukraine Goes on Defense Against a Relentless Foe (www.nytimes.com)
His unit decimated by Ukrainian fire, the last surviving soldier in a Russian assault took cover in a shallow crater while Ukrainians shouted at him to surrender. As he lifted two grenades in the air, a Ukrainian drone swept in from above and exploded....
Kazakhstan's president dismisses his Cabinet (abcnews.go.com)
MOSCOW – The president of Kazakhstan on Monday fired his Cabinet after criticizing its performance....
Deepfake Video Call Scams Finance Bro Out of $25 Million (gizmodo.com)
World Court says atrocities committed by Israeli military in Gaza are undeniable ‘facts’ (new.finalcall.com)
Far-right ministers slam IDF over drill simulating settlers kidnapping Palestinians (www.timesofisrael.com)
Singapore deletes its COVID-era contact tracing data (www.theregister.com)
Orbán boycotts parliament session called to ratify Swedish Nato bid (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party has boycotted a session of parliament called by the opposition to ratify Sweden’s Nato membership, even as a group of western ambassadors arrived in the building to urge a vote....
Blinken pursues Gaza truce as Israel presses onslaught (www.reuters.com)
Singapore passes law to hold 'dangerous offenders' beyond prison terms (news.yahoo.com)
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'Israel' hands over bodies of 100 martyrs after stealing their organs (english.almayadeen.net)
Israel 'stealing organs' from bodies in Gaza, alleges rights group (www.euronews.com)
UN envoy cannot sleep: 'Things happened here that I have never seen before' (www.ynetnews.com)
According to Pramila Patten, the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Special Envoy for Sexual Violence in Conflicts, she has been unable to sleep for a week since viewing the 47-minute video compiled by the IDF of the atrocities committed on October 7. The scenes continue to haunt her. “Only after I saw the video...
Yazidi woman held by IS for 10 years freed by Kurdish fighters in Syria (www.theguardian.com)
Iraqi, 24, rescued with her children from al-Hawl camp after being abducted then raped and forced into marriage...
Netherlands pledges six extra F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
The Dutch government today said it would send Ukraine six additional F-16 fighter jets after cancelling the planned sale of the aircraft to a private contractor, said Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren.
WHO chief warns 'future generations may not forgive us' if pandemic treaty not agreed upon: 'There will be a next time' (fortune.com)
Future generations may not forgive the World Health Organization’s member nations, should they fail to agree on a pandemic treaty, the organization’s chief said Saturday at the Warwick Economic Summit, calling the agreement “mission critical for humanity.”...
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger (abcnews.go.com)
A South Korean court has acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial crimes related to a contentious merger in 2015 that tightened his grip over South Korea’s biggest company...
