In Myanmar, young people are fleeing the country or hastily arranging shotgun weddings to avoid conscription - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
Israeli settlers storm West Bank village, setting cars and homes ablaze (lemmy.world)
It’s estimated that between 1,000 and 1,200 settlers surrounded the village, and around 500 stormed it just after midday local time on Friday, blocking all the roads in the area....
Yemeni women become mobile phone technicians to curb sextortion (english.elpais.com)
Devices containing private images can become a sexist weapon in this Middle Eastern country. When a phone breaks, the user can go years without fixing it, for fear of suffering blackmail...
US vetoes widely supported resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine (apnews.com)
Israeli minister Ben Gvir calls for execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding (www.middleeasteye.net)
Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country’s jails....
Brazil's Bolsonaro rallies supporters in Rio (www.reuters.com)
Netanyahu Condemns Reported US Plan to Blacklist Military Unit (www.bloomberg.com)
Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation (www.theguardian.com)
The Conservative MP under fire for his ancestors’ role in Caribbean slavery is in line for a multimillion-pound payout from the Barbados government....
Lawsuit Links Wild UAE-Financed Smear Campaign to George Washington University (theintercept.com)
Hafez would seem like an unlikely target for a smear campaign. A well-respected academic researcher in Austria, his work focused on documenting and combating anti-Muslim racism in Europe. He was a co-author of the European Islamophobia Report, a scholarly annual analysis of anti-Muslim discrimination on the continent, and was...
Netanyahu's outraged response after report of pending US sanctions on IDF (www.newsweek.com)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement condemning sanctions on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) after a report surfaced claiming that the Biden administration is set to blacklist a unit for alleged human rights violations in Gaza....
West Bank: Israel investigates after volunteer paramedic killed (www.bbc.com)
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) said Mohammed Awad Allan, 50, was shot while treating people who had been injured by Israeli settlers....
Haiti: UN says deaths rising sharply as gangs vie for power (www.dw.com)
A quarterly UN report on the situation in Haiti has logged a 50% increase in deaths in the country. Long plagued by gangs, several of them recently allied to target the unelected government and police more directly....
EU wants to undo Brexit, a little bit, for people 18 to 30 (www.dw.com)
The European Commission argues it was Europe’s students and young graduates who were most affected by Brexit’s mobility restrictions. The UK has reportedly responded cooly to the proposal....
Chad’s government threatens to kick out US troops as Russia expands influence in Africa (www.cnn.com)
The US risks losing its military presence in another African country as the government of Chad sent a letter threatening to end a critical security agreement, according to four US sources, a move that threatens to cede more US influence in the region to Russia....
Israel (fucking jews) most feared dream (lemmynsfw.com)
House Approves $95 Billion Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan (www.nytimes.com)
The House voted resoundingly on Saturday to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Speaker Mike Johnson put his job on the line to advance the long-stalled aid package by marshaling support from mainstream Republicans and Democrats....
Ukraine weapons package ‘ready to go’ once aid bill clears Congress (www.washingtonpost.com)
The Pentagon has a massive infusion of military aid for Ukraine “ready to go,” U.S. officials said, once a long-delayed funding measure, which is expected to pass the House this weekend, clears the Senate next week and President Biden signs it into law....
Israeli army broadcasts intimidating sounds to lure, kill, and forcibly displace civilians in the Nuseirat camp (euromedmonitor.org)
Testimonies from camp residents, which were provided to the Euro-Med Monitor team, confirm that the sound of women screaming and babies crying was heard late at night on both Sunday and Monday. When some of the residents went out to investigate and tried to help, they were shot at by Israeli quadcopter drones. The sounds they...
Pentagon prepares to send artillery, air defenses to Ukraine as House approaches vote (www.politico.com)
“We certainly understand and appreciate the urgency and are poised to move quickly,” a Pentagon spokesperson said....
An audible sigh of relief in the Middle East (www.bbc.com)
The latest round in the region’s most dangerous rivalry appears to be over, for now....
Israel Iran attack: Damage seen at air base in Isfahan (www.bbc.com)
Looks like the missile hit a radar dish....
Dutch government says it may stop using Facebook over privacy concerns (www.cnbc.com)
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a statement advising the government not to use Facebook pages if it doesn’t get clarity on the privacy risks associated with using the platform....
Mexico's president is getting a little sloppy in the rush to finish projects before his term ends (apnews.com)
Mexico’s president is in a rush to finish the big legislative and building projects he promised before his term ends in September, and experts say officials are getting a bit sloppy amid all the haste....
Unprecedented wave of narco-violence stuns Argentina city (apnews.com)
The order to kill came from inside a federal prison near Argentina’s capital. Unwitting authorities patched a call from drug traffickers tied to one of the country’s most notorious gangs to collaborators on the outside. Hiring a 15-year-old hit man, they sealed the fate of a young father they didn’t even know....
Palestinian girl shot in mother's arms as they attempted to return to home in northern Gaza (www.cnn.com)
As chaos ensued after thousands of Palestinians were turned away from returning to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday, a 5-year-old girl was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers, her mother said....
