Severe drought in the Amazon reveals millennia-old carvings (abcnews.go.com)
“Chrome exists to serve Google search.” - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
Gazans break into aid centres, taking flour and supplies, UN says (www.reuters.com)
Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centres of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) grabbing flour and “basic survival items”, the organisation said on Sunday....
China and Russia take aim at US at Chinese military forum (www.reuters.com)
Chinese and Russian military chiefs targeted the United States for criticism at a security forum in Beijing on Monday, even as China’s second most senior military commander vowed to boost defence ties with Washington....
Spanish clergy sexually abused more than 200,000 children: Report (www.aljazeera.com)
Andhra Pradesh: Deadly India train crash kills 13 - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Iran warns Israel it will intervene if Gaza operation continues, report claims (www.independent.co.uk)
Iran has told Israel through the UN that it will intervene if the country’s operations against Hamas in Gaza continue, a report has claimed....
UN: Thousands in Gaza break into warehouses in search of aid (www.bbc.co.uk)
By Ruth Comerford BBC News...
Netanyahu declares a ‘second war of independence’ as fears for Gazans grow (www.theguardian.com)
Bangladesh opposition protest turns violent amid calls for PM to resign (www.reuters.com)
One police officer was killed in Bangladesh on Saturday and over 100 people injured during an opposition party protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and calling for a free and fair vote under a caretaker government.
Video: War Through the Eyes of Gaza’s Children (www.nytimes.com)
A short NYT video (1-2 minutes) of interviews with displaced kids. At a U.N. camp in southern Gaza, children have been forced to flee their homes and live in squalid conditions while trying to make sense of a war with no end in sight.
Israeli think tank lays out a blueprint for the complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza (mondoweiss.net)
Anti-Semites cannot be granted German citizenship under new law - minister (www.reuters.com)
A law under consideration by the German parliament would mean that people who have committed anti-Semitic acts can never be granted citizenship, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Wednesday.
Jordan asked US to deploy Patriot air defence missiles, army says (www.reuters.com)
Staunch U.S. ally Jordan asked Washington to deploy Patriot air defence systems to bolster its border defence at a time of heightened regional tensions and conflict, the spokesperson for the country’s army said on Sunday....
Iranian teen injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media says (www.politico.com)
RSF video investigation into the death of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon: the journalists' vehicle was explicitly targeted (rsf.org)
Iranian teen injured on Tehran Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media says (apnews.com)
An Iranian teenage girl injured weeks ago in a mysterious incident on Tehran’s Metro while not wearing a headscarf has died, state media reported Saturday....
From Start to Finish, Major Media Got the Tragic al-Ahli Hospital Blast Exactly Right. It Now Looks Like the Munition That Hit the Hospital in Gaza— Causing a Massacre—Indeed Came From Israel. (sethabramson.substack.com)
Mob storms Dagestan airport in search of Jewish passengers from Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza residents break into aid warehouses and take supplies - UNRWA (www.bbc.com)
Philippines Drops China Railway Deals, Seeks Other Funders (www.bloomberg.com)
The Philippines will no longer pursue Chinese loans to fund three railway projects valued at more than $5 billion and has started discussions with other Asian countries for alternative financing deals....
Mass graves, unclaimed bodies and overcrowded cemeteries. The war robs Gaza of funeral rites (apnews.com)
Palestinians say this war is robbing them not only of their loved ones but also of the funeral rites that long have offered mourners some dignity and closure in the midst of unbearable grief. Israeli strikes have killed so many people so quickly that they’ve overwhelmed hospitals and morgues, making the normal rituals of death...
Israel withdraws diplomats from Turkey after ‘harsh’ rebuke from Erdogan (thehill.com)
Israel on Saturday said it is recalling its diplomats from Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke out against Israel during a pro-Palestinian rally....