Gaza pier used for aid delivery has been reconnected, U.S. officials say (www.usatoday.com)
As Gaza Starves, Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir Calls to Reduce Humanitarian Aid (www.commondreams.org)
Man arrested after attacking Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen (www.theguardian.com)
Billionaire-Friendly Modi Humbled by Indians Who Make $4 a Day (www.bloomberg.com)
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‘We have normalised horror’ says agency official, after Israeli strike on school (www.theguardian.com)
Mass casualty incidents caused by the Israeli military offensive in southern Gaza are becoming normalised in the west and leading to a sense of fatalism inside Gaza itself, according to Sam Rose, the director of planning for the Palestinian relief agency Unrwa....
Brussels says Ukraine and Moldova ready for EU membership talks (www.euractiv.com)
Diplomatic sources say Hungary is threatening to derail the opening of accession negotiations....
The Philippines goes all in for natural gas, a climate pollutant (apnews.com)
No tritium found in fish one month after Fukushima water release (www.japantimes.co.jp)
No detectable amount of tritium has been found in fish samples taken from waters near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, where the discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea began a month ago, the government said Monday....
Russian adult content provider forced to entrap gay men online by Dagestan police (novayagazeta.eu)
A Russian male adult content provider was detained in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan for the second time in two weeks on Wednesday after reportedly being forced to entrap gay men online by the republic’s police....
Latin American anger grows over China's economic clout (www.dw.com)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels detain at least 9 UN staffers and others in sudden crackdown, officials say (apnews.com)
Armed clash between Lebanese Army and Syrian 'gang' in Beirut (today.lorientlejour.com)
Nicaragua and Russia to strengthen military-technical cooperation (www.plenglish.com)
Myanmar soldiers cut off tattoos and gave detainees urine to drink, witnesses tell BBC (www.bbc.com)
At least 50 people were killed by Myanmar soldiers in a raid on a village in Rakhine State last week, say local residents and opposition forces....
Sea urchin pandemic spreads beyond Red Sea, endangering coral reefs (www.reuters.com)
Gay man says Qatar authorities lured him via dating app, planted drugs and subjected him to unfair trial (www.cbsnews.com)
A British-Mexican man who says he was targeted for being gay and arrested on false drug charges in Qatar has been given a suspended six-month jail sentence, a fine amounting to about $2,700, and a deportation order by a court in the Arab nation, which is a vital U.S. ally in the Middle East, according to his family and Mexican...
An explosion at chain DIY store in Romania injures at least 13 people, 1 seriously (abcnews.go.com)
An explosion at a chain home improvement store in northeastern Romania on Friday injured at least 13 people, four seriously, authorities said....
Russian warships will arrive in Havana next week, say Cuban officials citing 'friendly relations' (apnews.com)
Putin says Trump conviction ‘burns’ idea of US as leading democracy (www.theguardian.com)
‘We will not go away’: Israeli demolitions leave Bedouin homeless (www.theguardian.com)
As Zelenskyy visits for D-Day, Macron promises Ukraine Mirage aircraft to fend off Russian attacks (apnews.com)
One of the world's richest women will support Trump if he promises to back Israel annexation of the West Bank (nymag.com)
European Central Bank cuts main interest rate by 0.25 points (www.theguardian.com)
Citing a sustained fall in inflation, the ECB said its deposit rate would be cut to 3.75% from a record high of 4%, putting it ahead of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, which have yet to cut interest rates.
Tajikistan Set To Outlaw Islamic Hijab After Years Of Unofficial Ban (www.rferl.org)
After graduating from medical school, Salomat had to settle for working as a masseuse at a Dushanbe beauty salon because hospitals in Tajikistan don’t allow the Islamic hijab, which she wears....
Western allies near deal to fund Ukraine with Russian assets | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
