On Camera: Attack On Iran Security Sites By Pakistan-Based Jaish Al Adl; IRGC Base Targeted (www.hindustantimes.com)
US braces for retaliation after attack on Iran consulate — even as it says it wasn't involved (apnews.com)
Shortly after an airstrike widely attributed to Israel destroyed an Iranian consulate building in Syria, the United States had an urgent message for Iran: We had nothing to do with it....
Global Forest Loss Remains High, Despite Recent Progress | Wildfires and agricultural expansion offset big gains in protecting tropical forests last year. (www.nytimes.com)
Food price fears as Brexit import charges revealed (www.bbc.com)
The government has revealed how much companies will have to pay to import foods from the EU due to Brexit....
Tropical-forest destruction has slowed — but is still too high (www.nature.com)
Chinese presence in a Polish port triggers security fears (www.politico.eu)
The Polish government is under pressure to designate the terminal as critical infrastructure....
The Gambia may allow female genital mutilation again – another sign of a global trend eroding women’s rights (theconversation.com)
Russia’s friends beg EU to leave frozen assets alone (www.politico.eu)
From China to Saudi Arabia, countries want the EU to reject pressure to confiscate over €200 billion of Russian assets....
The UN Can’t Stop Gaza From Being a Hostage to American Power (www.thenation.com)
As Ramadan begins, Israeli settlers increase attacks on Palestinian villages in occupied West Bank (www.newarab.com)
The largest fresh egg producer in the U.S. has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant on Tuesday (www.nbcnews.com)
Satellite images capture how Russia is shielding its warships in port from threats like Ukraine's exploding drone boats (www.businessinsider.com)
Satellite images show Russia has placed barriers at its ports to defend the Black Sea Fleet....
Luis Rubiales arrested in corruption investigation (www.bbc.com)
Luis Rubiales, the former president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF), was arrested on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation....
China's ageing population: A demographic crisis is unfolding for Xi (www.bbc.com)
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The ‘NYTimes’ is ignoring Israel’s crackdown in the West Bank (mondoweiss.net)
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Families pay tribute to British aid worker ‘heroes’ killed in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas (apnews.com)
U.S. told Russia that Crocus City Hall was possible target of attack (www.msn.com)
Torah scroll of solidarity between Israel and Ukraine completed (www.ynetnews.com)
A strong earthquake shakes Taiwan, damaging buildings and causing a tsunami (apnews.com)
Seven Gaza aid workers including UK, US and Australian citizens killed in Israeli strike, charity says (www.theguardian.com)
Erin Gore, the WCK chief executive, said: “This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organisations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable.”...
Botswana threatens to deport 20,000 elephants to Germany (www.politico.eu)
The Palestinian doctors found dead in the ruins of al-Shifa hospital (www.middleeasteye.net)
The bodies of two of Gaza’s most respected doctors, a mother and son, have been found among the dead after the Israeli army’s withdrawal from al-Shifa hospital, following its two-week siege of the medical complex....
Catholic bishops meet with Mexico’s cartel bosses to plead for peace (www.washingtonpost.com)
Citing a “profound crisis of violence and social disintegration,” Mexico’s Catholic bishops are staking out an aggressive new role in national security, going so far as to sit down with feuding drug traffickers in one blood-soaked state to hammer out a truce....