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US Navy Faces Houthi Anti-Ship Missile Threat 'Superior' to Most States (www.newsweek.com)

Israeli troops kill 12 Palestinians, desecrate West Bank mosque (www.reuters.com)

Israeli troops killed a youth at a hospital and read out Jewish prayers at a mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin during raids that Palestinian authorities said on Thursday killed 12 and that Israel said helped capture dozens of militants....

Thai police are hunting a notorious fugitive in the jungle. 'Wealthy' Pang is daring them to catch him (www.abc.net.au)

A well-known Thai fugitive known as "Wealthy Pang" has been on the run since October, and his TikTok videos taunting the police chasing him have stirred up some serious questions about corruption and misconduct in the country's most powerful institutions.

Ballistic missile fired from rebel-held Yemen strikes cargo ship in Red Sea after earlier attack (apnews.com)

A ballistic missile fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen struck a Liberian-flagged cargo ship Friday in the Red Sea near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, an assault that apparently sought to target a vessel struck earlier, a U.S. defense official said....

ByteDance is secretly using OpenAI’s tech to build a competitor (www.theverge.com)

Is China understating its own export success? (www.economist.com)

Myanmar rebels seize city of Namhsan from military junta despite China-backed ceasefire (www.france24.com)

Chinese land ownership in US down 2 per cent in 2022 amid heightened national security concerns (www.scmp.com)

Around one in eight tourist beds in Ireland in use by Government for refugees (www.thejournal.ie)

Mariupol doctor who betrayed wounded Ukrainian soldiers to Russians is sentenced to life in prison (www.yahoo.com)

Kuwait's ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86 (apnews.com)

Kuwait’s ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died Saturday after a three-year, low-key reign focused on trying to resolve the tiny, oil-rich nation’s internal political disputes....

Lula’s Green Plan for Brazil Challenged by Allies Pushing to Boost Fossil Fuel (news.yahoo.com)

Rights commission probes Hanshin University accused of forcing Uzbek students to return home (www.koreatimes.co.kr)

Why Israel’s top court is greenlighting a civil rights crackdown (www.972mag.com)

The world came tantalizingly close to a deal to phase out fossil fuels (www.theverge.com)

More sanctions on Russia agreed by EU leaders (www.reuters.com)

Child molestation plea nets US soldier 3 years in a South Korea prison (www.stripes.com)

USA finds Huawei Mate 60 Pro 'deeply concerning': US Secretary of Commerce threatens new sanctions (www.notebookcheck.net)

France says it is working to get AFP journalists out of Gaza (www.straitstimes.com)

Australia signs sweeping security pact with PNG as China continues push for policing influence in Pacific (www.abc.net.au)

Prime ministers Anthony Albanese and James Marape meet in Canberra to deepen security ties with a pact that has a status like a treaty, while Beijing continues its push to expand policing ties with Pacific Island countries and regional defence chiefs discuss a joint military response group.

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