UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback (apnews.com)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the U.N. World Food Program said Sunday the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza, saying she was “concerned about the safety of our people” after what had been one of the deadliest days of the war there....
Israel committing genocide in Gaza, new study concludes – Middle East Monitor (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
World Food Programme Pauses Use of US Aid Pier in Gaza Due to Israeli Attacks (truthout.org)
UN security council endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire Gaza deal (www.theguardian.com)
Only Russia abstains in vote on plan calling for hostage and prisoner swap in six-week ceasefire leading to wider deal...
Inside the Base Where Israel Has Detained Thousands of Gazans (www.nytimes.com)
Turkey's inflation passes 75% in what economists believe is peak (www.cnbc.com)
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LGBTQ+ activists warn against normalizing Europe's far right (www.dw.com)
LGBTQ+ activists share their stories with DW to warn against the potential consequences should nationalist and far-right parties make their expected gains in the European elections....
Japan's economy is shrinking, although slightly less than previously thought (apnews.com)
Government shutters what remained of Women, Genders, Diversity Ministry - Buenos Aires Herald (buenosairesherald.com)
Biden Claims Israel Isn't Starving Gazans. Rights Groups Say 'It Is Clear as Day' (www.commondreams.org)
Malawi soldiers search mountain forests after plane carrying vice-president goes missing (www.theguardian.com)
Al Jazeera journalist, physician father, held Noa Argamani hostage, Palestinians say (www.ynetnews.com)
UN Security Council backs plan for Israel-Hamas ceasefire (www.reuters.com)
UNITED NATIONS, June 10 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday backed a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urged the Palestinian militants to accept the deal aimed at ending the eight-month-long war....
Far-right gains in the EU election deal stunning defeats to France's Macron and Germany's Scholz (apnews.com)
A military plane carrying Malawi's vice president has gone missing and a search is underway (apnews.com)
A military plane carrying Malawi’s vice president and nine others went missing Monday and a search was underway, the president’s office said....
Diminished Hamas switches to full insurgent mode in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
Hamas fighting force reduced by half - US officials...
A Chinese agency working with Russia has been trying to source drone jammers (www.cnn.com)
Israel’s obstruction of investigation into 7 October rape allegations risks truth never being found, advocates warn (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Israel’s leadership is pushing the allegations that Hamas fighters raped Israeli women during the October 7 attacks for its own political objectives while the government’s ongoing refusal to allow the United Nations to conduct a full investigation into the matter threatens to hinder any evidence, advocates have warned.
Nationalist parties, far-left on the rise ahead of Sunday’s federal elections in Belgium (apnews.com)
BRUSSELS (AP) — The last time federal elections were held in Belgium in 2019, it took nearly 18 months before a new prime minister could be sworn in to lead a seven-party coalition government....
France's Macron dissolves parliament, calls new elections (www.dw.com)
French President Emmanuel Macron has dissolved the lower house of parliament and announced fresh elections after his party’s poor performance in the EU elections. His party was defeated by the far-right National Rally....
Japan: 'Toyoko Kids' struggle to survive on city streets (www.dw.com)
Teenagers have banded together to escape abuse and neglect but find themselves drawn toward drugs and sex work — with pitifully little support available for the most vulnerable....
Dr Michael Mosley: Post-mortem finds presenter died of natural causes, police say (www.bbc.com)
An initial post-mortem examination on the body of Dr Michael Mosley has concluded he died of natural causes, the BBC has been told....
What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters (www.msn.com)
So to recap the events of a couple of weeks ago:...
Condemning Israeli Nuseirat massacre, Euro-Med Monitor calls for an investigation into use of US pier for military purposes (euromedmonitor.org)
Palestinian Territory - The massacre carried out by the Israeli army today, Saturday, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip is strongly condemned by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. Grave concern is also expressed over reports that Israel may have used for military purposes the US pier intended for transporting...