Over 25,000 Palestinian women and children killed in Gaza, US defence secretary says (www.middleeasteye.net)
The number mentioned by US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin seems to exceed casualty figures previously released by Palestinian health ministry in Gaza...
Humanitarian workers face deportation from Israel after freeze on visas | Israel | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Broadcast journalists send open letter calling for foreign media access to Gaza (www.standard.co.uk)
Big Fat Missiles To Take Down Big Fat Russian Planes. How Ukraine Brought Back Its Massive S-200s. (www.forbes.com)
According to Ukrainian magazine Pravda, the missile the Ukrainian air force used to shoot down a rare Russian air force A-50 radar plane on Friday wasn’t an American-made Patriot, as many observers assumed....
On the run from Russia: the defector to Ukraine shot dead on the Costa Blanca (www.theguardian.com)
Maksim Kuzminov flew a Russian miltary helicopter to Ukraine. Armed with a new identity, he moved to a Spanish resort. Then he was killed in an underground car park...
Valencia fire latest: Death toll rises after fire in Valencia apartment blocks - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
Nova partygoer was misidentified as Hamas terrorist on Oct. 7, killed by Israeli forces (www.haaretz.com)
Ofek Atun escaped the outdoor Nova rave with his girlfriend. They survived the assault on the bomb shelter in which they took refuge, before fleeing to nearby Kibbutz Alumim. The kibbutz’s volunteer security squad mistook them for Hamas terrorists – and opened fire
US returns to lunar surface for first time in over 50 years: ‘Welcome to the moon’ (www.theguardian.com)
Intuitive Machines’ spacecraft Odysseus lands after a 73-minute descent, touching down near moon’s south pole...
Leak reveals Chinese infosec vendor I-Soon hacks for Beijing (www.theregister.com)
As Israel’s assault on Rafah approaches, Egypt prepares for a flood of Palestinian refugees (theconversation.com)
Satellite imagery and video footage have emerged suggesting that Egypt is building what appears to be a large, concrete-walled enclosure which observers believe will be used to manage a major influx of Palestinian refugees flooding out of Gaza via the Rafah crossng on its eastern border....
Brazil condemns 'paralysis' on Gaza, Ukraine at tense G20 meeting - International - World (english.ahram.org.eg)
Brazil criticized the "paralysis" of the UN Security Council on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine as it opened a G20 meeting Wednesday where the international community's deep divisions were on display....
Hezbollah commander trains Russian drone operators in Syria for deployment against Ukraine (news.yahoo.com)
US vetoes another UN Security Council resolution urging Gaza war ceasefire (www.aljazeera.com)
South Africa Says Palestinians Endure ‘More Extreme Form of Apartheid’ (www.nytimes.com)
Yulia Navalnaya urges West not to recognise Russia's March election (www.reuters.com)
“Do not recognise these elections,” Navalnaya told European Union foreign ministers at a meeting in Brussels on Monday, according to a transcript supplied on Tuesday by a spokeswoman....
Israel/oPt: UN experts appalled by reported human rights violations against Palestinian women and girls (www.ohchr.org)
Palestinian women and girls have reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together with family members, including their children, according to information received....
India port workers refuse to deal with Israel arms shipments (www.newarab.com)
Putin vs the West: At War, documentary review: the inside story of the war that took world leaders by surprise (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Full doc youtu.be/xjLOC7_geKQ
Two dead, scores injured after police open fire in India's Manipur state (www.reuters.com)
Israeli cabinet rejects international calls for Palestinian state (www.ft.com)
The Israeli cabinet has approved a motion rejecting any “international diktats” regarding a permanent settlement with the Palestinians, including the unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state....
India cracks down on reignited farmer protests | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Egypt setting up area at Gaza border which could be used to shelter Palestinians, sources say (www.reuters.com)
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