Denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a Japanese high court says (apnews.com)
Gaza war: Dozens wounded in Israeli attack on UNRWA hub (www.newarab.com)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday said a number of its staff members were killed in an Israeli strike struck a food distribution centre in war-hit Gaza....
This year people in prison also elect president (article in Spanish) (elpais.com)
Thai election body to seek dissolution of progressive party that won last year's general election (apnews.com)
Human rights activist charged over alleged kidnapping and assault of a man in Melbourne (www.abc.net.au)
Chinese Nobel-winning author targeted in patriotic lawsuit (apnews.com)
His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China? That’s the question at the center of a high-profile lawsuit that has driven a debate about nationalism in China in recent weeks....
Russia reports Ukrainian drone strikes on targets deep inside its territory and a border incursion (apnews.com)
Ukraine launched a wave of long-range drones against targets deep inside Russia on Tuesday, Russian officials said, hitting at least two oil facilities in the attack on eight regions of Russia in the latest display of Kyiv’s expanding drone capacity....
Iran Wants $2.5 Billion For Dual National Hostage (www.iranintl.com)
Israeli human rights groups accuse country of failing to abide by ICJ’s Gaza aid ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire (www.theguardian.com)
Protests as Israel president at Dutch Holocaust Museum opening (www.france24.com)
Dutch King Willem-Alexander officially opened the country’s first Holocaust Museum Sunday, as demonstrators angry at Israel’s military campaign in Gaza protested against the Israeli president, who also addressed the ceremony....
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial was a pop culture obsession. Saudi trolls may have had a hand in that (www.cbc.ca)
As far as celebrity court battles go, the six-week legal row in 2022 between Hollywood superstar Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, was a pop culture juggernaut reminiscent of the O.J. Simpson murder trial in the 1990s....
India busts trafficking racket duping people into fighting for Russia in Ukraine (www.nbcnews.com)
Ukraine War: UK Prepares to supply more than 10,000 drones to Ukraine (tinyurl.com)
Ukraine Now: Victory! Ukraine Forces Hits Russia's Largest fuel and lubricants depot in Kursk Oblast with Double Drone Attacks (shorturl.at)
A new satellite will track climate-warming pollution. Here's why that's a big deal (www.npr.org)
Five SAS soldiers arrested in UK on suspicion of alleged war crimes in Syria (www.theguardian.com)
Five members of the SAS have been arrested by British military police on suspicion of allegedly committing war crimes while on operations in Syria....
Australian Law Firm Files Case Against PM for Complicity in Gaza Genocide (www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au)
Australian PM Anthony Albanese was referred to the International Criminal Court in a communiqué presented to ICC prosecutor Karim Khan KC on Monday....
Toronto Zionists try to sell stolen property and genocide - Yves Engler (yvesengler.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/16767257...
Belgium: Police arrest 4 teens over alleged jihadi plot (www.dw.com)
Counterattacking Without Artillery, The Ukrainians’ M-1 Abrams Tanks Are Exposed—And Taking Losses (www.forbes.com)
Armed gangs attack main prison in Haiti, releasing inmates (www.yahoo.com)
Danish Conservative People's Party leader Soren Pape Poulsen dies, party says (www.reuters.com)
COPENHAGEN, March 2 (Reuters) - Soren Pape Poulsen, the leader of Denmark’s opposition Conservative People’s Party, died on Saturday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage, his party said. He was 52.
Israeli MP denounces ‘tsunami of fanatic nationalism’ in Israel (www.aljazeera.com)
UN experts accuse Nicaragua’s government of abuses ‘tantamount to crimes against humanity’ (apnews.com)
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Nicaragua ’s government of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity,” implicating a range of high-ranking officials in the government of President Daniel Ortega....
