Pakistani retaliatory strikes in Iran kill at least 9, raising tensions along border (apnews.com)
BREAKING NEWS: MP Cecilia Ogwal is Dead – HICGI News Agency (hicginewsagency.com)
Putin’s Warped Wartime Economy, as Seen Through a Carton of Eggs (www.wsj.com)
Egg inflation is latest symptom of painful trade-offs Moscow has made to fund its onslaught on Ukraine...
Singapore minister resigns after being charged with corruption in a first for the city state (www.cnn.com)
Singapore’s Transport Minister S. Iswaran has resigned after being charged with corruption on Thursday, the prime minister’s office said, confirming a historic development for a city state that prides itself on having a squeaky-clean government....
China's population drops for second year, with record low birth rate (www.reuters.com)
Chaotic wave of attacks, reprisals in Middle East fuel worries of a broader regional war (apnews.com)
Dominican Republic to launch pilot program offering a 4-day workweek to public and private workers (apnews.com)
15-year-old killed, 9-year-old wounded in USA shooting (www.google.com)
Iran strikes targets in northern Iraq and Syria as regional tensions escalate (apnews.com)
Iran fired missiles late Monday at what it claimed were Israeli “spy headquarters” near the U.S. Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, and at targets linked to the extremist group Islamic State in northern Syria....
Namibia criticises German support for Israel over ICJ genocide case - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
US delegation praises Taiwan's democracy after pro-independence presidential candidate wins election (apnews.com)
Retired U.S. officials met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Monday and praised the island’s democratic processes under which it elected a new president and legislature over the weekend in defiance of China’s claim of sovereignty over Taiwan and threat to annex it by military force....
French woman ‘heartbroken’ after losing job in UK after Brexit speaks out (www.theguardian.com)
Colombia raises minimum wage by 12% (colombiareports.com)
NDC moving to consolidate power (www.thenewtodaygrenada.com)
Egypt says it’ll remain in control of its Gaza border after PM suggests Israel might take it over (www.timesofisrael.com)
The spokesperson for Egypt’s foreign ministry says Cairo will remain in control of its borders after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed during a press conference earlier this evening that Israel is considering taking control after the war over the Philadelphi Corridor, which runs for 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) along the...
No party gets majority in Taiwan Legislature; KMT wins most seats (focustaiwan.tw)
Tragic Events in PNG Not a Good Example to Fiji And Other Pacific Island States – Fiji Sun (fijisun.com.fj)
Colombia landslide kills 23 including many sheltering in house (www.bbc.com)
A landslide in north-west Colombia has killed at least 23 people and injured around 30 more, local authorities say....
4 Ukrainian citizens were among those captured when a helicopter went down in Somalia this week (apnews.com)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign affairs ministry says that four of its citizens were among those captured by al-Qaida-linked extremists in Somalia after their helicopter that was contracted by the United Nations made an emergency landing in territory controlled by the militants earlier this week....
French foreign minister visits Kyiv and pledges solidarity as Russia launches attacks (apnews.com)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — France’s new foreign minister arrived in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Saturday to meet with his counterpart in a sign of support for Ukraine as Russia’s full-scale invasion nears its second anniversary....
Turkey launches airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after 9 soldiers were killed (apnews.com)
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. This comes a day after an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq killed nine Turkish soldiers....
Ruling-party candidate emerges victorious in Taiwan's presidential election (apnews.com)
US explores options to seize Russian assets and funnel them to Ukraine (www.cnn.com)
Top Biden administration officials have spent the last year quietly trying to figure out how to divert billions of dollars in frozen Russian money to cash-starved Ukraine....
Chinese PLA-linked vessels map the Indian Ocean for submarine warfare (www.washingtonpost.com)
Beijing’s growing research activities in international waters are designed to expand undersea military operations, analysts say...
Ukrainians are resorting to extreme lengths to flee the war (www.thetimes.co.uk)
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