Baltic Sea countries remain vigilant after Moscow mulls border changes (www.euronews.com)
Baltic leaders reacted warily on Wednesday to reports that Russia could revise the borders of its territorial waters in the region....
UK PM Rishi Sunak set to announce surprise July election as his party seeks to defy dire polls (www.cnn.com)
French far-right National Rally splits with Germany's AfD (www.dw.com)
The main far-right party of France says it will no longer align with its erstwhile German allies, the AfD, in the EU parliament. This followed comments by the AfD’s top candidate about the Nazi SS paramilitary force...
Israel says it will return video equipment seized from The Associated Press, hours after shutting down AP's Gaza live video feed (www.cbsnews.com)
Severe Turbulence on Singapore Airlines Flight Claims One Life, Injures 71 (thenarinder.in)
A Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore encountered severe turbulence, resulting in one death and at least 71 injuries. The Boeing 777-300ER diverted to Bangkok, carrying 211 passengers and 18 crew members. Initially, the airline reported 30 injuries, with affected passengers receiving treatment at hospitals and the...
New 9/11 Evidence Points to Deep Saudi Complicity - The Atlantic (www.theatlantic.com)
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Germany: Trial of far-right coup 'ringleaders' set to begin (www.dw.com)
The ringleaders of a far-right network of “Reichsbürger” around Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss begins in Frankfurt on Tuesday. The group has been accused of planning to topple the government....
Poland invests $2.5 billion into fortifying border with Russia and Belarus (apnews.com)
Poland is investing about $2.5 billion to step up security and deterrence on its border with Russia and its ally Belarus, the prime minister said Saturday....
Eruption of Indonesia's Mt Ibu forces seven villages to evacuate (www.reuters.com)
A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera has spectacularly erupted, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky, and people from seven nearby villages have been evacuated, authorities said on Sunday....
Georgia president vetoes ‘foreign agent’ law (www.politico.eu)
Governing Georgian Dream party can still force the controversial legislation through parliament....
Ocalan calls for Kurdish action on Isis (morningstaronline.co.uk)
The imprisoned PKK leader has urged for resistance against Isis militants in Syria....
China tries drastic measures to boost ailing property sector (www.dw.com)
China has announced some policies designed to shore up its ailing property sector after the latest data showed housing prices slumped nearly 10% since the start of the year....
Putin and Xi vow to deepen 'no limits' partnership as Russia advances in Ukraine (www.nbcnews.com)
‘I’ve been here for 40 years’: Newsagent’s fight for UK passport (www.thetimes.co.uk)
U.S. announces new sanctions against Nicaragua over migration, human rights abuses, ties to Russia (www.cbsnews.com)
UN says it has no more food or tents for nearly 2m people in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
The UN has run out of tents and food to distribute to almost 2 million people in Gaza, the majority displaced from their homes and dependent on aid to stave off looming famine....
‘We can be on the path to the EU or to Belarus’: Political thug culture grips Georgia (www.politico.eu)
Intimidation is becoming a feature of daily life, even before a controversial new Kremlin-style law takes effect....
Climate change: Last summer hottest in 2,000 years, trees reveal (www.bbc.com)
Clues hidden deep in the trunks of ancient trees have revealed that last summer was the northern hemisphere’s hottest in 2,000 years....
White House Worries Russia’s Momentum Is Changing Trajectory of Ukraine War (www.nytimes.com)
After months of slow Russian ground advances and technological leaps in countering American-provided arms, the Biden administration is increasingly concerned that President Vladimir V. Putin is gathering enough momentum to change the trajectory of the war, and perhaps reverse his once-bleak prospects....
US warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia has been warned by the US not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow, as its parliament defied mass street protests to pass a “Kremlin-inspired” law....
Monthly inflation slows to single-digit: 8.8% in April | Buenos Aires Times (www.batimes.com.ar)
Georgia defies EU and backs law targeting ‘foreign agents’ (www.politico.eu)
Brussels warns new curbs on civil society flout “European values” as protests grow in Tbilisi....
2 French prison officers killed, 3 injured in attack on prison van (www.voanews.com)
EU completes migration reform, as Poland and Hungary vote against (www.euronews.com)
The European Union has completed the reform of its migration and asylum policy, a watershed moment that for a decade proved stubbornly elusive....
American Medical Missions Trapped in Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life (theintercept.com)
Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped in Gaza as a result of Israel’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, according to sources with knowledge of the plight of two ill-fated medical missions....
