Israel says Hamas rejects key elements of US ceasefire plan for Gaza (www.reuters.com)
UN adds Israel to blacklist for harming children in conflict zones (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has notified Israel’s Defence Attache in the United States, Major General Hidai Zilberman, of his decision to add Israel to the blacklist of countries and organisations harming children in conflict zones....
Visitor to Taiwan hit with $9,000 fine over 'roast chicken and pork combo' lunch box (www.abc.net.au)
Taiwan’s customs officials have issued a fine of NT$200,000 ($9,369) to a traveller for attempting to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country....
Slovakia's prime minister injured in shooting (apnews.com)
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Russia Victory Day parade: Only one tank on display as Vladimir Putin says country is going through 'difficult period' (news.sky.com)
On 9 May every year, Russia celebrates Victory Day, putting on a large parade in honour of the country’s victory over Nazi Germany 79 years ago - in what remains an important symbol of the country’s national identity....
Hamas accepts Egypt, Qatar's ceasefire proposal, Al Jazeera reports (www.reuters.com)
The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan (abcnews.go.com)
Iran: Rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death, says lawyer (www.dw.com)
Popular rapper Toomaj Salehi wrote songs in support of the protest movement in Iran following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022. He has been in jail for over a year....
Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power (apnews.com)
Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of India’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders....
Moscow attack: Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism (www.bbc.co.uk)
Incredibly, The Russian Air Force Has Lost Another Rare A-50 Radar Plane (www.forbes.com)
Incredibly, the Russian air force has lost another one of its rare Beriev A-50M/U Mainstay radar early-warning planes. Video that circulated online on Friday reportedly depicts the A-50’s burning wreckage in Krasnodar Krai, in Russia just east of the Sea of Azov....
Italy schools that scrap nativity could face fine (www.bbc.co.uk)
Israel exploring construction of humanitarian compound in northern Gaza after fighting subsides (edition.cnn.com)
China’s new cancer drug Toripalimab is approved in the US but will cost 30 times more (www.scmp.com)
‘The number of Palestinians killed is truly unbearable’, Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez’s stark message to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu (archive.is)
“Israel has the right to defend itself, but this response must respect international law,” he continued. “We must urgently stop the humanitarian catastrophe.”...
IDF reveals new evidence of Hamas using Gaza hospitals for terror (www.ynetnews.com)
US asks Israel for ‘explanation’ of strike on Gaza refugee camp (news.yahoo.com)
Israel’s strike on the Jabalia refugee camp has led to more intense pushback from the Biden administration.
Canadian-Israeli woman, missing since Hamas ambush at musical festival, dead: family (www.ctvnews.ca)
Family of a Canadian-Israeli woman, who was missing since Hamas militants ambushed a music festival in southern Isreal last Saturday, says she has died(opens in a new tab)....
Certificate to own car in Singapore rockets to $106,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Kadyrov, head of Chechnya, in critical condition (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
Japan may seek to dissolve Moonies church in wake of Shinzo Abe killing (www.theguardian.com)
Prigozhin confirmed dead after genetic tests - Moscow (www.bbc.com)
Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief (www.theguardian.com)
Thai court dissolves reformist party that won election (www.bbc.com)
A Thai court has ordered the dissolution of the reformist party which won the most seats and votes in last year’s election - but was blocked from forming a government....
