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French military intelligence says Israeli strike not behind Gaza hospital blast (www.reuters.com)

Israel’s war on Gaza: Is the West Bank under increased attack too? (www.aljazeera.com)

Israel accuses BBC of ‘modern blood libel’ over reporting of hospital strike. BBC defends initial comments, saying they were made in immediate aftermath but were then clarified in later reports (www.theguardian.com)

The US is complicit in Israel's campaign of genocide against children of Gaza (www.middleeasteye.net)

Rather than demand an immediate ceasefire, the Biden administration is actively working to further provide cover for Israeli atrocities in Gaza

How the Israel-Hamas War Is Tilting the Global Power Balance in Favor of Russia, China (archive.ph)

North Korea responds after US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea (www.militarytimes.com)

Israel-Palestine war: UK home secretary says waving Palestinian flag could be an offence (www.middleeasteye.net)

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'It smells of death here': Surveying the scenes of atrocities in Kfar Aza (www.i24news.tv)

No one could expect the horrors seen by the Israeli first responders, of about at least 40 babies being taken out on gurneys, some with heads chopped off

Israel and the West reckon with a high-tech failure (www.politico.com)

The Hamas onslaught wasn’t supposed to be possible: A massive, deadly 2G attack on a 5G security state. The consequences are still reverberating....

Russia claims `neo-Nazis’ were at wake for Ukrainian soldier in village café where missile killed 52 (apnews.com)

Russia’s U.N. ambassador alleged Monday that “neo-Nazis” and military-age men were at the wake for a Ukrainian soldier in a village café where a missile last week killed 52 people, even as Security Council members retorted that Russia was responsible for starting the war and committing crimes....

SAS troops ‘executed Afghan males of fighting age’, inquiry hears (www.theguardian.com)

Chinese coastguard vessels block Philippines counterparts in dramatic standoff at sea (www.independent.co.uk)

A Chinese coastguard ship came dangerously close to a Philippine patrol ship in the South China Sea, sparking fears of a territorial dispute in the contested waters....

William Lai: Democratic elections show Taiwan is ‘already independent’ from China (www.independent.co.uk)

Taiwan is already independent and sovereign as it elects its own president, the self-governed island’s presidential frontrunner said....

Europe could become energy self-sufficient in $2 trillion push, study says (www.reuters.com)

Putin says hand grenade fragments found in bodies of victims in Wagner chief's plane crash (apnews.com)

'They're just meat': Russia deploys punishment battalions in echo of Stalin (www.reuters.com)

Drunk recruits. Insubordinate soldiers. Convicts....

Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison (apnews.com)

Russia has proved resilient to western sanctions, says Oleg Deripaska | Financial Times (www.ft.com)

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Serbia pulls some troops back from Kosovo border after warning from US (www.theguardian.com)

Muslim man lynched in India ‘for taking a banana’ at Hindu temple event (www.aljazeera.com)

Turkey will back Sweden's NATO bid if U.S. keeps promise on F-16 sale - Erdogan (www.reuters.com)

Turkey’s parliament will keep its promise to ratify Sweden’s NATO bid if U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration paves the way for F-16 jet sales to Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, according to Turkish media....

Ukraine targets a key Crimean city a day after striking Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters (apnews.com)

Ukraine on Saturday morning launched another missile attack on Sevastopol on the occupied Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-installed official said, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet that left a serviceman missing and the main building smoldering....

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