Hunted by Hamas: reconstructing the attack on Israel’s Kibbutz Be’eri (www.reuters.com)
Survivors recount their life-and-death struggle at Be’eri, a main target in the Hamas assault on Oct. 7 that has set off a major war.
Romania seeking to postpone shutdown of lignite power plants (www.naturalgasworld.com)
Lula militarizes Brazil's main ports, airports amid rising crime (www.reuters.com)
Chinese grieve popular ex-premier Li Keqiang in quiet show of dissent (www.bbc.co.uk)
What Russia Hopes to Gain From the Israel-Hamas Conflict (time.com)
Egypt says it will help evacuate about 7,000 foreign passport holders from Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Egypt has said it will help to evacuate approximately 7,000 foreigners and dual-national Palestinians from Gaza amid a call by Joe Biden for a “pause” in fighting to extricate hostages....
The US sanctions more foreign firms in a bid to choke off Russia's supplies for its war in Ukraine (apnews.com)
The United States on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on 130 firms and people from Turkey, China and the United Arab Emirates in an effort to choke off Russia’s access to tools and equipment that support its invasion of Ukraine....
Canadian winner of gas rights on Congo's 'killer' Lake Kivu failed criteria (www.reuters.com)
Zimbabwe's cholera crisis fuelled by chronic water shortages (www.bbc.com)
At least 320 foreign nationals and some wounded leave Gaza for Egypt (www.reuters.com)
[UK] Red Arrows: Predatory behaviour widespread and normalised - RAF (www.bbc.com)
Singapore Makes Its Largest Bank Take a Technology Timeout (www.wsj.com)
Kazakhstan welcomes France's Macron under Moscow's disapproving gaze (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Belarus musicians jailed for up to nine years amid protest crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
Polish archaeologists find remains of 17th-century woman and child padlocked in their graves (www.cnn.com)
Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered the remains of a 17th-century child padlocked to his grave to stop him rising from the dead, a discovery that turns the spotlight on beliefs in vampires as Halloween approaches....
Apple Warns Top Indian Opposition Leaders, Journalists About ‘State-Sponsored’ Attack on Phone. (thewire.in)
Some one please help us, spread the message. BJP is suppressing journalism heavily they want to turn this country into a theocracy....
UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians (apnews.com)
Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Fiji (www.hindustantimes.com)
2 die in Bangladesh as police clash with opposition supporters seeking prime minister’s resignation (apnews.com)
Congo presidential candidates call for urgent measures to 'save' election (www.reuters.com)
Yang Hengjun’s family urges Albanese to negotiate with China for jailed Australian writer’s release (www.theguardian.com)
Kerala blasts: Man arrested after deadly attack on Jehovah's Witnesses (www.bbc.com)
Mexico storm: Dozens still missing after Hurricane Otis hit (www.bbc.com)
In a new expulsion campaign, Pakistan is forcing many Afghans out of the country (www.npr.org)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Large numbers of Afghans crammed into trucks and buses in Pakistan on Tuesday, heading to the border to return home ahead of the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation....
