Israel flight forced to turn back after soldier with PTSD from time in Gaza assaults crew (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
A flight operated by Israeli airline El Al bound for Georgia had to return and land after a passenger, claiming to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder due to time in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, attacked cabin crew....
Fresh dialogue needed for Myanmar’s fractured resistance (www.frontiermyanmar.net)
Russian forces are operating at same base as US troops in Niger (www.cnn.com)
Russian and US troops have been operating out of the same military base in Niger for at least several weeks, a US defense official and another source familiar with the matter told CNN, putting the two militaries in close proximity to each other at a time of heightened tensions over the war in Ukraine and as the country’s...
Yulia Navalnaya to receive DW Freedom of Speech Award 2024 (www.dw.com)
The widow of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his Anti-Corruption Foundation are the 10th DW Freedom of Speech Award laureates....
Activists press for EU-wide abortion right (www.politico.eu)
Defending the Camp (crimethinc.com)
Argentina’s Monthly CPI to Fall Below 10% in April, Milei Says (www.bloomberg.com)
India starts deporting Myanmar refugees (www.bangkokpost.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/20467574...
Death toll rises to 48 in China highway collapse (www.nbcnews.com)
Claims PSNI spied on ex BBC journalist to find sources (www.bbc.co.uk)
Israel hampers Gaza field hospitals by providing insufficient sites (www.middleeasteye.net)
In November, Italy announced that it would establish a field hospital in Gaza and dispatched a fact-finding mission to Rafah to evaluate the situation on the ground, a regional source said....
PHOTOS: May Day protests mark turbulent times (www.pbs.org)
Russia’s Rosatom Fuels Putin’s War Machine (foreignpolicy.com)
Moscow clearly believes that Rosatom will continue to get a free pass and is now using the company as a Trojan horse to circumvent Western sanctions. According to Rosatom Director-General Alexey Likhachev, the company’s military contracting has grown significantly. In January 2023, the Washington Post published information...
State Secrets Law tightens grip on China social media giants (www.bbc.com)
New rules that tighten Chinese government restrictions on the country’s internet companies have come into effect today, raising concerns about how they will be applied....
At least 40 people die in western Kenya after heavy rains cause a dam collapse (www.pbs.org)
Russian attack on Odesa: injured man dies in hospital, death toll increases to 5 (ptv-news.com.pk)
The UK’s Ex-Climate Chief on the Country’s Lost Ambitions (www.wired.com)
IMF improves inflation projection: 150% this year, but 45% in 2025 | Buenos Aires Times (www.batimes.com.ar)
Tensions Flare Between Myanmar Ethnic Armed Groups in Shan State Town (www.irrawaddy.com)
Mussolini’s Hometown Can’t Figure Out How to Quit Him (www.thedailybeast.com)
Thousands rally in Madrid to support PM as corruption probe continues (www.france24.com)
Rwanda plan: Irish government wants to send asylum seekers back to UK (www.bbc.com)
The Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Simon Harris has asked Ireland’s justice minister to bring legislation to cabinet to enable asylum seekers to be sent back to the UK....
[UNRWA Defunding vs Genocide] Worse Than You Can Imagine - Craig Murray (www.craigmurray.org.uk)
cross-posted from: sopuli.xyz/post/12020383...
Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes Japan's Bonin Islands, USGS says (www.reuters.com)
An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Japan’s Bonin Islands, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday....