WW2 veterans eye 80th anniversary of D-Day as Europe salutes war dead (www.reuters.com)
Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility (www.reuters.com)
Japanese island holds disaster drill in shadow of Taiwan threat (www.reuters.com)
Exclusive: UAE plans to maintain ties with Israel despite Gaza outcry, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Philippines to continue South China Sea supply missions despite Chinese boats (www.reuters.com)
Japan-led navy exercise starts with Philippines observing for first time (www.reuters.com)
Russia renews missile attacks on Kyiv, attacks intensify in the east (www.reuters.com)
Thousands in Honduras march in anti-government protest (www.reuters.com)
Original photo from Led Zeppelin IV album cover discovered (www.bbc.com)
Losing ground to rebel alliance, Myanmar junta faces biggest test since coup (www.reuters.com)
Bulgaria’s Russian gas games rile Europe (www.politico.eu)
Critics accuse Bulgaria of punishing Russia to curry favor with Brussels, while quietly helping Moscow regain its grip on Europe’s energy supplies.
Israel-Hamas War: Israel Lowers Oct. 7 Death Toll Estimate to 1,200 (www.nytimes.com)
Bangladesh PM stands firm on pay rise amid deadly garment worker protests (www.aljazeera.com)
China's 'communist spies' in the dock in Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
Belarus musicians behind bars in Lukashenko's crackdown on dissent (www.bbc.com)
Germany: Hamburg police make arrests after school 'threat' (www.dw.com)
“Leave or Die” An account from a Palestinian in the West Bank. (slate.com)
This as-told-to essay is an account from Nasser Nawaj’ah—a West Bank resident and field researcher for B’Tselem, a human rights organization in Israel—of the ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers amid the war in Gaza. It’s been transcribed, translated from Arabic, and edited by Aymann Ismail....
Taiwan monitors Chinese carrier group in sensitive Taiwan Strait (www.reuters.com)
‘We live in a state of fear’: Jenin residents ‘terrified’ as IDF bombards West Bank and settler violence grows (www.independent.co.uk)
Terrified children and desperate mothers line the corridors of Jenin’s public hospital, taking shelter from Israeli soldiers as they raid a nearby refugee camp in the occupied West Bank
Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza runs out of fuel, shuts down key services (www.aljazeera.com)
Medical services across the Gaza Strip have been hit by non-stop Israeli air strikes near hospitals.
Left wing journalist Rivkah Brown apologises and deletes tweet celebrating Hamas attack on Israel saying she wants to 'move forward differently' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
Taking the call in Gaza before Israel takes out the building (www.reuters.com)
What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll? (apnews.com)
Colombia accelerates plan to recover $20B worth of gold from 'Holy Grail of shipwrecks' (windsorstar.com)
No one knows for sure how much the treasure might be worth, but in decades of court cases, its value has been estimated at anywhere from $4B to $20B
Portuguese PM António Costa resigns over lithium deal probe (www.bbc.com)
Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa says he has handed his resignation to the president, after investigators searched his official residence in an inquiry into alleged corruption....
