South Korean court upholds ban on gay sex within armed forces (www.reuters.com)
South Korea’s constitutional court on Thursday narrowly upheld a law banning same-sex relations within the armed forces, citing a possible risk to the military’s combat readiness in a ruling criticised by activists as a setback for gay rights....
IDF releases recording of Gazan saying Hamas shooting at people trying to flee south (www.timesofisrael.com)
The man says that Hamas is placing roadblocks with cars, and “just sending people back home.”...
Al Jazeera says Israeli airstrike killed the family of its Gaza correspondent (www.theguardian.com)
All three Italians missing after Hamas attack are dead, Rome says (www.reuters.com)
All of the three people with dual Italian-Israeli citizenship who went missing after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Hamas militant group have died, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday....
Children in Gaza ‘developing severe trauma’ after 16 days of bombing (www.theguardian.com)
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Amsterdam sex workers protest against plan to move red light district (www.theguardian.com)
Rules Changes and Clarifications!
The sidebar has been updated with some new rules changes. Mostly the same rules you’ve all seen before, but it’s a little more codified and (hopefully!) a little clearer!...
USS Carney Shoots Down Missiles, Drones Fired From Yemen (www.thedrive.com)
Pentagon Press Secretary Ryder said that the missiles and drones appeared to be heading north and may have been bound for Israel.
U.S. declares 21 endangered species extinct
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Putin to visit China to deepen 'no limits' partnership with Xi (www.reuters.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Xi Jinping in China this week in a bid to deepen a partnership forged between the United States’ two biggest strategic competitors....
Israeli communications minister seeks shutdown of Al Jazeera bureau (www.reuters.com)
Israel’s communications minister said on Sunday he was seeking a possible closure of Al Jazeera’s local bureau, and accused the Qatari news station of pro-Hamas incitement and of exposing Israeli soldiers to potential attack from Gaza....
Israel-Palestine war: Sara Netanyahu's adviser calls for torture of Gaza residents involved in killing Israelis (www.middleeasteye.net)
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Poland prepares to vote in a high-stakes national election with foreign ties and democracy at stake (apnews.com)
Poland is holding an election Sunday that many view as its most important one since the 1989 vote that toppled communism. At stake are the health of the nation’s democracy, its legal stance on LGBTQ+ rights and abortion, and the foreign alliances of a country on NATO’s eastern flank that has been a crucial ally to Ukraine....
Council of Europe votes to recognize Holodomor as genocide (www.dw.com)
‘Unprecedented’ rail traffic between North Korea and Russia suggests military transfers (www.politico.eu)
Pyongyang could very well be helping Moscow to gear up in its war with Ukraine, according to satellite imagery of the Tumangang rail facility at the border with Russia recorded by the U.S. think tank Beyond Parallel and made public on Friday....
China's Declining Birth Rates: Maternity Wards Are Closing (stoppopulationdecline.org)
How did Israeli intelligence fail to stop major attack from Gaza? (www.bbc.com)
“We have no idea how this could have happened.”...
'We are in a war,' Netanyahu says after Palestinian militants launch surprise attack (www.nbcnews.com)
Hamas claimed responsibility for the unprecedented assault, which the militants said involved 5,000 rockets and infiltration across the border....
Russian anti-war TV protest journalist given 8+ years in prison (www.politico.eu)
Marina Ovsyannikova, a former Russian state TV editor turned Kremlin critic, has been sentenced in absentia to eight and a half years in prison by a Moscow court....
US officials say Travis King, who crossed into North Korea, is in American custody (apnews.com)
Growth hormone treatment for children spiking in Korea (m.koreaherald.com)
In a first, NASA returns asteroid samples to Earth (www.nbcnews.com)
China coast guard deploys ‘floating barrier’ to cut off disputed South China Sea shoal (www.theguardian.com)
Philippines says it ‘strongly condemns’ move at Scarborough Shoal which prevents its fishing boats from gaining access...