At least 46 reported dead in Chile as forest fires move into densely populated central areas (apnews.com)
VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, Chile’s pesident said Saturday evening, and officials said at least 1,100 homes had been destroyed....
Turkey Israel: 'Seven arrested for passing information to Mossad' (www.bbc.com)
Turkish security forces have arrested seven people on suspicion of passing information to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad, unnamed officials say....
More than 16,500 sheep and cows stuck on board ship off Australia after Red Sea sailing cancelled (www.thejournal.ie)
AUSTRALIAN WELFARE GROUPS are demanding the release of thousands of sheep and cattle stuck aboard a ship after their trip to the Middle East was diverted by Yemen’s Huthi rebel attacks in the Red Sea....
US Strikes Kill 18 Pro-Iran Fighters In Syria, New Toll Suggests (en.wenews.pk)
UN top court can rule on Ukraine case against Russia (www.bbc.com)
The UN’s top court has said it has jurisdiction to hear a case brought against Russia by Ukraine....
Aid to Gaza and beyond at risk of collapse due to funding cuts, says UNRWA (www.theguardian.com)
Vital supplies of fuel and bread flour for Gaza risk running out, while schools, clinics and even rubbish collections in the West Bank and three countries across the Middle East could cease operating by the end of the month if funding cuts for UNRWA are not restored, the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees has warned....
Western officials in protest over Israel Gaza policy (www.bbc.com)
More than 800 serving officials in the US and Europe have signed a statement warning that their own governments’ policies on the Israel-Gaza war could amount to “grave violations of international law”....
Western officials in protest over Israel Gaza policy (www.msn.com)
"What's really different here is we're not failing to prevent something, we're actively complicit. That is fundamentally different from any other situation I can recall,"
Taiwan elects parliament speaker ruling party views as pro-China (www.asahi.com)
TAIPEI–Taiwan’s parliament on Thursday elected a former presidential candidate for the largest opposition party as its new speaker, who will be responsible for hosting visiting foreign lawmakers and who the ruling party has said is pro-China....
Two women wearing hijabs denied entry to Democratic campaign event (www.aljazeera.com)
Biden and Xi to announce deal cracking down on fentanyl export due to hunter's creeping addiction (www.theguardian.com)
The Silence Of The Damned (countercurrents.org)
Our leading humanitarian and civic institutions, including major medical institutions, refuse to denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza. This exposes their hypocrisy and complicity....
"Silent protest" held in Myanmar on 3rd anniversary of military coup (english.kyodonews.net)
Opponents of military rule in Myanmar staged a “silent strike” on Thursday as the country marked three years since the coup that ousted the elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi....
Gunmen take seven staff hostage at Procter & Gamble factory in Turkey (www.theguardian.com)
Two gunmen have taken seven people hostage at a factory in Turkey owned by the US company Procter & Gamble, according to media reports, in an apparent protest over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza....
Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll (apnews.com)
Budget 2024 | India plans to expand EV ecosystem, pushes for greener public transport (www.cnbctv18.com)
Cyprus-led sting operation busts illegal European immigration ring that arranged sham marriages (apnews.com)
Cyprus officials said Wednesday they led a Europol-organized sting operation that dismantled an international criminal ring facilitating illegal immigration and residency in European Union countries using dozens of sham marriages on the east Mediterranean island nation.
US warship had close call with Houthi missile in Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
A cruise missile launched by the Houthis into the Red Sea on Tuesday night came within a mile of a US destroyer before it was shot down, four US officials told CNN, the closest a Houthi attack has come to a US warship....
Huge and secretive prison expansion in Myanmar revealed by satellite images (www.theguardian.com)
Thai court orders election winners to abandon plan to change royal insults law (www.reuters.com)
Three years after coup, Myanmar junta chief under unprecedented pressure (www.reuters.com)
German domestic spy agency has its former head, now a hard-right politician, under scrutiny (www.independent.co.uk)
Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has put its former head, who has become a hard-right politician since being removed from the job several years ago, under scrutiny....
Israeli Gov't Press Office Hosts Evangelical Leader Who Calls for Bombing Iran (www.haaretz.com)
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Injured, hungry and alone - the Gazan children orphaned by war (www.bbc.com)
In the chaos caused by the ongoing fighting and with entire families almost wiped out, medics and rescuers often struggle to find carers for bereaved children....