The Taliban are working to woo tourists to Afghanistan (abcnews.go.com)
Iran: Rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death, says lawyer (www.dw.com)
Popular rapper Toomaj Salehi wrote songs in support of the protest movement in Iran following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022. He has been in jail for over a year....
Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi's decade in power (apnews.com)
Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of India’s most beloved and polarizing political leaders....
Moscow attack: Russian court charges four men with act of terrorism (www.bbc.co.uk)
Incredibly, The Russian Air Force Has Lost Another Rare A-50 Radar Plane (www.forbes.com)
Incredibly, the Russian air force has lost another one of its rare Beriev A-50M/U Mainstay radar early-warning planes. Video that circulated online on Friday reportedly depicts the A-50’s burning wreckage in Krasnodar Krai, in Russia just east of the Sea of Azov....
Italy schools that scrap nativity could face fine (www.bbc.co.uk)
Israel exploring construction of humanitarian compound in northern Gaza after fighting subsides (edition.cnn.com)
China’s new cancer drug Toripalimab is approved in the US but will cost 30 times more (www.scmp.com)
‘The number of Palestinians killed is truly unbearable’, Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez’s stark message to Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu (archive.is)
“Israel has the right to defend itself, but this response must respect international law,” he continued. “We must urgently stop the humanitarian catastrophe.”...
IDF reveals new evidence of Hamas using Gaza hospitals for terror (www.ynetnews.com)
US asks Israel for ‘explanation’ of strike on Gaza refugee camp (news.yahoo.com)
Israel’s strike on the Jabalia refugee camp has led to more intense pushback from the Biden administration.
Canadian-Israeli woman, missing since Hamas ambush at musical festival, dead: family (www.ctvnews.ca)
Family of a Canadian-Israeli woman, who was missing since Hamas militants ambushed a music festival in southern Isreal last Saturday, says she has died(opens in a new tab)....
Certificate to own car in Singapore rockets to $106,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Kadyrov, head of Chechnya, in critical condition (newsukraine.rbc.ua)
Japan may seek to dissolve Moonies church in wake of Shinzo Abe killing (www.theguardian.com)
Prigozhin confirmed dead after genetic tests - Moscow (www.bbc.com)
Russia court sentences Alexey Navalny, jailed opposition leader and Putin critic, to 19 more years in prison (www.cbsnews.com)
A Russian " " court " " on Friday issued its verdict in a new case against jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, convicting the politician of promoting “extremism” and extending his time in prison by 19 years, according to Russian state media and his own team.
'Cancer-killing pill' that appears to 'annihilate' solid tumours is now being tested on humans (news.sky.com)
Biden’s Israel policy may hasten Trump’s rise, US allies fear (www.politico.com)
As the president begins his last international trip before the election, the fear in the crowd is that conflict in Gaza is tripping him up.
US says Russia’s advance on Kharkiv is ‘all but over’ (thehill.com)
Israeli nationalists march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem, some chanting 'Death to Arabs' (apnews.com)
Pope tells Italians they need to have more babies (www.euronews.com)
Italy’s birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year....
Pro-trans protests erupt across France as legislators consider ban on care (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Abortions in first 12 weeks should be legalised in Germany, commission says (www.theguardian.com)
Most cases of abortion are illegal in Germany, which report says is not compatible with international standards...