Moscow Terror Attack: A Lie Too Good to Waste (cepa.org)
Moscow targets Kyiv, western Ukraine with massive missile barrage; Russian ships hit in Crimea (www.politico.eu)
One Russian cruise missile violated Polish airspace....
Xi Jinping’s Historians Can’t Stop Rewriting China’s Imperial Past (www.wsj.com)
A vast effort to draft an official history of the Qing dynasty is in limbo as China’s leader demands it be bent to his vision...
Nigerian army rescues students kidnapped two weeks ago (www.theguardian.com)
Seventeen students and a woman freed after operation in north-west of country...
U.S. officially bars UNRWA funding through March 2025 (www.haaretz.com)
The bipartisan bill, which Biden signed into law, also cuts funding to the United Nations Human Rights Council unless the administration can certify that it is taking ‘significant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item,’ and banning funding for the UN Commission of Inquiry on Israel
Islamic State releases photo of alleged attackers in Russia shooting (www.reuters.com)
CAIRO, March 23 (Reuters) - Islamic State released on Saturday a photo of what it said were the four attackers behind a shooting rampage that killed at least 143 people in a concert hall near Moscow on Friday, the militant group’s Amaq news agency said on Telegram....
Jasmin Paris first woman to complete gruelling Barkley Marathons race (www.bbc.co.uk)
She was so exhausted she slumped to the ground after finishing the race which is inspired by a famous prison escape....
What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow massacre (apnews.com)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people, the most deadly attack in Russia in years. Though the U.S. says it has evidence backing up the jihadists’ claim, that didn’t stop Moscow and Kyiv from pointing the finger...
Israel announces largest West Bank land seizure since 1993 during Blinken visit (www.washingtonpost.com)
Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, announced the seizure of 10 square kilometers (3.8 square miles) of Palestinian territory in the West Bank on Friday. The move marks the single largest land seizure by the Israeli government since the 1993 Oslo accords, according to Peace Now, a settlement watchdog group....
Russian TV airs fake video alleging Ukrainian involvement in terrorist attack, featuring Ukrainian official (www.pravda.com.ua)
Zelensky on Moscow shooting: Putin's attempts to link it to Ukraine 'absolutely predictable' (kyivindependent.com)
Putin links Ukraine to Moscow massacre without evidence (www.politico.eu)
The suspected gunmen “tried to hide and moved toward Ukraine,” Russian president says in televised address. Kyiv denies any involvement....
Hong Kong Article 23: Basic rights threatened as law enacted, critics charge (www.nbcnews.com)
“We are basically seeing the Hong Kong government trying to slam shut the really last vestiges of room for criticizing it,” said Kevin Yam, one of 13 overseas pro-democracy activists accused of national security offenses by Hong Kong authorities....
Poland activates air force as western Ukraine and Kyiv come under ‘massive’ Russian attack (www.theguardian.com)
Poland says Russian missile targeting Ukraine’s Lviv region violated its airspace while Kyiv suffers third pre-dawn attack in four days...
Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack (www.businessinsider.com)
Gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow on Friday, killing at least 60 people and injuring more than 100....
Russia is returning to its Cold War posture with plans to increase troops along its NATO borders, Lithuania's PM warns (www.businessinsider.com)
Russia plans to increase its troops along its border with NATO, Lithuania’s prime minister said....
Russia claims it detained suspected perpetrators of Moscow shooting that killed over 100 people (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine war: Two Russian landing ships hit off Crimea, officials say (www.bbc.com)
Ukraine says it has hit two landing ships, a communications centre and other infrastructure used by Russia’s Black Sea fleet off annexed Crimea....
Some of nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria’s north are freed after weeks in captivity (apnews.com)
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren have been released, local officials said Sunday, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched into the forests....
Senegal votes Sunday in a presidential election that has fired up political tensions (apnews.com)
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal votes Sunday in a tightly contested presidential election that has fired up political tensions and tested one of West Africa’s most stable democracies....
High Court orders temporary suspension of Telegram's services in Spain (www.reuters.com)
Laurent de Brunhoff, ‘Babar’ heir and author, dies at age 98 (apnews.com)
NEW YORK (AP) — “Babar” author Laurent de Brunhoff, who revived his father’s popular picture book series about an elephant-king and presided over its rise to a global, multimedia franchise, has died. He was 98....
A pro-West diplomat and an ally of populist premier to meet in runoff for Slovakia’s presidency (apnews.com)
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A pro-western career diplomat defeated a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico in the first round of the presidential election Sunday to set up a runoff between the two to decide who will succeed Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female president....
Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, diagnosed with cancer: Akshata Murty, Rishi Sunak and others wish for speedy recovery (www.moneycontrol.com)
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Suspects arrested after Moscow concert hall attack leaves at least 133 dead; ISIS claims responsibility (www.cbsnews.com)
Warning, graphic video....
