India-Maldives row: Muizzu says Maldives won't be bullied (www.dw.com)
Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu asserted his country’s independence amid fraying relations with India, as the island nation seeks closer ties with Beijing.
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths (www.theguardian.com)
Meir Baruchin, who was fired and jailed for criticising the military, says that many who agree with him are afraid to go public
Govt’s big plans for a railway revolution :: Mmegi Online (www.mmegi.bw)
Pula’s downward crawl maintained at 1.51% :: Mmegi Online (www.mmegi.bw)
Women encouraged to run for political office :: Mmegi Online (www.mmegi.bw)
North Korea launches a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile that can reach distant US bases (apnews.com)
North Korea fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, two months after the North claimed to have tested engines for a new harder-to-detect missile capable of striking distant U.S. targets in the region....
Volcano erupts near Icelandic town, forcing evacuation of residents (www.theguardian.com)
Russian poet and Kremlin critic Lev Rubinstein dies aged 76 (www.theguardian.com)
The Russian poet Lev Rubinstein, a key figure of the Soviet underground literary scene who later protested against President Vladimir Putin, has died days after being hit by a car, his daughter said.
Russian Orthodox priest faces expulsion for refusing to pray for victory over Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Church court says Aleksiy Uminsky broke his oath by refusing to recite ‘Prayer for Holy Rus’, which church has made compulsory at services...
Mar Galcerán makes history as Spain’s first parliamentarian with Down’s syndrome (www.theguardian.com)
After being elected to Valencia’s regional assembly, Galcerán says she wants to be seen as a person, not for her disability...