“Granny, why am I in jail?” Tuberculosis‑stricken schoolboy jailed for 4.5 years in the Russian Far East on “terrorism” charges. (en.zona.media)
US Has Sent Israel Over 600 Weapons Shipments Since October (truthout.org)
The U.S. has sent nearly two shipments of weapons to Israel on average every day since it began its genocide in Gaza on October 7, according to new figures from the Israeli military....
Putin’s war is raising risk of another Chernobyl, says historian who inspired hit TV show (www.theguardian.com)
Serhii Plokhy, the celebrated Harvard historian, is the author of the definitive account not only of the genesis of the current war but also of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster (for which he won the Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction in 2018, and which was one source for the fabulous HBO drama of the disaster the following year)....
Russian woman's killer released for second time to fight in Ukraine (www.bbc.com)
A Russian murderer who was released from prison to fight in the war in Ukraine, only to then kill an elderly woman, has been released a second time to return to the front, according to relatives of the woman....
Spanish police boat appears to mount migrant dinghy approaching Melilla (www.theguardian.com)
Human rights campaigners in Morocco and Spain have called on Spanish authorities to launch an investigation after a video appeared to show a Spanish police boat briefly mounting a small dinghy carrying people towards the coast of Spain....
Russia Launches Deadly New Wave of Missiles and Drones at Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
Russia launched a fresh wave of pre-dawn missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and several other large Ukrainian cities on Tuesday, the second day of a deadly, far-reaching bombing campaign that comes as Moscow fights to fend off a Ukrainian offensive on Russian soil....
The World’s Largest Wetland Is Burning, and Rare Animals Are Dying (www.nytimes.com)
Usually flooded for much of the year, the Pantanal in recent years has been parched by a string of severe droughts that scientists have linked to deforestation and climate change....
A Syrian journalist who reports for international agencies is arrested by Turkish-backed authorities (apnews.com)
A local journalist in rebel-held northwestern Syria who works with international news agencies was arrested by Turkish-backed authorities, his wife and rights groups said Tuesday....
Ukraine used F-16s to repel Russia's mass missile attack, Zelensky confirms (kyivindependent.com)
Ukraine’s Air Force used F-16 jets as part of its defense against Russia’s mass missile and drone attack on Aug. 26, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed during a press conference on Aug. 27....
Ukraine says it has captured nearly 600 Russian soldiers during Kursk incursion (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine has captured 594 Russian soldiers during its three-week military operation in the Kursk region and has seized 100 settlements inside Russia, Kyiv’s commander-in-chief said on Tuesday....
Gaza polio vaccine rollout hindered by Israeli evacuation orders, says UN (www.theguardian.com)
North Korea could have sent over 6 million artillery shells to Russia, Seoul says (kyivindependent.com)
Palestinian Healthcare Workers Chained, Starved, Sexually Abused: New Report (www.democracynow.org)
We speak with Human Rights Watch researcher Milena Ansari about the organization’s new report detailing the torture of Palestinian medical workers in Israeli prisons. HRW spoke with eight doctors, paramedics and nurses who were picked up in Gaza before being transferred to the notorious Sde Teiman camp and other facilities,...
Mexico president defends judicial overhaul as US concerns mount (www.reuters.com)
The Secret Behind Germany’s Record Renewables Buildout | As most countries struggle to install clean energy fast enough, Germany tackled the industry’s toughest problem: slow permitting. (www.bloomberg.com)
Kremlin Warns France Against Trying to 'Intimidate' Telegram Founder Durov (www.themoscowtimes.com)
Hundreds of migrants swim into Spain's Ceuta enclave from Morocco (www.reuters.com)
‘Working here is hell’: latest death of farm worker in 40C heat shocks Italy (www.theguardian.com)
Militants kill 47 in multiple attacks in Pakistan (www.bangkokpost.com)
Japan protests Chinese spy plane incursion (www.bbc.com)
Indian police fire teargas at hundreds protesting over Kolkata doctor's rape, murder (www.reuters.com)
India's Odisha state culls birds after Avian flu outbreak (www.reuters.com)
At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack (apnews.com)
Millions in Bangladesh stranded in flood disaster and many are blaming neighboring India (www.cnn.com)
Pakistan man is acquitted of spreading misinformation that set off U.K. riots (www.nbcnews.com)
