Senior US lawmakers review plan linking Gaza refugee resettlement to US aid to Arab countries (www.israelhayom.com)
Israel Gaza: Hamas raped and mutilated women on 7 October (www.bbc.com)
The BBC has seen and heard evidence of rape, sexual violence and mutilation of women during the 7 October Hamas attacks....
China accords diplomatic recognition to Taliban government in Afghanistan (www.indiatoday.in)
Russia Takes Control of Iraq’s Biggest Oil Discovery for 20 Years | OilPrice.com (oilprice.com)
Lebanon army says one soldier killed in Israeli shelling on border post (www.aljazeera.com)
Train manufacturer intentionally bricks trains serviced by independent service providers (zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl)
Polish train manufacturer that lost servicing tender programmed train controller to brick itself after train stays for some time in 6 ISP facilities or in 1 their faculity(for testing?) until undocumented button combination is pressed. Some controller versions brick itself after train is idle for 10 days. After news about this...
‘Substantial volume’ of clothing tied to Uyghur forced labour entering EU, says study (www.theguardian.com)
Venezuela-Guyana dispute: Maduro mobilizes the army and announces annexation of Essequibo (english.elpais.com)
Relative of Israeli captives confirms ‘3 hostages killed by Israeli fire,’ blasts military - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
An Israeli whose family members were held by Palestinian militants tells of friendly fire deaths and complains, “We used to think the IDF knows what it’s doing.” Meanwhile, freed captives detail “horrifying captivity trauma” from Israeli bombings....
A family's escape from North Korea through a minefield and stormy seas (www.bbc.com)
US files war crime charges against Russians accused of torturing an American in the Ukraine invasion (apnews.com)
Freed Palestinian Prisoners Say They Faced Torture and Rape in Israeli Jails (www.democracynow.org)
Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza came after Israel and Hamas completed a seventh exchange of captives. On Thursday, eight Israelis held by Hamas were released, while 30 Palestinians were freed from Israeli jails. Israel’s government says it believes Hamas still holds 137 hostages kidnapped during the October 7 attacks. Newly...
At least 10 freed hostages were sexually abused in Hamas captivity, doctor says (www.timesofisrael.com)
At least 10 of the Israeli civilians released by Hamas, both men and women, were sexually assaulted or abused while in captivity, the Associated Press reported Wednesday....
Four children among seven injured in Pakistan blast near Peshawar school (www.aljazeera.com)
Oil CEO says blaming the energy industry for the climate crisis ‘like blaming farmers for obesity’ (www.cnbc.com)
Maduro orders the 'immediate' exploitation of oil, gas and mines in Guyana's Essequibo (apnews.com)
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Tuesday directed the country’s state-owned companies to “immediately” begin to explore and exploit the oil, gas and mines in Guyana’s Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals that Venezuela claims as its own....
Swiss bank Banque Pictet admits hiding $5.6 billion of Americans' money from IRS (www.cnbc.com)
Tokyo taxi driver arrested for allegedly running into and killing pigeon (www3.nhk.or.jp)
Catastrophic change looms as Earth nears climate ‘tipping points’, report says (www.nature.com)
Venezuela orders state companies to exploit oil and gas mines in Guyana territory (www.theguardian.com)
Nepal urges Russia not to recruit its citizens into army; says six killed (www.reuters.com)
Olive oil price skyrockets as Spanish drought bites (www.bbc.com)
Israeli Strikes Kill World-Renowned Researcher Sofyan Taya, Journalist Montaser Al-Sawaf (www.democracynow.org)
Among the dead is Sofyan Taya, president of the Islamic University of Gaza and a renowned researcher in physics and applied mathematics. Taya was killed along with his family in an Israeli airstrike Saturday in Jabaliya, just north of Gaza City....