Ukrainian Bombers Firing Western Cruise Missiles Have Knocked Out A Russian Submarine (www.forbes.com)
Poland: Abortion Witch Hunt Targets Women, Doctors (www.hrw.org)
China trying to ‘headhunt’ powerful Brits, UK government claims (www.politico.eu)
Admission comes as British government responds to damning report on efforts to counter Chinese interference....
Power-Drunk Junta Tries Selling MIlitary-owned Myanmar Beer at Gunpoint (www.irrawaddy.com)
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India-based Zomi armed group raids Chin resistance camps in northwestern Myanmar (myanmar-now.org)
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Sunak's Ploy Pretending to be Pro-House Affordability fails (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
One Year On, Iranian Women Are Still Fighting (time.com)
The Islamic Republic of Iran was built upon bricks of patriarchal misogyny. One of the first acts of the revolution’s leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, when he took power in 1979, was to reverse women’s rights in marriage, child custody and divorce. This included lowering the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 9, and girls...
US to sanction 150 Russian-supporting entities over war in Ukraine (abcnews.go.com)
Bodycam shows Seattle cop joking about "limited value" of 26 year old woman killed by police cruiser and also joking about writing it off as a cheque worth $11000. (www.cbsnews.com)
Crimes of US-Saudi aggression against Yemen on September 14 (www.saba.ye)
Ukraine destroyed a prized $1.2B Russian air-defense system with cruise missiles, reports say (www.businessinsider.com)
Germany suspends migrant intake from Italy (www.dw.com)
27 Russian Troops Killed by ‘Friendly Fire’ During Botched Retreat Near Opytne (www.kyivpost.com)
Australian tycoon apologises over calls for more unemployment to fix worker attitudes (www.bbc.co.uk)
Rogue Russian pilot tried to shoot down RAF aircraft in 2022 (www.bbc.co.uk)
Nationwide blackout across Nigeria after power grid collapse (www.aljazeera.com)
Indian Military Studying ‘Options’ if China Invades Taiwan (www.thedefensepost.com)
The Indian military is studying potential responses in case near-peer adversary China launches a full-scale invasion of Taiwan....
Rogue Russian pilot tried to shoot down RAF aircraft in 2022 (www.bbc.com)
A Russian pilot tried to shoot down an RAF surveillance plane after believing he had permission to fire, the BBC has learned....
Ukraine says it wrecked Russian submarine with British cruise missiles (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine on Thursday confirmed it wrecked a Russian submarine with British weapons, during a missile attack on the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea....
Indian authorities rush to contain a deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala (www.cnn.com)
A state in southern India is taking measures to contain an outbreak of the Nipah virus after two people died from the rare and often deadly disease, shutting schools and testing hundreds to prevent its spread....
Covid cases reported on luxury cruise ship run aground in Greenland (www.nbcnews.com)
The operator of a luxury cruise ship that ran aground in Greenland with 206 people on board said Thursday at least three passengers have contracted Covid-19. The announcement followed a third failed attempt to free the cruise liner, after a fisheries research vessel attempted to pull the ship free at high tide on Wednesday....
China denounces Europe probe of EVs as 'naked protectionist' act (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine attacks Russian air defences in western Crimea - military (www.reuters.com)
Ukraine struck Russian air defence systems near the town of Yevpatoriya in the west of occupied Crimea in a long-range overnight attack on Thursday, the Ukrainian military said....
US Approves $5 Bn Sale Of F-35 Jets To South Korea (www.barrons.com)
The United States on Wednesday approved a $5 billion sale to South Korea of F-35s, top-of-the-line fighter-jets with stealth capacity, as tensions soar with North Korea....