Kazakhstan welcomes France's Macron under Moscow's disapproving gaze (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war (www.politico.com)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels for the first time Tuesday claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and further raising the risks of a regional conflict erupting....
Cigarette-style climate warnings on food could cut meat consumption, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)
People are used to seeing stark warnings on tobacco products alerting them about the potentially deadly risks to health. Now a study suggests similar labelling on food could help them make wiser choices about not just their health, but the health of the planet....
'Replace syllabus with WhatsApp forwards': Netizens say ,as government drops evolution and pro-democractic teachings from syllabus. (www.livemint.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/7629685...
Israeli Cabinet said slated to okay police use of live fire against protesters blocking roads during multi-front war (www.timesofisrael.com)
Thai FM Travels to Qatar, Egypt for Hamas Hostage Talks (www.voanews.com)
More than 230 hostages are being held by Hamas in Gaza, according to the latest Israeli figures – 22 of them Thai nationals, the foreign ministry in Bangkok has said. However, Israeli officials have said 54 Thais are among the hostages....
China makes contentious comparison between Gaza and Xinjiang (www.newsweek.com)
‘A new Nakba’: settler violence forces Palestinians out of West Bank villages (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinian American family mourns 42 relatives killed in a single day in Gaza | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Thousands of miles away from the brutality of war in Gaza, Tareq Hamoud and his wife Manal are in disbelief over the loss of three generations of their family.
China's citizens silently criticize Xi Jinping by mourning late premier (www.newsweek.com)
Belarus musicians jailed for up to nine years amid protest crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland's election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy's decline (theconversation.com)
Highlights: The results of Poland’s parliamentary elections held on Oct. 15, 2023, have been lauded as a blow against populism – and they may also hold important lessons for reversing democracy’s decline....
Evidence of Israel's unlawful use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon as cross-border hostilities escalate (www.amnesty.org)
The Israeli army fired artillery shells containing white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon, in military operations along Lebanon’s southern border between 10 and 16 October 2023.
Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Arrow Interceptor Downs Ballistic Missile Over Red Sea (www.thedrive.com)
CNN Host Left Stunned As IDF Confirms Israel Hit Refugee Camp With Airstrike (newrepublic.com)
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer seemed at a lost of words at the justification being used to bomb a refugee camp in Gaza.
US and Israel Weigh Peacekeepers for the Gaza Strip After Hamas (www.bloomberg.com)
Eulogy for My Father, Daniel Ellsberg (by Robert Ellsberg) (www.commondreams.org)
The Fictional Terrorist Conspiracy Being Tried in France (www.thenation.com)
A 20-kilogram blend of industrial-strength ammonium nitrate, sugar, and acetone peroxide explodes in the cherished Place de la Vendôme in central Paris. The bomb, assembled by a far-left terrorist cell, sets off hundreds of meters of destruction, felling the square’s famed column and damaging many of the surrounding...
Polish archaeologists find remains of 17th-century woman and child padlocked in their graves (www.cnn.com)
Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered the remains of a 17th-century child padlocked to his grave to stop him rising from the dead, a discovery that turns the spotlight on beliefs in vampires as Halloween approaches....
Apple Warns Top Indian Opposition Leaders, Journalists About ‘State-Sponsored’ Attack on Phone. (thewire.in)
Some one please help us, spread the message. BJP is suppressing journalism heavily they want to turn this country into a theocracy....
UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is a matter of life and death for millions of Palestinians (apnews.com)
Israel reportedly proposed writing off Egypt's debts for hosting Gaza refugees (www.middleeasteye.net)
An Israeli news report claims that the Netanyahu government has offered a raft of proposals to entice Egypt to open its doors to two million displaced Palestinians, despite Cairo’s rejection
Israeli ministry 'concept paper' proposes transferring Gaza civilians to Egypt's Sinai, with Canada as a possible final destination (www.ctvnews.ca)
Israeli government looks to shutter local Al Jazeera bureau (www.axios.com)
Israel’s communications minister is seeking to temporarily shut down Al Jazeera’s local bureau through new emergency regulations, drawing sharp criticism from press freedom groups.