USS Eisenhower carrier strike group ordered to eastern Mediterranean, says Pentagon (www.independent.co.uk)
Iran's foreign minister warns Israel from Beirut it could suffer 'a huge earthquake' (apnews.com)
Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, warning that the war might expand to other parts of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle, and that would make Israel suffer “a huge earthquake.”...
Global Affairs says it is aware of reports of Canadian killed amid conflict in Israel and Gaza Strip (www.ctvnews.ca)
Global Affairs Canada says it is aware of reports that one Canadian has died and two others are missing in the wake of an attack on Israel by Hamas forces, marking the latest escalation in the decades-long conflict....
Islamic jihad faction holding over 30 Israelis captive, its chief says (www.reuters.com)
Islamic Jihad chief Ziad al-Nakhala said on Sunday that his faction was holding captive more than 30 of the Israelis who were abducted in the Gaza Strip since Saturday after Hamas launched attacks on Israel....
Climate change has already displaced more than 43 million children: U.N. report (www.salon.com)
new report from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed that more than 43 million children were displaced due to weather events — all of which were linked to climate change — in the years from 2016 to 2021. This amounts to roughly 20,000 child displacements every single day....
September sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it 'mind-blowing' (apnews.com)
Pro-India hackers claim responsibility for disruption of Canadian Forces website (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Key details behind Nord Stream pipeline blasts revealed by scientists (www.theguardian.com)
Vancouver group says they stopped gangs from profiting over $100k by selling cocaine, heroin and meth (www.vancouverisawesome.com)
Torture, rape, killings in Manipur: An Indian state's brutal conflict (www.bbc.com)
Libya protesters set fire to mayor’s home in anger over Derna flood deaths (www.theguardian.com)
Uttar Pradesh Shocker: 8-Hour-Old Infant Buried Alive in Kanpur, Miraculously Rescued by Couple (www.latestly.com)
China sends aircraft, vessels toward Taiwan days after US arms sale approval (www.indiatvnews.com)
As many as 20 aircraft from China either crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait or breached the island country’s air defense identification zone.
China's fertility rate drops to record low 1.09 in 2022- state media (www.reuters.com)
China’s fertility rate is estimated to have dropped to a record low of 1.09 in 2022, the National Business Daily said on Tuesday, a figure likely to rattle authorities as they try to boost the country’s declining number of new births.
Russia targets Odesa port, angering Ukraine and nearby Romania (www.aljazeera.com)
Ukraine’s coastal region of Odesa was rattled by Russian drones which hit grain storage facilities in the south of the region, according to authorities in Kyiv....
India, Manipur genocide: FIR reveals horrific killing of Manipur youth (www.thehindu.com)
The Kuki-Zo youth, who was arrested for sharing a post on CM Biren Singh, was being taken from court to jail on May 4, when a mob of around 800 men and women intercepted the police vehicle, dragged him out and beat him to death
Ukraine updates: Russian missile attack targets Odesa (www.dw.com)
Moscow launched 19 missiles via land, air and sea on the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukraine said on Sunday....
Hungary all-but drops objection to Sweden's Nato bid (euobserver.com)
Losing ground to rebel alliance, Myanmar junta faces biggest test since coup (www.reuters.com)
Jordan asked US to deploy Patriot air defence missiles, army says (www.reuters.com)
Staunch U.S. ally Jordan asked Washington to deploy Patriot air defence systems to bolster its border defence at a time of heightened regional tensions and conflict, the spokesperson for the country’s army said on Sunday....
Israeli military says Hamas hiding tunnels, operations centres in Gaza hospital (www.israelnationalnews.com)
Edit: Replaced with Reuters link (Israel National News has a “mixed” factual reporting rating similar to Al Jazeera).
Australia sends aircraft and troops to Middle East in case ‘this gets worse’ (www.theguardian.com)
The Australian government is sending a “significant contingent” of aircraft and supporting troops to the Middle East on standby in the event “this gets worse”, as the death toll from Israel airstrikes passed 5,700....