IDF rescues Israeli-Bedouin hostage Qaid Farhan Alkadi from Hamas captivity in southern Gaza (www.jpost.com)
Russia warns the United States of the risks of World War Three (www.reuters.com)
Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War Three would not be confined to Europe.
Palestine to apply for BRICS membership after upcoming Kazan summit (www.aa.com.tr)
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Biden ordered Gaza pier to be built despite concerns from US development agency (www.theguardian.com)
President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this year even as some staffers for the US Agency for International Development (USAid) expressed concerns that the effort would be difficult to pull off and undercut the effort to persuade Israel to open “more...
Israel launches largest occupied West Bank offensive since Second Intifada (www.middleeasteye.net)
Israel launched a large military offensive in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, attacking at least three cities from land and air....
Ukraine's new F-16s are flying missions and shot down incoming missiles during a massive Russian attack, Zelenskyy says (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine’s new F-16s shot down missiles during Russia’s massive strike on Monday....
Islamic State: Germany and Europe are once again a target (www.dw.com)
The attack in Solingen is just the latest example of a new wave of violence linked to the Islamic State terrorist group. Experts say the war in the Middle East is the main catalyst....
At least 7 Palestinians killed in major Israeli raids on occupied West Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
The Wafa news agency has additional details of the assault that killed two Palestinians in the Far’a refugee camp....
Ukraine to present 'victory plan' to US next month, Zelensky says (www.bbc.com)
Ryan and Righ want to get married in Taiwan – they can’t because of China’s same-sex marriage ban (www.theguardian.com)
China calls for more support for its Ukraine peace plan created with Brazil (apnews.com)
“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,...
