‘Ghost flights’: Qatar Airways flying near-empty planes in Australia to exploit legal loophole (www.theguardian.com)
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Niger coup: Junta scraps military pacts with France (www.dw.com)
Russia's Prigozhin says Wagner is not recruiting now, may do so in future (www.reuters.com)
Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a voice message published on Monday that his Wagner group was not currently recruiting fighters but was likely to do so in future....
Putin defends arrests of critics during ‘armed conflict’ with Ukraine (www.scmp.com)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday defended an unprecedented crackdown on dissenting voices in Russia at a time of “armed conflict” with Ukraine, urging everyone to follow “certain rules.”...
Philippines' Marcos won't aid ICC in 'war on drugs' probe (www.dw.com)
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr of the Philippines said on Friday that his government would not cooperate with the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation into the deadly “war on drugs” carried out by his predecessor....
Israeli forces kill Palestinian, injure 4 in occupied West Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
Palestinian health ministry and Red Crescent said that one person was killed and four wounded by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus....
Sri Lanka's top court says ex-president among those who contributed to economic crisis (www.reuters.com)
Europe's far right joins rallying cry against antisemitism, unsettling some Jews (www.reuters.com)
Met police officer under investigation over alleged racially aggravated assault (www.theguardian.com)
Australia PM to visit China, with progress on wine, wind tower disputes (www.reuters.com)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he will travel to China from Nov. 4 to 7 to meet with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in a bid to stabilise relations with the country’s biggest trading partner....
Russia extends detention of a US journalist detained for failing to register as a foreign agent (apnews.com)
NYT assists Modi govt's assault on India's free press : Statement on Worldwide Media Holdings’ investment in NewsClick (www.thehindu.com)
In this statement, Jason Pfetcher, manager of Worldwide Media Holdings, clarifies on the provenance of the funds that the for-profit investment vehicle based in the U.S. invested in NewsClick
The Worrying Democratic Erosions in South Korea (www.newyorker.com)
'Historic' meeting of EU foreign ministers in Kyiv (www.euronews.com)
10,000 Myanmar Civilians Flee Overnight as Junta Launches Terror Mission in Sagaing (www.irrawaddy.com)
Drone Hits Russian Town Hosting Major Nuclear Power Plant (www.bloomberg.com)
Modi-linked Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest (www.theguardian.com)
Offshore records suggest associates of wealthy Indian family spent years acquiring stock during rise of founder to be worth $120bn
Typhoon Saola lashes northern Philippines as it heads for Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)
Typhoon Saola dumped heavy rain across the northern Philippines but didn’t make landfall on Sunday as it moved towards southern Taiwan and China’s southern coast....
Saudi Arabia, Iran among six nations invited to join BRICS (libertarianinstitute.org)
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‘I don’t feel safe anymore’: Pakistan Christians in fear after mob violence (www.aljazeera.com)
Jaranwala, Pakistan – Rina Javed Bhatti sat on a narrow street among a group of 20-25 worshippers, many of them sobbing profusely, while Pastor Javed Bhatti addressed his sermon in a Christian colony in northern Pakistan....
Niger coup: West African countries suspend key military meeting on ‘standby’ force (www.theguardian.com)
Man arrested after stabbing near British Museum in London (www.theguardian.com)
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Typhoon Khanun kills 2 and injures at least 62 in Japan, shuts businesses in Taiwan (www.channelnewsasia.com)
India, Manipur genocide : They Killed My Husband, Mother-in-Law, Smashed My Head,' Says 29-Year-Old Kuki Survivor (thewire.in)
Nancy Chingthiannang’s husband and mother in law were murdered while she was left for dead on the road.
Eleven killed in suspected arson attack on bar in northern Mexico (www.reuters.com)
MEXICO CITY, July 22 (Reuters) - Eleven people were killed in a suspected arson attack on a bar in the northern Mexican border city of San Luis Colorado after an expelled patron set it ablaze with a Molotov cocktail, authorities in the state of Sonora said on Saturday....
