China's Xi offers to help Sri Lanka; buy more of its exports (www.reuters.com)
Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests and sends them to Rome (www.aljazeera.com)
Congo boat tragedy death toll climbs to 52, dozens still missing (www.cnn.com)
Azerbaijan Conducts Heavy Shelling on Armenian Territory (allinnet.info)
China's defense minister promises to boost cooperation with Russian ally Belarus (apnews.com)
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu on Thursday visited Belarus and said his country would increase military cooperation with Russia’s neighbor and ally, where Moscow is deploying tactical nuclear weapons.
The Open Arms Rescues 264 Migrants in The Mediterranean Sea (www.telesurenglish.net)
On Thursday, the Open Arms ship rescued 264 migrants in the Mediterranean at the request of Italian authorities, who are coordinating the rescue operations in the region....
Niger power blackouts blamed on coup sanctions (www.bbc.com)
Major cities in Niger are facing rolling blackouts following last week’s coup in the West African country....
Australia says ports operator cyber incident 'serious' (www.reuters.com)
Canada PM Trudeau condemns violence after shots fired at Jewish schools (www.reuters.com)
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Northern Ireland has a window to resume power-sharing government (www.investing.com)
EU, Japan conclude agreement on data flows, EU says - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Australia rules out cancelling Chinese company’s lease over Port of Darwin (www.theguardian.com)
Former businessman Christopher Luxon wins New Zealand election as voters seek conservative change (apnews.com)
UK, US and allies offer Israel ‘steadfast support’ in joint statement (www.theguardian.com)
Quint group – which also includes France, Germany and Italy – says ‘terrorist actions’ of Hamas must be ‘universally condemned’...
Israel confirms people abducted into Gaza; Hamas claims to capture soldiers, civilians (www.timesofisrael.com)
Israel on Saturday evening confirmed that the Hamas terror group had taken Israelis as hostages to the Gaza Strip in its massive assault on the country’s south, amid reports that dozens of people may have been taken, dead and alive....
China to double size of space station, touts alternative to NASA-led ISS (www.reuters.com)
China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its lifespan....
Shooting at a major Bangkok shopping mall kills at least 2, and a suspect is in police custody (apnews.com)
Guatemala’s Progressive President-Elect Will Face an Uphill Battle (jacobin.com)
Azerbaijan halts Karabakh offensive after ceasefire deal with Armenian separatists (www.bbc.com)
Azerbaijan’s president has declared that his country’s sovereignty has been restored over Nagorno-Karabakh after a 24-hour military offensive against ethnic-Armenian forces....
Israeli Supreme Court hears first challenge to Netanyahu's divisive judicial overhaul (apnews.com)
Israel’s Supreme Court heard the first challenge Tuesday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, deepening a showdown with the far-right government that has bitterly divided the nation and put it on the brink of a constitutional crisis....
UK concrete crisis: What is RAAC and why is it 'crumbling'? (www.euronews.com)
Typhoon Haikui: Dozens injured after storm sweeps Taiwan (www.bbc.com)
How Russia Globalized the War in Ukraine (www.foreignaffairs.com)
From the outset of his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s vast ambitions for the war were obvious. He intended to topple the government in Kyiv and either partition or take control of Ukraine. But Putin’s aspirations extended beyond carving a sphere of influence in central and eastern Europe. By...
US slaps China visa curbs for 'forced assimilation' in Tibet (www.dw.com)
The United States is to impose visa curbs on Chinese officials suspected of “forced assimilation” of Tibetan children at state-run schools, the US State Department said in a statement on Tuesday....