Venezuela Issues Arrest Warrant for Antonio Ledezma (orinocotribune.com)
Australia is becoming America’s military launch-pad into Asia. Are Australian voters ready for the costs of great-power rivalry in the Indo-Pacific? (www.economist.com)
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Italy detains three boats - for the crime of saving hundreds of refugees' lives (www.thecanary.co)
In the space of 48 hours, Italy’s authorities detained three refugee rescue vessels which had just saved hundreds of lives. The news comes as Italy’s far-right government has been cracking down on both refugees and those protecting them – amid over 2,000 people dying in the crossing....
Thailand Sentences 7 to Jail for Protesting Myanmar Coup (www.irrawaddy.com)
ECOWAS Sets ‘D-day’ for Intervention in Niger (responsiblestatecraft.org)
Wagner Group commander Dmitry Utkin was on plane that crashed north of Moscow, Russian civil aviation authority says (news.sky.com)
Apple security updates could be banned by British government (9to5mac.com)
Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears to be trying to set a new record. After putting iMessage and FaceTime at risk, the government is now suggesting that it might ban some Apple security updates.
US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows (geopoliticaleconomy.com)
Wagner-linked Telegram Gray Zone says Prigozhin's jet was shot down by Russian (MOD) air defense forces (t.me)
Wagner-linked Telegram Gray Zone says Prigozhin's jet was shot down by Russian (MOD) air defense forces
The failure of Luna 25 cements Putin’s role as a disastrous space leader (arstechnica.com)
Drone video shows how perilous the situation was for those stranded in the Pakistan cable car (www.bbc.co.uk)
UK ‘seeking to block ICJ ruling’ on Israeli occupation of Palestine (www.theguardian.com)
BRICS invites six countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran to be new members (www.reuters.com)
A former principal of an Australian Jewish school sentenced to 15 years for child sex abuse (apnews.com)
Malka Leifer, 56, must serve at least 11 years and six months of the sentence before she can be considered for early release. As soon as she is released from a Victoria state prison, she will likely be deported to her native Israel....
Prigozhin plane crash live updates: Kremlin silent on mercenary chief's fate (www.nbcnews.com)
Police arrest pastor accused of molesting 8 North Korean defector children (www.nknews.org)
South Korean police on Tuesday arrested a pastor who is under investigation for allegedly sexually assaulting North Korean defector children, according to investigators.
Pakistan antiterror court allows ex-PM Imran Khan’s arrest over May riots (www.aljazeera.com)
Rise of Local Family Policy Addressing Japan's Population Decline (www.stoppopulationdecline.org)
UK carries out first-ever womb transplant as sister donates uterus (www.aljazeera.com)
The uterus transplant took place in a surgery that lasted more than nine hours at a hospital in Oxford....
Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory (www.washingtonpost.com)
MPs Call for Former Guantanamo Detainee Ravil Mingazov to be Reunited with His Family in the UK (www.thecanary.co)
Firefighters in Greece struggle to contain wildfire near Athens (www.aljazeera.com)
Blazes break out on the outskirts of the capital, forcing more evacuations.