The UK joins 39 other countries rated ‘obstructed’ in the CIVICUS Monitor annual report on civic space People Power Under Attack. (www.bond.org.uk)
Why Palestinians Fear Permanent Displacement From Gaza (time.com)
India authorises Apple, Dell, Lenovo and others to import laptops, tablets -sources | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
UN Child Rights Committee condemns killing of children in Gaza Strip (www.ohchr.org)
Trade through Myanmar’s largest border gate stops as resistance offensive intensifies (myanmar-now.org)
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Halfords Sells 5% Stake in Software Subsidiary to Bridgestone for $3 Million (lemy.nl) Dutch
Halfords Group sells a 5% stake in software subsidiary Avayler to Bridgestone Americas for $3 million.
Feds accuse 3 people of illegally shipping tech components used in weapons to Russia (www.cbsnews.com)
Airstrikes pummel US bases in Iraq and Syria (new.thecradle.co)
As resistance attacks against Washington's forces intensify in West Asia, the Pentagon has deployed a significant war arsenal to protect its interests in the region
South Africa: UN Forces To Gaza Now (www.palestinechronicle.com)
The South African government on Monday urged the United Nations to deploy a rapid protection force to protect the Palestinian population in the besieged Gaza Strip from further Israeli bombardment.
Afghans return to Taliban rule as Pakistan moves to expel 1.7 million (www.reuters.com)
As the clock ticked down to the Nov. 1 deadline Pakistan set for undocumented migrants to leave the country, Muhammad Rahim boarded a bus from Karachi to the Afghan border.
More children killed in Gaza than in global conflicts annually over past 4 years, Save the Children says (edition.cnn.com)
Thousands protest in Israel calling for an end to the bombing of Gaza (www.wsws.org)
In Benin, Voodoo's birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred (apnews.com)
Tehran, Moscow to boost tech ties (www.tehrantimes.com)
Pakistan's UN envoy: This originated with Israel's occupation of Palestine (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
Online Retailer Shein Halts Campaigns With Israeli Influencers After Only Selling Palestinian Flags (www.algemeiner.com)
Bird Flu Reaches the Antarctic for the First Time (www.wired.com)
British lawyers call on government to press for ceasefire in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Pro-Palestinian Protests are Erupting From Karachi to London (znetwork.org)
Israelis when they want sympathy for living under Hamas rocket fire (hexbear.net)
A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples (apnews.com)
A Hong Kong court has upheld a ruling that favored the granting of equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples. It's the latest victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community.