IOC apologises to South Korea over Olympics ceremony gaffe (www.reuters.com)
Indonesia seeks Russian oil for the first time in years, sources say (www.reuters.com)
UK drops plans to challenge ICC arrest warrant request against Benjamin Netanyahu (apnews.com)
UN chief urges wealthy countries to beat fossil fuel ‘addiction’ amid expansions (www.theguardian.com)
US-occupied airbase comes under fresh attack in Iraq (www.presstv.ir)
US arrests alleged Sinaloa cartel leader and son of ‘El Chapo’ in Texas sting operation (www.cnn.com)
China issues rare praise to Philippine president for his ban on Chinese online gambling operators (apnews.com)
Netanyahu is right: Gaza war is ‘clash between barbarism and civilisation’ (www.scmp.com)
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Australia imposes sanctions on Israeli settlers and youth group over violent attacks on Palestinians (www.theguardian.com)
Fitch downgrades Ukraine further into default zone over $20 billion debt agreement (www.reuters.com)
A Ukrainian Brigade Collapsed—And Now Hundreds Of Soldiers Are Surrounded Near Prohres (www.forbes.com)
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Emirati passports discovered in Sudan suggest UAE boots on the ground (www.middleeasteye.net)
Emirati passports recovered in Sudan have provided damning evidence that the UAE has been intervening in the conflict in the north African country....
The legal ruling by the world's highest court obliges western states not just to end their persecution of the boycott movement but to take up that cause as their own (www.middleeasteye.net)
How four U.S. presidents unleashed economic warfare across the globe (www.washingtonpost.com)
Taiwan sees flooding and landslides from Typhoon Gaemi, which caused 22 deaths in the Philippines (apnews.com)
Amnesty International Flags Peru's Violence Against Protesters (peoplesdispatch.org)
Rheinmetall's profit doubles as defence spending surges (www.reuters.com)
The company said this was mainly due to orders from the German army using funds from a 100-billion-euro special fund created after the invasion of Ukraine to bolster the country’s armed forces....
Ukraine's foreign minister seeking 'common ground' with China in talks on ending war with Russia (apnews.com)
Sloppy spycraft? The indictment of a former CIA analyst embarrasses South Korea (www.latimes.com)
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