Australian federal MPs – including the prime minister and cabinet members – have voted overwhelmingly to urge the US and the UK to allow the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to return to Australia (www.theguardian.com)
NATO Secretary Stoltenberg: "NATO creates a market for defence sales. What Allies buy keeps American businesses strong." (www.nato.int)
"Centuria", one of the most powerful neo-Nazi organizations in Ukraine, has an offshoot in Germany (www.jungewelt.de)
The leader of the “National Militia” of the “Azov” movement swore his comrades to the final “clash of civilizations” on August 1, 2020 at the edge of a forest near Kiev. “The age of absolute darkness lies before us,” predicted Igor “Tcherkas” Mikhailenko and demanded that the hundreds of mostly masked...
Ukrainian military says it sank a Russian landing ship (apnews.com)
House Intel Chairman announces ‘serious national security threat,’ sources say it is related to Russia (www.cnn.com)
"Go back to Hong Kong": Anger breaks out over Canadian supervised consumption site (dailyhive.com)
Anti-War Socialist Boris Kagarlitsky Sentenced To Five Years’ Jail (znetwork.org)
A Russian military court of appeals has ordered socialist and anti-war dissident Boris Kagarlitsky spend five years in jail, after prosecutors succeeded in overturning his original sentence of a ₽609,000 fine (about US$6700). The February 13 ruling also means Kagarlitsky will be banned from administering any website for two...
Israel Media Report Netanyahu Has Pulled Out of Cease-fire Talks in Egypt (www.nytimes.com)
Some family members of the hostages still in Gaza criticized any such decision and protested outside the homes of Israeli officials.
Mother, two children among Lebanese killed by Israel in air raids (www.aljazeera.com)
China calls on Israel to halt military operations in Gaza as soon as possible (www.independent.co.uk)
Israel/OPT: New evidence of unlawful Israeli attacks in Rafah causing mass civilian casualties (www.amnesty.org)
At least 95 civilians – nearly half of them children killed in four unlawful strikes in Rafah...
Putin's suggestion of Ukraine ceasefire rejected by United States, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Poland's PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware (apnews.com)
‘Mandate thieves’: New Pakistan government takes shape amid slew of jabs (www.aljazeera.com)
Amnesty International finds no evidence of military targets at Rafah sites targeted by Israel (thehill.com)
‘Gold Mafia’ Kingpin Anointed MP as Zimbabwe Disenfranchises 108 Elected Officials (unicornriot.ninja)
Ben-Gvir says Israeli army can shoot women, children in Gaza (www.newarab.com)
Far-right Israeli government minister Ben-Gvir believes that Israeli soldiers must shoot Palestinian women and children in Gaza to stop ‘another October 7’....
Rap Battle: Italian Music Festival Rocked by Genocide Accusations Against Israel (www.haaretz.com)
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Terrorism in Africa increased 100,000% during 'war on terror' (responsiblestatecraft.org)
U.S. Special Operations forces were first dispatched to Somalia in 2002, followed by military aid, advisers, and private contractors. More than 20 years later, U.S. troops are still conducting counterterrorism operations there, primarily against the Islamist militant group al-Shabaab. To this end, Washington has provided...
U.S. Seizes Cargo Jet Iran Illegally Sold To Venezuela (www.i24news.tv)
200 million voters, 820,000 polling stations and 10,000 candidates: Indonesia’s massive election, by the numbers (theconversation.com)
This is what it takes to organise the largest and most complex single-day election on the planet.
Russia Gaining Upper Hand in Ukraine, Norway Warns (www.kyivpost.com)
South Africa urges ICJ to consider Rafah intervention (www.theguardian.com)
In a request submitted to the court yesterday, the South African government said it was gravely concerned that the unprecedented military offensive against Rafah, as announced by Israel, has already led to and will result in further large scale killing, harm and destruction. This would be in serious and irreparable breach both...
