South Korea says holds first joint air drill with Japan and US (www.reuters.com)
No ceasefire agreement at Cairo summit with Israel, senior U.S. officials absent (news.cgtn.com)
Rockets attack targets Iraqi base housing U.S. forces, army sources say (www.reuters.com)
Australian PM says deal reached with China over wine tariffs, will meet Xi in November (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Singapore, Saudi Arabia strengthen bilateral relations, elevate ties to 'strategic partnership' (www.channelnewsasia.com)
Cigarette Burns, Beatings, Attempted Sexual Assault: Settlers and Soldiers Abused Palestinians (www.haaretz.com)
Middle East Eye article covering the same event...
TVNZ documentary No Māori Allowed revisits Pukekohe's history of segregation (www.stuff.co.nz)
Producer Reikura Kahi knows No Māori Allowed will be confronting for many viewers but believes it is a story that needs telling....
Ukraine fears drone shortages due to China restrictions - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
Israel strikes mosque in occupied West Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel says it found Hamas files with instructions for making cyanide-based weapon (www.axios.com)
The Israeli military found a USB key with instructions for the production of a "cyanide dispersion device" on the body of a Hamas operative who participated in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, according to two Israeli officials and a copy of a classified Israeli Foreign Ministry cable obtained by Axios.
Biden and Aides Advise Israel to Avoid Widening War With Hezbollah Strike (www.nytimes.com)
Ex-chancellor of Germany confirms that the Ukrainians did not agree on peace because they were not allowed to. For everything they discussed, they first had to ask the Americans. (www.berliner-zeitung.de)
Ex leader of Germany confirms revelations by ex Israeli PM & Ukrainian media: "At the peace negotiations in Istanbul in March 2022 with Rustem Umerov, the Ukrainians did not agree on peace because they were not allowed to. For everything they discussed, they first had to ask the Americans. I had two talks with Umerov, then a...
US Faces Strategic Defeat in Geopolitical War in Gaza (consortiumnews.com)
China ship is focus of pipeline damage probe, Finland says (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/7659731...
The United States is pushing Ukraine further into a war that it cannot win. (nationalinterest.org)
Angry Egyptians denounce staged pro-Palestine rallies amid Israel-Hamas war (www.aljazeera.com)
Nicaragua receives a fleet of 250 buses from China (morningstaronline.co.uk)
‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
Canada removes 41 diplomats from India after New Delhi threatens to revoke their immunity | AP News (apnews.com)
Spooked by Halloween mayhem, Tokyo's famous Shibuya district tells revelers, "please do not come" (www.cbsnews.com)
Halloween revelry around Tokyo's iconic Shibuya crossing has grown too scary for its own good, but can "saying 'Don't come here'" keep a lid on it?
British Museum Will Digitize Entire Collection at a Cost of $12.1 M. in Response to Thefts (www.artnews.com)
The British Museum will update or upgrade records of 2.4 million items to increase security and public access.
Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza conflict - Committee to Protect Journalists (cpj.org)
The Israel-Gaza conflict has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip. CPJ is investigating all reports of journalists killed, injured, detained, or missing...
‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
Herders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign
The French far right's 'outdated' definition of identity (www.dw.com)
The French far right promises to defend French identity. But researchers say the party's definition of the term is outdated.