Houthi missile launches at Israel risk reigniting war in Yemen (responsiblestatecraft.org)
The Houthis, a Zaidi Shi’a group, are allied with Iran and receive material and technical support from Iran. However, they are rooted in Yemen’s socio-cultural matrix. Unlike Hezbollah, Iran has less control over the Houthis’ decision making. Iran can and does limit the operational breadth of Hezbollah and its other...
US freezes gun exports to Thailand and others (www.bangkokpost.com)
Thailand has been the largest market in the world by far for US-made semiautomatic firearms. From 2005 to 2022, the investigation showed, 795,000 such weapons were exported to Thailand from the United…...
Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad: We Will Repeat The October 7 Attack, Time And Again, Until Israel Is Annihilated (www.memri.org)
Hamad said that Palestinians are the victims of the occupation, therefore no one should blame them for the events of October 7 or anything else, adding: “Everything we do is justified.”
Israeli Rabbis call on Netanyahu to bomb Gaza hospital (www.newsweek.com)
The letter posted on Israeli journalist Amit Segal channel to 184,000 followers says that "the nation of Israel will stand up bravery to strike at its enemies," according to a translation of the Hebrew. It goes on to justify targeting sites even "when the enemy hides behind a human shield."
Strikes on south Gaza: BBC verifies attacks in areas of ‘safety’ (www.bbc.co.uk)
British Police are Using Period Tracker Data and Blood Tests To Investigate Patients Who Miscarry (www.themarysue.com)
Police in the United Kingdom are using data from period tracking apps and mass spectrometry tests conducted on blood, placenta, and urine to investigate patients who have had “unexplained” miscarriages....
Israel in Search of Its Hiroshima: Massive Bomb Wipes Out 20 Apt. Buildings, Kills, Wounds 400 Civilians (scheerpost.com)
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.
Two Big Giant ANA and JAL Report Notable Profit Rise Amid Pandemic Recovery (factsbulletins.com)
Japan's two largest airlines, ANA and JAL, reported substantial profit increases for the April to September period
Deep Dive: Houthis effectively declare war on Israel after drone, missile barrage (amwaj.media)
Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, better known as the Houthis, has effectively declared war on Israel. In a statement on Oct. 31, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarei said, “Our armed forces have launched a large batch of ballistic and cruise missiles and a large number of drones on various Israeli enemy targets in the occupied...
All You Need To Know About Ghana’s Akosombo Dam Spillage (peoplesdispatch.org)
Mass Protest in The Hague Calls Out Israeli War Crimes (unicornriot.ninja)
France steps up crackdown on Palestine solidarity amid Gaza war (www.972mag.com)
French authorities have banned demonstrations in support of Gaza, arrested protesters, and moved to dissolve several Palestine advocacy groups.
LIVE: Gaza camp hit again a day after Israeli air attack killed dozens (www.aljazeera.com)
No privacy, no water: Gaza women use period-delaying pills amid Israel war (www.aljazeera.com)
Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli Government Mulls 'Forcible, Permanent' Transfer of 2.2 Million Gaza Strip Residents to Egypt (thewire.in)
An Intelligence Ministry document revealed by Local Call and +972 shows how the idea of population transfer to the Sinai is reaching official discussions.
U.S. Quietly Expands Secret Military Base in Israel (theintercept.com)
Two months before Hamas attacked Israel, the Pentagon awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to build U.S. troop facilities for a secret base it maintains deep within Israel’s Negev desert, just 20 miles from Gaza. Code-named “Site 512,” the longstanding U.S. base is a radar facility that monitors the skies for missile...
Palestinian American family mourns 42 relatives killed in a single day in Gaza | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Thousands of miles away from the brutality of war in Gaza, Tareq Hamoud and his wife Manal are in disbelief over the loss of three generations of their family.
India opposition accuses govt of trying to hack lawmakers' iPhones | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Suspected gunman arrested, hostages unharmed | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News (www3.nhk.or.jp)
An armed suspect in a shooting was holed up inside a post office in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo with two female hostages. Police stormed the building and arrested him.
Bolivia becomes first country to sever ties with Israel (news.yahoo.com)
Government attributes decision to war crimes and human rights abuses being committed in Gaza
Evidence of Israel's unlawful use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon as cross-border hostilities escalate (www.amnesty.org)
The Israeli army fired artillery shells containing white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon, in military operations along Lebanon’s southern border between 10 and 16 October 2023.