More children killed in Gaza than in global conflicts annually over past 4 years, Save the Children says (edition.cnn.com)
Over 250 Organizations Back Groundbreaking Efforts by OECD Countries to End $41 Billion a Year in Fossil Fuel Finance (www.commondreams.org)
Web Summit CEO Paddy Cosgrave resigns after backlash to Israel-Hamas war comments | CNN Business (edition.cnn.com)
Africa Live: King faces mounting pressure over colonial abuse in Kenya (www.bbc.co.uk)
Several groups are demanding apologies on the eve of King Charles III's visit - and more stories.
UAE calls emergency UN security council meeting to seek pause to Gaza fighting (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, called on the international community to cease funding the UN after Friday’s UN general assembly vote, which did not condemn Hamas....
Rubiales given three-year ban by Fifa (www.bbc.co.uk)
Former Spanish Football Association president Luis Rubiales is banned from all football-related activities for three years.
Thousands of Palestinian Workers Have Gone Missing in Israel (jacobin.com)
Reuters, Al Jazeera journalists ‘targeted’ in Lebanon strike: Press group (www.aljazeera.com)
Reporters Without Borders says ‘unlikely’ that Issam Abdallah and six other journalists were mistaken for combatants....
Mob storms Dagestan airport in search of Jewish passengers from Israel | Russia | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Deadly strike on journalists in Lebanon was 'targeted': watchdog (www.france24.com)
Ukraine war orders starting to boost revenues for big US defense contractors (www.reuters.com)
Throwing stones and setting fires In recent days, the North Caucasus region has seen a wave of anti-Semitic incidents — Meduza (meduza.io)
A series of anti-Semitic incidents across the North Caucasus has drawn condemnation from the North Caucasus Coordinating Center for Muslims, while Dagestan Governor Sergey Melikov attributed the actions to “false information” spread by “outside provocateurs.”
Thousands protest in Israel calling for an end to the bombing of Gaza (www.wsws.org)
'Death to Arabs': Students evacuated from dorms after hundreds of rioters attempt break-in (www.haaretz.com)
Arab-Israeli students had to be rescued from their college dormitory in the central city of Netanya Saturday night after a crowd of hundreds of Jews gathered outside, claiming that they had disrupted Shabbat prayer in a nearby synagogue.
RSF video investigation into the death of Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon: the journalists' vehicle was explicitly targeted (rsf.org)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a video reconstruction of the tragedy that resulted in the death of one journalist and the injury of several others. The initial findings of the investigation show that the reporters were not collateral victims of the shooting. One of their vehicles, marked "press", was targeted, and...
Pope Francis calls for a ceasefire in the Holy Land (www.vaticannews.va)
Pope Francis prays for an end to the violence in the Holy Land, especially in Gaza where a humanitarian catastrophe has unfolded, as well as for the ...
In Benin, Voodoo's birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred (apnews.com)
Australians Call to End Persecution of WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange (popularresistance.org)
As WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange has nearly exhausted his appeals to British courts against a US extradition order, Australia has ramped up its advocacy on his behalf. Six Australian MPs held a press conference outside the US Department of Justice on September 20 to urge the Biden administration to halt...
GAZA: 3,195 children killed in three weeks surpasses annual number of children killed in conflict zones since 2019 (www.savethechildren.net)
Since October 7, more than 3,257 children have been reported killed, including at least 3,195 in Gaza, 33 in the West Bank, and 29 in Israel, according to the Ministries of Health in Gaza and Israel respectively. The number of children reported killed in just three weeks in Gaza is more than the number killed in armed conflict...
Tehran, Moscow to boost tech ties (www.tehrantimes.com)
If You Didn’t Care About Antarctica’s Icy Belly, You Will Now (www.wired.com)
Hundreds of thousands march worldwide against Israeli bombardment of Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Netanyahu apologises for blaming security chiefs for Hamas attack failures (www.aljazeera.com)
While Israel’s military and intelligence chiefs have owned up to their shortcomings leading up to the attack, Netanyahu has dodged responsibility, creating a growing rift between him and the departments....