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INSIDERDeadly Russian Su-34 bombers are sitting ducks for Ukraine's ATACMS. But it can't attack without US approval.
Some of Russia's deadly Su-34 fighter bombers lie exposed on the tarmac of a military airfield just 100 miles from the border with Ukraine.
- France 24
Renewed Israeli orders to evacuate Khan Younis signal likely attack on Gazan city
The Israeli army ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from much of Khan Younis on Monday, a sign that troops are likely to launch a new ground assault into the Gaza Strip’s second-largest city. The order suggests Khan Younis will be the latest target of Israel’s raids into parts of Gaza it had previously invaded in the war, as it pursues regrouping Hamas militants. Much of Khan Younis was destroyed in a long assault earlier this year, but large numbers of Palestinians had moved back to esca
- BBC
Singapore charges activists over pro-Palestinian letters
The letters addressed to the prime minister appealed to the government to end ties with Israel.
- CNN
‘Kind of torture nobody can speak of’: Palestinian detainee recounts time in Israeli prison
Palestinian detainees recount time in Israel’s prison service and react to their release by Israeli authorities. CNN’s Nada Bashir reports.
- CNN
‘We will not enlist:’ Ultra-Orthodox in Israel vow to defy orders to serve in the military
The protest highlighted the fault line in Israeli society between ultra-Orthodox Jews and other Israelis, many of whom believe that all Jewish citizens should serve in the military, especially during wartime.
- The Telegraph
Ultra-orthodox Jews sprayed with ‘skunk water’ at military service protest
Jewish protesters campaigning against military service outside the Israeli supreme court have been washed out by security forces who sprayed the group with a crowd-control substance.
- France 24
Gaza City's Shujaiya district heavily bombarded for fourth consecutive day
Gaza City's Shujaiya district was devastated by a fourth consecutive day of heavy fighting on Sunday. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled the devastated area as Israeli forces reported they had eliminated several targets, located weapons and conducted raids on booby-trapped compounds. Heavy battles and bombardment hit Gaza City's Shujaiya district for a fourth day on Sunday, months after Israel declared Hamas's command structure dismantled in the northern area.Tens of thousands of Palest
- BBC
More wounded Palestinians tell BBC the Israeli army forced them on to jeep
Two more Palestinian men tell the BBC they were shot and forced on to the bonnet of an Israeli jeep.
- Associated Press
The Latest | Israel appears set to reinvade a city in Gaza filled with displaced civilians
The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis. Monday’s order is a sign that Israeli troops could soon reinvade the southern Gaza city, which is currently filled with displaced civilians. Israel told people to move to Muwasi, a coastal area designated by the Israeli army as a safe zone and which has transformed into a crowded and unsanitary tent camp.
- CNN
Several US military bases in Europe on heightened alert amid possible terrorist threat
Several US military bases across Europe were put on a heightened state of alert over the weekend, with the level of force protection raised to its second-highest state amid concerns that a terrorist attack could target US military personnel or facilities, according to two US officials.
- France 24
Palestinian group Islamic Jihad fires rockets into Israel as tanks deepen incursions into Gaza
Violence flared on Monday as the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired around 20 rockets into Israel, while Israeli tanks deepened incursions into eastern Gaza City, residents said. Meanwhile, efforts to achieve a ceasefire backed by the United States have stalled. The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as fighting raged in Gaza and Israeli tanks advanced deeper in parts of the enclave, residents and officials said.The armed wing of
- The Hill
US military raises terror alert at European bases: Reports
Multiple U.S. military bases in Europe are under a heightened state of alert for a terrorist attack against U.S. military personnel or facilities, multiple media outlets reported Sunday. The bases include the U.S. Army garrison in Stuttgart, Germany, where the U.S. European Command headquarters is located, which raised its alert level to Force Protection Condition…
- CNN
Turkish officials call for calm as social media hysteria fuels anti-Syrian riots
Allegations of sexual abuse against a child by a Syrian man in Kayseri, Turkey, have sparked overnight riots that targeted Syrian businesses and cars in the city.
- Associated Press
Turkey's president accuses opposition of stoking racism after anti-Syrian rioting erupts
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused opposition parties of stoking xenophobia and racism on Monday, a day after residents in a neighborhood in central Turkey set Syrian-owned shops on fire. The rioting erupted in the Melikgazi region of central Kayseri province late on Sunday, following reports that a Syrian refugee there had allegedly sexually harassed a 7-year-old Syrian girl. At least 67 people suspected of involvement in the violence were detained, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on the social media platform X.
- AFP News
Two detained after attack outside Israeli embassy in Belgrade
Two men were remanded in custody Sunday in connection with an attack outside the Israeli embassy in Belgrade that Serbian authorities called a "targeted terrorist act", a minister said.Israel's Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Saturday thanked Serbian authorities for "strong support and cooperation following the attempted terror act".
- The Telegraph
How Gen Z protesters start a revolution in Kenya over tax rises
They were the generation that could be taken for granted – or so Kenya’s government thought.
- BBC
Suspected female suicide bombers death toll rises to 32 in Nigeria
A wedding, the funeral of those killed there as well as a hospital were targeted in a series of attacks.
- Associated Press
R. Sampanthan, face of the Tamil minority's campaign for autonomy after Sri Lanka's civil war, dies
Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan, an ethnic Tamil leader and lawmaker who became the face of the minority group's campaign for autonomy in Sri Lanka after the end of a brutal quarter-century civil war, has died. A lawyer by profession, Sampanthan entered Parliament for the first time in 1977 as part of a coalition that won election after campaigning on a pledge to seek an independent state for Tamils, alleging continued marginalization by successive governments controlled by ethnic majority Sinhalese.
- Evening Standard
'Misstiano Penaldo': John Terry brands BBC 'a disgrace' for dig at crying Cristiano Ronaldo over penalty miss
BBC coverage of the Euro 2024 did not go down well with the former Chelsea captain
- INSIDER
Malaysia's $100 billion ghost town is good for at least one thing: filming documentaries and shows like Netflix's 'The Mole'
Embattled Forest City is a backdrop for a handful of reality shows and documentaries.