ECJ fines Hungary €200 million for breaking asylum rules (www.dw.com)
The ECJ fines Hungary €200 million for violating European Union asylum rules. Hungary must comply with EU migration policies and pay €1 million per day until it does....
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency warns against apathy and inaction, amid spike forced displacement. (www.unhcr.org)
The rise in overall forced displacement – to 120 million by May 2024 – was the 12th consecutive annual increase and reflects both new and mutating conflicts and a failure to resolve long-standing crises. The figure would make the global displaced population equivalent to the 12th largest country in the world, around the size...
At least 41 dead as fire engulfs building housing migrant workers in Kuwait (www.independent.co.uk)
At least 41 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a high-rise building housing migrant workers in the city of Mangaf in southern Kuwait on Wednesday....
Russia accused of ‘deliberate’ starvation tactics in Mariupol in submission to ICC (www.theguardian.com)
Heavy snows and drought of deadly 'dzud' kill more than 7 million head of livestock in Mongolia (apnews.com)
Russian attacks on power grid provoke the worst energy crisis of the war in Ukraine (english.elpais.com)
Air strikes have left the country with less than half of its electricity generation capacity, leading to daily power outages of 10 hours or more, a situation experts say will deteriorate further ahead of winter...
China arrests a man in connection to stabbing of 4 U.S. college instructors (www.npr.org)
West Bank midwives are facing a maternal health crisis (www.motherjones.com)
8 Tajikistanis with suspected ties to ISIS arrested in US, source says (abcnews.go.com)
Eight suspects from Tajikistan with suspected ties to ISIS, who crossed into the United States from the southern border last year and this year, have been arrested in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New York City, according to a source familiar with the investigation....
Hanoi in High Gear: Vietnam’s Spratly Expansion Accelerates (amti.csis.org)
Battlefield deaths from global conflicts hit 30-year high, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli forces rescue four live hostages from Gaza, military says (www.reuters.com)
Israeli forces rescued four hostages alive from two locations in the central Gaza area of al-Nuseirat on Saturday, the military said, eight months after they were kidnapped by Hamas-led militants in a deadly incursion into Israel....
Water crisis in Al-Hasakah | Tens of civilians, mostly children, arrive in hospitals after having consumed unpotable water (www.syriahr.com)
This coincides with the deteriorating water crisis in Al-Hasakah city in light of the frequent interruption of pumping water from Allouk water station since Turkish forces took control of Ras Al-Ain city.
Illegal deportation of Syrian refugees | Ankara continues its efforts to change demography of north Syria region (www.syriahr.com)
Japan's economy is shrinking, although slightly less than previously thought (apnews.com)
Malawi soldiers search mountain forests after plane carrying vice-president goes missing (www.theguardian.com)
Dr Michael Mosley: Post-mortem finds presenter died of natural causes, police say (www.bbc.com)
An initial post-mortem examination on the body of Dr Michael Mosley has concluded he died of natural causes, the BBC has been told....
Over 4,000 residents flee a town in southern Mexico after armed gangs start shooting, burn homes (abcnews.go.com)
Teacher Li: The hunt for the cartoon cat vexing China's censors (www.bbc.com)
As anti-lockdown protests flared across China’s cities in November 2022, hundreds of thousands around the world were glued to an unlikely source: a mysterious X account, fronted by a cartoon cat....
Iran Braces for Uncertainty After President Raisi’s Death (truthout.org)
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán stumbles in EU election (www.politico.eu)
Ukraine war briefing: Ukrainian intelligence ‘strikes Su-57 warplane deep inside Russia’ (www.theguardian.com)
Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Grilled on Palestinian Civilian Deaths During Hostage Rescue (www.rollingstone.com)
The cat in the flat: Singapore lifts ban on pets in public housing (www.theguardian.com)
Italy's hard-right leader tells EU center parties their time is up as she votes in European election (www.pbs.org)
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joined voters in Italy and a half dozen European Union nations in casting a ballot during the penultimate day of European Union parliamentary elections on Saturday. The bloc’s premier hard-right politician threw down the gauntlet to the traditional center parties, telling them their time to run...
