Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder paint by Just Stop Oil activists (www.theguardian.com)
If you ever wanted to read about fake druids vs. environmental activists, now’s your chance.
Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say (apnews.com)
The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it is sending a new package of more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition to Israel, three congressional aides said Tuesday....
Italian town in turmoil after far-right mayor bans Muslim prayers (www.theguardian.com)
Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda...
Israelis rally to demand ceasefire and Netanyahu's resignation (www.euronews.com)
“We hope the world hears us and knows that the people of Israel are not the government of Israel,” said one protester....
Russia says US support for Ukraine will end as ‘humiliating fiasco’ like ‘Vietnam and Afghanistan’ (thehill.com)
Secret Hamas Files Show How It Spied on Everyday Palestinians (www.nytimes.com)
The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in Gaza that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times....
Andrew Tate and brother Tristan to be tried in Romania on rape and trafficking charges (www.bbc.com)
With U.S. aid still stalled and its army at a breaking point, Ukraine warns: We will lose (www.nbcnews.com)
EXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
One of the world's richest women will support Trump if he promises to back Israel annexation of the West Bank (nymag.com)
Sex offender banned from using AI tools in landmark UK case (www.theguardian.com)
A sex offender convicted of making more than 1,000 indecent images of children has been banned from using any “AI creating tools” for the next five years in the first known case of its kind....
Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide (www.gmanetwork.com)
“What’s happening in Gaza is not genocide. We reject that,” Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House....
Why the Swedes love doing something that Americans hate (www.bbc.com)
Sweden is infamous for having some of the highest taxes in the world, and yet the country’s tax agency is still one of Sweden’s most trusted institutions....
Temperatures in Pakistan cross 52 degrees Celsius — that’s more than 125°F (edition.cnn.com)
EU ministers fume as ‘outrageous’ Hungary yet again blocks military aid for Ukraine (www.politico.eu)
A large number of EU resolutions on Ukraine are being blocked by Hungary, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis....
Israeli troops shoot and kill a Palestinian shepherd reading the Quran on his land (www.haaretz.com)
Three soldiers pounce on a shepherd sitting outside his sheep pen. They knock him over and then one of them shoots him to death at point-blank range. Fakher Jaber, a father of four, was suspected of involvement in an incident that probably never happened...
Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance (www.theguardian.com)
Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza (apnews.com)
Pope Francis: ‘Today the ugliest danger is gender ideology’ (www.catholicnewsagency.com)
Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case (www.hrw.org)
The Israeli government has failed to comply with at least one measure in the legally binding order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa’s genocide case, Human Rights Watch said today. Citing warnings about “catastrophic conditions” in Gaza, the court ordered Israel on January 26, 2024, to “take...
Israel ready for ‘all-out war’ in Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)
The Israeli military says its Northern Command has approved operational plans for war with Lebanon....
Israeli forces kill, wound Palestinians waiting for food aid in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
German politician ‘filmed taking Russian money’ (www.telegraph.co.uk)
A German politician has been filmed taking large sums of cash from a Kremlin-supporting broadcaster, Czech intelligence has claimed....
Hamas launches rocket attack towards Tel Aviv area (www.bbc.com)
Hamas says it has launched a rocket attack towards the Tel Aviv area in central Israel for the first time in nearly four months. At least eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza and several were intercepted, the Israeli military says. No injuries have been reported.
U.S., Not Israel, Shot Down Most Iran Drones and Missiles (theintercept.com)
The United States shot down more drones and missiles than Israel did on Saturday night during Iran’s attack, The Intercept can report....
