UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid (apnews.com)
Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester (www.bbc.com)
An Iranian teenager was sexually assaulted and killed by three men working for Iran’s security forces, a leaked document understood to have been written by those forces says....
After six months of war, I fear we may lose Palestine completely | Raja Shehadeh (www.theguardian.com)
No right wing wave in Finland as Left Alliance take record result in EU elections (yle.fi)
Finland’s results in the European election bucked a continent-wide trend of rising support for parties on the outer fringe of right-wing politics, with the Left Alliance and the National Coalition winning big at the expense of the nationalist Finns Party....
Biden Claims Israel Isn't Starving Gazans. Rights Groups Say 'It Is Clear as Day' (www.commondreams.org)
Netanyahu angrily rejects move to seek his arrest, lambasts the ICC saying it has compared Israel to "mass murderers" (www.bbc.com)
The US is thinking about letting Ukraine use its weapons to strike Russia, even if it enrages Putin: report (www.businessinsider.com)
US officials are considering letting Ukraine strike Russia with US weapons, The New York Times reports....
Germany may introduce conscription for all 18-year-olds (www.telegraph.co.uk)
‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms (www.theguardian.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah....
World Bank’s climate plan: Pricier red meat and dairy, cheaper chicken and veggies (www.politico.eu)
“We have to stop destroying the planet as we feed ourselves,” a World Bank official said, as red meat and dairy drive CO2 emissions....
Ukraine is ignoring US warnings to end drone operations inside Russia (www.economist.com)
I don’t blame them. Ukraine needs to take the war to Russia to win.
Ukraine lowers its conscription age to 25 to plug a shortfall in troop numbers fighting Russia (apnews.com)
Ukraine on Wednesday lowered the military conscription age from 27 to 25 in an effort to replenish its depleted ranks after more than two years of war following Russia’s full-scale invasion....
Israeli Hostage Says She Was Sexually Assaulted and Tortured in Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
Ms. Soussana, 40, is the first Israeli to speak publicly about being sexually assaulted during captivity after the Hamas-led raid on southern Israel. In her interviews with The Times, conducted mostly in English, she provided extensive details of sexual and other violence she suffered during a 55-day ordeal....
Biden announces U.S. will airdrop food aid into Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
Biden: ‘every reason’ to believe Netanyahu is prolonging Gaza war for political gain (www.theguardian.com)
US president’s remarks to Time magazine about PM’s role in conflict draw heavily critical response from Israeli government...
Germans fear migration more than climate change, study finds (www.dw.com)
Europeans — especially Germans — are increasingly keen on curbing immigration and are less focused on climate change, according to a study by a Danish-based think tank....
Russia threatens Britain with retaliation if involvement in Ukraine war deepens (www.pbs.org)
Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine....
High Court In India Rules That Viewing, Downloading Child Porn Is Not A Crime - The Publica (www.thepublica.com)
Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel (www.bbc.com)
Mexico is heading towards its most violent election ever, with 30 candidates murdered, 77 threatened and 11 kidnapped (english.elpais.com)
More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred...
Iran launches dozens of drones toward Israel (www.jpost.com)
Inb4 lemmy supports Iran
Australia’s richest woman seeks removal of her portrait from exhibition (www.cnn.com)
Tesla’s profits sink as the company struggles with cooling demand (www.theverge.com)
Israel ‘accepts six-week ceasefire deal’ as Hamas response awaited, US officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese police were allowed into Australia to speak with a woman. They breached protocol and escorted her back to China (www.abc.net.au)
Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols....
