Netanyahu backtracks, says he remains committed to US-endorsed ceasefire deal in Gaza (www.salon.com)
Israel isn’t ending the war in Gaza — just turning its attention to Hezbollah (www.vox.com)
‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US (www.aljazeera.com)
Israeli Government Has Spent $8.6M on Campaign to Influence US, European Policy (truthout.org)
A report by The Guardian released Monday reveals that the same group behind a covert Israeli social media campaign to influence U.S. politicians has also spent months coordinating with dark money groups, Israel advocacy organizations and lawmakers to spread pro-Israel sentiment between 80 different ongoing programs. The campaign...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison (apnews.com)
21,000 Children Are Missing in Gaza, on Top of Over 15,000 Killed by Israel – Truthout (truthout.org)
There are over 20,000 children in Gaza who are missing, Save the Children estimates, in addition to the over 15,000 children who have been killed amid Israel’s genocide and campaign of extermination....
Mexico, US officials agree on security plan to protect avocado inspectors | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Teva launches generic version of Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
How Sweden's youth homes nurtured killers, creating Europe's gun crime capital | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
China wants EU to scrap EV tariff plans as talks start | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Cyber attack compromised Indonesia data centre, ransom sought | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
President Joe Biden ‘appalled’ by violence during pro-Palestinian protest at Los Angeles synagogue (apnews.com)
Death toll rises to 20 after gunmen attack Russia's Dagestan (www.reuters.com)
The death toll from a series of brazen attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia’s mainly Muslim region of Dagestan rose to 20 on Monday after gunmen went on the rampage in coordinated attacks in two of the republic’s most important cities.
Iran to designate Canadian army as a terrorist entity (islamabadpost.com.pk)
Exclusive: Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)
Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says (www.nbcnews.com)
Apple charged with breaching EU tech rules, faces another probe (www.reuters.com)
European Union antitrust regulators charged on Monday that Apple breached the bloc’s tech rules, a charge that could result in a hefty fine for the iPhone maker which also faces another investigation into new fees imposed on app developers....
How Sweden's youth homes nurtured killers, creating Europe's gun crime capital (www.reuters.com)
The killer was only 14 and had lived in youth homes as a ward of the authorities since he was eight....
Russia-Ukraine war live: Volodymyr Zelenskiy orders purge of Ukraine state guard after alleged assassination plots (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, told the new chief of Ukraine’s state guard service to clear its ranks of people discrediting it after two of its officers were accused of plotting to assassinate senior officials....
A fire at a lithium battery factory in South Korea kills 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers (apnews.com)
A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers and injuring eight, officials said....
Netanyahu says he won’t agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza, testing the latest truce proposal (apnews.com)
An Israel offensive into Lebanon risks an Iranian military response, top US military leader says (apnews.com)
South Korea: Exploding lithium batteries spark deadly factory fire (www.bbc.com)
Gaza's missing children: Over 20,000 children estimated to be lost, disappeared, detained, buried under the rubble or in mass graves (www.savethechildren.org.uk)
GAZA, 24 June 2024 – Up to 21,000 children are estimated to be missing in the chaos of the war in Gaza, many trapped beneath rubble, detained, buried in unmarked graves, or lost from their families, said Save the Children. The agency’s child protection teams are reporting that the latest displacements caused by the offensive...