Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, known for brutal crackdowns against political opposition, dies at 63 ( www.nbcnews.com )
Post-Brexit trade border controls to cost UK $6 billion ( www.dw.com )
The UK's public spending watchdog said government expenditures on implementing new rules for post-Brexit imports would total some $6 billion. The report criticized "uncertainty" surrounding government plans....
EXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war | CNN ( edition.cnn.com )
Iran arrests 260 people for spreading 'satanism and nudity' ( abcnews.go.com )
Iranian police have arrested more than 260 people, including three European citizens, on suspicion of spreading satanism, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Friday....
EU will demand Labour’s Brexit plan involves European Court ( www.politico.eu )
Keir Starmer wants to sign a new agreement with the EU — one which would smooth disruption to trade, solve the Northern Ireland border issue, and make life simpler for farmers, all in one go....
Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site, state media says ( www.yahoo.com )
Zelensky: 'Our partners fear that Russia will lose this war' ( kyivindependent.com )
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Ukraine's partners "are afraid of Russia losing the war" and would like Kyiv "to win in such a way that Russia does not lose," Zelensky said in a meeting with journalists attended by the Kyiv Independent....
U.S. governors urge Turks and Caicos to release Americans as Florida woman becomes 5th tourist arrested for ammo in luggage ( www.cbsnews.com )
International Criminal Court prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, Hamas leaders ( www.cnbc.com )
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Requests Warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas Leaders ( www.nytimes.com )
The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Monday that he has requested arrest warrants for the leaders of Hamas and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel....
'Stop threatening Taiwan', its new president William Lai tells China ( www.bbc.com )
Taiwan's newly inaugurated president William Lai has called on China to stop threatening the island and accept the existence of its democracy....
ICC to seek arrest warrants for Israeli, Hamas leaders ( abcnews.go.com )
‘Only Hamas can defend us’: Israeli raids and Fatah failures boost support in West Bank ( www.theguardian.com )
Khalil, a shy 21-year-old whose name has been changed, was arrested in a pre-dawn raid last October for his allegiance to Hamas. But when Israeli forces smashed through the door of his family home, they didn’t tell him why they were detaining him. He was imprisoned for six months without charge, in conditions he described as...
AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers ( www.theguardian.com )
Guardrails to prevent artificial intelligence models behind chatbots from issuing illegal, toxic or explicit responses can be bypassed with simple techniques, UK government researchers have found....
UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza ( www.aljazeera.com )
Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found | Reuters ( www.reuters.com )
"We can see the wreckage and the situation does not look good," the head of lran's Red Crescent, Pirhossein Kolivand, told state TV.
Islamic State claims responsibility for gun attack that killed three Spanish tourists in Afghanistan ( news.sky.com )
The terror group's affiliate in Afghanistan is a major rival of the country's Taliban government, and earlier claimed responsibility for an attack on Chinese citizens in Kabul in 2022....
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court [ BRIAN MELLEY | May 18, 2024 | Associated Press] ( apnews.com )
“Julian has been indicted for receiving, possessing and communicating information to the public of evidence of war crimes committed by the U.S. government,” his wife, Stella Assange, said. “Reporting a crime is never a crime.”
Pro-Palestine demonstrators in Portugal assaulted by Israeli tourists ( www-jn-pt.translate.goog )
Comet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie' ( www.reuters.com )
Did anyone here see it?
Poland invests $2.5 billion into fortifying border with Russia and Belarus ( apnews.com )
Poland is investing about $2.5 billion to step up security and deterrence on its border with Russia and its ally Belarus, the prime minister said Saturday....
Egypt pyramids: Scientists may have solved mystery behind construction ( www.bbc.com )
Believe it or not, no aliens were likely involved! Just some very smart humans and a massive amount of labor.
Israel's far-right minister Smotrich calls to occupy Gaza, take over south Lebanon ( www.haaretz.com )
Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Sunday that the Israeli army should create a security zone in southern Lebanon should Hezbollah not heed an Israeli ultimatum to withdraw from the border area. He also called on the security cabinet to order a permanent military presence "in all of the Gaza Strip."...
Brazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon ( www.theguardian.com )
Taiwan’s new president takes office and calls on China to cease its hostile actions ( www.theguardian.com )
Lai Ching-te has been sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, urging China to “cease their political and military intimidation against Taiwan” and to keep the world free from the fear of more war....
