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An Israeli attack on Hezbollah is expected in Lebanon.

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Syria explores Rwanda’s experience on the path to transitional justice - Enab Baladi Syria’s National Commission for Transitional Justice is discussing with Rwanda ways to strengthen cooperation with Rwandan institutions involved in transitional […]

Syria’s National Commission for Transitional Justice is discussing with Rwanda ways to strengthen cooperation in transitional justice to support Syria’s transitional justice process and to entrench concepts of national reconciliation and civil peace.

Sudan's paramilitary killed hundreds including hospital patients in Darfur, residents say Sudan's paramilitary forces have killed hundreds, including patients in a hospital, after seizing el-Fasher city in Darfur

Another gruesome episode of the Sudanese history. A massacre - one of many - of civilians, including hundreds of patients at a local hospital in El-Fasher.

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisis

“Rising global heat is now killing one person a minute around the world, a major report on the health impact of the climate crisis has revealed.”

'Russian Secrets': How Russia built an Arctic spy network using European equipment Hidden behind shell companies, Russia acquired advanced Western technologies to build a secret underwater network designed to protect its nuclear weapons. The incident raises questions about Europe's ...

Hidden behind shell companies, Russia acquired advanced Western technologies to build a secret underwater network designed to protect its nuclear weapons in the Arctic. The incident raises questions about Europe's ability to prevent the export of sensitive technologies to Moscow.

Russia will not agree to a ceasefire "until the root causes of the conflict in Ukraine are resolved," said Segrei Lavrov. I.e., the very existence of Ukraine as a state.

The Conflict on the Streets of Chicago Federal agents have violently arrested hundreds of undocumented immigrants in the city. Pastors, activists, and lawyers are considering how aggressive the response should be.

“I saw a handicapped woman on the ground who physically couldn’t get up, and they shot her repeatedly with pepper balls to the point that, by the time we could get her back to a safe place, we had to call an ambulance for her.”

A drone view of the mass grave site in the desert near the eastern Syrian town of Dhumair (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)

“Assad government secretly moved mass grave to cover up killings, Reuters investigation finds”: www.reuters.com/world/middle...

This is the warning Big Alcohol wants to keep off your bottles of beer Ireland was set to become the first EU country to put cancer warning labels on alcoholic drinks. But following a massive lobby campaign by Big Booze – stretching from Dublin and Brussels to Washington...

Big Alcohol has lobbied intensely against the Irish government’s plans to introduce cigarette-style health warning labels on alcohol. Alcohol producers feared that the Irish proposal would inspire other EU countries to introduce similar labels.

AfD security head threatened Syrian children with gun Philipp Roensch has been fired by the radical right-wing party’s parliamentary group — but he is still listed as a member of its co-leader’s local committee

The radical right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has fired its head of parliamentary security after it was discovered that he had been convicted of menacing two Syrian children with a gun.

Interview for the Spanish publication El Confidencial about the drone wall that is being discussed and is expected to be built in Europe. The eastern borders are being militarized, and it was time for the EU to realize the realities.

I didn't expect much, but even by these low standards, the foreign press coverage of the first elections in Syria since the fall of the Assad regime is abysmal.

How China waged an infowar against U.S. interests in the Philippines The Chinese embassy in Manila hired a marketing firm that ran fake social media accounts praising China, undermining the Philippines’ security alliance with the U.S., and criticizing Western COVID vaccines, Reuters found.

China’s infowar in the Philippines. Reuters is shedding light on a 2021 campaign by a Chinese company that created fake social-media accounts to push narratives as Beijing’s naval forces ramped up efforts against the archipelagic nation—and worked to drive a wedge between Manila and Washington.

European Investment Fund financed Israeli spyware company Paragon Paragon's spyware has been used against activists by multiple governments.

Apache reported that the European Investment Fund committed €21.2 million in 2020 to a venture fund that invests in Paragon Solutions, an Israeli spyware company co-founded by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

L’ombre du RN plane sur des dossiers terroristes Au moins neuf hommes condamnés ou en attente d’un procès dans des affaires de terrorisme d’extrême droite ont exercé des responsabilités au sein du Rassemblement national ou l’ont représenté à des él…

Mediapart has identified at least nine former members or candidates of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party implicated in far-right terrorism cases, including a trial concerning the Islamophobic group Action des Forces Opérationnelles (AFO).

The Battle for Birch: How Russian Timber Keeps Flowing into Europe - VSquare.org Czech company Orlimex used to be one of the largest importers of Russian birch plywood in Europe. Today, Russian timber is under sanctions, yet loopholes in the EU’s complex legal framework still allo...

Brussels has called such practices “very likely violations of sanctions” and imposed duties on Kazakh and Turkish plywood, but critics say enforcement remains weak – allowing sanctioned Russian wood to keep flowing into European homes.

The Battle for Birch: How Russian Timber Keeps Flowing into Europe - VSquare.org Czech company Orlimex used to be one of the largest importers of Russian birch plywood in Europe. Today, Russian timber is under sanctions, yet loopholes in the EU’s complex legal framework still allo...

EU imports of Kazakh plywood jumped from zero to nearly 100,000 cubic meters after 2022, mirroring a surge in Russian exports to Kazakhstan. Georgian suppliers are also accused of mixing in Russian wood while self-certifying its origin under EU trade rules.

The Battle for Birch: How Russian Timber Keeps Flowing into Europe - VSquare.org Czech company Orlimex used to be one of the largest importers of Russian birch plywood in Europe. Today, Russian timber is under sanctions, yet loopholes in the EU’s complex legal framework still allo...

Despite sanctions, Russian timber is reaching Europe. @vsquare.bsky.social found that birch plywood is being rebranded and rerouted through Kazakhstan and Georgia, then sold on EU markets.

Tapas and Toxins An investigation by IStories, OCCRP, All Eyes On Wagner, Slidstvo.Info, and Belarusian Investigative Center

A joint investigation by the OCCRP, iStories, All Eyes On Wagner, Slidstvo.Info, and the Belarusian Investigative Center found that the Oleinikova family, owners of a trendy tapas bar in Barcelona, is under investigation for smuggling EU-sanctioned chemicals to Russia.

Thousands of jobs at risk in Africa as US trade deal expires A major US-Africa trade deal, the African Growth and Opportunity Act, has ended, cutting duty-free access to U.S. markets for thousands of African products

The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) expired on Tuesday. For 25 years, the trade pact offered many African countries duty-free access to the U.S. market. Its termination could impact more than a million jobs across the continent.

“I won’t do it again,” Putin responded to accusations against Russia of launching drones into EU airspace.

CopyCop Deepens Its Playbook with New Websites and Targets CopyCop expands Russian influence ops with 300+ fake websites targeting the US, France, Canada & more—using AI, deepfakes, and GRU-backed infrastructure.

Recorded Future uncovers new details of a CopyCop operation (widely known as Storm-1516). Since March, the network has launched more than 200 fake websites (totalling over 300 domains).

Investigation | An anti-Ukrainian community on X: A gateway for Russian propaganda in the Czech information space A Czech X community of 70 accounts is acting as a conduit for Kremlin propaganda, amplifying anti-Ukraine narratives ahead of the 2025 elections.

ISD reveals how a Czech-language community of 70 accounts on X systematically spreads Kremlin-aligned messages ahead of the parliamentary elections.

Behind the scam: how an alleged criminal network set a trap for thousands of Europeans to fall for ‘fake’ investments and raked in millions A suspected scam network operating out of Serbia duped an estimated 70,000 people worldwide into making bogus investments, profiting €250 million in the process, Investigate Europe and the Balkan Inve...

A suspected scam network operating out of Serbia duped an estimated 70,000 people worldwide into making bogus investments, profiting €250 million in the process. The transnational scheme involved a former Premier League team sponsor and a convicted money launderer.

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How Farmed Fish in Dutch Supermarkets Undermines Food Security in West Africa This story was produced in partnership with the investigative journalism platform Follow The Money. On a beach strewn with plastic and fish waste on the eastern side of the Senegalese capital Dakar, a...

Europe’s favourite farmed fish, such as salmon and sea bass, are carnivorous and most are fed fishmeal made from other species through complex and opaque global supply chains. For instance, Senegalese sardinella is a staple fish for local communities.

OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos The platform appears to closely resemble TikTok and is powered by Sora 2, OpenAI's latest video generation model.

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