South Korea signals cuts to military exemptions for gold medallists after backlash over athletes’ Asian Games comments. Published On 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026 South Korea’s sports minister says the government will review the military service exemption for gold-medal-winning athletes after public backlash to some controversial comments from winners at the Asian Games. Three players…
An Israeli soldier was filmed assaulting a Palestinian woman during a raid on a family home in Ghwein, part of Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank. The soldier is seen pushing a Palestinian woman behind a door and locking her in. Published On 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026 Share Israeli soldier assaults Palestinian woman…
Washington, DC – Three years into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, little has changed in terms of official US support. The government in Washington, under former President Joe Biden and current President Donald Trump, has continued near-complete unconditional military aid to Israel since October 7, 2023, even as the region has exploded into wider conflict,…
‘We are not asking for pity, we are asking for help.’ A 13-year-old girl has called on world leaders to act on climate change and save her country, Tuvalu. Melelusi Sokotia made the plea to leaders at a summit ahead of the UN’s COP31 climate forum in Turkiye. Published On 7 Oct 20267 Oct…
Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu to make public address after hundreds of thousands rally to demand more funding for education. Published On 7 Oct 20267 Oct 2026 France has temporarily banned police from using stun grenades at student-led protests, the interior minister said, amid growing accusations of police brutality following several days of student demonstrations nationwide….
Israel attacked Gaza nine days out of 10 during a so-called ceasefire. Source link
Countries in Central Asia have begun buying oil from Iran as the Russian fuel supplies they have long depended on run dry amid Ukraine’s mounting attacks on Russian energy infrastructure to degrade Moscow’s war effort. In August, Tajikistan announced it was receiving oil and petroleum products from Iran as Dushanbe faces uncertainty over its fuel…
