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🔮 Israel widens West Bank crackdown, displacing Hebron families after attack
Israel will close all West Bank land crossings for election day, vowing harsher anti-Hamas action after two soldiers died in an ambush
Israel said on Sunday all land crossings with the West Bank will be closed on the day of next week’s election, as it pledged a harder line on militancy after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in the territory.
🔮 German man detained after fire wrecks Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ mountain retreat
Firefighters battled to put out flames at the former guest house for top Nazi officials, high up in the Bavarian Alps
Firefighters battled on Saturday to put out flames that tore through Adolf Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest” mountain retreat while police detained a suspect who investigators said may have psychiatric problems.
🔮 The head of SKK Migas, a state agency supervising the oil and gas sector, said Indonesia would cut a total of 31 million standard cubic feet per day from its supply to Singapore.
🔮 The operation is expected to continue for several days and will include searches and building demolitions, the Israeli military says
Israel’s military launched an operation in the occupied West Bank on Friday it said would last several days and include searches and building demolitions, after gunmen killed two soldiers days ahead of Israeli elections featuring security as a key focus.
🔮 Maier said police were still investigating but will hold a news conference later on Saturday.
🔮 Netanyahu, facing a tight race for a new term in Tuesday’s election, said that Israeli troops prevented what could have been a major attack, with the assailants allegedly carrying a large quantity of ammunition in their vehicle.
🔮 Nepal set to receive first-ever US$20 million payout from UN climate damage fund
Nepal must provide a proposal to receive the funding, which amounts to less than 0.5 per cent of the US$4.78 billion reconstruction estimate
Camila Minerva Rodriguez Tavarez, the Dominican co-chair of the board, called the outcome “truly historic” and thanked members for “allowing us to act promptly and have a response to Nepal”.
🔮 Australia will provide A$62 million (US$44 million) for cybersecurity, maritime security, infrastructure, disaster relief and training, under a defence framework signed on Thursday by Marles and East Timor’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, according to a statement from Canberra.
🔮 Russia and Ukraine trade major attacks as Trump touts progress
Barrages target Kyiv and Moscow hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Vladimir Putin
Russia and Ukraine traded major attacks overnight with Moscow’s mayor saying on Thursday that 630 drones had been launched towards the region, shortly after a US envoy held talks with the Russian president in St Petersburg.
🔮 The haze has sent air pollution levels surging to dangerous levels not only at home, but also in
Malaysia,
Singapore and
East Timor, prompting the
Asean regional bloc to call a meeting over the crisis.
“As for certain countries that like to insult the Indonesian nation, when the time comes, we will reveal the companies involved,”
Prabowo Subianto told a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, claiming that “many corporations bear responsibility” for the crisis.
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