Slovakia: Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of prime minister Robert Fico (www.theguardian.com)
Media is barred from hearing as 71-year-old man appears in closed session over attempted assassination of prime minister....
Islamic State-Khorasan Province’s Virtual Planning (www.lawfaremedia.org)
Ukrainian Christian groups face violent crackdown from Russian forces (www.pbs.org)
Haitians looking to escape violence and chaos face hostility in neighboring Dominican Republic (theconversation.com)
Israeli abuse of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti ‘amounts to torture’ (www.theguardian.com)
With thousands now held without charge, lawyers say Israel is signalling that no detainee is safe...
Afghanistan: Three Spanish tourists killed in shootout (www.dw.com)
The attack on foreign nationals took place in Bamyan province of Afghanistan. Some foreigners visit the site with the remnants of massive Buddhist statues mostly destroyed by the Taliban in 2001....
Parts of northern India scorched by extreme heat with New Delhi on high alert (abcnews.go.com)
The State Department Says Israel Isn’t Blocking Aid. Videos Show the Opposite. (theintercept.com)
From targeting humanitarian vehicles to standing by as mobs attack trucks, Israel is blocking aid from reaching Gaza....
Eye-tattooing: experts warn about risks of colour-changing surgery (www.theguardian.com)
Concerns raised as influencers promote pigment-injection procedure as latest cosmetic trend...
Australians stranded in New Caledonia 'running out of food' amid civil unrest (www.reuters.com)
Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the Pacific island territory, amid unrest that has killed six people, a traveller from Sydney said on Saturday....
New Caledonia: French marines deployed amid deadly unrest (www.dw.com)
Violence in New Caledonia turned deadly once again as clashes between protesters and security forces continue in the French Pacific territory....
Parents overestimate sons’ maths skills more than daughters’, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Gender stereotypes at home may hamper female students’ ability to progress in the classroom, research suggests...
Climate activists glue themselves to Munich airport runway (www.euronews.com)
Climate activists from Last Generation disrupted Munich airport by gluing themselves to a runway, leading to flight cancellations and delays over a busy weekend....
In Canada, bodies go unclaimed as costs put funerals out of reach (www.reuters.com)
Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones’ remains....
Business titans privately urged NYC mayor to use police on Columbia protesters, chats show (www.washingtonpost.com)
A member of Israel's war cabinet says he'll quit if there is no plan to replace Hamas (www.npr.org)
Dominican FM on Haiti gang violence crisis: Spillover threat? (www.aljazeera.com)
Carnival Corporation Unveils New Solar Park at Amber Cove Port in Dominican Republic (www.prnewswire.com)
"Weaponising threat of mass migration": Putin aims to "make life really impossible in Ukraine so that there would be migration pressure to Europe", Estonian PM says (www.theguardian.com)
‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeat...
Argentinian couple moves to US to allow their toddler to join gene therapy trial (www.theguardian.com)
The Lovatos relocated from Guatemala to Ohio for their son, who has the rare genetic disorder Canavan disease...
Medical Workers Evacuated From Gaza, but 3 Americans Refuse to Leave (theintercept.com)
Remaining health care workers won’t leave European Hospital in Khan Younis until Israel stops blocking entry of new medical personnel....
A young child in Ontario has died of measles (www.thestar.com)
Poland to spend around $2.5 billion on securing eastern border (www.reuters.com)
Poland will invest 10 billion zlotys ($2.55 billion) in a programme to secure its eastern border, the prime minister said on Saturday, in a bid to bolster its defences against what it says is a rising threat from Russia and Belarus....