Israel has confirmed it launched an air strike in Qatar’s capital, targeting Hamas leaders during ceasefire negotiations. The attack, which took place on Tuesday afternoon, killed six people, including a Qatari security officer. Hamas confirmed its leadership survived. The Israeli army said the strike was carried out jointly with the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service. In a statement, it said the operation targeted Hamas’s senior leadership responsible for orchestrating the 7 October ...| Helsinki Times - Helsinki Times
A cyberattack on the Swedish HR system provider Miljödata has resulted in the personal data of all City of Stockholm employees being leaked, local officials confirmed on Tuesday. The breach, detected in late August, has affected over 40,000 municipal employees across more than 300 different occupations. The leaked data includes names, personal identity numbers, phone numbers, email addresses and employment IDs.| Helsinki Times - Helsinki Times
A ship belonging to the Global Sumud Flotilla caught fire off the Tunisian coast late Monday night, with the group claiming a drone dropped an incendiary device on the vessel. Tunisian authorities have rejected the claim, attributing the fire to a possible onboard accident. The ship, known as the “Family Boat,” was anchored near the port of Sidi Bou Said, around 20 kilometres from Tunis, when the incident occurred. The vessel was carrying six crew members, including climate activist Greta...| Helsinki Times - Helsinki Times
Prime Minister François Bayrou has been forced to resign after losing a no-confidence vote in Parliament, triggering a new phase of political crisis in France as President Emmanuel Macron struggles to find a viable path forward. The vote, held on Monday evening, saw 364 members of the National Assembly reject Bayrou’s leadership, with only 194 voting in support. The result came after Bayrou attempted to push through a €44 billion deficit-cutting budget, which included freezing social ben...| Helsinki Times - Helsinki Times
Hamas has signalled support for a new US-backed ceasefire proposal, even as Israeli air strikes destroyed more high-rise buildings in Gaza City, killing at least 65 Palestinians in one day. US President Donald Trump said the proposal, developed last week with special envoy Steve Witkoff, would involve the release of all 48 Israeli captives in exchange for 2,500 to 3,000 Palestinian prisoners and an indefinite ceasefire. Trump claimed Israel had accepted the deal and warned Hamas that this was...| Helsinki Times - Helsinki Times
Russia struck Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers building for the first time in a massive overnight air assault that marked the largest aerial offensive of the war. At least four people were killed across the country, including an infant and a young woman in Kyiv. More than 44 were injured, Ukrainian authorities confirmed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 810 drones and 13 missiles were launched.| Helsinki Times - Helsinki Times
At the tail end of last season, Myles Lewis-Skelly looked to have cemented his place in Mikel Arteta’s line-up, featuring in almost every Premier League match and playing in high-profile clashes against Real Madrid and PSG. But just three games into the new campaign, Lewis-Skelly appears to have slipped into a peripheral role, restricted to […] The post Arteta’s £42m choice: Calafiori’s Italy masterclass shows why he is key for Arsenal appeared first on Just Arsenal News.| Just Arsenal News
The Three Lions played their first game of the international break on Saturday 6th September and four Arsenal players were included in the starting eleven, the first time in eleven years. England played host to Andorra at Villa Park and ran out comfortable 2-0 winners, maintaining a perfect qualifying campaign after five rounds of fixtures. […] The post Arsenal quartet make England history as Rice scores in Andorra win appeared first on Just Arsenal News.| Just Arsenal News
The United States has deployed advanced F-35 fighter jets to the Caribbean and is weighing military strikes inside Venezuela, prompting President Nicolás Maduro to order a mass mobilisation of paramilitary forces and warn of armed resistance. President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that ten stealth fighters are being sent to Puerto Rico to support ongoing operations against Latin American drug cartels, which Washington has labelled “narco-terrorist” organisations. The move follows the...| Helsinki Times
A state-of-the-art EV charging hub at New World Kaikōura in South Island, New Zealand is boosting low-emission travel along State Highway 1, thanks to a long-standing partnership between Foodstuffs South Island and ChargeNet. With the upgrade to three 300kW hyper-chargers, New World Kaikōura can accommodate six vehicles charging at once. The facility includes two long pull-through […]| RW
Sulabh International in collaboration with IIHH, EIACP Resource Partner under the aegis of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India, successfully conducted an Awareness cum Sensitization Programme on July 28, 2025, at the bustling Anand Vihar Metro Station and Bus Stand, New Delhi. The programme was part of the nationwide campaign titled “Clean Air for Blue Skies – Breath of Change.”| Sulabh International
Foodstuffs North Island is celebrating five years of the New Zealand Food Network (NZFN) with a $90,000 funding commitment, a three-year pledge to help the organisation keep food flowing to people and communities who need it most. | RW
Auckland’s New World Birkenhead is trialling New Zealand’s first supermarket-based reverse vending machine (RVM), giving locals the chance to recycle single-use drink containers while raising funds for their local schools and charities.| RW
The LCMS Boards for International Mission and National Mission met in St. Louis May 1–2 and May 8–9, respectively.| Reporter
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My view about the Government’s hasty decision to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation was disproportionate and unwarranted. It is saying the people who damage property to protest about Britain’s armed support for Israel are equivalent to the Manchester Arena concert bomber who set out to kill and maim as many people he could […]| Westminster Confidential
Israel’s military says it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility and killed three senior Iranian commanders in targeted attacks.| CBS 6 News Richmond WTVR
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz praised Israeli airstrikes on Iranian targets during the G7 summit in Canada, calling the actions “dirty work” carried out on behalf of the West. His remarks come amid continued military exchanges between Tehran and West Jerusalem. “This is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us,” Merz said in an interview with German broadcaster ZDF. He added that Germany, like many Western states, is also a “victim” of Iran’s leadership.| Helsinki Times
In a historic move that signals a new era for Brazilian football, Real Madrid’s manager and head coach is leaving the team. Legendary Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti will depart Real Madrid at the end of the La Liga season to take over as head coach of Brazil’s national team. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) made...| The Willistonian, Est. 1881
White House refrains from commenting on American Terrorist Pannun| Indian Politics