Israel’s ‘violations’ in Gaza make world more dangerous, Norway warns
Low respect for international law and human rights set worrying precedent, international development minister says
Israel is setting a dangerous precedent for international human rights law violations in Gaza that is making the whole world more dangerous, Norway’s international development minister has warned.
Norway has played a historical role in the region, including by facilitating the Oslo peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians that led to a celebrated breakthrough deal in 1993. Last year it recognised the Palestinian state, one of a minority of European countries to do so.
IAEA warns Iran has upped enriched uranium production
The international nuclear watchdog said Iran's stocks of 60% enriched uranium have increased to over 400 kilograms. It also criticized Iran for a "lack of cooperation."
The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran has increased its production of enriched uranium in recent months, according to a report seen by multiple news agencies on Saturday.
The news comes amid talks between Iran and the US aimed at curtailing Tehran's nuclear program and preventing it from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Vandals target Paris Holocaust memorial, synagogues with paint
Paris’s Holocaust memorial, along with two synagogues and a Jewish restaurant were vandalised with green paint in what appeared to be a coordinated overnight to Saturday, police sources said. France’s Jewish community is among the largest in the world, and has faced a growing number of anti-Semitic attacks since the Gaza war broke out on October 7, 2023.
France’s Holocaust memorial, two synagogues and a restaurant in central Paris were vandalised with green paint overnight, according to police sources on Saturday, prompting condemnation from government and city officials.
“I am deeply disgusted by these heinous acts targeting the Jewish community,” said French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said on X.
No arrests have been made.
Long lines for cheap stockpiled rice sold directly to retail firms
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 31, 2025 at 18:45 JST
Stockpiled rice sold by the government directly to retail companies hit store shelves on May 31 and long lines of customers were waiting to buy the cheaper grain. Supplies quickly sold out.
Ito-Yokado Co.’s supermarket in Tokyo’s Omori district was one of those outlets.
About 250 customers had lined up an hour or so before the supermarket opened at 10 a.m.
India’s latest coffee hub? Beans and brews offer new hope to Nagaland
More than 40 years after saplings first came to Nagaland, coffee grown in the northeast Indian state is making a formidable name for itself.
With its high ceilings, soft lighting and brown and turquoise blue cushioned chairs, Juro Coffee House has the appearance of a chic European cafe.
Sitting right off India’s National Highway-2, which connects the northeastern states of Assam, Nagaland and Manipur, the cafe hosts a live roastery unit that was set up in January by the Nagaland state government. Here, green coffee beans from 12 districts in Nagaland are roasted live, ground and served, from farm to cup.
Turkey arrests dozens including opposition party members
Rachel Muller-Heyndyk & BBC Turkish
Turkish authorities have ordered the arrests of dozens of people facing corruption allegations, including opposition party members, in Istanbul and the city of Adana.
The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office issued detention orders for 47 people and detained 30. Others detained included local municipal mayors and Istanbul officials.
The operation is the fifth wave of arrests against the government's political opponents, starting with the jailing of Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, regarded as President Tayyip Erdogan's main rival in March.
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