Israeli military approves plan for expanded offensive in Gaza
Israeli armed forces chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir has “approved the main framework” for a new offensive in the Gaza Strip, a statement released by the army said. Prime Benjamin Minister Netanyahu has not provided a timetable for when Israeli troops will enter Gaza City, where thousands of Gazans have taken refuge after fleeing Israel's previous offensives.
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had approved the framework for a new offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Hamas condemned what it called “aggressive” Israeli ground incursions in Gaza City.
The approval for the expanded offensive comes days after Israel’s security cabinet called for the seizure of Gaza’s largest city, following 22 months of war that have created dire humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territory. Israeli continues to severely restrict the amount of food and other supplies that it allows to enter the besieged enclave.
Lithuania to give children drone training to counter Russia threat
Government aims to teach 22,000 people, including children as young as eight, how to build and operate drones
Wed 13 Aug 2025 12.31 BST
Children in Lithuania are to be taught how to build and operate drones as part of the small Baltic country’s efforts to build capacity to deal with any future threat from Russia.
In a joint initiative by the defence and education ministries, the government said on Tuesday it hoped to teach more than 22,000 people, including schoolchildren, drone skills as part of an attempt to “expand civil resistance training”.
Germany rejects US censorship claims in human rights report
Timothy Jones with Reuters and dpa
The report itself has been accused of political bias, with the US softening criticism of Israel and El Salvador. Germany rejected the report saying it has "a very high level of freedom of expression."
Human rights, such as freedom of expression, are under threat in Germany and other European countries, according to the 2024 Human Rights Report by the US State Department.
The report, which in former years has been seen as a reliable point of reference for global human rights advocacy, has been criticized by human rights groups as containing numerous omissions and mischaracterizations to fit the current US administration's political aims.
The German government rejected the report.
Former member of Unit 731 fights nightmares, atrocity deniers
By RYOTA GOTO/ Staff Writer
August 13, 2025 at 15:19 JST
Chinese media representatives swarmed around a small-statured man as he apologized before a memorial monument on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Harbin last August.
“I did something reckless and caused trouble to others,” Hideo Shimizu, 95, said.
The scene was repeatedly aired on Chinese news broadcasts and featured on the front pages of newspapers the following day under such headlines as: “Former Unit 731 member testifies to its crimes.”
Bangladesh officials testify against Tulip Siddiq at anticorruption trial
Bangladeshi anticorruption officials have testified in court against former British Minister Tulip Siddiq, accused of using her familial ties to deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to obtain state-owned land plots in the South Asian country.
Three officials from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday read out testimonies in three separate cases, over an alleged land grab of plots in the capital, Dhaka.
Wed 13 Aug 2025 05.16 BST
A New Zealand woman who is being held at a US immigration centre with her six-year-old son after they were detained crossing the Canada-US border, is being wrongly “treated like a criminal”, according to her friend and advocate.
Sarah Shaw, 33, a New Zealander who has lived in Washington state for just over three years, dropped her two eldest children to Vancouver airport on 24 July, so they could take a direct flight back to New Zealand for a holiday with their grandparents.
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