Palestinians return to north Gaza ruins
By Jillian Kestler-D'Amours and Edna Mohamed
- Tens of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians are returning to devastated towns and cities in northern Gaza as the Israeli military ceases fire and partially withdraws from the territory under the first phase of a peace deal with Hamas.
- Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) have said they reject “any foreign guardianship” of the Gaza Strip. Gaza officials have called for an independent, international investigation into war crimes and genocide during Israel’s war.
- US President Donald Trump says Israeli captives held in Gaza are due for release on Monday.
- UNRWA has called for all crossings into Gaza to be opened, saying that there are 6,000 aid trucks ready to reach Gaza in hours.
‘Gateway to hell’: young reporter’s harrowing two years in besieged Gaza
Malak A Tantesh’s grim experience of living with perpetual fear and uncertainty amid Israel’s war after 2023 Hamas attack
By Malak A Tantesh in Gaza
It is six o’clock in the morning on Saturday 7 October 2023. Half awake, I call out in a hoarse voice to my two sisters who are sleeping on their beds next to me: “Enas, Remas, wake up – you have school.”
We were not to know it yet, but this was the day when everything would change. The day when horrific events across the border in Israel would lead to a war that became a gateway to hell itself.
Sudan: Drone, artillery strike kills 60 at refugee camp
Richard Connor with AFP, Reuters
The paramilitary RSF has intensified its assault on El-Fasher, the last Darfur stronghold still held by the army. Activists say civilians are being slaughtered "in cold blood" as the city turns into an "open-air morgue."
A drone and artillery attack on a displacement camp in El-Fasher, western Sudan, killed at least 60 people on Saturday, local activists said.
The barrage was one of the deadliest assaults since the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began besieging the city 18 months ago.
‘Pawns in Putin’s war game’: African women lured into drone factories
Russia has been accused of making false promises to recruit young women from across Africa to work in drone-assembling factories. The women were coerced into assembling Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in a dangerous area that has been repeatedly bombed by Ukraine.
The South African government has opened an investigation and issued a warning to its citizens after Russia was accused of making false promises to recruit young women from across Africa to work in drone-assembling factories. A number of South African influencers who were employed by Russia's Alabuga Start Programme issued an apology after they traveled to the region and made promotional videos.
The women were coerced into assembling Shahed-136 kamikaze drones in a dangerous area that has been repeatedly bombed by Ukraine with the false promise of hospitality work, open source investigations have found. Women aged between 18 and 22 years old were duped into traveling to the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in the Russian republic of Tatarstan, where they are used to assemble Iranian-designed Shahed-136 drones in an area that is targeted by Ukraine with air strikes.
A whole new ball game comes into play after coalition change
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 11, 2025 at 16:09 JST
The abrupt collapse of the ruling coalition has opened up the field for a new prime minister at the last minute.
Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi seemed likely to take that role following her victory in the Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race on Oct. 4.
But junior coalition partner Komeito threw a fly in the ointment on Oct. 10 by dissolving its 26-year partnership with the LDP over its frustration at not having its voice heard in decision-making.
What are rare earth minerals, and why are they central to Trump’s threats against China?
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The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earth minerals.
China increased its restrictions on its rare earth exports Thursday, leading US President Donald Trump to threaten economic retaliation and imply he would cancel a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during an upcoming visit to Asia.
The tussle over rare earths precedes the current administration; China for years has built up near-total control of the minerals as part of its wider industrial policy.
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