Israeli forces accused of killing disabled man in Syria raid
Israeli forces reportedly shot dead a Syrian man with an intellectual disability and hearing problems, during a night raid in Jamla, southern Syria. Locals say his body was later found kilometres away near a UN peacekeeper base, with his hands bound.
Capture of man from Java follows reports that hundreds are being recruited from the south-east Asian country as Moscow seeks to boost its war effort Ukraine says it has captured its first Indonesian prisoner of war, amid what it says is a spike in recruitment by Russia from the south-east Asian nation. The 49-year-old man from Java was taken to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region to take part in a Russian assault, but managed to reach Ukrainian-held territory after the group came under drone attack, according to Ukraine’s state-run I Want to Live project.
Mostafa Sepahvand and Farhad Javadi Manesh carried out surveillance in an effort to inflict violence on targets Two men of Iranian origin who were hired through social media as part of a plan to “eliminate” journalists in the UK have been found guilty of engaging in conduct likely to assist Tehran’s intelligence services. Mostafa Sepahvand, 41, and Farhad Javadi Manesh, 46, carried out surveillance and reconnaissance between August 2024 and March last year in an attempt to inflict violence on “subjects” in the UK.
Xi Jinping said that reunification was inevitable, but stopped short of mentioning military force. Taiwan though swiftly rejected Beijing's demands as tensions continue over the island's future.
A Virginia man has been convicted of murdering his wife, more than two years after she went missing.
Longtime Sunni politician and Iran critic was reportedly strangled in Beirut, sparking investigation.