Ismail Haniyeh, a Top Hamas Leader, Is Dead at 62
Ismail Haniyeh, a top Hamas leader who led the Palestinian militant group’s political office from Doha, Qatar, was killed while visiting Iran on Wednesday. He was 62. Mr. Haniyeh, originally…
Starvation in Sudan: As in Gaza, the Deprivation Is Deliberate | naked capitalism
Yves here. Even though we have sometimes linked to reports on the long-standing conflict in Sudan and the resulting starvation, as this post suggests at the top, the media has…
Japan Raises Interest Rates for Second Time Since 2007
For only the second time in nearly two decades, Japan’s central bank on Wednesday raised interest rates, a move that could help bolster the country’s ailing currency and ease the…
What We Know About the Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
The assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, one of Hamas’s most senior leaders, in Iran’s capital threatens to ratchet up tensions in the Middle East and could further imperil any prospect of…
Israel Says It Killed Hezbollah Commander in Airstrike Near Beirut
Israel launched a deadly strike in a densely populated Beirut suburb on Tuesday in retaliation for a rocket attack in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights that it blamed Hezbollah for and…
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I feel I’ve been neglecting Covid in favor of electoral politics (“the tyranny of the urgent”). I will add more political news in…
Ukraine Ramps Up Mobilization, Hoping to Bolster Battlefield Strength
Ukraine’s campaign to replenish its war-weary troops is ramping up and should help fill personnel gaps on the front line in the coming weeks, according to Ukrainian officials, soldiers and…
Southport Stabbing: What We Know About the U.K. Knife Attack and Suspect
A third child has died after a knife attack in Southport, England, and five children and two adults remain in a critical condition, the police said on Tuesday. A 9-year-old…
Wolfgang Rihm, Prolific Contemporary Classical Music Composer, Dies at 72
Wolfgang Rihm, a composer whose forceful, shape-shifting output reinvigorated contemporary classical music, died on Saturday in Ettlingen, Germany. He was 72. His death, in a hospice outside the city of…
El Chapo’s Son Abducted Fellow Cartel Leader to the U.S., Officials Now Say
In the hours after the arrest of Ismael Zambada García, the last remaining godfather of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, U.S. officials gave their early understanding of the mystery at the…