LGBTQ advocates cheer Thailand’s latest drive for same-sex marriage law | LGBTQ News

LGBTQ advocates cheer Thailand’s latest drive for same-sex marriage law | LGBTQ News

Bangkok, Thailand – Somphat Satanavat has big plans for his wedding day. He has started looking for just the right hotel for the banquet, something in a neoclassical or colonial style. He knows the type of traditional Thai music he wants played and pondered the guest list. But as a…

Group stages ‘die-ins’ across Washington, DC, to raise awareness for Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Group stages ‘die-ins’ across Washington, DC, to raise awareness for Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – Julia Fawzi Saeed Al-Kurd was one year old. She was killed along with several members of her family in an Israeli air raid on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on October 11. Her name appeared in local reports on the day of the bombing and later on…

Hamas releases 12 more captives as Gaza truce holds for fifth day | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hamas releases 12 more captives as Gaza truce holds for fifth day | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 10 Israeli hostages, according to mediator Qatar. Hamas has released 12 more hostages, the Israeli military and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have said, as a shaky truce continues to hold in Gaza. The ICRC said that it successfully…

Pope Francis cancels trip to Dubai climate summit over health issues | Climate Crisis News

Pope Francis cancels trip to Dubai climate summit over health issues | Climate Crisis News

The 86-year-old pontiff is recovering from the flu and inflammation of respiratory tract. Pope Francis has cancelled his trip to the United Arab Emirates for a United Nations climate summit on doctors’ orders as he recovers from the flu and lung inflammation, the Vatican says. Francis, 86, was scheduled to…

CIA, Mossad chiefs meet in Qatar as Israel-Hamas truce is extended | Israel-Palestine conflict News

CIA, Mossad chiefs meet in Qatar as Israel-Hamas truce is extended | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Talks between US and Israeli spy agencies in Qatar, which is key mediator, include issue of captives held in Gaza. The heads of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel’s Mossad have met in Qatar to discuss the extension of a truce between Israel and Hamas as well as…

Ukraine says Marianna Budanova, wife of military spy chief, was poisoned | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine says Marianna Budanova, wife of military spy chief, was poisoned | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukrainian officials say wife of Kyrylo Budanov has been hospitalised due to heavy metals poisoning. The wife of Ukraine’s military spy chief has been poisoned with heavy metals and is undergoing treatment, a Ukrainian official says. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian military intelligence agency, or GUR, said Marianna Budanova, wife…

Sierra Leone attacks were a failed coup attempt, officials say | Conflict News

Sierra Leone attacks were a failed coup attempt, officials say | Conflict News

Information minister says 13 military officers arrested in relation to the weekend assault in capital Freetown. A series of attacks on military barracks and prisons in Sierra Leone over the weekend was a failed coup attempt, according to police and government officials in the West African country. Information Minister Chernor…