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Leaked Documents Show Seoul Torn Between U.S. Demands and Its Own Policy

New York Times The documents showed the United States most likely spied on a key Asian ally as pressure built for South Korea to help Washington supply ammunition to Ukraine. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/world/asia/leak-pentagon-south-korea-ukraine.html

Israel Denies Leaked Claim That Mossad Encouraged Protest

New York Times The unsourced accusations about the leadership of the Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence service, were contained in a leaked Pentagon report. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/world/middleeast/israel-mossad-leaked-documents-pentagon.html

Leaked Document Shows the Dire Nature of Battle for Bakhmut

New York Times An assessment that appears in a new batch of leaked classified documents appears to show that Ukraine was close to losing a key battle of the war in February. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/world/europe/bakhmut-battle-leaked-documents-us-war.html

India’s Tigers Are Making a Comeback

New York Times A conservation effort has worked well enough that there is now talk of sending some tigers to Cambodia to help that nation revive its own wild population. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/world/asia/india-tiger-conservation-success.html

U.S. Sends Attack Submarine to Middle East

New York Times Officials said the move was meant as a deterrent against Iran and to maintain the stability of one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/world/middleeast/us-submarine-middle-east-iran.html

Streaming into Southeast Asia, Netflix faces repeated censorship demands

Washington Post As Netflix expands rapidly in Southeast Asia, its commitment to artistic expression is being tested by Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and others. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/08/netflix-streaming-censorship-southeast-asia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Rockets From Lebanon Point to Growing Hamas Cooperation With Hezbollah

New York Times Israel accused Hamas, a Palestinian militia, of firing rockets into Israel from Lebanon, underscoring its deepening ties with Hezbollah, the dominant Lebanese militia. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/08/world/middleeast/rockets-lebanon-hamas-hezbollah-israel.html

Israel strikes Syrian sites and readies for more unrest, protests

Washington Post Far-right officials condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to rocket strikes from Lebanon and attacks on civilians as anti-government protesters rallied in Tel Aviv. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/08/israel-lebanon-attack-tel-aviv/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Israeli military: 3 rockets fired from Syria toward Israel

Fox News The Israeli military said Saturday that three rockets were launched from Syria toward Israeli territory, a rare attack from the country’s northeastern neighbor that comes after days of escalating violence on multiple fronts. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rocket launches, which caused no damage or casualties. Only one rocket…

Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, dies

Fox News Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps, has died. He had just turned 103 in March. Ferencz died Friday evening in Boynton Beach, Florida, according to…