🇮🇳 A court in Kalol, in India’s Gujarat state, has sentenced three men from Ahmedabad to rigorous life imprisonment for slaughtering a cow and trying to sell its meat. In its judgment, the court cited Hindu texts including the Vedas and the Manusmriti, describing the cow as “the mother of the universe.” Additional Sessions Judge B R Rajput also fined Wasim Qureshi, Mahmad Rafiq Qureshi and Asfaq Bahelim Rs 2 lakh each. According to the prosecution, police raided a house in Jamla village on August 22, 2024, and seized 277 kg of beef worth about Rs 55,000, along with weapons and a vehicle said to have been used in the slaughter and transport. Six people were arrested, and three were convicted.
🇮🇳 A 94-page report by the Istanbul-based Worldwide Lawyers Association (WOLAS) argues that India’s rule over Jammu and Kashmir has shifted from long-running military occupation to a “structural settler-colonial project” since New Delhi revoked the region’s special status in 2019. It documents mass detention, home demolitions and demographic engineering, and concludes that the violations amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The report, titled “Longest Siege,” cites figures of 96,502 people killed between January 1989 and August 2026, more than 184,000 civilians arrested and over 110,000 homes and structures destroyed or damaged. It also details a security relationship with the genocidal Israeli regime, citing Israeli-supplied drones, rifles and guided munitions, and puts annual Indian defense spending with Israel at about $1 billion.
ICC-wanted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has accused Arab parties of “stealing” Tuesday’s Knesset election after Palestinian citizens of Israel voted in high numbers. In a written statement, Likud claimed votes were stolen at many polling stations in heavily Palestinian areas, said it had handed hundreds of testimonies and pieces of evidence to police, the Shin Bet and the Central Elections Committee, and urged the committee to act immediately on what it called serious irregularities. According to Israeli media, the count so far, excluding double-envelope ballots, gives Netanyahu’s ruling bloc 53 seats and the opposition bloc led by former army chief Gadi Eisenkot 48, while parties representing Palestinian citizens win a record 19. That leaves neither side at the 61 seats needed to form a government in the 120-seat Knesset. The Central Elections Committee says it is reviewing Likud’s claims.
Maybelline New York and its parent company, L’Oréal, are facing calls for a boycott on social media after Israeli model Daniella Halfon, 23, was chosen to front a global advertising campaign. The campaign is set to run across 110 to 130 countries. Critics argue that companies that support Zionism or maintain ties with the genocidal Israeli regime risk using mainstream advertising to normalise Israel’s atrocities in Gaza and divert attention from the devastation inflicted on Palestinians. They say consumers should hold such brands accountable and reject attempts to use global marketing campaigns to improve Israel’s image.
🇬🇧⚖️🇵🇸 The Hind Rajab Foundation, a Belgium-based human rights organization, has lodged a criminal complaint with British authorities against Israeli soldier Lidor Dafna, who is believed to be visiting London. The complaint accuses him of war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide in Gaza. Dafna, a bulldozer operator with the Israeli army’s 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion, is accused of participating in the destruction of the Great Ocean Mills, a major flour production facility in southern Gaza, in May 2025. The demolition took place amid an Israeli blockade that had left hundreds of thousands of Palestinians facing starvation. Dafna boasted about the destruction on social media, sharing footage of the demolition to showcase the crime he had committed.
🇵🇰🤝🇵🇸 Pakistani independent fashion label Dreams of Arthur featured a pro-Palestinian message during the grand finale of LAAM Fashion Week, using its runway presentation to express solidarity with Palestine. On the event’s fourth day, a model appeared wearing a dark bomber jacket embroidered with the words “MAKE ISRAEL PALESTINA AGAIN”. A screen behind the models displayed the same message among other slogans.
🇹🇷 German-Turkish football legend Mesut Özil has criticised FIFA for double standards, questioning why Israeli teams remain eligible to compete while Russian teams were suspended. “As you know, FIFA did not impose bans on Israeli teams, but it did impose them on Russian teams… Put the double standard aside now and act in the same way,” he said.
🇨🇦🇹🇷 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has commented on defence cooperation with Türkiye, saying on October 23 that Canada is open to both buying Turkish military capabilities and building defence industry partnerships. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul during his visit to Türkiye, Carney discussed energy, defence, Ukraine and trade with the USA. He said Canadian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson and Export Development Canada head Alison Nankivell had held talks the day before, that the contacts would continue and that private sector representatives would also meet. On energy, he pointed to Türkiye’s large demand and its wish to diversify supplies, with clean energy at the centre, and said talks on Canadian CANDU reactors had intensified, with the Turkish government possibly deciding toward the end of the year, perhaps around COP31. “I believe about 80 percent of Türkiye’s defence needs are produced here. That is not the case in Canada. We have a lot to learn from Türkiye about what kind of industry we can create in our country,” he said. Carney added that he would lean toward a partnership offering complementary technologies, citing defence cooperation between Türkiye and Ukraine as an example, and noted Türkiye’s progress in drone technology. He said he had discussed support for Ukraine with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, that Canada coordinates that support directly with Ukraine rather than through the EU, and that he had spoken several times in the past week with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy about Ukraine’s defence situation and Starlink. Asked about reports that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ordered Starlink slowed, he said a slowdown would have humanitarian consequences, including loss of life, and that Canada does not want to depend on a single service provider. He also said Canada has no intention of interfering in US democratic processes, is ready to negotiate a trade deal with the USA and will not become the 51st US state.