A North Korean defector talks to the Daily NK about the grim reality of life for NK soldiers sent to Russia – and his belief that Pyongyang "doesn’t want a single soldier coming back alive from the battlefield": There have been multiple reports about North Korean troops in Russia suffering casualties during engagements with Ukrainian…

You know when we kept telling you that Islamists were the new Nazis? Does it get any more on the nose? pic.twitter.com/7rNHuC9Deu — Eve Barlow (@Eve_Barlow) November 19, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js From the Telegraph: Jews and gay people should hide their identity in parts of Berlin with large Arab populations, the German capital’s police chief has…

The Times of Israel on the debate in Holland after the Amsterdam violence, and the reluctance to discuss the religion and ethnicity of those who attacked the Maccabi Tel Aviv fans:  Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the center-right liberal party, brings a unique perspective to the events in Amsterdam. She served as justice and security minister…

Two Iranian women have been sentenced to death by lslamic regime of Iran for advocating for women rights. Baxshan and sharifa are going to be hanged by lslamic regime. pic.twitter.com/gLR8KBuJjj — Azat (@AzatAlsalim) November 17, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Kim Jong-un's abandonment of the old policy of reunification of the two Koreas in favour of the new "two hostile states" line is getting te full state propaganda treatment: North Korea has ordered propaganda officials in Pyongyang to intensify ideological crackdowns following recent moves to emphasize the “two hostile state” doctrine, Daily NK has learned.…

Jo Bartosch at The Critic on the left's failure to support Iranian women: It’s only been two weeks since Ahoo Daryaei was bundled into a car by the authorities in Iran for defying draconian laws on forced veiling. Yet already, the woman many hoped would be the regime’s last victim looks more like its latest.…

Another woman fighting against the gender cult: A mother-of-two has sued the council she used to work at after it removed female-only toilets in its office in favour of gender neutral ones. Sarah Holman, 56, said she was hounded out of the job she loved at Bracknell Forest Council after she complained to HR and…

On John Oliver's rant the other night, in protest at the suggestion that trans issues may have played a part in Trump's victory – "there's no evidence that trans girls are at an unfair advantage or pose a threat to safety in athletic competition". Nothing about this feels good, because John Oliver generously gave his…

Germany's Scholz call to Putin, "ending Western isolation over Ukraine": In a phone call that was swiftly criticised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Scholz urged Putin to pull his forces out of Ukraine and begin talks with Kyiv that would open the way for a "just and lasting peace", the German government said. That worked well.…

Columbus, Ohio — yesterday. I’m at a loss for words to capture how wrong this is. When will the world wake up? This blind hate endangers everyone, not just Jews. pic.twitter.com/5MbFw2KAda — Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) November 17, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js