Day: March 5, 2026
Space One’s third rocket failure leaves Japan without commercial launch capability reut.rs/4u9y5A1 reut.rs/4u9y5A1
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Polish couple Grzegorz and Malgorzata Markiewicz were supposed to fly home with their daughter after a wedding in Australia. Now, they are stuck in a hotel in Doha as the U.S.–Israeli conflict with Iran disrupts air travel reut.rs/40OUUeE
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Gayle King inks new deal with CBS amid changes to network under Bari Weiss
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Azerbaijan summons Iran’s envoy, says 2 drones attacked its territory, injuring 2 civilians The Times of Israel
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Afghan families displaced by Pakistani airstrikes in Nangarhar, near the border with Pakistan, were living in tents, after their homes were destroyed in the cross-border conflict.
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Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry accuses Iran of a drone attack against its exclave of Nakhchivan.
Iran has not acknowledged targeting Azerbaijan, but its attacks have spread erratically as the war has gone on involving regional countries and beyond. apnews.com/article/iran-isra…
— The Associated Press (@AP) Mar 5, 2026
Georgia’s Supreme Court refused to consider on the merits the complaint of imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli, director and co-founder of online media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, effectively exhausting all domestic legal remedies.
According to Netgazeti, the judicial panel – consisting of Levan Tevzadze, Merab Gabinashvili, and Mamuka Vasadze – made the decision without holding an oral hearing.
The November 2025 ruling by the Kutaisi Court of Appeal, which upheld the initial two-year sentence imposed by the Batumi City Court in August, therefore stands as the final ruling in the case.
Amaghlobeli’s lawyers had asked the Supreme Court to overturn the appellate ruling, while Prosecutor Tornike Gegashvili sought a harsher legal qualification.
Mzia Amaghlobeli, arrested since January 2025, is serving the two-year sentence for slapping then Batumi Police Chief Irakli Dgebuadze during a tense night of protests and arrests. Her imprisonment is widely regarded as politically motivated. Multiple domestic and international groups have called for her release.
During her time in prison, Amaghlobeli has received many international recognitions, including the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought – the European Union’s top human rights award.
Also Read:
- 16/01/2026 – Clooney Foundation: Mzia Amaghlobeli’s Right to Fair Trial Violated
- 12/01/2026 – One Year After Arrest, Diplomatic Missions Reiterate Call to Free Mzia Amaghlobeli
- 19/06/2025 – European Parliament Demands Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli’s ‘Immediate’ and ‘Unconditional’ Release
- 18/06/2025 – Jailed Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli Fined Twice on Single Incident
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China boosts defence spending 7% in drive to modernise by 2035 reut.rs/3ORd6lh reut.rs/3ORd6lh
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‘I promise all Lebanese that we will spare no effort to stop this devastating war,’ Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said, vowing to ensure the return of displaced people to their homes, and to protect the country
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