Yemeni Americans feel ‘betrayed’ as Trump revokes immigration protections
Prominent Trump supporter Amer Ghalib says US decision to nix deportation protection for Yemenis 'very unfortunate'.
“It’s ass”: Ukraine’s intelligence intercepts Russian troops struggling with Gazprom terminals after Starlink shutdown – Euromaidan Press
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‘Journey of hell’: Migrants in Libya endure torture, rape, forced labour
A new UN report says migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Libya are being forcibly rounded up and abused.
Obama, Trump and Biden lead tributes to Jesse Jackson: ‘one of America’s greatest patriots’
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Al Sharpton, Donald Trump and more react to death of the civil rights leader at the age of 84
Three Democratic former presidents led a wealth of tributes to Jesse Jackson, a “titan” of the civil rights movement and “one of America’s greatest patriots” who has died at the age of 84.
Joe Biden said history would remember Jackson as “a man of God and of the people”, calling him in a social media post : “Determined and tenacious. Unafraid of the work to redeem the soul of our Nation.”
Continue reading...Thousands in Kosovo rally against war crimes trial of ex-KLA commanders
Special court in The Hague hears closing arguments this week in the trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army leaders.
US president’s son Eric Trump invests in drone maker with gov’t contracts
Israel's Xtend recently won US Defense Department contract, is bidding for another before merger with JFB Construction.
Sheinbaum says Mexico declines Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invite
Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum said she has turned down an invitation from Donald Trump to join his “Board of Peace."
Why Israel’s annexation threatens Jordan
Israel’s plans to claim parts of the occupied West Bank as ‘state property’ is raising concerns in neighbouring Jordan.
First day of Russia-Ukraine peace talks ends in Geneva
Negotiations will continue on Wednesday, but expectations for a breakthrough on ending the war are low.
First day of Russia-Ukraine peace talks ends in Geneva
Negotiations will continue on Wednesday, but expectations for a breakthrough on ending the war are low.
VA undoes decades-old wrong and protects Veterans’ Second Amendment rights – VA News (.gov)
US judge says wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia can’t be re-detained
Judge says Trump administration has made 'one empty threat after another' to deport Salvadoran national to Africa.
Peru’s Congress votes to impeach President Jose Jeri in government shake-up
Jeri is the latest in a series of Peruvian presidents to be removed from office by an act of Congress.
Police arresting 1,000 paedophile suspects a month across UK
National Crime Agency says rise in child sexual abuse being driven by technology and online forums
Child sexual abuse in the UK is soaring, police have said, with 1,000 paedophile suspects being arrested each month and the number of children being rescued from harm rising by 50% in the last five years.
The National Crime Agency said the growth in offending across the UK was driven by technology and linked to the radicalisation of offenders in online forums, encouraging people to view images of child sexual abuse by reassuring them it was normal.
Continue reading...Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton among those to condemn Berlinale’s ‘silence’ on Gaza
At least 80 film-makers and stars sign open letter after German festival jury president Wim Wenders says they should keep out of politics
More than 80 current and former participants of the Berlinale, including Javier Bardem, Tilda Swinton and Adam McKay have signed an open letter condemning the festival’s “silence” on Gaza.
It comes after the film festival was swept up in what it called a “media storm” over the alleged sidelining of political discourse at the event.
Continue reading...Four Chagossians return to islands in attempt to stop British transfer to Mauritius
Group says they intend to establish permanent settlement but Mauritius’s attorney general calls their move a ‘publicity stunt’
Four Chagos Islanders have landed on one of the archipelago’s atolls to establish what they say will be a permanent settlement, in an attempt to complicate a British plan to transfer the territory to Mauritius.
The Mauritius attorney general said the move was a publicity stunt designed to create conflict over a 2025 agreement with Britain on handing over sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory, which is opposed by some Chagossians who accuse Mauritius of decades of neglect. Mauritius has denied the accusations.
Continue reading...Shein under EU investigation over childlike sex dolls
Europe is examining whether the fast fashion giant breached the Digital Services Act.
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84
Tributes poured in from politicians who described Jackson as an agent of change and a transformative leader.
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84
Tributes poured in from politicians who described Jackson as an agent of change and transformative leader.
‘Wake Up Before It’s Too Late,’ Says AOC as Rubio Embraces Autocrat Orbán – Common Dreams
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