- Tanzania’s descent into repression is a stark warning of how fast Africa’s progress can be eroded | Kenneth Mohammed The Guardian
- Tanzania: What to Know About the Post-Election Violence The New York Times
- Tanzania’s poll unrest has 'stained' the country’s global image, President Samia Suluhu Hassan says BBC
- Tanzania’s leader says election violence could hurt access to international funding AP News
- Tanzanian opposition decries 'sham' elections, alleges hundreds of deaths KOSU
Ukraine proved this drone-killer works. Now, the West is giving it a shot. – Business Insider
- Ukraine proved this drone-killer works. Now, the West is giving it a shot. Business Insider
- How realistic is the plan to build a 'drone wall' against Russia? BBC
- Russian drone incursions across Europe spark NATO concerns amid the Ukraine war NBC News
- NATO Trials New Anti-drone Defences To Ward Off Russia Barron's
- Europe Unprepared for Potential Russian Drone Attacks, Defense Chief Warns The Moscow Times
Why are Ukraine’s Mirage 2000 jets carrying 40-year-old missiles? – Euromaidan Press
- Why are Ukraine’s Mirage 2000 jets carrying 40-year-old missiles? Euromaidan Press
- Dassault Aviation Rises After Ukraine Agrees to Buy 100 Rafale Fighter Jets The Wall Street Journal
- Ukraine’s high-flying air power plans face turbulence politico.eu
- Ukraine signs deal with France for 100 Rafale jets and air defence systems Euronews.com
- Ukraine to buy ‘up to 100’ French fighter jets, Elysee Palace announces CNN
Trump shrugs off Khashoggi murder during Saudi prince’s White House visit
US president also claims Mohammed bin Salman ‘knew nothing’ about murder of journalist
Donald Trump has shrugged off the Saudi regime’s 2018 murder of the Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, saying the journalist was “extremely controversial” and unpopular, dismissing the killing by observing “things happen”.
The US president made the remarks at the White House on Tuesday while welcoming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the first time since Khashoggi’s murder and dismemberment in Istanbul by Saudi state operatives.
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Palestine Action activists on trial in UK over attack on Israeli arms maker
The judge urged the jury to do away with personal feelings about the war on Gaza or the legality of the proscription.
Britain’s MI5 warns lawmakers over Chinese spies posing as ‘headhunters’
Beijing denies the claim, which comes weeks before the government must decide whether to approve a new Chinese embassy.
How did your representative vote on releasing the Epstein files?
US House today voted on the release of government files relating to Jeffrey Epstein. Find out how your representative voted
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that will force the release of investigative files related to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, after Donald Trump and his Republican allies backed down from their opposition amid a scandal that has dogged the president since his return to the White House.
Though Trump has for months dismissed the uproar over the government’s handling of the Epstein case as a “Democrat hoax”, he signaled his support for the House bill over the weekend, and said he would sign the measure if it reaches his desk. Here is how the House voted.
Continue reading...US court blocks new Texas congressional map while state officials appeal
The majority on a federal court in El Paso, Texas, found that the new map used race to redraw congressional districts.
Frontline report: Ukraine’s elite drone units inflict massive casualties on Russian forces in Pokrovsk – Euromaidan Press
- Frontline report: Ukraine's elite drone units inflict massive casualties on Russian forces in Pokrovsk Euromaidan Press
- Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 18, 2025 Institute for the Study of War
- From Bakhmut to Pokrovsk, here’s how Russian tactics have shifted CNN
- As the battle for Pokrovsk continues, Meduza’s military analysts weigh the costs for Ukraine on other fronts Meduza
- Retreat, Defeat and the Sunk Cost Fallacy Sam Freedman | Substack
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire – The Guardian
- ‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire The Guardian
- Israel struggles to curb West Bank violence as settlers ramp up attacks The Washington Post
- Israeli settlers torch Palestinian vehicles and homes in West Bank village CNN
- Israeli settlers torch West Bank village as Israel begins a busy diplomatic week AP News
- Netanyahu vows crackdown on Israeli violence after attacks on Palestinian villages Reuters
Ukraine corruption case causes stand-off in parliament as anger mounts – Reuters
- Ukraine corruption case causes stand-off in parliament as anger mounts Reuters
- A huge corruption scandal threatens Ukraine’s government The Economist
- Zelensky Under Siege as Corruption Case Shatters Ukraine’s Wartime Unity The New York Times
- Inside the Ukrainian Corruption Probe Edging Closer to Zelensky The Wall Street Journal
- Once a shadowy dealmaker, former Zelenskyy associate is accused in Ukrainian corruption scandal AP News
Double down on push to abandon fossil fuels, 82 countries urge at climate summit – Politico
- Double down on push to abandon fossil fuels, 82 countries urge at climate summit Politico
- More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out The Guardian
- Key takeaways from COP30 halfway through the UN climate summit PBS
- Jamaica faces $9.5 billion finance gap to rebuild after Melissa Reuters
- More than 80 countries back push for ‘road map’ to quit fossil fuels at COP30 Financial Times
Saudi Crown Prince promises trillion-dollar investments with US
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman promised to invest almost a trillion dollars in new deals with the US.
House passes bill demanding government release Epstein files
The US House of Representatives voted 427 to 1 to release documents related to sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein.
MBS: No normalisation with Israel without path to Palestinian statehood
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says Riyadh sought to join Trump’s Abraham Accords to normalise ties with Israel.
Caribbean slavery reparations body calls for ‘mutually beneficial’ restorative justice from UK
On first official visit to UK, leaders say aim is not to ‘break the British Treasury’ but to find solution to help clean up ‘mess’ left by colonialism
The Caribbean’s slavery reparations body has decried misleading press reports that suggest their aim is to “break the British Treasury” by demanding trillions of pounds, as they call for a mutually beneficial restorative justice programme.
Prof Sir Hilary Beckles, chair of the Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC), which was set up to progress the Caribbean’s pursuit of justice for centuries of enslavement and colonisation by European nations, made the comments during the body’s first official visit to the UK.
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Meta prevails in existential challenge as court rules it’s not a monopoly
A US judge ruled that the social media landscape had 'changed markedly' since the lawsuit was brought five years ago.
US perpetrators must face ‘same consequences’ as Epstein’s UK associates, congressman says
Thomas Massie urged accountability amid House vote and renewed calls for former prince Andrew to testify
The “same kind of consequences” faced by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein must be inflicted on “perpetrators of heinous crimes” linked to the disgraced financier in the United States, a congressman has said.
Thomas Massie, a Republican representative, also pointed to the sacking of Peter Mandelson, the UK’s ambassador to Washington, as an example of the fallout faced by those with ties to the late pedophile.
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