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Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appear on state television saying they have seized power in the country
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau appeared Wednesday on state television saying they have seized power in the country, following reports of gunshots near the presidential palace.
Bahrain to argue at UK supreme court it has immunity from surveillance claims
Gulf nation is accused of placing monitoring software on computers of two dissidents living in LondonBahrain is to tell the UK’s supreme court that it enjoys sovereign immunity from claims it placed surveillance software on the computers of two dissidents when they were living in London.The Gulf country has lost the sovereign immunity claim both in the high court and court of appeal, and a decision to take the case further to the supreme court shows how important it is to the country’s reputation. Continue reading...
Nigerian parents say they are kept in the dark over abducted schoolchildren
Several parents of the over 300 schoolchildren seized by armed men in the latest mass abduction in Nigeria tell The Associated Press the government has told them nothing about rescue efforts
Australia will enforce social media ban for children under 16 despite court challenge
The Australian government says children under 16 will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a legal challenge
Devastating fire destroys crowded slum, leaves thousands homeless in Bangladesh
A devastating fire in a crowded slum in Bangladesh’s capital has destroyed 1,500 shanties and left thousands homeless
Families in Thailand perch on rooftops to escape flooding that has killed at least 33
Severe flooding in the south of Thailand has caused at least 33 deaths
Woman who murdered her 2 children jailed for at least 17 years
A New Zealand woman has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison for murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in suitcases
What to know about French ex-President Sarkozy's latest legal matters
France’s highest court is set to rule on former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 reelection bid
Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after hurricane
Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummeled the island’s eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms in history
US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative
Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they are to stop US overdose deathsThe Trump administration is framing its boat strikes against drug cartels in the Caribbean in part as a collective self-defense effort on behalf of US allies in the region, according to three people directly familiar with the administration’s internal legal argument.The legal analysis rests on a premise – for which there is no immediate public evidence – that the cartels are waging armed violence against the security forces of allies such as Mexico, and that the violence is financed by cocaine shipments. Continue reading...
Nigerian schoolgirls rescued after mass abduction in Kebbi
The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, said all 24 of the girls kidnapped last week had been rescuedAll 24 schoolgirls held by assailants after a mass abduction last week from a school in north-western Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced on Tuesday.A total of 25 girls were abducted on 17 November from the Government Girls Comprehensive secondary school in Kebbi state’s Maga town, but one of them was able to escape the same day, the school’s principal said. The remaining 24 were all saved, according to a statement from the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, though no details were released about the rescue. Continue reading...
Jacob Zuma’s daughter accused of tricking men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine
South African police investigate allegations made against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla by another of ex-president’s daughtersEurope live – latest updatesSouth African police are investigating allegations that a daughter of the former president Jacob Zuma tricked men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine by telling them they were travelling to Russia for a paramilitary training course.Another of Zuma’s daughters, Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube, filed a police report on Saturday alleging that her sister Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and two others, Siphokazi Xuma and Blessing Khoza, had recruited 17 men who are now trapped on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Continue reading...
