Brazil Revokes Trump Aide’s Visa Over Bolsonaro Jail Visit
Brazil expelled a US State Department official Friday after determining he lied about why he wanted to enter the country, escalating a visa dispute that began when Washington revoked travel documents for Brazilian health officials it accused of links to a Cuban medical program. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Darren Beattie would remain […]
Drug Lord Sebastian Marset Nabbed In Bolivia Police Sweep
Hundreds of police officers swarmed a compound in Santa Cruz de la Sierra on Friday morning and captured one of South America’s most wanted fugitives, delivering Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz a trophy arrest weeks after his government restored cooperation with US drug enforcement agencies. Sebastian Enrique Marset Cabrera, a 34-year-old Uruguayan whom prosecutors accuse of […]
First Post-War Speech: Netanyahu Claims Israel At Peak Strength
Benjamin Netanyahu stepped before cameras Thursday to declare Israel’s military position stronger than at any point in its history, using a news conference to catalogue what he described as irreversible damage inflicted on Iran across nearly two weeks of coordinated strikes with the United States, while leaving little ambiguity about his intentions toward the country’s […]
Iraq Attack Claims French Soldier’s Life, Wounds Several
France suffered its first combat death of the Middle East war on Friday when a drone struck a training site in northern Iraq, killing a special forces soldier and wounding six of his colleagues in an attack a pro-Iranian militia quickly claimed and followed with threats of further strikes against French targets across the region. […]
Trump: Iran World Cup Presence ‘Inappropriate’ For Safety
Iran faces the prospect of becoming the first country in the modern era to withdraw from a World Cup after its sports minister said participation in this summer’s tournament is no longer possible following American airstrikes that killed the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, leaving FIFA scrambling to assess whether it must find a replacement. The […]
Alexander Brothers Found Guilty In Trafficking Case
A federal jury in New York convicted three brothers Monday on sex trafficking charges following a trial in which eleven survivors testified that the men had used their standing in the luxury real estate industry to lure, drug, and sexually assault dozens of women over more than a decade. Alon, Oren, and Tal Alexander were […]
RSF Drone Strike In White Nile Kills 17, Students Included
A paramilitary force that lost control of Sudan’s capital six months ago has turned drone strikes on civilians into a pattern of warfare in territories where it still operates, killing at least 17 people Wednesday when it hit a secondary school and health center in White Nile State. The attack in Shukeiri village wounded 10 […]
China’s NPC Ends With Reduced Economic Growth Target
China set its weakest economic growth target in nearly three decades Thursday, signaling that leaders expect years of subdued expansion as they wrestle with a collapsed property market, deflation and consumer confidence that has yet to recover from pandemic-era shocks. Nearly 3,000 delegates to the National People’s Congress formally approved a target of 4.5 to […]
Dangote Slashes Fuel Price ₦100, Now ₦1,075 Per Litre
Nigeria’s largest refinery slashed fuel prices Tuesday after crude oil dropped below $90 a barrel for the first time since fighting erupted in the Middle East, offering relief to consumers who had absorbed three consecutive increases in two weeks as the conflict pushed global energy costs higher. Dangote Petroleum Refinery cut petrol to ₦1,075 per […]
Oil Field-Bound Drones Intercepted By Saudi Defense Forces
Two vessels took fire in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday as Iran launched what it described as its 37th wave of strikes against Gulf targets, pushing the UN Security Council toward a vote demanding Tehran halt attacks on Arab neighbors while oil prices climbed and financial markets absorbed warnings that global energy flows face […]
Queen Lateefah: Power, Fall, And Reinvention
Official Trailer: Nollywood has long understood the dramatic power of ambition—the intoxicating rise, the devastating fall, and the complicated journey back toward relevance. Yet every so often a film arrives that handles these themes with a sharper sense of social observation. Queen Lateefah is one such film: a confident, stylish drama that explores the fragile […]
Australia Grants Refuge To Five Iranian Women Soccer Players
Australia committed advanced surveillance aircraft and air-to-air missiles to Gulf states confronting Iranian strikes, a deployment Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended Tuesday as necessary to protect 115,000 Australians living across a region where twelve countries have come under attack in just over a week. A Royal Australian Air Force E7A Wedgetail reconnaissance plane and 85 […]