President Donald Trump commuted the criminal sentence of Ozy Media founder Carlos Watson on Friday, just hours before Watson was due to begin serving a 116-month prison term for a multi-million-dollar scheme that included falsely claiming the start-up had deals with Google and Oprah…
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Communities across the Australian state of Queensland are bracing for more rain after record-breaking floods cut off roads and inundated vast areas of the region’s outback. Several areas in western Queensland have recorded their worst…
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From death row to exile, Iranian-Kurdish rapper gives firsthand account of what he calls ‘severe torture’ in Iranian prison
by adminEditor’s Note: Warning: This article contains descriptions of torture. Saman Yasin thought he was leaving prison. It was 5 a.m. and the guards had just told him to pack up his belongings. But the next…
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The Israeli military struck southern Beirut on Friday for the first time since November, after Israel said that two projectiles had been fired from Lebanon. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it “struck a terrorist…
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Quakers say London police arrested six people at meeting on climate change, Gaza
by adminBritish police raided a Quaker meeting house in London on Thursday and arrested six women attending a meeting on climate change and the war in Gaza, according to a statement from Quakers UK. “No-one has…
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Afghan pilots who fought in 20-year war against Taliban in limbo after Trump blocks US resettlement plans
by adminThe first time he flew his cargo plane through the clouds over his hometown of Kabul, Tauheed Khan swelled with pride. During the US-led, 20-year war against the Taliban, Afghan Air Force pilots played a…
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Unanswered phones and a desperate wait outside the shattered Bangkok high-rise toppled by Myanmar quake
by adminAnxious loved ones waited outside a twisted mass of metal and concrete in the heart of Thailand’s capital on Saturday as rescuers searched for dozens of missing workers and the city confronted the aftermath of…
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Ecuador is preparing for US forces, plans show, as Noboa calls for help battling gangs
by adminAccording to a high-level Ecuadorian official familiar with the planning, construction of a new naval facility in the coastal city of Manta is part of that preparation, with barracks-style housing and administration offices designed to…
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Voices are starting to emerge from quake devastated Myanmar. Here’s what we are hearing
by adminA powerful, deadly earthquake struck at the heart of civil war-ravaged Myanmar on Friday, piling fresh misery on an impoverished nation that was cut off from much of the world even before this natural disaster…
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US accuses Denmark of treating Greenlanders as ‘second-class citizens’ during Vance visit to Arctic base
by adminVice President JD Vance and second lady Usha are visiting Greenland on Friday, an island of less than 60,000 people that has become central to President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. The Vances are visiting Pituffik…