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A small group of Ukrainian immigrants gathered on Friday at Simon’s Town, the site of South Africa’s main naval base, to protest against Russia’s involvement in the multinational naval exercise Will for Peace 2026, which also includes warships from China, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Demonstrators criticized South Africa for inviting Russia to take part in the week‑long joint military drills in its waters while Moscow continues its war against Ukraine. Ukrainian expat Kateryna Fedkina called on Pretoria to suspend military cooperation with what she described as an “aggressive state,” saying it was painful to see Russian naval forces…

Authorities in New Mexico issued an arrest warrant Friday for director and Emmy Award-winning actor Timothy Busfield, charging him with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor. The allegations, detailed in a criminal complaint filed by an Albuquerque Police Department investigator, stem from reports by a child who said Busfield touched him inappropriately on multiple occasions while working on the set of the TV series The Cleaning Lady. The child said the first incidents occurred at age 7 and continued at age 8. The complaint indicates the abuse took place between November 2022 and spring 2024 and was…

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday urged the public to submit any recordings or evidence related to the fatal shooting of Renee Good, as a newly released 47-second video shows the final moments of the encounter with ICE officer Jonathan Ross. The footage, first published by Minnesota-based Alpha News and later shared by the Department of Homeland Security, depicts the officer approaching Good’s vehicle while filming on his cellphone. The video shows Good attempting to maneuver her car while her wife records, before Ross fires multiple shots. Federal officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, have defended the officer,…

A bipartisan coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday moved to revive an enhanced pandemic-era health insurance subsidy, defying Speaker Mike Johnson and GOP leadership to advance a measure aimed at lowering costs for roughly 22 million Americans. Lawmakers voted 221–205 to push the bill forward after four centrist Republicans joined Democrats in signing a rare discharge petition to force the issue to the House floor. The subsidies, which expired last month, had reduced premiums for people buying coverage through the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. Final passage in the House is expected on Thursday. Supporters…

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer has shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis during a federal immigration enforcement operation, triggering public outrage, protests, and sharp disagreements between local and federal authorities over the circumstances of her death. The incident occurred shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday in a snowy residential neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis. Federal officials said the officer acted in self-defense, while city leaders described the shooting as reckless and unnecessary amid an aggressive immigration crackdown under the Trump administration. The victim, identified as Renee Nicole Macklin Good, was shot in the head while driving…

Somalia’s Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the visit of Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to Hargeisa, describing it as a serious violation of Somalia’s territorial sovereignty and an unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of a United Nations member state. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the ministry said the visit contravenes the UN Charter, the African Union’s founding act, and established international norms governing relations between sovereign states. It warned that any engagement treating Somaliland as a separate state undermines Somalia’s internationally recognized borders. Sa’ar’s trip marks his first official visit to Somaliland since Israel formally recognized the territory’s…

Sherifa Riahi, former director of the French humanitarian organization Terre d’Asile in Tunisia, has been reunited with her family after spending more than 20 months in detention, following a Tunisian court’s decision to hand down suspended sentences in a high-profile migration-related case. Riahi and two colleagues were released on Tuesday after being convicted of facilitating the illegal entry and residence of migrants, charges they have consistently denied. The court’s ruling ends a case that has drawn international attention and raised concerns among human rights groups about the treatment of humanitarian workers in Tunisia. Speaking shortly after her release, Riahi described…

European leaders have reaffirmed their support for Denmark and Greenland following remarks attributed to United States President Donald Trump suggesting that Greenland legally belongs to the United States, comments that have triggered diplomatic unease across Europe. The latest controversy was sparked by statements from Trump adviser Stephen Miller, who said on CNN that Greenland “belongs legally to the United States” and suggested Washington could assume control without military action. The comments have reignited concerns in Copenhagen and Nuuk, particularly against the backdrop of recent US military actions abroad and growing fears of unilateral decision-making by Washington. Finland’s President Alexander Stubb,…

United States President Donald Trump has announced that Venezuela will provide between 30 million and 50 million barrels of oil to the United States, pledging that proceeds from the sale will be used “to benefit the people” of both nations, as diplomatic and military tensions between Washington and Caracas continue to intensify. Speaking on Tuesday, Trump said the oil arrangement comes as his administration pushes for sweeping changes in Venezuela’s struggling energy sector, including broader access for American oil companies. The White House is expected to host a high-level meeting on Friday with executives from major US energy firms, including…

The man responsible for a deadly shooting at Brown University and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor planned the attacks over several years and left behind video recordings in which he confessed, according to details released Tuesday by the United States Department of Justice. The shooter, identified as Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown University student and Portuguese national, carried out an attack on December 13, 2025, inside an engineering building at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Two students were killed and nine others wounded during the shooting. Two days later, authorities say he…