Category: Global Politics
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🇪🇹 Former US Intelligence Contractor Admits Passing Classified Military Secrets to Ethiopia: An Espionage Case With Major Implications for African Security
Former US government contractor Abraham Teklu Lemma has pleaded guilty to conspiring to pass highly classified American intelligence to Ethiopian government officials. The case exposes the intersection of foreign intelligence, military operations, drone warfare and national security during Ethiopia’s internal conflict.
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West Hollywood Makes History with Multi-Partner Domestic Relationship Registry: A New Chapter in the Global Debate on Family, Rights and Social Recognition
West Hollywood, California, is advancing a broader vision of family recognition by extending municipal protections to multi-partner households. The developments highlight evolving conversations around healthcare visitation, detention visitation rights, and rental housing protections, challenging traditional definitions of domestic partnership and household recognition.
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The UK’s New Pornography Law: Criminalising Harmful Content or Redrawing the Boundaries of Digital Freedom?
England and Wales are introducing new criminal offences covering possession and publication of specific categories of pornographic images. We examine the Crime and Policing Act 2026, the penalties, the impact on digital platforms and the wider debate over internet censorship and personal freedoms.
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🇮🇱 Viral Video Falsely Claims Benjamin Netanyahu Was Shot at Press Conference
A viral video circulating on social media falsely claims to show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being targeted in a shooting during a press conference. Fact-checking investigations found that the footage is actually from a 2013 attempted attack on Bulgarian politician Ahmed Dogan in Sofia. The video is authentic, but its connection to Netanyahu is…
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🇨🇭 Swiss Supreme Court Upholds 20-Year Sentence for Former Liberian Rebel Commander
Switzerland’s highest court has upheld Alieu Kosiah’s 20-year prison sentence for war crimes committed during Liberia’s civil war, while overturning his separate crimes-against-humanity conviction because the relevant Swiss law could not be applied retroactively.
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DHS Data Breach Exposes More Than 40,000 Personnel — Raising Questions About Federal Cybersecurity, Surveillance and Accountability
A major data leak involving more than 40,000 U.S. Department of Homeland Security personnel has exposed names, work contact information and organizational details involving agencies including ICE, CBP, CISA and USCIS. The incident is raising urgent questions about federal cybersecurity, employee safety, surveillance infrastructure and the growing tension between government transparency and individual privacy.
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🇬🇭 A Ghanaian Politician wants inmates to have sex with spouses once a month
Ghana is debating a controversial prison-reform proposal after former NPP Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako, known as Chairman Wontumi, called for regulated conjugal and family visits for inmates. Here is what he actually proposed, what Ghanaian law currently permits, and the bigger debate over rehabilitation, family bonds and prison reform.
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🇨🇺 “They Told Us Miami”: Cuban Women Describe Shackling, Confusion and Abandonment After Deportation to Central African Republic
Cuban women deported from the United States to the Central African Republic say they were misled about their destination, shackled during a lengthy flight and left in Bangui without passports, phones or adequate resources. Their accounts highlight growing concerns over America’s expanding third-country deportation policy and the role African nations are being asked to play…
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🇱🇷 U.S. Embassy Officials Visit Liberian War Crimes Investigators Amid Security Threats
Two U.S. Embassy officials visited Liberia’s leading war-crimes investigation group following renewed death threats against investigators, highlighting growing security concerns as the country moves toward establishing a War and Economic Crimes Court.
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Trump Escalates Immigration Criticism as France Faces Street Unrest
U.S. President Donald Trump says Paris will become a “Muslim city very soon” while blaming immigration for France’s unrest. But the protests have broader roots in education, living costs, public services and political dissatisfaction.