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People gather in downtown Chicago demanding immigrant and worker rights on 8 October 2025. (File photo)
Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to deploy National Guard to Chicago
WASHINGTON — The US supreme court on Tuesday refused to allow the Trump administration deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area in an important ruling that reins in the US president’s efforts to expand the use of the military for domestic purposes.The top court said the president's ability to federalize the National Guard likely only applies in "exceptional" circumstances.The National Guard consists of primarily state-based troops that typically respond to major issues like natural disasters or large protests.The ruling marks a rare departure for the conservative-majority court which has largely sided with the Trump administration in recent months. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker called it "a big win for Illinois and American democracy".The White House has not issued an...
December 24, 2025

Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to deploy National Guard to Chicago

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell
US Justice Department draws bipartisan backlash over heavy redactions in newly released Epstein documents
WASHINGTON — The US Department of Justice has released more than 11,000 additional documents from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, drawing bipartisan criticism over extensive redactions that lawmakers say violate the Epstein Files Transparency Act’s broad disclosure mandate. Many apparent potential “co‑conspirators” remain blacked out, even though 2019 FBI emails reference 10 such individuals, while Ghislaine Maxwell and billionaire Leslie Wexner are left unredacted; Wexner’s lawyers maintain he was never a target and fully cooperated.​FBI emails from July 2019 show agents seeking updates on “10 co‑conspirators,” including efforts to locate and subpoena them and a reference to “a wealthy businessman in Ohio.” Other records describe memos drafted after Epstein’s...
December 24, 2025

US Justice Department draws bipartisan backlash over heavy redactions in newly released Epstein documents

The Beechcraft Super King Air 200 after it stopped on the runway at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport near Denver
Airplane lands itself after in-flight emergency, in a first for aviation automation
DENVER — An airplane has automatically landed after an in-flight emergency, according to the system’s manufacturer.The Beechcraft Super King Air 200 successfully landed itself near Denver, marking the first real-world use of Garmin’s Autoland system from start to finish.Two pilots escaped unharmed after the twin-engine turboprop stopped safely on the runway at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC). The aircraft, operated by Buffalo River Aviation, was on a repositioning flight from Aspen with no passengers on board when it experienced a rapid, uncommanded loss of pressurization while climbing through 23,000 feet.According to company CEO Chris Townsley, both pilots donned their oxygen masks as per standard procedure. The Garmin Autoland system then automatically engaged,...
December 24, 2025

Airplane lands itself after in-flight emergency, in a first for aviation automation

Yemen government, Houthis agree on large-scale prisoner swap
SANA’A — Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Houthi group announced Tuesday an agreement to carry out a large-scale prisoner exchange following two weeks of negotiations hosted by Oman. Government negotiator Majid Fadael said in a post on X that the two sides had agreed to release “thousands of detainees and abductees” as part of the deal. The Houthi group separately confirmed the agreement, saying it would involve a significant exchange of prisoners between the two sides. According to the Houthi-led Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, the deal includes the release of 1,700 Houthi prisoners in exchange for 1,200 detainees held by the government. The committee thanked Omani officials for facilitating the negotiations. A Yemeni government source said talks with...
December 23, 2025

Yemen government, Houthis agree on large-scale prisoner swap

Emergency responders work at the site of a Russian drone strike on an apartment building, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 23, 2025
Russian air attack on Ukraine kills three and sparks sweeping outages
KYIV —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday Russia launched a "massive" overnight attack on his country, using more than 600 drones and 30 missiles. The attack triggered widespread emergency power cuts and prompted neighbouring Poland to scramble jets.At least three people have been reported killed across the country, including a four-year-old child in the central Zhytomyr regionThe attacks, days after another round of US-led talks to end the nearly four-year-old war, hit energy facilities in western regions the hardest, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.Poland, a NATO member bordering western Ukraine, said Polish and allied aircraft were deployed to protect Polish airspace after Russian strikes targeted areas near the border.Zelensky said Russia had targeted at least...
December 23, 2025

Russian air attack on Ukraine kills three and sparks sweeping outages

Molotov cocktails were thrown at officers guarding the prime minister's office in the Albanian capital Tirana
Albanian police arrest four after Molotov cocktails thrown at anti-government protest
TIRANA — Four men were arrested following clashes at an opposition Democratic Party (PD) rally in the Albanian capital Tirana, after Molotov cocktails were thrown at officers guarding the prime minister's office, police said.Seven others face investigation without detention, according to authorities.Among those under investigation is Ervin Minarolli, PD's organisational secretary, who police said failed to identify persons responsible for ensuring the smooth conduct of the rally as required under Albanian law on public gatherings.Monday's protest took place on the central Martyrs of the People boulevard, outside Prime Minister Edi Rama's residence, around 6 pm. Police said some participants threw petrol bombs at officers deployed to maintain public order and...
December 23, 2025

Albanian police arrest four after Molotov cocktails thrown at anti-government protest

A close up of a pair of hands, with henna tattoos, holding beads in prayer
Gunmen abduct 28 Muslim travelers in central Nigeria
ABUJA — Armed men have kidnapped 28 people travelling to an annual Islamic event in Nigeria's central Plateau state, local sources have told the BBC.The victims, including women and children, were ambushed in their bus on Sunday night as it was driving between villages.News of the abductions comes just a day after the Nigerian authorities announced the release of the remaining 130 schoolchildren and teachers from a separate mass kidnapping at a Catholic boarding school in Niger state last month.A journalist based in Plateau state said the families of the latest victims had begun receiving ransom demands.The perpetrators are not known and the authorities have yet to comment.Kidnapping for ransom by criminal gangs, known locally as bandits, has become common across parts of northern...
December 23, 2025

Gunmen abduct 28 Muslim travelers in central Nigeria

Deep Shambarkar holds his request to leave the country in his hand
Indian students at Berlin university face deportation 
BERLIN — Deep Shambarkar would never have thought that his studies in Germany would end up like this.The 25-year-old moved from Maharashtra in India to Berlin last July to pursue a master's in business management. He had enrolled at the private International University, or IU for short.Shambarkar has already invested around €20,000 for his studies - a considerable sum for the young man. He had taken out a student loan from an Indian bank."I don't think the university will pay me back," he explained. Others have already had to drop out of university and were left with the costs.Instead of writing his master's thesis, he now has to deal with the authorities.His visa was due to be extended in the summer. Yet suddenly, a yellow envelope from the Berlin Immigration Office...
December 23, 2025

Indian students at Berlin university face deportation 

Authorities and volunteers respond to a Mexican Navy plane crash near Galveston, Texas, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025
Five dead after plane carrying child burns victim crashes in Texas
MEXICO CITY — At least five people have been killed after a Mexican Navy plane crashed in foggy conditions near Galveston, Texas on Monday while transporting a child burns victim.According to flight tracking website Flight Radar, the plane was last recorded at 15:01 local time (21:01 GMT) over Galveston Bay, near Scholes International Airport.The aircraft was taking part in a medical mission on behalf of the Michou y Mau Foundation, which provides care to Mexican children with severe burns.Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy said one person remains missing and two others were rescued alive.Video footage shared with AP news agency showed the wreckage of the plane in the water, with witnesses and police officers seen entering the water to search the debris.Sky Decker, a local yacht...
December 23, 2025

Five dead after plane carrying child burns victim crashes in Texas

The US military conducted a strike against a “low-profile vessel” allegedly trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday
US strikes vessel in eastern Pacific, killing 1
WASHINGTON — The US military conducted a strike against a “low-profile vessel” allegedly trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Monday, killing one person, according to US Southern Command.“On Dec. 22, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X.SOUTHCOM added no US service members were harmed in the strike.At least 105 people have now been killed in strikes on suspected drug boats as part of a campaign, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, that the Trump administration has said is aimed at curtailing narcotics trafficking. The US military most recently struck two alleged drug-trafficking boats...
December 23, 2025

US strikes vessel in eastern Pacific, killing 1

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