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Bolsonaro ordered to start serving prison sentence for Brazil coup plot
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered that right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro begin serving his prison sentence of 27 years and three months for plotting a coup after he lost the last election.Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday ruled that the case had reached its final judgement and that no further appeals were possible.Bolsonaro, 70, was found guilty of leading a conspiracy aimed at keeping him in power after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.He will begin serving his sentence in a federal police jail cell in the capital, Brasilia, where he has been detained since Saturday after being deemed a flight risk and removed from home detention.At a hearing on Sunday, Bolsonaro admitted trying to open his ankle monitor...
November 26, 2025

Bolsonaro ordered to start serving prison sentence for Brazil coup plot

Prisoners of war move around a detention center on August 28, 2025 in Lviv, Ukraine
Moscow is accused of using deception and bribery to sign up foreigners to fight in Ukraine
KYIV — The prisoners of war come from all corners of the world: Kenya, Nepal, Tajikistan, to name a few. Speaking different languages and coming from diverse cultures, they have one thing in common – they say they were deceived by Russia into joining a war they did not want to fight.Nearly 200 foreigners from 37 countries have been captured fighting for Russia and are currently held as prisoners of war by Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Their accounts paint a disturbing picture of the deception, bribery and blackmail they say Moscow is using to lure foreigners into joining its military.As Russia continues to struggle to recruit its own people to fight in Ukraine, it is increasingly turning to foreigners to bolster its...
November 26, 2025

Moscow is accused of using deception and bribery to sign up foreigners to fight in Ukraine

Travelers wait in the main hall of the Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía International Airport, in Maiquetía, Venezuela, on 23 November 2025
Travelers stranded in Venezuela as airlines halt flights amid security warnings
CARACAS — The air connection between Madrid and Caracas was interrupted on Monday after a cascade of cancellations by various international and Venezuelan airlines.The decision, which immediately affects thousands of passengers, comes at a time of growing geopolitical tension, fuelled by the designation of the so-called Cartel of the Suns as a terrorist group and by warnings from the US government about air safety in the region.On Monday, Spanish airline Air Europa announced the suspension of its flights to Venezuela until "conditions are adequate", according to company sources quoted by local media. Estelar and LASER also confirmed the suspension and rescheduling of their routes between the two countries, a decision that adds to the measures previously taken by Iberia, TAP, Avianca,...
November 25, 2025

Travelers stranded in Venezuela as airlines halt flights amid security warnings

President Samia Suluhu Hassan won in a vote that excluded the two main opposition leaders
Tanzania cancels independence day celebrations after election unrest
DAR ES SALAM — Tanzania has cancelled next month's independence day celebrations, with the funds to be instead spent on rebuilding infrastructure damaged in recent election unrest, Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has said.His announcement comes as the opposition and others have been calling for people to gather on independence day — 9 December — to demonstrate about killings that took place following last month's disputed poll.The opposition believes hundreds of people died in the crackdown. The government has yet to give a death toll and has set up commission of inquiry.President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the poll with 98% of the vote, described by the opposition as a "mockery of democracy".Her key opponents were unable to contest the poll: Tundu Lissu has been in detention...
November 25, 2025

Tanzania cancels independence day celebrations after election unrest

The Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia sent an ash column thousands of feet into the atmosphere
Ethiopian volcano eruption sends ash to Delhi, hitting flight operations
NEW DELHI — A plume of volcanic ash from Ethiopia has swept across the Red Sea through Oman and Yemen and reached Delhi, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.The eruption of the Ethiopian volcano eruption sends ash to Delhi, hitting flight operationsvolcano in Ethiopia — which was dormant for several thousand years — began on Sunday morning, sending an ash column thousands of feet into the atmosphere.Several flights have been cancelled, delayed or rerouted in India because of the ash, with the country's aviation regulator asking airlines to "strictly avoid" affected areas.The level of ash contamination is unclear, experts said, but it is unlikely to affect Delhi's air quality, which was "very poor" as per official readings on Tuesday.Volcanic ash is a cloud of...
November 25, 2025

Ethiopian volcano eruption sends ash to Delhi, hitting flight operations

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian strike on a residential area in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, 24 November 2025. — EPA
US, Russian officials hold Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi as Kyiv comes under deadly assault
ABU DHABI — US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held meetings with Russian officials in Abu Dhabi on Monday about a proposed plan for ending the war in Ukraine, with talks to continue Tuesday, a US official told CNN.The meetings, which follow days of intense diplomatic efforts as the US makes a fresh push for a resolution to the war, came as Russia and Ukraine conducted deadly strikes on each other overnight Tuesday, with at least six killed in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, and three dead in Russia’s Rostov region.The talks with Russia, held after US-Ukraine talks in Geneva over the weekend, are meant to lay the groundwork for higher-level engagements in the future, the official said, adding that the Russian delegation is attending with President Vladimir Putin’s approval.Driscoll is the most...
November 25, 2025

US, Russian officials hold Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi as Kyiv comes under deadly assault

Seema Malhotra said UK was ramping up efforts to protect people from visa fraud
UK minister flags visa 'abuse' as student asylum claims surge
CHENNAI — UK's Indo-Pacific Minister Seema Malhotra has defended her government's immigration proposals during a visit to India, while expressing concern about a rise in foreign students seeking asylum at the end of their studies.Under the new plans, some migrants could have to wait up to 20 years before they can settle permanently in the UK and the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain will be extended from five to 10 years.The proposals will apply to an estimated 2.6 million people who arrived in the country since 2021. They have drawn criticism from some quarters, including a few Labour MPs, even though the Conservatives gave the measures a cautious welcome.The reforms are "in line with what countries around the world do" to stop the abuse of their immigration...
November 25, 2025

UK minister flags visa 'abuse' as student asylum claims surge

Armed tribesmen participate in an anti-Israel gathering in Sana'a on November 5, 2025. — EPA
Five people killed and two injured after gunmen attack Yemeni official's motorcade
ADEN — Gunmen fired on a Yemeni provincial leader's motorcade Monday, killing at least five security officers and wounding two others, according to authorities.The attack targeted Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan on a road linking the southwestern city to the rest of the country, said Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, a provincial spokesperson. Abdel-Rahman added that two assailants were killed in the shootout.In a statement, the governor’s office said security and military forces were working to bring those behind the attack to justice. No group has immediately claimed credit for the attack so far.The province’s capital, also named Taiz, has been a battleground pitting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and other militias backed by the Islamist Islah party against each other as well as other...
November 25, 2025

Five people killed and two injured after gunmen attack Yemeni official's motorcade

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem waits for US President Donald Trump to speak during a roundtable with the Homeland Security Task Force in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 23 October 2025 (epaimages)
US ends temporary status for Myanmar nationals even as civil war still rages
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said on Monday it is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Myanmar in the United States, arguing they can safely return to the war-torn Southeast Asian country and citing the military junta’s planned elections as evidence of an improving situation, Reuters reported.The move sparked concern for individuals who may be forced to return to Myanmar, which has been in political turmoil since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, ousting a civilian government and sparking a nationwide armed resistance.Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem had conferred with US government agencies and concluded that the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Myanmar was no longer needed, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a...
November 25, 2025

US ends temporary status for Myanmar nationals even as civil war still rages

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (R) and President of the European Council Antonio Costa (L) attend a press conference about the meeting that took place in Luanda between the EU members concerning the US peace plan for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, prior to the 7th European Union-African Union Summit in Luanda, Angola, 24 November 2025 (epaimages)
Ukraine peace: EU demands 'full involvement' on sanctions and Russian assets
LUANDA — European leaders have demanded to be fully involved in Ukraine negotiations for matters that fall directly under the bloc's jurisdiction, such as the economic sanctions imposed on Moscow and the immobilized assets of the Russian Central Bank.Both issues, alongside Kyiv's EU accession bid, were featured in the initial 28-point plan drafted by the United States and Russia without European participation, sparking concerns that the EU could be sidelined from talks about the continent's security.The controversial template was discussed on Sunday between American, Ukrainian and European officials in Geneva, Switzerland. As a result of the talks, the text has been amended and is expected to keep changing in the coming days."There is a new momentum in these negotiations,"...
November 25, 2025

Ukraine peace: EU demands 'full involvement' on sanctions and Russian assets

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