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US authorities on Friday announced new sanctions against RT amid sprawling accusations that the state-run media conglomerate has engaged in covert influence operations and election interference on a global scale. “RT moved beyond being simply a media outlet and has been an entity with cyber capabilities. It is also engaged in information operations, covert influence, [...]

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Mexico’s Senate approved controversial judicial reforms on Wednesday despite protesters storming the chamber earlier in the session. The reform, pushed by President Andres Manuel López Obrador, obtained the two-thirds majority vote it needed to succeed in the Senate. It was approved with 86 votes in favor and 41 against after members the opposition bloc, led [...]

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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Friday revoked the validation of six British diplomats. The FSB claimed the diplomats were coordinating “the implementation of subversive policy.” The FSB stated that they “received documentary materials confirming London’s coordination of the escalation of the international military situation.” The agency singled out the UK as the “main” unit [...]

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The US Treasury announced Thursday that its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) as sanctioned 16 individuals affiliated with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro under terms of Executive Order (EO) 13692, for allegedly obstructing an inclusive presidential election process and violating the human rights of Venezuelans. According to the Treasury, the 16 sanctioned individuals include leaders [...]

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Hungary may seek to file a lawsuit against the European Union for border protection costs, Gergely Gulyás, Hungarian minister for the Prime Minister’s Office, announced this Thursday. Gulyás claimed that Hungary spent the equivalent of 2 billion euros on Schengen Zone border protection without recompense from the European Union. The minister said that Hungary was [...]

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Over 130 refugees from Myanmar have been on a hunger strike at the Matia Transit Camp in Assam, India since Monday, according to a Thursday Facebook post from Rohingya rights activist Sabber Kyaw Min. The strike highlights the group’s demands for release from indefinite detention and resettlement under the care of the United Nations High [...]

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Fiery protests sparked outside Argentina’s congress on Wednesday after the Chamber of Deputies voted to block a bill instating an increase in pensions. Previously, the bill had been vetoed by President Javier Milei, who says his priority is to maintain fiscal balance. The opposition failed to secure the two-thirds vote needed to overturn the presidential [...]

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The Special Prosecution of Kosovo announced Wednesday that it has indicted 45 individuals for terrorism and other serious crimes related to an attack in the northern village of Banjska in September 2023. The charges follow an extensive investigation into an armed incursion by ethnic Serbs that resulted in the deaths of four people, including a [...]

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Tuesday that Libya’s authorities have not provided proper support to those affected by last year’s floods in the city of Derna. According to the organization, this has severely affected compensation and rebuilding efforts, as infrastructure remains unbuilt and thousands of people are unable to return home. Floods struck the [...]

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Three journalist organizations filed a complaint against German authorities with the country’s Federal Constitutional Court, local media reported on Wednesday. The complaint concerns investigators’ wiretapping of phone calls between journalists and climate activists. This constitutional complaint follows two previous verdicts issued by Munich’s District Court and Munich’s Regional Court. The three associations that filed the [...]

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