Former US diplomat sentenced to life for abusing two girls in Burkina Faso
He used the girls’ mother’s life-threatening illness as an opportunity to demand sex, said the US Office of Public Affairs.
Continue ReadingHe used the girls’ mother’s life-threatening illness as an opportunity to demand sex, said the US Office of Public Affairs.
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Continue ReadingBombings by Pakistan are the most significant development in tensions between the two neighbours – though the physical impact remains unclear.
Continue ReadingArvind Kejriwal was arrested in March 2024, weeks before India’s general election, and spent months in jail.
Continue ReadingSweden’s defence minister says there is likely a “strong link” between the drone and a Russian naval vessel in the area.
Continue ReadingLast October, the group’s leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, said in a speech that his group had arrested what he described as “well trained spy cells operating under a humanitarian cover”, from organisations including the WFP and Unicef, the UN’s childrens agency. The UN has rejected the allegations.
Continue ReadingOpposition parties have criticised Modi’s visit and accused the government of abandoning the Palestinian cause.
Continue ReadingUnlike traditional Russian propaganda outlets like media companies RT and Sputnik, which the West swiftly sanctioned at the start of the invasion of Ukraine, such campaigns “allow for a level of… plausible deniability that complicates counter-influence efforts”, said Sophie Williams-Dunning, a cyber and tech researcher at the Royal United Services Institute think tank.
Continue ReadingAt that time, Epstein thought the palace, owned by German waste magnate Gunter Kiss, was overvalued at €55m and his initial offer was so low that Kiss was offended and refused to deal with Epstein again, the source who was close to Epstein told the BBC.
Continue ReadingWill a worsening internal crisis create the conditions for the Cuban Revolution to unravel from within?
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