An aide who worked for a leading member of Germany’s far-right AfD party has been given a jail term of four years and nine months for spying for China.
Jian Guo had worked in Brussels for Maximilian Krah, a member of the European Parliament for…
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US protesters decry Gaza ‘peace plan’ ultimatum as hollow diversion
Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, WashingtonThe chiefs of the United States and Israel met yet again in Washington, as the two continue to collude in the genocide of Gaza. A 20-point…
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Afghan women lose their ‘last hope’ as Taliban shuts down internet
Mahfouz ZubaideAfghanistan producer
Getty ImagesFahima Noori had big dreams when she graduated from university in Afghanistan.
She had studied law, graduated from a midwifery programme and even worked in a mental health clinic.
But all that was…
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Madagascar’s government dissolves amid protests
Inspired by the “gen Z” protests in Kenya and Nepal, the three days of demonstrations are the largest the Indian Ocean island has seen in years.
“We acknowledge and apologise if members of the government have not carried out the tasks…
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School collapse in Indonesia leaves three dead, 38 missing
National Search and Rescue Agency head Mohammad Syafii said as of 12.30pm (0530 GMT) on Tuesday, “the number of victims is 102 people, consisting of 99 survivors, 3 deaths”.
Rescuers are searching for 38 people believed to be trapped under…
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Nobel Prize winner advocates for Netanyahus arrest on Argentine soil
Argentine Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel has petitioned a federal court to uphold International Criminal Court (ICC) decisions and detain Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of genocide…
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US shutdown looms as Trump and Democrats end meeting without a deal
The US is hurtling towards a government shutdown on Tuesday night, and there appears to be little appetite on either side of the partisan divide to avoid it.
A last-ditch meeting between President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders in Congress…
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Jobs in the balance over deal’s uncertain future
Akisa WanderaBBC Africa, Nairobi
Hassan Lali / BBCJoan Wambui’s family relies on the money she earns from working at Shona EPZ At Shona EPZ, a garment factory in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, the tension is inescapable.
The industrious thrum of the…
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9 security personal dead in an IED explosion in NW Pakistan
At least nine security personnel were killed and eight others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday, according to security officials, Xinhua reported.
The incident…
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Israeli officials slam Netanyahu for apologizing to Qatar over unprovoked assault
Many Israeli officials, including far-right ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, have slammed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for apologizing to Qatar over Tel Aviv’s attacks on Hamas’s leadership in the…
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