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November 30, 2025 Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque
Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmed Mosque – widely known as the Blue Mosque – in his first visit to a Muslim place of worship since he took up the papacy in May. The Pontiff was seen bowing as he entered the building, but it is reported he did not pray at the […]
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November 29, 2025 US halts all asylum claim decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
The Trump administration is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) director Joseph Edlow has said. On Friday, in a post on X, Edlow said the pause would be in place “until we can ensure that every alien […]
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November 27, 2025 Rare global attention firmly focused on Sudan’s disastrous conflict
By Martin Banks Recent events have led to fresh calls for the U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt the carnage.
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November 23, 2025 ‘We worry more about food’ say Venezuelans living under threat of US military action
While Nicolás Maduro’s government lives on edge under a military threat from US President Donald Trump, ordinary Venezuelans spend their time trying to figure out what to eat each day. It’s Wednesday morning at Quinta Crespo, a popular market in downtown Caracas. Here, a possible escalation of the conflict is not the main concern of […]
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November 22, 2025 Migrant workers must not be “criminalised” says UN
By Martin Banks UN human rights experts have voiced fresh concerns about what they call the “continued exploitation, deception, and deepening debt bondage” of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia. “We are deeply troubled that fraudulent recruitment and the exploitation of migrants remain widespread and systematic in Malaysia,” the experts said.
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November 20, 2025 US military officials in Ukraine amid reports of Russia peace plan
Senior Pentagon officials have arrived in Ukraine to “discuss efforts to end the war” with Russia, the US military has said. The team, led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, is expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday when he returns from a trip to Turkey. Reports began surfacing on Wednesday […]
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November 18, 2025 Trump’s plan for Gaza backed by UN Security Council
The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US-drafted resolution that endorses US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza. Included in the plan is the establishment of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), to which, the US says, multiple unnamed countries have offered to contribute. The resolution was backed by 13 countries – including […]
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November 17, 2025 Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files
Donald Trump has urged lawmakers in his own party to vote to release files relating to the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The US president wrote on Sunday night that House Republicans should do so “because we have nothing to hide”. The reversal of his position follows a slow drip feed of documents concerning the disgraced […]
