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Once a giant of African politics, the PDP is in danger of being wiped out after January's elections.
BBC World
Iran has so far proved adept at finding ways around years of already punishing sanctions on its economy.
BBC World
The US hit a debt milestone this week, but just how worried should we be about the world's largest economy?
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A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.
The Guardian
Progressive wins bitter fight for seat formerly held by congressman who quit amid sexual misconduct claimsProgressive Aisha Wahab was elected to Congress in a special election on Tuesday following a bitter intra-party battle over the seat formerly held by Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April after facing sexual misconduct allegations. Swalwell has denied the allegations.Wahab, a state senator, was widely considered the frontrunner in the district in California’s East Bay and had the backing of t
The Guardian
Christine Hunsicker, former CEO of CaaStle, gave investors falsified documents that overstated profit and cash reservesA fashion tech founder was sentenced to five years in federal prison for her involvement in a $300m “fraud scheme” spanning from 2019 to 2025, the Manhattan US attorney’s office announced on Thursday. Christine Hunsicker, 49, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release.Hunsicker, the founder and ex-CEO of CaaStle Inc, had pleaded guilty this March to one count of sec
BBC World
US military exercises with South Korea end early on Friday, at a time when the North is in a position of strength.
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Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.
The Guardian
Move may signal attempt to improve relations between military-backed government and ex-leader’s partyThe jailed former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan has been transferred to a hospital in Islamabad for medical examination, fulfilling a longstanding demand by supporters who say his health has deteriorated during more than three years in prison.The move followed a supreme court order this week and is seen as a potential first step toward easing tensions between Khan’s party and Pakistan
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Paul Biya, 93, had been in Switzerland since early June. The prolonged absence stirred questions about his health and plans for succession.
NY Times World
President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.
WSJ World News
The South Carolina Senate candidate’s goof wasn’t good, but neither was the answer by her competitor, Ralph Norman.
The Guardian
Exclusive: Rahil Prakash tells the Guardian: ‘I wanted to see if fake polls could penetrate the ecosystem that easily’A 21-year-old recent college graduate was behind an anonymous website that put out widely shared fake election polling in Wisconsin, Nevada and California, the Guardian can reveal.The website, Median Strategies, abruptly shut down and withdrew its polling earlier this week following questions from a reporter from the Los Angeles Times. In an unsigned statement, it described a “sh
NY Times World
Japan had tried to dissuade the U.S. from imposing sanctions on Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, but the White House pressed ahead.
BBC World
Prosecutors say the Albany woman had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, and wanted to bomb the statehouse to kill lawmakers.
The Guardian
José Mejía Hernandez, 45, who was hospitalized for his injuries, was then transferred to an ICE office and fitted with an ankle monitorA man in Virginia was hospitalized with a brain injury and severe bruising all over his face after he was arrested by US immigration agents, according to his lawyers, who shared photos and medical records with the Guardian.José Mejía Hernandez, 45, was walking to a bus stop in Arlington on the morning of 11 August when two agents got out of an unmarked vehicle an
BBC World
The men, aged 53 and 32, lost contact with their fishing cooperative on 14 August, 75 miles off the coast of Mexico.
The Guardian
Courier network carried millions of dollars in cash to Lebanon on commercial flights, treasury department saysThe US treasury department announced sanctions on Thursday against 10 people it says formed a courier network that smuggled hundreds of millions of dollars to Hezbollah by carrying cash onboard commercial flights between Iran, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.The office of foreign assets control (OFAC) said the network allowed Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant grou
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The former prime minister of Pakistan, who was convicted on corruption charges, has been fighting a legal battle over his medical treatment.
BBC World
Khan was taken from Adiala jail and sent to Shifa International Hospital under heavy security, local media report.