11 h. ago Australia Enacts Stricter Firearms Laws Following Bondi Attack

On Bondi’s Sand, a Country Rewrites Its Rules The surf still rolled in over Bondi’s honeyed sand as if nothing had happened, but the shoreline felt different — raw with memory, flecked with candles, and stitched with conversations that would not settle into easy answers. On a warm evening in December, a Hanukkah gathering at […]

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27 h. ago Sydney surfer mauled by shark — third coastal attack in two days

The Morning the Sea Turned Sharp: Sharks, Surfboards and a City on Edge Sunlight slanted across the gentle curve of Manly’s North Steyne as if nothing dark could disturb the ritual: coffee, the ferry’s chug, wetsuits shivering on the sand, boards tucked under arms. By midday, that ordinary rhythm was fractured by an image people […]

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58 h. ago Somalia: Military Reports Thwarting Al Shabab Attack in Middle Shabelle

The Somali military announced Sunday that it had foiled an attack launched by Al Shabab, affiliated with Al Qaeda, on the Gubad Gobni area in Middle Shabelle Region, southeastern Somalia.

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4 d. ago South Korea’s Yoon Sentenced to Five Years Over Martial Law Attempt

A Courtroom, a Country on Edge: The Fall of Yoon Suk Yeol The morning air outside the Seoul Central District Court was cold and taut, like the silence before a storm. Supporters clustered beneath umbrellas and banners, their voices a mixture of chant and prayer. Across the street, police vans idled, officers in dark coats […]

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6 d. ago Appeal lodged following judge’s dismissal of Kneecap criminal case

A Flag, A Gig and a High Court Drama: When Music, Symbolism and the Law Collide It began, as many cultural flashpoints do, in a darkened room full of bodies and bass. Fans crammed into the O2 Forum in Kentish Town in November 2024, mouths parted at the thunder of a Northern Irish rap group’s […]

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7 d. ago BBC launches bid to get Trump’s defamation lawsuit dismissed

When a BBC Clip Becomes a $10 Billion Storm: A Global Moment for Journalism and the Courts Late one damp evening in London, the hum of computers in a BBC newsroom felt, temporarily, like the eye of a storm. Producers who have spent decades chasing stories across continents were suddenly parsing legal filings. Somewhere in […]

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7 d. ago Minnesota Files Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over ICE Operations

A City in Vigil, a State in Court: Minneapolis After a Death that Changed Everything The wind that evening carried the smell of melted wax and wet chrysanthemums. A weathered photograph of Renee Nicole Good—smiling, eyes steady—leaned against a traffic cone near a stretch of sidewalk turned suddenly into a communal altar. People came and […]

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7 d. ago Taliyaha Sirdoonka Itoobiya oo soo gaaray Muqdisho, lana kulmayo madaxweyne Xasan

Jan 13(Jowhar)-Taliyaha Sirdoonka iyo Nabadsugida Itoobiya Ridwan Hussain ayaa goordhow kasoo dagay magaalada Muqdisho, wuxuu lakulmi doonaa Madaxweyne Xassan Sheikh iyo dhigiisa Nabadsugida Mahad Salaad, isagoo lawadaagaya fariinta Abiy Axmed. Todobaadyadii lasoo dhaafay Madaxtooyada Soomaaliya ayaa weyday xariirka RW Itoobiya ilaa kan wasiirka arrimaha dibada dalkaas, si loogu cadaadiyo cadeynta mawqifkeeda Midnimada. Kulamadan waxaa looga […]

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1 week ago Australia declares national disaster as devastating bushfires rage nationwide

When the Sky Turned Copper: Fires, Heat and the New Normal in Victoria The horizon above Longwood looked like a painting scorched at the edges — a low, seething rim of smoke blotting out the late-afternoon sun and turning the whole world the color of old copper. Embers skittered across paddocks, tumbling like angry sparks […]

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1 week ago Trump warns U.S. role in Venezuelan affairs could persist for years

When Power Crosses a Line: Venezuela, Oil and the Unsettling Pause Between War and Law Late into a humid Washington night, the Senate chamber hummed with a rare and uneasy consensus. Fifty-two senators voted to advance a resolution designed to stop President Donald Trump from launching further military action against Venezuela without Congress’s express approval. […]

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1 week ago Russia Says Foreign Troops in Ukraine Are Legitimate Targets

Paris, Power Cuts and the Pulse of a Continent on Edge In a marble room in Paris, leaders and generals and diplomats scribbled the shape of tomorrow — a compact that, if enacted, could place Western troops on Ukrainian soil should a ceasefire be reached. Outside, the winter sky over Europe was a hard, metallic […]

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1 week ago Heatwave Hammers Australia’s South as Officials Warn of Health Risks

When the south turned to iron: living through Australia’s sudden furnace There is a particular smell that rises from bitumen and gum trees when the heat hits the way it did this week — a metallic, baked-sweet scent that hanging in the air feels almost like a warning. Streets shimmered, air conditioners chugged like tired […]

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2 w. ago Netanyahu’s Somaliland recognition fails to ignite diaspora celebration

Both Israel and UK Lawyers for Israel contrast the Somaliland Administration with Palestine in order to argue that the latter… Sii akhri

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2 w. ago More than 30 killed, several people kidnapped in Nigeria attack

Night of Fire in Kasuwan Daji: A Market Turned Graveyard They tell you markets are the heartbeat of a village. In Kasuwan Daji — literally “the bush market” in Hausa — that heartbeat still echoes tonight, but broken. Stalls that at dawn would have brimmed with tomatoes and millet now lie smouldering under a sky […]

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3 w. ago Ukraine says no credible evidence of an attack on Putin’s residence

Smoke and Signals: How an Alleged Drone Strike Reignited a Fragile Peace Process On a bitterly cold morning, the world found itself leaning forward—listening to a story that smelled of smoke, satellite imagery, denials and the old, familiar echo of war-time politics. Russian state outlets accused Ukrainian forces of launching a drone strike aimed at […]

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3 w. ago Arab states denounce Israeli move to recognize Somaliland, back Somalia

everal Arab countries on Friday condemned Israel’s decision to recognize Somalia’s breakaway Somaliland region, calling it a breach of international law and reiterating their support for Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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3 w. ago Man Detained After Knife Attack Injures Three Women on Paris Metro

The afternoon the city held its breath Paris in late afternoon is a study in ordinary motion: hurried footsteps on damp cobblestones, the clatter of café spoons against porcelain, the tired grin of commuters trading small talk beneath the glow of station signs. On Line 3 of the Métro — the short, busy ribbon that […]

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3 w. ago Authorities uncover over one million additional potential Jeffrey Epstein documents

A Million Papers, One Pause: Inside the New Pause in the Epstein File Releases On a gray December morning in Manhattan, the courthouse steps felt unusually crowded with a different kind of foot traffic — not the usual lawyers and tourists, but reporters with steaming coffee, advocates clutching folders, and neighbours peering out from behind […]

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4 w. ago Two convicted over plot to attack Jewish community in Manchester

When the Plan Met the Undercover Agent: How a Plot to Target Manchester’s Jewish Community Was Stopped On a gray morning in early May, more than 200 police officers fanned out around a hotel car park in Bolton. The atmosphere was clinical, rehearsed — the orchestration of men and radios, of unmarked vans and plain-clothed […]

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4 w. ago Authorities say Bondi attack suspects received tactical training before the attack

Bondi’s Quiet Broken: A Beach, a Minute’s Silence, and the Aftermath of Violence On a raw, gray morning at Bondi Beach, the city held its breath. Waves moved in indifferent rhythm toward the sand, gulls circled, and 7.47am arrived like a metronome: one minute of silence for a community that, in the space of a […]

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