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Tensions mount as Trump threatens crackdown in Chicago

09-09-2025 WASHINGTON: Tensions between President Trump and Illinois leaders escalated on Saturday when the White House posted an image on social media depicting Trump with helicopters, billowing flames and the Chicago skyline. “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” read the post, titled “Chipocalypse Now,” …

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Irfaan Ali reelected as oil rich Guyana’s President

09-09-2025 GEORGETOWN: Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali has been reelected for a second term, according to the country’s electoral body, after a vote that gave his party a mandate to manage the South American nation’s newfound oil riches amid a territorial dispute with Venezuela. The elections commission said in a statement …

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14 dead after protests against Nepal social media ban

08-09-2025 KATHMANDU: At least 14 people have been killed and dozens injured in Nepal after demonstrations against a government social media ban led to clashes between protesters and security forces. Thousands heeded a call by demonstrators describing themselves as Generation Z to gather near the parliament building in Kathmandu over …

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Sudan paramilitaries accused of crimes against humanity

08-09-2025 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have allegedly committed numerous crimes against humanity during their siege of the city of el-Fasher in Darfur, UN investigators say. The report by the UN Fact-Finding Mission accuses the group of “murder, torture, enslavement, rape, sexual slavery, sexual violence, forced displacement and …

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US weighs strikes on cartels in Venezuela

08-09-2025 WASHINGTON/ CARACAS: United States President Donald Trump had ordered the deployment of F-35 stealth fighter jets to Puerto Rico amid a report he is weighing options for strikes targeting drug cartels operating inside Venezuela, according to news organizations. Sources in the US told news agencies on Friday that 10 …

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