The Taliban administration on Wednesday announced an internet ban across a swath of northern Afghanistan “to prevent immoral activities,” provincial government statements said. The hardline Islamist movement has previously voiced concern over pornography and flirtation between men and women online. It is the first such internet ban since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, though it has announced...
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Some US Deportees To Ghana Say They Are Still Held There, Contradicting Ghanaian Authorities
At least 11 of the 14 immigrants deported by the U.S. to Ghana are still being held in the West African nation, the deportees and their lawyers told The Associated Press on Wednesday, contradicting claims from Ghanaian authorities that the deportees have been sent to their home countries. Three of the deportees spoke to AP of the “terrible” conditions...
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Lawsuits Accuse Former California Megachurch Pastor Of Child Sex Abuse In Bucharest
A former Riverside megachurch pastor has been accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children for years at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in U.S. District Court in California. The complaints, filed Tuesday by 33-year-old Marian Barbu and 40-year-old Mihai-Constantin Petcu, said former Harvest Christian Fellowship pastor...
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Indonesia’s President Picks Retired General As New Security Minister After Deadly Protests
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday appointed a former rival as the new security minister following deadly protests that have been viewed as one of the toughest tests for his presidency. Subianto, a wealthy ex-general, designated retired Gen. Djamari Chaniago, 77, as the coordinating minister of politics and security to replace Budi Gunawan, who was removed from Subianto’s...
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Doctors For Brazil’s Bolsonaro Say Early-Stage Cancer Detected In His Skin Lesions
Doctors for former President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that they detected early-stage cancer in skin lesions removed from the 70-year-old politician following his conviction last week on attempted coup charges. Bolsonaro, under house arrest in Brasilia until his sentence is finalized, has been to hospital twice since Thursday’s court verdict. He went to the DF Star hospital...
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Colombia’s President Lashes Out At Trump Administration Over Drug War Designation
Colombian president Gustavo Petro on Tuesday lashed out at the U.S. government after it added Colombia to a list of nations failing to cooperate in the drug war for the first time in three decades. In a message on his X account, the leftist leader accused the United States of seeking to “participate” in Colombian politics and looking...
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