HEADSCARF BAN FOR DUTCH ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DELAYED AFTER WARNING

Tue 18 November 2025: The Dutch Cabinet has postponed plans to ban law enforcement officers from wearing visible religious symbols following a warning from the Council of State, local media reported on Monday. The government put on hold the move to implement a ban on religious symbols including headscarves for special investigating officers, known as BOAs, as […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | TUESDAY – 18 NOVEMBER 2025

Tue 18 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ G-20 Summit Will Move On Without US: “We believe that the countries that are present here must be able to take a decision and adopt a declaration,” Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s foreign minister, told the inaugural Bloomberg Africa Business Summit in the city […]

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SYRIA DENIES REPORTS OF HANDOVER OF UYGHUR FIGHTERS TO CHINA

Mon 17 November 2025: A Syrian foreign ministry has denied reports that Damascus has agreed to hand over hundreds of foreign fighters from China’s Muslim Uyghur minority to Beijing, as Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani made his first visit to the country. On Monday, AFP reported anonymous government sources as saying that that Damascus had agreed to repatriate 400 Uyghur fighters to […]

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BANGLADESH DEMANDS INDIA EXTRADITE CONVICTED EX-PM HASINA

Mon 17 November 2025: Bangladesh on Monday demanded India extradite ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, hours after she was sentenced to hang for crimes against humanity. Hasina’s autocratic rule was backed by New Delhi, and the 78-year-old fled to India after her ouster in a mass uprising in August 2024, fraying relations between the two neighbours. […]

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RESTLESS BEINGS URGES SUSTAINED SUPPORT FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES

Mon 17 November 2025: Director and Founder of Restless Beings, Mabrur Ahmed, warned that conditions inside the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh had continued to deteriorate as education systems collapsed and families endured increasingly harsh living environments. Nearly a decade of displacement had left the community confined to shelters never intended for long-term residence, with […]

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45 MOSTLY INDIAN PILGRIMS KILLED IN SAUDI ARABIA BUS ACCIDENT

Mon 17 November 2025: 45 people were killed after a bus carrying Indian pilgrims met with an accident in Saudi Arabia, officials said Monday. The incident occurred in Medina, and the bus was carrying Indian nationals, authorities said. “Forty-five people have died, and there is only one survivor who is currently in the hospital,” V.C.Sajjanar, a top police officer […]

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THE SCIENCE OF WEIGHT LOSS – AND WHY YOUR BRAIN IS WIRED TO KEEP YOU FAT

Mon 17 November 2025: For decades, we’ve been told that weight loss is a matter of willpower: eat less, move more. But modern science has proven this isn’t actually the case. More on that in a moment. But first, let’s go back a few hundred thousand years to examine our early human ancestors. Because we can blame […]

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UN REPORT WARNS OF DEEPENING HUNGER CRISIS IN 16 GLOBAL HOTSPOTS

Mon 17 November 2025: A new joint report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP) warned Wednesday that acute food insecurity is worsening across 16 global hunger hotspots, with millions at risk of famine between November 2025 and May 2026. According to the Hunger Hotspots report, conflict and […]

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US REP. GREENE QUESTIONS ISRAELI TIES TO EPSTEIN, SAYS FEUD WITH TRUMP STEMS FROM FILES PUSH

Mon 17 November 2025: US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Sunday that a foreign government may be pressuring President Donald Trump to keep Jeffrey Epstein files hidden, specifically questioning Israel’s potential involvement with the late sex offender, Anadolu reports. “I think the question that many Americans are asking” is whether Epstein was working for Israel, Greene […]

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TRUMP SIGNALS POSSIBLE TALKS WITH MADURO AS US RAMPS UP CARIBBEAN MILITARY CAMPAIGN

Mon 17 November 2025: US President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that talks may be held with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro as tensions and a military buildup continue in the Caribbean Sea. “We may be having some discussions with Maduro, and we’ll see how that turns out…They would like to talk,” Trump told reporters in […]

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