AUSTRALIA SEES HIGHEST INDIGENOUS DEATHS IN CUSTODY IN 40 YEARS

hu 11 December 2025: Australia recorded its highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody in 40 years between July 2024 and June 2025, the Australian Institute of Criminology said Wednesday. Thirty-three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people died in custody during the period, almost double the average since 1989-90, out of a total of 113 deaths, the report […]

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RECORD NUMBERS OF UKRAINIANS DESERT ARMY AMID LOSSES TO RUSSIA

Wed 10 December 2025: Thousands of soldiers have fled the army despite the threat of jail or social isolation.  Kyiv, Ukraine – Tymofey’s palms and fingers are still dotted with lilac, half-healed scars left by the razor-sharp barbed wire on the walls around the military training centre he busted out from six months ago. The lanky […]

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VENEZUELAN NOBEL WINNER MACHADO SKIPS CEREMONY AMID DEATH THREATS

Wed 10 December 2025: María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition figurehead who clinched the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has decided to skip the Oslo ceremony amid death threats from her nation’s repressive regime, according to the Nobel Institute’s Wednesday announcement. Machado is not currently in Norway and will not appear on stage during the ceremony […]

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MUSLIM GROUP CAIR TO SUE FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS OVER ‘TERROR’ LABEL

Wed 10 December 2025: CAIR says the Florida governor’s decree will not affect the group’s work but could fuel Islamophobia and bigotry across US. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says it is in the process of filing a lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for designating the civil rights group as a “foreign terrorist” […]

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FLORIDA LISTS MUSLIM RIGHTS GROUP CAIR A ‘TERROR ORGANISATION’

  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem, Israel Tue 09 December 2025: Council on American-Islamic Relations has responded to the designation, calling it an ‘unconstitutional’ and ‘defamatory’ proclamation. Florida’s governor has designated the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) a “foreign terrorist organisation”. Ron DeSantis posted his executive order to list […]

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TRUMP ADMIN AXES 85K VISAS AMID EXPANDED SECURITY SCRUTINY

Tue 09 December 2025: According to media reports on Monday, the Trump administration has canceled around 85,000 visas across multiple categories since January—over twice the number revoked during the same period last year. The State Department official told CNN that offenses such as driving under the influence, assault, and theft accounted for nearly half of […]

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GLOBAL WARNING OVER CYBER-ATTACKS TARGETING USERS’ PHONES IN OVER 150 COUNTRIES

Mon 08 December 2025: Google and Apple have issued a new round of cybersecurity warnings to users in more than 150 countries, including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, after detecting attempts to hack phones using advanced spyware linked to the Israeli company Intellexa, according to media reports. The companies said the alerts are part of efforts […]

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TRUMP SAYS HE USED TARIFFS AS LEVERAGE TO END WARS GLOBALLY

Mon 08 December 2025: US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has ended eight wars using trade measures and tariffs as leverage. “I’ve ended eight wars, largely because of trade and because of tariffs,” he told reporters as he arrived at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He defended his tariff approach as superior for national security purposes. […]

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