Thu 06 November 2025: The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) has expressed deep concern over the detention of alumnus and British journalist Sami Hamdi in the US, calling for full transparency and due process. In a statement, the SOASA said reports suggested that Hamdi travelled to the US on a valid visa to participate […]
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Thu 06 November 2025: Flights will be slashed by 10% at 40 airports across the US starting Friday due to the ongoing government shutdown, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday. “There is going to be a 10% reduction in capacity at 40 of our locations,” Duffy said at a news conference in Louisville, Kentucky. “This […]
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Wed 05 November 2025: The wife of British journalist Sami Hamdi, who was recently detained in the US during a speaking tour about Israel’s genocide in Gaza, has urged UK authorities to take immediate action to secure his release. Sami, a British-Tunisian commentator and journalist, was detained on Oct. 26 at San Francisco International Airport by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
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Wed 05 November 2025: On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia has started developing a new generation of nuclear-powered cruise missiles while participating in an award ceremony in Moscow. “Development has begun on the next generation of nuclear-powered cruise missiles. Their speed will be more than three times the speed of sound, and […]
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Wed 05 November 2025: Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate, won the New York City mayoral election on Tuesday, marking him as the first Muslim and South Asian individual to assume the role. At 34 years old, Mamdani triumphed over Independent contender and ex-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as well as Republican Curtis Sliwa, in a […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: Russia and China now carry out 99.1% of their trade settlements in national currencies, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Tuesday, underscoring the countries’ deepening financial integration amid Western sanctions. “If we talk about settlements, 99.1% are carried out in rubles and yuan,” Siluanov told the Rossiya-1 television channel, confirming a […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: The US has circulated a draft resolution to members of the UN Security Council calling for the creation of an international security force in Gaza with a mandate lasting at least two years, the Axios news site reported Monday. According to a copy obtained by Axios, the draft resolution, which was […]
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Tue 04 November 2025: New York City stands on the precipice of electing its new mayor as Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani leads a trio of candidates seeking to become the next leader of America’s largest city. In a sign of how hotly-contested the race has become, over 735,000 ballots have been cast in early voting, […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: The family of British pro-Palestine journalist Sami Hamdi has called on the UK government to intervene after he suffered a health emergency while being held in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, QNN reported. They revealed that Hamdi, who was on a speaking tour, experienced severe pain on his left […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: Acting NASA Administrator and US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday rejected reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s claim that American astronauts never landed on the Moon, saying the US has done so six times. Kardashian, in a recent episode of The Kardashians, questioned the authenticity of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, […]
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