US PREPARING TO EVACUATE EMBASSY IN IRAQ OVER SECURITY RISKS, SOURCES SAY

Wed 11 June 2025: The United States is preparing to evacuate its embassy in Baghdad due to heightened security risks in the region, three US and two Iraqi sources said on Wednesday while a US official said military dependents could also leave Bahrain. The sources did not specify which security risks had prompted the decision […]

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TRUMP ADMIN PLANS TO SEND UP TO 9,000 UNDOCUMENTED MIGRANTS TO GUANTANAMO BAY

Wed 11 June 2025: The Trump administration is planning to send up to 9,000 undocumented migrants to the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as early as this week, the Washington Post and Politico reported Tuesday. Officials told the news outlets that foreign nationals under consideration for transfer to the facility include migrants from […]

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COUNTRIES CALL FOR BINDING INTERNATIONAL TREATY AGAINST PLASTIC POLLUTION AT UN OCEAN CONFERENCE

Wed 11 June 2025: Several countries attending the 3rd United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in the French Mediterranean city of Nice have called for a binding international agreement to tackle plastic pollution, a growing threat to marine ecosystems and human health. Co-chaired by Costa Rica and France, the conference has brought together leaders and senior […]

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ELON MUSK SAYS HE ‘REGRETS’ SOCIAL MEDIA ATTACKS ON TRUMP

Wed 11 June 2025: Tech billionaire says some of his social media posts about US president ‘went too far’. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has expressed regret over his broadsides against United States President Donald Trump following their spectacular public falling-out. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week,” Musk said in a […]

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VACCINE SCEPTIC RFK JR EXPELS ALL 17 MEMBERS OF CDC VACCINE PANEL

Tue 10 June 2025: US President Trump-appointed Health Secretary and vaccine sceptic will replace panel with his own selections. United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr has purged a 17-member panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides expertise on vaccines. Kennedy, who before taking a position […]

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CHINESE MAN IN US PLEADS GUILTY TO EXPORTING GUNS, AMMO TO NORTH KOREA

Tue 10 June 2025: California resident shipped at least three containers of guns bound for North Korea, according to prosecutors. A Chinese man living illegally in the United States has pleaded guilty to exporting guns, ammunition and other military items to North Korea at the direction of Pyongyang, the US Department of Justice has said. […]

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UKRAINE SAYS RUSSIA TOOK 20,000 CHILDREN DURING WAR. WILL SOME BE RETURNED?

Tue 10 June 2025: Moscow says it has received a list from Kyiv, demanding the release of hundreds of children as ceasefire talks stumble. Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin faces criminal charges for the “unlawful deportation and transfer of children”. That is the definition of the 2023 arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court, […]

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