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Trinidad and Tobago anti-gay sex law struck down by Privy Council

Trinidad and Tobago’s law criminalising consensual sexual relations between male same-sex couples was overturned by a London court on Tuesday, after a legal challenge by a gay man who said the law breached his human rights. Jason Jones challenged the Caribbean nation’s Sexual Offences Act – which made “buggery” and “gross indecency” illegal – as breaching his fundamental rights under the country’s constitution. London’s Privy Council, the final court of appeal for Trinidad and Tobago, ruled...

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Israeli opposition hurries to seize control as new Knesset is sworn in

Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot has mandate to try to form a government – with Netanyahu waiting if he fails Opposition lawmakers have wasted no time after Israel’s new Knesset was sworn in, deploying their majority to seize control of the legislature from Benjamin Netanyhau and his allies. Although they are still too divided to form a government, the opposition requested a vote for a new speaker, who sets the Knesset’s agenda. Once Netanyahu loyalist Amir Ohana has been replaced, the six opposition parties will be able to work on key legislation even if they broker a coalition. Continue reading...

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US soldier detained in Britain over suspected intelligence support to Russia

A senior US Army soldier was arrested in Britain on suspicion of assisting Russian intelligence, British police said on Tuesday, after the US removed aircraft from British military bases over a separate apparent threat from Iran. FBI Director Kash Patel said the arrest of the 41-year-old man related to “allegations of espionage, which is of the utmost concern to the United States and our allies”. Brigadier General Sean Stinchon, the commanding general of US Army Counterintelligence Command,...

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Jensen Huang controversy could spur tighter chip curbs on China, analysts warn

China hawks in Washington could weaponise allegations that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence, despite denials from Beijing, Chinese experts warn. They said controversy would give US hardliners fresh ammunition to push for tougher curbs on AI chip exports to China. One of them compared the potential fallout to the 2023 “spy balloon” incident, when the US shot down in its airspace what Beijing said was an off-course weather balloon, putting relations on ice for...

Politics· Developing

Congressional Republicans confront major midterm losses as lame duck begins

With weeks left on the congressional calendar, House and Senate representatives have a host of issues they still need to tackle On their first day back in the Capitol after comprehensive defeats in last week’s midterm elections, Republicans were divided into two camps: those who saw the catastrophe coming, and those who did not. “I told you exactly what was going to happen. Over and over and over, I told you,” said West Virginia senator Jim Justice. “I said really and truly, if you weren’t concerned and you were a Republican, you were living in a cave. That was my exact words.” Continue reading...

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Sheikh Hasina aims to return to Bangladesh despite facing death penalty

Former prime minister faces death penalty upon return after being sentenced in absentia over deaths in 2024 uprising Sheikh Hasina is “confident” she will return to Bangladesh in December, according to exiled members of her party, after the disgraced former prime minister applied for a new passport this week. Hasina has been living in self-imposed exile since August 2024 when she was toppled from power by a mass uprising against her authoritarian rule. She crossed the border to India, where she has since been allowed to live freely in Delhi. Continue reading...

ExplainedWorld· Developing

Why is fighting escalating between Yemen's Houthis and Saudi Arabia?

A breakdown of a years-long truce has triggered intense clashes in Yemen and renewed Houthi missile and drone assaults against Saudi Arabian infrastructure. The escalation has claimed hundreds of lives, damaged office property in Riyadh, and disrupted regional transport.

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