U.S. forces boarded the oil tanker Veronica III in the Indian Ocean after it attempted to evade a quarantine order issued under Donald Trump’s administration. The vessel was tracked from the Caribbean and intercepted without incident in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility. The Panama-flagged tanker is on the U.S. sanctions list and has been linked to transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. … Continue reading US forces board sanctioned oil tanker after vessel tried to evade Trump quarantine

Cyclone Gezani has struck Mozambique’s Inhambane province, killing at least four people and cutting power to over 13,000 residents, while also disrupting water supplies in the city of 100,000. The storm hit a day after devastating Madagascar, where it killed at least 41 people, injured hundreds, and displaced more than 16,000, leaving $142 million in damages. In Madagascar, the cyclone’s eye passed over Toamasina, the … Continue reading Cyclone Gezani kills four in Mozambique as Madagascar assesses damage

The Israeli government approved a plan to claim large parts of the West Bank as “state property” if Palestinians cannot prove ownership, sparking accusations of “de-facto annexation.” The proposal, advanced by far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich, Yariv Levin, and Israel Katz, would resume land registration processes frozen since 1967, making it extremely difficult for Palestinians to prove ownership. The Palestinian presidency and Hamas condemned the decision, … Continue reading Israel approves proposal to register West Bank lands as ‘state property’

An expert analysis found that 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, who carried out a deadly shooting at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School in Canada before killing herself, had a long online history involving firearms, mass violence and graphic “gore” content. Analysts from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue said she was active on WatchPeopleDie, a website known for hosting violent material and previously linked to other attackers. Her … Continue reading Online activity of Canada school shooter shows a fascination with mass violence & violent content

The United Nations said more than 6,000 people were killed over three days in late October when Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a brutal offensive to seize el-Fasher in the Darfur region. A report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights detailed mass killings, executions, sexual violence and other abuses that may constitute war crimes and crimes against … Continue reading At least 6,000 killed over 3 days during RSF attack on Sudan’s el-Fasher

Five European countries — United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden and Netherlands — said tests showed that Aleksei A. Navalny was poisoned with epibatidine, a toxin found in South American poison dart frogs, directly challenging Russia’s claim that he died of natural causes in an Arctic prison in 2024. The governments stated that only Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to deploy the toxin and … Continue reading Navalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say