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Argentine embassy sorrounded by Venezuelan security forces!
Photo credit: BBC Armed and hooded members of the Venezuelan security forces have surrounded Argentina’s embassy in Caracas, according to the country’s opposition. CNN reports that six opposition members are currently taking refuge in the embassy. They fled there to escape a crackdown by Venezuelan authorities in the run-up to July’s presidential elections. Pedro Urruchurtu, who…
Ukraine has lost 40% of Kursk!
Photo credit: CNA Ukraine has lost over 40% of the territory in Russia’s Kursk region that it seized in a surprise incursion in August as Russian forces have mounted waves of counterassaults, according to a senior Ukrainian military source. Reuters reports that the source said Russia had deployed 59,000 troops to the Kursk region since…
Refugee family finds home in Vancouver Island!
Photo credit: Victoria News A farm operation in the Cowichan Valley has stepped in to help bring a refugee family from Afghanistan to the region. Sooke News Mirror reports that Cammy Lockwood, the Green party candidate for the Cowichan Valley in the provincial election in October, has hired Mohammed Aziz, the patriarch of an Afghan family…
The fluidity of arrest warrants! by Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Times of Israel That the International Criminal Court has issued warrants of arrest on two Israeli leaders and one Hamas leader is no longer news. However, is the ruling worth the paper on which it was written? I ask this question with all seriousness. Lawyers usually use relevant judgements as precedents to support their…
Canada uncovers 10,000 fake student visas!
Photo credit: the standard Canada’s Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) uncovered over 10,000 fraudulent student acceptance letters this year. BS50 reports that the revelation follows intensified scrutiny of international student applications, with 500,000 documents reviewed in 2024, under stricter verification measures. Media reports say about 80% of the fake letters were linked to students from…
420,000 syrian refugees return from Lebanon!
Photo credit: Financial Times Lebanese Minister of the Displaced Issam Charafeddine said on Friday that 420,000 Syrian refugees had returned from Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israel conflict in October 2025. People’s Daily Online reports that Syrian authorities dealt positively with Syrian returnees and the 170,000 displaced Lebanese who had sought refuge in Syria due to…
Call on Russia to reduce anti-migrant sentiments!
Kyrgyzstan’s speaker, Nurlanbek Shakiev, has called on Russia to reduce anti-migrant sentiments. Kyrgyz Republic is a landlocked country in eastern Central Asia. 24KG reports that the speaker stated this at the 57th plenary session of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in Petersburg. he emphasized that terrorism has no nationality or ethnicity, so it is necessary to…