Trump ramps up third-country US deportations
By Alia Chughtai and Umar Farooq October 15, 2026 Official data shows tens of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers have been sent to countries they have no ties to. Credit: Sgt Walker Pino/US Department of Defense/AFP United States immigration authorities have dramatically stepped up detentions and deportations since January 2025, when Donald Trump became president. Trump campaigned on a pledge to implement the “largest deportation operation in American history”. Officers
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Outcry: Passing of police bill that threaten press freedom
By Natricia Duncan October 20, 2026 Journalists call for urgent amendment to special operations bill, which increases police search and seizure powers Officers in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Photograph: Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images Journalists in Trinidad and Tobago have called for an urgent amendment to a sweeping new bill that increases police powers of search and seizure, which they argue threatens the country’s much-vaunted freedom
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French Settler Colonialism in Algeria and the Definition of Genocide
By Solenn Renault Defeated Algerian tribe leaders are forced to take part in a celebration parade in Paris for the centenary of France's colonization of Algeria to show their allegiance to their "homecountry", 14th of July 1930, Credit: Getty Images used by Le Nouvel Obs France's colonization of Algeria started in 1830 with the invasion of Alger and lasted for 132 years until Algeria's independence in 1962. The initial process of colonization led to native population of Alger
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Fleeing the frontline: Yemeni families cross Red Sea to Djibouti as Houthi conflict rages
Their overland routes to safety blocked off, several thousand people have boarded boats to escape gunfire, bombing and a dire humanitarian situation. By The Guardian October 20, 2026 Madinah Abdullah (in pink) and her family members at the Markazi humanitarian site in Obock, Djibouti, on 6 October. Photograph: Carlos Mureithi/The Guardian Abubaker Saeed was fishing in the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast last month when he noticed explosions in the distance. His mind turned immediat
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Amnesty says death penalty reforms leave Singapore isolated
By Ellie Cho October 9, 2026 Credit: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Amnesty International on Thursday said a growing number of Southeast Asian states are cutting back on the death penalty, creating new momentum towards abolition in a region long known for its strong support for capital punishment. The statement came ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, alongside a new briefing examining progress towards abolition and continued resis
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Japanese PM Takaichi makes ritual offering to Yasukuni Shrine
By The Japan Times October 18, 2026 Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a ritual tree stand offering to the war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Saturday. Credit: JIJI Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made a ritual masakaki tree stand offering to war-related Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Saturday, the start of its autumn festival. She offered the masakaki in her capacity as prime minister. Takaichi is expected to skip a visit to the Shinto shrine during the three-day festival, w
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