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Another US judge blocks Trump’s ban on transgender troops

A federal judge ruled that transgender service members would suffer "irreparable harm" if removed and criticized the administration’s lack of justification for the ban.A US federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's ban on transgender military troops on Thursday, marking the second nationwide injunction...

Sudan: Army claims control of Khartoum

The Sudanese army has claimed to have complete control over the capital city of Khartoum. The two-year civil war, however, continues as the RSF militia still controls large swaths of the country.The Sudanese army announced it had fully seized control of the capital, Khartoum,...

Major earthquake hits Myanmar, felt in Bangkok

Tremors swayed buildings in the central business area of the Thai capital, where a state of emergency has been declared. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Myanmar, where the powerful tremors were also felt.A major earthquake was felt by residents in the Thai...

Germany: 174 at-risk Afghans land at Hannover airport

A flight from Islamabad in Pakistan has arrived in northern Germany carrying dozens of at-risk Afghans. The German Interior Ministry said it had carried out security interviews beforehand.A chartered airplane carrying 82 women and 92 men from Afghanistan landed at Hannover airport on Thursday...

Turkey: 1,900 protesters detained after Imamoglu’s arrest

Facing its largest protests in over a decade the Turkish government has warned of a crackdown on protestors and extended bans on gatherings in Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir.Following six straight nights of protests in cities across Turkey, authorities have detained 1,879 people since the...

Algeria jails author Boualem Sansal for 5 years

Boualem Sansal was arrested after he said France gave too much land to Algeria and too little to Morocco during the colonial era. Paris has condemned the arrest of the Franco-Algerian author.An Algerian court sentenced French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal to five years in prison...