December 2025

Trump Pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, Sparks Political Storm

Trump Pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, Sparks Political Storm

December 2, 2025 12:50 pm

Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, walked out of a federal prison in West Virginia on Monday after receiving a pardon from United States President Donald Trump, according to official inmate records. His release came less than two years into a forty five year sentence for narcotics conspiracy and weapons offences.

The Trump pardon has immediately reshaped Honduran political debate and added new tension to an already razor thin presidential contest at home, where candidates are separated by only a few hundred votes. The move has also revived long standing questions about Hernández’s legacy and Washington’s approach …

US Venezuela Boat Strike Sparks Legal And Political Uproar

US Venezuela Boat Strike Sparks Legal And Political Uproar

December 2, 2025 12:37 pm

A senior US Navy admiral authorised a second strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in early September, a decision now under intense scrutiny after reports suggested two survivors were killed while clinging to the burning vessel. The White House confirmed the order, setting off a wave of concern from both parties in Congress about the legality of the mission.

The focus of the growing controversy is the 2 September operation in the Caribbean Sea, where US forces have carried out repeated lethal actions against what the Trump administration describes as narcotics transport craft. More than eighty people have died …

Putin Warns Europe As Trump Envoys Arrive For Talks

Putin Warns Europe As Trump Envoys Arrive For Talks

December 2, 2025 12:22 pm

President Vladimir Putin told European capitals on Tuesday that any military clash with Russia would end quickly and decisively, issuing the warning just hours before two senior envoys of United States President Donald Trump arrived in Moscow for talks.

The remarks came as Western governments reacted to leaked United States draft peace ideas that unsettled Kyiv and its supporters. Those proposals appeared last week and suggested concessions on NATO, control of Ukrainian regions and limits on Ukraine’s military. European governments responded with their own peace outline while United States and Ukrainian negotiators said in Geneva that they had created an …

Port Harcourt Refinery: Private Investors To Join Management

Port Harcourt Refinery: Private Investors To Join Management

December 2, 2025 7:03 am

PETROAN says talks are underway for private investors to manage the Port Harcourt refinery under a new LNG-bonding model, with operations eyed for 2026.

Private investors are preparing to take over part of the management of the Port Harcourt refinery under a new LNG-bonding framework, according to the Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN). The move marks one of the most significant steps toward opening Nigeria’s downstream sector to broader private participation and improving supply efficiency.

Dr. Joseph Obele, PETROAN’s National Public Relations Officer, said negotiations with an unnamed international oil company have reached nearly 60% completion.

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Germany Broaden Deportations Of Afghanistan, Syria Nationals

Germany Broaden Deportations Of Afghanistan, Syria Nationals

December 2, 2025 6:13 am

Berlin weighs expanded expulsions of Afghan and Syrian offenders, sparking criticism from migrant rights groups demanding transparency and legal safeguards

Germany is preparing to expand deportations of criminal offenders to Afghanistan and Syria, a shift that has sparked strong reactions from migrant rights advocates and political analysts. According to reports in German media, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is pushing for a more assertive approach that includes the use of both chartered and scheduled commercial flights.

The Interior Ministry has argued that the move is aimed at strengthening internal security and ensuring that offenders who have committed serious crimes face removal

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The Rebel And The Republic: Before You Condemn Nnamdi Kanu

The Rebel And The Republic: Before You Condemn Nnamdi Kanu

December 1, 2025 2:50 am

By Professor MarkAnthony Nze

The Burden of an Imperfect Patriot

It takes neither courage nor wisdom to condemn a man already in chains. Nnamdi Okwu Kanu’s name has become a political fault line, a litmus test of loyalty, identity, and fear. His detractors call him a menace; his followers, a messiah. But the truth, as always, lies between worship and vilification.

Kanu is no saint. His words have sometimes wounded his own cause; his methods occasionally alienated those who might have been allies. Yet the measure of his rebellion cannot be taken by the yardstick of civility. History has never …

Trump Call With Maduro Sparks Fresh Questions Over Venezuela

Trump Call With Maduro Sparks Fresh Questions Over Venezuela

December 1, 2025 1:43 am

U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he spoke by phone with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a rare direct contact between the two leaders as tensions over Caracas’s future continue to rise. Trump acknowledged the conversation while speaking with reporters aboard Air Force One, though he declined to reveal what was discussed.

He offered only a brief comment when pressed about the call. “The answer is yes,” he said, adding that he would not characterise the tone. “I would not say it went well or badly. It was a phone call.”

The disclosure of the exchange comes at …

REUTERS/Tulip Siddiq Corruption Case Brings Two Year Sentence

Tulip Siddiq Corruption Case Brings Two Year Sentence

December 1, 2025 1:32 am

A court in Dhaka sentenced British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison on Monday in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of a government plot of land, according to local media reports. The ruling was delivered while Siddiq remained outside the country, and while several other high profile figures linked to the case were also absent.

The verdict forms part of a sweeping series of convictions against members of the family of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was removed from power during an uprising in 2024. The court also handed Hasina a five year …

Han Hak Ja Bribery Trial Begins In Seoul Court

Han Hak Ja Bribery Trial Begins In Seoul Court

December 1, 2025 1:22 am

A court in Seoul opened the bribery trial of Han Hak ja on Monday, beginning a case that touches the inner circle of former First Lady Kim Keon Hee and deepens the fallout from the political crisis that followed ex president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration in late 2024. Prosecutors accuse Han, the leader of the Unification Church, of offering luxury gifts to secure political influence and business advantages.

The hearing marks one of several investigations launched by special prosecutors into Yoon, his wife and associates after his removal from office. The case has drawn intense public interest in …

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