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Author: Emre Basaran
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Ekrem mamolu is accused of aiding the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party. Turkey's police arrest him amid a larger crackdown on the opposition. The move comes days before the presidential candidate elections. It comes a day after Istanbul University annulled his degree. Mamolu and his aides are accused of corruption. Critics say the crackdown follows significant losses by Erdogan’s ruling party in local elections last year.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was arrested on Wednesday morning. Authorities also closed several roads around Istanbul and banned demonstrations in the city for four days. The mayor was elected mayor of Turkiye’s largest city in March 2019. Turkiye’s next presidential vote is scheduled for 2028, but early elections are possible. CHP chairman Ozgur Ozel denounced Imamoglu’s arrest as a coup.

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Author: Andrew Naughtie
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Around 2,200 files — consisting of more than 63,000 pages — were posted on the website of the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) on Tuesday. The vast majority of the archives' 6 million pages of records, photographs, motion pictures, sound recordings and artefacts related to the assassination had already been available to the public. President Donald Trump told reporters that the release was coming, though he estimated it at about 80,000 pages. The incident was captured on film in graphic footage that has been pored over by experts and conspiracy theorists ever since. In 1964, the Warren Commission concluded that Oswald had acted alone and that there was no evidence of a conspiracy. During his first term in 2017, Trump said that he would allow the release of all of the remaining records. FBI said it had discovered 2,400 new records related to the assassination. They include CIA cables and memos discussing visits by Oswald to the Soviet and Cuban embassies during a trip to Mexico City. One CIA memo describes how he phoned the Soviet embassy while in Mexico City to ask for a visa to visit the USSR. Russia and Ukraine launched drone attacks on each other's territory. Vladimir Putin declined to back a full 30-day ceasefire originally proposed by the US. Russian officials say a Ukrainian drone sparked a small fire. Trump denied the Kremlin's claim that Putin demanded an end to foreign military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine. Zelenskyy said after the call that Ukraine is open to any proposals that lead to sustainable and just peace. Russia previously demanded Ukraine pull back its troops from four regions Moscow claims it annexed.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Imane Khelif won Paris Olympics boxing gold amid a gender-eligibility row. Trump signed an executive order banning transgender women from female sports in the United States. Under the order signed in February, federal government funding will be denied to educational institutes that allow trans girls and women to participate in female sports. Imane Khelif was disqualified by the International Boxing Association at the 2023 world championships after a test that the body said rendered her ineligible to fight as a woman on the grounds of gender. The IBA lost its Olympic recognition over governance issues, however.

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Author: The Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 18/03/2025 | 14:45:46

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Crimea was home to Turkic-speaking Tatars when the Russian empire first annexed it in the 18th century. It briefly regained independence as a Tatar republic two centuries later before being swallowed by the Soviet Union. In 1944, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin deported nearly 200,000 Tataris to Central Asia, 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles) to the east. Ukraine needs Crimea in order to have control over activities in the Black Sea. In 2014, a popular uprising in Ukraine forced pro-Moscow President Victor Yanukovich from office. Putin responded by sending troops to overrun Crimea — they initially appeared on the peninsula in uniforms without insignia. Moscow threw its weight behind insurgents, even though the Kremlin denied supporting them with troops and weapons. There was abundant evidence to the contrary, including a Dutch court’s finding that a Russia-supplied air defense system shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in July 2014. Russian hard-liners later criticized Putin for failing to capture all of Ukraine that year.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Mahmoud Khalil was arrested on March 8 after he and his pregnant wife returned from a dinner. He decried his arrest and conditions facing detainees in United States immigration facilities. In a letter made public on Tuesday, he said he was a political prisoner. Donald Trump has accused student protesters from Columbia University of engaging in activities aligned with Hamas. Khalil said his arrest was a direct result of his activism for a free Palestine.

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Author: David Pierson and Berry Wang
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Chinese experts say Beijing is open to talks but is being stonewalled by the State Department and other official channels. President Trump fueled new speculation this week about a meeting with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. China wants to try to head off further escalations in the trade war that would set back its efforts to revive the country’s beleaguered economy, experts say. Chinese officials describing Beijing’s efforts to curtail the production of fentanyl last week urged the United States to return to dialogue. Beijing wants to know what Mr. Trump wants from China in a potential trade deal as well as how he might respond to China’s wish list. China may see lack of urgency from the U.S. Side for high-level talks as reflecting an effort by Mr. Rubio and Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Waltz, to stonewall China. “Rubio is not in the mood to do anything” in terms of talks because he considers China a threat, said Wang Dong. The next month will be critical for US-China relations, analysts say. China is likely to want Mr. Trump to come to Beijing rather than have Mr. Xi travel to the United States. U.S. Officials may also want to put a firmer agenda around such meeting. Senator Steve Daines of Montana will be visiting China this week to attend a business forum. China has said any deal would only be acceptable if it is in line with market principles, meaning the United States can’t simply sell China products at a much higher price to meet a target. For now, Mr. Trump might be biding his time to build leverage in a future negotiation with China, Ms. Sun said, dealing with other trading partners while letting the Chinese “stew in their own juice at the same time”

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Author: Euronews
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday. Their SpaceX capsule flew down into the Gulf of Mexico in the evening. The capsule ended 286 days in space from what was supposed to be just a week-long mission. So SpaceX will launch the next crew for NASA as soon as July. The European Commission will decide whether to definitely scrap its planned liability rules for artificial intelligence systems by August. The Commission indicated that the file could stay on the table if the EU Parliament and Council undertake extensive work on it over the coming year. The file has not been officially withdrawn, but the Commission need to do this in six months, starting from the publication of the work program.

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Author: Erin Hale
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Chinese state media and pro-China commentators welcome de facto shutting down of Voice of America. Global Times described VOA as a “carefully crafted propaganda machine”. The comments were echoed by former Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin. RFA generated global headlines in 2017 when its Uighur-language service became the first news outlet to report on the widespread detention of Uighurs in so-called “vocational education and training centres” in Xinjiang. RFA has also been “exceptional” in “covering stories unfolding on the ground in China that otherwise are not covered”, director of the Taiwan-based China Media Project said. On Friday, Trump signed an executive order calling for the elimination of USAGM “to the maximum extent consistent with The guests they invite have become increasingly biased. And now, things have reached this state," Liu said. Liu says the guests have become more biased.

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Author: Kaddy Jawo
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Taba, a local Mandinka word for powdered tobacco, has been consumed in The Gambia for generations, usually through smoking, snuffing and chewing. Sellers like Saf take regular taba and mix it with potent chemicals to enhance its intoxicating effect. Many women then use it intravaginally, believing it enhances sexual pleasure. Taraba*, 28, and Isatu*, 42, began using taba to address health concerns. "Taba damaged my system," says Taraba, who initially took it in an attempt to cure gonorrhoea. It felt like fire burning inside me, and my whole body became paralysed. Regular user Fatmata insists taba has no harmful effects on her health. Taba seller Saf agrees, saying most customers have been buying from her for years. The ministry has used social media to educate the public on the risks. “Taba is dangerous, and women should reject it,” said Minister Lamin Samateh. Women’s rights organisations have also been raising awareness about the harmful effects of taba. Taba is commonly sold secretly in markets and within circles of older women. But it is not available in shops. Saf runs a makeshift business on the outskirts of Banjul. At one of the busiest markets in Banjul, a 75-year-old seller insists on taba’s medicinal properties, claiming it heals wounds, relieves back pain and cures headaches. At her makeshift stall, the woman who has been in the trade for decades works openly but also in secret. Each transaction is swift and calculated; she scans the surroundings before carefully opening the jar, retrieving the product, and slipping it into the hands of a waiting customer Dr Bittaye suggests that a starting point in addressing taba issue may be the Tobacco Control Act. The Ministry of Health works with NGOs to educate the Gambian women about the dangers of taba. But while the authorities deliberate, women continue to demand it.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Israeli army claims it struck a “Hamas military site” in northern Gaza overnight. The attacks come after at least 404 Palestinians, many of them children, were killed as Israel resumed its full-fledged bombing of Gaza on Tuesday. Israeli helicopter fire and artillery shelling were reported east of Bureij refugee camp on Wednesday. Protests erupt in Israel Israel’s opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yair Lapid. The entire nation must “come together and say: ‘Enough!’.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) has filed a lawsuit against the sport’s governing bodies. It accuses them of anti-competitive practices and a disregard for player welfare. The PTPA said on Tuesday that after years of good-faith efforts to reform professional tennis, it had been forced to take legal action to end “monopolistic control” of the sport. ATP accused the PTPA of choosing “division and distraction” and having no meaningful role in the sport. The WTA defended its record of growing women’s tennis, describing the lawsuit as “baseless” Nick Kyrgios believes the lawsuit marks a “special moment” and that it was high time players’ voices were heard. PTPA accuses players of paying "artificially low compensation" to professional tennis players. The lawsuit calls the schedule unsustainable, says players are made to play in extreme heat.

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Author: ALEKSANDAR FURTULA Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 06:09:10

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The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a “fish doorbell” on a river lock. The idea is simple: An underwater camera sends live footage to a website. When someone watching the site sees enough fish, they alert a water worker who opens the lock to let the fish swim through.

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Author: Niko Vorobyov
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Sue Dobson, a young white woman from Pretoria, was recruited by the African National Congress (ANC) to be a spy within the South African apartheid regime. As part of her mission, she was flown to Moscow for specialist training. The job gave her access to ministers and other high-profile information. Dobson's memoir is titled Burned: The Spy South Africa Never Caught. She said she did not know enough about the “nuances and subtleties of the situation” to comment on Russia’s current full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Only half of African governments condemned Russia at the United Nations in 2022. Ukrainian historian of the Russian Empire says Russian involvement has been greatly exaggerated. Nikolai Leontiev arrived in Ethiopia in early 1895 and bluffed his way into the inner circle of ethiopian Emperor Menelik II. Soviets aided friendly governments in Angola, Mozambique and the Congo in conflicts. The USSR was also an ally of Egypt under General Gamal Abdel Nasser. Soviet-style socialism was to be a blueprint for creating economies and governments of new states. In 1963, Ghanaian student Edmund Assare-Addo was reportedly beaten to death over an alleged interracial relationship, prompting a rare protest on Red Square. "This was a glaring contradiction to the Soviet propaganda in their home countries," said St Julian-Varnon. Russian flags are not an unfamiliar sight elsewhere on the continent. Moscow has forgiven the debts of several African countries. It is not taken for granted because Russia was truly ‘anti-imperialist’ in the past.

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Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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On Tuesday, 2,182 PDF documents, comprising about 63,400 pages, were uploaded to the US National Archives and Records Administration’s website. The documents were released in two rounds, a few hours apart, according to the National Archives. Many of the documents were handwritten or typewritten. The Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald, 24, was alone responsible for JFK’s death. But Gallup poll found that 60 years after Kennedy’s assassination, two-thirds of Americans believe that he acted with accomplices. Many sceptics of the official narrative have interpreted this as O'wald saying that 'he was just a scapegoat' Before Tuesday’s releases, there were nearly 3,500 still redacted documents with the archives. A little over 2,000 were released on Tuesday. But last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) discovered 2,400 new records about JFK’s assassination.

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Author: Tamsin Paternoster
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Russian president Vladimir Putin agreed to stop targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Russian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy says there were "hits, specifically on civilian infrastructure" Putin declined to back a 30-day ceasefire originally proposed by the US. Trump denies the Kremlin's claim that Putin demanded an end to foreign military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine. Zelenskyy said after the call that Ukraine is open to any proposals that lead to sustainable and just peace. Russia has previously demanded Ukraine pull back its troops from four regions Moscow claims it annexed, renounce any prospect of joining NATO and sharply demilitarise. The joint statement does not specify how the ceasefire would be implemented or monitored. Prior to January, the two nations had also made an attempt to come together for peace negotations. The meeting planned in December had been unexpectedly cancelled after Rwanda made the signing of the agreement conditional on direct dialogue.

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Author: JULHAS ALAM Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 05:26:56

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Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi is known as the commander-in-chief of Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. ARSA members have been involved in targeted killings, kidnappings, illicit drugs, smuggling and other serious crimes. Infighting and retaliatory attacks over control of the camps led to deaths of hundreds. Successive governments in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar have denied the Rohingya basic rights and citizenship. For decades, Bangladesh has sheltered more than 1 million refugees. Another 70,000 arrived in Bangladesh last year while thousands of new babies are born every year.

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Author: MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 18/03/2025 | 19:31:43

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Congo and neighboring Rwanda meet in Qatar for their first direct talks. The meeting between Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame was mediated by Qatar. Congo and Rwanda reaffirmed their commitment to an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. Peace talks between Congo and Rwanda were unexpectedly canceled in December. Rwanda made the signing of a peace agreement conditional on a direct dialogue between the Congo and the M23 rebels, which Congo refused at the time. The conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January when the Rwanda-backed rebels advanced and seized the strategic city of Goma.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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National Archives said on Tuesday that “all records previously withheld for classification” had been released and were available to access either online or in person. The archives uploaded about 63,000 pages of documents on its website in two initial tranches, with more files to be posted online as they are digitised. In a 2023 Gallup poll, 65 percent of Americans said they did not believe the findings of the Warren Commission.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Fighting Ukraine has announced that the number of Russian soldiers killed and wounded since the war began more than three years ago stands at about 897,010. This includes 1,560 servicemen killed or injured in the past 24 hours. Russia has bombarded Ukraine with 137 drone attacks, leaving about 3,000 people without electricity following damage to critical infrastructure. Putin reportedly agreed to a 30-day pause in fighting, and for Ukraine and Russia to stop attacking each other’s energy sector. The Kremlin also demanded that for the ceasefire to work, Ukraine must not be allowed to rearm. Russia and Ukraine will be exchanging 175 prisoners each on Wednesday. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the United Kingdom and France’s plan to send peacekeepers to Ukraine is likely ineffective. The United Kingdom, France's plan would be to extend NATO’s mutual defence umbrella.

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Author: Euronews
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi met with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame in Qatar on Tuesday to discuss the insurgency in eastern DRC. The meeting marks the first time the leaders sit together since the conflict in DRC's mineral-rich east escalated after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels seized two major cities in January. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland agree to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention. Latvia's Prime Minister Evika Silina says a draft will be submitted to parliament by next week. Lithuania's Defence Minister says the move will be a crucial step towards building the "Baltic defence line together" Finland could be the next country to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention. More than 160 countries and territories are signatories to the convention. The 1997 treaty prohibits production, possession, and transfer of anti-personnel mines.

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Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns of air strikes that killed hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza overnight is “only the beginning” Israeli forces would strike Hamas with “increasing force” and future ceasefire negotiations would “only take place under fire” Netanyahu’s defiant remarks come after Israel’s deadly attacks across Gaza shattered the fragile ceasefire. Israel last week rejected a offer by Israel to release an American-Israeli dual national and the bodies of four dead captives in exchange for nearly 2,000 Netanyahu also accuses Hamas of being responsible for "all unintended casualties" in Gaza. Netanyahu says civilians should avoid any contact with terrorists and call on people of Gaza to get out of harm’s way.

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Author: Al Jazeera Staff
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Judge Theodore Chuang issued preliminary ruling in response to complaint filed by 26 employees and contractors for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) appear to have breached the United States Constitution through their efforts to dismantle an agency dedicated to distributing foreign aid. The judge approved a temporary injunction that would prevent DOGE and Musk from continuing with USAID-related staff cuts. Trump issued a presidential order calling for a 90-day freeze on all foreign aid. USAID had become the US’s primary arm for distributing foreign assistance abroad. Under Trump’s order, only aid that aligned with the president’s foreign policy would be allowed to continue.

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Author: Konstantinos Antonopoulos
Published on: 19/03/2025 | 00:00:00

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Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore went to space on board the Boeing Starliner Calypso on June 5, 2024. They were meant to spend eight days on the International Space Station (ISS) But as the spacecraft was approaching the station, its thrusters malfunctioned and NASA ordered them to remain on the ISS while figuring out how to bring them back. That lasted nine months, or 288 days, making Williams and Wilmore two of the longest-serv Prolonged exposure is linked to higher cancer risks and cognitive decline. Muscle: Microgravity causes muscle atrophy, but exercise for two hours a day, six days a week and supplements can reduce muscle loss. DNA: Most genes reset after returning to Earth, but about 7 percent remain disrupted. Cardiovascular system: Blood circulation slows down and production of red blood cells decrease. Cardiac arrhythmia is common.

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Author: OMAR FARUK Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 18/03/2025 | 20:20:03

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A roadside bomb explodes near Somalia's presidential palace. The government calls the attack a “cowardly act of desperation” by the militant group al-Shabab. A witness says he counted three bodies at the scene. The British Embassy in Mogadishu condemns the attack and reaffirms support for Somalia’s counterterrorism efforts. The Somali government has intensified its military campaign against al-Shabab in recent months.

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