Trump dismisses US intelligence that Saudi prince was likely aware of 2018 killing of journalist
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Trump dismisses US intelligence that Saudi prince was likely aware of 2018 killing of journalist - Lemmy.World
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed U.S. intelligence
findings that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman likely had some culpability in
the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi as Trump warmly
welcomed the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia on his first White House visit in
seven years. The U.S.-Saudi relationship had, for a time, been sent into a
tailspin by the operation targeting Khashoggi, a fierce critic of the kingdom.
But seven years later, the dark clouds over the relationship have been cleared
away. And Trump is tightening his embrace of the 40-year-old crown prince, who
he said is an indispensable player in shaping the Middle East in the decades to
come. Trump in his defense of the crown prince derided Khashoggi as “extremely
controversial” and said “a lot of people didn’t like that gentleman.” Prince
Mohammed denies involvement in the killing of Khashoggi, who was a Saudi citizen
and Virginia resident. “Whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen,”
Trump said of the international incident when asked about it by a reporter
during an Oval Office appearance with Prince Mohammed. “But (Prince Mohammed)
knew nothing about it. And we can leave it at that. You don’t have to embarrass
our guest by asking a question like that.”
Cambodia will start military conscription next year as tensions with Thailand persist
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Cambodia will start military conscription next year as tensions with Thailand persist - Lemmy.World
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet said Monday that
his country will implement military conscription starting next year, in an
announcement that coincides with persistent border tensions with Thailand.
Relations between the neighbors have deteriorated sharply following an armed
confrontation on May 28 in which one Cambodian soldier was killed in one of
several small contested patches of land. The sides have agreed to de-escalate
their dispute to avoid further clashes, but continue to implement or threaten
measures that have kept tensions high, alongside exchanging sharp words. The
dispute has also roiled Thailand’s domestic politics. Prime Minister Paetongtarn
Shinawatra was suspended from office after making what critics saw as a
disparaging comment about her country’s military in a phone call to Cambodia’s
former Prime Minister Hun Sen, who leaked a recording of it. Hun Manet, Hun
Sen’s son and successor, said that starting in 2026, an existing law on
conscription would be implemented to fill shortages and upgrade the military’s
capabilities.
Hague court upholds Kosovo war crimes conviction for Shala
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Hague court upholds Kosovo war crimes conviction for Shala - Lemmy.World
Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member Pjeter Shala saw his conviction upheld but
the sentence reduced from 18 to 13 years, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers
tribunal in The Hague said on Monday. The tribunal, staffed by international
judges and lawyers, was set up in 2015 to handle cases under Kosovo law against
fighters of the KLA. The court said Shala’s original sentencing was “out of
reasonable proportion to comparable cases.” Shala was convicted in 2024 of war
crimes during the during the 1998-99 Kosovo uprising against Serbian troops. He
was found guilty of torture, murder and arbitrary detention, which he committed
as he ran a makeshift prison where people considered to be spies or
collaborators with Serbs were housed.
Search ends for those missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sink ship in Red Sea
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Search ends for those missing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels sink ship in Red Sea - Lemmy.World
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The search for those missing after Yemen’s
Houthi rebels sank a ship in the Red Sea has ended as at least four people are
presumed dead and 11 others remain unaccounted for, the private security firms
involved said Monday. The announcement came as satellite photos show long,
trailing oil slicks from where the bulk carrier Eternity C sank, as well as
another where the sinking of the bulk carrier Magic Seas by the Iranian-backed
Houthis took place. Both ships were attacked over a week ago by the rebels as
part of their campaign targeting vessels over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza
Strip that’s upended shipping in the Red Sea, through which $1 trillion of goods
usually passes a year.
Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin clans in Syria kill more than 30 people
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Clashes between Druze militias and Sunni Bedouin clans in Syria kill more than 30 people - Lemmy.World
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Clashes between local militias and clans in Syria’s
Sweida province have killed more than 30 people and injured nearly 100, and
government forces were being sent to the area to restore order, authorities
said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported at least 37 people
killed, including two children, in the clashes between armed groups from the
Druze religious minority and Sunni Bedouin clans around the province. The
U.K.-based war monitor reported that military convoys were sent to the area to
reinforce security checkpoints. The observatory said the clashes had started
after a series of kidnappings between both groups, which began when members of a
Bedouin tribe in the area set up a checkpoint where they attacked and robbed a
young Druze man. Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the observatory, said the conflict
started with the kidnapping and robbery of a Druze vegetable seller, leading to
tit-for-tat attacks and kidnappings. Syria’s defense and interior ministries
were deploying personnel to the area to attempt to restore order.
Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles
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Federal judge orders stop to indiscriminate immigration raids in Los Angeles - Lemmy.World
A federal judge in Los Angeles ordered the Trump administration to stop carrying
out immigration sweeps in which she said federal agents have been
indiscriminately arresting people across southern California without reasonable
suspicion that they’re in the country illegally. Since early June, agents from
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Border Patrol and other federal
agencies have been roving Los Angeles and surrounding counties arresting
thousands of people in what civil rights lawyers characterized in a lawsuit last
week as an unconstitutional and “extraordinary campaign of targeting people
based on nothing more than the color of their skin.” In her order, Judge Maame
Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of
California, said there is “a mountain of evidence” to support the claim that
agents are arresting people solely based on their race, accents, or the work
they’re engaged in, in violation of the Fourth Amendment’s protection against
unreasonable government seizure.
Colombian authorities arrest alleged leader of Italian mafia in Latin America
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Colombian authorities arrest alleged leader of Italian mafia in Latin America - Lemmy.World
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities said Friday they captured an
alleged leader of the Italian ’ndrangheta mafia in Latin America who is accused
of overseeing cocaine shipments and managing illegal trafficking routes to
Europe. Police identified the suspect as Giuseppe Palermo, also known as
“Peppe,” an Italian who was wanted under an Interpol red notice, which called
for his arrest in 196 countries. He was apprehended on the street in Colombia’s
capital Bogota during a coordinated operation between Colombian, Italian and
British authorities, as well as Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement
agency, according to an official report.
Antonio Brown, Facing Attempted Murder Warrant, Flees Country
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Antonio Brown, Facing Attempted Murder Warrant, Flees Country - Lemmy.World
Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has apparently fled the United States as
he faces an arrest warrant for attempted murder with a firearm. Brown’s latest
legal issues, and most serious to date, stem from an alleged incident at a
boxing match in Miami last month. “Brown had claimed he was jumped at the event
and that he was released after telling the authorities his side of the story. …
The warrant cites witnesses who claim Brown was the shooter,” Mike Florio of Pro
Football Talk reported on June 12. “Police detectives reportedly obtained
footage of what appears to be Brown punching another man before taking the gun
of a security officer and running toward the man Brown had punched. Per the
warrant, cellphone video shows a pair of gunshots as Brown approached the
victim.” Nine days later, on the evening of Friday, June 21, Brown took to X
where authored a post admitting he had left the country.
Who are the 9 judges elected to Mexico's new Supreme Court?
A former lawyer for the Zapatista National Liberation Army is set to lead Mexico's new Supreme Court, which held an election for the first time on Sunday.
Mexico’s Supreme Court Looks Set to Be Dominated by One Party
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Mexico’s Supreme Court Looks Set to Be Dominated by One Party - Lemmy.World
Mexico’s governing Morena party looked poised to dominate the Supreme Court on
Tuesday, moving closer to controlling the third branch of government, according
to early results in the country’s divisive, first-ever election to overhaul the
courts at every level. At a news conference, the leader of the country’s
electoral authority, Guadalupe Taddei, said that over 90 percent of votes for
court justices had been counted, and named the nine likely winners. In a sign of
Morena’s apparent success, the five women and four men projected to sit on the
new Supreme Court were endorsed on lists distributed by Morena operatives and
supporters. The nationwide elections on Sunday transformed the judiciary from an
appointment-based system to one in which voters choose judges and magistrates —
a hugely ambitious, far-reaching experiment by a large democracy. Morena leaders
who pushed the overhaul into effect argue it will help root out corrupt
officials, democratize the judiciary and begin to repair a justice system that
most Mexicans see as unresponsive and broken. But opposition figures and legal
experts criticized the plan, saying it discarded the career requirements of the
old system and kept the door open for criminal groups to influence judges.
Critics also argued that the reform could give Morena control over the
judiciary, undermining the system of checks and balances.
