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22+ min ago (73+ words) Corporate logic is reshaping refugee protection as states pull back. By Lisa Ann Richey and Elisa Pascucci A study we published in 2021 highlighted that a focus on refugee logistics actually meant working towards integrating displaced people into global supply chains rather than providing them with material support or infrastructure. Whether for business or for disaster relief, logistics depend on networks of infrastructure and rules that only function through ongoing negotiation with governments....

25+ min ago (1548+ words) The US has seized a sanctioned oil tanker in a move that has pushed oil prices higher and escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas. United States President Donald Trump has said that the US has seized a sanctioned oil tanker close to the coast of Venezuela, in a move that has caused oil prices to spike and further escalates tensions with Caracas. "We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening," Trump said on Wednesday. The Venezuelan government called the move an act of "international piracy", and "blatant theft". This comes as the US expands its military operations in the region, where it has been carrying out air strikes on at least 21 suspected drug-trafficking vessels since September. The Trump administration has provided no evidence that these…...

27+ min ago (75+ words) "Irrespective of who's shooting first at the moment, they must stop." Cambodia-Thailand Tension "going from bad to worse" Pou Sothirak, at the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies, says the fighting between Cambodia and Thailand stems from border disputes and stalled peace talks. Cambodia-Thailand Tension "going from bad to worse" Pou Sothirak, at the Cambodian Center for Regional Studies, says the fighting between Cambodia and Thailand stems from border disputes and stalled peace talks....

27+ min ago (211+ words) ISLAMABAD: Lt. Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed has been sentenced to 14 years in prison following a 15-month-long field general court martial trial, the military's media wing said on Thursday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the trial against Faiz Hameed commenced on August 12, 2024, under the provisions of the Pakistan Army Act. The proceedings spanned 15 months, meticulously reviewing evidence and testimonies related to four serious charges. The charges against the former military chief included: After thorough legal scrutiny, the Field General Court Martial found Faiz Hameed guilty on all charges, issuing a 14-year rigorous imprisonment sentence, which was promulgated on December 11, 2025. The court martial followed all legal provisions, ensuring transparency and adherence to established military protocols. The accused was provided full legal rights, including representation by a defense team of his choice. The convict retains the right to appeal at the…...

33+ min ago (83+ words) Mohammad Javad Zarif discusses Iran's political and military involvement in the Middle East and beyond. In this episode of On the Record, Al Jazeera's Ali Hashem is joined by Iran's former foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif. They discuss Iran's political and military involvement in the Middle East and beyond. Zarif reflects on Iran's involvement with resistance groups in Syria, Gaza and Lebanon and why Iran's nuclear ambitions have not been obliterated by either the US or Israel....

42+ min ago (220+ words) The strikes and seizures serve less to secure resources than to justify emergency powers, sideline Congress and expand presidential authority at home. The Trump administration frames all this as "counter-narcotics. Critics call it regime change. But the most dangerous dimension of this crisis has nothing to do with Venezuela at all. It is about the consolidation of executive power at home. The pattern emerging is one of expanding presidential discretion: once invoked, emergency powers become self-perpetuating tools that normalise unilateral military action. Rather than being used for targeted interdiction, they are increasingly employed to engineer confrontation and accelerate regime change " all without a congressional declaration of war. The most insidious aspect of this crisis is that it manufactures a threat precisely calibrated to validate expanded executive power. Oil does not provide that pretext " a foreign emergency large enough to activate…...

1+ hour, 20+ min ago (467+ words) Swiss suffer third crash in a month by an Olympic champion in training ahead of World Cup and 2026 Milan Cortina Games. By Kevin Hand and News Agencies Two-time Olympic champion Michelle Gisin has been airlifted from the course after crashing hard in a practice run for a World Cup downhill. The 32-year-old Swiss skier hit the safety fences racing at more than 110km/h (69mph) on a cloudy morning on Thursday at St Moritz in practice for the downhills scheduled for Friday and Saturday, followed by a super-G on Sunday. One of Gisin's skis seemed to catch an edge approaching a fast left-hand turn, and she lost control, going straight on and hitting through the first layer of safety nets until being stopped by the second. There was no immediate report of any injury. Television pictures showed Gisin conscious, lying by the…...

1+ hour, 24+ min ago (68+ words) A broadcast on Israel's right-wing Channel 14 openly celebrated a severe winter storm that's hitting Gaza. Israeli right-wing TV show mocks Gaza 'drowning' in winter storm A broadcast on Israel's right-wing Channel 14 openly celebrated a severe winter storm that's hitting Gaza, with participants expressing hope that flooding would "drown' the territory and even voicing indifference to whether "any people' survive....

1+ hour, 34+ min ago (485+ words) Rights group Amnesty says ban, which will affect around 12,000 girls, will "add to racist climate towards Muslims. Austrias lower house of parliament has passed a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools after a previous ban was overturned on the grounds that it was discriminatory. Lawmakers passed the new legislation on Thursday by a large majority, meaning that girls younger than 14 will not be permitted to wear headscarves that "cover the head in accordance with Islamic traditions" in all schools, with non-compliance fines ranging from 150 to 800 euros ($175-930). In 2019, the country introduced a ban on headscarves for under-10s in primary schools, but the Constitutional Court struck it down the following year, ruling that it was illegal because it discriminated against Muslims, going against the states duty to be religiously neutral. The Austrian government says it has "done [its] best" to see that…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago (628+ words) Government says victims killed by rebels included women and children, accusing Rwanda of breaching a recent truce deal. More than 400 civilians have been killed following the recent surge in fighting as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continues its offensive in South Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to regional officials. The M23 consolidated control over the strategic town of Uvira in South Kivu on Thursday, residents said. M23s latest offensive, which has displaced some 200,000 civilians, comes despite a United States-mediated peace agreement signed last week by the Congolese and Rwandan presidents in Washington, DC, which is now under severe threat of unravelling. The accord did not include M23, which is negotiating separately with the DRC after agreeing earlier this year to a ceasefire that both sides accuse the other of violating. However, it obliges Rwanda to halt support…...