Columbus, OH

The Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Recently renewed combat in northeastern Myanmar between troops of the military government and ethnic minority militias has in the past few days become more complicated, as two minority groups not previously involved in the fighting stepped into the fray, claiming to act as a third force for stability.

New players emerge in fighting in Myanmar’s northeast, as powerful ethnic militias intervene

Bangladesh stopped dozens of Myanmar security personnel from crossing into its territory to flee advancing rebel forces, a local government official based near their river border said Tuesday. Bangladesh has accepted more than 850 fleeing Myanmar soldiers this year, a senior government official told AFP on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media.  

Bangladesh turns back fleeing Myanmar soldiers at border

Coral Gables, FL

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Edmond Thorne

Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

South Florida Tycoon Dead After FBI Raids on Homes and Office

California State

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

CBS News

Johannesburg — The military junta that seized power in Burkina Faso less than two years ago announced a law Wednesday criminalizing homosexuality. "Henceforth homosexuality and associated practices will be punished by the law," Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayalawas quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. It makes the West African nation the latest of the continent's 54 countries to follow a trend in banning same-sex relations. There are now only 21 African nations that do not explicitly prohibit same-sex relations. Uganda imposed the continent's most severe laws in May.Brenda Biya, the daughter of Cameroon's President Paul Biya, came out as a lesbian...

Burkina Faso bans homosexuality as Africa's coup belt rejects the West

Pennsylvania State

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Bucks County Beacon

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

Muscat, Oman — An oil tanker capsized off the coast of Oman Monday, the sultanate's Maritime Security Center (MSC) said, adding that a search was under way for its missing crew of 16. The MSC, which is run by the Omani defense ministry, did not specify the cause of the capsize. In a post on social media platform X, it said a "Comoros-flagged oil tanker capsized" 25 nautical miles southeast of Ras Madrakah, near the port town of Duqm on Monday.Search and rescue operations were "initiated with the relevant authorities," it added, without providing further details.In a statement on Tuesday,...

Oman says oil tanker crew missing after ship capsized off coast

The Independent

The noise of assault rifles being cocked carries across the United Nations-controlled buffer zone in ethnically cleaved Cyprus, ratcheting up concerns that the embers of the island's stagnant conflict could again be rekindled.The rifles are just the tip of a string of recent escalations by Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots, rivals separated along the 180-kilometer (120-mile) buffer zone that snakes through the capital’s medieval center. The United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus, known as UNFICYP, has seen the deployment of large-caliber weapons at guard posts, such as machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, construction of hundreds of new fighting positions as...

‘A miscalculation is a matter of time’: Fears in Cyprus buffer zone as tensions rise

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat” in Africa’s volatile Sahel region and are spilling over to West Africa’s coastal countries, the top U.N. envoy for the area warned Friday.

Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says

Get to know Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu; he is reportedly the first Nigerian billionaire and the founding president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. He established his wealth during the colonial era. When he died in 1966, his wealth was $4 billion in today’s economic value, Forbes Africa reported in 2018.

Meet Nigeria’s first billionaire who was reportedly worth $4 billion at the time of his death in 1966

The Hill

This is a moment when America can make headway on the continent because African leaders are also upset about China’s unfulfilled pledges.

Opinion: China’s losses in Kenya are America’s opportunities in Africa

Georgia State

Lithonia, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Drevion Micah Evans, a 24-year-old resident of Lithonia, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison for a series of crimes involving illegal firearms possession and drug trafficking. Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. handed down a sentence of six years and six months, to be followed by five years of supervised release.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Possessing Illegal Machineguns and Drug Trafficking

Savannah, GA

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, in the aftermath of the attempt on his life, said Sunday it was “more important than ever” that the country stood strong, determined and not allow evil to win. “Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God...

Trump urges US to ‘stay strong, determined’ after assassination attempt

Washington — The recent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump marks a rare event in U.S. history but shines light on a more common global phenomenon. Political assassinations have long been a part of human history, often occurring in countries with limited political competition and strong polarization and fragmentation, according to research by the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point.

A look at high-profile politician assassinations across South Asia

Locust Grove, VA

Cheryl E Preston

The Battle of the Wilderness occurred in Locust Grove, Virginia, on May 5, 1864. According to History Facts, at one point, the Civil War c ceased so that soldiers could watch a fistfight between a soldier from the North and one from the South.

Union and Confederate soldiers allegedly called a ceasefire in Virginia to watch a fistfight

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Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

ESSEX COUNTY, N.J. - In a notable case from Essex County, New Jersey, 32-year-old Mahogany Hawkins of Newark has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her involvement in drug trafficking, specifically cocaine and methamphetamine.

Newark Woman Gets 10-Year Sentence for Drug Trafficking

PBS NewsHour

The armed men who attacked the village of Kinsele were members of the Mobondo militia, an armed group presenting itself as defenders of the Yaka people.

At least 70 people, including 9 soldiers, killed in militia attack in western Congo

Tallinn, Estonia — Dozens of Nobel Prize laureates are calling in an open letter on Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko to free all political prisoners, after 18 seriously ill activists were released this month. The Belarusian human rights group Viasna counts almost 1,400 political prisoners, including its Nobel Peace...

Nobel laureates call on Belarus' leader to release all political prisoners

Russia said Tuesday it would restrict access to 14 villages along its border with Ukraine due to non-stop Ukrainian bombardment, the most serious measure to be imposed on civilians there yet as it struggles to secure its frontier. "We will start implementing this from next Tuesday," Gladkov said, without giving any end-date for the measures.

Russia restricts entry to border villages due to shelling

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Myanmar resistance captures strategic town near Mandalay

Bangkok — Anti-junta forces captured a vital town near Myanmar's heartland this week, bolstering their position against the military junta. The offensive, in northern Shan state,...

Myanmar resistance captures strategic town near Mandalay

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