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ERFURT, Germany (AP) — It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice. “We were enjoying life, playing music, walking through the city at night — we just wanted to be together again and have a good time,” Diallo, 22, told The Associated Press in Erfurt, in the eastern state of Thuringia. He was not prepared for how the day would end. Suddenly Diallo and his friends were confronted by three black-clad white men. “They were shouting: ‘What do you want here, f-——- foreigners, get out’!” Diallo remembered.

Being Black in Germany has never been easy. Elections in eastern states could make it harder still

Nigerian police are investigating the death of a Nigerian transgender TikToker known as “Abuja Area Mama”. The beaten and bruised body of 33-year-old transgender woman was found along a highway in the capital, Abuja, on Thursday, local media report. Abuja Area Mama had a loyal fan base on...

Nigerian transgender TikToker found dead

Latin Times

The U.S. military will send additional equipment to Kenyan forces deployed in Haiti, as both they and their local counterparts continue to struggle in their fight against armed gangs controlling large swaths of the country. Concretely, the U.S. Southern Command said it has started sending 24 additional armored vehicles and...

U.S. to send more heavy military equipment to Haiti as forces struggle to defeat armed gangs

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Ain al-Asad air base was targeted by at least two rockets on Monday evening, according to security sources speaking to Reuters. The attack comes as tensions escalate in the Middle East.

Iraqi air base housing U.S. troops attacked with rockets amid escalating tensions in Middle East: report

Regional sources tell Fox News that Iran and its proxies could launch an attack on Israel within the next 24 hours as Western powers are calling on Tehran to show restraint.

Iran could attack Israel in less than 24 hours, sources say, as Western powers issue Tehran a warning

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said the West was playing with fire by considering allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with Western missiles and cautioned the United States on Tuesday that World War Three would not be confined to Europe. Ukraine attacked Russia's western Kursk region on Aug. 6 and...

Russia Warns the United States of the Risks of World War Three

BENGHAZI (Reuters) - The government in eastern Libya announced on Monday that all oilfields would be closed down and production and exports halted, while there was no word from the country's internationally recognised government in Tripoli. The National Oil Corp (NOC), which controls the country's oil resources, also provided no...

Libya's Eastern Government Says All Oilfields to Close

DAKAR (Reuters) - Hundreds were killed in north-central Burkina Faso on Saturday after suspected jihadists opened fire on them as they were digging trenches around a town to protect it from attacks, victims' relatives and a source who spoke to wounded survivors said. The attack outside the town of Barsalogho...

Suspected Jihadists Kill Hundreds in Burkina Faso Attack

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Written with artificail intelligence assistance. The Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Pontotoc County Sheriff's Department, Mississippi, has announced the arrest of Filiberto Gonzalez, a 34-year-old Hispanic male from Mexico, on Monday afternoon, August 12, 2024. Gonzalez, an illegal alien, faces two counts of rape involving a 10-year-old boy.

Man Arrested on Multiple Rape Charges

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 38 people in three separate attacks on Monday, officials said, while the military said security forces killed 21 insurgents, marking one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area as well. Twenty-three people were fatally shot overnight after being taken from buses, vehicles and trucks in Musakhail, a district in Baluchistan, senior police official Ayub Achakzai said. The attackers burned at least 10 vehicles before fleeing. In a separate attack, gunmen killed at least nine people, including four police officers and five passersby, in Baluchistan’s Qalat district, authorities said. The bodies of six people were found in Bolan, where insurgents also blew up a railway track. They also attacked a police station in Mastung and attacked and burned vehicles in Gwadar, all districts in Baluchistan. No casualties were reported in those attacks. The military said 14 security forces were “martyred” while responding to the attacks. Those appeared to be included in the overall death toll.

Gunmen kill dozens in multiple attacks in one of the deadliest days in a Pakistani province

(Reuters) - Two members of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign staff had a "verbal and physical altercation" with an Arlington National Cemetery official during a visit by Trump this week, NPR reported on Tuesday. Trump on Monday participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery honoring the 13...

Trump Staff Had Physical Altercation With Arlington Cemetery Official, NPR Reports

3.6 Million Americans Could Be Covered for Wegovy Under New Medicare Rules. TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- New Medicare rules could make 3.6 million Americans -- or even more -- eligible for treatment with the pricey weight-loss drug Wegovy, a new study finds. Under the new rules, the...

3.6 Million Americans Could Be Covered for Wegovy Under New Medicare Rules

Dozens of Russia's Wagner mercenaries were killed in a brutal ambush over the weekend by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali following days of fighting near Algeria's border.

Dozens of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries massacred in Mali ambush

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia said on Tuesday it would limit the enrolment number of new international students to 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration that has contributed to a spike in home rental prices. The decision follows a raft of actions since last year to...

Australia Limits Foreign Students in Migration Crackdown

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President Biden and Vice President Harris will meet with national security officials in the White House Situation Room on Monday, as Iran reiterates its intention to punish Israel for the apparent assassination of top Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The meeting will focus on developments in the Middle...

Biden, Harris head to Situation Room as Iran threatens attack on Israel

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Appling County, GA

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A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

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QUETTA, Pakistan — Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan killed at least 31 people in two separate attacks on Monday and security forces killed 12 insurgents, officials said, in one of the deadliest days of violence in the restive Baluchistan province, with reports of other shootings and destruction in the area.

Gunmen kill at least 31 people in 2 separate attacks in restive southwestern Pakistan

Harold Isaac in Port-au-Prince & Pascal Fletcher in Miami. Pressure is mounting on Kenyan police officers to deliver on their promise to help bring Haiti's rampant gangs under control, six weeks after setting foot in the Caribbean nation. When the first contingent of 200 elite Kenyan police officers flew into...

Kenyan police taunted as they square up to Haiti's gangs

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

Renewed fighting between Democratic Republic of Congo's army and M23 rebels broke out on Sunday around a densely populated town in eastern North Kivu province, where the rebels are waging an insurgency, the army and M23 said. The Tutsi-led M23 have been waging a fresh insurgency in the vast central African country's militia-plagued east since 2022. Congo authorities, the United Nations, the United States and other Western governments have accused Rwanda of backing the group. Rwanda denies the accusations, which have also greatly soured relations with its neighbour. FRANCE 24's Emmet Livingstone reports.

DR Congo army and M23 rebels clash near densely populated eastern towns

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Nigeria's President Appoints New Security and Intelligence Chiefs

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Bola Tinubu named new homeland security and foreign intelligence chiefs on Monday, a week after their predecessors resigned abruptly, as Africa's...

Nigeria's President Appoints New Security and Intelligence Chiefs

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