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The Trump administration has once again introduced new changes, making its immigration policy more restrictive.On Thursday, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) updated its Policy Manual to sharply limit the length of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for several categories of immigrants, including refugees, asylum seekers, and applicants awaiting adjustment of status.Under the new policy, the…

Anti-Hamas militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab was killed on Thursday in an “internal clash” in the southern Gaza Strip, Times of Israel reported, citing Israeli defence sources. According to the sources, Abu Shabab was taken to a hospital in Israel, where he died of his wounds.Abu Shabab, a Bedouin tribal leader based in Israeli-held Rafah,…

North Korean officials accused the traveller’s companion of “polluting their country” after discovering a selfie video of him scattering ashes at the DMZ/ Henrik Jeppesen For most travellers, visiting twenty countries is an achievement. For Henrik Jeppesen, a Danish backpacker-turned-blogger, twenty was just the warm-up. By 28, he had stood in more than 2,000 destinations…

DNA taken from a shawl allegedly found beside Catherine Eddowes sparked claims it links Jack the Ripper to a Polish 19th-century suspect/ Image: Russel Edwards, The Independent There are very few unsolved mysteries that still grip people the way Jack the Ripper does. In the autumn of 1888, a still-unidentified serial killer stalked the streets…

Conservative commentator Steven Crowder stirred a row during a conversation about H-1B visas when he said: If India has so many bright and talented people, why do they come to the United States instead of making India an “America No. 2.”In a talk with a young man, Crowder said that if H-1B visas are so…

Two brothers from Virginia, Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, were arrested for allegedly conspiring to destroy databases belonging to a US federal government contractor. They were indicted on November 13 for deleting and tampering with sensitive government information, according to US Department of Justice.According to court documents, after losing their jobs, the brothers allegedly sought to…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he still plans to visit New York despite mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s threats to have him arrested over an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant.“Yes, I’ll come to New York,” Netanyahu said on Wednesday during a virtual interview with The New York Times. When asked if he would seek to speak…

The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda signed a peace deal on Thursday aimed at ending years of conflict in the region at a summit hosted by US President Donald Trump in Washington.The ceremony took place amid a recent surge in fighting in eastern DR Congo between government forces and M23 rebels,…

When a masked fan ambushed Hasan Piker (HasanAbi) during his December 3, 2025, IRL stream, waving a sign that read “Free Kaya” in reference to his prior dog-collar controversy, the streamer didn’t stay silent. Instead, Hasan used the moment to publicly call out several high-profile creators, notably Asmongold, Ethan Klein, and Steven “Destiny” Bonnell, accusing…

Congressman Dan Goldman introduced an initiative targeting the ultra-wealthy, calling it the ‘Robinhood’ Act, openly targeting Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos. Tax-free billionaires? Goldman unveiled the Redistribution of Billions by Instituting New High-Income Obligations on Overlooked Debt (ROBINHOOD) Act, a new federal tax aimed at the ultra-wealthy. The legislation seeks to…

The name Hasan Piker, better known online as HasanAbi, took another blow when a masked protester interrupted his recent Ireland IRL stream on December 3, 2025, shouting Free Kaya. The chant, referencing his dog Kaya, revived the backlash from a viral October clip accused of showing Hasan allegedly using a shock collar on Kaya during…

The family of a Colombian fisherman killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed a formal complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.The petition was filed on Tuesday by US human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik. It alleges that Alejandro Carranza was killed when the United States struck his boat…

The controversial streamer RaKai has finally spoken out after a viral moment at a Walmart reportedly led to his suspension from Twitch. In the clip that circulated widely online, RaKai was seen picking up a bouquet of flowers and handing it to a woman, apparently without paying. The footage triggered a wave of outrage and…

Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia (File photo) A medical board overseeing critically ill former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia has determined to send her to London for specialist treatment, according to her personal physician AZM Zahid Hossain.According to PTI, Zia, aged 80 and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, is scheduled for transfer via air ambulance…

In a dramatic turn of events, federal agents captured Brian Cole in Virginia after a five-year manhunt. He stands accused of placing pipe bombs near the DNC and RNC offices just before the Capitol riot on January 6th. After 5 years of a manhunt, federal authorities finally arrested Brian Cole, the man accused of placing…

The arrest of Brian Cole revived questions surrounding the two pipe bombs planted in Washington on the night before the 6 January 2021 Capitol riot. For nearly five years, investigators struggled to identify who left the explosives outside the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee. Now that Cole is in…

Federal investigators made a major breakthrough in the long-running hunt for the person who planted pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021 riot. Fox News identified the man arrested on Thursday as Brian Cole, who was reportedly living in Virginia at the time of his detention.The FBI has not yet publicly…

Marlon Garcia (via Instagram/marlon3lg) Twitch streamer Marlon Lundgren Garcia returned to a scene straight from a horror movie, as he found his home vandalized and ransacked by unknown individuals. Marlon was back from his 40-day IRL marathon livestream, planning to settle back into his home that he purchased only months ago. According to him, the…

Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman on Thursday accused Russia of transferring some of the thousands of Ukrainian children it has allegedly abducted from occupied territories to North Korea for “re-education.”Dmytro Lubinets, as cited by AFP, did not say how many children were sent to North Korea, a state that has expanded its cooperation with Moscow in…

How Republicans are coming after Pete HegsethPete Hegseth entered Donald Trump’s second administration as one of its most trusted loyalists — a Fox News star turned defence secretary who promised to bring ideological clarity, forceful military action and a Trump-first worldview to the Pentagon. Ten months later, the Republican establishment that backed him is now…