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Information The United Kingdom recently imposed sanctions on three Ugandan lawmakers, targeting Parliament Speaker Anita Among and former ministers Mary Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu for their involvement in corrupt activities. The sanctions arise from allegations that Kitutu and Nandutu misappropriated government resources intended for a housing project in the impoverished Karamoja region, redirecting supplies to politicians and […]

Information Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has resigned in the face of mounting pressure and the potential for defeat in two upcoming no-confidence votes. His leadership came under scrutiny after he terminated the Bute House Agreement with the Green Party, a partnership that had put the Greens in government for the first time in the

Navalny-linked journalists arrested over ‘extremism’ Two Russian journalists have been accused of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. If convicted, they could face years in prison. Portugal says no plans to pay colonial reparations Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had called for Lisbon to find ways to

Information North Macedonia is gearing up for a presidential runoff as no candidate clinched enough votes to secure victory in the initial round of balloting. Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova, the right-wing candidate backed by the main opposition centre-right party VMRO-DPMNE, emerged as the frontrunner with nearly 40% of the votes, while incumbent President Stevo Pendarovski of the ruling

Information German authorities have detained an aide to Maximilian Krah, a leading figure in the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, on charges of espionage. The assistant, identified only as Jian G., is accused of relaying sensitive details about European Parliament deliberations to China’s Ministry of State Security, as well as spying on Chinese dissidents

Information Two men, identified as C. Berry, 32, and C. Cash, 29, have been charged under the UK’s Official Secrets Act for allegedly passing prejudicial information to China. The Crown Prosecution Service stated that the information shared was detrimental to the safety or interests of the state. This announcement follows an extensive investigation conducted by

Information Judges in Strasbourg have upheld a decision by Lithuanian authorities to ban Russian-Bulgarian pop singer Philipp Kirkorov from entering Lithuania, citing him as a threat to national security. The ruling stems from Kirkorov’s close association with Russian President Vladimir Putin, having branded himself as Putin’s “representative on stage.” Lithuanian migration authorities initiated this five-year ban in

Information In a major crackdown on a people-smuggling operation in Germany, ten individuals were arrested, including two lawyers, for their alleged involvement in fraudulently obtaining residency permits for about 350 predominantly Chinese nationals. This extensive police operation involved more than 1,000 officers and spanned eight of Germany’s 16 states, with searches conducted at 101 residential