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Jewish community in the Czech Republic reports record number of antisemitic incidents in 2024
Antisemitic incidents in the Czech Republic have reached record levels last year amid the conflict in Gaza
Pope tweaks a law allowing a woman to head the Vatican City State, months after a nun was appointed
Pope Leo XIV has fixed a technical glitch in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration
Russian glide bomb hits an apartment block and kills 5 in southern Ukraine
Officials say a Russian glide bomb has hit a residential district in a southern Ukrainian city, killing five people
Nigeria separatists say they are committed to peaceful self-determination after leaders sentenced
The Indigenous People of Biafra, a separatist group in southeastern Nigeria, remains committed to peaceful self-determination after a court sentenced its leader to life in prison for terrorism
Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
‘The world thinks Palestinians don’t need help any more,’ aid organiser says, despite desperate need as winter nearsFundraisers collecting for Palestinian civilians in Gaza are seeing a “catastrophic” drop-off in donations since the ceasefire was announced in October.Donations collected by volunteers and funnelled to needy families living in temporary shelters and struggling with illness, hunger and malnutrition have been harder to raise since then, according to organisers, many of whom have been running volunteer initiatives for Palestinians in Gaza on third-party crowdfunding platforms over the past two years. Continue reading...
Armed men abduct children, staff at a school in Nigeria, days after latest abduction
Armed men have attacked a Catholic school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted several schoolchildren and staff
A boiler at a glue-making factory explodes in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 15 workers, police say
A boiler at a glue-making factory explodes in eastern Pakistan, killing at least 15 workers, police say
Poland's struggle to fix its justice system holds lessons for other countries
Donald Tusk’s government in Poland has struggled to reverse changes to the judicial system made by the previous nationalist, conservative government
New indictment accuses Yoon of manipulating investigation of South Korean marine's drowning
South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol has been indicted on allegations he and others tried to cover up the details of a marine’s drowning
Coroner says Australian extremists who killed police officers had shared delusional disorder
A coroner has found that three Christian extremists shared a delusional disorder when they opened fire on police officers they saw as "demons" on a rural Australian property three years ago
Haiti qualifies for World Cup and more top photos this week from the Caribbean and Latin America
Nov. 14-20, 2025 Haiti’s troubles faded briefly as the country reveled in its World Cup qualification win against Nicaragua. Brazil’s guidance at the United Nations climate talks in Belem has raised hopes for significant measures to fight global warming. Spanish activist Amparo Carvajal stood on the rooftop of the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights of Bolivia after regaining control of the organization and its offices from a leftist party group that had occupied them for two years. The Corona Capital music festival, a showcase for artists breaking into Latin American markets, drew thousands of fans in Mexico City for its 15th year. This gallery was curated by photo editor Anita Baca. ___ AP photography: https://apnews.com/photography Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews
'It was every night': New report exposes MAGA lawmaker's purported sex worker scandal
Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) on Thursday was hit with yet another report alleging reckless behavior, including hiring numerous sex workers.The House Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that it had opened an investigation into Rep. Mills over several issues, according to a new report. The following day, investigative political reporter Roger Sollenberger dropped a report of his own.In a piece on Substack called "Sex Workers & A Secret Charity: The Story Of Cory Mills’s ‘F------ Bananas’ Afghanistan Mission," he reports, "The embattled Florida Republican’s political origin story is shrouded in its own scandal."According to the report, Mills leans into his Afghanistan mission as a sort of "origin story." But there's more of that tale to be told, according to the veteran reporter."But people familiar with the Afghanistan mission say Mills has never told the full story—and that if he did, the public would have a very different image of him. For one thing, three sources said Mills hired sex workers during the Afghanistan operation, on several occasions," he wrote on Thursday. "The revelations come as Mills finds himself increasingly isolated politically, with a battery of scandals—domestic assault allegations, his military record, and most recently a restraining order for cyberstalking and revenge porn—sparking public rebuke from MAGAfied Republican colleagues."Sollenberger goes on to report that the mission itself succeeded despite the lawmaker."While Mills often casts himself as key to the Afghanistan rescue—including in congressional remarks—three people familiar with the effort said the operation’s success was more in spite of Mills’s involvement than because of it," the report states.He continues:"The team planned to land in Afghanistan, but they were re-routed to Tbilisi, Georgia, where they staged the operation from a hotel and waited for the go signal. In Tbilisi, however, Mills set the team on edge with what three people familiar with the events described as reckless and unprofessional personal behavior. This included hiring sex workers with his friend more than once, even after they were told to stop."“It was every night,” one source said, according to the report. Another person purportedly said, “That happened three nights in a row to the point where I said, ‘I’m done, I don’t want to associate with it.'"According to Sollenberger, "I obtained a photo of Mills with one of the sex workers, which a person with knowledge of the events confirmed as authentic."Read the full piece here.



