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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday giving decisions on the prosecution of serious military crimes, including sexual assault, to independent military attorneys, taking that power away from victims’ commanders. The order formally implements legislation passed by Congress in 2022 aimed at strengthening protections for service members, who were often at the mercy of their commanders to decide …

PHOENIX — By the time Aaliyah Ibarra started second grade, her family had moved five times in four years in search of stable housing. As she was about to start a new school, her mother, Bridget Ibarra, saw how much it was affecting her education. At 8 years old, her daughter did not know the alphabet. “She was in second grade …

Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani has declared himself the new leader of Niger after a dramatic coup. Also known as Omar Tchiani, he staged a takeover which started on Wednesday when the presidential guards unit he led seized the country’s leader. Deposed President Mohamed Bazoum was Niger’s first elected leader to succeed another since independence in 1960. Mr Bazoum is currently thought …

Donald Trump is accused of pressuring an employee to delete security footage at his Florida home, in new criminal charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified files. The new indictment adds one count of wilful retention of defence information and two of obstruction, making 40 charges in total in this case. Mr Trump denies any wrongdoing and has called …

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said in a speech on Wednesday he would step down, and that his son Hun Manet would take over in the coming weeks. “Hun Manet … will become the prime minister in the coming weeks,” he said, adding the new premier will be appointed on August 10. Hun Sen, who has ruled the Southeast Asian …

Niger guards have held President Mohamed Bazoum inside the presidential palace in Niamey, the country’s capital. Reuters also said the presidential guards have been blocked off the palace by military vehicles since Wednesday morning. The development has been likened to the four military coups that have plagued neighbouring Mali and Burkina Faso since 2020. Ministries next to the palace have …

While legally this will clear the air for Hunter Biden and avert a trial that would have generated weeks or months of distracting headlines, the politics remain as messy as ever, with Republicans insisting he got a sweetheart deal and the Justice Department pressing ahead on investigations into Trump, the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary front-runner. Trump is already facing a state …

United States of America has embraced the news that the UN has begun its operation to prevent a catastrophic oil spill in the Red Sea.   Today, experts initiated the process of off-loading 1.14 million barrels of oil from the decaying Safer oil tanker, it noted.  The oil transfer is a critical step towards averting an economic, environmental, and humanitarian crisis …

EAGLE PASS, Texas — Wrecking ball-sized buoys on the Rio Grande. Razor wire strung across private property without permission changing the very terrain of America’s southern border. For more than two years, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has escalated measures to keep migrants from entering the U.S., pushing legal boundaries with a go-it-alone bravado along the state’s 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) border with Mexico. Now …

Opponents say it’s essentially a rehash of Trump efforts — a question that gave the online hearing Wednesday a sense of deja vu. The San Francisco-based federal judge who will decide the case, Jon S. Tigar, ruled against the Trump administration’s two attempts to limit asylum. FILE – Migrants wait to be processed after crossing the border, Jan. 6, 2023, near Yuma, …