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A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to bring a Colombian woman back to the US from the Democratic Republic of Congo, after she was deported to the African country that had refused to accept her.
The deportation of Adriana María Quiroz Zapata was likely illegal”, the US district judge Richard Leon ruled on Wednesday.
China, yesterday, reaffirmed its commitment to the One-China principle, insisting that Taiwan is not a sovereign nation but an inseparable part of Chinese territory.
President Xi Jinping warned his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, that missteps concerning Taiwan could push them into “conflict”, a stark opening salvo as the two leaders meet in Beijing for a summit.
Two commercial vessels have become the first to transit the Strait of Hormuz following Iran’s agreement to reopen the route as part of a two-week ceasefire with the United States, according to maritime tracking service MarineTraffic.
Data cited by AFP from MarineTraffic showed that the Liberia-flagged Daytona Beach passed through the strait at 06:59 UTC after departing Bandar Abbas at 05:28 UTC. It was followed by the Greek-owned bulk carrier NJ Earth, which crossed at 08:44 UTC
Ali Khamenei Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on Saturday in the opening salvo of a major military…
Singapore is planning to introduce caning as a punishment for scammers.
During the bill’s second reading on Tuesday, Sim Ann, senior minister of state for home and foreign affairs, said the country lost more than $2.8 billion to scams from 2020 to the first half of 2025.
She added that around 190,000 cases of scamming had been reported during the period.
“We will introduce mandatory caning for scammers. Offenders who commit scams, defined as cheating mainly by means of remote communication, will be punished with at least six strokes of the cane,” she said.
