US deploys aircraft carrier amid hardening stance towards Venezuela“The enhanced US force presence in the USSOUTHCOM AOR will bolster US capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a social media post.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/24/us-deploys-aircraft-carrier-amid-hardening-stance-towards-venezuelahttps://archive.ph/tol1h Pilot strike disrupts air travel in ArgentinThe Airline Pilots Association (APLA) launched a four-hour industrial action on Friday, causing significant disruption at Buenos Aires' Jorge Newbery Airport and affecting thousands of passengers. The stoppage, which involved holding “informative assemblies” between 6 and 10 am, led to the cancellation and delay of over 60 flights operated by the state-owned Aerolíneas Argentinas.
https://en.mercopress.com/2025/10/24/pilot-strike-disrupts-air-travel-in-argentinaEcuador’s Indigenous alliance ends highway-blocking protests after military threatThe alliance’s president, Marlon Vargas, said in a video posted on social media that ending the protest was a difficult decision, but was taken “to protect the lives of our people.” Noboa earlier Wednesday said in an interview that he would use the military to clear blocked highways.
https://apnews.com/article/ecuador-indigenous-protests-diesel-noboa-subsidy-521777333a079090e8dee4698fc0ca70Palestinian man in Israel killed hours after protest on police inaction against crimeThe murder came just hours after hundreds of residents in the nearby town of Kafr Yasif staged demonstrations demanding that police take the wave of killings in Arab towns seriously. Last week, Nidal Masadeh, 35, a Kafr Yasif resident, was shot dead while at work. Killings in Israel’s Palestinian communities have sparked widespread anger and frustration among victims’ families, who accuse police of negligence and indifference toward Arab citizens.
https://www.newarab.com/news/palestinian-israel-killed-amid-protests-over-police-inactionYemen's southern secessionists face backlash over talk of ties with IsraelFor years, calls for southern secession remained largely peaceful and limited in scope. But in 2016, the separatists’ military and political influence began to grow, bolstered by weapons and funding from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Today, the STC holds control over most of Yemen’s southern provinces. "When the STC speaks about normalisation with Israel, it is following the strategy of its regional sponsor," said Adel Dashela, a non-resident fellow at MESA Global Academy.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-southern-secessionists-face-backlash-over-talk-ties-israelCourt throws out corruption case seeking to oust Turkish opposition leaderA TURKISH court today dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the main opposition Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 2023 leadership election, ruling there was no legal basis to remove the current leadership. The case had called for the annulment of the party’s 38th congress, held in November 2023, which saw long-time leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu replaced by Ozgur Ozel.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/court-throws-out-corruption-case-seeking-oust-turkish-opposition-leaderWelsh by-election shows far right isn’t the only alternative to establishment partiesWelsh party Plaid Cymru, an advocate for independence from the United Kingdom, delivered a major blow to both the Labour Party and Reform UK in a by-election for the devolved parliament, the Senedd. Plaid candidate Lindsay Whittle won 47% of the vote in Caerphilly, leaving Reform behind at 36% and Labour at just 11% – an astonishing 35-point drop compared to the previous election. The result marks Labour’s first loss of the seat in more than a century.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/10/24/welsh-by-election-shows-far-right-isnt-the-only-alternative-to-establishment-parties/Glasgow Green defectors become Scotland’s first Your Party councillorsDan Hutchison, Seonad Hoy and Leodhas Massie have also been joined by a host of former Green activists in the city as well as Ellie Gomersall, who has sat as the second candidate, behind Patrick Harvie, on the party’s Glasgow regional list for next year’s Holyrood election.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/glasgow-green-defectors-become-scotlands-first-your-party-councillorsOpposition politician killed in a Sri Lankan town by an unidentified gunmanLasantha Wickramasekara, the head of the council of the coastal town of Weligama, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) south of the capital, Colombo, was attending to his official work when the gunman entered the office building and opened fire using a pistol, police said in a statement.
https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-opposition-politician-shooting-gang-violence-d23f9185c8e972d8d89fe0f32dd0d36cAustralian servicewomen launch landmark sex abuse case against militaryLawyers said they expected thousands of women to join the case against the Australian Defence Force (ADF), which was filed in the Federal Court on Friday. Claims by the four women leading the lawsuit - whose names are withheld for legal reasons - include being forcibly pinned to a wall before being groped, and waking up naked and bruised after a party with male officers.
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