Dominican Republic grants US access to restricted areas for anti-drugs operationsFor a limited time, the US can refuel aircraft and transport equipment and technical personnel at restricted areas within the San Isidro Air Base and Las Americas International Airport, said Abinader, who made the announcement with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at his side.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/11/27/dominican-republic-grants-us-access-to-restricted-areas-for-anti-drugs-operations_6747873_4.htmlhttps://archive.ph/YNj34Peruvian court sentences former President Castillo to over 11 years in prison for rebellionPeru's judiciary on Thursday sentenced former leftist President Pedro Castillo to 11.5 years in prison for rebellion and conspiracy against the state at the end of 2022, when he unsuccessfully attempted to dissolve Congress and assume broad powers.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peruvian-court-sentences-former-president-castillo-115-years-prison-rebellion-2025-11-27/Quebec's new secularism bill targets daycare workers, prayer spaces and religious mealsThe bill also invokes the notwithstanding clause pre-emptively, shielding it from challenges under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The legislation is the latest tabled by Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec government, which has been slumping in opinion polls ahead of next year's provincial election.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-secularism-bill-9.6993278Mark Carney reaches deal with Alberta for oil pipeline opposed by First NationsThe premise of the agreement is to increase oil and gas exports while attempting to meet the federal government’s climate targets. Carney’s government will exempt a possible pipeline project from the existing coastal oil tanker moratorium and emissions cap. In exchange, Alberta must raise its industrial carbon pricing and invest in a multibillion-dollar carbon capture project. Critically, however, no company has expressed an interest in backing the project, which would probably face stiff opposition from the province of British Columbia and First Nations communities on the Pacific coast.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/27/mark-carney-alberta-oil-pipeline-deal-canada-first-nationsChina won’t back Brazil rainforest fund, points to rich nations’ lack of support: reportsChina has reportedly declined, for the time being, to make a financial contribution to Brazil’s flagship rainforest protection mechanism, arguing that developed nations should take the lead in global climate financing. The position, reported by Brazil’s newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, frustrated hopes in Brasília that the world’s second-largest economy would become a major early backer of the Tropical Forests Forever Facility, or TFFF.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3332256/china-wont-back-brazil-rainforest-fund-points-rich-nations-lack-support-reports Marxist activists arrested in Azerbaijan: Accused of “propagating Communist Ideology” According to the authorities, the activists operated as an “organized group”, holding regular meetings, renting an office, and even setting up a small studio to record Marxist agitation. Investigators claim that the office was rented “with the support and funding of another state.” During searches of premises linked to the group, police confiscated Soviet flags, Marxist literature, CDs, and other electronic equipment said to be aimed at “promoting communist ideology.”
https://www.idcommunism.com/2025/11/marxist-activists-arrested-in-azerbaijan-accused-of-propagating-communist-ideology.htmlFire in Bangladesh slum leaves thousands homelessThe blaze began on Tuesday evening in the Korail settlement in Dhaka and burned for 16 hours before firefighters brought it under control on Wednesday, said Rashed Bin Khalid of the Fire Service and Civil Defence. Fire service director Lt Col Mohammad Tajul Islam Chowdhury said thousands of residents were left without shelter after their homes were engulfed.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fire-bangladesh-slum-leaves-thousands-homelessRSF military push for Kordofan leaves Sudan at risk of partitionSAF soldiers are still able to repel RSF fighters in West Kordofan’s Babnusa, a major transport junction connecting several parts of the country. But continuing to hold the city will be difficult for the SAF, and if it does fall, then the RSF will likely press forward towards North Kordofan’s el-Obeid, and a vital gateway towards the capital Khartoum.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/11/28/rsf-military-push-for-kordofan-leaves-sudan-at-risk-of-partitionhttps://archive.ph/1DeHHThe UAE is buying the West's silence over its 'race war' in Sudan, says top generalAtta claimed that the UAE president had personally approved a strategic plan to rid Sudan of its African tribes. He told journalists that the “project” entails a massive programme of relocation and ethnic cleansing, with northern Sudanese people and Nubian tribes pushed into Egypt. The project, according to the general, also envisages the expulsion of southern Nuba tribes and others from South Kordofan and Blue Nile states to South Sudan.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-buying-wests-silence-over-its-race-war-sudan-says-top-generalIsraeli minister moves to designate US Muslim civil rights group CAIR as a terror organisationChikli claimed to have evidence of links between the US civil rights group and the movement, as well as Hamas - a group already proscribed by both the US and Israel. Aside from Austria, no Western country has banned the Muslim Brotherhood.
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-minister-moves-proscribe-us-muslim-rights-group-cairIsraeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank who appeared to be surrenderingIn the footage, the men are seen exiting a building surrounded by armed Israeli forces in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, lifting their shirts and lying on the ground in an apparent surrender. The forces then appeared to direct the men back inside the building before opening fire at close range.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/11/israeli-forces-kill-two-palestinians-west-bank-who-appeared-be-surrenderingPro-Israel lobby groups spent £133,000 flying MPs out of the country amid Gaza genocide, investigation findsCopies of parliament’s register of interests showed the trips were funded by Labour Friends of Israel (LFI), Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI) and the European Leadership Network (ELNET), which describes itself as “the most influential pro-Israel advocacy organisation in Europe.” One trip was also funded by the newly formed Reform Friends of Israel, with little transparency over where such lobby groups get their money from.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pro-israel-lobby-groups-spent-ps133000-flying-mps-out-country-amid-gaza-genocideGAZC Seville strike enters 50th dayFifty days have passed since the workforce of Gazc Sevilla SL, an aeronautical company, decided to take a stand. They did so on 6 October, calling an indefinite strike under the banner of the CNT Sevilla union . Fifty days later, the standoff remains firm, with no agreement in sight, but with one certainty: “Our spirits haven’t waned. We are more united than ever and standing up to the company,” says Jesús, one of the striking workers.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/25/gazc-seville-strike-enters-50th-day/Zelensky's chief of staff resigns amid corruption probeYermak was the most powerful political figure in Ukraine after Zelensky, with influence over domestic politics, military issues and foreign policy."This is the perfect storm. There is a lot of uncertainty right now," a Ukrainian official said. Two Ukrainian officials said Yermak's resignation came a day before he was supposed to travel to Miami for talks with president Trump's team about the peace plan.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/28/zelensky-chief-staff-yermak-resign-scandal-corruptionhttps://archive.ph/6DObOUS directs diplomats to lobby governments against mass migration, cable saysThe cable, sent on Friday to dozens of U.S. embassies across Europe, Canada and Australia, argues that crime and human rights abuses linked to mass migration and "individuals of a migration background" were a significant concern in Europe and the West. It says these incidents threaten public safety and social cohesion around the world.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-directs-diplomats-lobby-governments-against-mass-migration-cable-says-2025-11-27/