Ex-member of radical Marxist group scales balcony, escapes house arrest in ArgentinaA 74-year-old former member of Italy’s radical Marxist group the Red Brigades has escaped from house arrest in Argentina, the country’s security ministry confirmed on Wednesday, after he reportedly hid his ankle monitor inside a tube of pork and lowered himself from a fifth-floor balcony. Authorities placed Leonardo Bertulazzi under house arrest in Buenos Aires in 2024, prior to his extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence. He had received the sentence in 1987 for joining a subversive association and belonging to an armed group.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/11/red-brigades-leonardo-bertulazzi-escapes-house-arrest-argentinaVenezuelan Parliament Approves Law to Open Electricity Sector to Partial PrivatizationThe new legislation stipulates that power generation, transmission, distribution, and commercialization can now “be carried out by the state-owned operating company, as well as by mixed-ownership and private companies holding the corresponding authorization.” “The reform will allow private entities to provide electricity services,” National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez told reporters after the legislative session. “It will make self-generation possible, allowing private companies to generate and supply electricity to businesses, industries, shopping centers, etc. This will help increase supply.”
https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuelan-parliament-approves-law-to-open-electricity-sector-to-partial-privatization/De la Espriella failed to make Colombia secure in 90 daysHis first three months in office ended this week, and by almost every metric violence is rising. Non-state armed groups and organized criminal groups alike have staged a series of attacks on security forces and their infrastructure, likely in retaliation for aggressive security actions that have included bombings carried out by Colombian aerial forces (which have killed at least 8 minors).
https://colombiareports.com/de-la-espriella-failed-to-make-colombia-secure-in-90-days/ Revealed: West Bank petrol station chain faces $325m claim in PA fuel-smuggling probe The investigation, which has unfolded against a backdrop of worsening fuel shortages in the occupied Palestinian territory, has led to the arrest and weeks-long detention of Tarek al-Natsheh, the chairman of Al-Huda Group, as well as raids by security forces on his company’s offices and the confiscation of computers and financial records. Lawyers for Natsheh, who is accused in the report of profiting from smuggling activities, say he denies wrongdoing and stands ready to pay any taxes he may legally owe.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/revealed-west-bank-petrol-station-chain-faces-325m-claim-pa-fuel-smuggling-probeFresh concerns raised over Gaza doctor held by Israel for 23 months without chargeDuring a visit by a lawyer from Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) in the summer, the doctor told of harsh conditions, untreated medical problems and severe food shortages. Witnesses said he had become almost unrecognisable. Nearly 700 days after his arrest, Israeli authorities have yet to bring any formal charges against Abu Safiya, who is the director of Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/11/fresh-concerns-over-gaza-doctor-held-by-israelFamily of slain Sunni Iraqi politician blames Hezbollah for Beirut killingRudaw could not immediately confirm the above statements against the Iran-backed group. However, the Sunni politician was a prominent critic of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and a key organizer of the Sunni anti-government protest movement in Ramadi throughout 2013. Lebanese authorities announced finding the body of Alwani late Tuesday. While local media suggested that he was strangled to death, nothing conclusive has been established.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/categories/iraq/1080124General strike brings Spain to a standstillThe walkout, under the slogan “Salaries. Housing. Prices,” was the first general strike in Spain in 14 years. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called snap elections for later this month after parliament failed to approve his plan for housing reform. In Barcelona, most storefronts on a main shopping boulevard were boarded up in anticipation of protests later in the day.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/general-strike-brings-spain-standstillBelgian plan for ICE-style immigration raids on homes criticised as ‘law of fear’In the run-up to the parliamentary vote last Friday, more than 60 protests were held across the country, adding to criticism voiced by NGOs, judges and lawyers’ associations over the measures. Some have drawn parallels with the US, where arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have soared under Donald Trump’s administration.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/11/belgium-ice-style-home-raids-immigrationFrance turns back Israeli settler representative upon arrival in ParisFrench authorities forced Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan to leave the country after he landed at a Paris airport last week, his office said in a statement on Wednesday. The French foreign ministry did not confirm his deportation, only saying that Dagan was banned from French territory due to his involvement in Israel's illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20261111-france-turns-back-israeli-settler-representative-upon-arrival-in-parisAfrican rights body raises alarm over treatment of Niger’s Mahamid ArabsThe Mahamid are an Arab community with historical links to Chad and Sudan. Many live in Niger’s Diffa region. Some families have been settled there for generations, following successive waves of migration from neighbouring countries. Disputes over their nationality and identity documents have repeatedly put them at odds with the authorities.
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