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Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials
The order comes after election officials received letters demanding they set aside the ballots of possible non-citizen voters.
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US judge orders ethics inquiry into Trump lawyers over golf course case
Judge Ana Reyes calls on US government lawyers to explain contradictory statements about the East Potomac Golf Links.
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Alaska governor orders probe into Democratic campaign's alleged links to same-name candidate
The Republican governor was responding to allegations in the New York Times that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate, Dan Sullivan.
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Egypt orders closure of independent news site Mada Masr
Editor-in-chief Lina Attalah was briefly detained and fined over licensing violations. Rights groups condemned the ruling as a major blow to press freedom in Egypt, where independent media face growing pressure.
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Egypt orders closure of leading independent news site Mada Masr
Editor Lina Attalah was freed once a $53,400 fine was paid, only to learn of a one-year sentence passed in her absence.
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Algeria’s president orders troop deployment to neighbouring Niger
Niger requested troops to secure shared energy interests in what would be Algeria’s first deployment abroad since 1973.
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Uganda orders 21-day Ebola quarantine for citizens returning from DR Congo
Kampala says country is Ebola free, but Swiss authorities believe a woman diagnosed in Nigeria was infected in Uganda.
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Jordan’s King Abdullah orders firm response after deadly church attack
Authorities searching for attackers say too early to determine if they had ties to known groups, as death toll now nine.
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Netanyahu orders West Bank operation
Israel has imposed widespread closures across the occupied West Bank and displaced residents following attacks by Palestinian gunmen that killed two Israeli soldiers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the site of the attack near Hebron and instructed security forces to immediately cordon off the city. Morgan Ayre reports.
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Ecuador judge orders pre-trial detention of leftist presidential candidate
Luisa Gonzalez, who lost to right-wing president Daniel Noboa in 2023, has called the arrest political persecution.
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Israel orders home demolitions after soldiers killed in West Bank
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces will demolish homes in the West Bank after gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron.
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Netanyahu orders West Bank closure as attack wounds Israelis before election
Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky.
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Israel’s PM Netanyahu vows to ‘destroy’ Hebron after 2 soldiers killed in ‘terrorist attack’
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed to “destroy” the Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank after two Israeli soldiers were killed at a military checkpoint there. The two gunmen were also killed in the “terrorist attack”, the army said.
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Defense giant Saab sees orders triple after Gripen fighter jet deal with Ukraine
European governments race to turn defense spending pledges into military capability, boosting companies' order books.
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Judge Orders Donald Trump to Testify Under Oath in $10 Billion BBC Defamation Case
President Donald Trump must sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit filed against the BBC, the judge overseeing the case ruled. “Engaging in discovery is burdensome, but is a burden we undertake, especially if we file a lawsuit,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Aytch Lett said at a hearing in the case Thursday, as reported […]
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Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in BBC defamation lawsuit by Dec. 11: Reports
Trump's lawyers had requested that his deposition be conducted between Jan. 11 and Jan. 22.
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US orders some diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate
The warning to US officials comes as at least three people die in the latest strikes at an airport and an oil field.
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US orders some diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi threat
The US State Department has asked some US diplomats to leave Saudi Arabia because of the threat of Houthi attacks on the Gulf kingdom.
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US orders departure of personnel from Saudi Arabia, citing Houthi threat
US State Department says Iran-aligned Houthis have 'increasingly engaged in hostilities' against Saudi Arabia.
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Judge orders Meta to pay $25bn in fines for Facebook privacy violations
A jury found Meta guilty of lying to Facebook users in New Mexico about access to their data.