WASHINGTON, 28th February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – On Thursday, US Attorney General Pam Bondi released a batch of declassified files related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of sex trafficking and other serious offences before his death by suicide in 2019. Bondi stated that the release of these files was part of the […]

JERUSALEM, 28th February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Israel has announced that it will enforce what it terms “safety restrictions” at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins this weekend. Each year during Ramadan, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians visit Al-Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam, […]

SYDNEY, 28th February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – New Zealand’s High Court has overturned criminal convictions against a company responsible for granting tourist access to White Island, a volcano that erupted in 2019, tragically killing 22 people. In December 2019, 47 people were on White Island, also known as Whakaari in the Māori language, when a devastating […]

JOHANNESBURG, 28 February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – On the streets of Johannesburg’s student district, US President Donald Trump’s proposal to accept white Afrikaners as refugees has been met with ridicule and disbelief by South Africans of all backgrounds. Trump recently cut off aid to South Africa, alleging—without evidence—that the Pretoria government is seizing white-owned land and […]

MIAMI, 28 February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Right-wing influencer Andrew Tate, who is facing charges of rape and human trafficking in Romania, arrived in the United States on Thursday. This marks his first time leaving the Eastern European nation since his arrest in 2022. Romanian prosecutors accuse Tate, 38, his brother Tristan, 36, and two women […]

SAINT-DENIS DE LA RÉUNION, 28 February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Authorities in La Réunion placed the Indian Ocean island under its highest “purple alert” on Friday as Cyclone Garance approached, posing a severe threat of direct impact. “Faced with a direct impact, with wind gusts exceeding 200 km/h (around 125 miles per hour), the prefect will […]

GOMA, DR Congo, 28 February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Goma, which fell to M23 fighters and the Rwandan military in late January, has become a stark symbol of the ongoing conflict that has ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for over three decades. In early January, an offensive on North Kivu’s capital—home to thousands of UN […]

BANGKOK, 28 February 2025 (BSS/AFP) – Thai authorities have apprehended a Singaporean man suspected of conducting cyber attacks on over 70 organisations across a dozen countries worldwide. The 39-year-old suspect was arrested in Bangkok on Wednesday as part of a coordinated operation with Singaporean law enforcement, Thai police announced on Thursday. The individual, identified as […]