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Australian Senate suspends far-right leader over ‘disrespectful’ burqa stunt

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Senate on Tuesday suspended far-right Senator Pauline Hanson for seven sitting days after she wore a burqa to Parliament as a political prop in her campaign to ban the Muslim garment in public, triggering condemnation from lawmakers. Hanson wore the burqa in the upper house on Monday after she …

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US puts visa restrictions on Haitian official, alleging support for gangs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Monday it imposed visa restrictions on a Haitian government official for allegedly supporting gangs and other criminal organizations and for what Washington called an obstruction to the Haitian government’s fight against “terrorist gangs.” The State Department did not identify the individual in its statement and said any …

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Australian far-right senator wears burqa to parliament, sparking outrage

(Corrects to change typographical error in word “risk” in paragraph 13) SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on Monday as a political prop in her push to ban the Muslim garment in public, sparking accusations of racism from Muslim senators over the stunt. Hanson wore the burqa shortly after …

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Trump begins process of labeling Muslim Brotherhood chapters as terrorist

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday began the process of designating certain Muslim Brotherhood chapters as foreign terrorist organizations and specially designated global terrorists, a move that would bring sanctions against one of the Arab world’s oldest and most influential Islamist movements.  Trump signed an executive order directing Secretary of State Marco Rubio …

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Hamas attack victims sue Binance for allegedly allowing payments to militant group

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Victims of Hamas’ October 2023 attack on Israel sued Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao, accusing them of facilitating millions of dollars in payments to the group and other U.S.-designated terrorist groups. According to a complaint made public on Monday, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange laundered money for Hamas even after …

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US senators say Trump has failed to prevent Russian LNG from helping fund war in Ukraine

(Corrects paragraphs 5 and 6 to show that the statement is by Senator Elizabeth Warren only, not by all four Democratic senators) By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday that lax enforcement by the Trump administration of sanctions on Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 export terminal allows China to buy discounted …

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Hondurans face tense election with fraud claims and international scrutiny

By Diego Oré TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -Hondurans will go to the polls on Sunday to vote in a tightly fought presidential election beset by heated accusations of fraud in one of Latin America’s poorest countries.  The November 30 election remains a toss-up, with polls showing a virtual tie among the top three candidates: former defense minister …

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Suicide bombers kill 3 at Pakistan paramilitary HQ

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Three suicide bombers targeted the headquarters of a Pakistani paramilitary force on Monday, killing three personnel and wounding at least five, authorities said. The attackers opened fire as they forced themselves into the headquarters of the frontier constabulary in Peshawar city before blowing themselves up inside the complex, police said. Three paramilitary …

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Israel kills Hezbollah military leader in Beirut strike

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel killed militant group Hezbollah’s top military official in an airstrike on a southern suburb of Beirut on Sunday, the Israeli military said, despite a U.S.-brokered truce a year ago. The strike, the first on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital in months, targeted Iran-backed Hezbollah’s acting chief of staff, Ali Tabtabai, the …

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