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A transit country for mainly Sub-Saharan Africans seeking to reach Europe by sea, Tunisia has been receiving EU support for border control since 2023, triggering an internal migration crisis that recently led to the dismantling of several camps.   The operation carried out by the National Guard followed anti-migrant rhetoric in the public sphere and a particularly hostile stance by Tunisian President Kais Saied, who claimed in February 2023 that “hordes of irregular migrants” were present in Tunisia as part of “a criminal plan to change the composition of the demographic landscape” of the North African country. The speech led to…

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Monday announced its decision to disband and end its armed struggle, following a call in February by its imprisoned leader Abdullah Ocalan. The Kurdish armed group, which has waged a war against Turkey since the 1980s, said that it had completed its “historic mission” and brought the Kurdish question to a point where it could be resolved through democratic politics. The group said Ocalan should be allowed to manage the disbandment process. It also requested solid and integrated legal guarantees to ensure the success of their decision. “At this stage, it is important for the Grand…

Hong Kong CNN  —  Ding Xueliang spent his early teenage years in China as a fervent believer and practitioner of Chairman Mao Zedong’s revolutionary ideals — but he never imagined those memories would one day be stirred by a sitting US president. In 1966, at just 13 years old, the son of poor farmers became one of Mao’s Red Guards. He joined millions of young people across China to participate in the Cultural Revolution, a decade-long upheaval set off by an aging Mao to reassert his absolute control over the ruling Communist Party – with the stated goal of preserving…

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN  —  For about 30 hours, the illusion of transatlantic unity over Ukraine was maintained. Europe and Ukraine had demanded a deal on the 30-day unconditional ceasefire the Trump administration proposed two months earlier. European leaders said US President Donald Trump had personally backed their plan – and threat of sanctions if Russia declined to sign up by Monday – in a Saturday phone call, a picture of which they posted online from Kyiv. Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, even joined a chorus of US allies demanding Russia adhere to the ceasefire demand. But then Russian…

Chiclayo, Peru CNN  —  Chiclayo’s main plaza was raucous with the sounds of hammering and music, people milling in anticipation as the scaffolding went up for vast digital screens in front of the city cathedral. Saturday’s open-air mass would be a very special one: a celebration marking the ascendency of Pope Leo XIV, the world’s first American pope – but better known here as Robert, the world’s first Chiclayano pope. Through the cathedral’s open doors, a line of women formed in front of the confessional in preparation for the big evening. A children’s chorus performed on the steps, competing with…

CNN  —  The Indiana Pacers emphatically pushed the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers to the brink of playoff elimination with a dominant 129-109 win to take a 3-1 series lead. After a chastening 22-point defeat at home in Game 3, a determined Pacers squad flew out of the gates and was 15 points up after the opening quarter. By the end of the second quarter, the lead hit 41, tying the largest halftime lead in NBA playoff history. The Pacers’ 80 first-half points also set a new franchise playoff record for points scored in a half, per Reuters. The Cavaliers had no…

BRNENEC, Czech Republic (AP) — A dilapidated industrial site in the Czech Republic where German businessman Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews during the World War II is coming back to life.The site, a former textile factory in the town of Brněnec, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) east of Prague, was stolen by the Nazis from its Jewish owners in 1938 and turned into a concentration camp. This weekend it welcomed the first visitors to the Museum of Survivors dedicated to the Holocaust and the history of Jews in this part of Europe.The opening was timed to coincide with the 80th…

The White House touted a “China trade deal” on Sunday — without providing details — after two top U.S. officials alluded to a potential agreement with China following talks between the two countries in Switzerland over the weekend.”U.S. Announces China Trade Deal in Geneva,” read the White House’s headline for a transcript of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s remarks to reporters.Bessent and Greer had struck an optimistic tone regarding the state of a potential trade agreement with China, noting that the administration would provide additional details on Monday. While Greer referred to an “agreement” and “deal,”…

New Delhi/Islamabad CNN  —  India and Pakistan engaged in the most intense fighting in decades with four days of escalating conflict that included fighter jets, missiles and drones packed with explosives. It ended almost as abruptly as it began. New details reveal how a flurry of phone calls and diplomacy ultimately brought about a truce between the nuclear-armed neighbors and historic foes. And while the Indian and Pakistani accounts differ on some details, both sides agree the breakthrough started to come on Saturday afternoon. The ceasefire between Islamabad and New Delhi that according to Pakistani officials had been in the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors will begin trying to prove Monday that Sean “Diddy” Combs turned his hip-hop conglomerate into a racketeering enterprise that forced women to satisfy his sexual desires for two decades.Testimony in Combs’ New York trial could begin as soon as the afternoon following a final phase of jury selection in the morning and opening statements from the lawyers.Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to a five-count indictment that could land him in prison for at least 15 years if he is convicted on all charges. He has been imprisoned at a federal jail in Brooklyn…