“Three activists opposed to President Donald Trump’s immigration raids in Los Angeles have been indicted on charges of illegally ‘doxing’ a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, federal prosecutors said. Investigators said the women followed the agent home, livestreamed their pursuit and then posted the agent’s address online, according to a statement Friday from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Once they arrived at the agent’s home, prosecutors allege the women shouted ‘ICE lives on your street and you should know,’ according to the indictment. The defendants are each charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of publicly disclosing the personal information of a federal agent, the statement said.” (09/29/25)
“Afghanistan is in the midst of a communications blackout, just weeks after Taliban authorities began severing fibre optic connections in multiple provinces, in what appears to be the Islamist regime’s latest crackdown. … Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities began to restrict internet service earlier this month, shutting down high-speed connections in several regions across the country, the French news agency AFP reported Monday. CBS News has independently verified that internet links have now been cut nationwide. The Taliban’s leadership has not publicly commented on the blackout. But on Friday, Haji Zahid, a local Taliban spokesperson in the northern province of Balkh, said in a post on X that the ban had been ordered by their leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, ‘to prevent immoral activities.'” (09/29/25)
“US President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his threat to cut off federal funding from New York City if its voters elect Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani as mayor. In a post on his Truth Social page, Trump falsely labeled Mamdani ‘a communist’ and predicted that ‘he is going to have problems with Washington like no Mayor in the history of our once great City.’ Trump then elaborated on the ‘problems’ Mamdani would face: ‘Remember, he needs the money from me, as President, in order to fulfill all of his FAKE Communist promises. He won’t be getting any of it, so what’s the point of voting for him? This ideology has failed, always, for thousands of years. It will fail again, and that’s guaranteed!'” (09/29/25)
“The White House is weighing Ukraine’s request for long-range Tomahawk missiles to defend the country against Russian forces, Vice President JD Vance said Sunday. ‘We’re certainly looking at a number of requests from the Europeans. And one of the things, again, that I think has really worked about the president’s policy in Ukraine and Russia is that it’s forced the Europeans to step up in a big way. … It’s something the president’s going to make the final determination on,’ Vance said on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ … The U.S.-made Tomahawk missile has a range of about 1,500 miles, which would place Moscow well within the range of Kyiv should the Ukrainian government obtain them. On Monday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov implied that the U.S. was directly interfering in the war between Russian and Ukraine.” (09/29/25)
“Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina fired the prime minister and the rest of his government Monday in response to days of deadly protests in the Indian Ocean island over the failure of the electricity and water supplies. Rajoelina said in a speech on national television that Prime Minister Christian Ntsay and other government officials would stay on an interim basis until a new government is formed. He invited applications for government positions. Youth-led protests against chronic electricity and water cuts began on Thursday, prompting the government to order nighttime curfews in the capital, Antananarivo, and other major cities. The protesters had called for the resignation of both Ntsay and Rajoelina. The United Nations human rights office said earlier Monday that 22 people had been killed in clashes surrounding the protests.” (09/29/25)
“Denmark has closed its airspace to all civilian drone flights ahead of a major European Union defense summit in Copenhagen this week, after a spate of recent drone sightings near airports amplified security concerns. Denmark was one of several European countries that reported unidentified drone sightings over the past week, which prompted airport closures and widespread travel disruption. The sightings — which officials have attributed to unnamed foreign actors — rattled Europe, already on high alert because of recent incursions by Russian aircraft in the airspace of Poland, Estonia and Romania. Denmark’s transport minister, Thomas Danielson, cited the sightings in announcing that his country’s airspace would be closed to civilian drones from Monday to Friday to ensure ‘extra focus on safety’ around the summit.” (09/29/25)
“President Donald Trump had South Korea’s new leftist President Lee Jae-myung panicking after his Truth Social post a few hours before meeting in late August. Here’s what Trump wrote: ‘WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA? Seems like a Purge or Revolution. We can’t have that and do business there. I am seeing the new President today at the White House. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!’ Trump was referring to the Lee administration’s aggressive efforts to punish former President Yoon Suk Yeol and to intimidate conservative opponents, including religious groups. A South Korean government investigative raid on the jointly operated Osan Air Base was also on Trump’s mind. But then Trump eased up. Later, in a good-natured joint press conference with Lee, Trump said it might have just been ‘a misunderstanding’ or ‘rumor.'” (09/29/25)
“California Governor Gavin Newsom should be charged criminally for describing Stephen Miller as a ‘fascist,’ according to a Republican lawmaker. On Friday, Newsom’s press office posted this on X: ‘STEPHEN MILLER IS A FASCIST!’ MAGA accused Newsom of ‘trying to get Miller killed’ with the simple comment on social media. Miller is currently the White House deputy chief of staff under Trump. Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden (WI) went as far as to allege criminality on behalf of the governor. ‘At this point, this reaches the threshold of domestic terrorism,’ the lawmaker claimed. ‘This is no longer ‘inflammatory,’ it is criminal.'” (09/29/25)
“Seychelles is set to hold a rerun of its presidential elections between the two main contenders, after no outright winner was announced. Opposition leader Patrick Herminie received 48.8% of the vote against the incumbent President Wavel Ramkalawan who garnered 46.4%, the electoral commission announced. According to the electoral rules, a candidate must obtain more than 50% of the vote to be declared the winner, and a run-off election has subsequently been scheduled for next week. Seychelles is Africa’s smallest country, a 115-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean with a population of just over 120,000. There were eight presidential hopefuls in last week’s election.” (09/29/25)
“Donald Trump has repeated his threat to impose a 100% tariff on {American viewers of] all films not made in the US, claiming the American industry had been ‘stolen’ by other countries. He said on Monday that California had been heavily affected and the levy ‘would solve this long time, never ending problem.’ In May, the US president said he would talk to Hollywood executives about his plan and to begin the process of imposing the levy because America’s film industry was ‘dying a very fast death.’ Trump’s remarks come as he announced a new wave of tariffs last week, including a 100% levy on [American buyers of] branded or patented drug imports as well as 50% levies on [American buyers of] kitchen and bathroom cabinets.” (09/29/25)
