“A Houthi-controlled court in Yemen’s capital convicted 17 people of spying for foreign governments and sentenced them to death in the latest development in a yearslong Houthi crackdown on local staff from foreign agencies. The Specialized Criminal Court in Sanaa handed down the verdict on Saturday, according to the Houthi-run SABA news agency. The people convicted were part of ‘espionage cells within a spy network affiliated with the American, Israeli and Saudi intelligence,’ said the court, which handed down a death sentence by firing squad in public. The court also sentenced a man and a woman to 10 years in prison, while another defendant was acquitted. Saturday’s verdict can be appealed, said Abdulbasit Ghazi, a lawyer representing some of the defendants who were convicted.” (11/23/25)
“Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. … federal agents entered Bolsonaro’s house early Saturday under the order of a Supreme Court Justice to take the former president to the headquarters of the country’s federal police in the capital, Brasilia. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw the case on Bolsonaro’s attempt to keep the presidency after his defeat to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, ordered the preemptive arrest after saying the far-right leader’s ankle monitor was violated at 12:08 a.m. on Saturday. His lawyers claimed in a statement that did not take place.” (11/22/25)
“Fifty of the more than 300 students kidnapped from a Nigerian Catholic school last week have escaped and have been reunited with their parents, the Catholic Church and Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Sunday. But around 253 of the kidnapped children, along with 12 staff members and teachers, are still with the kidnappers, said CAN Chairman Bulus Yohanna, a Catholic Bishop who is also the proprietor of the school. In a statement, Yohanna said the pupils escaped on Friday and Saturday. Parents rushed to the school in Niger state, to the west of the capital Abuja, after hearing that some children were free.” (11/23/25)
“A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the IRS from sharing taxpayer information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, finding the practice ‘unlawful.’ The court ‘concludes that the Plaintiffs have shown a substantial likelihood that the IRS’s adoption of the Address-Sharing Policy and the IRS’s subsequent sharing of taxpayer information with ICE were unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act,’ U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in a 94-page ruling. ‘Furthermore, Plaintiffs have shown that the IRS’s disclosure of confidential taxpayer address information to ICE was contrary to law because it violated several provisions of Internal Revenue Code,’ the judge wrote. The order indicated that in early August, the IRS disclosed information about nearly 47,000 taxpayers.” (11/21/25)
“Prosecutors introduced a new mental-state theory in court Thursday as they prepare to retry a former UC Davis student in the 2023 Davis stabbing spree that left two people dead. Carlos Reales Dominguez is accused of stabbing 50-year-old David Breaux, 21-year-old UC Davis student Karim Abou Najm and 64-year-old unhoused resident Kimberlee Guillory. Breaux and Abou Najm were killed; Guillory survived with three stab wounds. The attacks occurred within a week in April 2023 and sent fear through the Davis community. Dominguez’s first trial ended in a mistrial in June. During a motion hearing on Thursday, KCRA-TV reported that Judge Samuel McAdam acknowledged prosecutors’ newly stated position, asking: ‘Is this an entirely new theory for the people?’ Assistant Chief Deputy District for Yolo County Attorney David Wilson sought permission for a new psychiatric evaluation to assess whether Dominguez experienced cannabis-induced psychosis.” (11/21/25)
“The French lower house rejected parts of the 2026 budget bill on Saturday, leaving open whether the politically fragmented parliament, under pressure from investors to reduce a budget deficit, can strike a deal before the end of the year. After the rejection of the income part of the budget – which deals with taxation – the bill now heads to the Senate, which is expected to strip out many amendments already added by the National Assembly. Both chambers must agree for the budget to pass without the government resorting to special constitutional powers. Once the Senate completes its review, a joint committee will attempt to broker a compromise.” (11/22/25)
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“Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she will resign from office in January, an unexpected turn for the high-profile Republican days after a public feud with President Donald Trump. Greene, who became one of Trump’s Maga superstars in US politics, posted a video statement on social media announcing she would leave Congress on 5 January 2026. … While she announced her departure from the House of Representatives, reports in US media have indicated Greene has shown an interest in running for state office — either as Georgia governor or for a Senate seat. … their relationship soured after Greene became one of a handful of Republicans to back a petition for the release of all files held by the US government related to [Jeffrey] Epstein.” (11/21/25)
“Texas is back to using its 2025 congressional map, at least temporarily, after Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito granted the state’s request to pause a court ruling that would have required using the lines legislators drew in 2021. The high court has not yet decided what map Texas should use while the court battle over the legality of the map plays out over the coming weeks and months; Friday’s ruling is a short-term pause while they make that decision. … President Donald Trump pushed Texas to redraw its map over the summer, hoping to secure five additional GOP seats to shore up the party’s narrow majority in the U.S. House through the midterms. On Tuesday, a federal court barred Texas from using the new map for 2026, saying there was evidence state lawmakers had racially gerrymandered in redrawing the lines.” (11/21/25)
“An Ohio officer who shot and killed a pregnant Black mother in a supermarket parking lot after she was accused of shoplifting has been acquitted of all charges, including murder. Blendon Township police officer Connor Grubb could have faced up to life in prison. The Blendon Township police officer had pleaded not guilty to murder, involuntary manslaughter and felonious assault in the death of 21-year-old Ta’Kiya Young. Bodycam recordings showed Young refusing to exit her car and then turning her steering wheel to the right, before her car began slowly rolling forward against the body of Grubb, who fired one shot into her chest through the windshield.” (11/21/25)
