2+ hour, 21+ min ago (493+ words) Tunisia opposition says charges are fabricated, as police enforce a five-year prison sentence. By Caol'n Magee and News Agencies Police in Tunisia have arrested prominent opposition figure Ayachi Hammami at his home to enforce a five-year prison sentence after an appeals court upheld convictions against dozens of the administration's political opponents on charges of conspiracy against state security. The court last week confirmed jail terms ranging from four to 45 years for opposition leaders, business figures and lawyers accused of plotting to overthrow President Kais Saied, who has conducted a crackdown on opposition figures for years. "If you are seeing this video, I have been arrested," Hammami, who served as minister of human rights in 2020, said in a video posted by his family on his Facebook page on Tuesday. "I have spent years fighting for democracy, freedom, rights. I will turn…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago (64+ words) US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is vowing to continue military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea. Hegseth vows more boat strikes amid accusations he broke the law US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is vowing to continue military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea, saying "we've only just begun striking narcoboats and putting narcoterrorists at the bottom of the ocean."...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (544+ words) The organisation warns that President Donald Trump has put US fiscal policy on an unsustainable trajectory. Global growth is holding up better than expected as an artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom helps offset some of the shock from United States tariff hikes, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Paris-based organisation, however, warned on Tuesday that global growth was vulnerable to any new outbreak of trade tensions, while investor optimism about AI could trigger a stock market correction if expectations are not met. In its Economic Outlook, the OECD forecast global growth would slow modestly from 3.2 percent in 2025 to 2.9 percent in 2026, leaving its forecasts untouched from its last estimates in September. It predicted a rebound to 3.1 percent in 2027. OECD head Mathias Cormann said the trade shocks triggered by US President Donald Trump's tariff hikes had so…...

3+ hour, 32+ min ago (829+ words) Polls show the Democratic candidate within striking distance of her Republican rival in a district Trump carried by 22 points in 2024. An unexpectedly tight special election is unfolding in Tennessee, where Democrats in the United States are hoping to flip the reliably conservative 7th congressional district. On Tuesday, voters in the southern state headed to the polls on Tuesday to select a successor for Republican Representative Mark Green, who resigned in July to pursue a career in the private sector. His vacant seat in the US House of Representatives has paved the way for a surprisingly competitive off-season race, one that critics describe as a sign of growing dissatisfaction with Republican President Donald Trump. The election pits Trump-backed candidate Matt Van Epps, a former state commissioner, against Democratic state Representative Aftyn Behn. "I am asking all America First Patriots in Tennessee's 7th Congressional…...

4+ hour, 2+ min ago (619+ words) The lawsuit comes ahead of a looming Supreme Court decision about the legality of Trump's tariffs. Costco has filed a lawsuit against the administration of United States President Donald Trump in efforts to get a full refund on the tariffs the company paid this year before the US Supreme Court weighs in on the legality of tariffs. The lawsuit, filed on Friday, also calls to block the collection of import duties. Costco said that the tariffs need to be immediately addressed because there is a December 15 deadline to refund taxes that have already been paid. The lawsuit alleges that US Customs and Border Protection has denied the company's request to extend the deadline. Costco did not specify the amount that it believes it should be refunded for. "Importers that have paid IEEPA duties, including Plaintiff, are not guaranteed a refund…...

4+ hour, 22+ min ago (63+ words) The Sri Lanka Air Force is using helicopters to airlift supplies to communities cut off by mudslides and flooding. Sri Lanka airlifts aid to communities devastated by huge floods The Sri Lanka Air Force is using helicopters to airlift food and clean water to communities cut off by devastating mudslides and widespread flooding. Al Jazeera's Minelle Fernandez joined one of the missions....

4+ hour, 27+ min ago (74+ words) Families mourning their loved ones are demanding answers as authorities investigate the cause of a fire in Hong Kong. Hong Kong residents demand answers after deadly apartment fire Officials say they've recovered five more bodies from the massive fire that ripped through a Hong Kong apartment complex last week, bringing the confirmed death toll to 156 people. Families mourning their loved ones are demanding answers as authorities investigate the cause of the blaze....

4+ hour, 44+ min ago (434+ words) Imran Khan is "physically well" but "very angry" about being so isolated, sibling says after visit. Pakistan"s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan is healthy but struggling with the largely solitary conditions in prison, his sister has said, after becoming the first family member in weeks to be allowed to visit him. Uzma Khanum, who is a doctor, gave the update on Tuesday while speaking to reporters in Rawalpindi, the city where her brother is imprisoned. "He is physically well," Khanum said. "But he is kept inside all the time and only goes out for a short while. There is no contact with anybody." Khanum described Khan as being "very angry" about being so isolated, saying that he deemed the resulting "mental torture" to be "worse than physical abuse". Their brief meeting was closely supervised, and no mobile devices…...

4+ hour, 57+ min ago (888+ words) Cossette Lopez-Osorio, a member of the right-wing National Party, denounced her left-wing colleague Marlon Ochoa for allegedly disrupting a news conference. A member of Honduras's election council has accused one of her colleagues of seeking to derail proceedings as the Central American country awaits the outcome of Sunday's presidential election. In a social media post on Tuesday, Cossette Lopez-Osorio of the National Electoral Council (CNE) alleged that her fellow panel member, Marlon Ochoa, sought to delay a news conference through "intimidation. "The press conference to mark the resumption of the results release was disrupted, Lopez-Osorio wrote. "Councillor Marlon Ochoa opposed restarting the process and sent members of the LIBRE party, as well as members of his staff, to storm the Hotel Plaza Juan Carlos, engaging in acts of intimidation to prevent the public appearance. Currently, two candidates are in a…...

5+ hour, 5+ min ago (1165+ words) Trump backs Honduras's right-wing candidate, threatening to cut US aid as the election remains too close to call. By Farah Najjar and News Agencies The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Honduras called for "patience" on Tuesday as it launched a manual count of votes in one of the closest presidential elections the country has seen in more than a decade " a contest over which US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut off aid to the country. Vote counting has been held up by technical difficulties with the results website. As of the latest count in the November 30 election, right-wing candidate Nasry Asfura was said to be holding a narrow lead, though the race remains effectively a "technical tie" and no official winner has yet been declared. Trump has publicly endorsed Asfura and threatened to cut off United States aid…...