Rights groups condemn reported punishment of Kenyan migrant worker as an ‘act of violence’

A Kenyan mother in Saudi Arabia has reportedly been sentenced to 100 lashes after giving birth outside marriage.

Under the Saudi sharia law system, sex outside marriage is a criminal offence. But it is women who are disproportionately targeted, say rights groups, which have condemned the punishment as an “act of violence”.

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Berlin backs a common approach as it pursues missiles with ranges exceeding 2,000 kilometers while French officials fear Moscow could misread a conventional strike deep inside Russia.

Brussels pledged €50 million for a joint maritime security hub and €10 million each for Romanian and Bulgarian search-and-rescue operations after at least nine ships have been hit since early October.

IRGC lifted the ceiling after Iran’s supreme leader warned of a response without geographic limits. Its spokesman left open whether Tehran already has missiles that can fly farther.

Ukraine wants at least 10 years of Western financial support to sustain an 800,000-strong army after the war, a senior Ukrainian source told AFP, as talks continued in Abu Dhabi.

The United States skipped its Universal Periodic Review at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Nov. 10 for a second consecutive year, and the council postponed the review to January 2027.

Japan is expected to state in a revision of its three security documents that it will study acquiring nuclear-powered submarines, government and ruling coalition sources said.

Nearly four in five Britons, 78%, regard Israel as a serious threat to world peace, second only to Russia, according to NatCen’s spring 2026 survey.

The U.S. Army has redesignated its 92G culinary specialists as tactical field feeding specialists, saying the new title reflects the demands of large-scale combat in contested environments.

Türkiye has issued a NAVTEX for survey work by the French-flagged vessel Abeille Marengo on an Eastern Mediterranean cable route, saying Turkish authorities approved the lines.

Texas lawmakers have prefiled bills for the 2027 session that would legalize and regulate recreational marijuana for adults 21 and older, the first such push since Democrats flipped the House and the governor’s office.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has designated Argentina’s Navy and Air Force as terrorist organizations, saying the move is a reciprocal response to Buenos Aires’ decision to label the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist entity.

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday that the war in Iran is “based on a lie,” comparing it to the wars in Vietnam and Iraq, during a Capitol Hill news conference with Sen. Elissa Slotkin.

The Republican-led House has voted 211-204 to refer Rep. Thomas Massie’s impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, effectively ending the effort this Congress.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has recently moved from his Washington-area home to a military base after Iranian threats against his life, The New York Times reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.

Indonesia mobilizes troops in Jakarta as three senior police officers face allegations of illegally wiretapping President Prabowo Subianto.

Russia says it intercepted 92 drones over its Leningrad region, home to major Baltic oil export terminals and the Kirishi refinery.

NATO fighter jets respond to suspected drones approaching Lithuania and Latvia from Russia or Belarus, triggering shelter alerts across Baltic regions.

Australia, the US and UK complete their largest joint maritime autonomy demonstration, testing underwater drones, anti-submarine defenses and contested resupply.

Taiwan says China's Liaoning carrier group is conducting area-denial drills in the Western Pacific, raising concerns over potential US intervention in a conflict.