Mike Waltz checks his mobile phone while attending a cabinet meeting at the White House, April 30, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo |
- Germany's domestic intelligence agency classified the far-right Alternative for Germany as an extremist entity that threatens democracy, a move enabling it to better monitor the party that came second in February's federal election.
- Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK won a fifth parliamentary seat, its first post as mayor and many positions on local councils in early election results which underscored the threat it poses to Britain's main two political parties.
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- Trump blindsided Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his decision to immediately open negotiations with Iran last month. Now, the talks hinge on winning key concessions that would prevent the Islamic Republic ever developing a nuclear bomb, eight sources said.
- A ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists for Gaza was bombed by drones in international waters off Malta, its organisers said, alleging that Israel was to blame.
- Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese campaigned in his conservative opponent Peter Dutton's constituency on the final day before Saturday's election, with polls favouring the incumbent in a campaign overshadowed by Donald Trump's volatile diplomacy.
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These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack |
Readers of Gateway Pundit, a far-right news site, have posted threatening and harassing comments about the relatives of federal judges. |
Federal judges who have stood in the way of Trump's moves to dramatically expand presidential authority and slash the federal bureaucracy are facing an intimidation campaign. As Trump and his allies call for judges to be impeached or attack them as "radical left" political foes, the families of judges are being singled out for harassment. |
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Amateur sumo wrestlers hold babies during 'Nakizumo' or a baby-crying sumo contes, Senso-ji temple in Tokyo, Japan, April 26, 2025. REUTERS/Manami Yamada |
Odd and unusual images from around the world this week. |
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