Indonesia Bans British Porn Star Bonnie Blue for 10 Years
Billinger and an associate, 27-year-old Liam Andrew Jackson, were fined 200,000 rupiah (about $12) on December 12 for breaking traffic violations.
Author: Wadh Kassim
German Court Jails Man for Repeatedly Raping Sedated Wife
The 61-year-old, identified under German privacy rules only as Fernando P., was found guilty of aggravated rape, sexual coercion, dangerous bodily harm and other crimes.
Mercosur Trade Bloc Meets After EU Deal Delay
The deal would help the 27-nation European Union export more vehicles, machinery, wines and spirits to Latin America at a time of global trade tensions.
Brussels Farmer Protest Turns Ugly as EU-Mercosur Deal Teeters
At least 7,000 farmers staged a mostly peaceful march through the capital’s European quarter, where the Mercosur deal loomed large over an EU summit focused on funding Ukraine’s war effort.
France Exonerates Women Convicted Over Abortions Before Legalisation
France decriminalised the voluntary termination of a pregnancy with the 1975 Veil Law, named after women’s rights champion and health minister Simone Veil, who championed legalising abortion.
Canadian Researchers See Rare Polar Bear Adoption
The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, widely known as the polar capital of the world.
Stalled Sierra Leone Abortion Bill Leaves Women Few Options
Approximately 91,500 illegal abortions were carried out in Sierra Leone in 2021, according to a report by the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) published in 2024
Supporters of Tunisia President Mark Revolt Anniversary
Saied was elected by a landslide in 2019 over dissatisfaction at the lack of post-revolution political and economic progress, but two years later staged a power grab and later began rolling back freedoms.
Emotions High, Hope Alive After Nigerian School Abduction
Parents have been living through trauma since armed gangs stormed the St Mary’s Catholic boarding school in remote village of Papiri in Niger state and herded away more than 300 children.
French Court Jails Doctor for Life for Poisoning 30 Patients, Killing 12
Frederic Pechier, 53, worked as an anaesthetist in two clinics in the eastern city of Besancon, when patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017. Twelve could not be resuscitated.
