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Brazil rejects US request to designate two gangs as terrorist organizations
Security minister says US delegation wanted classification for PCC and Comando Vermelho to aid immigration policy The Brazilian government has rejected a request by the US state department to designate two major criminal gangs as terrorist organizations, according to Mario Sarrubo, Brazil’s national secretary of public security. Sarrubo said the request was made on Tuesday…
Mahmoud Khalil misses son’s birth after ICE official denies his request to be there
Adrian Florido Immigration authorities denied an urgent request by Mahmoud Khalil to be temporarily released from detention, under monitoring, so he could attend the birth of his first child. His wife, Noor Abdalla, delivered their son on Monday in New York. Khalil, who is being held at a remote Louisiana detention center, instead experienced part…
Sudan rejects US request to discuss taking in Palestinians under Trump’s Gaza plan
US and Israel reportedly contacted officials in Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland Sudanese officials say they have rejected a request from the US to discuss taking in Palestinians displaced from Gaza under Donald Trump’s plan to turn the territory into a “Riviera on the Mediterranean”. According to an Associated Press report, the US and Israel contacted…
Jay-Z’s Request to File to Dismiss Rape Accuser’s Lawsuit Granted
Jay-Z, who was accused of raping a teenager in a lawsuit filed against him and against Sean “Diddy” Combs last month, has been granted his request to file a motion to dismiss the suit. Jay-Z is continuing his legal battle. Weeks after the rapper was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in lawsuit filed against…
US judicial body rejects request to refer Clarence Thomas to justice department
Request was made after Thomas failed to disclose luxury trips by Texas businessman and GOP donor Harlan Crow A judicial policymaking body on Thursday rejected a request by Democratic lawmakers to refer the conservative US supreme court Justice Clarence Thomas to the Department of Justice to examine claims that he failed to disclose gifts and…