The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it is leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, known as OPEC, and OPEC+, in a major blow to the cartel amid an energy crisis caused by the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran. The country’s departure will take effect on May 1, it announced in a statement issued through its state news media. It will allow the country to…
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The ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee on Friday morning announced a “sweeping” probe into alleged self-enrichment by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump who has served as a high-profile White House envoy in the Middle East while also, according to Congressman Jamie Raskin, “soliciting billions of dollars from Gulf monarchies for [his] private business…
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On Thursday, March 19, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Prince Faisal warned Iran that tolerance for its regional attacks was running short — and that the Saudi regime has “the right to take military actions if deemed necessary.” He elaborated that Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have “very significant capacities and capabilities that they could bring to bear” if the attacks continue.
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At 18, Boniface Murigi never imagined he would be recounting his mother’s life and death to the world.
Yet he sits on a couch in his family’s living room in Gilgil, a small town about two hours northwest of Nairobi, struggling to describe who Sylvia Waithera Karuri was to him. “She was a great mother and a hard worker,” he says.
A Sunday school teacher and mother of four, 38-year-old Sylvia owned a hardware store and was building rental houses to support her family. “I remember her carrying big bags of cement on a motorbike to the construction site herself,” Boniface recalls, a faint smile crossing his solemn face. Her church and mission work earned her the local nickname “The Preacher.”
After a divorce made it harder to provide for her children, Sylvia accepted a domestic work job in Saudi Arabia in 2021, hoping to invest the earnings into expanding her businesses. Her mother, 68-year-old Masengena, opposed the idea.
“I heard so many stories of young women ending up dead there or unspeakable things happening,” she tells TRNN. Sylvia eventually persuaded her it was necessary for the family.
For about a year, the plan seemed to work. Sylvia called home regularly and sent money to renovate her mother’s house and support the rental business. The family started to believe their fears about Saudi Arabia may have been exaggerated.
But in 2023, after a few months with a new employer, everything changed. The family received a frantic message: her employer accused her of stealing a gold chain on the way to a wedding—and he was carrying a pistol. Sylvia said she feared for her life. Then
Fascism thrives in societies that grow desensitized to violence. Once cruelty is normalized, political life collapses into a spectacle of force, lies, and corruption. Under such conditions, the humanity of selected populations becomes disposable. Bodies disappear, injustice parades as lawful, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security reveal themselves as…
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President Donald Trump announced that he is naming Saudi Arabia as a “major non-NATO ally” on Tuesday, during a White House visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in which the leaders discussed major weapons deals that would allow the country to continue ravaging the Middle East. This means that Saudi Arabia will benefit from military and economic privileges that are not afforded to…
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