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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has grown from a 1996 border security forum into a major Eurasian bloc, now representing nearly half the w...
Homeless residents and outreach workers in Los Angeles say they fear military-backed removals after U.S. President Donald Trump signalled his Washington D.C. crackdown could extend to other cities, including Los Angeles.
Trump on Monday took temporary control of Washington’s police force, deployed 800 National Guard troops and vowed to clear homeless encampments in the U.S. capital, bypassing local leaders. He indicated Chicago and Los Angeles could be next, echoing a June deployment of troops to Los Angeles now under federal court review.
At MacArthur Park, Jessica Sanchez, director of St John’s Street Medicine Team, said an expansion of the policy could mean police detaining homeless people “possibly by force” and removing them to detention centres for rehabilitation. She warned such actions could disrupt trust built with vulnerable patients and undermine grant-funded medical care.
Physician assistant Waverly Datner said weeks or months of patient relationship-building could be undone if people feared attending outreach sessions.
“To have them be scared to even come here would be a shame,” she said.
Local residents voiced deep anxiety. Oscar Moreira, 72, who lives in the park, said, “If they were to do it, it’s going to cause a huge problem for all of Los Angeles.”
Alexa Montero, 48, who recently moved into temporary housing, said she has stayed indoors since hearing Trump’s comments, fearing she could be separated from her pets.
Trump’s comments come amid long-running disputes over the scope of presidential power to deploy federal forces in cities without state or local consent, particularly in Democratically governed areas.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
The UK is gearing up for Exercise Pegasus 2025, its largest pandemic readiness test since COVID-19. Running from September to November, this full-scale simulation will challenge the country's response to a fast-moving respiratory outbreak.
A Polish Air Force pilot was killed on Thursday when an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a training flight ahead of the 2025 Radom International Air Show.
AnewZ has learned that India has once again blocked Azerbaijan’s application for full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, while Pakistan’s recent decision to consider diplomatic relations with Armenia has been coordinated with Baku as part of Azerbaijan’s peace agenda.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has grown from a 1996 border security forum into a major Eurasian bloc, now representing nearly half the world’s population. Its 2025 summit in Tianjin highlighted both its expanding reach and its evolving role on the global stage.
Iran said it expects the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to condemn the move by the European troika of France, Germany and the UK which has called for the return of UN sanctions against Tehran’s civilian nuclear program.
The U.N. agency responsible for providing humanitarian aid and support for displaced people has announced cuts in its 2026 budget due to financial constraints.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow and Tehran are in regular contact on a broad range of international issues, including developments related to Iran’s nuclear programme.
The EU has accused Russia of jamming the GPS signal on an aircraft carrying the European commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday.
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