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An official in Equatorial Guinea is investigated for hundreds of sex videos

Nov. 05, 2024 08:45 AM EST

YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Authorities in Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday announced plans to install surveillance cameras in government offices, the latest in a string of actions taken in response to a scandal involving a government official who allegedly recorded hundreds of sex videos. ...

A member of British Parliament suspended from Labour Party after video of apparent assault

Oct. 27, 2024 15:42 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — A member of the British Parliament was suspended Sunday by the Labour Party after a video appeared to show him punching and knocking a man to the ground. Mike Amesbury, 55, from Runcorn and Helsby in northwest England, was suspended pending an investigation into the...

Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an 'excess' of immigrants

Oct. 02, 2024 18:06 PM EDT

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic announced Wednesday that it would start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country, expelling up to 10,000 of them a week. Government spokesman Homero Figueroa told reporters that the government...

Security was stepped up temporarily at a NATO air base in Germany because of a 'potential threat'

Aug. 23, 2024 10:32 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — The security level at a NATO air base in western Germany was raised temporarily because of intelligence information pointing to a “potential threat,” but was reduced again on Friday, the alliance said. An announcement late Thursday night of the increase in the...