Bucharest, Romania – May 18, 2025 — Romania is facing a pivotal presidential runoff election as nationalist candidate George Simion and liberal Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan go head-to-head following a highly polarized campaign season. The new election follows the annulment of the previous vote last year, which was voided due to allegations of Russian interference….
US President Donald Trump has granted refugee status to members of South Africa’s Afrikaner community, alleging that a genocide is taking place in the country. Nearly 60 Afrikaners have since arrived in the United States under this asylum provision. The South African government cooperated by allowing the US embassy to process refugee applications on South…
Ethiopia’s main opposition party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), has been officially banned by the country’s electoral agency, raising serious concerns about the stability of the 2022 peace agreement that ended years of conflict in the northern Tigray region. The National Election Board of Ethiopia revoked the TPLF’s legal status on Wednesday, citing the…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A parliamentary committee in New Zealand has recommended suspending three Māori MPs following a protest haka performed during a parliamentary sitting last year. The committee’s findings mark one of the most severe disciplinary actions proposed in recent memory. The incident involved Opposition MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke, who led the traditional Māori dance…
May 15, 2025 — BlogHear.com Former US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would accept a luxury Boeing 747-8 jet from the Qatari royal family has ignited strong reactions across the American political spectrum. Valued at an estimated $400 million, the plane is intended to join the US Department of Defense’s Air Force One fleet…
BlogHear.com | News | May 15, 2025 A group of 59 white South Africans, identifying as Afrikaners, recently arrived in the United States after being granted refugee status, reigniting a global debate over whether the minority group is facing persecution in South Africa. Their arrival at Dulles International Airport near Washington DC followed an executive…
Georgetown Researcher Freed After Judge Rules Detention Violated Rights Amid Activism Crackdown Washington, D.C., May 15, 2025 — Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri has been released from a Texas immigration detention center following a federal judge’s ruling that his arrest and continued detention violated his constitutional rights. Mr. Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral…
BlogHear.com | May 15, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. —The US Supreme Court will hear arguments on Thursday in a pivotal case that could redefine presidential authority and impact birthright citizenship, a longstanding constitutional right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. The case stems from a controversial executive order signed by President Donald Trump in January, within hours…
BlogHear.com | May 15, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. —Ben Cohen, co-founder of the ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, was arrested on Wednesday during a protest in the US Senate over military aid to Israel and the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The protest occurred while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was testifying…
BlogHear.com | 15 May 2025 JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticized a group of 59 white South Africans who relocated to the United States, labeling them “cowards” for fleeing the country. This group, mostly Afrikaners, was granted refugee status by President Donald Trump, who claimed they were facing racial discrimination in South…
