just now (556+ words) MINNA (AFP): Armed men have kidnapped 26 people including a pastor and a bride in two separate raids in Nigeria, the latest in a string of mass abductions to rock the west African country. A gang of criminals abducted the clergyman along with 11 worshippers on Sunday after storming an out-of-the-way rural church in Ejiba, in central Nigeria's Kogi State, the state's information commissioner told AFP. And in Sokoto State in the northeast a bride and 10 of her bridesmaids were among the 14 abducted in the night of Saturday to Sunday from the village of Chacho, a resident said. In recent weeks, gangs have kidnapped hundreds of people for ransom across Nigeria, which has struggled to respond to the threat posed both by jihadist groups and criminals known locally as "bandits. The unrest has heaped pressure on the Nigerian government, with US President…...

just now (430+ words) ZAGREB (AFP): Several thousand people rallied in Croatia's capital on Sunday in an anti-fascist march protesting against the rise of World War II revisionism and far-right views in the country. In recent months, Croatia has been seeing right-wing nationalists increasingly trying to impose their agenda, with subsequent incidents targeting the ethnic Serb minority and the use in public of the country's World War II pro-Nazi regime salute. In early November, masked men disrupted a Serb cultural event in Croatia's second-largest city of Split, replicating the Ustasha salute. Relations with ethnic Serbs have remained fragile since Croatia's 1990s war with Belgrade-backed rebel Serbs who opposed its independence. Hundreds of thousands gathered in Zagreb at a July concert of ultra-nationalist singer Marko Perkovic, known by his stage name Thompson, One of Thompson's most popular songs starts with the Ustasha salute and his fans…...

1+ min ago (351+ words) The Los Angeles Rams have been easily one of the best teams in football this season. They sit at 9-2 and are currently first in both the NFC West and NFC as a whole. Sean McVay is one of the most elite coaches in the NFL, and their defense has been one of the most stout in the league. The true recipe of their success this season, however, has been veteran QB Matthew Stafford. Stafford has looked like a QB five years younger, and he's garnered serious consideration for the MVP award this season. Today, in the first quarter vs the Panthers, Stafford broke an impressive NFL record, adding to his case. In 2010-11, Tom Brady was at the top of the NFL. The Patriots were in the process of going 14-2 that year, and Brady was on his way to one of…...

1+ min ago (257+ words) Major punishment is coming following an extremely ugly youth football brawl over Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is known for food, family and football. However, it's not known for fighting. But that's what we got this holiday week. A massive brawl broke out during a youth football game in California earlier this week. A charity youth football game was held at Central Valley High School in Shasta Lake, Calif. on Saturday. While the game was just for charity, things got heated - to the point that a brawl broke out. The brawl featured parents, kids and someone on the sideline getting decked by a punch. It got ugly. According to reports out of California, the fight started when a parent rushed the sideline to confront a coach. The brawl ended up featuring parents, coaches and juveniles, according to the Shasta County Sheriff's Office. It…...

1+ min ago (288+ words) Sauce Gardner is injured on the Colts' first defensive drive and exits the game. (0:24) INDIANAPOLIS -- Colts cornerback Sauce Gardner sustained a left calf injury early in Sunday's game against the Houston Texans and was ruled out for the remainder of his team's 20-16 loss. After the game, Gardner said he believed the injury was not an Achilles tear, as was feared. "I think it's like a strain," he said. He added that it "felt like I got shot in the calf. But it was higher" than the Achilles. But Gardner said an MRI would be required to make an official diagnosis. After the game, Gardner had been supplied with crutches by the medical staff, but he was walking without any assistance and without a walking boot after showering and dressing into his street clothes. Gardner was in coverage away from the…...

1+ min ago (290+ words) NJ Transit buses will start providing service in Bayonne starting Monday morning with a new No. 12 route to take over from the Broadway Bus Company which ended service Sunday. The NJ Transit route also offers a connection Hudson-Bergen Light Rail at the 8th Street and Avenue C station. The route covers almost the entire length of Broadway. On Dec. 10, it will offer connects to the No. 6 and 8 buses at the Twin City Shopping Center. Broadway runs through the heart of Bayonne's business and shopping district. The company announced in November it would end service on its lone route. This is the sixth time since 2021 NJ Transit will take over a route of a private bus carrier that is leaving the local bus business. Broadway Bus ran hourly service and NJ Transit will run more frequent, every 30-minute service, said Mike Kilcoyne,…...

1+ min ago (483+ words) November 30, 2025, 1:53 PM The lawmakers said they did not know whether last week's Washington Post report was true, and some Republicans were skeptical, but they said attacking survivors of an initial missile strike poses serious legal concerns. "This rises to the level of a war crime if it's true," said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, when asked about a follow-up strike aimed at people no long able to fight, said Congress does not have information that happened. He noted that leaders of the Armed Services Committee in both the House and Senate have opened investigations. "Obviously, if that occurred, that would be very serious and I agree that that would be an illegal act," Turner said. Turner said there are concerns in Congress about the attacks on vessels that the Trump administration says are transporting drugs, but the…...

2+ min ago (117+ words) The Indianapolis Colts defense took a big blow on the first defensive drive against the Houston Texans. Star cornerback Sauce Gardner suffered a non-contact calf injury in the first quarter while blocking Texans tight end Cade Stover. Gardner had a noticeable limp as he made his way to the sidelines and struggled to put weight on his left foot. The Colts ruled him out for the remainder of the game. Gardner was traded to the Colts by the New York Jets ahead of this year's NFL trade deadline for two first-round picks and A.D. Mitchell. Going into the Week 13 matchup, Gardner amassed 13 total tackles and two passes defended in two games....

2+ min ago (689+ words) HALLANDALE: Ukrainian negotiators met US officials in Florida to thrash out details of Washington's proposed framework to end Russia's war in Ukraine, as Kyiv faces pressure on military and political fronts. The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, the special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law, sat down with a Ukrainian delegation on Sunday before planned US talks this week in Moscow with Vladimir Putin. Diplomats focused on revisions to a proposed 28-point plan developed in negotiations between Washington and Moscow. That plan has been criticised as being too weighted toward Russian demands. As the meeting began Sunday, Rubio focused on reassuring Ukraine. "The end goal, obviously, is not just the end of the war. But it's also about securing an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity at real prosperity,…...

2+ min ago (487+ words) KANDIL (AFP): A senior Kurdistan Workers" Party commander told AFP the group will take no further steps in the peace process with Turkiye, urging it to advance negotiations and free PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan. "All the steps the leader Apo has initiated have been implemented" there will be no further actions taken," commander Amed Malazgirt told AFP on Saturday in a bunker in the Qandil mountains in northern Iraq. "From now on, we will be waiting for the Turkish state and they have to be the one taking steps," he said. The group has two demands, he added. "First, the freedom of leader Apo" without this, the process will not succeed. The second is the constitutional and official recognition of the Kurdish people in Turkiye." Female senior commander Serda Mazlum Gabar told AFP that "as long as the leadership is…...