DUBAI: U.S. Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed called on Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to resign after the House of Representatives voted to send a resolution to impeach him to committee. In an interview with CNN, El-Sayed said Hegseth had mishandled the war with Iran and had failed at his responsibilities. “Why are you still doing this job? You are really bad at this … So just resign. Make it easy for everybody instead of, in the end, getting taken out, because that is clearly what’s happening,” he said. El-Sayed said the war in Iran was the reason the cost of living had increased in America.

 

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BERLIN (Euronews) - Anti-Muslim sentiment and right-wing extremist attitudes are rising in Germany, while trust in democracy has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter-century, according to a new study released on Wednesday. The Leipzig Authoritarianism Study 2026, led by scholars Oliver Decker and Ayline Heller, found that 34.1% of respondents agree with statements reflecting anti-Muslim hostility. That marked an increase from 33.2% in 2024 and 26.5% in 2022. Respondents were counted as holding anti-Muslim views if they endorsed generalized, prejudicial and discriminatory statements such as “Immigration of Muslims to Germany should be prohibited” and “Because of the many Muslims here I sometimes feel like a stranger in my own country.”

 

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – An SUV ploughed into a group of pedestrians in the North Hollywood district of Los Angeles on the evening of Nov 10, killing at least three people and leaving three others critically injured, the authorities said. There were no official details immediately available on the circumstances of the incident, which occurred shortly before 6pm Pacific time. A police spokesperson said investigators had yet to determine whether the crash was accidental or deliberate. “We need to understand exactly what happened and what led to this tragedy,” Los Angeles county supervisor Kathryn Barger said in a statement. “I will be closely following the investigation and seeking additional information as the facts emerge.”

 

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan was taken to hospital in Islamabad late on Tuesday for medical treatment and returned to prison, sources said. Khan, who is imprisoned in Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, had an eye check-up at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), one of the officials said on Wednesday. “He had some blood pressure issues ... and was given required treatment last night. He has been shifted back to his prison cell,” the person said. The cricketer-turned-politician has faced multiple corruption charges since he lost power in a no-confidence vote in 2022, and has been in prison for more than three years. All of Khan’s convictions bar one have been suspended or overturned, with appeals pending. 

 

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MADRID (Reuters) - Millions of workers across Spain are striking to demand government action over the country’s housing crisis, less than three weeks before a national election that could bring the far right to power. The 24-hour walkout, which began at midnight on Wednesday, disrupted public transport and forced businesses, factories and shops to scale back operations or close entirely across the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy. It’s Spain’s first general strike in 14 years. Minor incidents were reported in the first hours, including roadblocks with burning tyres in Barcelona, the second-largest city in the country. There were also scuffles between picketers and police near the country’s main wholesale market on the outskirts of the capital, Madrid.