Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Aworo Abayomi

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5h

We live in a country where the media is focused more on who a Democratic mayoral candidate defines as his ‘aunt’ than on the DHS Twitter account putting out white nationalist propaganda and replying to Nazis online.

100 1.2K 4.2K

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 5h

Nigeria: A new report says 21 states rely on FAAC allocation for 70% of revenue.

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 6h

Israel said a coffin handed over by Hamas on Monday did not contain the remains of a deceased hostage

Reposted by Aworo Abayomi

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 6h

Awful piece. Just because so many white people are culturally ignorant and don’t know that Aunt, Auntie, Cousin are all terms to describe family members or close friends of our parents - even if that’s not their blood connection. The racism, the desperation, the sheer…..smallness of these attacks!

CNN @cnn.com · 8h

In the final days of New York City’s mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has faced pushback over a story he told about his aunt being afraid to wear her hijab while riding the subway after the September 11, 2001, attacks. https://cnn.it/432IAcr

150 280 1.5K

Reposted by Aworo Abayomi

CNN @cnn.com · 8h

In the final days of New York City’s mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has faced pushback over a story he told about his aunt being afraid to wear her hijab while riding the subway after the September 11, 2001, attacks. https://cnn.it/432IAcr

910 8 98

Reposted by Aworo Abayomi

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days

1K 1.5K 16K

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 6h

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to immediately carry out "powerful" attacks in Gaza after Israel accused Hamas of breaking the ceasefire by attacking its soldiers in Rafah, southern Gaza earlier in the day.

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 6h

Two people were injured after Israeli forces struck a tent sheltering displaced families west of al-Zawaida in central Gaza.

That brings the total number of people killed today in Gaza by Israeli strikes to nine, according to the Hamas-run civil defence agency.

1

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 6h

Four people (three women and a man) were killed after an Israeli strike hit a civilian home in the al-Sabra neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.

Five others (two men, a woman, and two children) were killed when an Israeli air strike targeted a civilian vehicle in Khan Younis.

1

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 6h

Police released videos showing suspects using drones armed with grenades against the police. The footage also showed armed men fleeing into a forested area near the operation.

The Rio state government called Tuesday's operation the largest ever targeting the Comando Vermelho gang.

A man is detained by police officers during a police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 28, 2025.

Members of the military police special unit detain suspected drug dealers during a police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 28, 2025.

Suspected drug dealers sit on the ground after they were detained by members of the military police special unit, during a police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 28, 2025.

A person looks on behind a burnt car during a police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 28, 2025

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 6h

Police have often conducted large-scale operations against criminal groups ahead of major events in Rio, which hosted the 2016 Olympics, the 2024 G20 summit and the BRICS summit in July.

1

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 6h

At least 64 people died on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro's most deadly police operation ever, which targeted a major gang days before the city hosts global events related to the United Nations climate summit known as COP30.

1

Reposted by Aworo Abayomi

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 9h

340 3.1K 10K

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 9h

Vice President Vance says he believes US military will be paid Friday despite the shutdown, but does not specify how

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 9h

Israel launches artillery shelling in east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip. Violent explosions rock Gaza City — Al Jazeera

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 10h

Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica with violent 185 mph winds

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: The US Senate vote on a bill to reopen the government fails for the 13th time, with the shutdown now in its 4th week.

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Netanyahu orders IDF to immediately carry out powerful strikes in the Gaza Strip

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 11h

Israel accuses Hamas of breaking the ceasefire by attacking its soldiers in Rafah, southern Gaza and vows response will be significantly greater than last time.

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 12h

Elon Musk's xAI launches Grokipedia AI encyclopedia to rival Wikipedia

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 12h

Côte d'Ivoire's President, Alassane Ouattara, has won a fourth term, securing a crushing 89.77 percent of the vote in an election from which his two greatest rivals were barred, the electoral commission announced on Monday

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 12h

Afghan man arrested for murder after one man killed in three-person stabbing in London

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 12h

The US military on Monday struck four more vessels that were allegedly trafficking narcotics in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 14 and leaving one survivor, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 14h

A plane crash killed 11 people, mostly foreign tourists, in Kenya’s coastal region of Kwale early Tuesday while en route to the Maasai Mara National Reserve

Aworo Abayomi @engineer.bsky.social · 19h

Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe admitted to murder in the first hearing of the case, media said, three years after the assassination of Japan's longest-serving premier stunned the nation