WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden called for Russia to be expelled from the G20 group of nations due to its ongoing war against Ukraine. Biden, however, acknowledged that any action “depends on the G20,” but said it was discussed during his meetings with NATO and allied nations in Brussels. Biden said he proposed an [&helli...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A Bangladeshi court on Thursday sentenced two elderly people to death for alleged crimes against humanity during the country’s “independence war” in 1971. They are Abdul Khaleq Mandol, who is a district head for the opposition Jamat-e-Islami party and a former lawmaker, and Khan Rokonuzzaman, wh...
LONDON (AA) – Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has told Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate that his country wants to be “independent.” William, second in line to the British throne, and his wife are currently on a weeklong tour of the Caribbean, a trip dogged by public protests calling for reparations for slavery […]...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday marked the sixth anniversary of the guilty verdict against ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1990s Bosnia war. Karadzic, who spearheaded the most severe war crimes committed in Europe since World War II, was sentenced to 4...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese police used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters from in front of the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum on Thursday. Nationwide protests erupted in Khartoum as well as the cities of Atbara, Medani, Sennar, and others. Thousands of protesters in Khartoum approached the presidential palace ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will depart for a five-day tour of the Middle East and North Africa beginning this weekend, the State Department said Thursday. During his travels to Israel, Palestine, Morocco and Algeria, Blinken will “consult with partners on a range of regional and global priorities, includ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AA) – Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said thousands of Ukrainian civilians were evacuated Wednesday from the cities of Mariupol and Huliaipole. Speaking on her social media account, Vereshchuk said seven of nine evacuation corridors were used to take civilians out of conflict zones. A total of 4,554 people were...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has handed US Ambassador John Sullivan a list of American diplomats who were declared persona non grata. The step was taken in response to expulsion of Russian diplomats from the Russian Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and a Russian employee of the UN secretariat, the Russian Foreign Ministry […]
Bureij, Palestinian Territories – AFP After Russia invaded Ukraine, Viktoria Saidam knew she needed to find a “safer place” than Kyiv and ultimately chose her husband’s homeland — a Palestinian territory not typically associated with security: Gaza. Saidam, 21, was born Viktoria Breij in Vinnytsia, a town some 200...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN Security Council on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a draft resolution from Russia on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Only China joined Russia in voting in favor of the text, with all of the chamber’s other 13 members abstaining. The draft resolution expresses “grave concern at the deteriorat...
