WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced Thursday that it is extending special immigration protections to Ukrainians as Russia continues its war against its eastern European neighbor. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said what is known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) would be extended to Ukrainians for 18 months because of th...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s junta leader Lt Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba named Albert Ouedraogo as his prime minister Thursday. The move came a day after Damiba was inaugurated as the West African country’s transitional president under a recently adopted charter. Ouedraogo, 53, is an economist and specialist in business development...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – A goldmine collapsed in western Guinea, claiming at least 18 lives, about 380 kilometers from the capital Conakry, authorities said Thursday. Government spokesman Ousmane Gaoual Diallo said the accident took place Monday in Kounsitel. Diallo said search and rescue operations are continuing. Some 15 people were killed in a...
MOSCOW (AA) – The Russian Defense Ministry accused the West on Thursday of sending mercenaries to Ukraine to support the Ukrainian armed forces. At a daily briefing in Moscow, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said the employees of private military companies raid Russia’s military convoy, attack aviation, using US Javelin and UK ...
ISLAMABAD (AA) – A suicide bomber blew himself up during weekly Friday prayers at a Shia mosque in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 56 people and injuring over 190 others, authorities said. The suicide bomber was stopped by police at a mosque in Peshawar’s bustling Qissakhwani bazaar, but he forced his way into the mosque’s ...
GENEVA (AA) – The prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25% in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WHO has reported. A WHO report highlights those most affected by the pandemic and found that people with more severe mental disorders, such as psychoses, and young people with mental disorders, were particularly at [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A leading Syrian opposition figure has accused the West of “double standards” in dealing with the crises in Syria and Ukraine. Anas al-Abdah, who heads the Syrian Negotiation Commission, made the remarks during an interview with Anadolu Agency as Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its second week. “In Syria, there is a ...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization has expressed serious concern over reports of attacks on medical facilities and health workers in Ukraine. “WHO is deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian emergency in Ukraine,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a webinar. He said the agency has received several reports of ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Supreme Court rejected Thursday a plea from a Guantanamo Bay detainee to learn more about his torture through two former CIA contractors. In a 6-3 vote, the top court upheld the federal government’s claim of “state secrets” privilege in Abu Zubaydah’s case, allowing the secrecy claim even tho...
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Hundreds of doctors and health workers in Khartoum protested against violence by Sudanese security forces at healthcare facilities. The protest was organized by the Sudanese Doctors Syndicate near the government-run Khartoum ENT Hospital. The participants held banners urging authorities to respect the sanctity of hospit...
