WASHINGTON – Amidst criticism from Republicans, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Joe Biden’s choice to head the Supreme Court, has said that she has a record of judicial neutrality. Jackson is currently awaiting Senate confirmation. Jackson said she is “acutely aware” that the power she wields as a US judge is “limited,R...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The Turkish foreign minister has called for collective efforts to protect the rights of Muslims and ease the sufferings they face across the globe, including in Palestine, Kashmir and Cyprus. Addressing the Islamabad meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mevlut Cavusoglu touc...
WASHINGTON – Russia has lost more than 10% of forces it sent into Ukraine, a senior Pentagon official has claimed. The official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said Moscow now has “slightly below” 90% of the forces it amassed in Belarus and western Russia ahead of its military operation that began February ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for halting Israel’s looting of Palestinian water resources. “How long will the world remain silent about the fate and life of our Palestinian people being held hostage by the [Israeli] occupier through its racist practices and its control over our resources and o...
BELGRADE, Serbia – Bosnia’s state court has sentenced former Serb soldier Predrag Bastah to 35 years in prison for committing war crimes during the 1990s. The court in the capital Sarajevo sentenced Bastah to 20 years in prison. But as he is already serving a sentence for other wartime crimes, the court imposed a combined […]
GENEVA – At least 953 civilians have been killed and 1,557 others wounded since Russia invaded Ukraine, as the number fleeing the country exceeded 3.5 million, the UN said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said that 40 children were among the people killed in […]
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – Six teenage girls were killed Tuesday when their car collided with a semi-truck on a highway in the US state of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety said the crash took place at the intersection of Highways 377, 22 and 99 in Tishomingo in Johnston County, about 120 miles from […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Tuesday that it is unclear whether Iran will ever agree to a nuclear deal, but if it is willing to make “difficult decisions,” one could be reached “very soon.” “We are still working through a number of difficult issues. As I said before, the onus is on Tehran to […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Burkina Faso’s Transitional Legislative Assembly was inaugurated Tuesday, with academic Aboubacar Toguyeni elected as its head. Toguyeni received 59 votes out of 70 in a secret ballot in the nation’s capital, Ouagadougou, beating two challengers. The 58-year old teacher-researcher succeeds Bala Alassane Sakande, whose man...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, repeatedly refused to rule out on Tuesday use of nuclear weapons, maintaining they could be considered as a response to an alleged “existential threat.” When asked about what conditions would warrant such a response, Peskov said “if it ...
