ISTANBUL (AA) – The Egyptian Parliament on Saturday agreed to a Cabinet reshuffle that involved 13 ministers. The move came one day after General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi called the assembly to convene in an extraordinary session to approve the changes. The reshuffle included the ministers of tourism, higher education, trade and industry, water an...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi and US forces launched a joint military drill in the Red Sea province of Yanbu on Saturday, the state news agency SPA reported. SPA said the month-long exercise, codenamed “Native Fury 22”, includes combined tactics and logistical operations. “The exercise aims at training on bilateral military and operational plans as we...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Controversy is heating up in Tunisia after local authorities suspended a Muslim preacher for reciting verses from the Quran, Islam’s holy book, regarding “coup”. Muhammed Zain al-Din, 60, a preacher in the eastern Nabeul province, told local media that he recited the verses during prayer last week in the presence of [&hel...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – A joint Sudanese-Libyan patrol found 20 bodies and rescued eight irregular migrants in the desert between the two countries, according to an official statement issued on Friday. According to the Sudanese-Libyan Joint Forces statement, which was cited by the Sudanese official news agency, the bodies were found on the bord...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Two soldiers were killed and another injured in Burkina Faso on Friday after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, according to media reports. The attack occurred between the Dori and Sebba areas in the Sahel region. “The vehicle was carrying a group of defense and security forces belonging to the ...
Amid heightened global fears of a nuclear war or accidental catastrophe, Veterans for Peace this week urged President Joe Biden to review its recommendations for U.S. policy related to weapons of mass destruction. As Common Dreams previously reported, VFP’s January report argues that “what we need now is a ‘nuclear posture...
Climate and Indigenous activists on Friday applauded the reinstatement of an Obama-era moratorium prohibiting new coal leases on all public lands until after the completion of a thorough environmental review. Brian Morris, chief judge of the U.S. District Court in Montana, issued an order reinstating the 2016 moratorium, which Ryan Zinke, form...
National Education Association president Becky Pringle on Thursday warned that the U.S. teacher shortage has spiraled into a “five-alarm crisis,” with nearly 300,000 teaching and support positions left unfilled and policymakers taking desperate—and in some cases, questionable—measures to staff classrooms. Pringle told ABC News that...
Almost all of the baby foods that parents in the United States feed their children, whether purchased at the store or prepared at home, contain detectable amounts of toxic heavy metals that can impair brain development, according to new research published Thursday, which led to renewed demands for improved regulation. A previous study by Healt...
Without the support of a single Republican, Democrats in the U.S. House on Friday gave final passage to a $740 billion piece of legislation that includes historic investments in renewable energy development, a minimum tax on large corporations, and a landmark requirement for Medicare to directly negotiate the prices of a subset of prescription...
