KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Fresh demonstrations erupted in Sudan on Sunday to demand the restoration of civilian rule in the country. Thousands of protesters rallied in the capital Khartoum, with demonstrators blocking a number of roads with barricades and burning tyres. Security forces shut roads leading to the Presidential Palace and the headqua...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has said that it will accelerate the establishment of a joint industrial zone with Jordan. “This is an initiative that will increase employment to both countries, will advance our economic and diplomatic relations, and will enhance the peace and friendship between our two countries,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid told a Cab...
Days before the Democratic House primary in Michigan, Sen. Bernie Sanders told hundreds of voters gathered in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac Friday night that a vote for Rep. Andy Levin would send a vital message to billionaires and corporate PACs, including one controlled by the powerful anti-Palestinian rights lobby, that “they cannot b...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Local Senegalese citizens and the country’s diaspora voted in Senegal’s general elections on Sunday to choose members of the 165-seat parliament to govern for the next five years. Voting booths and polling stations opened at 0800 GMT, with local media reporting a moderate turnout. “There was no major inciden...
In Northern California, the McKinney Fire became the state’s largest wildfire so far this year on Sunday, having burned through more than 51,000 acres in just two days and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. About 3,000 people were under evacuation orders in Siskiyou County on Sunday, a day after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a...
Calling out Sen. Pat Toomey by name, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said Republicans blocking a bill aimed at providing care to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals overseas should not have voted to fund the wars that created the health nightmare for millions of people. “I say to Senator Toomey, if you don’t believe we can […]...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Indicating that the next round of talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal could come soon, Iran’s lead negotiator has said that his country seeks a “swift conclusion” to the negotiations. Ali Bagheri, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, took to Twitter to announce that Tehran has responded to European Unio...
Moscow, Russia – (AFP): The Kremlin has supported China’s stance on Taiwan after Chinese President Xi Jinping warned US leader Joe Biden not to “play with fire” over the self-ruled island. “Certainly we are in solidarity,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “We respect China’s sovere...
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia has reiterated that it will not change its firm position on the Palestinian issue, despite its decision to open its airspace to all international aircraft, including those from Israel. This was stated by Mohamed al-Atiq, the acting charge d’affaires of the Saudi Arabia’s permanent delegation to the UN, during a [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – China has conveyed to the interim administration in Kabul that Beijing supports extending the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan. “China hopes to push the alignment of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with the development strategies of Afghanistan,” China’s top diplomat Wang Yi told Afghan interim Fo...
