With large swaths of the planet currently in the grips of hellish, record-shattering heatwaves and devastating wildfires, U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly considering declaring a national climate emergency this week as a senator with deep ties to the fossil fuel industry continues to obstruct much-needed renewable energy spending. Biden&...
ANKARA (AA) – A Turkish gendarmerie soldier was killed and another injured during an anti-terrorism operation in the eastern province of Van, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. The casualties occurred in an IED explosion in Van’s Catak district around 3.30 a.m. local time (0030GMT), according to a ministry statement. “We wish God’s mercy on...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – A Somali passenger plane landed upside down before catching fire at an airport in the capital Mogadishu on Monday, and all people on board were saved, said an official. A civilian airliner with 36 passengers crash-landed at Aden Adde International Airport, an official from Somalia’s Civil Aviation Authority told...
ANKARA (AA) – A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province on Monday, the second temblor in less than a month. “So far, one person is injured and 16 houses are damaged,” Mohammad Naseem Haqqani, a spokesman for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), also known as the Disast...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Monday it had intercepted a drone fired by the Lebanese group Hezbollah. A military statement said the drone had crossed into Israel but was shot down by the army. There was no comment from the Lebanese group on the Israeli claim. Early this month, the Israeli army destroyed […]
Staffers of eight Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday took a key step toward unionizing by filing petitions for representation at the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. Monday was the first day that congressional staff could make that move after a resolution introduced in February by Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.) passed...
A few dozen billionaires are spending tens of millions of dollars on the 2022 midterm elections—mostly to support Republican candidates, including many who have parroted the dangerous lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen—in a bid to ensure that Congress is full of lawmakers willing “to make their wealthy benefactors even ri...
Open internet advocates on Monday celebrated news of soon-to-be-unveiled legislation that “would reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service,” exposing industry giants to stricter federal oversight. “This bill is incredibly important right now,” said Evan Greer, director of the advocacy group Fight for the Futu...
Jayapura, Indonesia – (AFP): Ten people were shot dead in Indonesia’s restive eastern province Papua on Saturday in an ambush police attributed to rebels. Two others were also seriously injured in the shooting, which police said took place in a remote highland area when about 20 people — three armed with guns and others with ...
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – (AFP): Saudi Arabia’s decision to lift restrictions on airlines using its airspace is not a sign of any push towards future ties with Israel, the kingdom’s foreign minister said Saturday. “This has nothing to do with diplomatic ties with Israel,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan told a news conferen...
