The federal government has given out more than $10 billion to people suffering from health conditions related to the 9/11 attacks, The New York Daily News reports. The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund had disbursed $10 billion in aid as of June 6. Benjamin Chevat, executive director of 911 [&hell...
Freelance journalist Tasmiha Khan of Chicago and a team of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters have been named the 2022-23 Richard C. Longworth Media Fellows. Rick Barrett, Corrinne Hess, and Mark Hoffman join Khan as fellowship recipients. In collaboration with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Longworth Media Fellowships promote in...
The use of torture is prohibited by the United Nations convention that also opposes other cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment. Yet, many countries still employ methods of torture, including beatings, waterboarding, rape, sleep deprivation and solitary confinement. To increase global awareness of the problem, the U.N. designat...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas said Monday the health of an Israeli soldier in its captivity has deteriorated. “We announce a deterioration in the health of one of the enemy prisoners in captivity,” Abu Obeida, a spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Telegram. He said [&...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan said Monday the military will not tolerate the killing of its soldiers by Ethiopian forces. Addressing his forces in the disputed al-Fashaga border area, Al-Burhan said the Sudanese army will fully protect the Sudanese territories and people. “We don’t have a lot to sa...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Negev Summit Steering Committee convened Monday in the Bahraini capital Manama with the participation of Israeli, Arab and American officials. Alon Ushpiz, Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, posted photos from inside the meeting. “Working together to translate the full potential of the Abraham Acc...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – At least 30 people, including five Nigerians, were killed and several houses were torched in an ethnic attack in western Cameroon, multiple sources said on Monday. The attack took place between Friday and Sunday in the village of Mesaka in the Akwaya commune bordering Nigeria, according to a local church and [&hel...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Three Somali soldiers were killed and several others injured on Monday after their convoy ran over a landmine planted along the roadside in the country’s central region of Hiiraan, police said. The incident took place in Mataban, a town located 405 kilometers (251 miles) from the capital Mogadishu. Two journalis...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye on Monday denounced “one-sided sanctions” on Iran, and voiced hopes for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. “We have been against one-sided sanctions on Iran and do not approve those sanctions,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told a joint press conference with Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdolla...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – At least ten people lost their lives on Monday in a toxic gas leak in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, according to local authorities. Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said 251 other people were also affected by the gas leak from a tank at Aqaba port. “Specialists and hazardous materials teams in […]
