KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) – At least two people were killed and seven others injured when a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul was hit by a bomb blast and gunfire on Saturday, an Afghan official said. The attack targeted the temple in the Karte Parwan region early in the morning, said Abdul Nafi Takor, a […]
PARIS (AA) – The Council of Europe has condemned Russian occupying forces in Crimea over human rights violations against ethnic minorities including Ukrainians and Muslim Crimean Tatars. Based on a recent report by Secretary-General Marija Pejcinovic Buric, the council’s Committee of Ministers noted in a meeting the human rights si...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief said at a special council session that Ukraine’s Mariupol city, after having been besieged by Russian forces, is in a “dire” situation, and residents face the risks of infections and diseases including cholera. Michelle Bachelet spoke after a UN Human Rights Council Resolution ado...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and Ukraine have inked a three-year agreement to boost cooperation in agriculture, particularly food production, as the UN warns of devastating consequences of Russia’s war on global food security. The agreement will see the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Ukraine’s Ministry of Agrarian Policy...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has hailed a life sentence slapped by a UN-backed court against two Hezbollah members in connection with the 2005 assassination of his father. Hariri, the head of the Future Movement, said that the conviction of the two Hezbollah members was the “clearest condemnation of t...
NUR SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AA) – Russia condemns recent attacks against Türkiye in Syria, the Russian special envoy for the war-torn country has said. Speaking to reporters in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan after the 18th round of Syria talks in the Astana format, Alexander Lavrentiev said recent attacks by “Kurdish groups,” refe...
As supporters of Julian Assange held a news conference Friday at the United Kingdom’s consulate in New York to demand freedom for the jailed WikiLeaks founder, a trio of leading leftist figures decried the British government’s approval of the ailing Australian’s extradition to the United States. In a statement published ahead...
Amid the looming threat of nuclear escalation in Ukraine, a group of U.S. congressional Democrats on Friday urged the Biden administration to send delegates to a key upcoming nuclear disarmament summit in Austria. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Rep. John Garamendi (D...
The Poor People’s Campaign plans to hold a “generationally transformative and disruptive gathering of poor and low-wealth people, state leaders, faith communities, moral allies, unions, and partnering organizations” in the U.S. capital on Saturday, June 18. The Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Somali forces backed by Galmudug regional forces on Friday repulsed an attack by al-Shabaab on a major military base in central Somalia. A total of 47 terrorists were killed in the operation, Somali military radio said quoting officials. Al-Qaeda-backed al-Shabaab launched the attack in Bahdo, a small town locat...
