MOGADISHU, Somalia – Somalia’s newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has assumed the office of the country’s presidency a week after he was elected by both houses of the parliament. In a ceremony at the country’s presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu, former President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo han...
Supporters of Jessica Cisneros’ bid to represent Texas’ 28th District are making their final pitches for the progressive challenger on Monday as they hope to prevent anti-choice Democrat Henry Cuellar from holding a 10th term. Cisneros and Cuellar will face off Tuesday in a runoff since neither candidate crossed the 50% threshold i...
Senior citizens, doctors, progressive lawmakers, and activists gathered virtually on Monday to launch a “summer of action” to prevent the back-door privatization of traditional Medicare. At issue is Direct Contracting, which is set to be renamed ACO REACH—an acronym for Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Co...
Pro-democracy campaigners in West Virginia and Arizona on Monday risked arrest at sit-ins in downtown Charleston and Tucson, demanding that Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema end obstruction of their party’s agenda and allow the Senate to pass reproductive rights, climate action, and voting rights measures. Campaigners repre...
Legal experts responded with alarm Monday to a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing majority that could lead to the indefinite imprisonment and even execution of people who argue their lawyers didn’t provide adequate representation after convictions in state court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor—joined by the other two liberals...
PARIS (AA) – The security guard in front of Qatar’s embassy in Paris was killed in the early morning hours on Monday, according to local media. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into intentional homicide after a 40-year-old male suspect forced his way into the official headquarters at around 6.30 in the morning, Frenc...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – A 10-story building collapsed in southwestern Iran on Monday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others, officials said. Mojtaba Khaledi, spokesman for Iran’s national medical emergency organization, said 25 people were injured in the collapse in the city of Abadan. Some reports, however, put the deat...
ANKARA (AA) – Turkiye’s foreign minister is scheduled to go on a two-day visit for official talks in Palestine and Israel, according to an official statement on Monday. Mevlut Cavusoglu is set on Tuesday to chair the second meeting of the Joint Committee of the Palestinian and Turkish foreign ministries, which was established in 20...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – The German chancellor Monday visited Niger on the second day of his three-nation visit to Africa. Olaf Scholz, who embarked on his first visit to Africa on Sunday and visited Senegal where he held talks with President Macky Sall, will conclude his tour on Tuesday in South Africa. “This is my first […]
ANKARA (AA) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi arrived Monday in the Omani capital, Muscat, for his first visit to the Gulf state since he assumed power last year. Raisi was welcomed upon arrival by Sultan Haitham bin Tariq at an official ceremony, the Oman News Agency reported. Raisi said in pre-departure statements cited by the […]
