KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military junta announced Sunday that it has decided to withdraw from the West African multi-national military force G5 Sahel, citing a lack of progress in uprooting an insurgency. The G5 Sahel, which comprises Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, was created in 2014 and its anti-insurgent force launched ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday called Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema out by name for undercutting their own party’s legislative agenda, including desperately needed action to rein in carbon emissions, reduce income and wealth inequality, and protect abortion rights. “It should not be a head-scratcher,” Sanders...
Amid the outpouring of grief and heartache following Saturday’s massacre in Buffalo that left 10 people dead and three wounded, critical observers say the racial animus which evidence shows motivated the killer must be seen in the larger context of a white nationalist mindset that has increasingly broken into the mainstream of the right-...
LAHORE, Pakistan – With alarm bells ringing all over the world over global warming, new farming technologies are helping the young generation reduce waste and keep the earth healthy. A survey by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics in 2018 found that some 39% of the country’s labor force was engaged in agriculture, with the sector [&h...
ANKARA – Inter RAO, Russia’s largest electricity company, has suspended electricity supply to Finland, according to news reports. Inter RAO’s Finnish subsidiary, RAO Nordic Oy, said in a statement that it is “forced to suspend the electricity import” starting May 14. “Unfortunately, we are forced to note that for ...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisian opposition leader Ghazi Chaouachi, who is the Secretary-General of the Democratic Current, has announced on social media that he will appear before court after a judicial investigation was opened against him on charges of “disturbing public order.” “I was informed a while ago by the Bar Association of a de...
ANKARA – Protests continue in Iran over hike in food prices and a shortage of commodities in the country. Protests were reported in the cities of Borujerd and Dorud in the western Lorestan province, in Gunkan and Farsan in Chaharmahal Bakhtiari province and the city of Dehdasht in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in southwestern Iran. [&hel...
ANKARA – Iran blocked more than 9,000 bank accounts on Saturday over ‘suspicious and illegal foreign currency and cryptocurrency activities.’ A total of 9,219 bank accounts belonging to 545 individuals were blocked, according to a statement by the Ministry of Intelligence. The volume of the accounts was approximately 60 trillion Ir...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AA) – The Rotterdam Court in the Netherlands has ruled that the government should bring back 12 ISIS women and their 29 children from Syria. The court ruled that the women and children should be brought back to the country within four months if the Dutch Prosecutor’s Office does not want to lose […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigeria’s minister of water resources warned Thursday that most regions of the country are at high risk of flooding. Suleiman Adamu in a statement said that 32 out of 36 provinces in the country may face severe storms and floods, noting there may be food shortages in these regions. Adamu also […]
