Ten people were killed and another three people wounded in Buffalo, New York on Saturday afternoon by a gunman who opened fire inside a supermarket, a pre-planned shooting that he live-streamed on the internet and evidence indicates was motivated by racial hatred and white supremacist ideology. “This was pure evil,” said Erie County Sheriff Jo...
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Friday called the attack on the funeral procession of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh that took place earlier in the day “an outrage” that must be condemnation by the U.S. government as he also called for an investigation into the killing. Friday’s attack was described as “horrific” and &...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to help South Sudan to end insurgency, and restore cohesion in the country. A statement issued by the presidential spokesperson Femi Adesina said that President Buhari had met Albino Mathom Ayuel, special envoy of South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit. “We will study y...
AMMAN (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s remarks on “sovereignty” over Masjid al-Aqsa in the occupied East Jerusalem have brought up questions on Jordan’s role in guarding the holy sites. The government is responsible for all decisions related to Jerusalem and the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex without a...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AA) – Ten of the 43 ministers in Nigeria’s Federal Cabinet on Friday resigned from office ahead of this month’s pre-election exercise by political parties before next year’s general elections. Nigerian Information Minister Lai Mohammed said President Muhammadu Buhari held a valedictory session with t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was “deeply disturbed” by the actions of “some” Israeli officers who violently attacked slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral procession, his spokesman said on Friday. Guterres “was deeply disturbed by the confrontations between Israeli sec...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian youth on Saturday succumbed to injuries he sustained from Israeli army fire last month, according to the state news agency Wafa. Walid al-Sharif, 23, was shot in the head by Israeli forces inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on April 22. “He died of his wounds […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – Citing security reasons, police in Somalia on Saturday announced a curfew in the capital Mogadishu ahead of the country’s long-delayed presidential election scheduled for Sunday. Abdifitah Aden Hassan, a police spokesman, said movement of the people and traffic will not be allowed, adding the curfew will last un...
ANKARA (AA) – Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected Saturday as the new president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the state news agency WAM reported. “The Federal Supreme Council elects Mohamed bin Zayed as UAE President,” WAM said in a brief Twitter post. The move came one day after […]
News that President Joe Biden is planning to urge states and cities to use unspent money from last year’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package to further increase police funding elicited furious responses on social media Friday. NBC News first reported that the president is expected to make his reallocation request on Friday during a...
