BEIRUT, Lebanon – The voter turnout of the Lebanese diaspora in Lebanon’s parliamentary elections reached 60%, according to the country’s foreign ministry. Foreign Ministry official Hadi Hashem said between 128,000 and 130,000 expatriates in 58 countries cast their votes out of 225,000 eligible Lebanese voters worldwide. “The turnout of expatr...
ANKARA – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has denounced Israeli plans to build thousands of new settlement units by demolishing Palestinian homes and razing Palestinian villages. The OIC said in a written statement that it “condemned the plans of Israel to build 4,000 new settlement units on occupied Palestinian land and to ...
MOSCOW – Russia started its “special military operation” in Ukraine to prevent incursion on its territory, and it was “the only right decision,” President Vladimir Putin has said. Addressing the 77th Victory Day at the Red Square in Moscow, marked to celebrate Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in Worl...
As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer makes preparations for a vote this week on legislation that would codify the abortion rights that the U.S. Supreme Court’s right-wing majority appears poised to overturn, progressives on Monday reiterated that the filibuster must be eliminated for the bill to pass. The Women’s Health Protect...
KHARTOUM, Sudan – The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) has welcomed the launch of a national dialogue facilitated by the UN and the African Union. The SRF is an alliance of political and armed groups formed in 2011 to oppose the regime of former President Omar al-Bashir. “We welcome the planned launch of dialogue between Sudanese […]...
ISTANBUL – Some 25,650 Russian soldiers have so far been killed during the war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian military has claimed. Ukrainian forces have destroyed 199 Russian aircraft, 158 helicopters, 377 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,145 tanks, 2,764 armored vehicles, and 513 artillery systems, according to the Ukrainian General Staff’s late...
A historic settlement filed in court on Monday highlighted the power of Illinois’ strong privacy law and will result in new nationwide restrictions on a controversial technology company infamous for selling access to the largest known database of facial images. The deal permanently banning Clearview AI from providing most private entitie...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AA) – The head of a political and economic union of Gulf countries held talks on Monday with the UN envoy to Yemen on efforts to end the eight-year conflict in the Arab country. A statement issued by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) following the meeting between GCC Secretary-General Naif al-Hajraf and […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 50 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of this year, the Health Ministry said on Monday. A ministry statement said the West Bank city of Jenin recorded the highest death toll with 17 fatalities and Nablus with seven deaths. There was no comment from the […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – A large number of people gathered in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday for the burial of nine people killed in the 1993 Ahmici massacre during the Bosnian War whose bones were recently discovered. A funeral prayer was held at the Martyrs’ Cemetery in the Vitez town for the victims of the Ahmici massacre, [&hellip...
