A Black South Carolina inmate scheduled to die by a firing squad or the electric chair later this month, is asking the state Supreme Court to halt his execution. Richard Bernard Moore is seeking the stay until judges can determine if either method is cruel and unusual punishment. Moore is set to die April 29. […]
Four U.S. Secret Service officials have been suspended after they were duped by two men accused of posing as officers and employees of the federal government. Arian Taherzadeh and Haider Ali have each been charged with false impersonation of a federal officer. Investigators allege the duo obtained paraphernalia, handguns and assault rifles use...
Pakistan’s parliament elected Shehbaz Sharif as the 23rd prime minister today after the ouster of Imran Khan following a no-confidence vote. Sharif, the younger brother of three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was the candidate of the combined opposition. The 70-year-old previously served as chief minister in the province of Punjab, w...
On Monday, Israeli military launched a third day of attacks around Jenin in the occupied West Bank. At least 14 people have been killed in Israel in a spree of attacks by Palestinian assailants over the past three weeks. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said the Jewish state was now “on the offensive”. Since […]
LONDON (AA) – A man has been found guilty of murdering British lawmaker Sir David Amess at the Old Bailey who was killed in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, last October. The 69-year-old Conservative MP was stabbed to death while meeting with locals in his constituency. Ali Harbi Ali, 26, was convicted of murder and preparing acts of […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan’s parliament on Monday elected Shehbaz Sharif, the three-time chief minister of the key province of Punjab, as the country’s new prime minister. Shehbaz, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, took oath of the office later in the evening. He grabbed the office following a su...
Tehran, Iran (AFP) – Tehran on Monday questioned Washington’s will in reaching an agreement to restore the 2015 nuclear agreement, with key sticking points unresolved after talks halted last month. Iran has been engaged for a year in negotiations with France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China directly, and the United States indire...
Sanaa, Yemen – AFP UN special envoy Hans Grundberg started his first visit to Yemen’s rebel-held capital Monday, following an April 2 ceasefire. The Swedish diplomat is scheduled to meet Huthi rebel officials during his first Sanaa visit since taking office in September. “He is looking forward to engaging with Ansar Allah (Hu...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – A passenger ship crashed into an oil tanker in the Port of Algiers, the tanker’s owner said Sunday. “The cruise ship named ‘Corsica Linea’ belonging to the French company Nicoli collided with an oil tanker of the Naftal Company which was anchored in Algiers port as the captain of the ship […]...
PARIS (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron, who won the first round of the country’s presidential elections Sunday, has said he does not want a France that would have international populists and xenophobes as its only allies. Macron made the statement at an event in Paris following the announcement of exit polls. Thanking Paris Mayor [&hell...
