Over 400 Russian elites, including members of the government and defense companies, face sanctions from the U.S., the European Union and G7 countries. So far, 600 Russian targets have been sanctioned by the U.S. due to Moscow’s war on Ukraine, according to a White House statement. These economic sanctions on Russia are unprecedented. In no [&...
On Thursday, a human rights organization decried Israel’s policy of placing Palestinian children 14 years and younger under house arrest. The Beirut-based Palestinian Association for Human Rights, known as Shahed, said Israeli authorities continue to oppress Palestinians, especially residents of Jerusalem. Shahed said Israel’s policy of house...
A French court Wednesday voided the government’s decision to close a mosque near the city of Bordeaux for six months, Anadolu News Agency reports. Sefen Guez Guez, attorney for the Al Farouk Mosque Association, said the Bordeaux Administrative Court annulled the Gironde Governorate’s March 14 decision. Al Farouk Mosque was closed for allegedly...
On Thursday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry called for launching intra-Yemeni dialogue “away from foreign interference” to settle that nation’s crisis. Yemen is facing “the worst humanitarian catastrophe of the century,” a ministry statement said. This was on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition’s war and blockade....
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan’s capital Kabul yesterday. It is his first since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last August. Political, economic, transit and investment issues are the main topics for Yi’s visit. A Russian delegation also arrived in Kabul to discuss a range of issues with Afghan [...
Lawyer and activist Ishrat Jahan was released from jail in the Indian capital New Delhi last week, after more than two years of imprisonment. She was hugged by her sister, and the duo burst into tears as relatives gathered around to welcome her home. Jahan said she was subjected to extra surveillance as well as […]
On Thursday, a progressive coalition urged the Biden administration to exercise its power to make lifesaving medicines affordable. Advocates for The Make Meds Affordable campaign unveiled a roadmap for lowering drug prices. It outlines two executive authorities the federal government can invoke to end patent monopolies and lower drug prices. ...
On Wednesday, a group of Senate Democrats urged President Joe Biden to boost production of fossil fuel-reducing technologies like heat pumps. The move would also slash “dependence on Russia and other authoritarian petrostates” while addressing the climate emergency, they said. The demand was delivered in a letter to Biden signed by Senate Demo...
A man suspected of killing a maintenance worker at the Husseini Islamic Center in Sanford, Florida on Thursday is in the hospital, after being shot several times by deputies. Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma initially said the suspect, 38-year-old Ahmed Raslan, and the victim, an unnamed 59-year-old man, were coworkers at the center. Inves...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel will host a two-day meeting with the top diplomats of the US, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Morocco from Sunday, its Foreign Ministry said on Friday. In a statement, the ministry said the “historic” diplomatic summit is being held at the invitation of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. The readou...