A coalition of more than 200 groups Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to use the Defense Production Act to develop alternatives to fossil fuels. The move would simultaneously combat the climate crisis and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s stranglehold on the world’s energy economy. It would also support the transition to a renewable ec...
Among the oldest women entrepreneurs of Indian-administered Kashmir, fisherwomen locally known as Gadhi Wajin, can be seen thronging markets early in the morning. They lure customers to buy the catch netted by male family members. Dotted by lakes and streams, the scenic Kashmir Valley produces varieties of fish. Rehti Begum, 57, walks miles e...
The recent U.S. sanction of Bangladesh’s elite force has placed the South Asian country in a tough geopolitical position. The U.S. Treasury Department designated Benazir Ahmed, Bangladesh’s current police chief and former head of the RAB or Rapid Action Battalion, along with six officials, under the Global Magnitsky sanctions program. The sanc...
Valley Forge Military Academy & College has inked an agreement with Doha, Qatar-based Global Institute Studies to establish the Valley Forge Academy there. It will be the first international American school for boys in Qatar. For close to 100 years, Valley Forge has been attended by global leaders, including presidents of countries, senior...
A grand jury has indicted a Colorado county clerk and her deputy on charges related to an election security breach last summer. Tina Peters is a Republican running for secretary of state, who has promoted false claims of fraud in the 2020 election. Charges against Peters come amid death threats against election workers in the […]
More than $1.5 billion has been spent on settling police misconduct claims in the United States between 2010 and 2020, according to a Washington Post analysis. Among major U.S. cities, Chicago had the highest rate of misconduct claims involving officers named in multiple cases. More than 70% of the city’s roughly 1,500 payments during that [&h...
ISTANBUL – Japan has lodged a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Russia for “war crimes” perpetrated in Ukraine. A Foreign Ministry statement said that “the situation in Ukraine” was referred by Tokyo to the ICC in The Hague on March 9. “The military actions by Russia in Ukraine this time are...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – A Sudanese military plane crashed in the central city of al-Obeid on Thursday but there was no loss of life, according to the military. Military spokesman Nabil Abdullah said the aircraft was on a training mission when it crashed at the city’s airport. He cited a “technical failure” for the crash. […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Two ministers in the Cabinet of Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh resigned Thursday, according to media reports. The resignations of Minister of Civil Service Abdul Fattah al-Khawja and Minister of State for Immigration Affairs Ijdid Maatouk come amid a deep political rift in the oil-rich country. Dbeibeh ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that Tehran will not give up its regional presence and nuclear program. Speaking at a meeting of the Assembly of Experts, a powerful 88-member body of top clerics that monitors the lawmakers, Khamenei said it is vital for any country to have […]...
