BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – At least 43 inmates were killed in a prison riot in Ecuador on Monday, authorities in the South American country reported. According to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the incident occurred at the Social Rehabilitation Center of Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas, located about 70 km (43 miles) from the Ecuadori...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden has signed new Congressionally-granted powers to dramatically streamline the process of providing Ukraine with military aid. Biden signed the Lend-Lease Act in the Oval Office as Kyiv’s forces continue to combat a Russian military offensive that has entered its third month. The costs of US military aid ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Arab Joint List on Monday voted against a no-confidence motion in the Knesset, a move that kept Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s coalition government alive. The Arab Joint List, which is not a member of the coalition but has six seats in the Knesset, justified its move as a way to block […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US urged all nations on Monday to respect the territorial integrity of others as Greece and Turkey exchange allegations that they have been the victim of each other’s airspace violations. “The sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected and protected,” a State Departm...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – A pro-Russian march was held in Serbia’s capital during Victory Day events to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Hundreds of people attended the Victory Day program celebrated across Serbia and the Republika Srpska, one of two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the ceremoni...
The World Meteorological Organization warned Monday that the planet now faces a 50% chance of temporarily hitting 1.5°C of warming above pre-industrial levels over the next five years, another signal that political leaders of nations most responsible for carbon emissions are failing to curb fossil fuel use. In 2015, by comparison, the likeliho...
ISTANBUL – China has revealed its military forces held military drills across the Taiwan Strait from May 6 to 8, a statement by the country’s Defense Ministry said. The naval, air and conventional missile forces of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command held drills in seas and airspace to the east and southwest [&hellip...
ANKARA – Some 44 migrants are believed to have died after their boat, carrying over 50 people, capsized off Cape Bojador on the west coast of Western Sahara. “Forty-four people have died this morning in a shipwreck south of Cape Bojador,” Helena Maleno Garzon, the founder of the migrant aid agency Caminando Fronteras (Walking...
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 ...
