KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military government refused to let a German military transport plane to fly over its territory, the German air force said Thursday. An Airbus A400M plane “with about 80 soldiers on board was denied the right to fly over Mali on its way to Niamey, Niger,” the German air force said […]
The international community must act together to overcome the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. Erdogan spoke during a joint news conference alongside his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic ALEXANDER VOO CHICH, referring to recent moves toward separatism in Bosnia. Erdogan said all parti...
Gambian President Adama Barrow was sworn in for a second term on Wednesday at ceremonies near the capital Banjul, the AFP reports. With the Quran in his right hand he took his oath of office in the tiny West African nation. Barrow’s first election in 2016 put an end to more than 20 years of […]
Afghanistan’s prime minister Mullah Akhund in a rare meeting attended by representatives of 20 foreign countries this week, called on the international community to recognize its government. He said Islamic countries should not wait and let the US be the first to recognize Afghanistan, after which, he told them “you would also recognize ...
The Israeli army on Thursday detained seven Palestinians, including a disabled man. According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society the arrests took place in the West Bank city of Jenin and Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli army detained Abdul-Kader Khuzaymah, who is in his 60s and disabled. The Israeli army often arbi...
A group of more than 100 millionaires and billionaires on Wednesday presented fellow members of the global economic elite with a stark choice: “It’s taxes or pitchforks.” The open letter was published amid the corporate-dominated virtual Davos summit. The 102 signatories included such prominent figures as Disney heiress Abiga...
A London-based law firm has filed an application with British police seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official over their alleged roles in war crimes in Kashmir. Law firm Stoke White says it has submitted evidence including 2,000 testimonies taken between 2020 and 2021 to law enforcement in the [&he...
A group of rabbis, imams and pastors helped FBI teams negotiate with a hostage-taker last week in a synagogue outside of Fort Worth, Texas. On Saturday, an armed British man with mental health issues took a rabbi and three congregants hostage at Congregation Beth Israel. The negotiating team included Bob Roberts Jr.; Imam Omar Suleiman; [&hel...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump’s attempt to block the release of White House records to a House of Representatives panel investigating last year’s deadly attack on the US Capitol. The high court’s 8-1 decision clears the way for the National Archives to share over 700 documents with t...
Two attempts by Democrats failed to pass a bill on voting rights Wednesday evening. Democrats needed 10 Republicans to vote with them to clear the 60-vote threshold to break a filibuster. They failed to achieve that. Then their attempt to temporarily weaken the filibuster rule to allow a majority to pass the bill also failed […]
