KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – The trial of former leader of Sudanese Janjaweed militia over atrocities in the western Darfur region opened at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Tuesday. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, faces 31 charges, including of war crimes, crimes against humanity, rape, intention...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AA) – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah on Tuesday submitted his government’s resignation to Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, according to the state news agency KUNA. The agency, however, did not provide further details about the reason for the resignation, which comes a week after the parliame...
TEHRAN (AA) – A middle-aged cleric was killed and two others critically injured Tuesday in a stabbing attack at a popular religious shrine in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Aslani, a cleric who was volunteering at the shrine during the holy month of Ramadan. The attack took place in [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel on Tuesday banned Palestinian males between the ages of 12 and 40 in the occupied West Bank from entering Masjid al-Aqsa for Friday prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Palestinian women, children under 12 and men older than 50 can enter occupied East Jerusalem without permission if they would [&hellip...
ANKARA – Ukraine has said that some 18,300 Russian soldiers have been killed in the country as the war enters its 40th day. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has said the Russian army lost 147 aircraft, 134 helicopters and 647 tanks. At least 1,844 Russian armored vehicles, 330 artillery systems, 107 rocket […]
HOUSTON, Texas – Eighty-year-old Helen Lewis Johnson is an African American historian for the Black Heritage Society. He remembers the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968 as if it were yesterday. “I was enjoying being home with my four children while on a spring break…when the […]...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 161 children have been killed and 264 others injured since Russia launched its war on Ukraine on February 24, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has claimed. The data is not yet complete, the office said in a statement, noting that work is underway to determine the casualties in several regions, […]
BAKU, Azerbaijan / ANKARA – Azerbaijani mine clearing experts have so far defused 55,000 landmines and explosive ordnance in regions liberated from the Armenian army in November 2020. Azerbaijan’s mine disposal teams continued to clear areas of landmines and live explosive devices in the Karabakh and neighboring regions. It is estimated ...
PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron has called for fresh sanctions against Moscow, holding the Russian army responsible for war crimes in Ukrainian city of Bucha. Macron described the pictures from Kyiv as “unbearable” and “extremely shocking,” saying that “there were very clear indicators of war crimes.” “What has just happen...
ISTANBUL – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation into the killing of over 400 civilians in a Ukrainian city following the withdrawal of Russian troops there. “I am deeply shocked by the images of civilians killed in Bucha, Ukraine,” Guterres said on Twitter. “It is essential that an independent investiga...
