ISTANBUL (AA) – Ukraine’s foreign minister has said Russia’s upcoming one-month presidency of the UN Security Council is a “bad joke.” “Russian UN Security Council presidency on April 1 is a bad joke. Russia has usurped its seat; it’s waging a colonial war; its leader is a war criminal wanted by the ICC for kidnapping […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The Australian government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has formally introduced a bill in parliament to hold a referendum to recognize Indigenous people in the country’s constitution and to set up the “Voice to Parliament.” Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, who introduced the bill in parliament as a form...
LONDON (AA) – The British government has been widely criticized over its controversial asylum policies to tackle the mounting number of English Channel crossings by migrants in small boats. It has been accused of “scapegoating” migrants for the country’s “broken immigration policy.” Before Brexit, the UK was part of the European Union’s ...
MIAN CHANNU, Pakistan (AA): Manzoor Hussain is a paternal uncle of Humza Yousaf, the new leader of the Scots. He was checking school copies at his home in this small Mian Channu town of Pakistan’s northeastern Punjab province when he heard that his nephew, Humza Yousaf, had been elected as the new leader of Scotland. […]
BANTAKOKOUTA, Senegal (AFP): Mohamed Bayoh climbed into the deep, pitch-black hole, hoping to emerge with a nugget that would change his life. The 26-year-old Guinean is one of thousands of West Africans who have flocked to remote eastern Senegal in search of gold. The rush for the precious metal has dramatically transformed Bantakokouta, a to...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Fatalities in terrorist attacks in Africa’s Sahel region have surged by over 2,000% over the past 15 years, according to a recent report. “The Sahel region in sub-Saharan Africa is now the epicenter of terrorism … accounting for more terrorism deaths in 2022 than both South Asia and the Middle East […]
Kabul, Afghanistan (AFP): In a madrassa (religious school) in the Afghan capital, rows of teenage girls sit reciting verses of the Holy Quran under the watchful eye of a religious scholar. The number of Islamic schools has grown across Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, with teenage girls increasingly attending cla...
Arlit, Niger (AFP): Towering mounds dot the desert landscape in northern Niger’s Arlit region, but there is little natural about them — they are heaps of partially radioactive waste left from four decades of operations at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines. An ambitious 10-year scheme costing $160 million is underway to...
BIRMINGHAM, UK (AA) – A 73-year-old pensioner was attacked by three men as he was walking home from a mosque in Birmingham’s Kings Heath neighborhood on Wednesday night. The victim was taken to hospital with a broken hand and cuts to his face. In the videos circulated on social media, blood is seen streaming down […]
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Tanzania Thursday for an official tour of the East African nation, where she will meet President Samia Suluhu Hassan. Harris and her delegation landed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport on Wednesday night after spending three days in Ghana. US ambassador to Tanzania ...
