ANKARA (AA) – Spain’s maritime security agency on Thursday rescued 131 asylum seekers trying to reach the Canary Islands, according to local reports. The asylum seekers, including eight minors, were on board three vessels. Citing a spokeswoman, Spanish news agency EFE reported that the first vessel was an inflatable boat with 37 pe...
A man who allegedly sold a firearm to the suspect in a hostage-taking crisis at a Texas synagogue earlier this month was charged Wednesday with a federal firearm crime. Henry “Michael” Williams was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, the Justice Department announced in a statement. He allegedly sold the gun […]
Amid tensions with Russia over Ukraine, NATO is trying to consolidate its presence in eastern Europe. In December 2021, Russia presented a proposal to NATO and the US, according to which guarantees were to be provided for the fact that the military alliance would not expand further east. Furthermore, it demanded that no military bases [&hellip...
The Jordanian army has said that troops killed 27 drug smugglers trying to enter the country from neighboring Syria. The operation, the largest of its kind since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, was carried out simultaneously at several points on the Jordan-Syria border. Jordanian forces thwarted several attempts to smuggle drugs [&h...
Russia reported over 88,000 coronavirus cases on January 27, hitting the highest single-day jump for the ninth day in a row. Daily coronavirus infections have begun to surge with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant, infecting thousands of people across the country. In the last 24 hours, 88,816 new cases have been detected, [...
New emails released by the British parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee suggest that Prime Minister Boris Johnson personally intervened to assist an animal charity, to the alleged detriment of British nationals and Afghan civilians, despite his previous public rejection of the accusation. One of the emails, dated Aug. 25, 2021, was fr...
German prosecutors filed charges against a Russian academic for spying for Russia. The suspect, identified as Ilnur N., is accused of passing information about aerospace projects to Russia’s foreign intelligence service SVR, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement. The prosecutors said the accused regularly met with a Russian spy i...
Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails are suffering from the cold due to a lack of heating along with authorities’ blocking of donations of winter clothes. “All detainees suffer from shortages of clothes and blankets and the lack of heating means that could protect them from the cold weather,” the Palestine Liberation Organi...
A Canadian government report accused China of “influencing or manipulating” the Chinese community in Canada and worldwide. The Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) used “coercive tactics” to intimidate the Chinese community living internationally. The report was penned by the Canadian Border Service Agency security br...
A University of Birmingham survey has found that British people from middle and upper-class occupational groups are more likely to hold prejudiced views of Islam. The survey was conducted in conjunction with YouGov. It found 23.2% of people from Britian’s higher social class were prejudiced against Islam compared with 18.4% of people from lowe...
