ANKARA (AA) – Australia appointed its first anti-slavery commissioner to strengthen efforts aimed at “preventing and responding to modern slavery.” Chris Evans, a former senator and anti-human trafficking activist, will begin a five-year term on December 2, said a statement issued by Attorney General Mark Dreyfus’ office. “Modern slavery depri...
Among the many supporters of Donald Trump cheering his victory, the most zealous celebrations may be coming from the people who have been criminally charged for storming the Capitol in his name on Jan. 6, 2021. Jan. 6 defendants are poised to deluge the courts with requests to delay their cases in order to […]
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has become the first convicted felon to reach the nation’s highest office. The president-elect is likely to grind the cases against him to a halt after defeating Vice President Kamal Harris. With impending control of the Justice Department, Trump will be able to shutter his federal criminal case...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News on Thursday, alleging that the television network edited an interview with Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris on 60 Minutes that painted her in a positive light, according to media outlets. The suit was filed in US [&...
More than 3.5 million people live in U.S. territories, according to the most recent Census data. However, despite their citizenship status, Americans in Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands cannot vote in the presidential election. Residents of American Samoa, another territory, are U.S. nationals rather than...
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner has dismissed Republicans’ challenge against a state law that obligates Pennsylvania to accept military and overseas ballots cast without requiring proof of identification. The case concerned Pennsylvania’s Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act that allows overseas and military voters to mail in ballot...
AMSTERDAM (AA) – Major technology companies, defense contractors, and retail chains are under increasing scrutiny and facing boycott campaigns for their direct and indirect support of Israel’s war on Gaza, amid escalating concerns regarding corporate complicity in genocide. As part of Anadolu Ajansi’s series ‘Silent Supporters of Israeli...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – A national court in Bangladesh on Sunday issued arrest warrants for 17 police officers, including the former Dhaka Metropolitan Police chief, on charges of mass killing and crimes against humanity. The International Crimes Tribunal stated that it found prima facie evidence of genocide against all the accused offi...
Two men have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of Sikh businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik. Malik had been previously acquitted of the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people. At the time of the bombings, investigators blamed them on Sikh separatists widely believed to be seeking revenge for the Indian Army’s deadly [&h...
A federal judge has ordered Rudy Giuliani to give up his valuable possessions and Manhattan penthouse. This decision follows Giuliani’s defamation of Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. Judge Lewis Liman said Giuliani must transfer the property within seven days. The women will control it and can sell it for a good price. [&...
