JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said it spotted an anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria toward its territory. Israeli security services said the missile exploded in the air. Meanwhile, the Israeli military radio reported that fragments of missile fell in the southern Israeli city of Comfort. No casualties have yet been reported. A...
WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden has called the Supreme Court ruling overturning the student loan waiver misinterpretation of the Constitution. The Supreme Court rejected the student loan debt forgiveness plan by a 6-3 vote. Biden told reporters at the White House that the court’s decision was a mistake. He pledged to continue...
WASHINGTON – A Senate investigation has found that U.S. government agencies failed to respond to a massive intelligence warning of an attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The report, released last week, said the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation either dismissed or downplayed the threats. The repor...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Popular Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko called on the public to “come out en masse” on the eve of a speech in which President Macky Sall is expected to announce on Monday whether he will seek a controversial third term. “We must come out to confront the Macky Sall regime and say […]
In 1989, Salaam and 4 others were wrongfully arrested, beaten, coerced into a false confession of raping a woman in Central Park NEW YORK – Yusef Salaam, one of the wrongfully convicted Central Park Five teenagers, has won the Democratic primary for a New York City Council seat, Salaam, a 49-year-old poet, activist and inspirational [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA): Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez appeared Tuesday to make a major gaffe during a radio interview focused on national security when he did not know the Uyghur people. Suarez, Miami mayor, was asked on the Hugh Hewitt Show, “Will you be talking about the Uyghurs in your campaign?” “The what?R...
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA): Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has won a second term in office with more than 56% of the vote, the West African country’s Electoral Commission announced Tuesday. “By virtue of the powers vested in me, I hereby certify that Julius Maada Bio is elected president in the election of June 24, […]...
IDBLIB, Syria – At least nine civilians were killed and 30 others injured in a Russian warplane attack on a market in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone. Local sources told Türkiye’s Anadolu news agency that the deal toll is feared to rise further. The injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment. The White Helmets civil [&...
Freetown, Sierra Leone (AFP): Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio looked on course for re-election on Monday after the electoral commission said he had a clear lead with 60 percent of the votes counted. Bio had garnered 55.86 percent of ballots cast, more than the 55 percent required for victory after Saturday’s first round o...
CAIRO, Egypt – India and Egypt signed a strategic partnership treaty on Sunday committing to cooperate in various sectors of the economy. The treaty, signed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Cairo, also promises Indian investment in the Suez Canal Authority. Egypt has also established ...
