UNKNOWN LOCATION, BELARUS – FEBRUARY 08: Russia and Belarus will start a joint military exercise on Thursday amid tension around the Ukraine border. According to the Belarusian Ministry of Defense, the joint military exercise “Allied Resolve 2022” will take place till February 20. The military units of the Russian Armed Force...
The U.K.’s Labour Party has dropped its investigation into an 82-year-old Jewish woman accused of antisemitism after she threatened to sue. Diana Neslen, a practicing Jew, was investigated by the party for the third time in just three years for her tweets about Israel and Zionism. Neslen threatened to file a lawsuit against the party […...
Former Florida Republican Representative Dave Jolly called out Mike Pence and his top aide for not speaking out earlier about attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Attempts, he said, that were spurred at former President Donald Trump’s request. Jolly spoke with MSNBC host Alex Witt on Sunday after watching a clip of former Pence aide [&helli...
Munira Mirza, one of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top advisers, quit Thursday amid a row over a conspiracy theory the British leader spread. Mirza stepped down after Johnson did not apologize over the use of a discredited claim, that Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer failed to prosecute pedophile Jimmy Savile. She announced her resignation in [...
Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis asked the FBI Sunday to assess security at her courthouse. The request came in response to comments by former President Donald Trump against prosecutors investigating his business dealings and conduct after the 2020 election. Trump is at the center of at least two criminal investigations. He...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said he would pardon some of those charged for their part in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol last year, if he is reelected in 2024. Trump made his remarks at a rally on Saturday night in Conroe, Texas. “If I run, and if I win we will […]
The move came Friday at an extraordinary virtual Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) summit to discuss the political situation in the country convened by Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – In the wake of Monday’s coup in Burkina Faso, an influential West African regional bloc has suspended Burki...
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev unanimously chosen as leader of Nur Otan party, taking over from ex-President Nazarbayev. ANKARA (AA) – Kazakhstan’s president was elected as head of the country’s ruling Nur Otan party on Friday. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was elected unanimously during the party’s extraordinary 21st Congress, according to a presidency statem...
Maryam Khan made history Wednesday becoming Connecticut’s first Muslim woman endorsed as a candidate for the state House. She was nominated for Connecticut’s 5th District seat, representing Windsor and Hartford. Khan says part of her motivation to run is setting an example for young Muslim women. She said youth need to know they can be [&helli...
Kashmiris across Pakistan-administered and Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday observed India’s Republic Day as a “Black Day.” They protested New Delhi’s withdrawal of the decades-long special rights of the disputed Jammu Kashmir region starting in August 2019. Tensions have been mounting between the two nuclear powers since then. P...
