Wilmington, United States – AFP Donald Trump called off a rally on Saturday, the Republican candidate’s first campaign event since his criminal trial in New York began this week, due to bad weather threatening the outdoor gathering. Thousands of supporters had gathered for the event at the airport in the North Carolina city of Wilm...
Public confidence in key U.S. institutions, including the government, judiciary, and military, has sharply declined. That’s according to a recent analysis by Gallup. Only 32% of Americans expressed confidence in their national government. Faith in the judiciary stands at only 42%. The U.S. military also witnessed a drop in confidence, from 90...
United Nations, United States — AFP The UN’s special envoy for Libya has resigned, saying the world body could not successfully support the country’s political transition as its leaders had put their own interests above finding a solution. “I tendered my resignation to the Secretary General,” Senegalese diplomat A...
Scranton, United States – AFP Joe Biden made a campaign trip to his beloved birthplace Tuesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he unleashed a blistering condemnation of Donald Trump as the tycoon languished in court. The 81-year-old US president even visited his childhood home in the former mining town as he contrasted his blue-collar r...
New Delhi, India — AFP India’s ruling party has pledged to introduce a new common civil code for the country, calling it a crucial step for gender equality, a week before a general election in the world’s most populous nation. Nearly a billion Indians will vote to elect a new government in six-week-long parliamentary polls [&...
Miami, United States – AFP Former US president Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to take the stand in his criminal trial for illegal payment of hush money that starts in New York on Monday. Asked by reporters at his luxury Florida home whether it would be legally risky to testify, Trump responded: “I’m […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – Mali’s military junta banned media coverage of political parties a day after suspending their activities. A statement by Mali’s high authority for communication called on “all media (radio, television, written press and online) to halt broadcast and publication of the activities of political parties and the ac...
Rampur, India — AFP More than half the voters in the Indian city of Rampur are Muslim, but its member of parliament is a staunch supporter of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Hindu-first’ agenda. It is a situation repeated across Hindu-majority India, where many consider victory for Modi’s ruling ...
Sikhs in California are rallying for an independence referendum, seeking to establish Khalistan, a separate nation from India. At Sacramento’s Gurdwara Bradshaw, amidst wedding festivities, yellow flags bearing the word “Khalistan” flutter, symbolizing the aspiration for a homeland. Sikhs number half a million in America. They incr...
The Indian government’s alleged assassinations in Pakistan, aiming to eliminate dissidents abroad, have been exposed by Indian and Pakistani intelligence sources. British newspaper The Guardian reports that India’s Research & Analysis Wing initiated these operations post-2019, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration. The ...
