Pechi Awang Leikai, India (AFP): Gender trumped tribe for a group of furious Indian mothers who torched the homes of two men from their own community who were accused of abusing women in a video that sparked outrage. At least 120 people have been killed during months of ethnic conflict between the predominantly Hindu Meitei […]
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed a bill that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a mandatory code of ethics. The bill requires the Supreme Court to follow stricter rules on disclosure of information. The bill, led by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, passed with votes from all caucuses and no Republican support. The ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday repeated his demand for an inquiry into alleged US involvement to oust him through a no-trust vote last year. In a video statement, Khan claimed that an “independent” inquiry into a cypher sent by the then Pakistani ambassador to the government re...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): A local court in Bangladesh, formed specifically to try “war criminals,” has delivered death sentences to four men for their alleged involvement in “crimes against humanity” during the Bangladesh independence war in 1971. A three-member International Crimes Tribunal convicted the four defendants ...
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the U.S. Capitol as Israeli President Isaac Herzog delivered a speech to Congress on Wednesday. The Israeli-American demonstrators said they wanted to send a message to President Biden that he should stand up for democracy in Israel. They said Biden should not allow Israel to slide int...
Washington, United States (AFP): Joe Biden and his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog discussed tensions over a controversial judicial shake-up in Israel. Earlier this month, Biden told CNN in an interview that Netanyahu presides over “one of the most extremist… cabinets that I’ve seen.” Biden hosted Herzog in the Oval Of...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Türkiye got one of the lucrative contracts to supply its famed drones to Saudi Arabia. Both countries signed several memorandums of understanding in many fields, including energy, direct investment and defense industries during the visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Saudi Arabia. As reported by Saudi state...
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seeking the 2024 presidential nomination, has vowed to cut funding to U.N. agencies that target Israel. Speaking at an event organized by Christians United for Israel Summit in Virginia, he said the U.S. will not provide funding to the U.N. if it targets Israel. DeSantis named the U.N. […...
WASHINGTON – Former U.S. President Donald Trump may face a third indictment, this time for attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump said he received a letter from Justice Department officials ordering him to face a grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the Capitol. Trump has been indicted ...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko called for a peaceful protest on Saturday after authorities blocked a planned rally to publicly confirm his nomination as a candidate in upcoming presidential elections. Sonko on Thursday “was unanimously voted in as the PASTEF-Patriots’ candidate for the February 25,...
