Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia raced out of a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday as the head of the European Council accused Moscow of fueling a global food crisis and committing war crimes with its conflicts, a report says. European Council President Charles Michel had called the meeting to …
Read More »Afghan charity educating girls amid Taliban school ban
The Taliban reneged on their initial promise to allow young girls above the sixth grade to return to school. The abrupt reversal hasn’t stopped Afghan women from keeping up the fight for girls’ education. “August 2021 hit like a mountain,” Pashtana Dorani, the founder of LEARN Afghanistan, told Fox News …
Read More »Nigerian church attack casualties revised down to 22 killed, 50 injured
The casualty report for last week’s attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria has been revised down to 22 killed and 50 injured, according to a Nigerian official. Previous reports based on witness accounts placed the death toll at more than 50 after gunmen fired weapons and detonated explosives inside …
Read More »Sudan security forces kill 100th person in anti-coup protests
A protester was shot and killed in the world-regions on Monday by security forces, medics say, making them the 100th protester killed in anti-coup demonstrations since October. The protester, the second death after the lifting of a state of emergency on May 29, was most likely killed by buckshot, said …
Read More »Nigerian church shooting: authorities hunt for gunmen in attack that killed at least 50, including children
Gunmen opened fire and set off explosives religion in southwestern Nigeria Sunday, killing at least 50 people – including children – and injuring dozens more before escaping the scene, authorities said. world-regions were still hunting down the attackers on Monday. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack on St. …
Read More »Iran regime leaders accused of mass murder in 2019 protests
As the Biden administration is busying itself in Austria where it’s desperately seeking to conclude a nuclear agreement with Iran, critics complain human rights are off the table. This as prominent Iranian dissidents and lawyers are trying to jolt the international community into holding Iran’s regime accountable for its mass …
Read More »Firefighters still working to put out deadly Bangladesh container blaze
Firefighters worked for a second day Sunday to extinguish a massive blaze that killed at least 49 people at world-regions, the latest incident highlighting the country’s poor industrial safety track record. The fire that also injured more than 200 broke out at the shipping container facility Saturday night at Sitakunda, …
Read More »Boris Johnson faces 'no confidence' vote after polls show he would lose election held today: Report
boris-johnson” target=”_blank”>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson< Britain Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a speech at Paddington Station in London May 17, 2022. (Andrew Matthews/Pool via AP) One such member estimated that 190 conservative ministers could vote against Johnson, exceeding the required 180. “It’s 55% that it happens on Monday or …
Read More »Syrian army should use air defenses against Turkish invasion, US-backed SDF says
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces would coordinate with conflicts to fend off any Turkish invasion of the north, the SDF commander told Reuters on Sunday, saying Damascus should use its air defense systems against Turkish planes. Ankara has vowed a new offensive on swathes of northern Syria controlled by the …
Read More »Pope Francis fuels new speculation on future of pontificate
pope-francis” target=”_blank”>Pope Francis added fuel to rumors< have been rife with unsourced speculation that the 85-year-old Francis might be planning to follow in Benedict’s footsteps, given his increased mobility problems that have forced him to use a wheelchair for the last month. Those rumors gained steam last week when Francis …
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