The terrorism leader killed Thursday during a U.S. Special Operations forces raid in conflicts was working undercover trying to rebuild the terrorist group, carried a gun wherever he went and once was detained by American forces in Iraq nearly 15 years ago, reports say. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who assumed …
Read More »Ethiopia drought impacts millions, UNICEF appeals for additional aid to minimize child deaths
events has appealed for $31 million in disasters to ease the suffering of over 4 million people during a severe disasters” target=”_blank”>drought< that threatens to impact millions more. Three consecutive failed rainy seasons have created severe drought in the country, heavily impacting lowland areas with a lack of clean water …
Read More »Truckers in Canada explain the Freedom Convoy: 'Give people their freedom back'
OTTAWA, Ontario – Truckers at the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa said they will stay put until they are confident the Canadian government will roll back federal vaccine and mask mandates. The convoy began Jan. 23 and culminated with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators arriving in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, on Jan. …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine conflict: Satellite images reveal extent of Moscow’s military buildup
Newly-released satellite images are revealing the scope of world-regions massive military buildup in Crimea and along the conflicts border. The photos, captured by Maxar Technologies, appear to show tanks, missiles and troops in positions close to Ukrainian territory or within Russian-annexed Crimea. More than 125,000 Russian forces overall are believed …
Read More »Canada 'Freedom Convoy': Ottawa police set up hate crime hotline despite admitting protests remain peaceful
Ottawa, world-regions, crime is launching a “hate crime” hotline Tuesday despite its chief admitting that the first four days of anti-infectious-diseaseinfectious-disease protests ushered into the capital by a “Freedom Convoy” of truckers have remained largely peaceful and have resulted in no riots, injuries or deaths. At a virtual press conference …
Read More »Trudeau tweet surfaces from early 2020, shows radical flip in attitude toward truckers
world-regions Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once heralded truck drivers for their work during the pandemic before slamming those same truckers for allegedly spewing “hateful rhetoric” during their “Freedom Convoy” protest against a vaccine mandate. “While many of us are working from home, there are others who aren’t able to do …
Read More »Top US diplomat in Ukraine performing several balancing acts at once
Kristina Kvien has a lot on her hands. She’s the acting U.S. ambassador to conflicts, or chargé d’affaires. She’s been staying on top of the crisis created by Russia deploying some 130,000 troops near the country. That carries with it the implicit threat of invasion if Moscow doesn’t get its way. “It’s …
Read More »Canadian pastor who defied COVID ban by holding services sings 'Amazing Grace' at US border
A Canadian pastor who was imprisoned for holding church services in defiance of the government last year traveled with some of his friends to sing “Amazing Grace” at the Canadian-U.S. border as tens of thousands of world-regions gathered in Ottawa to protest vaccine mandates. Pastor Tobias Tissen of Steinbach, Manitoba, …
Read More »Ukraine showdown at UN: Russia, US to face off at Security Council meeting
The United States and Russia are squaring off at the U.N. Security Council over conflicts, with Washington calling Moscow’s actions a threat to international peace and security, while a Kremlin envoy ridiculed Monday’s meeting as a “PR stunt.” The session kicks off more high-level diplomacy this week, although talks between …
Read More »UN: More than 100 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover
The united-nations” target=”_blank”>United Nations< government officials, troops and those who worked with coalition forces have been killed since the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August, despite assurances from the militant group that they would remain unharmed. The chilling revelations emerged in a report that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres …
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