BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Due to Europe’s perception of the Muslim Balkan country, Bosnia and Herzegovina is unlikely to become a member of the European Union anytime soon, according to Admir Lisica, a political researcher on the region. “I honestly believe that Bosnia and Herzegovina will not become a member of the European Union for [&he...
In a move that outraged migrant rights advocates, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday granted a request from 19 GOP-led states to temporarily stop the Biden administration from winding down the Title 42 policy used to swiftly expel asylum-seekers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Title 42 is the part of the U.S. public health c...
The congressional committee probing the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Monday concluded its proceedings by unanimously voting to recommend that Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department investigate former President Donald Trump and some of his associates for four crimes in connection with the deadly insurrection. Rep...
The Biden administration on Monday released a plan that seeks to eventually eradicate homelessness in the United States, starting with a 25% reduction in the number of people suffering from a lack of reliable access to safe housing over the next two years. “My plan offers a roadmap for not only getting people into housing […]
ANKARA (AA) – France footballers Kingsley Coman and Aurelien Tchouameni were target of racist abuse following their World Cup final defeat to Argentina on Sunday. Attacker Coman and midfielder Tchouameni both made missteps in the final. Both found themselves the target of online racist abuse after the game. German powerhouse Bayern Munic...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has called for pressure on Iran to strike a new and “improved” nuclear agreement. “The nuclear threat cannot fall from the global agenda. The time has come to place serious pressure on the Iranians in order to achieve a new and improved agreement,” Gantz said in [&helli...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has announced his full responsibility for the events of the 1989 coup d’état that brought him and 27 of his aides to power. “I bear full responsibility for the events of the June 1989,” al-Bashir said during a trial session aired by state television. The former [...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s mainstream opposition party Ennahda has said that former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh has been imprisoned on false charges. The former PM was accused of “sending Tunisians to conflict zones abroad.” In a statement, Ennahda termed the decision a “systematic targeting” of Laarayedh and an attempt...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian prisoner in Israel has died because of lack of treatment, according to Palestinian authorities. In a statement, the Commission of Detainees Affairs said Nasser Abu Hamid, 50, breathed his last at the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital. The commission said the Israeli policy of medical negligence by prison a...
BERLIN (AA) – A German court has found a 97-year-old woman guilty of complicity in killings of more than 10,000 people at a Nazi camp. Irmgard Furchner, known as the “secretary of evil,” was given a two-year suspended sentence by the court in the northern town of Itzehoe. Furchner was 18 years old when she […]
