DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Four illegal Chinese gold miners exploiting the natural resources of the country have been arrested in southern Mali, an official claimed. The men were arrested by forest officials of the Environment Ministry on the night of December 21-22 in a forest in Kekoro. Ministry spokesman Diakaridia Yossi said that the op...
NEW YORK (AA) – The US is considering new coronavirus precautions for travelers from China because of a surge in cases there, according to media reports. Bloomberg News cited US officials who raised concerns about the transparency of data coming from China about new cases. American officials said that they were considering new travel pre...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has remained silent on a proposal by Oman’s Shura Council to expand the country’s boycott of Tel Aviv. On Monday, the Shura Council, Oman’s only legislative body, voted to stiffen its boycott law of Israel. The drive aims to expand the boycott of Israel to include the fields of sports, culture […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbian police arrested on Tuesday an Albanian national who is suspected of terrorism, according to the Interior Ministry. The Security Intelligence Agency (BIA) together with Interior Ministry forces conducted an operation by order of the Prosecutor’s Office in the southern city of Bujonavac where Albanians...
NEW YORK (AA) – Popular video-sharing app TikTok will not be allowed on official devices used by the House of Representatives and their staff, according to the House’s Chief Administrative Office. “The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed the TikTok mobile application to be a high risk to users due to a number of security risks,” [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday pledged to accelerate settlement building in the occupied West Bank and the Syrian Golan Heights. Israel’s parliament will hold a special session on Thursday to grant confidence to Netanyahu’s new government. “The Jewish people have an exclusive and inalien...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s parliament on Wednesday passed into law a bill that expands the authority of incoming National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir over the police force. Sixty-one lawmakers voted in favor of the law against 55 in its third and final reading. The bill stipulates that the police will be subject to the authority [&h...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany said on Wednesday that it sees no reason to revive the stalled talks on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. “From our point of view, there are currently no indications or reasons for a resumption of the Iran nuclear negotiations,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Christofer Burger told media representatives in Berlin. Germany has [&hel...
With just a few days left until the new year, 2022 has already set a grim record: so far at least 6,036 children across the United States have been killed or injured by gunfire, according to the Gun Violence Archive. As of Tuesday, 306 children under age 12 were killed by guns and another 668 were injured nationwide. For […]
Southwest Airlines is facing calls for accountability from organized labor and congressional Democrats after canceling thousands of flights over the past week, leaving tens of thousands of workers and customers in limbo during the holiday season. Every airline has experienced disruptions during Winter Storm Elliott, the dangerous nationwide co...
