Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan (AFP): EU chief Charles Michel on Friday took part in a key summit in Central Asia, telling AFP that Brussels wanted a “sincere” partnership with the energy-rich region. Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted global powers like China and the European Union to seek a greater role in Central Asia at a...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AA): Two Afghan girls educate the children of poor families living in caves in a classroom in Bamyan — one of Afghanistan’s poorest provinces. Ruya Serferaz (18) and her English class friend Besbegum Havari (19) set off every day regardless of adverse weather conditions, and teach Persian, English, mathematics, ...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA): Amnesty International condemned Senegalese authorities Friday for restricting social media networks following protests against the sentencing of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to a two-year jail term. Police used tear gas late Thursday to disperse deadly protests that erupted in the national capital of Dakar and other tow...
JERUSALEM (AA): Three Israeli soldiers were killed in a shooting near the border with Egypt, according to the military on Saturday. A military spokesman said two soldiers were found dead at an army post on the border. Shortly after the incident, an exchange of fire was reported with a gunman, as Israeli forces were searching […]
Balasore, India (AFP): At least 288 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision in India, officials said Saturday, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Wreckage debris was piled high at the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, where some carriages had been tossed [&...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): The United Nations and African Union called for calm in Senegal Friday after an outbreak of deadly violence that prompted authorities to deploy the army. Nine people were killed on Thursday after popular opposition politician, Ousmane Sonko, was sentenced to two years in jail, which may take him out of the running [&helli...
UNITED NATIONS (AA): The UN Security Council on Friday urged Sudan’s warring parties to immediately cease hostilities and establish a permanent ceasefire. The 15-member council expressed deep concern over the continued clashes between the Sudanese army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The Council strongly condemned all attacks on the civi...
ANKARA (AA): At least 50 people were killed and over 300 injured as trains collided in Odisha state in eastern India, officials said on Friday evening. “There are two passenger trains and one good train involved in the incident,” Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena told local broadcaster NDTV. According to Odisha State Disaster Management Auth...
ISTANBUL (AA): The US on Friday slapped sanctions on two companies and two individuals for their roles in facilitating Internet censorship by the Iran government. The Treasury Department said Arvan Cloud, an Iran-based technology company, had close links to Iran’s intelligence services and was a key partner in developing a countrywide in...
WASHINGTON (AA): A coalition of dozens of advocacy groups called on the White House Friday to apologize to a Muslim American mayor who was disinvited from an Eid ceremony just moments before it was to begin. Mohamed Khairullah, the longtime Muslim mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, was informed that despite being invited to the […]
