The U.S. State Department on Sunday warned Americans not to travel to Russia, due to mounting tensions along the border with Ukraine. The statement added Americans could also face “harassment” and said the embassy would have “limited ability to assist U.S. citizens.” It also ordered the families of diplomats in the capital Kyiv to leave [&hel...
France is a step closer to barring Muslim women from playing sports. In a major setback for human rights, the French Senate voted to ban conspicuous religious symbols in sports, a move primarily aimed at Muslim women. Some Muslim women play sports with a headscarf on. Right-wing politicians who voted for the ban said the […]
Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday passed a law approving the relocation of its capital from slowly sinking Jakarta to Borneo. Borneo is a jungle-clad island 1,200 miles from Jakarta. The new capital is named “Nusantara.” Jakarta is home to more than 30 million people in its greater metro area. It has long been plagued by serious […]...
Syrian-French citizen Salah Habib is charged with supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the country’s chemical weapons program. Le Monde reported Habib is accused of “conspiracy to commit crimes against humanity, and complicity in war crimes” in a French court Sunday. Habib is married to a French woman and owns a house in Fr...
Israel’s national intelligence agency Mossad is suspected of detonating bombs and issuing threats to German and Swiss companies in the 1980s for aiding Pakistan in its nascent nuclear weapons program. Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung first reported on the findings Saturday. The newspaper wrote that Israel felt the prospect of an Islamic state...
Progressive International Bank is seeking contributions to send a delegation to Havana next week to promote Cuba’s effort to vaccinate the world against COVID-19. This is after Dutch multinational bank ING blocked all donations supporting the trip. Anti-war activists at CodePink say “some of the most powerful people in the world would rather ...
Iran, Russia and China will begin joint naval drills Friday for three days in the Indian Ocean. The war games seek to reinforce “common security,” an Iranian naval official said Thursday. The announcement of the maneuvers coincides with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s official visit to Moscow. The drills also come during talks in Vienna aime...
U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday any movement of Russian troops across the Ukrainian border will be treated as “an invasion.” Biden clarified confusion over earlier comments that a “minor incursion” by Russia could invite a lesser response. He added that he had been “absolutely clear” with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that any...
The “Doomsday Clock,” which represents the judgment of leading science and security experts about perils to human existence, remains frozen at 100 seconds to midnight this year. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists President Rachel Bronson declared the world was no safer this year than in 2019, when the clock’s hands moved to the current position...
ANKARA (AA) – The US State Department has ordered families of its embassy staff in Ukraine to start leaving the country as soon as Monday, according to media reports. Fox News, citing US officials, said the State Department is also expected to encourage US citizens to begin evacuating Ukraine next week by commercial flights while […]
