Headlines
  • Despite a recently extended ceasefire, 14 people were killed by Israeli strikes on the country's south on Sunday, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
  • Hezbollah rejected claims made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the pro-Iranian group violated the ceasefire agreement, saying on Sunday that it will react to Israel's "violations" of the ceasefire in Lebanon.
  • Abbas Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, departed Islamabad for Moscow, where he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
  • North Korea and Russia agree on "long-term" military cooperation.
  • At least 19 people were killed in a bombing on a highway in southwestern Colombia, and the authorities are holding a drug lord who was formerly a member of the FARC insurgent group accountable.

Year: 2020

June 7, 2020

Why Americans Of All Races Are...

A scholar of race relations reflects on why many in the United States have taken to the streets in protest, and reflects on his own life struggles

Afghanistan Issues new Guidelines; Three Month-Ban...

People will have to mandatorily wear masks in public places and observe a distance of two meters when they are outside. It also recommends that the elderly stay indoors.

Turkish Press: Erdogan Seeks “a Formula”...

According to the anonymous sources cited, the Turkish President gave a mandate to those present to “Start working” in search of a formula that would make this change possible, taking into account that any restoration of the use of Agyasofya as an Islamic place of worship could take place without closing the building for tourist visits, “just like the Sultanahmet mosque (the Blue Mosque, ed)”. Erdogan urged his interlocutors to carry out the project cautiously, taking into account the fact that the status of Agyasofya represents a ‘sensitive’ topic, on which, however, “Only our great nation can decide”.

More Than 100 Detained As Kazakh...

More than 100 activists have been detained by police in Kazakhstan where two opposition parties had planned to hold rallies on June 6 in several cities to demand democratic reforms

June 6, 2020

Governor Okalia Plays ‘Pontus Pilate’ Over...

Samuel Abuwe Ajieka popularly known as Wazizi was declared dead on June 2, 2020, after he disappeared for more than 300 days without anyone knowing about his whereabouts.

Small-Town Bakery Donates Hundreds of Cakes to High School...

Red Wing, a small rural town in Minnesota, is sweetening some of its pandemic blues with help from a local baker

Death of Journalist Samuel Wazizi in...

The press release read this Friday, June 5 on the waves of the Cameroonian public radio and television (CRTV) and signed by the head of communication of the Ministry of Defense is far from providing credible answers to the questions surrounding the death of journalist Samuel Wazizi

Black Officers Torn Between Two Worlds...

Those feelings, familiar to many blacks in law enforcement for years, have never been more intense than in the days since George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis, died after a white officer jammed his knee into Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as other officers watched.

Talking about Race

Real talk with students at a predominantly African American elementary school, a discussion about the history of slavery and modern US race relations

US Protest Immigrant Anger

The nationwide demonstrations in the U.S. protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have also been accompanied in some instances by looting and vandalism. In one immigrant community near Los Angeles, residents are angry and fearful after seeing their livelihoods destroyed in just one night. This latest experience brings back painful memories of the past

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