Former President Dmitry Medvedev called on Russia on Saturday to toughen its rules against “foreign agents” and prosecute those acting for the benefit of foreign powers. Russia has a law that classifies organizations and individuals as foreign agents — a word with Soviet-era implications of spying — if they receive foreign funds to engage in … Read more
Nabila Makram, Egypt’s Minister of Immigration and Expatriate Affairs, is accused of cold-blooded murder in the April killings of two men in California. Ramy Hani Mounir Fahim, of Irvine, California, has also been charged with lying in wait and personal use of a deadly weapon, after a coworker and his roommate were stabbed to death … Read more
The UN human rights envoy claimed on Saturday that her controversial visit to China was “not an investigation,” and that she had unfettered access to discussions in Xinjiang, where Beijing is accused of extensive human rights violations. Michelle Bachelet’s long-planned tour this week has taken her to the far-western region, where Beijing is accused of … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba “to discuss continued U.S. security assistance to Ukraine as it defends its sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russia’s brutal and unprovoked war,” according to a State Department spokesperson Ned Price. “The Secretary and Foreign Minister Kuleba shared … Read more
Protests were held in the Brazilian city of Umbauba on Thursday following the death of a man in police custody. In a video purportedly showing the incident on Wednesday, two federal highway police officers are seen attempting to restrain 38-year-old Genivaldo de Jesus Santos on the ground. The footage in the widely-shared video is edited, … Read more
Ukrainian officials are denying that the city of Severodonetsk in Luhansk is surrounded, but have acknowledged that Russian forces hold one part of the city. “The city is not cut off, and it is not surrounded. The fighting continues,” said Serhiy Hayday, head of the Luhansk region’s military administration, in a radio interview. The Russian … Read more
The US has designated a network run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force an “international oil smuggling and money laundering network.” A US Treasury Department report on Wednesday said that officials had facilitated the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Iranian oil for both the IRGC-QF and Hezbollah. It acted … Read more
Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, Iranian state media reported, shortly after Tehran warned it would take “punitive action” against Athens over the confiscation of Iranian oil by the US from a tanker held off the Greek coast. “The Revolutionary Guards Navy today seized two Greek tankers for violations in … Read more
Water scarcity in Kuinkel Thumka, a mountainous village in eastern Nepal, has for years made life difficult for residents — until a few months ago when they started to capture excess rainfall during the monsoon season. Located in the Middle Hills, between the Himalayas and Tarai, the village of 850 people lies in Kavrepalanchok district … Read more
Millions of students who participated in virtual learning during the Covid-19 pandemic had their personal data and online habits tracked without their consent by educational apps and websites, and in many cases shared with third-party advertising technology businesses, according to a new investigation. The findings of an investigation conducted from March 2021 to August 2021 … Read more
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto expressed confidence that “sooner or later, Finland and Sweden will be members of NATO,” and that talks with the Turkish government will continue despite Ankara’s threats to prevent the two countries from joining the defensive alliance. In an interview with CNN in Washington, DC on Friday, Haavisto said he expected … Read more
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced on Monday that it will soon provide more openness and information to academics about how political and social ads are targeted to users on the network, months before the US midterm elections. According to Jeff King, the company’s vice president of business integrity, Meta (FB) will begin providing … Read more
As the number of asylum seekers given sanctuary in the UK reaches a 30-year high, charities have expressed worry that they may be criminalized or relocated to Rwanda. According to the Guardian, 75 percent of asylum petitions were accepted in the year to March, with Syrians, Eritreans, and Sudanese constituting the majority of those fleeing … Read more
The US Defense Department stated that it is “mindful and aware” of Ukraine’s request for long-range rocket systems, but “decisions… have yet to be made.” “Our goal from the very beginning has been to try to help them in the fight that they’re in today,” said outgoing Pentagon press secretary John Kirby at a briefing … Read more
Police in Canada’s largest city, Toronto, fatally shot a man armed with a rifle on Thursday, according to local media, in an event that led numerous schools to close just two days after a deadly attack on a US primary school. Bystanders alerted police to the man’s presence in an eastern Toronto neighborhood, and the … Read more
Police arrested four people following an assault in Brighton on Tuesday afternoon (May 24). The arrests followed a ‘swift response’ from officers to reports of a fight between a group of people on Western Road at 2.20 pm, with some of those involved said to have been carrying weapons. Police said after an ‘extensive search’ … Read more
Iraqi aviation authorities were left stunned after a 10-year-old child boarded an Iran-bound jet on his own from a busy airport in a Shiite shrine city following various security checks. The international airport in Najaf, south of Baghdad, announced Wednesday that it would examine security after the boy slipped through seven checks and mixed in … Read more
President Tayyip Erdogan’s pledge to carry out a new military incursion on Turkey’s southern borders has triggered speculation about potential targets, with the Syrian town of Tal Rifaat emerging as a primary goal of any operation. Two days after Erdogan announced the plan, the pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper said on Wednesday preparations had been made … Read more
The US warned on Wednesday that discussions to resurrect a nuclear agreement with Iran were more likely to collapse, and threatened no let-up in pressure if Tehran clung to its demands. Despite leading more than a year of indirect talks with Iran in Vienna, Rob Malley told Congress that President Joe Biden’s administration still backed … Read more
Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, director-general of the Lebanese General Security, is on an official visit to the United States and has expressed concern over “the social situation collapsing as a result of the economic situation in Lebanon,” hoping that security will not be jeopardized. “The situation is quite delicate,” a security source told the reporters. … Read more
A suspect is facing burglary and more charges following a domestic dispute over house keys at a North Charleston residence. According to a report obtained by News 2, police were flagged to a residence by Jerome Pear (28) who told authorities he was stabbed. Officers had previously responded to the same residence after reports of … Read more
According to a court source, French authorities have charged an 18-year-old male with preparing an impending terror act with a knife in the name of Daesh extremists. Initial investigations revealed that he intended to carry out a terror attack “in the name of Daesh, to whom he had pledged allegiance,” according to the unnamed source. … Read more
According to a video published by the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited with soldiers injured in fighting in Ukraine on Wednesday during a rare visit to a military hospital. According to the Kremlin, Putin visited the Russian Defense Ministry’s Mandryk Central Military Clinical Hospital in Moscow and “spoke with members of the Russian Armed … Read more
Saudi Arabia is seeing some progress on dialogue with its longtime adversary Iran, but not enough, the kingdom’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud told CNBC on Tuesday. In the meantime, the minister says it is eager to improve the two countries’ relationship. “In Saudi Arabia, and I think it’s the same in the … Read more
A former classmate of Salvador Ramos, the Uvalde Primary School shooter, said he gave him photographs of firearms and a bag full of ammo a few days before the attack, which murdered 19 children and two adults. The friend, who did not want his identity revealed, told CNN that he was “close” to Ramos and … Read more
A woman was killed and two others were injured in a horrific house fire. Overnight, firefighters were summoned to a house in Ettingshall, Wolverhampton. Three people were rescued from the raging inferno. According to the military, one of the casualties has now died. Paramedics said two more people are still in the hospital, one of … Read more
Emergency crews were dispatched to a restaurant fire on Savannah Highway Wednesday morning. The Charleston Fire Department says dispatch received the call just after midnight Wednesday morning for a report of a fire at the Krispy Kreme on Savannah Highway. Officials say crews arrived to find smoke venting from the building. Crews were able to … Read more
New laws should be created to prevent people from committing crimes such as “murder” in the metaverse, according to the United Arab Emirates’ minister of state for artificial intelligence. The metaverse refers to a virtual world where people can live, work and play via an avatar. It doesn’t actually exist yet, but tech companies are … Read more
