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Burkina Faso: Out of the frying pan with France but into the fire with the U.S.?

The West African nation of Burkina Faso placed its former colonial master France on notice to remove their military from its soil. The move...

Extreme Israeli group takes root in U.S. with fundraising bid

JERUSALEM—An Israeli group raising funds for Jewish extremists convicted in some of the country’s most notorious hate crimes is collecting tax-exempt donations from Americans,...

African peace conference draws from Holy Qur’an

Highlights from the keynote address of Ambassador-at-Large Rashad Hussain at the Africa Peace Conference on January 17. Photo: mr.usembassy.gov “O you who believe, enter into...

Peru police fire tear gas at protesters after president calls for ‘truce’

Thousand of Peruvians have once again taken to the streets in the capital, Lima, to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, hours after she called...

Around two million facing food insecurity across Lebanon

Some two million people in Lebanon, including 1.29 million Lebanese residents and 700,000 Syrian refugees, are suffering some form of food insecurity as a result...

India lost 26 of 65 patrolling points amid border dispute with China: Report

A new report has revealed that Indian security forces lost 26 out of 65 patrolling points in Eastern Ladakh amid an ongoing standoff with...

Global nations express ‘deep concern’ on new ultra-right-wing Israeli gov’t

Carte blanche support for the Zionist State of Israel on the global landscape has dwindled. International condemnation is rising over unprecedented repression by the...

Díaz-Canel highlights the role of creation and innovation in Cuba’s future

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reiterated Jan. 17 the call to encourage innovation as one of the essential mechanisms to achieve the country’s development, amid...

Berlin museums ready to return skulls from African ex-colony

BERLIN—The Berlin Museum Authority said Jan. 18 that it was ready to return hundreds of human skulls from the former German colony of East...

NGO: 2,390 deaths on migrant routes to Spain in 2022

MADRID—A Spanish nonprofit organization said Jan. 18 that the number of migrants who died or were reported missing while trying to reach Spain was...