Category: World News
Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians
Fox News Tens of thousands of Iranians, some chanting “Death to America” and “Death to Israel,” marched in the capital of Tehran on Friday to mark Jerusalem Day, an annual show of support for the Palestinians. Senior Iranian officials attended the rally, including President Ebrahim Raisi. Since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, the rallies marking…
Read MoreSenegal gas deal drives locals to desperation, prostitution
Fox News When the gas rig arrived off the coast of Saint-Louis, residents of this seaside Senegalese town found reason to hope. Fishing has long been the community’s lifeblood, but the industry was struggling with climate change and COVID-19. Officials promised the drilling would soon bring thousands of jobs and diversification of the economy. Instead,…
Read More5 Austrian officials stand trial for harboring Syrian war criminal at Mossad’s request
Fox News Five former Austrian officials went on trial in Vienna on Friday accused of granting asylum to a suspected Syrian war criminal in Austria at the request of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency. The five are accused of abusing their positions by bringing Khaled Halabi, a former Syrian general, to Austria in 2015 and arranging…
Read MoreBrazil judge orders police to question Bolsonaro on uprising
Washington Post A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the country’s federal police to take testimony from former President Jair Bolsonaro as part of the investigation into the Jan. 8 attacks on government buildings in the capital https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/bolsonaro-brazil-stimony-insurrection-investigation/35738ada-db09-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreCriticized over response to war, Swiss offer $2B for Ukraine
Washington Post Switzerland says it will spend about $2 billion to help Ukraine with humanitarian and development assistance over the next six years, ponying up financial aid for Ukraine as Western critics press Bern to do more to help it defend itself against Russian invaders and squeeze Russian interests https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/switzerland-ukraine-aid-reconstruction/da225430-db04-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreNavalny, jailed Russian opposition figure, is severely ill, aides say
Washington Post Alexei Navalny, a leading Russian opposition figure, is suffering from a mysterious stomach ailment and may have been poisoned, his press secretary said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/alexei-navalny-prison-ill-poisoned/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePakistan arrests woman for claiming to be Islam’s prophet
Washington Post Pakistani police say they have arrested a Muslim woman in the country’s eastern Punjab province on blasphemy charges for allegedly claiming to be an Islamic prophet https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/pakistan-arrests-woman-blasphemy-charges/a11ba698-db02-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePutin signs bill allowing electronic conscription notices
Washington Post Russian President Putin has signed a bill allowing authorities to issue electronic notices to draftees and reservists amid the fighting in Ukraine, sparking fears of a new wave of mobilization https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/14/russia-ukraine-war-draft-mobilization-conscription-notices/edd7d0c2-dafa-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreDutch prosecutors investigate activist who desecrated Quran
Fox News An anti-Islam activist who tore pages out of the Quran and called it a “fascist book” in front of the Dutch parliament building in January is being investigated on suspicion of insulting Muslims, prosecutors said Friday. The action by Edwin Wagensveld, leader of the Dutch branch of the far-right Pegida movement, and a…
Read MoreExperts doubt Mexico’s pledge to protect endangered porpoise
Fox News Mexico’s Environment Department promised to do more to protect the endangered vaquita marina porpoise Thursday, to head off trade sanctions by the international wildlife body CITES. The department said several steps will be taken, including controlling illegal gillnet fishing that can trap and kill the vaquita, which is the world’s most endangered marine…
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