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A black man has been held in US jail without a trial and without representation for 10 years after being charged in connection with a double murder in Georgia, once more revealing the failure of US so-called justice especially towards people of color. Maurice Jimmerson, now 32, and four others …

Fighting among Sudan’s armed forces has entered its third week as the UN warns that the country is collapsing. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that the power struggle between the two top commanders of Sudan’s main armed forces, the official army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) also …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has resumed campaigning for the upcoming general elections after a days-long pause due to illness, accusing his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, of cooperating with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). According to Press TV, Erdogan appeared in public for the first time on Saturday as he …

The chief of general staff of the Israeli military has expressed concern over an alarming increase in suicide cases among Israeli troops and ordered more efforts by relevant authorities to deal with the issue. According to a report published by the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi described …

Thousands of protesters have rallied for the 17th consecutive week in central Tel Aviv to condemn Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial and highly unpopular judicial reforms plan. According to the regime’s Channel 12, a total of around 150,000 demonstrators attended Saturday demonstrations, while Channel 13 put the figure at …

The messaging app will still be fined $200,000 for each day it fails to provide authorities with data on alleged neo-Nazis. A Brazilian judge on Saturday suspended an injunction that saw the Telegram messaging app blocked across the entire country. The service was blocked after the Brazilian authorities requested user …

As Canada’s largest strike by federal workers approaches its third week, thousands of people are in immigration limbo amid canceled hearings and stalled applications, which could make it harder for the country to compete for global talent as employers face a tight labor market. About 155,000 federal public servants have …

Two Arab countries have claimed the top two spots globally for the lowest crime rates, according to data provided by the “Numbeo” website, which offers information on consumer prices, crime rates, and healthcare quality. Qatar was ranked first out of 142 countries, with a safety index of 85.2%, followed by …

US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Papua New Guinea in May to attend a meeting of Pacific leaders, the island nation’s premier said on his government’s official Facebook page. Biden will meet with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, as well as 18 …

Fighting among Sudan’s armed forces has entered its third week as the UN warns that the country is collapsing. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that the power struggle between the two top commanders of Sudan’s main armed forces, the official army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) also …

Lashawn Thompson was found dead in his cell in an Atlanta jail with more than one thousand insect bites all over his body. His body was discovered in a filthy jail cell in September, ignored by medical staff and eaten by insects and bugs. The United States holds the most …

Arab foreign ministers will gather in Jordan on Monday to discuss Syria’s long-running conflict and ending Damascus’s diplomatic isolation in the region, the foreign ministry in Amman said. Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has been politically isolated since the conflict in his country began in 2011. However, recent weeks have seen …

The number of sexual assaults has risen among US military forces, the Pentagon has reported. The Pentagon’s latest annual report released this week showed that sexual assaults in the US military had increased by 1 percent last year, CNN reported. US service members in 2022 reported 7,378 instances of sexual …

Sudan’s former prime minister has warned that the ongoing conflict in the country could turn into one of the world’s worst civil wars if it is not kept in check. “God forbid if Sudan is to reach a point of civil war proper… Syria, Yemen, Libya will be a small …

Russia has promised a harsh response to Poland’s “illegal seizure” of an embassy school in the capital Warsaw. Polish media reported that the country’s police had showed up outside the Russian embassy school in Warsaw on Saturday morning. According to Press TV, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement later …

Thousands of protesters, including a large group of migrants, have marched in Paris and other French cities, protesting planned changes to immigration laws and evictions from the Indian Ocean Island of Mayotte. During Saturday protest In the French capital, Paris, demonstrators held a banner reading, “No to the [Interior Minister …

Police were searching for a gunman believed to have shot dead five Hondurans including an eight-year-old child at a house in Texas, the local sheriff said Saturday, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. Investigators believe the gunman had been firing his AR-15-style gun in a neighboring …

According to statistics on the number of refugees in Arab countries, Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees, followed by Jordan and Iraq. The numbers vary among countries, depending on their location in conflict areas, their capabilities to bear the burden of refugees, and their own people’s needs. Due to …

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday announced the government would invest 1.3 billion euros ($1.43 billion) in vocational training. The measure will be approved at next week’s cabinet meeting and will create 45,000 bilingual vocational training places, 824 new training centers, and more than 1,500 classrooms for applied technology …

Russia has promised a harsh response to Poland’s “illegal seizure” of an embassy school in the capital Warsaw. Polish media reported that the country’s police had showed up outside the Russian embassy school in Warsaw on Saturday morning. Polish authorities had burst onto the embassy school’s grounds with the aim …