The United States imposed sanctions on the Cuban police force and two of its leaders on Friday in response to the Havana government’s crackdown on protesters, and President Joe Biden promised Cuban-American leaders more actions were coming. The U.S. Treasury Department said the sanctions, which appeared to be largely symbolic, …
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US says seizes tanker used to evade North Korea sanctions
The U.S. Justice Department (DoJ) on Friday announced the seizure of a 2,734-ton tanker it said was owned and operated by a Singaporean national and used to make shipments of petroleum products to North Korea in violation of international sanctions. A DoJ statement said the M/T Courageous was seized by …
Read More »Tunisian security forces place prominent judge under house arrest
A Tunisian judge who has been accused by human rights groups of hiding terrorism-related files has been placed under house arrest for 40 days, local radio and a security source said on Saturday. The move against Judge Bechir Akremi came after President Kais Saied pledged to lead a campaign against …
Read More »Haiti police say former Supreme Court judge suspect in president’s killing
Haitian police on Friday outlined fresh accusations against a former Supreme Court judge over her links to the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month, saying she had met with some Colombian mercenaries accused of killing him. The assassination of Moise has plunged the Western hemisphere’s poorest nation deeper …
Read More »Turkish wildfire leaves charred home and ashes, as blazes continue (Videos)
Days after a raging wildfire in southern Turkey drove his family from the home they lived in for four decades, Mehmet Demir returned on Saturday to discover a burnt-out building, charred belongings, and ashes. Bedsprings, a ladder, metal chairs, and some kitchenware were the only things left identifiable after some …
Read More »Iraq | Two civilians killed as Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Mountains
Turkish warplanes struck on Friday the Qandil Mountains in the Kurdistan Region, Northern Iraq. The director of the Sinkser district Nehru Abdullah said; that Turkish warplanes struck the Qandil Mountains and the surrounding villages in search of PKK fighters, which killed two civilians. The director of the Sinksar district continued; …
Read More »Olympics | US and Canada Soccer teams set up a semi-final date with shootout wins
Megan Rapinoe converted the deciding penalty in a shootout and the United States advanced to the semifinals of the women’s Olympic soccer tournament 4-2 following a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands on Friday. United States goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher stopped Vivianne Meidema’s opening attempt in the shootout. She then saved a …
Read More »Amazon hit with whopping $887 million fine by European privacy regulators
Amazon has been handed an $888 million fine by European Union regulators for breaching the bloc’s data protection laws. The fine is the largest issued by the EU but is still less than one percent of the firm’s annual revenue. The Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) issued the …
Read More »At least 5 injured after ‘rare & violent’ tornadoes tear through eastern Pennsylvania (Videos)
Two powerful tornadoes have wrought a path of destruction though parts of eastern Pennsylvania, leaving at least five people injured as authorities in one hard-hit county declared a “mass casualty” event. The pair of twisters touched down in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County on Thursday, virtually destroying a car dealership and a …
Read More »Hong Kong man jailed for nine years in first national security case (Pictures)
The first person convicted under Hong Kong’s national security law was jailed for nine years on Friday for terrorist activities and inciting secession, judges said, in a watershed ruling with long-term implications for the city’s judicial landscape. Former waiter Tong Ying-kit, 24, was accused of driving his motorcycle into three …
Read More »Russia blames software failure after space station briefly thrown off course
Russia on Friday blamed a software failure for an incident that briefly knocked the International Space Station (ISS) off course and said it was pressing ahead with work to activate a newly-attached module at the centre of the episode. The ISS was thrown off track on Thursday after the engines …
Read More »Iraq reported 12597 new COVID19 cases, 62 deaths
Iraq recorded, on Friday 12597 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1,616,384, the health ministry said. It reported 62 deaths to take its coronavirus death toll to 18,595. It also reported 8,499 recoveries to take its total to 1,455,659 (90.9%). The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to …
Read More »Report reveals illegal detention and torture in Colombia protests
‘These events are extremely serious and must be investigated diligently, independently and impartially,’ Amnesty International says. Colombian authorities unlawfully detained, tortured, and used lethal weapons against peaceful protesters during the demonstrations that have swept the country since April, said a new report from Amnesty International. Through an “exhaustive digital verification” …
Read More »‘Absolute nonsense’: Khan rejects claim Pakistan helping Taliban
PM Imran Khan denies report that Pakistani fighters crossed border into Afghanistan to aid Taliban in its fight against Afghan government. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has denied a report that Pakistani fighters have crossed the border into Afghanistan to aid the Taliban in its fight against the Afghan government. …
Read More »WSJ: US plans sanctions campaign on Iran’s drones, guided missiles programs
The United States is reportedly planning a sanctions campaign against Iran’s defensive drones and guided missiles program, six months after the administration of Joe Biden, who had promised to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal and remove anti-Iran sanctions, assumed office. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed US officials, said the …
Read More »Save the Children censures Israel for excessive force against Palestinian kids
An international aid group has censured the excessive use of force by Israeli soldiers against children in the occupied Palestinian territories. Save the Children released a press statement on Thursday after three Palestinian children were killed across the West Bank as a result of extreme violence exercised by the troops …
Read More »100,000+ children in Ethiopia’s Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden region of Tigray, saying more than 100,000 children could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump in average annual levels. Marixie Mercado, spokeswoman for the children’s …
Read More »Israeli ship targeted in attack off Oman coast, says UK military
The British military says an Israeli-owned merchant ship has been targeted in an attack off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea. The United Kingdom’s defense ministry said the vessel came under attack late on Thursday near the island of Masirah, about 280 kilometers northeast of the Omani port …
Read More »Iraqi security forces arrest terrorists in Kirkuk
Iraqi security authorities reported, on Thursday, that dozens of men accused of terrorism were arrested in Kirkuk Governorate. The Joint Operations Command in Kirkuk said in a statement, that six wanted men were arrested according to Article 1/4 of terrorism, and three hideouts were destroyed, in addition to seizing ammunition, …
Read More »Death toll in Turkish wildfires on southern coast rises to four, blazes rage on
The death toll from wildfires on Turkey’s southern coast has risen to four and firefighters were battling blazes for a third day on Friday after the evacuation of dozens of villages and some hotels. More than 60 wildfires have broken out across 17 provinces on Turkey’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts …
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