WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is sending Egypt its full $1.3 billion allocation of military aid, setting aside conditions placed by Congress on some of the money over human rights concerns and citing Cairo’s role as a mediator in the Israel-Hamas war . The State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken used his
DIDIM, Turkey (AP) — The father of the Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Thursday welcomed Turkey’s decision to initiate an independent investigation into her death and called on the United States to do the same. Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who held Turkish and American citizenship, was killed last Friday
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is cutting back its activities in Yemen in response to a crackdown by Houthi rebels on staff working for the U.N. and other humanitarian, human rights, development and education organizations, the top U.N. aid official said Thursday. Acting U.N. humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya told the U.N. Security Council
PARIS (AP) — French judicial authorities are investigating the disappearance of two Paralympic athletes from Congo who recently competed in the Paris Games , the prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Bobigny confirmed on Thursday. Prosecutors opened the investigation on Sept. 7, after members of the athletes’ delegation warned authorities of their disappearance two
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The world is wounded, Catholic leaders said Thursday in Ecuador. But an emphasis on supporting the family could be a path towards healing. Catholic leaders from more than 50 countries have discussed this and other topics in Quito, the Ecuadoran capital, during this year’s International Eucharistic Congress, which will run through
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — The father of an Ohio boy killed last year when a Haitian immigrant hit a school bus is imploring Donald Trump and other politicians to stop invoking his son’s name in the debate about immigration. Nathan Clark spoke Tuesday at a Springfield City Council hearing — the same day that the
“Opoziciona stranka ili koalicija koja donese najveći broj potpisa kod Nikodijevića ima 64 naša na to i taj kandidat biće izabran za vršioca dužnosti i očekujemo da ono što je rekao uradi i reši probleme”, rekao je Šapić novinarima na Novom Beogradu. Dodao je da ukoliko se ne pojavi niko od opozicije kao kandidat za
Ceremoniji će, kako je najavljeno, prisustvovati predsednik Srbije Aleksandar Vučić, kao i generalni direktor Linglong Tire Feng Vang i kineski ambasador u Srbiji Li Ming. Gradnja fabrike Linglonga počela je u martu 2019, a prema ranijim najavama, zaposliće 1.200 radnika i proizvoditi 13 miliona guma godišnje. Vrednost investicije veća je od milijardu dolara. Fabrika se
More than 150 teens and children 17 or younger have been killed in the West Bank since Hamas’ brutal attack on communities in southern Israel set off the war last October. Most died in nearly daily raids by the Israeli army that Amnesty International says have used disproportionate and unlawful force. More than 150 teens
Spend some time in South Korea and you will see reminders everywhere of North Korea’s potential nuclear menace — and a whole range of ways residents read its actions. (AP video: Jae Hong and Yong Jun Chang/ Production: Serginho Roosblad) Spend some time in South Korea and you will see reminders everywhere of North Korea’s
