California federal judge overturns assault weapons ban
HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island’s government with a suffocating oil blockade. The announcement said the pardons were a “humanitarian gesture” in connection with Holy Week and didn’t mention mounting pressures with the…
The United States, Canada, and Germany have expressed their support for Israel in the International Court of Justice’s genocide hearing against Israel. Germany will intervene on Israel’s behalf as a third party in the International Court of Justice’s genocide hearing against Israel, according to Steffen Hebestreit, the spokesman for Germany’s federal government. In a Friday…
Nov. 12 (UPI) — Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Madrid on Sunday against an amnesty deal between the ruling socialist party and Catalan separatists that allows the acting prime minister to stay in power. People in 53 cities across the country, led by the conservative Popular Party, launched protests as Pedro Sanchez readies…
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Friday claimed to have assisted almost 1,500 commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz in recent months, allowing for the passage of nearly 750 million barrels of oil through the contested waterway. In a video statement, CENTCOM chief Admiral Brad Cooper declared that efforts…
July 8 (Reuters) – The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the Chinese-backed military junta in the hills of northern Myanmar. The Kachin Independence Army since December has been battling the junta over the town of Bhamo, less than 100…
ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities and hospital sources in Afghanistan said Wednesday that a powerful bomb blast ripped through a packed mosque in the capital, Kabul, during evening prayers, causing dozens of casualties. Khalid Zadran, a city police spokesman, told VOA that “there are casualties and fatalities” but he would not give further details. Intelligence teams…