U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has described the adoption of the resolution to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council as an “important and historic moment”. Thomas-Greenfield spoke on Thursday at UN General Assembly (UNGA) following the vote in response to Russian forces’ alleged killings of civilians...
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Ketanji Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman in the nation’s history to serve on the bench at its apex court. Jackson was confirmed to the Supreme Court by a vote of 53-47 with bipartisan support. Beyond breaking barrier...
A military court in Burkina Faso on Wednesday handed down a life prison term to former president Blaise Compaore over the 1987 assassination of revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara. Applause erupted in the courtroom as the long-awaited verdict was read out, bringing the curtain down on a case that has...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday condemned hesitancy in Europe over barring Russian energy imports, arguing some leaders were more worried about business losses than about war crimes. New “rhetoric” about sanctions had emerged, he told the Irish parliament, “but I cannot tolerate any indecisiveness after everything we have...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed that alleged war criminals in Ukraine will be brought to justice. Ukraine is working with the European Union and the International Criminal Court to ensure that war crimes in Bucha and other Ukrainian cities are fully investigated, the Ukrainian president said in a...
Elon Musk has taken a major stake in Twitter, regulatory filings showed Monday, sending the social media network’s stock soaring and igniting speculation he could seek an active role in its operations. Musk, the world’s richest man and CEO of electric vehicle company Tesla, is a frequent Twitter user...
Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers have offered resignation letters from their positions in response to calls from increasing protests amid economic instability and a severe fuel shortage in the South Asian country. Government officials confirmed that all cabinet ministers had handed in their resignation letters, paving way for all political...
The bodies are strewn across the quiet tree-lined street in the town of Bucha as far as the eye can see. All 20 are in civilian clothing, and all have their different poses in death. Some lie with sightless eyes staring at Ukraine’s overcast sky, some lie face down...
The US Defense Department announced Friday it is allotting $300 million in “security assistance” for Ukraine to bolster the country’s defense capabilities, adding to the $1.6 billion Washington has committed since Russia invaded in late February. The package includes laser-guided rocket systems, drones, ammunition, night-vision devices, tactical secure communications...
Two South Korean Air Force training planes collided mid air on Friday while on an exercise, killing all four on board, the military said. The four occupants were ejected from the two aircraft but did not survive. The two KT-1 planes took off from a military base in the...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says peace talks with Russia have not led to any concrete results so far. “Yes, there is a negotiation process that will continue. “But so far it’s just words, nothing concrete,” Zelensky said in a video message published early Thursday. He noted that Russia is...
US President Joe Biden on Saturday castigated Vladimir Putin over the month-old war in Ukraine, bluntly calling the Russian leader “a butcher” who “cannot remain in power”. In an impassioned speech from the Royal Castle in Warsaw, delivered after meeting top Ukrainian ministers in Poland and earlier conferring with...
Iraqi lawmakers failed again on Saturday to elect a new president due to the lack of a quorum in parliament, keeping the country mired in political paralysis. Parliament had issued a final list of 40 candidates for the post, a largely ceremonial role that by convention is reserved for...
As Ukrainian cities are under renewed Russian attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on people around the world to demonstrate on Thursday to mark one month since the start of Russia’s attack. “Come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities. “Come in the name of peace, come...
The United Nations General Assembly will on Thursday vote on a resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Due to the large number of speakers, not all country representatives were able to appear before the largest UN body in New York on Wednesday. The resolution in question is a...
U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting NATO and EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, a show of trans-Atlantic unity exactly one month after the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Biden joins Western allies for a special meeting of NATO leaders, a G7 summit and an EU leaders’ summit...
Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Member States to comply and enforce with decisions and judgments of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (CCJ) for a stronger integration of the region. Akufo-Addo made the call at the opening of the 11th External Session of the ECOWAS Court in Accra,...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered an all-out search/rescue efforts after a passenger plane with 132 people aboard crashed in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Monday afternoon. Xi, said he was shocked to learn about the incident involving China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735. He ordered the immediate launch...
Twenty-six passengers reported missing when a fishing boat carrying undocumented migrant workers sank off the coast of Indonesia have been found alive, some after drifting for two days, officials said Monday. Two of the vessel’s 86 passengers, who were seeking work in neighbouring Malaysia, were killed when it capsized...
China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 carrying 133 persons have crashed. According to Dailymail, the Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed in rural China. The China Eastern passenger jet was carrying about 133 people, and crashed in southwest China with an unknown number of casualties. The plane crashed in the rural...