ADF attacks in eastern DR Congo have become more frequent since March 2020 The Democratic Republic of Congo government has blamed Islamic State group-affiliated rebels for a bomb attack at a Pentecostal church in Kasindi, in the east of the country. Ten people were killed as church-goers attended Sunday worship, […]
Rescuers search for survivors after deadly Russian strike on Dnipro apartment block
Emergency personnel said early Sunday they could hear people trapped under piles of debris screaming for help, but with freezing temperatures rescuers faced a race against time to pull them from the rubble. Observing a moment of silence in a house destroyed by shelling, rescuers overheard one woman and managed […]
Palestinians say Israeli troops kill man in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the latest death in a monthslong spiral of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. The circumstances behind the death were not immediately clear. Israeli media reported the man […]
White House says more documents with classified markings were found at Biden’s Delaware home
More classified documents from the Obama administration were found in President Joe Biden’s Delaware residence this week — in addition to the two batches that had been previously disclosed — the White House said Saturday. This brings the total number of batches of records found to three: a “small” number in a […]
Iran executes accused British spy by hanging: judiciary
Iran on Saturday executed former top defence official and dual British national Alireza Akbari, who was accused of spying for UK intelligence, the judiciary reported. Akbari was executed after being sentenced to death for “corruption on earth and harming the country’s internal and external security by passing on intelligence”, the […]
Democratic allies grow frustrated with White House response to Biden’s classified documents
Democratic allies are voicing frustration with White House officials’ tight-lipped approach to the classified documents found in an office and residence of President Joe Biden, calling on the administration to be more forthcoming in its handling of the issue. The uproar over the documents has quickly distracted from the administration’s […]
Special counsel named to investigate Biden classified records that included top secret document
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday he was appointing Robert Hur to serve as a special counsel to review classified material found in President Joe Biden’s Delaware residence and a Washington office he used. Hur, now a lawyer at a Washington, D.C., firm, was the U.S. Attorney for Maryland […]
Rifts in Russian military command seen amid Ukraine fighting
As Russian troops wage a ferocious house-to-house fight for control of strongholds in eastern Ukraine, a parallel battle is unfolding in the top echelons of military power in Moscow, with President Vladimir Putin reshuffling his top generals while rival camps try to win his favor. The fighting for the salt […]
In Ukraine, power plant workers fight to save their ‘child’
A POWER PLANT, Ukraine (AP) — Around some of their precious transformers — the ones that still work, buzzing with electricity — the power plant workers have built protective shields using giant concrete blocks, so they have a better chance of surviving the next Russian missile bombardment. Blasted out windows […]
Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location
WASHINGTON — Aides to President Joe Biden have discovered at least one additional batch of classified documents in a location separate from the Washington office he used after leaving the Obama administration, according to a person familiar with the matter. Since November, after the discovery of documents with classified markings […]