The discovery of a World War II bomb in Cologne, Germany on Tuesday evening prompted authorities to urge more than 3,000 people to leave their homes. The explosive was discovered in the Sulz district of the western German city. “WWII bomb found in Sulz,” posted the official account of the city of Cologne on Sulz, … Read more
Following the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, military rebels and Israeli forces have targeted strongholds across the country. For this story narrated by Veronica Villafane, VOA’s Joan Cabezas Vega visited Katana, Syria, a military base just outside the capital. Source link
Germany’s centre-right bloc the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) have voted unanimously in favor of an election program that promises to lower taxes and curb illegal migration. . The CDU/CSU wants to reduce income taxes and gradually reduce taxes for companies to 25%. It promises not … Read more
An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a state-run “machinery of death” under toppled leader Bashar al-Assad in which he estimated more than 100,000 people were tortured and murdered since 2013. FRANCE 24’s Morgan Ayre reports. Source link
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo – At least 25 people, including children, were killed and dozens missing after a packed boat capsized in a river in central Congo on Tuesday, officials and local residents said. The ship was believed to be carrying more than 100 passengers after leaving the city of Inongo, northeast of … Read more
A UN envoy warned on Tuesday that Syria’s protracted conflict “has not ended yet”, even as the country’s victorious Islamist-led rebels stepped up contacts with governments that deemed ousted president Bashar al-Assad a pariah. The UN’s migration chief, Amy Pope, warned against a “large-scale return” of refugees to Syria, adding that “sending people back will … Read more
Denmark’s Justice Ministry on Tuesday rejected a Japanese extradition request and released Canadian-American anti-whaling activist Paul Watson from a Greenland prison after five months in detention. Watson, one of the world’s most famous anti-whaling activists, was detained in the port of Nuuk in Greenland this July 21 on an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol. … Read more
In the latest flood of misinformation regarding Luigi Mangione, indicted for the murder of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson, some users are sharing a fake BBC headline claiming that Mangione committed suicide while in prison. The notification was actually created using Apple’s latest AI tool. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or … Read more
792 people have been arrested in Nigeria as part of a raid on a crypto romance ring. Many of those taken into custody from the site in Victoria Island were foreign nationals including 148 who were from China. The scam targeted victims around the world by developing romantic relationships with their marks via social media … Read more
The United States said Tuesday it felt “cautious optimism” on the prospects of reaching a ceasefire in the 14-month war in Gaza, although it acknowledged that similar hopes had been dashed before. Henri Barkey, Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University, says with Iran weakened and Russia essentially removed from the Middle East, this is … Read more