Severe weather disrupted holiday travel across the United States on Saturday, with deadly tornadoes in the Southeast and heavy snow and wind on the West Coast and thousands of flights delayed or canceled across the country. More than 7,000 flights were delayed and more than 200 canceled in the US on Saturday, according to tracking … Read more
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia will deal a strong blow to its old friend America. Saudi Arabia plans to purchase the fifth generation fighter jet “KAAN” being developed in Türkiye for its air force. Saudi Arabia is preparing for a major deal, as the purchase of 100 fighter jets is being considered. Prince Turki bin Bandar Al … Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump expressed his support for the H-1B special visa program in comments made on Saturday. Trump broached the subject after billionaire CEO Elon Musk vowed to go to “war” to protect the skilled foreign workers program, which some supporters of the incoming president objected to. During his election campaign, Trump promised to … Read more
Rome- Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Saturday that efforts to free Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from prison in Iran are “complicated.” Salah was detained by police in Tehran on December 19 and, according to his employer, is being held in the city’s notorious Evin prison. “We are trying to resolve a complex issue and … Read more
Thousands of people have fled Mozambique for neighboring Malawi in the past week, officials said. The exodus follows unrest after Mozambique’s top court confirmed the victory of the ruling Frelimo party in October elections. What do we know about Mozambicans fleeing Malawi? Dominic Mwandira, commissioner of Nsanje, Malawi’s southern border district, said about 2,500 families … Read more
France has requested that Indonesia transfer Serge Atlaoui, a 61-year-old French national on death row who has spent nearly 20 years behind bars in the Southeast Asian country on drug charges. Source link
Thousands of people have fled Mozambique for Malawi, authorities said on Saturday, with many fording over rivers to escape violent protests following a court ruling verifying October election results that opposition parties claim are fraudulent. Source link
Afghanistan’s Taliban defense ministry said on Saturday that its forces attacked several locations inside Pakistan in response to last week’s deadly air strikes. Pakistan last Tuesday launched an operation to destroy a training facility and kill insurgents in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province. Dozens of people were killed in the attacks, mostly women and children. Social … Read more
Marking exactly one month since pro-EU protests, thousands of people formed a human chain in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Saturday and demanded new parliamentary elections. The post-Soviet country is in danger after parliamentary elections in October, in which the ruling Georgian Dream party won more than 54% of the vote, according to electoral officials. Many, … Read more
Aid trucks carrying food and medical supplies reached the Jebel Awliya area in Sudan this week for the first time since the country’s civil war began in 2023, local volunteers said. The area, south of the capital Khartoum, is one of many in Sudan facing mass starvation as warring parties have cut off access. Source … Read more