UK pushes on with asylum law despite rights group opposition
LONDON: The British government pushed its contentious migration bill forward in Parliament on Monday, despite a call from Europe’s top human rights organization for lawmakers…
Poland: Belarus accuses Poland of causing long delays at EU border
Belarus on Monday accused Poland of causing long delays at its border with the European Union by slowing the movement of trucks, alleging that Warsaw…
Philadelphia Chemical Rivere: Philadelphia residents warned about chemical spill in river
FILE – Michael Gray-Lewis, a Jackson State engineering graduate questions EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, center, Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, left, and Radhika…
Russian shelling of Ukraine city kills 2, wounds 29 people
KYIV: Two people were killed and 29 wounded Monday when Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, in the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region,…
Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan ruling party takes majority of seats in snap vote
Astana, Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan‘s ruling party secured nearly two-thirds of seats in the Central Asian country’s parliament, according to final election results published Monday. The snap…
Russia: Putin ally says Russia has weapons to destroy US if its existence is threatened
MOSCOW: An ally of President Vladimir Putin has warned that Russia has the weapons to destroy any enemy, including the United States, if its own…
Myanmar: Myanmar junta leader urges foreign powers to back its return to democracy
Myanmar‘s military ruler on Monday urged his foreign critics to get behind his junta’s planned return to democracy, instead of siding with a resistance movement…
Avdiivka: Ukraine withdraws city workers from frontline town Avdiivka
Kyiv, Ukraine: A Ukrainian official in the battered frontline town of Avdiivka in the eastern Donetsk region said Monday that municipal workers were being withdrawn,…
Kabul: Suicide bomber kills 6 people near foreign ministry in Kabul
Islamabad: A suicide bomber struck on Monday near the foreign ministry in Kabul, killing at least six people and wounding several, according to officials. It…
Tiktok: Japan lawmakers eye ban on TikTok, others if used improperly
TOKYO -A group of Japan‘s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers plans to compile a proposal next month urging the government to ban social networking…