WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s Justice Minister Cezary Grabarczyk has resigned over doubts concerning the legality of his gun permit. He is the first minister to leave the Cabinet of Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, which took office in September and will be submitted to voter assessment in parliamentary elections scheduled in …
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UNITED NATIONS – Yemen’s ambassador to the United Nations is asking the international community to quickly intervene with ground forces to save the country from Houthi rebels who have been targeted by Saudi-led airstrikes for weeks. A letter sent Wednesday to the president of the U.N. Security Council and obtained …
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CAIRO – Prosecutors in Egypt are expected to begin their closing arguments on June 1 in the retrial of two Al-Jazeera English journalists. That’s according to defendant Mohammed Fahmy, a Canadian who is Al-Jazeera English’s acting bureau chief in Egypt. He made the comment after a court hearing in the …
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TOKYO – A strong earthquake has hit Japan in the same region devastated by a major quake and tsunami in 2011. Authorities said there is no risk of tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency put the preliminary magnitude at 6.6, the U.S. Geological Service measured it at 6.8. The offshore quake …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican farmworkers fighting low wages and poor working conditions in the border state of Baja California have reached an agreement with the government and their employer. The Mexican interior ministry says daily wages will go from 100 to 200 pesos ($13 a day). Workers will be added …
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UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned in a new report that the crisis in Yemen could open a corridor for jihadist movements through Somalia, which is located just across the Gulf of Aden. Ban said in a report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Monday that security in Somalia …
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President Biden and other administration officials said Tuesday that they welcomed the temporary cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas that includes the release of hostages. Qatari negotiators helped broker the deal, which included Israel’s military agreeing to temporarily stop its airstrikes and ground invasion of Gaza for humanitarian purposes. Additionally, …
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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut on Wednesday. He was 100. The German-born American served as a diplomat, academic and presidential adviser, and continued to impact American politics in the private sector after leaving office. His stamp on U.S. foreign policy spanned decades and …
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Dozens of White House interns have signed a letter to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris demanding a “permanent cease-fire” in the Gaza Strip and accusing the pair of ignoring the “pleas of the American people.” The letter, first reported on by NBC News, comes after 400 government officials …
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Convicted murderer and former Olympic athlete Oscar “Bladerunner” Pistorius has been warned he could become a target for assassination after his release from prison this Friday, sources say. It is alleged that Pistorius has been told by police that he could be killed in retaliation for the murder he carried …
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