Mali orders UN human rights official to leave the country

Mali’s government has ordered the U.N. peacekeeping mission’s human rights chief to leave the country by Tuesday, declaring him persona non grata in the latest sign of tensions between Mali’s leaders and the international community. A government statement Sunday criticized Guillaume Ngefa-Atondoko Andali for choosing someone who represented Malian civil society at a U.N. Security […]

EU Parliament planning for possible visit from Volodymyr Zelenksyy in coming days

The European Union’s legislature was preparing plans Monday to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy should the Ukraine president decide to come to Brussels to attend an EU summit later this week. Two sources in the parliament, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said such plans are only meant to prepare […]

Former British PM Truss brushes off Biden’s criticism of her budget: reports

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss said she did not have time to listen to President Biden’s comments about her budget being a “mistake” in October because she was too busy dealing with issues of energy and security, according to reports. Biden said on Oct. 15, 2022, that Truss’ push to cut taxes for her […]

Georgian court rejects former president Saakashvili’s appeal for release

A court in Georgia on Monday rejected an appeal for former president Mikheil Saakashvili to be released from prison on health grounds. Saakashvili, who served as Georgia’s president in 2004-13 and led the so-called Rose Revolution protests that drove the previous president out of office, left for Ukraine after the end of his second term. […]

Animal rights groups march in protests to urge more protection for hunting dogs

Animal rights groups and pet shop owners marched Sunday in separate demonstrations to protest a new animal welfare law proposed by the Spanish government that seeks to advance the protection of animal rights. The draft legislation has fueled criticism by animal rights groups after a last-minute amendment excluded hunting dogs from the law’s protection, meeting […]

Bruxelles, operazione di polizia: si cercano sospetti armati

Read More Un’importante operazione di polizia è attualmente in corso in rue Boduagnat, nel quartiere europeo di Bruxelles. La polizia sta cercando sospetti armati che si sarebbero rifugiati nell’area. Lo riportano i media locali citando la procura federale. La zona è ora stata transennata e per le ricerche sono stati mobilitati una trentina di agenti […]

Border hawks dismiss Kamala Harris’ immigration announcement: ‘Political stunt’

Immigration experts on Monday dismissed Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to address the “root causes” of illegal migration by steering billions of dollars in private investment to Central America, and said that plan is just a diversion from the ongoing crisis at the border. “This is nothing more than a political stunt,” Brandon Judd, president […]

New Year’s Eve Machete Attack Suspect in Federal Custody

A man charged with attacking police with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve was transferred to U.S. custody and made his initial federal court appearance on Monday to face terrorism charges.Trevor Thomas Bickford, handcuffed and shackled at the ankles,…