• Judge rejects alleged Proud Boys leaders' request to dismiss Jan. 6 charges

    Judge rejects alleged Proud Boys leaders' request to dismiss Jan. 6 charges

    Dec 28, 2021 09:57 PM EDT

    ... nonviolent ways to express their opinions about the 2020 presidential election. "Defendants are not, as they argue, charged with anything like burning flags, wearing black armbands, or participating in mere sit-ins or protests," Kelly wrote in his 43-page ruling. "Moreover, even if the charged conduct had some expressive ...

  • President of Belarus offers to host Russian nuclear weapons

    President of Belarus offers to host Russian nuclear weapons

    Nov 30, 2021 06:50 PM EDT

    ... the alternative is that we easily end up with nuclear weapons in other countries in Europe, also to the east of Germany,” Stoltenberg said. Alexei Arbatov, a Moscow-based foreign policy expert, described the possible redeployment of U.S. atomic bombs to Eastern Europe as a “mad, adventurist move.” If ...

  • Sudanese rally against army tightening grip on power; 5 dead

    Sudanese rally against army tightening grip on power; 5 dead

    Nov 13, 2021 10:53 PM EDT

    ... people insist on a civilian government ... the civilian state (government) is our option and we will fight for it.” Later Saturday, security forces stormed the Arbaeen Hospital in Omdurman, pushing and beating up doctors, as well as injured protesters who were there for medical help and their families, the Sudan ...

  • Post-9/11 surveillance has left a generation of Muslim Americans in a shadow of distrust and fear

    Post-9/11 surveillance has left a generation of Muslim Americans in a shadow of distrust and fear

    Sep 16, 2021 08:56 PM EDT

    Keeping such information secret “means we don't get any government accountability and whether they actually discriminate against people on the basis of their religion,” Arulanantham argued. Intelligence officials say that their efforts through surveillance programs over the past 20 years has helped gain a better understanding of behaviors ...

  • 'The Crown,' 'Mandalorian' top Emmy nominations with 24 each

    'The Crown,' 'Mandalorian' top Emmy nominations with 24 each

    Jul 13, 2021 05:38 PM EDT

    ... Shameless”; Kenan Thompson, “Kenan.” The nominees for best actress in a drama series are: Emma Corrin, “The Crown”; Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”; Uzo Aduba, “In Treatment”; Olivia Colman, “The Crown”; Mj Rodriguez, “Pose”; Jurnee Smollett, “Lovecraft Country.”The nominees for best actor in a drama series are: Sterling ...

  • Supreme Court rules in favor of cheerleader who published critical social media post in First Amendment case

    Supreme Court rules in favor of cheerleader who published critical social media post in First Amendment case

    Jun 23, 2021 02:46 PM EDT

    ... cases that began with Tinker v. Des Moines, the Vietnam-era case of a high school in Des Moines, Iowa, that suspended students who wore armbands to protest the war. In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court sided with the students, declaring they don’t “shed their constitutional rights to ...

  • Modi faces growing pressure for lockdown as India's COVID-19 cases soar

    Modi faces growing pressure for lockdown as India's COVID-19 cases soar

    May 07, 2021 12:39 PM EDT

    ... know their businesses will be affected but see no other way out. “Only if our health is good, will we be able to earn,” said Aruna Ramjee, a florist in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. “The lockdown will help everyone, and coronavirus spread will also come down.” The alarming ...

  • Students abducted from Nigerian school 2 weeks ago freed

    Students abducted from Nigerian school 2 weeks ago freed

    Feb 27, 2021 11:30 PM EDT

    LAGOS, Nigeria — Students, teachers and relatives abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed. The students, teachers and family members were abducted Feb. 17 by gunmen from the Government Science College Kagara. Niger State Gov. Abubakar Sani Bello said he received 24 students, six staff ...

  • India, China begin troop withdrawal from contested border

    India, China begin troop withdrawal from contested border

    Feb 11, 2021 05:23 PM EDT

    ... WATCH: Indian farmers protest agricultural deregulation The LAC separates Chinese- and Indian-held territories from Ladakh in the west to India's eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims in its entirety. LAC is broken in parts where the Himalayan nations of Nepal and Bhutan border China. It divides ...

  • Abducted Nigerian schoolboys freed after quick response

    Abducted Nigerian schoolboys freed after quick response

    Dec 18, 2020 05:32 PM EDT

    ... year, killing more than 1,100. While the bandits don’t have ideological motivations, Bukarti said, it has become clear that Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, has been able to make alliances with some of them. “Shekau started courting some of the bandits,” back in January, Bukarti said, referencing ...