Aug 08 Niger's junta rejects diplomatic UN visit over 'atmosphere of menace' By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Niger’s military junta has refused the latest diplomatic attempt to get the ousted president freed and reinstalled. Continue reading
Aug 08 Rwanda genocide survivors criticize UN court's call to indefinitely halt elderly suspect's trial By Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press His trial, which started last year at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, was halted in June because his dementia left him unable to participate in proceedings. Continue reading
Aug 08 Pakistan's imprisoned former PM Khan appeals his conviction and 3-year sentence By Munir Ahmed, Associated Press A Pakistani lawyer says his client, former Prime Minister Imran Khan, is asking a top court in Islamabad to suspend his conviction and three-year prison sentence in a graft case. Continue reading
Aug 08 Thousands of scouts evacuated from coastal South Korean campsite ahead of tropical storm By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The 37,000 Scouts, who hailed from 156 countries and were mostly teenagers, folded up their tents before boarding over 1,000 vehicles for the evacuation that began Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Aug 08 Russia accused of targeting rescue workers with 'double tap' missile strike By Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Russia has since the start of the war aimed artillery and missiles at the exact same spot it struck around 30 minutes earlier, often hitting emergency workers who had deployed at the scene. Continue reading
Aug 07 Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi reinstated to India's Parliament after Supreme Court order By Associated Press His reinduction is likely to strengthen the opposition's effort to corner Narendra Modi's government ahead of a no-confidence motion this week over deadly ethnic violence that has roiled India's northeastern state of Manipur. Continue reading
Aug 07 NATO, EU send aid to Slovenia after devastating floods that killed at least 6 and left many homeless By Associated Press NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke by phone with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob on Monday, expressing his condolences and NATO's strong solidarity with Slovenia, a NATO statement said. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch 4:02 News Wrap: Former police officer sentenced for his role in George Floyd's death In our news wrap Monday, a judge in Minnesota sentenced the last former police officer convicted of state charges in George Floyd's death, leaders of the military coup in Niger closed the country's airspace, Russian shelling in Ukraine struck towns… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch 8:44 Tunisia, EU scrutinized for harsh treatment of migrants along route from Africa to Europe By Malcolm Brabant and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow Crews have given up hope of finding nearly 30 migrants thrown into the sea after setting sail from Tunisia. It happened as human rights groups called on Tunisia’s president to save migrants trapped on the border with Libya. The crisis… Continue watching
Aug 07 Watch 9:21 VA Secretary Denis McDonough discusses compensation for veterans affected by burn pits By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn Last year, President Biden signed the PACT Act which fundamentally changed the way veterans could get disability compensation for their war-related illnesses. More than 801,000 veterans and their survivors have filed claims since the act was signed. Amna Nawaz spoke… Continue watching