Descrease article font size Increase article font size Polish farmers’ Solidarity trade union plans a general strike starting next Friday with a blockade of border crossings between Poland and Ukraine, it said, joining similar protests all over Europe. Farmers in France, Belgium, Portugal, Greece and Germany have been protesting over the impact on farming of the EU’s drive to … Read more
The Immigration and Refugee Board has ordered the deportation of an Iranian government official who has been living in Canada for the past eight months. In a decision Friday, the board ruled that Majid Iranmanesh was inadmissible to Canada because he was a senior member of Iran’s repressive regime. The 54-year-old was director general of … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Satellite imagery analyzed by the United Nations Satellite Centre shows that 30 per cent of Gaza Strip’s buildings have been destroyed or damaged in the Israel offensive in the densely populated Palestinian enclave. Israel’s assault, launched in response to attacks by Hamas militants in southern Israel on … Read more
The U.S. military launched airstrikes on Friday in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs, in retaliation for last weekend’s attack in Jordan that killed three U.S. troops. The strikes, which included the use of long-range B-1 bombers flown from the U.S., are the first … Read more
The United States on Friday announced terrorism and sanctions-evasion charges and seizures linked to a billion-dollar oil trafficking network that it says finances Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and other militant groups. The cases are in response to a series of aggressive actions by Iran over several years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) … Read more
NOTE: This story contains disturbing details. Please read at your own discretion. China has executed a couple found guilty of throwing two young toddlers out of a 15th-storey window in a brutal case that sent shockwaves through the nation. On Wednesday morning, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen were put to death. The Intermediate People’s Court … Read more
London Metropolitan Police are engaged in an active manhunt in the U.K. for a 35-year-old man suspected of throwing a corrosive chemical substance on a mother and her two daughters, in an attack that sent a total of 11 people to the hospital. The suspect’s name is Abdul Shokoor Ezedi and police are warning that … Read more
The terrorist threat from al-Qaida, the Islamic State group and their affiliates remains high in conflict zones in Africa and in Afghanistan – and threat levels have risen in some regions including Europe, U.N. experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said in the 23-page report that the relationship between Afghanistan’s Taliban … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that targets Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been accused of attacking Palestinians and Israeli peace activists in the occupied territory, imposing financial sanctions and visa bans in an initial round against four individuals. Those settlers were involved in acts of violence, as … Read more
Farmers threw eggs and stones at the European Parliament on Thursday, starting fires near the building and setting off fireworks amid protests to press a summit of European Union leaders to do more to help them with taxes and rising costs. Protesters tried to tear down the barriers erected in front of parliament – a … Read more
