Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Heavy gunfire erupted in the Ethiopian border town and a police officer, Philemon, immediately started running. Now, shaken and frightened, he paused when asked questions about his wife and two young children, and and ages, “I don’t know where my family is now,” he said, not …
Read More »Bahrain’s longest-serving prime minister has died at the age of 84
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers who has led his island nation’s government for decades and demanded his expulsion in 2011 amid allegations of corruption Were gone. On wednesday He was 84 years old. Announcing his …
Read More »Sudan is fighting an Ethiopian war of about 200,000
Nairobi, Kenya (AP) – Up to 200,000 refugees fleeing deadly conflict could enter Sudan In the northern Tigris region of Ethiopia, officials say, while the first details are coming out of a large number of cut-off civilians under increasing stress. Already at least 6,000 people have crossed the border. Long …
Read More »In Iran, a huge cemetery struggles to contain the virus
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A huge cemetery on the edge of Iran’s capital for half a century will provide a final resting place for those killed in the country’s war, its celebrities and artists, its thinkers and leaders, and all those in between. But Bashesht-e-Zahra is now struggling to contain …
Read More »Dimes clinch house control, but most are likely to shrink
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats spent two more years in control of the House Tuesday, but with a potential razor-thin majority, last week’s election final from which they split and less than the margin of error to move forward on their agenda. According to the Associated Press, the party has now …
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