Israel has demanded an apology from Russia after Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, claimed that Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, Reuters reports. The Middle Eastern nation has further accused Lavrov of being anti-Semitic and disregarding the history of the Holocaust. Lavrov’s anti-Semitic comments were supposedly intended to be a justification
After the Texas government ordered “enhanced inspections” on commercial trucks at the Mexico-US border, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has criticized his neighbor’s order calling it “despicable,” according to Reuters. The comments came as the increased inspections have disrupted trade along the border, sparking protests among Mexican truck drivers
Canadian Indigenous leaders are demanding further justice after the Pope finally apologized for the Catholic Church’s historical, century-long involvement with abusive Canadian residential schools. Indigenous children were forcibly separated from their families and enrolled in these schools, where many experienced various forms of abuse and neglect in what the Canadian
Several EU states have recently cracked down on a significant operation linked to a supposed major money-laundering operation in Lebanon, freezing over 120 million euros worth of assets that allegedly involved Lebanon’s central bank chief Riad Salameh according to Arab News. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, while no suspects have
As Russian’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine continues, there remains little to no chance of discussions between Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States president Joe Biden, according to a Kremlin official. The White House had initially shot down the possibility of meeting with the Kremlin government, stating on February 22nd
A Tunisian military judge has finally ordered the release of jailed lawyer Abderrazak Errazak Kilani, a major, outspoken critic of Tunisia’s President Kais Saied. Kilani was detained earlier for “inciting the police to break the law,” according to the National News (MENA), and will be consequently released from prison as
As the ongoing invasion of Ukraine rages on, Kremlin opposition leader and major Putin critic Alexei Navalny has called on his fellow Russians to protest against the war. Despite being currently jailed for murky reasons, Navalny continues to be a huge voice criticizing Putin and his Kremlin government, with his
This past week, Iran and Qatar have agreed to sign several bilateral cooperation deals strengthening the relationship between the two countries. These agreements came to be whilst Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited Qatar in Doha, accompanied by Oil Minister Javad Owji and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, according to Al Jazeera.
In what was called an “unintentional mistake,” Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen wrongly claimed jailed Australian economist Sean Turnell had been freed in Myanmar. The military government later shot down the claim. Instead, they clarified that the Aussie is still detained and will go on trial for involvement with the
In Pakistan, gunmen opened fired and killed one Christian priest and wounded another in a brazen attack over the weekend in the northwestern city of Peshawar. Father William Siraj, Father Naeem Patrick and another priest were driving home after mass on Sunday before the group was ambushed by two men
In December, Indonesian authorities gave the green light to accept a boat of about 120 fleeing Rohingya Muslims into the country. The move comes after the group was stranded in the ocean for days right near the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh. Conditions onboard the boat were reportedly
