Day: June 17, 2022

Nigeria holds state funeral for those killed by gunmen at a church service on June 5 as victims call for accountability.Nigeria held a state funeral for dozens of worshippers killed by gunmen at a...

Carlos Erik Malpica Flores, an ex-national treasurer, was put on blacklist in 2017 on charges of undermining democracy.The United States has lifted sanctions against a relative of Venezuelan...

Flood situation likely to deteriorate over the next 24 hours in worst-hit areas of north and northeast, officials said.Heavy monsoon downpours in Bangladesh’s northeastern and northern regions...

Sweltering temperatures in Spain and France have shone a spotlight on the increasing frequency of heatwaves in Europe. In just more than two decades, the continent has experienced its five hottest...

Financial Action Task Force says Pakistan will be kept on list of countries that do not take full measures to combat money-laundering and ‘terror financing’.An international watchdog says it...

The court, now comprised almost entirely of conservatives, reverses a decision by the same body just four years earlier.The Iowa Supreme Court, the state’s highest judicial authority, ruled that...

San Francisco, California, US – This month, voters in San Francisco removed their progressive District Attorney Chesa Boudin in a recall election that brought his four-year term to a premature...

Sri Lanka’s government orders public sector employees to work from home for two weeks as it grapples with worst economic crisis in decades.Sri Lanka’s government has ordered public sector...

The incidents took place as an annual festival attended by senior legislators and businesspeople was under way nearby.A Russian warship twice violated Danish territorial waters in the Baltic Sea as...

“We spent around two weeks hiding in the cellar. There was no water, heating or light. Outside, neo-Nazis were walking the streets, telling us this is all for our independence referendum in 2014...