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Crimean Tatars living in Turkey stage a protest outside the Russian embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Dec. 10, 2015. (AP Photo) Turkey on Saturday criticized a Russian court ruling sentencing several Crimean Tatars to a combined 110 years in jail. A military court in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on Wednesday handed prison sentences ranging […]

Mahdi Mohammed Hashi CHICAGO — Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed a Somali man Thursday who was convicted in 2016 in U.S. District Court of providing aid to a terror organization. Mahdi Mohammed Hashi, 31, a citizen of Somalia, was removed by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Chicago Field Office via […]

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Witnesses say a cargo plane has crashed at the international airport in Somalia’s capital. There was s no immediate confirmation of any casualties. Photos posted from the scene show the plane’s cockpit crushed against a concrete barrier just steps from the sea. The Somalia Civil Aviation Authority confirms the crash at Aden […]

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Bemidji, Minn., on Friday. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo President Donald Trump said his Democratic rival Joe Biden would “turn Minnesota into a refugee camp” and bragged about deporting Somali nationals, sharpening his play for the battleground state during a Friday rally. “I’m your wall between the […]

People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus, sit on a bench street in downtown Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 28, 2020.   –   Copyright  Michel Euler/A People wearing face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus, sit on a bench street in downtown Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 28, 2020.   – European countries have rolled out new restrictions as […]

File photo:China Military The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is holding joint maritime and aerial exercises and combat-readiness patrols in the region starting Friday, as media on the Taiwan island reported concentrated PLA warplane activities near the island’s “airspace” in four directions around the island on Friday morning. The news comes against the backdrop of […]

In this file photo, men deliver U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) aid in Aslam, Hajjah, Yemen on Sept. 21, 2018. (AP Photo)  The World Food Programme (WFP) chief warned Thursday that millions of people are closer to starvation because of the deadly combination of conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic and he urged donor […]

Scientists have predicted a ‘significant number of deaths’ by the end of October if no action is taken (Picture: Rex Features/Getty Images) A two-week national lockdown in October ‘could be announced in the next week’ as coronavirus rates surge in many parts of the country. In a Government meeting held on Wednesday night, England’s top scientists […]

People wearing face masks wait their turn to be called for a PCR test for the COVID-19 in Barcelona, Spain on Monday Aug. 31, 2020.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti Europe’s weekly COVID-19 infections are now higher than the continent’s first coronavirus peak in March, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. “We have a very serious situation […]

Robert Redfield told the Senate Appropriations Committee that wearing a mask could be more effective than a vaccine at keeping the pandemic at bay.  President Donald Trump on Wednesday twice contradicted his own CDC director — on mask-wearing and vaccine distribution — saying the country’s top public health official misspoke while testifying under oath before […]