By Anadolu Agency Kevin McCarthy was removed from the speakership of the US House of Representatives on Tuesday in a historic vote prompted by a revolt from the top Republican’s right flank. The 216-210 vote saw eight Republican lawmakers and all present Democrats vote to remove him from the post. The House adjourned shortly after

By Anadolu Agency The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 374 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea. They included 41 migrants who were rescued from a rubber boat off Datca district in Turkey’s Mugla province and 165 off Canakkale province, the Coast Guard Command said Monday on its website. Also, 68 migrants in a rubber boat off

Leaders inspecting an iron ore mine in Taita Taveta, Kenya By The East African Kenya is following in the footsteps of Uganda in enacting legislation to reform its nascent mining industry to improve the state’s control and oversight of the critical industry. Uganda passed its Mining and Minerals Act in October last year and Kenyan

This photo provided by Daniel Wilsey shows Dorothy Hoffner, 104, falling through the air with tandem jumper Derek Baxter as she becomes the oldest person in the world to skydive, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Ill. (Daniel Wilsey via AP) By The Associated Press A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during an interview with Reuters in Belgrade, Serbia, September 28, 2023. Photographer Zorana Jevtic/File Photo By Reuters Serbia’s troop deployment on Kosovo’s border recalls Russia’s behaviour towards Ukraine before its invasion, the Kosovar foreign minister said, urging the European Union to take action against Belgrade such as freezing its candidacy

An empty migrant boat washed up on Israel’s Mediterranean shore on October 1, 2023 (Photo Credit: Israel Police) The Jerusalem Post By Joanie Margulies An abandoned boat containing the personal belongings and documentation of three Somalian citizens, but no people, washed up on Israel’s Mediterranean shore early Sunday morning, Israel Police announced. Authorities said they

By Anadolu Agency Two police officers were slightly injured when one of the two terrorists on Sunday morning blew himself up in front of the General Directorate of Security in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the interior minister said. “…Two terrorists, who arrived in a light commercial vehicle in front of the gate of the

File Photo: Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks to media, in Ohrid, North Macedonia March 18, 2023.Reuters/Ognen Teofilovski The Guardian By Julian Borger Serbia has pulled some of its troops back from the Kosovo border after US warnings that it could face punitive measures for what the White House called an “unprecedented” buildup of Serbian troops

By Anadolu Agency US President Joe Biden signed a short-term spending bill last Saturday to keep the government open for the immediate future ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set to run out. “I just signed a law to keep the government open for 47 days. There’s plenty of

Johan Forssell Minister for Foreign Trade. Credit to Photo Facebook The Swedish government has made aid a weapon it uses to repatriate refugees and has threatened to withdraw aid from countries that do not cooperate with repatriation. In May, the Minister of Relief and the Minister of Immigration sent a joint letter to the government