Survivors rescued from a deflating rubber dinghy in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey, the humanitarian rescue group SOS Mediterranee said Thursday. The European charity’s ship Ocean Viking spotted the dinghy with …
Read More »Ukrainian artist-turned-soldier uses mud and ash from the front lines to paint nature, war
When Oleg Bazylewicz, an artist and writer, signed up for military duty on the day that Russia invaded his native Ukraine, he readied the two things he valued most – his watercolors and his block flute, a musical instrument. At the front, the first lieutenant who serves as the deputy …
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Read More »Poland lays to rest a Belarusian woman who was attacked, raped in central Warsaw
A young Belarusian woman who died after being attacked and raped in central Warsaw has been laid to rest Thursday, with both loved ones and strangers turning out to mourn the loss of a young woman who escaped a difficult family life to seek a better future. Lizaveta Hertsen, 25, …
Read More »Gang leader ‘Barbecue’ threatens politicians, Kenya pauses police deployment
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Read More »European Parliament calls for return of artifacts sent to Russia during WWI
Lawmakers in the European Parliament on Thursday adopted a non-binding resolution saying Russia should return gold and other valuable heritage items to Romania that were sent to Moscow during World War I for safekeeping, a Romanian lawmaker said. During World War I, the kingdom of Romania sent by railroad 91.5 …
Read More »Top Senegalese opposition leader freed from jail as election nears
Senegal’s top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, was released from jail late Thursday ahead of the country’s presidential election scheduled for March 24, his lawyer said. Sonko and his key ally, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, were both set free, his lawyer Bamba Cisse told The Associated Press. Supporters gathered at Sonko’s house …
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Read More »Escobar worries Kosovo’s dinar ban could cause ‘humanitarian crisis’
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Gabriel Escobar warned Thursday that Kosovo’s ban on usage of the Serbian dinar could trigger “an emerging humanitarian issue” for the country’s ethnic Serb minority. Escobar stressed that the issue must be addressed “immediately,” and that it “has caused some real hardship for some of …
Read More »Loud explosion is heard as Somali militant group says its fighters have attacked a hotel in capital
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The Somali extremist group al-Shabab said its fighters have attacked a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, where a loud explosion and gunfire were heard Thursday night. UNITED STATES INCREASING ASSISTANCE TO SOMALIA IN MILITARY OFFENSIVE AGAINST AL-SHABAB Al-Shabab said on its Telegram channel that its fighters …
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