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Month: August 2023

With Nagorno-Karabakh under blockade for 8 months, Armenia seeks urgent UN Security Council meeting

By AVET DEMOURIAN YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia is calling on the U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting on the worsening humanitarian situation in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is mostly populated by Armenians. Azerbaijan has blockaded the region since December, severely restricting food, medicine and other supplies from reaching the population of about

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¿Quién era Facundo Molares Schoenfeld, que murió cuando fue detenido por la Policía al pie del Obelisco en Argentina?

Iván Pérez Sarmenti (CNN Español) — Facundo Molares Schoenfeld, que falleció este jueves luego de ser detenido por la Policía en medio de una protesta al pie del Obelisco en Buenos Aires, era un argentino que se había involucrado en el conflicto colombiano y había integrado la guerrilla de las FARC durante quince años. Sin

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Shippers warned to stay away from Iranian waters over seizure threat as US-Iran tensions high

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S.

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Italy’s justice minister visits prison where 2 inmates died as advocates warn of summertime suicides

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s justice minister has visited a Turin prison where two women died within hours of each other. Justice Minister Carlo Nordio says his visit Saturday wasn’t an inspection or investigation into the prison, but rather a demonstration of solidarity with the facility following the deaths Friday. According to

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Nevada GOP Senate candidate raised money to help other candidates – the funds mostly paid down his old campaign’s debt instead

By Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown created a political action committee to “help elect Republicans” but most of its funds were spent paying down debt from his failed previous campaign. The group donated less than 7% of its funds to the candidates it was set up

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Polish minister says reinforcement at the border with Belarus is due to hostile rhetoric and actions

By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press JARYLOWKA, Poland (AP) — Poland’s defense minister says his country has increased the number of troops protecting its border with Belarus as a deterrent amid “destabilizing” actions by its pro-Russian neighbor. Mariusz Blaszczak met in Jarylowka, in eastern Poland, on Saturday with some of the troops recently deployed close to

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