Ayatollah Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, mocked Donald Trump Tuesday for renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. "The USA has set out to change on paper the map of the world! Of course, only on paper. In the real world, it lacks all reality," Khamenei posted on X in Spanish and other languages. The accompanying image used the words "Golfo de … [Read more...] about Khamenei Ridicules Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Renaming
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Swedish Mass Shooting Victims Among Christians Who Fled Syria
Salim Skef, a Syrian refugee who fled to Sweden 10 years ago after Islamic State militants murdered his father, was killed this week by an unemployed Swedish man with no apparent ideological motive. The victim was one of several members from Sweden's Syriac-speaking communities that were affected by the attack at Orebro Adult Education Center in central Sweden on Tuesday. … [Read more...] about Swedish Mass Shooting Victims Among Christians Who Fled Syria
Zelensky Admits Uncertainty Over $100 Billion in U.S. Aid: ‘Don’t Know Where It All Went’
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, revealed that the country had only received $76 billion from the United States in aid even though over $175 billion was authorized. Zelensky claimed this in a recent interview he gave to the Associated Press. He admitted that he had no idea where the majority of funds allotted by the Biden Administration were. It is even more … [Read more...] about Zelensky Admits Uncertainty Over $100 Billion in U.S. Aid: ‘Don’t Know Where It All Went’
Passenger Plane Bursts Into Flames at South Korean Airport
A passenger aircraft with 176 passengers on board caught fire Tuesday night at an airport in South Korea. The passengers and crew were safely evacuated. Yonhap reported that the Air Busan flight at Gimhae International Airport, in the southeast city of Busan, was headed for Hong Kong. According to the report, the 169 passengers, seven crew members, and three injured people … [Read more...] about Passenger Plane Bursts Into Flames at South Korean Airport
U.N. Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Taliban Leader Over Women’s Persecution
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court of the United Nations announced on Thursday that he would seek arrest warrants against the two senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan for crimes committed against humanity, namely the treatment of girls and women by the group. Karim Khan, the prosecutor, said that, after a thorough review of the evidence and an … [Read more...] about U.N. Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Taliban Leader Over Women’s Persecution