International

Pakistan declares ‘open war’ against Afghanistan

✦ Pakistan claims it killed 274 Taliban soldiers ✦ Afghanistan claims 55 Pakistani soldiers killed Agencies, Islamabad/Kabul Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged heavy air and ground strikes on Friday, with both

At least 6,000 killed over 3 days during RSF attack on Sudan’s el-Fasher, UN says

AP: More than 6,000 people were killed during a three-day offensive by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Darfur city of El-Fasher in late October, the United Nations

Verified deaths in Iran protests reaches at least 5,000: Iranian official

Int’l Desk: An Iranian official in the region said today (18 January) the authorities had verified at least 5,000 people had been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500

Thousands join anti-Trump ‘Hands off Greenland’ protests in Demark

AFP, Copenhagen Thousands of people took to the streets of Denmark’s capital on Saturday to protest at US President Donald Trump’s push to take over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.

Trump administration to suspend immigrant visa processing for Bangladesh, 74 other nations

Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is suspending processing for immigrant visas for applicants from 75 countries, a State Department spokesperson said on Wednesday, as part of Washington’s intensifying immigration

Death toll from crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to 2,571

AP, Tehran The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists said early Wednesday. The figure came from the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists