KeithBinns/iStock (LONDON) — Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed in southern Afghanistan while covering clashes between the country’s special forces and the Taliban. He was 38. Siddiqui, an Indian national and a chief photographer Read More
Joel Carillet/iStock (NEW YORK) — Thousands of Cubans have been protesting food, vaccine and medicine shortages, in the one of the country’s largest demonstrations in decades. Some residents went days without power in the summer heat, while others continue to Read More
ABC (NEW YORK) — Despite an alleged plot to lure and kidnap her, the arrest of her brother in Iran and ongoing death threats, Iranian American activist and journalist Masih Alinejad refuses to be silenced. Eight months ago, the FBI arrived at Alinejad’s Read More
Unicef (NEW YORK) — Approximately 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Haiti on Wednesday, meaning it no longer was the only country in the Americas without any. But vaccine hesitancy, to say nothing of the recent violence and political unrest, could delay Read More
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to visit the White House Thursday for talks with President Joe Biden. After deciding not to seek another term in office, her trip will likely mark a farewell to Biden. It’s a chance Read More
omersukrugoksu/iStock (PRETORIA, South Africa) — At least 72 people have been killed in ongoing riots across South Africa, despite the efforts of heavily outnumbered authorities to quell the violent unrest sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Read More
ONT/ Belarusian state TV (MOSCOW) — Alena Denisavets said she had been looking for her husband for more than a day when she got a text message from a lawyer who she believed was working for Belarus’ feared security services, still known today as the KGB. Her husband Read More
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden will attend the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which will be held on July 23, according to the office of the first lady. The Summer Olympics were supposed to Read More
Richard Pierrin/Getty Images (LONDON) — More than two dozen people, mostly foreigners, have been accused of playing a role in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise last week. Now, authorities have arrested a Haitian-born Florida resident who they say Read More
Pawel Gaul/iStock (NEW YORK) — Claude Joseph, the interim prime minister of Haiti, said in an interview with ABC News that former President Jovenel Moise was tortured before he was killed and vowed to bring the perpetrators of the assassination to Read More
