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    Ukraine, Belarus trade accusations over Jewish pilgrims
    Sep16

    Ukraine, Belarus trade accusations over Jewish pilgrims

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Belarus traded angry accusations Wednesday over thousands of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims who have remained stuck on their border after Ukraine denied them entry because of coronavirus restrictions. Ukraine’s presidential office urged Belarusian authorities to stop issuing misleading signals to the ultra-Orthodox...

    Ukraine, Belarus trade accusations over Jewish pilgrims
    Sep16

    Ukraine, Belarus trade accusations over Jewish pilgrims

    Ukraine and Belarus are trading angry accusations over thousands of Hasidic Jewish pilgrims who have remained stuck on their border after Ukraine denied them entry because of coronavirus restrictions …read more Source:: ABC...

    German government calls Navalny recovery ‘encouraging’
    Sep16

    German government calls Navalny recovery ‘encouraging’

    BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Wednesday welcomed news that poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s condition has further improved after his poisoning in Russia and confirmed that Moscow had sent a second request for judicial assistance in the case. Navalny, who fell ill on a domestic flight in Russia on Aug. 20, posted...

    Gloves Off: Mitt Slams RonJohn Ukraine Probe Comments As Illegitimate ‘Political Exercise’
    Sep16

    Gloves Off: Mitt Slams RonJohn Ukraine Probe Comments As Illegitimate ‘Political Exercise’

    Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) slammed a Senate GOP probe into Joe Biden as a waste of taxpayer resources and a “political exercise” unfit for Congress on Wednesday. Romney’s comment’s came one day after Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee chair Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) told a Wisconsin radio station that “what our...

    Belarus charges protest leader Kolesnikova with undermining national security
    Sep16

    Belarus charges protest leader Kolesnikova with undermining national security

    Kolesnikova, 38, is currently in jail in Minsk after ripping up her own passport last week to thwart an attempt to expel her to Ukraine. …read more Source::...

    Russian Court Sentences Seven Crimean Tatars To Lengthy Prison Terms
    Sep16

    Russian Court Sentences Seven Crimean Tatars To Lengthy Prison Terms

    A court in Russia has sentenced seven Crimean Tatars to lengthy prison terms on charges of being members of a banned Islamic group. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    A Simple Way for Congress to Hold ICE Accountable
    Sep16

    A Simple Way for Congress to Hold ICE Accountable

    It is hard to choose the worst story of the Trump era, but a whistleblower complaint filed on Monday with the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is surely among them. The complaint, which was brought by a coalition of legal-advocacy and human-rights groups in the South, focuses on alleged medical misconduct at the Irwin...

    U.S. Embassy Calls On Kyiv To Investigate All Crimes Against Journalists On Gongadze Anniversary
    Sep16

    U.S. Embassy Calls On Kyiv To Investigate All Crimes Against Journalists On Gongadze Anniversary

    The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine has called on Kyiv to invetsigate all crimes against journalists as the country marked the 20th anniversary of the day when prominent reporter, Heorhiy Gongadze, disappeared and later found dead. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Russian spymaster accuses US of fomenting Belarus protests
    Sep16

    Russian spymaster accuses US of fomenting Belarus protests

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s intelligence chief on Wednesday accused the United States of fomenting massive demonstrations against Belarus’ authoritarian president that have entered their sixth week. Protesters in Belarus are seeking the resignation of Alexander Lukashenko, denouncing his landslide re-election in the Aug. 9 vote as rigged...

    A Simple Way for Congress To Hold ICE Accountable
    Sep16

    A Simple Way for Congress To Hold ICE Accountable

    It is hard to choose the worst story of the Trump era, but a whistleblower complaint filed on Monday with the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is surely among them. The complaint, which was brought by a coalition of legal-advocacy and human-rights groups in the South, focuses on alleged medical misconduct at the Irwin...