The operation, called “Libertarian II”, took place between September 29 and October 4 and was the largest-ever operation against human trafficking and people smuggling by the global law enforcement organization. People rescued included minors forced to work on farms in Argentina, migrants in nightclubs in North Macedonia, and people coerced into begging in Iraq or […]
Republican Trump claimed victory in the 2024 presidential contest after Fox News projected he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris. Other news outlets had yet to call the race for Trump, but he appeared on the verge of winning after capturing the battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Georgia and holding leads in the other […]
Currently, 12,800 hectares of poppies are cultivated in Afghanistan — where up to 80 percent of the population depends on agriculture — a new survey by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows, the agency said in a statement. The 19 percent increase year-on-year remains far below the 232,000 hectares cultivated when […]
Washington has not gone for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984. President Joe Biden carried Washington in 2020 with 58% of the vote to Trump’s less than 39%. The Associated Press declared Harris the winner at 11:00 p.m. EST. The magic number to win the presidency is 270. Observers expect the hotly […]
Trump has won the North Carolina contest and secured the state’s 16 Electoral College votes. In 2020, Trump won North Carolina with 50% of the vote to Biden’s 49%. In 2016, Trump won North Carolina with 51% to Hillary Clinton’s 47%. It moves him one step closer to completing an improbable political comeback. The magic […]
While all eyes are on the White House race between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump, hundreds of congressional elections will determine how much of the next president’s agenda gets enacted. Jim Justice, the sitting Republican governor of West Virginia, emerged as an easy victor over his Democratic challenger in […]
US media have thus far projected that Trump has won in 23 states, including big prizes Texas and Ohio, key battleground North Carolina and other reliably Republican-leaning states. Harris has so far captured 12 states including big electoral vote prizes California and New York — as well as the US capital Washington. So far, that […]
The two have frequently clashed over Israel’s retaliatory military offensive against Hamas following the Palestinian militant group’s deadly attack on Israel on October 7 last year. “Amid a war, more than ever, full trust between the prime minister and the defence minister is required,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office. “Although in […]
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “had an accident while conducting combat operations” in a border area, IRNA news agency said. It said the crash happened in Sirkan, a city in Sistan-Baluchistan province, and identified the dead as General Hamid Mazandarani, the commander of the Nineveh Brigade of Golestan province, and Hamed Jandaghi, a pilot of […]
“In continuation of the development of Iran-Russia scientific and technological cooperation, two Iranian satellites, Kowsar and Hodhod, will be launched to a 500 km orbit of the earth on Tuesday, Nov. 5, by a Soyuz launch vehicle,” Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali said in a post on X. The development of Kowsar, a high-resolution […]
