Politics

This image from video from the Justice Department in the statement of facts supporting an arrest warrant, and annotated by the source, shows Kevin Alstrup, circled in yellow, a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer, entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. WASHINGTON –  A man who worked as a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer pleaded …

A 26-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of his father on the Sunshine Coast last year. The B.C. Prosecution Service approved the charge against Jackson Doyle on Friday, according to homicide investigators. Jackson’s father Henry Doyle, 58, was found with serious injuries on Klein Lake Forest Service Road in Egmont on Sept. 23, …

A police officer inspects the car of prison director Maria Daniela Icaza, after being attacked in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on September 12, 2024. The director of a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest and the scene of some of the worst inmate killings, was murdered on Thursday, the agency in charge of prisons (SNAI) said. Ecuador’s prisons are among the most dangerous in …

Gaza Strip — Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, killing 18 people including two staffers with the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, according to rescuers. The Israeli military described it as a “precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a command and control center embedded within a compound that previously served as the …

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday that a decision by the U.S. or its NATO allies to allow Ukraine to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to hit targets deep inside Russia would be viewed as NATO’s direct participation in the war, which he said would significantly change “the very nature of the conflict.” “Flight assignments for these missile systems can, in fact, only …

Seattle — Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years. The walkout started at 12:01 a.m. PDT, less than three hours after the local branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace …

Ambassador Mona Abuamara, Chief Representative of the Palestinian General Delegation, participates in an interview in her office in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang The Palestinian ambassador to Canada believes Ottawa has stepped up its efforts for Palestinian sovereignty in recent weeks, but says the Liberals must do more if they’re serious about a two-state solution. …

Israeli soldiers are seen during an army raid in Tubas, West Bank, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip –  Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a UN school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, killing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said. A UN official said six …

Ahmed Hamadneh, 15, sits on his bed in the bedroom he shared with his twin brother Mahmoud, in Jenin, West Bank, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Witnesses said Mahmoud was killed by an Israeli sniper on his way home from school. JENIN, West Bank –  In the web of battered, sun-baked streets winding up the hillside, bloodshed is as unrelenting as …

Attendees listen to speakers during a vigil on Alki Beach for the death of 26-year old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, killed recently in the occupied West Bank, Sept. 11, 2024, in Seattle SEATTLE –  For her 26th birthday in July, human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi gathered friends for a bonfire at one of her favourite places, a sandy beach in …