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Month: September 2023

Challenges to Afghan special visa program remain two years after US withdrawal, State Dept. watchdog finds

By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Numerous challenges to the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program remain two years after the chaotic and deadly US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the State Department’s watchdog agency said in a new report released Thursday. The Office of the Inspector General found that although the State Department made efforts to streamline

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Russian students are returning to school, where they face new lessons to boost their patriotism

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Clad in white shirts and carrying bouquets, children across Russia flocked back to school Friday, where the Kremlin’s narratives about the war in Ukraine and its confrontation with the West were taking an even more prominent spot than before. Students are expected each week to listen

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Insurgents in Syria’s northwest kill at least 9 soldiers as fighting surges in other areas

By BASSEM MROUE and HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Opposition activists say al-Qaida-linked militants have attacked an army position in northwest Syria, killing at least nine government soldiers and wounding others. There was no immediate word from the government on Friday’s attack. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war

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Ohio police release video showing officer’s fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman Ta’Kiya Young

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Friday released bodycam video showing a police officer fatally shooting Ta’Kiya Young in her car in what her family denounced as a “gross misuse of power and authority” against the pregnant Black mother. Sean Walton, an attorney representing Young’s family, said

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