Salvatore “Toto” Riina, the Sicilian Mafia’s most powerful boss of the 20th century who was convicted for ordering dozens of murders, died of natural causes early on Friday after almost a quarter of a century in jail. Riina, who turned 87 on Thursday, died in the prison ward of a...
Jews and Syrians are the groups most frequently targeted by hate speech in Turkish media, the latest report on the topic has revealed. As many as 48 different ethnic groups and communities were targeted in 2,466 instances of media hate speech in the four months from May to August,...
Thousands of civilians will die, including many children, unless a Saudi-led coalition fully lifts a blockade that has "choked off" aid supplies to Yemen, the heads of three UN agencies said Thursday. "Together, we issue another urgent appeal for the coalition to permit entry of...
President Robert Mugabe is insisting he remains Zimbabwe’s only legitimate ruler, an intelligence source said on Thursday, and is resisting mediation by a Catholic priest to allow the 93-year-old former guerrilla a graceful exit after a military coup. The priest, Fidelis Mukonori, is...
