US President Barack Obama has paid tribute to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia who died last week, throwing the court into uncertainty. Mr Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were among thousands of people who visited Scalia's coffin in the court's Great Hall in Washington DC. The president has been criticised for...
Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, has died at the age of 89. The book remains a towering presence in American literature, telling the tale of a white lawyer defending a black man accused of rape in the Deep South. It sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and 55 years after it was published, in 2015, she...
An 18-year-old Palestinian girl was shot by Israeli troops at a Hebron checkpoint for allegedly refusing to show her purse or face and “trying to attack” a soldier. She died of multiple wounds in a hospital after bleeding in the street for 30 minutes. Hadil Hashlamoun was shot 10 times by Israeli Defense Forces at...
The Armed Forces of Ukraine soldiers’ death toll is 1,915 military since the beginning of the anti-terrorist operation. Head of Main Personnel Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ihor Voronchenko declared. "Our losses amount to 1,915 people since the beginning of the ATO and the occupation...