Tag: official

MAGA activist tied to Kari Lake ponders ‘lynching’ election official

In a video shared widely on Monday, a Republican official in Arizona with deep ties to the MAGA movement said she would “lynch” Maricopa County’s Republican recorder if he were there. Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer shared a video of Maricopa County Republican Party official Shelby Busch speaking at a recent GOP event and garnering […]

One killed, ten wounded by Russian strikes on Kharkiv, official says

KYIV (Reuters) – One person was killed and ten others wounded by Russian strikes on Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv on Sunday, regional governor Oleh Synehubov said. “The occupiers have conducted strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv,” Synehubov wrote on Telegram, adding that the strikes appeared to have been conducted with glide bombs. Russia […]

Tunisian president sacks religious official after Hajj heat deaths

Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked the North African country’s minister of religious affairs after 49 Tunisian pilgrims were confirmed dead in the annual Islamic Hajj in Saudi Arabia amid scorching heat. Saied has decided to terminate Ibrahim Chaibi’s tasks, Tunisia’s official news agency TAP reported on Friday, quoting a presidential statement that did not […]

Tunisian president sacks religious official after Hajj heat deaths

Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked the country’s minister of religious affairs after 49 Tunisian pilgrims were confirmed dead in the annual Islamic Hajj in Saudi Arabia amid scorching heat. Saied has decided to terminate Ibrahim Chaibi’s tasks, Tunisia’s official news agency TAP reported on Friday, quoting a presidential statement that did not give an […]

Israeli Official Describes Secret Government Bid to Cement Control of West Bank

An influential member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition told settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that the government is engaged in a stealthy effort to irreversibly change the way the territory is governed, to cement Israel’s control over it without being accused of formally annexing it. In a taped recording of the speech, the […]