By Agence France-Presse The US basketball community decried Women’s NBA star Brittney Griner’s drugs conviction and nine-year prison sentence from a Russian court as “unjust” on Thursday and called on the US government to bring her home. “Today’s verdict and sentencing is unjustified and unfortunate, but not unexpected and Brittney Griner remains wrongfully detained,” said […]
By Sarah K. Burris WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters that he’s satisfied with the slaying of the top al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri after a military action ordered by President Joe Biden. Still, Graham said he wants more. “It’s beyond brazen that he would be living in a house of the Minister […]
By Reuters Ukraine’s government has decided on a mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday. In a late-night televised address, Zelenskiy also said the hundreds of thousands of people still in combat zones in the larger Donbas region needed to leave. […]