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Indonesian Muslim women offer evening mass prayers Tarawih on the first night of holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia, yesterday. Source link
Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov and other members of the Ukrainian delegation pose for a photo after a meeting…
Bangladesh’s newly sworn Prime Minister Tarique Rahman looks on during an oath taking ceremony at the South Plaza of the parliament building, following BNP’s landslide victory…
Worshippers perform Tarawih prayers marking the start of the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Rawalpindi Wednesday. Source link
Veteran US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, one of the nation’s most influential black voices, died peacefully Tuesday morning at the age of 84, his family said.Jackson, a Baptist minister, had been a civil rights leader since the 1960s, when he marched with Martin Luther King Jr and helped fundraise for the cause.”Our father was a servant leader – not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” Jackson’s family said. “His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honour his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by.” (FILES) Civil rights activist and Former US presidencial election candidate reverend Jesse Jackson gives a press conference after bilateral talks with Molefe Tsele, General Secretary…
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has accused President Donald Trump of orchestrating a “cover-up” over files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to an interview with the BBC published on Monday.”Get the files out. They are slow-walking it,” Clinton, who is due to testify before a Congressional committee on the issue, told the British broadcaster in an interview in Berlin.The US Justice Department last month released the latest cache of so-called Epstein files – more than 3mn documents, photos and videos related to its investigation into sex criminal Epstein, who died from what was determined to be suicide while in custody in 2019.Clinton’s husband, former president Bill Clinton, features regularly in the files, but no evidence has come to light implicating either Clinton in criminal activity.The couple has been ordered to give closed-door depositions before the House Oversight Committee, which is probing the deceased financier’s connections to powerful figures and how information about his crimes was handled.”We will show up but we think it would be better to have it in public,” Hillary Clinton told the BBC. “I just want it to be fair. I want everybody treated the same way.”The former secretary of state said she and her husband “have nothing to hide. We have called for the full release of these files repeatedly”.The Department of Justice has said it has no more files to release, though lawmakers have criticised it for not publishing internal government memos, notes and e-mails on Epstein.Clinton said the Republicans probing her are trying to deflect attention away from Trump, whose name is also mentioned in the files many times.”Look at this shiny object. We’re going to have the Clintons, even Hillary Clinton, who never met the guy,” she said.Trump denies any wrongdoing. Mere mention in the files is not proof of having committed a crime.Former president Clinton has acknowledged flying on Epstein’s plane in the early 2000s for Clinton Foundation-related humanitarian work, but said he never visited Epstein’s private island.Hillary Clinton, who ran against Trump for president in 2016, has said she had no meaningful interactions with Epstein, never flew on his plane and never visited his island.In the interview with the BBC, she said she had met Ghislaine Maxwell, an Epstein associate who was convicted of conspiring with him to abuse minors, “on a few occasions”.Responding to Clinton’s comment that the congressional testimony was a bid to create a distraction, Trump denied it, telling reporters on Monday evening he had been “totally exonerated”.Hillary Clinton will appear for her deposition on February 26, while Bill Clinton will appear on February 27. Related Story Source link
Oscar winner Robert Duvall, a versatile actor who made lasting impressions in a range of parts from starring to supporting roles like the napalm-loving colonel of Apocalypse Now or the spectral Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, has died at age 95, his wife said in a Facebook post.The actor, who played Tom Hagen, a lawyer for the Corleone family, in The Godfather and its first sequel, and starred in the TV miniseries Lonesome Dove, died peacefully on Sunday, according to the statement, which did not give a cause of death.His death on Sunday was confirmed by his wife Luciana Duvall.”Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time. Bob passed away peacefully at home,” she wrote.Blunt-talking, prolific and glitz-averse, Duvall won an Oscar for best actor and was nominated six other times. Over his six decades-long career, he shone in both lead and supporting roles, and eventually became a director. He kept acting in his 90s.Duvall won his Academy Award in 1983 for playing a washed-up country singer in Tender Mercies.However, his most memorable characters also included the soft-spoken, loyal mob consigliere Tom Hagen in the first two installments of The Godfather and the maniacal Lieutenant-Colonel William Kilgore in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now. Related Story Source link
Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Bakhtiar met Tuesday with his Russian counterpart Sergey Tsivilev, currently in Iran to participate in the 19th session of the Joint Economic Cooperation Committee between the two countries.The meeting focused on ways to expand bilateral cooperation across various economic sectors, particularly in oil, energy, transportation, and trade. Discussions also covered the completion and review of cooperation documents established in previous committee meetings. Source link
US authorities thwarted an armed attack on the US Capitol building in Washington, DC. An 18-year-old was arrested after breaking into the building wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a loaded rifle, in an incident that triggered a security alert around the congress, (CNN) reported, citing police. Police explained that the detainee is from Smyrna, Georgia, and acted alone, while investigations are still underway to determine his motives. Authorities charged the young man with possessing an unlicensed rifle, possessing unregistered firearms and ammunition, and engaging in other illegal activities. Police affirmed he was not previously known to them. Investigations are ongoing to uncover the circumstances of the incident and its possible motives. Source link
Japan’s House of Representatives reelected Sanae Takaichi as prime minister in parliament today, ten days after her Liberal Democratic Party’s historic landslide victory in the general election held on Feb. 8. Before the start of the 150-day session, Takaichi’s Cabinet resigned en masse, as required by the constitution. She is set to form a new Cabinet later in the day, with all ministers set to retain their positions. The lower house election gave a boost to Takaichi and her party toward delivering on their policies, including her expansionary fiscal measures. Takaichi, known for her hawkish views on defense and security, expressed readiness to work toward amending the pacifist constitution, the Liberal Democratic Party’s long-held goal. Source link