WASHINGTON, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Neighbors, volunteers and parents escorted children to the first day of the new school year across Washington on Monday, vowing to protect students from Donald Trump's deportation drive. At one elementary school in the US capital, crowds blew whistles, shook tambourines and cheered children on their way to class, ready to fend off any law enforcement action and to support a neighborhood with a high Latino population. Throughout the city, chaperone groups, carpools and patrols were organized over fears that immigration agents, who have stepped up arrests and sweeps, could target school campuses. Resident Helena Bonde, 36, showed up at the elementary school in her wheelchair to support immigrant families who she says have...
DAMASCUS, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Israeli drone strikes killed six Syrian soldiers outside Damascus, state television reported Wednesday, updating the toll for attacks the...
DAKAR, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Mauritanian security forces have committed "serious human rights violations" against migrants and asylum seekers ranging from torture to rape...
WASHINGTON, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to visit China this year or shortly afterwards, noting that...
WASHINGTON, Aug 26, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - North Korea could soon produce 10 to 20 nuclear weapons per year, South Korea's dovish new president said Monday,...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) today confirmed that no new Covid-19 infections in the country over a...
COPENHAGEN, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksenon Wednesday apologised to more than 4,500 Greenlandic victims of a forcedcontraception campaign run by...
EL KHIAM, Lebanon, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Lebanese state media said US envoy Tom Barrack cut short a visit to the south on Wednesday...
BERLIN, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The German cabinet on Wednesday signed off steps to boost recruitment for the country's armed forces and strengthen military...
VENICE, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Protesters against Israel's invasion of Gaza held a banner saying "Free Palestine" and "Stop the Genocide" outside the Venice...
MOSCOW, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Kremlin on Wednesday said it was against European countries sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine and pushed back against...
BEIJING, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - China said Wednesday that it would not participate in denuclearisation talks with the United States and Russia, after President...
KABUL, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - At least 25 people were killed and 27 injuredwhen a bus overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, authorities toldAFP,...