By Maziar Motamedi TEHRAN, Iran – Controversial former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once more signed up to become Iran’s next president, but the anticipated top candidates for the June election have yet to register. The ultraconservative, who was president from 2005…
By Al Jazeera The head of the Arab League has condemned deadly Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip as “indiscriminate and irresponsible” and said Israel had provoked an earlier increase in violence by its actions in Jerusalem. The violence…
By Terry Stackhouse LEWISTON, Maine — Refugees in Lewiston are celebrating changes to federal policies which, they hope, will allow more people to resettle in Maine. After weeks of pressure from resettlement supporters, the Biden administration announced plans last week…
By WGME AUGUSTA -- During a discussion with President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of governors from across the nation on Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills announced that Maine is launching an outdoor-centered incentive program aimed at encouraging Maine people…
By Al Jazeera Kenya has suspended flights to Somalia just days after its neighbour said diplomatic ties between the two countries had been normalised following months of tension. On Tuesday, the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) said, without giving a…
By Maziar Motamedi The short presidential election season in Iran has kicked off as several candidates registered to become part of what promises to be a crowded field. From early Tuesday morning, dozens of personnel at the interior ministry sat…
By Al Jazeera At least nine people, including seven children, were killed on Tuesday morning after a lone teenage gunman opened fire at a school in Russia’s southwestern city of Kazan, local authorities said. Four boys and three girls were…
By Megan Gray Advocates are asking lawmakers to commit to closing Maine’s only youth prison within two years, a step that is still opposed by the state Department of Corrections. Lawmakers are considering a resolution that would direct the department…
By Randy Billings Portland voters could begin casting early ballots Tuesday to elect a group of residents who will review and recommend changes that could alter the city’s basic government structure, including the roles of the mayor and city manager…
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Ellen Barry and Will Wright COLUMBUS, Ohio — The voice on the 911 call is a teenage girl’s, and it is quavering, as if she has been crying. “I want to leave this foster home,” she tells the dispatcher. “I…