Joshua A. James, an Alabama man affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group pleaded guilty Wednesday to seditious conspiracy for his actions leading up to and through the Jan. 6 riot, making him the first person involved in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol to be convicted of the rarely used charge.An explosion…Continue Reading

UN chief pleads for nations to pave way for humanitarian aid to reach Afghanistan

Afghanistan is “hanging by a thread,” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council on Wednesday, calling for countries to authorize all transactions needed to carry out humanitarian activities in the Taliban-ruled state.An elderly man drinks tea as he sits alongside a road during a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier this month.…Continue Reading