ANKARA (AA) – Iran protested against “interventionist statements and actions” by Italian politicians on Thursday, according to a statement. “Giuseppe Perrone, the Italian ambassador in Tehran, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today,” it said. “It was emphasized that selective and double approaches regarding human rights ar...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A Chinese jet flew alarmingly close to a US fighter jet over the South China Sea last week, forcing the American pilot to take maneuvers to avoid a collision, the US military said on Thursday. The US Indo-Pacific Command Public Affairs said the incident happened on Dec. 21 during which the Chinese […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – All camps allocated for thousands of internal migrants who took refuge in Iraqi cities due to attacks by the ISIS will be closed within six months, an official said Thursday. Iraqi Immigration and Displacement Minister Ivan Faik Jabro stressed that as part of the government’s 2023 planning, the camps will be [&...
After a protracted legal fight and relentless obstruction by the former president, the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday finally released six years of Donald Trump’s individual and business tax returns. “It is a bittersweet moment,” Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), a member of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommitte...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The UN mission in Libya has denied reports about supporting the formation of a new government in the war-torn country. In a statement, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called on Libyan rivals to refrain from any actions that could threaten the “fragile stability” in the country. Reports emerged on […]
ANKARA (AA) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has vowed to return to power. “Citizens of Israel, thanks for the last year and a half,” Lapid said in a farewell message on Facebook, referring to his year as alternative prime minister under Naftali Bennett and his six months as premier. Describing Netanyahu’s incoming coalit...
The Biden administration on Thursday filed suit against one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors, AmerisourceBergen, and two of its subsidiaries for allegedly violating federal law and contributing to the opioid epidemic. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the complaint accuses Ameri...
Nearly two years after a leading U.S. consumer advocacy group sounded the alarm on the matter, House Democrats released a report Thursday showing the Food and Drug Administration and pharma giant Biogen “inappropriately collaborated” prior to the controversial approval of a new $28,000-per-year Alzheimer’s drug of questionabl...
In an effort to fill in what they say are critical gaps in the U.S. House select committee’s report on the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, faith leaders are pushing the corporate media and the American public to confront the role Christian nationalism played in the insurrection, warning that ignoring the link […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Serbs in Kosovo on Thursday began to remove barricades set up amid recent tensions, after being assured by the US and the EU that there would be no arrests. The removal of barricades began in the town of Rudare, where at least 14 trucks, tankers and buses were blocking the main […]
