WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump early Wednesday thanked Americans for the “honor of being elected” to the nation’s highest office. “I want to thank the American people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president and your 45th president,” Trump told supporters in Palm Beach...
Republican candidate Donald Trump has surpassed 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Trump defeated his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s race by 277 to 224, securing his spot as the nation’s 47th president, according to the Associated Press. He has won key swing states, incl...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Kamala Harris secured more wins Tuesday evening as the first swing state was called in favor of the ex-president. Trump is currently leading Harris in the race to reach 270 Electoral College votes 230-192. The vice president most recently put California, Colo...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Tuesday that rocket and drone attacks on its areas were launched from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. A military statement said warplanes intercepted a drone and two rockets fired from Lebanese territory, which triggered sirens in Metula and Kfar Giladi settlements in northern Israel. The army said a combat dron...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Iran has said that it will “certainly” respond to Israel’s latest attack in a “well-measured” and “well-calculated” manner. “Iran will certainly respond to the October 26 Israeli attack in appropriate time and manner, and in a well-measured and well-calculated way,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said dur...
ANKARA (AA) – An activist in France affiliated with the global Palestinian solidarity movement has been sentenced to three years in prison for “glorifying terrorism” on social media, broadcaster France 3 reported. Amira Zaiter, an activist from the southern city of Nice, was placed into custody on September 19 for the “...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has passed a law allowing the sacking of Arab teachers who “show support for attacks against Israelis.” The bill was approved in the second and third reading by 55-45 votes in the parliament dominated by Zionist hardliners. The law authorizes the Education Ministry to fire teachers ...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent out 600,000 text messages across key swing states to engage Muslim voters. Executive Director Nihad Awad noted that while CAIR does not endorse candidates, it stresses the importance of voter turnout. Awad emphasizes that participating in elections is crucial for ensuring that elected offi...
Officials say two polling stations in Fulton County, Georgia, were evacuated after several “non-credible” bomb threats from Russia. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger told reporters Tuesday that they briefly disrupted voting. A 25-year-old Georgia poll worker was arrested Monday after allegedly sending a threatening letter to elect...
Israeli demolition teams are systematically razing entire villages in southern Lebanon as part of a brutal offensive that has claimed over 3,000 lives in the past 13 months. Reports and satellite imagery reveal that nearly a quarter of all buildings in 25 municipalities have been destroyed or damaged, leaving communities in ruins. Mayor Abdulm...