WASHINGTON (AA) – An event in the US Capitol related to the anniversary of the formation of Israel which would have included Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib has been canceled by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Tlaib, who has Palestinian roots, was scheduled to appear as a guest at the event commemorating the “Nakba,” or...
WASHINGTON (AA): The US on Thursday seized 13 web domains linked to the pro-Palestine resistance group Hezbollah and its affiliates, including websites linked to the group’s media wing. The websites, which include moqawama.org, almanarnews.org, manarnews.org, almanar-tv.org,manartv.net, manarnews.net, almanar-tv.com, almanar-tv.net, alid...
Faced with mounting calls to resign due to the impact of her extended absence, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein headed to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday after being away since late February while recovering from shingles. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the California Democrat “boarded a chartered private plane” and “could r...
Seven different billion-dollar or more extreme weather events struck the U.S. during the first four months of 2023. That’s one of the “notable” findings from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) April State of the Climate report, released Monday. “The number of billion dollar disasters so f...
U.S. President Joe Biden’s newly unveiled plan to crack down on asylum-seekers, which his administration is expected to implement following the scheduled expiration of the pandemic-era Title 42 policy on Thursday, is being denounced for entrenching a bipartisan abandonment of international human rights law. “This asylum ‘plan...
Washington, United States (AFP): The top diplomats of the United States and Britain together called Tuesday for adherence to the “rule of law” in Pakistan after former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest triggered nationwide violence. “We just want to make sure that whatever happens in Pakistan is consistent with the rul...
Washington, United States (AFP): The United States on Monday criticized the Arab League decision to readmit Syria, saying that President Bashar al-Assad does not deserve normalization after the brutal civil war. “We do not believe that Syria merits readmission to the Arab League at this time,” State Department spokesman Vedant Pate...
Tehran, Iran (AFP): Iran on Monday said it is possible to salvage an agreement on reviving its nuclear deal if Western parties, particularly the US, put an end to repeated delays. It comes five years after the US withdrew from a 2015 nuclear deal that gave Iran relief from international sanctions in return for curbs […]
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva has called for freedom for Julian Assange and denounced the lack of concerted efforts to free the journalist. Lula spoke to a group of reporters in London Saturday while in town to attend the coronation of King Charles III. Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has spent four years in […]...
The Republican Party is pushing numerous bills to loosen child labor regulations—and on Thursday Gov. Kim Reynolds confirmed she plans to make Iowa the second GOP-controlled state to enact such a proposal this year. The Republican said she plans to sign Senate File 542, which removes so-called “unnecessary restrictions” that have k...
