WASHINGTON (AA) – The Biden administration will release a review of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan next month and will make it available to Congress, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. “I am committed and determined to make that information available to Congress, and we will do that by mid-April,” Blinke...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday condemned Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s denial of the existence of the Palestinian people. Under questioning from Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a fellow Democrat, Blinken was asked if he joined in the Biden administration’s condemnation of the remarks,...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Wednesday marked the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, wishing Muslims worldwide “Ramadan Kareem.” “Today, Jill and I extend our best wishes to Muslim communities across the country and around the world as they begin the Islamic holy month of [&...
ISTANBUL / ANKARA (AA) – Chinese and Australian defense officials have resumed talks for the first time since 2019 despite Beijing’s strong reaction to the recent AUKUS deal. It was the eighth defense coordination dialogue between Beijing and Canberra, the Chinese Defense Ministry said in a statement. “The two sides exchanged frank and in-dept...
Washington, United States (AFP): The United States on Tuesday joined denunciations of Israel’s far-right finance minister for denying the existence of Palestinians, calling his remarks “dangerous.” “We found those comments to not only be inaccurate but also deeply concerning and dangerous,” State Department spokes...
Workers’ rights advocates are applauding the Biden administration this week for filing a historic lawsuit against a Brooklyn-based healthcare staffing agency for coercive contracts that allegedly violate federal labor law. Biden’s Department of Labor (DOL) says in a complaint filed against Advanced Care Staffing (ACS) and CEO Sam K...
Four U.S senators this week called on Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to use her existing authority to go after American billionaires and multimillionaires who “use trusts to shift wealth to their heirs tax-free, dodging federal estate and gift taxes.” “They are doing this in the open: Their wealth managers are bragging about...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that attempts by Western countries to isolate Iran have backfired. Iran marked the beginning of the New Year on Tuesday with nationwide events. Khamenei’s speech at Imam Reza shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad came after three years of the pandemic. In [&hell...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the head of the Tripoli-based government, on Tuesday discussed the latest political developments in Libya with US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf. The discussions also dwelt on the importance of rallying local and international efforts for holding the country’s stall...
As the world this week mark the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, journalism experts weighed in on the corporate media’s complicity in amplifying the Bush administration’s lies, including ones about former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s nonexistent nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons upon which the war...
