A federal court has blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales granted the temporary restraining order. The government opposes it. The men were allegedly targeted due to suspected ties to the Tren de Aragua gang. Their law...
Bangladesh has launched a major security operation following violent protests triggered by a speech from exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Addressing her supporters via Facebook from India, Hasina called the current transitional government “illegal” and urged protests. Dubbed “Operation Devil Hunt,” the crackdown has led ...
Authorities in Libya have found nearly 50 bodies in two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert. Officials say the number of victims could be as high as 70. Nineteen bodies were found on a farm in the district of Kufra, and later, a second mass grave with over 30 bodies was discovered in a […]
Iran celebrated the 46th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution on Monday. Tens of thousands gathered in the capital Tehran, marching from Enqelab Square to Azadi Square. President Masoud Pezeshkian and top officials joined the march, chanting anti-US and anti-Israel slogans. Missiles and satellites were displayed along the route. Proteste...
ANKARA (AA) – Vice President JD Vance has criticized recent judicial rulings that limited President Donald Trump’s executive orders, arguing that such interventions exceed the bounds of legal authority. “If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal,” Vance said on X. He compare...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Donald Trump said Sunday that he had ordered the Treasury Department to stop producing pennies. “For far too long, the United States has minted pennies, which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” he said on his Truth Social platform. “I have instructed my Secretary of th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President Donald Trump has confirmed that he is serious about his repeated remarks that Canada should become his country’s 51st state. In an interview with Fox News, he was asked whether Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was correct in saying the idea was “a real thing.” “Yes, it is,” Trump responded. He [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – Hamas has condemned US President Donald Trump’s statements about “buying and owning Gaza,” calling them “absurd” and a reflection of “profound ignorance” about Palestine and the region. “We denounce Trump’s remarks about buying and owning Gaza. These statements are absurd.” Iz...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Taliban-led interim administration in Afghanistan has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rejected any plans to displace Palestinians from their homeland. The interim Afghan Foreign Ministry said it “unequivocally condemns the Israeli occupying leader’s statement” that suggested the establishment of ...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa’s Afrikaner community Saturday turned down an offer by President Donald Trump to resettle them as refugees in the US, following claims of racial discrimination. “We don’t want to move elsewhere, and we are not going to ask our children now to move to another country. We have interests of future […]...
