LONDON (AA) – British MP Jeremy Corbyn was harassed by a group of pro-Israeli protesters outside the venue of an anti-racism conference. The incident took place when Corbyn, a prominent former Labour Party leader, was about to enter the building. Some members of the group approached him, shouting and accusing him of antisemitism ahead of...
WASHINGTON (AA) – House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday urged the Ethics Committee not to release its investigation into former Congressman Matt Gaetz. “I’m going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report, because that is not the way we do things in the House,” Johnson said, according to the medi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday that he had picked Steven Cheung to be his White House communications director. Cheung, 42, has been a top press aide for Trump over the past two years. Trump also said Sergio Gor will serve as assistant to the president and director of the Presidential Personnel Office. [&hel...
BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has completed the handover of 21 military bases to the Somali national army, marking the official end of the three-phase troop withdrawal process, the mission has announced. The peacekeeping mission has withdrawn a total of 9,000 troops from Somalia in preparation f...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reiterated the gravity of the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying sufficient aid has never been available throughout the 13 months of the Israel’s offensive. “People are hungry. We are surrounded every day by people who beg for pieces of bread, who need a...
ANKARA (AA) – Cities across India and Pakistan are struggling with dense smog that has worsened air quality, with authorities declaring a “health crisis” in the latter’s Punjab province. In Pakistan, despite aggressive steps by the Punjab government to curb the hazardous smog blanketing Lahore and surrounding areas over the p...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Prominent accounts with large followings on X have left the platform following Donald Trump’s election as president. The decision to quit X, formerly known as Twitter, is largely driven by concerns over owner Elon Musk’s close relationship with the president-elect. Former CNN anchor Don Lemon said he left X because ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Though it has yet to be established, a department tasked with cutting US government spending headed by tech mogul Elon Musk has begun accepting staff applications, seeking to hire “revolutionaries” with high IQ scores. “We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week o...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense chief by US President-elect Donald Trump has sparked debates within the Republican Party. Several names in Trump’s new Cabinet are already stirring controversy in Washington, according to media reports. Media reports highlighted concerns about Trump’s pick for defense chief, Pe...
ISTANBUL (AA) – An investigation by the FBI and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has uncovered a significant cyber-espionage campaign targeting US commercial telecommunications infrastructure. The ongoing probe exposed how Chinese-affiliated actors infiltrated networks of multiple telecommunications companie...
