WASHINGTON (AA) – President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is cutting future funding to South Africa over alleged land confiscation and mistreatment of “certain classes of people.” “South Africa is confiscating land, and treating certain classes of people VERY BADLY. It is a bad situation that the Radical Left Media d...
ANKARA (AA) – Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has handed over three Israeli captives in two locations in the Gaza Strip to the International Committee of the Red Cross as part of the ongoing prisoner exchange deal. According to a media correspondent, two Israeli captives – Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas – were [&...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Thirty-two Palestinians were released from Israeli jails on Saturday as part of the fourth batch of the prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas. The freed prisoners were handed over to the International Red Cross from the Ofer Prison facility near Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, in line with […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas has slammed the US statements on displacing Palestinians from Gaza as “absurd and meaningless.” In a statement, Sami Abu Zuhri, a senior Hamas leader, said the “plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza are absurd and meaningless,” stressing: “What the Israeli occupation failed to achiev...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Donald Trump is considering whether or not to pull out military forces from Syria. “He, as the Commander in Chief of the United States military, reserves the right to review troop deployments overseas at any point in time,” spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters. When asked if the matter is a...
Despite just being a few days in office, President Donald Trump faces a petition signed by more than 100,000 people calling for his impeachment. The campaign, led by the nonprofit Free Speech for People, urges Congress to launch an impeachment inquiry. The group led a similar campaign when Trump took office in 2017. Organizers say […]
President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director Kash Patel rejects pardons for those who attacked police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. During his Senate hearing, Patel said he opposes commuting sentences for anyone who committed violence against law enforcement. His stance differs from Trump, who pardoned around 1,50...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Congressional Black Caucus chair Yvette Clarke have slammed President Donald Trump’s latest attack on diversity programs. Trump blamed DEI initiatives for a fatal plane crash near Washington on Wednesday, linking the accident to hiring policies under the Biden and Obama administrations. CBC calls Trump...
The New York State Senate has designated Feb. 1 as World Hijab Day. The resolution, introduced by Sen. Roxanne Persaud, promotes religious tolerance and cultural understanding. The Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR has welcomed the move, calling it a step toward challenging stereotypes and empowering women who wear the hijab. CAIR ...
The black boxes from the crashed plane near Washington have been recovered. The National Transportation Safety Board says the cockpit voice and flight data recorders are being examined. American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 collided mid-air with an Army Black Hawk helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday. The plane carried 60 pa...
