WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director Kash Patel was targeted in a potential Iran-backed cyberattack. CBS News, citing two sources familiar with the matter, reported that hackers targeted Patel’s communications, but what is being evaluated is if they succeeded and how much access they had to the dat...
GENEVA (AA) — Qatar’s prime minister said Wednesday that US President-elect Donald Trump wants a cease-fire in Gaza before his inauguration on Jan. 20. In an interview with Sky News, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani confirmed that Trump had clearly stated his intention to see Israel’s war on Gaza resolved before his swe...
ATHENS (AA) – Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, human rights group Amnesty International said in a report released on Thursday. “Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” the UK-based...
PARIS (AA) – President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France and Saudi Arabia will co-chair a conference in June in connection with efforts to establish a Palestinian state. Speaking to reporters in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, Macron said that he and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, they decided to co-host a conference on c...
Families fleeing the devastating effects of Somalia’s prolonged civil war are paying the highest price as they seek refuge in makeshift camps across the country. Internal conflicts have deeply scarred the nation, made worse by recurrent droughts and famine. In displacement camps, the need for basic humanitarian supplies is critical, with livin...
Nay San Lwin, co-founder of the Free Rohingya Coalition, has appealed for international intervention to establish a safe zone for the Rohingya. His appeal comes amid fresh threats issued by the Arakan Army in Myanmar’s Rakhine State against the Rohingya. Despite long standing persecution by Burma’s military, the Arakan Army, an ethnic Buddhist...
Bangladesh officially summoned India’s High Commissioner Pranay Verma after an attack on its mission by a Hindu mob in India’s northeastern city of Tripura. The incident involved protestors breaching the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission, vandalizing the premises, and setting the national flag on fire. The mission protests were sparked by t...
A U.S. House committee, dominated by Republicans, has concluded that COVID-19 likely originated from a laboratory mishap. The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, after a detailed two-year investigation involving more than a million documents, believes the virus emerged from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, partly funded by the U.S. ...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has expressed confidence that ongoing bipartisan discussions are steering toward preventing a government shutdown before the holidays. Schumer said efforts in Congress are progressing toward a bill that would gain cross-party support in the House and Senate. He emphasized the importance of excluding divisiv...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s conviction on federal gun charges has dismissed the case after President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon to his son. District Judge Maryellen Noreika’s decision to close the case came one week before the junior Biden was to be sentenced after being convicted by a jury o...
