Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have been placed on leave for denying access to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). USAID Director of Security John Voorhees and his deputy were suspended following the standoff. Meanwhile, the agency’s website and social media pages have gone...
ANKARA (AA) – A court in Delhi has ordered action against a police officer for a “hate crime” related to the 2020 riots, which left over 50 people, mostly Muslims, dead. “Clearly, the station house officer Police Station Jyoti Nagar, and other unknown police officials engaged themselves in hate crimes against the complainant/victim...
ISTANBUL (AA) – South Africa on Monday rejected claims by President Donald Trump, saying Pretoria did “not confiscate” any land. “The recently adopted Expropriation Act is not a confiscation instrument, but a constitutionally mandated legal process that ensures public access to land in an equitable and just manner as guided by the consti...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday hosted US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Panama City and said his country’s “sovereignty is not in question” amid President Donald Trump’s demand to take control of the Panama Canal. “Panama’s sovereignty is not in question, and I...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Australian government announced Monday that it has imposed sanctions on the white supremacist terrorist network Terrorgram. Foreign Minister Penny Wong released a statement concerning the online network, which promotes white supremacy and racially motivated violence, local broadcaster SBS News reported. It ma...
ISTANBUL/MANBIJ, Syria (AA) – At least 14 people were killed and 15 others injured in an attack in the Manbij district of Syria’s Aleppo province on Monday, local sources said. A bomb-laden vehicle exploded at the southern entrance of Manbij, which is under the control of the Syrian National Army (SNA). No group immediately claimed...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US President Donald Trump announced Sunday that his administration is considering imposing tariffs on the European Union and warned Canada and Mexico over trade imbalances and immigration policies. Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, Trump criticized longstanding trade practices and vowed to take acti...
LOS ANGELES/ISTANBUL (AA) – Thousands of protesters gathered in Los Angeles on Sunday to denounce the Trump administration’s measures to combat irregular migration, including deportation operations and stricter border policies. The demonstration, held at the historic Mexican marketplace, saw participants march onto the 101 Freeway, tempo...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Sunday that investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) of a medical transport jet that crashed shortly after takeoff in Philadelphia late last week. The CVR, found at a depth of 8 feet (2.4 ...
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...
