An Afghan minister in the Taliban-led administration was killed, along with six others, in an explosion on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s local media reported acting Refugees and Repatriation Minister Khalil-ur-Rehman Haqqani was killed inside his ministry building in the capital Kabul. Haqqani’s nephew, Anas Haqqani, told reporters the ...
The White House has reaffirmed its commitment to locating American journalist Austin Tice. He has been missing in Syria since 2012. White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre emphasized that finding Tice is a “top priority” for the Biden administration. The U.S. is collaborating with Türkiye and other nations, though specifics re...
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham has announced plans to lease a 1,400-acre ranch to the Trump administration for mass deportations. Speaking on a television program, Buckingham emphasized the state’s readiness to support federal immigration strategies along the Texas-Mexico border. These include building facilities and extending a borde...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The family of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was killed by Israel in the West Bank, will meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, a family spokesperson confirmed to Anadolu on Wednesday. Family members, including her father Mehmet Suat Eygi, sister Ozden Bennett, and husband Hamid Ali, will als...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A pair of lawmakers in the House of Representatives urged the Biden administration Wednesday to implement a “deliberate and phased” lifting of sweeping sanctions on Syria after the end of Assad family rule. Reps. Joe Wilson and Brendan Boyle said in a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan that th...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to participate in his presidential inauguration next month. Sources revealed that Trump extended the invitation to Xi in early November, shortly after the election, but it remains unclear whether the Chinese president has accepted, CB...
WASHINGTON (AA) – FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday he would resign before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January, cutting short his 10-year term. Wray has been a central target of Trump’s consternation, with the incoming president blaming him for the 2022 FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate that turned up ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken was confronted by a Democratic lawmaker Wednesday while testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the continued flow of weapons to Israel, despite its war crimes in Gaza. Joaquin Castro, a representative from Texas, sharply criticized the “inhumane” actions by...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Palestine supporters repeatedly disrupted Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s testimony Wednesday before a House of Representatives panel on the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan. One protester shouted: “Bloody Blinken” and “Butcher of Gaza” as Blinken began his remarks. A second demonstrator, hold...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Ontario Premier Doug Ford pulled no punches following a meeting Wednesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other premiers to formulate a battle plan to combat a threatened 25% tariff on Canadian imports entering the US. “We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy, going down to Michigan, […]...
