South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has rescinded his earlier decision to impose martial law, a move that had originally been enacted for the first time in 45 years. The White House responded to the reversal with relief, emphasizing the importance of democracy in the U.S.-South Korea alliance. The decision followed a parliamentary rejection o...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Israel is constructing military bases in the central Gaza Strip, The New York Times reported citing satellite imagery and video analysis. Israeli forces have demolished more than 600 buildings in recent months to create a buffer zone. The report said troops have established a network of fortified outposts featuring comm...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Palestinian and international doctors called Tuesday for the opening of a humanitarian corridor from the Gaza Strip to enable the urgent evacuation of 25,000 patients to hospitals in East Jerusalem as Israel’s ongoing genocide has rendered most of the enclave’s medical facilities non-operational. The call came during a p...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AA) – President Joe Biden announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian support Tuesday “for Africans displaced by historic droughts.” Speaking after touring Angola’s slavery museum in the southern African nation’s capital Luanda, Biden said that throughout his presidency, it has been his goal to create a strong, t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump filed a motion Tuesday to dismiss an ongoing hush money case against their client, arguing that it disrupts the presidential transition process. In a formal request to Judge Juan Merchan, Trump’s legal team urged the court to dismiss the case promptly. “This failed lawfare ...
NEW YORK (AA) – A court in the US state of Delaware has reiterated the decision to reject billionaire Elon Musk’s $56 billion compensation package for his electric car firm Tesla. Delaware Judge Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick’s Monday decision came after she rejected the pay package in January. She repeated her decision despite the approval of...
ANKARA (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has reiterated his vow to block a deal for Japan’s Nippon Steel to acquire US Steel. “I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company, in this case Nippon Steel of Japan,” he wrote on Truth Social, his social media platform, […]
Another 220 deaths have been discovered at the Canadian Indian Residential Schools, raising the province of Ontario’s total to 656. According to a recent coroner’s report, the exhaustive investigation, probing files and formerly sealed criminal records, identified infectious diseases as the predominant cause of death. However, some...
Iran is set to implement the “hijab law,” officially known as the “Promoting Chastity and Hijab Culture to Support the Family,” on December 13. This contentious legislation prescribes fines between $71 and more than $2,000 for non-compliance with the country’s dress code. Violators who do not settle their fines wi...
BEIRUT (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has resumed its health care services in its centers across Lebanon under a cease-fire deal with Israel reached last week. The cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel took effect last Wednesday in the hope of ending over 14 months of fighting between the Israeli army and […]