WASHINGTON (AA) – US congressman Jamaal Bowman has added an amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which seeks to prevent US military presence in Syria without congressional approval. “None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may b...
The Austin City Council plans to make good on members’ pledges to challenge attacks on abortion rights with a vote next week on a resolution intended to help protect patients and providers in the Texas capital. During a special meeting scheduled for 10:00 am local time on July 21, the council is set to vote on […]
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s President and Saudi King spoke over phone on Wednesday and discussed bilateral relations and regional issues, the Turkish Communications Directorate said. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud also exchanged Eid greetings, the directorate said in a statement.
COLOGNE, Germany (AA) – A labor court in Germany’s Bonn has ruled against Deutsche Welle (DW) on the dismissal of Palestinian journalist Maram Salim over ‘anti Semitism’ allegations. The Bonn Labor Court on July 6 ruled that her termination of employment at Deutsche Welle was invalid and unlawful as her Facebook posts w...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Security Council’s extension of the use of Bab al-Hawa as a crossing point from Türkiye to Syria for humanitarian deliveries is an important outcome, the European Union has said. On Tuesday, the UNSC had agreed to extend its mandate for badly needed cross-border aid deliveries from Türkiye’s Cilvegozu border cr...
Sen. Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor Wednesday to criticize fellow members of Congress for working to approve billions of dollars in handouts to major corporations as the country is embroiled in a worsening cost-of-living crisis, a deadly pandemic, and an intensifying climate emergency. “What is Congress doing right now, at a tim...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said US President Joe Biden’s Middle East tour aims to serve Israeli interests. Biden is undertaking a tour of Israel, West Bank, and Saudi Arabia. “Biden’s visit will only serve the Israeli interests in the region at the expense of the Palestinian cause,” Hamas spo...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) on Wednesday lifted force majeure on the terminals of Zueitina and Brega after almost four months of closure. In a statement, NOC said a tanker was allowed to carry condensate for use in power generation in Libya’s eastern region. Outgoing NOC chairman Mustafa Sanalla said negotiatio...
Hotter-than-expected inflation data published Wednesday intensified fears among progressive economists that the Federal Reserve—in its single-minded drive to tame price increases—will needlessly lock in another major interest rate hike at its policy meeting later this month, further suppressing economic demand and moving the country closer to ...
As U.S. inflation hit a new 40-year high Wednesday, Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman took aim at the “corporate greed” exacerbating the nation’s affordability crisis. “I am going to go to Washington to fight to bring down prices,” Fetterman—who is also Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor—said in res...
