A New York Times/Siena College poll released Monday indicates that President Joe Biden’s support among his own party’s base is eroding, with 64% of Democratic voters saying they would prefer a different candidate in 2024. Asked whether they “think the Democratic Party should re-nominate Joe Biden as the party’s candidat...
ANKARA (AA) – The US is planning to build a diplomatic complex on private property confiscated from Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem, a rights organization said Sunday. In a statement, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel (Adalah) said they have found new evidence that the land on which the diplomatic compound is [&...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan Prime Minister has said the country has never considered Iran a threat to its national security. “We have never looked at Iran as a source of threats to our national security,” Bisher al-Khasawneh told the BBC in an interview. The premier said Amman is seeking to establish good relations with […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – A senior military commander was shot dead in eastern Yemen, according to Yemeni authorities on Monday. Col. Belkhir Banseb of the 2nd Military Zone came under fire from unidentified gunmen in the city of Hadhramaut late Sunday. “Yemen has lost one of the most prominent cadres and heroes, who was distinguished […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Army and paramilitary troops were called in to join the relief and rescue operations after fresh rain spells and flash floods inundated most parts of Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi on Monday. Another five people lost their lives in rain-related accidents in Karachi, home to 20 million people, as widespread...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisia’s Ennahda movement said Thursday it will boycott the referendum this month on a new version of the country’s constitution. Ennahda spokesman Emad al-Houmairi termed the July 25 referendum on the new constitution “illegitimate.” “Ennahda calls for boycotting the constitutional referendum and considers it ille...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Taliban-led interim administration of Afghanistan has chided the US decision to rescind Afghanistan’s designation as a “major non-NATO ally.” US President Biden last week notified the Congress of his intent to officially rescind Afghanistan’s designation as a “major non-NATO ally.” “In accordance wit...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) no longer has any Muslim legislator in the parliament as the tenure of its last Muslim legislator- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi- who also served as the country’s Minority Affairs Ministry, ended on Thursday. Naqvi, 64, who was a member of the Rajya Sabha or [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has said that Israel has signed arms deals worth more than $3 billion with countries in the region since the signing of the ‘Abraham Accords’ for the normalization of ties in 2020 with Arab countries. Gantz said Israeli Defense Ministry personnel held about 150 meetings with ...
U.S. government scientists on Friday agreed to share technical know-how related to the development of next-generation vaccines and treatments with their counterparts at Afrigen Biologics, a South African drug manufacturer that hosts the first mRNA technology transfer hub established by the World Health Organization and its partners. The Nation...
