Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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A day after a key witness dropped “bombshell after bombshell” during a surprise hearing of the panel probing last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the committee on Wednesday subpoenaed former White House Counsel Pasquale “Pat” Cipollone for “on-the-record testimony.” Cassidy Hutchinson—an ex-sp...
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday endorsed a pair of House Democrats in their primaries against challengers backed by the nation’s most powerful pro-Israel lobby—which is spending heavily to defeat progressive candidates who advocate for Palestinian rights. Sanders (I-Vt.) endorsed Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Andy Levin, both of Michigan...
Indigenous leaders on Wednesday condemned a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows authorities in Oklahoma and other states to prosecute certain crimes on sovereign tribal land, a narrowing of a landmark 2020 decision affirming Native treaty rights. Writing for the majority in the 5-4 Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta decision—in which Neil Gorsuch joi...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Indirect talks between Iran and the US to revive the 2015 nuclear deal ended in the Qatari capital Doha without a result, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News reported. Tasnim, citing sources, said the talks mediated by the EU ended, for now, blaming the cessation of the talks on the US insistence on […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has agreed to allow an Israeli national to enter the Gaza Strip, in a bid to bring back communications regarding a prisoner swap deal with Israel, Israeli media said on Wednesday. According to the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, Gazan activist Sami Obeid and Yoel Marshak, head of the ...
ANKARA (AA) – Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett will not run in the upcoming elections, his spokesperson said on Wednesday. Bennett’s decision has come ahead of voting on the final readings of a bill that proposes dissolving the Knesset and calling an early election. Right-wing Yamina Party leader Bennett will remain ...
ANKARA (AA) – The European Council has approved a negotiating mandate on visa liberalization for Qatari and Kuwaiti nationals traveling to the EU. A proposal by the European Commission on short-stay visas for Qatar and Kuwait has been approved and “on the basis of this mandate, the presidency will start negotiations with the European Par...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Turkish and US presidents agreed on “continued close consultations” between Washington and Ankara during a meeting in Madrid, the White House said on Wednesday. The meeting between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Joe Biden took place on the margins of the NATO summit. The two leaders discussed Sweden and Finlan...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican Senator Lindsey Graham threw his support Wednesday behind a decision by the US on upgrading Türkiye’s F-16 fighter jet fleet. “I support the Biden Administration’s decision to support the sale of new F-16s to our NATO ally, Turkey,” Graham, who represents South Carolina, said on Twitter. ...
LONDON (AA) – Health authorities in Argentina on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first case of the highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.5. The ANLIS/Malbrán Institute detected the presence of the subvariant in a person who had returned from an international trip. According to local daily Infobae, the case was detected after the anal...
