A leading gun-control advocate on Thursday led criticism of a newly released highly compact AR-15-style semi-automatic weapon being marketed as a tool to oppose government and Big Tech “censorship.” Boonville, Missouri-based CMMG calls its new DISSENT model its “most stowable” offering. The company says the 4.6-pound, 1...
An investigation published Thursday reveals that healthcare debt is “far more pervasive” in the United States than previously known, currently impacting 41% of U.S. adults and more than 100 million people across the country. Previous attempts to assess the extent of the medical debt crisis have understated the problem because, acco...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden ordered the heads of the State and Defense departments to tamp down their rhetoric on Ukraine after they said the US wanted Kyiv to win the war against Russia, according to a report published Thursday. The directive came after Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin made a surprise visit to […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday described the last round of talks between his country and regional arch-rival Saudi Arabia as “positive.” In a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussain, Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran welcomes the outcome of the Iranian-Saudi talks in Baghdad,...
Progressives responded with disgust after the Senate Armed Services Committee voted Thursday to tack an additional $45 billion on top of President Joe Biden’s already massive military spending request, bringing the total proposed budget for the coming fiscal year to a staggering $857.6 billion. The Biden administration’s March requ...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Moroccan King Mohammed VI has contracted coronavirus, according to the king’s private physician on Thursday. The monarch “contracted an asymptomatic form of the COVID-19,” Professor Lahcen Belyamani said in a statement carried by the official Maghreb Agency. On Nov. 9, the Moroccan government decided to lift a night...
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AA) – Azerbaijan’s president warned Armenia on Thursday against making territorial claims from Karabakh, a region liberated from nearly three decades of Armenian occupation in 2020. “If Armenia continues to question the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan will have no other choice and will questi...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The World Bank has announced that it will give Somalia $100 million in the next 12 months to address the government’s priorities. The announcement comes after the bank’s country director Kristina Svensson met Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu. They discussed strengthening the cooperation ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US on Thursday sanctioned an alleged network of Iranian petrochemical producers and front companies established in China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The petrochemical producers that have been added to the US blacklist include Iran-based Marun Petrochemical Company, Kharg Petrochemical Company Limited and Fan...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, on Thursday discussed recent political developments with the country’s parliament speaker in a meeting in Cairo. Presidential Council spokesperson Najwa Wahiba said in a statement that Menfi and legislative chief Aguila Saleh reviewed the effor...
