Democratic Rep. Katie Porter led a group of lawmakers this week in urging the Biden administration not to increase taxpayer funding for Medicare Advantage plans after a government report showed that the privately run program received $12 billion in overpayments in 2020—a problem driven by insurers exaggerating how sick their enrollees are. Des...
Democratic lawmakers and political observers said late Thursday and Friday that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has been exposed as a “liar” not once but twice in the past 24 hours following the release of audiotapes confirming that the California Republican said former President Donald Trump should resign in the wake of the J...
Open internet defenders cheered this week after a federal appeals court rejected an industry-backed petition to block the enforcement of California’s net neutrality law. Internet service providers (ISPs) wanted a hearing before all the judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit after a three-judge panel of that court in Ja...
PARIS (AA) – This Sunday, France faces an uncertain test as voters head to the polls to elect the next president of the republic in the second and final round. Choosing between the final candidates is desolately grim for many, but for French Muslims casting their vote for either President Emmanuel Macron or far-right candidate Marine [&h...
On Thursday, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation or OIC said it will hold a special meeting on April 25 to “discuss the escalating Israeli violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque.” The largest international body after the UN, which is made up of 57 Muslim-majority member states, the OIC said the meeting is being convened at the request […...
On Thursday, at least 16 people were killed in two Afghan cities by bomb blasts claimed by ISIS. Twelve worshippers were killed at a Shia mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, said Ahmad Zia Zindani, provincial health department spokesman. He added, 58 people were wounded, including 32 in serious condition. ISIS also claimed responsib...
Over 400 people are dead and about 40,000 displaced after some of the worst flooding in South Africa’s history. Affecting the country’s KwaZulu-Natal province, it has devastated the eastern city of Durban, which has a seaport vital to the country’s economy. On Monday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disas...
On Tuesday, Malaysian artists distributed hot meals to orphans in northern Syria as part of a charity campaign during Ramadan. Launched by charity groups from the Southeast Asian nation, the campaign distributed aid in the regions along the border between Turkey and Syria. Malaysian singer-songwriter and musician Noh Salleh, singer-songwriter ...
AL-BAB/AZAZ, Syria (AA) – A civilian was killed and five were wounded in two separate terrorist attacks in northern Syria on Friday. A car bomb went off in Al-Bab city’s Zamzam neighborhood, killing one civilian, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent. Firefighters rushed to the site to put out the fire caused by the explosion [&he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli security officers on Friday morning attacked journalists covering clashes at Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem. The officers were caught on Anadolu Agency Video News (AAVN) camera rushing at cameramen outside the mosque who were filming some officers carrying a seriously injured man. The AAVN cameraman running away from the p...
