ISTANBUL (AA) — As one of the US’ closest allies and the most powerful lobby in the country, Israel is a significant force in Tuesday’s elections. American-made bombs have rained down on Gaza and now Lebanon during Israel’s attacks over the past year. Today, millions desperately await a cease-fire in ravaged Gaza and de-escalation in […...
ANKARA (AA) – Early voting in North Carolina surged to a record high with more than 4.2 million residents casting ballots in person as of Sunday. The election is scheduled Tuesday, Nov. 5. North Carolina, one of the swing states crucial to the election’s outcome, has seen particularly high turnout in its western regions, which [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The FBI said Saturday that videos about ballot fraud and Doug Emhoff circulating on social media were inauthentic. The bureau said footage from one of the videos seemingly suggests FBI operatives had apprehended three groups involved in ballot fraud, while the other references Doug Emhoff, the husband of US Vice President...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton expressed concerns that Donald Trump may refuse to accept the result of the presidential election if he loses to Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5. “I think we should be ready for it,” Bolton said Tuesday in an interview with CNN, when asked if […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered the deployment of additional military assets to the Middle East, the Pentagon said Friday. “In keeping with our commitments to the protection of U.S. citizens and forces in the Middle East, the defense of Israel, and de-escalation through deterrence and diplomacy, the S...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The cyber defense agency charged with keeping foreign actors from infiltrating Canada’s computer networks identified India as a cyber threat for the first time, according to a recent report. “We assess that Indian state-sponsored cyber threat actors likely conduct cyber threat activity against the Government of Canada ne...
The first Muslim elected to the Texas legislature is insisting that a vote for Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein would be a “misstep” that could inadvertently play into the hands of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Congressman Salman Bhojani says American Muslims can only secure a future under the leadership of Democr...
Recent violent incidents at a Democratic National Committee office in Arizona have been accompanied by rising online discussion of potential political violence following next week’s presidential election. That’s according to a study published this week by the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. It found that people in right-wing f...
Three leading human rights groups are calling for administrators at colleges and universities in the U.S. to respect and protect the right to protest on campuses. The statement comes amid ongoing crackdowns on Palestine-supporting campus demonstrations since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza in October last year. In the open letter, t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A top official in the US state of Georgia – a key state in next week’s presidential elections – has warned of a fake video about an immigrant who supposedly voted in the presidential elections more than once. Brad Raffensperger, secretary of state (the top election official) in the southern state, on […]
