A federal court has blocked the administration of President Donald Trump from sending three Venezuelan immigrants held in New Mexico to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Judge Kenneth J. Gonzales granted the temporary restraining order. The government opposes it. The men were allegedly targeted due to suspected ties to the Tren de Aragua gang. Their law...
ISTANBUL (AA) – President Donald Trump has confirmed that he is serious about his repeated remarks that Canada should become his country’s 51st state. In an interview with Fox News, he was asked whether Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was correct in saying the idea was “a real thing.” “Yes, it is,” Trump responded. He [&hell...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa’s Afrikaner community Saturday turned down an offer by President Donald Trump to resettle them as refugees in the US, following claims of racial discrimination. “We don’t want to move elsewhere, and we are not going to ask our children now to move to another country. We have interests of future […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Sunday strongly condemned the recent statements of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling for the displacement of Palestinians to the kingdom. In an official statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry reaffirmed its “categorical rejection” of such rhetoric, emphasizing that “the Pales...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Nawaf Salam formed a new government on Saturday, the first since 2022. President Joseph Aoun said in a statement that he had accepted the resignation of former caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and signed a decree with Salam to form the new government. Secretary-General of the Prime Min...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa has expressed concern over US “propaganda” and “misinformation” after President Donald Trump froze Washington’s aid to the country, citing the recently adopted land appropriation law and Pretoria’s genocide case against Israel. “We are concerned by what seems to be a campaign of misinfor...
NEW YORK/ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinian Americans have strongly criticized President Donald Trump’s recent statements about taking control of Gaza and establishing a new settlement there without Palestinians. Representatives of nonprofit organizations supporting Palestine spoke about Trump’s remarks, which were made during a joint press con...
A student has taken legal action against the University of Chicago, claiming he was suspended for his involvement in a free-Palestine protest. Fourth-year student Manuel Rivera filed a lawsuit on Jan. 14, alleging the university violated his First Amendment rights. The lawsuit also alleges that the institution violated Illinois housing laws by...
Google has cut back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, following President Donald Trump’s attack against such programs. Trump’s recent executive orders placed DEI employees on leave and ordered investigations into alleged “illegal discrimination.” Reports say Google’s parent company, Alphabet, removed DEI mentions from its...
A staff member of Elon Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has resigned after racist social media posts surfaced. Marko Elez was set to join DOGE after federal approval. However, the Wall Street Journal exposed his past racist comments. Elez’s posts, which included anti-Indian remarks and inflammatory statements about Israel ...
