DAKAR, Senegal (AA): Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore accused African leaders of “beggary” at the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Traore, 35, who came to power in a coup and became the world’s youngest leader, thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for deciding to send free grain to African countries bu...
WASHINGTON / ISLAMABAD (AA): The interim Taliban administration in Afghanistan has confirmed a meeting between its top diplomat and US officials in Doha this week. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesman for the interim Afghan Foreign Ministry, said acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi along with a high-level delegation will visit to meet with US o...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A federal judge in California has blocked President Joe Biden’s controversial asylum policy. In a 35-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar called for reversing the policy requiring asylum seekers to first make an appointment at a port of entry. It also overturned the rule requiring asylum seekers to prove the...
WASHINGTON – The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has joined a Palestinian call to boycott Israeli academic institutions that support the apartheid regime. The largest academic association in the U.S., with 12,000 members, had put the motion to a vote from June 15 to July 14. 71% of members supported the boycott call. The motio...
WASHINGTON (AA) – House Speaker McCarthy has said that Republicans will continue to pursue their inquiries against President Biden and may lead to an impeachment. He hinted that he will elevate ongoing investigations into Biden and his family into a formal impeachment inquiry. “We’ve only followed where the information has ta...
WASHINGTON (AA): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged Israeli authorities to curtail settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the Pentagon said Tuesday. During his telephone call with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Austin “urged Minister Gallant to address extremist settler violence against Palestinian ...
WASHINGTON (AA): A newly released video shows what the US Air Force calls Russian fighter jets engaging in “unprofessional” behavior while interacting with an American drone in Syria, damaging an MQ-9 drone on a mission against the ISIS. In the Sunday incident, Russian fighter aircraft flew dangerously close to the drone, harassing...
ROME (AA): In mid-July, the EU finalized a much-anticipated agreement with Tunisia to cooperate on curbing a surge in migration flows to Europe’s Mediterranean shores, but international law experts and humanitarian groups warn that the €1 billion ($1.11 billion) deal could lead to severe rights violations instead of helping solve complex issue...
-Israeli government pushes bill through despite Biden’s warning that it could hurt U.S.-Israel relations TEL AVIV, Israel – The Israeli parliament on Monday approved a bill that would limit the Supreme Court’s powers to review government actions. The bill was passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 64-member coali...
BEIRUT (AA): Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said Sunday that his country regrets and condemns the recent attack on the Quran in Stockholm and insulting actions towards Islamic beliefs and symbols. Billstrom made the remarks in a phone call with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib, according to a statement from the Lebanese M...
