WASHINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden has called the Supreme Court ruling overturning the student loan waiver misinterpretation of the Constitution. The Supreme Court rejected the student loan debt forgiveness plan by a 6-3 vote. Biden told reporters at the White House that the court’s decision was a mistake. He pledged to continue...
WASHINGTON – A Senate investigation has found that U.S. government agencies failed to respond to a massive intelligence warning of an attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The report, released last week, said the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation either dismissed or downplayed the threats. The repor...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department blames the administrations of Donald Trump and Joe Biden for the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. A report released Friday said the decision by both presidents to end the U.S. military mission had serious consequences for the Afghan government and security. The report titled Afgha...
GENEVA, ANKARA (AA): The Swedish government said Sunday that it wants to stop those people “who seek to come to Sweden and commit crime” in the wake of the burning of the Quran in Stockholm last week. “In May this year, the government decided to reintroduce border controls. We were clear about the reasons for […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called incident of Quran burning arrogance of West and said this is not freedom of thought WASHINGTON (AA) – The U.S. and Muslim countries Wednesday condemned the burning of the holy Muslim book the Quran in Sweden. State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel said it was “disrespectful̵...
-Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice is one of the most important holidays in the Islamic calendar CHICAGO – Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid-al-Adha which marks the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice is one of the most important holidays in the Islamic calendar. It is celebrated […]
Experts say court’s decision is victory for religious freedom and will help ensure workers are not discriminated against because of their faith WASHINGTON – In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the right of employees to perform religious rituals in the workplace. It requires employers to accommodate employees&...
WASHINGTON (AA): Republican presidential candidate Francis Suarez appeared Tuesday to make a major gaffe during a radio interview focused on national security when he did not know the Uyghur people. Suarez, Miami mayor, was asked on the Hugh Hewitt Show, “Will you be talking about the Uyghurs in your campaign?” “The what?R...
JERUSALEM (AA) –The U.S. has halted scientific and technological cooperation with Israel outside the Green Line, according to Israeli media reports. The Green Line is a boundary between Israel and the territories occupied by Tel Aviv during the 1967 Middle East war. The US decision came a week after the Israeli government authorized the con...
TORONTO (AA) – The U.S. has charged four China-based chemical companies and eight individuals with manufacturing and distributing precursor chemicals. The chemicals are used to manufacture the opioid drug fentanyl. According to a Treasury Department statement, the investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) led t...
