The U.S. has defended Israel’s seizure of Syrian territory near the occupied Golan Heights. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller claims the takeover of a demilitarized buffer zone is a necessary defense measure against potential terrorist threats. Miller says the move is temporary to prevent a power vacuum in Syria that could attract terr...
CIA analyst Asif William Rahman has been accused of leaking classified documents that forced Israel to postpone a planned military strike on Iran. These documents, detailed with satellite imagery and specifics on potential missile and aircraft deployments, were meant to be top secret. Charged under the Espionage Act, the 34-year-old faces alle...
NEW YORK (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to make immediate and significant changes after taking office on January 20, including pardons for those convicted in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In an interview with NBC News broadcast on Sunday, Trump expressed concerns over the treatment of those convicted in connection...
ANKARA/DAMASCUS, Syria (AA) – Ba’ath Party rule in Syria collapsed early Sunday when Damascus fell out of the hands of regime control and Bashar al-Assad fled the country. Anti-regime groups entered the capital on Saturday, capping off a series of rapid and dramatic developments since late last month. After 13 years of civil war, t...
The U.S. has rejected Amnesty International’s report issued this week which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said the U.S. views these allegations as unfounded, despite acknowledging the significance of NGOs in monitoring human rights. Patel emphasized U.S. concerns about the impac...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Tesla and X head Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy met Thursday with some US Republican lawmakers to tackle remote work policies as part of efforts to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget, according to a report. ABC News reported that the two businessmen attended closed-door meetings with Republican me...
ANKARA (AA) – After a series of awkward revelations from cabinet nominees left their future in doubt, the Trump transition team has signed an agreement enabling the FBI to conduct background checks for senior administration appointees, press reports said Wednesday. This follows weeks of uncertainty over whether traditional vetting procedures w...
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has rescinded his earlier decision to impose martial law, a move that had originally been enacted for the first time in 45 years. The White House responded to the reversal with relief, emphasizing the importance of democracy in the U.S.-South Korea alliance. The decision followed a parliamentary rejection o...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump filed a motion Tuesday to dismiss an ongoing hush money case against their client, arguing that it disrupts the presidential transition process. In a formal request to Judge Juan Merchan, Trump’s legal team urged the court to dismiss the case promptly. “This failed lawfare ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened that there would be severe consequences if Israelis held in Gaza were not freed by January 20. “Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East – But it’s all [&...
