ISTANBUL (AA) – President Joe Biden has signed a government funding bill into law, averting a potential government shutdown. “This agreement represents a compromise, which means neither side got everything it wanted,” Biden said in a statement. The legislation will fund federal operations through March 14 and allocates $100 billion in di...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump Friday threatened to impose tariffs on the EU unless the bloc increases imports of US fossil fuels. “I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all […]
The FBI has arrested Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, an Egyptian national, for allegedly planning a mass casualty attack on the Israeli consulate in New York. Hassan was caught after an undercover FBI agent, posing as an extremist, gained his trust and was “recruited” by him to carry out the attack. Hassan allegedly “recruited” the [&he...
The US Senate has approved a massive $895 billion defense spending package. The legislation cleared the U.S. House on Wednesday. It now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Some Democrats in both chambers voted in opposition due to a last-minute amendment by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. The 2025 defense [&...
The US has returned two Malaysian nationals to Kuala Lumpur after holding them for 18 years at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed Malaysia had accepted the detainees and facilitated their return to the country According to the New Straits Times, Mohamad Farik Amin, 48, ...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – A report released Wednesday revealed a dramatic rise in Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism in Canada amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Titled “Islamophobia on the rise: Taking action, confronting hate and protecting civil liberties together,” it was published by Canada’s Standing Commit...
A group of Palestinians from Gaza and the US have filed a lawsuit against the US government, accusing it of violating domestic law by continuing to supply arms to Israel. The plaintiffs argue the weapons fuel “gross violations” of human rights in Gaza and beyond. Lead plaintiff Amal Gaza, a teacher in Gaza, says she […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Israel told the US that it is in the “final stages” of an investigation into the killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the occupied West Bank in September, the State Department said Tuesday. “They have told us that they are in the final stages of closing their investigation,” ...
The family of a Turkish-American activist, killed by Israeli forces in September, expressed frustration after meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The family of deceased Aysenur Ezgi Eygi cited repeated rhetoric without meaningful action. Eygi’s husband, Hamid Ali, compared the response to the 2003 killing of American activist Rachel ...
With Donald Trump’s second term approaching, several federal judges are reversing their retirement plans, triggering outrage among Republicans. Judge James Wynn of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, along with district judges Algenon Marbley and Max Cogburn in North Carolina, rescinded their retirements, denying Trump vacancies to fill and til...
