On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation finally making lynchings a federal hate crime It ends more than a century of delays in outlawing the symbol of what Biden calls “pure terror.” Anyone convicted under the new law will face up to 30 years in prison. Researchers say there were thousands of […]
Leaders of the United States, Britain, France, Germany and Italy on Tuesday urged the West not to drop its guard against Russia. Moscow signaled it would scale down fighting around the Ukranian capital Kyiv and another city. “I had a meeting with the heads of state of four allies in NATO: France, Germany, the United […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US sanctioned an Iranian national and his network of companies Wednesday on charges of aiding Iran’s ballistic missile program. Mohammad Ali Hosseini used his network to procure items for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization, which is responsible for T...
WASHINGTON- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that it authorized a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines for older people. The agency said the second booster dose may be administered to individuals 50 years and older at least four months after getting the first booster dose of any approved [&hel...
WASHINGTON – A group of US senators – both Republicans and Democrats – is demanding Russia’s removal from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) following Moscow’s “unprovoked, inhumane, and illegal invasion” of Ukraine. Led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez and Jim Risch, the la...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – A US federal judge has ordered the release of more than 100 emails from Donald Trump Adviser John Eastman, asserting the former president likely committed crimes in his attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. “Based on the evidence, the Court finds it more likely than not that […]...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has refused to walk back his comment that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power.” The US president made the remarks while on a four-day tour of Europe as Ukraine continues to defend against Russia’s assault. Biden’s comments drew criticism from some who said...
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden has sent a nearly $6 trillion budget proposal to the Congress that includes sweeping spending increases across the federal government, and tax hikes on the richest Americans. Biden’s $5.8 trillion plan to fund the government for the fiscal year that begins in October would cut the federal deficit...
JERUSALEM – Israel will appoint a military attache to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, according to an Israeli diplomat. “Israel will appoint a military attache to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in Bahrain,” Eitan Naeh, Tel Aviv’s Ambassador in Manama, told Israeli Army Radio, adding that the move “will happen soo...
NEW YORK – The Muslim call to prayer or the ‘Adhan’ can now be heard several times a day in Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota. The city council has approved a bill presented by council member Jamal Osman, allowing the prayer to be played publicly by loudspeaker between the hours of 7 a.m. and […]
