The US is banning all Russian aircraft from using its airspace in response to Moscow’s ongoing war on Ukraine, President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday. Addressing a joint session of Congress for his first State of the Union, Biden described the closure of US airspace as just the latest in a series of measures intended […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A US delegation arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday for talks amid war between Russia and Ukraine. The “high-level bipartisan delegation of former US security officials” was received by Joseph Wu, the foreign minister of the self-ruled island, in the capital Taipei. “We thank the (Joe) Biden administration for ...
The U.N. children’s agency, UNICEF said half a million children have already fled Ukraine to neighboring countries, with a growing number of refugees. Poland’s border guards said more than 600,000 people had crossed over. The UN expects that more than 10 million people may flee their homes if violence continues, including 4 million people who ...
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution Wednesday supporting Ukraine and calling for a ceasefire amid Russia’s war. It cleared the House floor with a 426-3 vote. Republican Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Matt Rosendale of Montana cast the only opposing votes. The non-binding resolution also...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN issued a stark warning on Friday after Russian forces attacked Europe’s largest nuclear facility, and seized it from Ukrainian authorities. The attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant resulted in a fire erupting at a training complex at the site, which was extinguished by Ukrainian firefi...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The US Supreme Court voted 6-3 on Friday to reinstate the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev, who is now 28, and his older brother, Tamerlan, detonated two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, killing 3 people and injuring […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Thousands of people have applied to the Ukrainian embassy in Washington D.C., expressing willingness to join the fight against Russia. A military official at the embassy said that they received more than 3,000 emails from those who wanted to go to Ukraine. The applicants included former military officials and civilians ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US announced Thursday that it is extending special immigration protections to Ukrainians as Russia continues its war against its eastern European neighbor. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said what is known as Temporary Protected Status (TPS) would be extended to Ukrainians for 18 months because of th...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Supreme Court rejected Thursday a plea from a Guantanamo Bay detainee to learn more about his torture through two former CIA contractors. In a 6-3 vote, the top court upheld the federal government’s claim of “state secrets” privilege in Abu Zubaydah’s case, allowing the secrecy claim even tho...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – The White House requested $10 billion in US aid Thursday to help Ukraine with humanitarian efforts in the wake of the attack by Russia. “This funding request is based on the Administration’s best information on resource requirements at this time,” White House Acting Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda ...
