As US Congress considers spending $6.4 billion or more, and President Joe Biden commits military aid to Ukraine, some U.S. experts on Tuesday suggested prioritizing diplomacy and humanitarian assistance over military aid. William D. Hartung, a senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, urged U.S. lawmakers not ...
The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association criticized U.S. media reporters’ use of the term “civilized” to describe Ukraine, and its people fleeing violence as those who don’t “look like refugees.” The organization said calling these new refugees and internally displaced persons as “civilized,” is a far cry from the treatment of refug...
U.S. President Joe Biden announced a new COVID program during his State of the Union address on Tuesday. The “test to treat” initiative is a central component of the new strategy. Under the program, Biden said Americans could get tested for COVID-19 at a pharmacy and, if they are positive, “receive antiviral pills on the […]
GENEVA (AA) – Condemning Moscow’s “premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified attack on Ukraine” for violating international law, the US secretary of state on Tuesday questioned whether Russia is fit to be a member of the UN Human Rights Council. “More than at any other point in recent history, the principles at the heart of this council’s [&he...
The airspace above Ukraine continues to be contested and Russia does not have air superiority over the entire country, a senior US defense official said Tuesday. “But there are areas where they have more control than others. And the same goes for the Ukrainians,” the official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The ...
In his first State of the Union, President Biden outlined a unity agenda consisting of policy where there has historically been support from both Republicans and Democrats. His speech came at the heel of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and unprecedented sanctions on Russia. As part of this unity agenda, he announced a strategy to […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a statement in response to reports that Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar spoke at a white nationalist event. The America First Political Action Conference in Orlando was organized by Nicholas Fuentes, a white-nationalist activist. Fuentes rose to prominence after attending th...
The Council on American Islamic Relations’ or CAIR’s Connecticut chapter is calling for a probe into a possible hate crime, involving two female Muslim students at the University of Connecticut. Junior Shazeda Khatun and senior Zena Saleh said a man screamed racial slurs at them, including the N-word, as they walked to their dorm Monday [&hell...
A 37-year-old Pennsylvania man connected to the January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot ended his own life on Feb. 25, according to investigators. Matthew Perna pleaded guilty in December to entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and other charges stemming from the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. That includes obstruction of an official [&he...
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Tehran supports efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Khamenei termed US policies the “root cause of the crisis” in the eastern European country. The leader made these remarks in a televised speech on March 1. “The solution to any crisis” lies in its “root cause”, he said, […]...
