Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President, has died at the age of 100. He was President from 1977 to 1981. Carter was the oldest living former president. It was during his presidency that former USSR invaded Afghanistan. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his post-presidency humanitarian work. Carter spent his last […]
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to reinstate federal executions. He criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to commute the death sentences of 37 federal inmates. Trump made the pledge on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying he will direct the Justice Department to pursue the death penalty to protect American families a...
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) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the US largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, has condemned the Pentagon for misleading the public about the number of US troops deployed in Syria. “The Pentagon’s admission that 2,000 U.S. troops have been secretly operating in Syria is stunning. T...
ISTANBUL (AA)- Biden administration has unveiled a new nationally determined contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, targeting an ambitious 61-66% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2035. The announcement, which came a month before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, underscores the current US administration...
More than 1 million foreign nationals, including people from nations reeling under terrorism, have been granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the Biden administration. As of Sept. 30, roughly 1,095,115 foreign nationals from Afghanistan, Haiti, Venezuela, and Lebanon, among others, were granted TPS, according to a new report by the Co...
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 [&...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House issued a stark warning to lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday evening, telling them a government shutdown would result in widespread instability across the country as President-elect Donald Trump attempts to scuttle a funding deal. Spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that a shutdown “woul...
President Joe Biden has designated the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania as a national monument. The move aims to highlight the painful history of Native American boarding schools in the U.S. The Carlisle School, which operated from 1879 to 1918, was the first federally funded off-reservation boarding school. It aimed ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs on goods from Mexico, China, and Canada, describing it as a “major mistake.” Speaking at the Brookings Institution, a US-based think tank, on Tuesday, Biden highlighted his administration’s efforts to support post-COVID-19 economic ...
