WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of 103 US lawmakers has called on the Biden administration to conduct an independent investigation into the killing of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. In a letter sent on Tuesday to President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The soaring tensions in the Middle East will be an “important theme” in President Joe Biden’s meetings during this week’s UN General Assembly, says a senior administration official. Biden and his senior officials “will be convening to talk about various aspects of the crisis, and what we ca...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said Monday that his administration is seeking to reduce regional tensions as sweeping Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon and retaliatory Hezbollah rocket attacks have raised the specter of all-out war. “My team has been in constant contact with their counterparts, and we’re working to de-escala...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A former US border patrol chief agent has claimed that the administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to hide a rise in individuals linked to terrorism at California’s border with Mexico. Aaron Heitke, the former chief patrol agent for the US Border Patrol’s sector San Diego, [&...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The Uncommitted National Movement, an organization that is mobilizing “uncommitted” primary votes in protest of the Biden administration’s policy in the Gaza Strip, has announced that it would not endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president. “Vice President Harris’s unwillingness to shift ...
Uyghur activists are praising President Joe Biden’s proposal to limit an exemption which allows some Chinese imports potentially made using Uyghur forced labor to bypass US customs checks. The loophole allows products that are under $800 to go through. The proposed executive order would restrict items like textiles from Chinese fast-fas...
The White House has condemned remarks by Tesla chief Elon Musk about political violence as “irresponsible.” In a now-deleted post on his platform X, Musk had commented on an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. In a post on Sunday, Musk asked why nobody is trying to assassinate President Joe Biden and vice-p...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden urged Sudan’s warring parties Tuesday to re-engage in negotiations and facilitate humanitarian access. “I call on the belligerents responsible for Sudanese suffering—the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—to pull back their forces, facilitate unhindered humanit...
HOUSTON, US (AA) – The legal battle over banning TikTok in the US and removing the Chinese social media and video-sharing platform from app stores nationwide got underway Monday in a federal appeals court. TikTok and its parent company ByteDance argued to a three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Washington, D.C. […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden spoke to former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump after Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt, the White House said Monday. “President Biden just spoke with former President Trump and conveyed his relief that he is safe. The two shared a cordial conversation and former Pre...
