ISTANBUL (AA) – President Joe Biden has asked Congress for a $100 billion aid package to help Americans impacted by hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters. The package includes $40 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund, $24 billion for the Department of Agriculture to assist fa...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden informed Congress on Tuesday about his decision to deploy a ballistic missile defense system to Israel. “I directed the deployment to Israel of a ballistic missile defense system and United States service members capable of operating it to defend against any further ballistic missile attacks wh...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Congress needs to ensure that the Secret Service has the resources it needs to do its job, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday after former President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt. “We all must do our part to ensure an incident like this does […]
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has said that his party’s priority will be to work for the restoration of statehood to the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region held under Indian occupation, which was stripped of autonomy and downgraded into a federally ruled territory by India’s ruling Bharatiy...
Washington, United States – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Gaza cease-fire demonstrators Wednesday and called for a global alliance against the Iranian regime he accuses of funding them, as he addressed a US Congress divided by the war. Washington has become increasingly alarmed by the humanitarian toll of Israel&#...
Washington, United States – AFP Thousands of demonstrators angry over Israel’s war on Gaza marched on the US Capitol on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked lawmakers for steady support. A group of protesters burned Netanyahu in effigy, along with American flags — a raucous end to a mostly peaceful mar...
ANKARA (AA) – Protesters projected “Arrest war criminal Netanyahu” onto Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Washington hotel as he arrived to address the US Congress, highlighting growing tensions over Israel’s actions in Gaza. Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside Netanyahu’s hotel in Washington,...
Pressure is increasing on lawmakers to avoid attending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming address to Congress. A new coalition of civil society groups, including American Friends of Combatants for Peace and Win Without War, is organizing a protest in response to Netanyahu’s policies. His war on Gaza has killed tho...
Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie is claiming that every Republican in Congress is under the influence of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) lobby. He says every GOP lawmaker has what he calls an AIPAC babysitter, influencing their decisions. AIPAC advocates for pro-Israel policies to the United States’ legislative and execut...
Senator Bernie Sanders has announced he will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to Congress. Speaking on the Senate floor, Sanders expressed his dismay at bipartisan leaders, including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, for inviting Netanyahu. No date has been set for the ...
