WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden on Monday ordered the closure of federal government agencies and executive departments on Jan. 9 to honor the 39th President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 100. “All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall be closed on January 9, 2025, as [&hell...
WASHINGTON (AA) — The head of the US-based Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) alleges that former President Barack Obama and President Joe Biden are complicit in the crimes against humanity committed by the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria. “It is a shame that both the Obama administration officials and the Biden administration off...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – President Joe Biden has announced the commutation of 37 out of 40 federal death row sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. “Today, I am commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole,” said Biden in...
ANKARA (AA) – President Joe Biden is reportedly considering issuing broad preemptive pardons for prominent critics of President-elect Donald Trump, aiming to protect them from potential legal actions under the incoming administration, according to local media. Trump repeatedly seeks revenge against his political enemies. Kash Patel, his ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s conviction on federal gun charges has dismissed the case after President Joe Biden issued a sweeping pardon to his son. District Judge Maryellen Noreika’s decision to close the case came one week before the junior Biden was to be sentenced after being convicted by a jury o...
Amnesty International has appealed to outgoing President Joe Biden to safeguard the estimated 11.7 million undocumented immigrants. As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to re-enter office with aggressive deportation plans, Amnesty emphasizes the critical need for Biden to act swiftly. Amnesty highlights Trump’s harsh immigration tactics, ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Three Americans who had been detained in China for years have been released in a prisoner swap between Washington and Beijing, according to a State Department spokesperson. “We are pleased to announce the release of Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung from detention in the People’s Republic of China,” the sp...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden will host Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto at the White House on Tuesday, a spokesperson has said. During the visit, Biden will celebrate the 75th anniversary of US-Indonesian relations and pay tribute to those affected by the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, said Karine Jean-Pierre in a statement. R...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US doctor who returned from humanitarian missions in the Gaza Strip has urged the Biden administration to put an end to Israel’s war on the besieged Palestinian enclave. Zaher Sahloul, president of NGO MedGlobal and a critical care associate professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, was one of the health […]...
BERLIN (AA) – After more than a year of Israel’s war on Gaza, President Joe Biden has suggested that Israel should “seek a path to peace.” The statement comes in the wake of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, which according to Biden, could provide an opportunity to bring a long-awaited peace to devastated [&hell...
