Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden said Monday he was “appalled” after violent clashes between two groups outside a Los Angeles synagogue over the weekend. Protesters wearing keffiyehs and holding Palestinian flags gathered on Sunday outside the Adas Torah synagogue, where several US media outlets report a pr...
The Supreme court has upheld a federal ban preventing anyone placed under a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun. The ruling in US v Rahimi, supported by eight justices to one, with Clarence Thomas dissenting, will leave in place legal protections against a major source of gun violence in America. Writing the opinion, [&he...
Washington, United States – AFP Most of the United States will experience hotter than normal weather throughout the summer, from July to September, a US government agency has predicted. “What we’re predicting is generally that much of the US, excepting a few places, are forecast to be above normal,” Johnna Infanti, a me...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday a row with the United States over weapons delays relating to the war on Gaza would be resolved soon, amid simmering tensions between the allies. “About four months ago, there was a dramatic drop in the supply of armaments arriving from the US to [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Yemen’s Houthis announced late Saturday that their forces, in coordination with an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, targeted five ships in the northern Israeli port of Haifa and the Mediterranean Sea. In a statement, the Houthis said: “The Yemeni armed forces carried out two joint mili...
Ninety-three nations have reaffirmed their support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) emphasizing its independence in pursuing legal actions. This follows recent threats aimed at ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan, who will be seeking arrest warrants against Israeli leaders and Palestinian figures. A statement was issued by member states of th...
ANKARA (AA) – The US-built floating humanitarian pier in Gaza has been reattached to the coast several days after it had been dismantled due to unfavorable weather conditions, CNN reported. It quoted two US officials who confirmed the pier was re-anchored to the Gaza coast. On Tuesday, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said the pier would ...
Washington, United States — AFP China’s support for Russia’s defense industry is prolonging the Ukraine war and “has to stop,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. China is providing critical support that enables “Russia to keep that defense industrial base going, to keep the war machine going, to ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US should be withholding military aid to Israel in its ongoing war on Gaza, Senator Bernie Sanders has said. “The United States should be withholding all offensive military aid to Israel and using our leverage to demand an end to this war, the unfettered flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, a […]
Beijing, China – AFP China said Wednesday it opposed the United States “spreading false information” after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Beijing’s support for Russia’s defence industry “has to stop”. “We resolutely oppose the United States spreading false information without any evide...
