ISTANBUL (AA) — US intelligence officials have warned that several countries, including Russia and China, will attempt to undermine the November 5 elections, according to local media. “Foreign actors probably will use tactics similar to those that they are using today to undermine trust in the integrity of the election and election proce...
A number of states are suing TikTok, claiming that the app was deliberately designed to keep young people hooked on the service. The lawsuits allege that the company is duping the public about the safety of the app. The lawsuits were filed separately in 13 states, as well as the District of Columbia. They say […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is set to travel to the US for consultations as part of preparations to launch an attack on Iran in response to its retaliatory missile strikes, the Hebrew media has reported. Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported that Gallant will make a quick visit to Washington to discuss [&hel...
The U.S. has blacklisted two more Chinese companies, bringing the total to 75 under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA). The UFLPA aims to combat forced labor practices against the Uyghurs in occupied East Turkestan, which China calls Xinjiang. The move was announced by the Department of Homeland Security. It prohibits imports fr...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran plans to file a lawsuit against the United States over alleged non-compliance with the 1981 Algiers Accords, which outlined legal frameworks for relations between the two countries. Speaking at an event in Tehran on Sunday, General Mohammad Reza Naqdi, a high-ranking commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guar...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Thursday it was not aware that the leader of Hezbollah had agreed to a cease-fire shortly before he was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. “I can tell you that, if that’s true, it was never communicated to us in any way,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told […]
ANKARA (AA) – A new US study found that deaths caused by health complications in regions affected by tropical storms and hurricanes far exceed the direct fatalities from these natural disasters. Published in the journal Nature, the research shows that hurricanes and tropical cyclones impacting different parts of the US lead annually to t...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has reached an agreement with Mauritius to give sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to the East African nation and secure a strategically important UK-US military base, the Foreign Office announced Thursday. After years of negotiations, the UK agreed to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former US President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has once again downplayed concussions and traumatic brain injuries sustained by US troops during a 2020 Iranian missile strike, dismissing them as minor. “So first of all, injured. What does injured mean? Injured means – You mean because ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to defend US personnel, allies and partners during a call Tuesday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant following a missile attack by Iran on Israel. Austin and Gallant “expressed mutual appreciation for the coordinated defense of Israel” ag...
