Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi’s widow on Friday questioned US President Joe Biden’s commitment to hold the kingdom accountable three years after the writer’s brutal murder. Marking the anniversary, Hatice Cengiz traveled to Washington for a demonstration outside the Saudi embassy and an evening vigil near the US Capitol where she unveiled a portrait of Khashoggi […]
For any singer, there are a few markers in your career that let you know that your music is being appreciated. One of those has to be when your album or track goes platinum. For the singer Nyla, she recently got the ultimate confirmation that she’s on the right track as her song “Light it […]
Jayda Cheaves has broken her silence after she was arrested in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on suspicions of gun possession. The Atlanta Entrepreneur and Instagram model, who is also the mother of a child for rapper Lil Baby, was reportedly arrested on Monday (September 27) afternoon in Jamaica as she tried to make her way back […]
Suh Wook (L), defense minister of South Korea, and Chung Eui-yong, foreign minister of South Korea, walk at the government complex in Seoul after attending an emergency meeting of the National Security Council in response to North Korea’s launch of a “short-range missile.” North Korea fired a short-range missile into the open sea, the South […]
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two American siblings prevented from leaving China since 2018 returned to the United States over the weekend, according to a U.S. official, their release by Beijing coming shortly after the United States ended a legal case against a top Huawei executive. Cynthia and Victor Liu returned to America after […]
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran must stop denying the U.N. nuclear watchdog access to a workshop making centrifuge parts as agreed two weeks ago or face diplomatic retaliation at the agency’s Board of Governors within days, the United States said on Monday. The workshop at the TESA Karaj complex makes components for centrifuges, […]
President Joe Biden promised during his first joint address to the United States Congress earlier in the year to tackle systemic racism. America and the world was listening, including Haitians. Some might have thought that beyond the need of the United States to eradicate the scourge of racism evident in many areas of society within […]
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A senior U.S. trade official privately criticised India’s July decision to ban Mastercard Inc from issuing new cards, calling it a “draconian” move that caused “panic”, according to U.S. government emails seen by Reuters. The documents show frustration within the U.S. government after India’s central bank banned https://www.reuters.com/article/india-banking-american-express-idUSL4N2MG3I6 […]
British journalist Piers Morgan has signed a deal with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Fox News Media to host a new global television show, the companies announced on Thursday. Morgan, 56, quit as presenter on Britain’s main commercial channel ITV in March in a row about Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s claims in an […]
Pope Francis is offered up strong criticism against America’s conservative bishops for their attacks against President Joe Biden, a devout Catholic, over his stance on abortion. The Roman Catholic Church opposes abortion, among many other acts, but U.S. bishops have singled out Biden’s pro-choice policy and are moving to refuse him the holy sacraments, such […]
CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday interviewed Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock, who helped uncover an explosive of documents in which American officials for years acknowledged they were losing in Afghanistan even while making rosy claims about the war in public. While discussing the rapid collapse of the Afghan military in recent weeks, Whitlock said that […]
A Black Hawk helicopter flew circles over the Taliban’s spiritual heartland in southern Afghanistan Wednesday while below fighters stood aboard captured Humvees as the Islamists paraded their plundered US military hardware. The Taliban’s victory lap, celebrating the final withdrawal of US troops, follows the group’s astonishing two-week takeover that capped a simmering 20-year insurgency. On […]
Alexanda Kotey, a member of the notorious Islamic State kidnapping cell dubbed the “Beatles,” is expected to enter a guilty plea to charges of conspiring to murder four American hostages. The federal court in Alexandria, Virginia posted a notice late Tuesday for a “change of plea” hearing for Kotey, a former British national and one […]
On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) has gone rogue to travel to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan on a rescue mission, in the face of multiple warnings not to do so from the Pentagon and State Department — and that nobody knows where he is. “Mullin told the [Tajik] embassy that he planned […]
The United States reportedly had a secret deal with the Taliban to escort Americans to the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, CNN.com reported Tuesday. An official revealed the U.S. special operations forces had a “secret gate” at the airport and established “call centers” to help Americans get through the process. None of the information was previously […]
Johnson & Johnson’s highly anticipated HIV vaccine failed to demonstrate adequate protection in a clinical trial involving more than 2,600 young women in sub-Saharan Africa, the company and US health authorities said Tuesday. Though the vaccine was found to be safe, with no serious side effects, its efficacy in preventing HIV infection was just over […]
In the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government, alarming reports indicate that the insurgents could potentially access biometric data collected by the U.S. to track Afghans, including people who worked for U.S. and coalition forces. Afghans who once supported the U.S. have been attempting to hide […]
TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry arrived in Tokyo for talks on Tuesday with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on cooperation on carbon emissions and cutting support for fossil fuels, especially coal, before heading to China tonight. Talks in the two Asian economic powerhouses will be “to engage with international counterparts on efforts […]
The war in Afghanistan ended on Monday after 2,461 U.S. service members were killed and over 20,000 injured. “I’m here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate American citizens, third country nationals, and vulnerable Afghans,” Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said on Monday. “The last C-17 […]
When Ezmarai Ahmadi returned home from work on Sunday evening in Kabul, the usual gaggle of squealing children were waiting to greet him — his sons and daughters, and a slew of nieces and nephews. He pulled his white sedan into the driveway of a modest house in Kwaja Burga, a densely populated neighbourhood in […]
In the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul and the ouster of the Afghan national government, alarming reports indicate that the insurgents could potentially access biometric data collected by the U.S. to track Afghans, including people who worked for U.S. and coalition forces. Afghans who once supported the U.S. have been attempting to hide […]
The devastating scenes of thousands of Afghans desperately trying to flee the Taliban takeover and deadly August 26 Kabul airport attack have highlighted the humanitarian and security threats following the hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The disaster was slowly brewing, but alarm bells were muffled by the spin to bring an instant end to America’s […]
The United States embassy in Kabul is urging Americans to immediately leave the area around the airport in Kabul. “Due to a specific, credible threat, all U.S. citizens in the vicinity of Kabul airport (HKIA), including the South (Airport Circle) gate, the new Ministry of the Interior, and the gate near the Panjshir Petrol station […]
The United States took aim at the Islamic State group in Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two high-level targets in a drone strike over the devastating suicide bombing at Kabul airport, as President Joe Biden warned another attack on the frantic airlift was “highly likely”. A series of urgent terror warnings have rattled evacuation efforts overseen […]
Did the US military give the Taliban the names of Americans and Afghans waiting to be evacuated in order to facilitate the process? The idea, not entirely denied by President Joe Biden, had his opponents screaming in Washington on Friday. The controversy arose from a Thursday report by the respected Politico news website. Pressed by […]
President Joe Biden said Friday that China was withholding “critical information” on the origins of Covid-19 after the US intelligence community said it did not believe the virus was a bioweapon — but remained split on whether it escaped from a lab. The United States, however, does not believe Chinese officials had foreknowledge of the […]
The United States launched an airstrike against an ISIS-K planner in Afghanistan, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Friday evening. “U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner,” CENTCOM announced. “The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of […]
Tropical storm Ida was churning through the Caribbean toward the US Gulf Coast Friday and could hit the southern United States as a major hurricane, forecasters said. As of Friday morning, Ida was steaming northwest with maximum winds of 60 miles per hour (95 kph) through the Caribbean, where the National Hurricane Center said “life-threatening […]
This is a developing news story… Check back for possible updates… Children, adult civilians, and U.S. military personnel were among those reportedly killed or wounded Thursday in a pair of explosions near Kabul’s international airport, the site of a chaotic evacuation effort that the Biden administration is aiming to complete by early next week. It’s […]
Politico’s Pentagon reporter, Lara Seligman tweeted that another explosion has been reported at the Afghanistan airport where Americans and refugees are attempting to flee the country. While there is no official confirmation from officials, she said that three sources have confirmed that there are American casualties and that the U.S. forces returned fire. The Pentagon […]