A ‘dangerous’ moment: Advocates denounce arrest of activist Mahmoud Khalil

An explosion set off by fireworks has killed at least three people in a residential neighbourhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, marking a tragic start to the new year on the island of Oahu. Two were pronounced dead on the scene. The blast happened just after midnight local time (10:00 GMT) on Wednesday, as revellers celebrated the…

United States Senator Marco Rubio has pledged to advance President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy during a Senate confirmation hearing to become the country’s next secretary of state. Speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, Rubio said that, under Trump’s leadership, the State Department’s “top priority … will be the United States”….

A special envoy of United States President Donald Trump is visiting Russia, as Washington and Moscow have entered crunch time in hammering a ceasefire deal that would temporarily halt the war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Thursday that a US delegation will engage in discussions with Russian counterparts, as Russia’s state-run TASS…

Iran’s representative to the United Nations has condemned the “reckless and inflammatory statements” made by United States President Donald Trump threatening the use of force, and warned that “any act of aggression will have severe consequences”. In a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani referred to remarks…

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