Firefighters are battling the worst wildfires ever to hit Los Angeles County while criticism mounts over water shortages and what’s being seen as inadequate preparation by California authorities.
NewsFeed Video: Longest-held Guantanamo Bay detainee repatriated to Tunisia The US military has released Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi from the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp. The Tunisian detainee was never charged with a crime and was held for almost 23 years, from the day the facility opened. Published On 31 Dec 202431 Dec 2024
Washington, DC – When Ruqia Balkhi arrived in the United States in September 2023, she was greeted by a federally funded resettlement agency that helped her launch a new life. Balkhi, a 55-year-old engineer, was one of the thousands of Afghans who worked alongside the US military during its two-decade-long intervention in her home country….
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump’s administration announced the imposition of 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico only to roll some of them back again. On March 6, the US president announced that he was exempting all products that are part of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) for a month. Meanwhile, the Department of Defense…
On February 28, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a long-awaited meeting with US President Donald Trump in an attempt to persuade him to continue US support for Ukraine. The encounter was likely not what the Ukrainian head of state had expected. Trump and US Vice President JD Vance chastised Zelenskyy in front of TV cameras…
Washington, DC – The administration of United States President Joe Biden has said it is taking a wait-and-see approach to the fledgling government in Syria, with diplomats in recent weeks holding initial meetings with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) head, and the country’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, as well as the newly appointed Foreign…
During his inauguration speech, United States President Donald Trump said the “proudest legacy” of his presidency would be that of “peacemaker and unifier”. “We will measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end,” he said on Monday before referencing the release of the first Israeli…
