US-UAE boost military cooperation as Middle East tensions over war in Gaza surge and despite friction over Sudan war. United States President Joe Biden has recognised the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a “major defence partner”, deepening military ties despite friction over the war in Sudan and as deadly tensions…
Jury rejects defence plea that Ahmad Alissa was insane and hearing voices prior to 2021 shooting. A gunman who fatally shot 10 people at a grocery store in Colorado in 2021 has been found guilty of murder and could face life in prison. On Monday, a jury rejected the defence’s…
A system of storms in the Caribbean is forecast to develop into Hurricane Helene by the middle of this week. Parts of Cuba and Mexico are under a hurricane watch as a storm system is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane in the next few days as it moves…
Florida prosecutors expected to request that would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh remain detained at US court hearing on Monday. The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of former US President Donald Trump at a golf course in Florida left behind a note saying that he intended to kill the…
Polls suggest Trump and rival Kamala Harris are neck and neck in the key swing states where elections are usually decided. Republican election contender Donald Trump has said that he will not run again for the presidency of the United States if he loses the November 5 election. Asked if…
Ukrainian president begins high-stakes trip with visit to weapons factory in Pennsylvania. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has begun a high-stakes visit to the United States during which he will present Kyiv’s plan to end the more than two-and-a-half-year-old war against invading Russian forces to US President Joe Biden as well…
Amer Ghalib, who leads city in battleground state of Michigan, says the Republican is the ‘right choice’, despite disagreements. The mayor of the only city in the United States with an all-Muslim government has endorsed former President Donald Trump for November’s presidential election. Amer Ghalib, who leads the city of…
Seats on the UN Security Council without veto power is ‘an insult,’ argues former African diplomat Arikana Chihombori. The US push to create seats for Africa on the UN Security Council – without veto power – is “an insult to 1.4 billion Africans,” argues the former African Union ambassador to…
A longstanding, simmering conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah is escalating. Overnight on Sunday, exchanges following devastating attacks on Hezbollah’s communication systems ratcheted up tension across the border, with chances of war imminent, according to Israeli Army former Brigadier General Amir Avivi. What’s happening right now? A lot….
Last spring, after 93 protesters of conscience were arrested on the University of Southern California’s campus, and students and faculty were threatened with civil and academic sanctions, USC President Carol Folt seemed to be searching for a way out. “What we’re really trying to do now is de-escalate,” Folt told the…
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