NYPD seizes 19 ‘illegal’ cannabis trucks
Mayor Eric Adams has said selling marijuana on the streets is “not acceptable” two days after the NYPD took 19...
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Florida state attorney Andrew Warren sues Ron DeSantis over suspension
A suspended state attorney in Florida has sued Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, claiming that the Republican violated the prosecutor’s...
City expands wastewater testing for polio and monkeypox at 11 hospitals
The city’s public health system has announced that starting next week it will begin testing wastewater for polio and monkeypox...
Saudi student jailed 34 years for using Twitter
A Saudi student at Leeds University, Salma al-Shebab, 34, who was said to be returning to the United kingdom for...
Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission launches Red Sea research project
Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission is launching a huge research project which will scour hundreds of kilometers of the Red Sea...
Biden cancels $3.9 billion in student loan debt, but Aug. 31 moratorium deadline looms
The Department of Education has announced Tuesday that it was putting forward another round of loan cancellations for former students...
First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19
First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, her communications director said Tuesday. Biden, 71, tested negative during a...
Biden signs $740bn health, climate, tax ‘Inflation Reduction Act’
US President Joe Biden has signed a $740bn climate change, healthcare and tax bill into law, handing the Democratic Party...
Turkiye’s (Turkey’s) Foreign Policy Towards Syria: A New is Unfolding
By Ibrahim Kurtulus In the fast-changing circumstances in the Eastern Mediterranean and Mideast, The Turkish government has adopted a new...
Hochul announces maximum SNAP benefits in August
Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced on Monday that an additional $234 million federal funding will be allocated for all recipients...
American Airlines cuts 31,000 flights from its November schedule
American Airlines has again cutting its flight schedule, slashing 16% or 31,000 flights during November, according to data from Cirium,...
US Justice Dept opposes efforts to unseal Trump search affidavit
The United States Justice Department has opposed efforts by media organisations to unseal the affidavit that backed the search warrant...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince leads annual washing ceremony in Mecca
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesday led the annual washing ceremony of the Holy Kaaba on behalf of...
Saudi Arabia to turn Riyadh into global fintech capital
Saudi Arabia plans to turn Riyadh into the global fintech capital. “If you have somehow missed the happenings in Saudi...
Iranian ultra-conservative newspaper commends attack on controversial novelist
Iranian ultra-conservative newspaper Kayhan has commended the man who stabbed British author Salman Rushdie - the target of a 1989...
A second US congressional delegation visits Taiwan
A US congressional delegation led by Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey has arrived in Taipei on an unannounced two-day visit,...
Iranian FM warns US against using ‘language of threat’
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned Washington against using "language of threat" against the Islamic republic. "History ought to...
Schiff says he’s seen “no evidence” that Trump declassified documents found at Mar-a-Lago
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, head of the House Intelligence Committee has said that he has not seen evidence that former...
Man wanted by Saudi Arabia detonates explosive belt killing self
A man wanted by Saudi Arabia’s state security detonated an explosive belt killing himself and injuring four others in Jeddah...
White House adviser deems attack on famed novelist appalling
The attack on Salman Rushdie, the novelist who was stabbed in the neck and torso onstage at a lecture in...
Several Israelis wounded in attack on Jerusalem bus
A gunman has opened fire at a bus near Jerusalem's Old City early Sunday, wounding eight Israelis in a suspected...
President Joe Biden condemns ‘vicious attack’ on Salman Rushdie
US President Joe Biden has reacted to the attack on author Salman Rushdie and said he was “shocked and saddened”...
Saudi Aramco’s profits already $88B as oil prices stay high
Saudi oil company Aramco’s half-year profits peaked just shy of $88 billion for the first half of the year as...
City-run kids COVID vaccine sites to shutter, switch to monkeypox
The city has began shutting down the 10 COVID-19 vaccination sites for kids younger than 5 last week, with all...
US’ planned EV tax breaks trouble EU, South Korea
The European Union and South Korea have raised concerns about proposed US tax credits for purchases of electric vehicles, saying...
Poliovirus detected in wastewater samples in New York City, health officials say
The virus that causes polio has been detected in New York City's wastewater weeks after a case of polio was...
Chancellor Banks to cut NYC disabled students’ private school payments
As the education department faces intense pressure to reconsider school budget cuts, Chancellor David Banks indicated that there’s another pot...
FBI agents remove 11 sets of classified documents from Trump’s Florida home
FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home this week removed 11 sets of classified documents including some...
Twitter activates election policy enforcement for US midterms
Twitter has set to label and demote misinformation about the upcoming US elections, such as false claims about how to...
Saudi Arabia allows holders of tourist, commercial visas to perform Umrah
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced on Thursday that those who obtained tourist visas and commercial visas will...
Saudi Arabia’s electricity provider confirms acquisition of million-dollar facility to finance interconnection project with Egypt
Saudi Arabia’s electricity provider has confirmed acquisition of a $567.5 million Export Credit Agency (ECA) facility to finance the Saudi–Egyptian...
US State Department announces special envoy’s travel to strengthen Yemen truce
The US State Department announced Thursday that its special envoy to Yemen will travel to the Gulf region this week...
“Homemade baby food contains many toxic metals” : Report
A report has revealed some surprising results for parents trying to protect their babies from toxic metals found in the...
Congress to hold mega rally ‘Mehangai Par Halla Bol’ against inflation on Aug 28
The Congress has announced a mega rally ‘Mehangai Par Halla Bol’ on August 28 at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi over...
Gas prices tumble below $4 for the first time in months
Drivers in the United States can breathe a small sigh of relief — average gas prices have dropped below $4...
Russians have begun training on Iranian drones, US believes
The US believes Russian officials have begun training on drones in Iran over the last several weeks, the latest sign...
North Korean leader declares victory in battle against novel coronavirus
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared victory in the battle against the novel coronavirus, ordering a lifting of...
President Biden calls on Damascus to help repatriate missing US journalist
President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on Damascus to help repatriate a US journalist who disappeared in Syria a decade...
Iran begins drone training for Russian officials
Iran has started training Russian officials on using Iranian-made drones, a US official said Wednesday, after Washington previously accused Moscow...
China’s factory-gate inflation reaches new low
China's factory-gate inflation cooled in July to the lowest it's been since February 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics has...
Mayor Adams threatens to campaign against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Mayor Adams has been frustrated by busloads of asylum seekers sent from Texas to New York in a political ploy,...
Health officials modify monkeypox vaccine authorization to stretch supply fivefold
Federal health officials has announced a new strategy to administer the monkeypox vaccine, a move they say will increase the...
India tops globally in embrace of diversity in airline industry, new report shows
Nivedita Bhasin became the world’s youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years...
Report speculates over thousands of undiagnosed cases of polio in part of US
A report has speculated that there could be hundreds or thousands of undiagnosed cases of polio in just one part...
Indian Army inks MoU with Drone Federation for research and development
The Army Design Bureau on behalf of the Indian Army has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Drone...
Ex-court mediator charged with sending poop-laced letters to Ohio GOP pols
An ex-court mediator in Ohio has been arrested for allegedly sending three dozen feces-laced letters to Republican politicians in his...
China extends military drills around Taiwan after Pelosi visit
China has announced Monday it will be extending military drills around Taiwan — a day after the scheduled end of...
Russian rocket carrying Iranian satellite launched into space
A Russian rocket carrying an Iranian satellite successfully launched into space on Tuesday as Moscow and Tehran seek to build...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirms agreement to truce with Israel
Palestinian Islamic Jihad has confirmed agreement to truce with Israel. In a statement released by the militant group in Gaza,...
FBI executes search warrant at former POTUS Mar-a-Lago resort
The FBI executed a search warrant Monday at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. — a...
US Senate passes sweeping bill targeting climate change, drug prices and inflation
The Senate on has passed Democrats' sweeping economic package designed to combat climate change, address health care costs and raise...
Massive jobs surprise: US economy added 528,000 jobs in July
The feds has said US companies added 528,000 people to their payrolls in July, restoring the nation’s payrolls to pre-pandemic...
5G Services to be launched by PM Modi during India mobile congress event
Major telecom operators like Reliance Jio, Airtel, and Vi (formerly Vodafone-idea) have been already working on hardware to roll out...
Two more ships depart Ukrainian Black Sea ports
Two more ships, carrying corn and soybeans, departed from Ukrainian Black Sea ports on Monday, Turkey and Ukraine said, taking...
Four children killed in Gaza as death toll rises to 41
Four more children have been killed in Gaza, the Palestinian territory's health ministry said, as days of intense fighting between...
Syria’s ministry announces petrol price hike of around 130 percent
Syria’s internal commerce ministry has announced a petrol price hike of around 130 percent in the war-torn country facing fuel...
About 29 Palestinians killed in weekend surge of Israeli strikes on Gaza
At least 29 Palestinians, including six children and two senior commanders of the Islamic Jihad militant group, have been killed...
Largest threat to South China Sea’s peace is outside interference: Wang Yi
State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said the biggest risk affecting the peace and stability in the South...
Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes; at least 24 killed
Israeli airstrikes has flattened homes in Gaza on Saturday and rocket barrages into southern Israel persisted, raising fears of an...
Biden tests negative for COVID-19, will continue to isolate
President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 one week after testing positive with a "rebound" case. Dr. Kevin O’Connor,...
