The Biden administration is adamant that no U.S. personnel will set foot in Gaza when it starts delivering humanitarian aid from a floating dock, but a proposal for workers from other nations to deliver the aid carries security risks, say one former and two current administration officials. The concerns are the latest wrinkle in the White House push to get aid to the enclave’s hungry population via a floating dock. U.S. military officials have told NBC News that the first time they heard that...
The warning from the national security advisor and the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and was sent to governors in a letter dated Monday.
The United States shared information about a potential terrorist attack in Moscow with Russia’s government earlier this month, a spokesperson for the National Security Council said. On Saturday, Putin claimed Ukraine was involved and vowed dire consequences for the four suspects apprehended in the concert attack and anyone else involved in the violence. "No one will be able to sow poisonous seeds of discord," Putin warned in remarks translated by NBC News. Clint Watts joins Ayman Mohyeldin to...
MONTREAL - Canadian authorities tried to reassure the public about the safety of bridges in the country following the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore, Md., early Tuesday morning after it was rammed by a container ship. Halifax Harbour Bridges, which operates the two spans across the harbour between Halifax and Dartmouth, said it has taken steps to mitigate the risks of collisions between ships and bridges. The Crown corporation says it is notified by the port authority every time a...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said early Monday that he supported an idea to release opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a prisoner exchange just days before the man who was his biggest foe died. In his first comments to address Navalny's death, Putin said of the dissident's demise: “It happens. There is nothing you can do []
57% of Americans express some sympathy with both Israelis and Palestinians, including 26% who say their sympathies lie equally with both groups.
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) This is a succinct factual summary of the situation, as-of 21 March 2024: https://theduran.com/nord-stream-investigation-sabotaged-dmitry-polyanskiy (without ads) https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/XwxLdwo75hY (without ads) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwxLdwo75hY (with ads) [I have cleaned up the auto-generated transcript because of its many successively repeated phrases and its many fillers such as “uh”, which hindered...
Russia and China on Friday blocked a resolution in the U.N. Security Council that called for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held by Hamas.
A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified American documents.
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho, March 26, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Governor of Idaho has weighed in after racist incidents allegedly targeting University of Utah Women’s Basketball players in the area to compete in the NCAA Tournament, hosted in its Spokane location by Gonzaga University. An investigative task force released a statement on the case, saying […] The post Idaho governor, other state officials decry ‘racist’ incidents against U of U women’s basketball team members first appeared on...
Ukraine launched a new wave of attacks inside Russian territory Sunday, killing at least two people, including a teenager, according to local officials, as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule for another six years. Authorities also said that a drone fell on a []
Ukraine launched a new wave of attacks inside Russian territory Sunday, killing at least two people, including a teenager, according to local officials, as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set to extend President Vladimir Putin's rule for another six years. Authorities also said that a drone fell on a []