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...
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Charles Brown said Tuesday the U.S. is considering other options across West Africa to host American troops and support counter-terrorism operations after Niger
The region’s heat index hit 50C in February, leaving millions battling dangerous climate-crisis-fuelled temperatures West Africa heatwave was supercharged by climate crisis, study findsAn attribution study this week has confirmed the link between the climate crisis and the intense heatwave in the Gulf of Guinea this year, with the heat index reaching 50C (122F) at times. What is the best way to cope with such high temperatures?Tarly, a 52-year-old carpenter, has seen his colleagues faint due to...
57% of Americans express some sympathy with both Israelis and Palestinians, including 26% who say their sympathies lie equally with both groups.
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.
Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston left West Ham fans in a frenzy after holding aloft a club scarf in a bar. The 67-year-old actor was presented with a scarf and immediately made a move for it as he
Vladimir Putin is set to stay in power for another six years after polls suggested he received 88% of votes in an election overshadowed by the death and imprisonment of opposition figures.
The U.S. abortion rate has generally declined since the 1980s, but there
A video taken by the New York Post and posted Thursday showed migrants breaking through fencing and knocking down guard members. The post Some Illegal Immigrants Who Stormed U.S. Border in Texas Released into U.S. After Being Processed first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
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After touring the Doicesti Small Modular Reactor (SMR) site, U.S. Ambassador to Romania, Kathleen Kavalec said that the rapid progress here is a testament to Romania’s vision, guiding us toward a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. According to the American ambassador, “Romania is poised to become a regional clean energy hub“, and “the Doicesti SMR […]
On Sunday, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told ABC’s “This Week” that any attempt by Israel to launch a military operation on the southern Gazan city of Rafah would be “a huge mistake,” because she has “studied the maps.” In the interview, Harris told Rachel Scott that the Biden White House is “ruling out nothing,”