South Africa’s genocide case against Israel has ‘global support,’ finance minister says

South Africa’s genocide case against Israel has ‘global support,’ finance minister says

South Africa’s Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola speaks to members of the media on a day judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza and to desist from what South Africa says … Read more

Defense Secretary Austin is ‘actively involved and engaged’ while hospitalized

Defense Secretary Austin is ‘actively involved and engaged’ while hospitalized

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan at the Rayburn House Office building on Capitol Hill on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC.  Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is still hospitalized following doctors’ … Read more

Pro-Palestine protestors arrested for London Stock Exchange scheme

Pro-Palestine protestors arrested for London Stock Exchange scheme

The logo of London Stock Exchange Group Plc in the office atrium in the City of London, UK, on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images London police on Sunday arrested six pro-Palestine activists for alleged plans to lock themselves to the doors of the London Stock Exchange to attempt to disrupt … Read more

The Iowa caucuses are on Monday — here’s what you need to know

The Iowa caucuses are on Monday — here’s what you need to know

Iowa voters will bear subzero wind chills on Jan. 15 to sit in school gyms, churches and community centers and discuss who they want to be the next U.S. president. The Iowa caucuses are the first voting events in the Republican presidential primary. They tend to provide an initial signal of which direction a presidential … Read more

U.S., UK strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in response to Red Sea attacks

U.S., UK strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in response to Red Sea attacks

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and U.S. President Joe Biden speak at the start of the meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) during the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 11, 2023. Paul Ellis | AP The United States and the United Kingdom have “successfully conducted strikes” against Houthi targets in Yemen, President … Read more

White House prepares for Taiwan presidential elections and ‘period of higher tension’

White House prepares for Taiwan presidential elections and ‘period of higher tension’

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ week in Woodside, California, Nov. 15, 2023. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images The Biden administration doubled down on its support for Taiwan’s democratic process ahead of a presidential election on the island that will serve … Read more

Pentagon inspector general announces review of Austin hospitalization, notification

Pentagon inspector general announces review of Austin hospitalization, notification

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks to the press on August 18, 2021, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.  Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images The Defense Department’s inspector general has launched a formal investigation into Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to notify the White House and Congress of his emergency hospitalization. The inspector … Read more

Bombardier wins deal to supply U.S. Army with jet for spy plane prototype – National

Bombardier wins deal to supply U.S. Army with jet for spy plane prototype – National

After losing a major contract to Boeing at home, Canadian aerospace giant Bombardier Inc. has won a new deal to sell the U.S. Army up to three of its Global Express 6500 business jets so they can be transformed into an American spy plane prototype. Bombardier won the U.S. Army deal in mid-December, but it … Read more

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin was treated for cancer, infection

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin was treated for cancer, infection

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2022.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Jan. 1 for complications following a surgery to treat prostate cancer, officials at … Read more

Biden slams Trump for hoping the economy crashes in 2024

Biden slams Trump for hoping the economy crashes in 2024

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the U.S. economy and his administration’s effort to revive American manufacturing, during his visit in Flex LTD, in West Columbia, South Carolina, July 6, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The White House took aim at former President Donald Trump after the Republican presidential candidate frontrunner said he hoped … Read more