Trump White House officials endorse Kamala Harris

Trump White House officials endorse Kamala Harris

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a moderated conversation with former Trump administration national security official Olivia Troye and former Republican voter Amanda Stratton on July 17, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Chris Dumond | Getty Images News | Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Sunday flaunted over two dozen presidential endorsements from … Read more

Turkey blocks Instagram amid complaints of censorship of Hamas posts

Turkey blocks Instagram amid complaints of censorship of Hamas posts

Didem Mente | Anadolu | Getty Images Turkey blocked access to Instagram for its 85 million people, the country’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority announced Friday morning. “Instagram.com has been blocked by a decision on the date of 02/08/2024,” local media cited a post on the authority’s website as saying. According to Turkish media, there … Read more

Is India close to a free trade agreement with the U.K.?

Is India close to a free trade agreement with the U.K.?

Customers browse the S1 Pro electric scooter of Ola Electric Mobility Pvt. at the launch event of Ola Experience Center in Bengaluru, India, on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Ola opened three showrooms called Ola Experience Centres in Bengaluru on Sunday. Photographer: Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images This report is … Read more

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, ex-Marine Whelan released in U.S., Russia prisoner swap

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, ex-Marine Whelan released in U.S., Russia prisoner swap

This event is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. ET. If the stream is not playing, please hit refresh. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were released Thursday by Russia as part of a major, multi-nation swap of two dozen prisoners. The Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva and British-Russian activist … Read more

Death of Hamas leader Haniyeh in Iran: Middle East on knife-edge

Death of Hamas leader Haniyeh in Iran: Middle East on knife-edge

Hamas Political Bureau Chairman Ismail Haniyeh attending an exclusive interview with Anadolu in Istanbul, Turkiye on April 20, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images The Middle East is on edge after a dramatic escalation that saw top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in a strike in the Iranian capital of Tehran early Wednesday. Iranian … Read more

Iran says Israel will ‘pay heavy price’ after death of Ismail Haniyeh

Iran says Israel will ‘pay heavy price’ after death of Ismail Haniyeh

Palestinian group Hamas’ top leader, Ismail Haniyeh speaks during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, March 26, 2024.  Majid Asgaripour | Reuters Iranian officials are condemning what they say was an Israeli strike on Tehran that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. Palestinian militant organization Hamas and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard issued separate statements confirming the death … Read more

Trump talk to Black journalists conference prompts co-chair to quit

Trump talk to Black journalists conference prompts co-chair to quit

Washington Post Editor Karen Attiah leads a discussion on Saudi hacking techniques at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2019 on May 28, 2019 in Oslo, Norway.  Julia Reinhart | Getty Images The co-chair of the annual National Association of Black Journalists convention stepped down Tuesday in apparent reaction to that group’s decision to have former President … Read more

As Netanyahu Visits, Harris Becomes White House Face On Gaza War

As Netanyahu Visits, Harris Becomes White House Face On Gaza War

WASHINGTON ― Vice President Kamala Harris, suddenly also the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, on Thursday quietly became the White House’s public face on the Israel-Hamas war. While Harris and President Joe Biden both had meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it was Harris, not Biden, who gave a detailed debriefing. “I’ve said it many … Read more

Harris Israel support ‘unwavering’ after Netanyahu meeting

Harris Israel support ‘unwavering’ after Netanyahu meeting

Vice President Kamala Harris said “Israel has a right to defend itself … and how it does matters.” Harris’ remarks followed a meeting she held with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington Thursday. “It is time for this war to end and end in a way where Israel is secure, all the hostages are … Read more

Kamala Harris, dozens of lawmakers sit out Netanyahu Congress speech

Kamala Harris, dozens of lawmakers sit out Netanyahu Congress speech

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jerusalem, February 18, 2024.  Ronen Zvulun | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris and more than 30 Capitol Hill lawmakers are not planning to attend Israeli Prime Minister … Read more