Philippines mulls pullout of Syria peacekeepers The Philippine foreign secretary says he is recommending to President Benigno Aquino III to pull out all Filipino U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights following the abduction of four by Syrian rebels. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
8 die in clothing factory fire in Bangladesh as Rana Plaza toll passes 900 Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900. More
Can Kenya’s new visa-free policy hurt tourism instead of boosting it? Kenya went visa-free for travelers across the world. This past December, Kenyan President William Ruto announced the decision to scrap visas for all tourists at the beginning of 2024. Source: Africane ... 04/22/2024 - 4:49 am | View Link
Chakwera Govt determined to construct Machinga-Chingale-Lirangwe Road Regional Chairman for the Eastern Region, Foster Mtandama, has assured the people in Machinga and Blantyre that President Lazarus Chakwera and his administration are determined to construct the ... 04/21/2024 - 7:42 pm | View Link
Hold Obama-Biden Foreign Policy Responsible for Iran’s Unprecedented Attack on Israel Obama-Biden foreign policies have emboldened Iran, rewarded enemies, and punished allies, in stark contrast to Trump's approach. 04/19/2024 - 11:34 am | View Link
The Obama and Biden Administrations’ Betrayal of America’s Closest Ally in the Middle East: Israel The universal "optics" are that if America will throw its closest ally, Israel, under the bus, what chance has anyone else got? 04/15/2024 - 3:25 am | View Link
RFK Jr fires campaign aide after she said beating Biden was ‘number one priority’ Former Kennedy campaign staffer misidentified her role in the presidential candidate’s campaign to a group of Republican voters in New York ... 04/11/2024 - 6:06 am | View Link
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said he is “beside himself” over Speaker Mike Johnson fundraising for Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) ahead of his primary runoff next month, Punchbowl News reports.
Said Roy: “I’m being attacked. Conservatives are being attacked. Bob Good, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus, is being attacked by Tony.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks to Politico: “It was the intelligence, it was the Europe generals who are in charge of the freedom of the world and of course it was the developments as well, everything has escalated.”
“It may seem hard to square the congressman who, only in September, opposed $300 million in Ukraine aid with the one who put his career on the line to deliver $95 billion to the battered country.
“The U. S. is drafting sanctions that threaten to cut some Chinese banks off from the global financial system, arming Washington’s top envoy with diplomatic leverage that officials hope will stop Beijing’s commercial support of Russia’s military production,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Four Germans were caught laying white roses in memory of Adolf Hitler at the house where the Nazi dictator was born in western Austria on the anniversary of his birth, and one gave a Hitler salute as they posed for photos,” the AP reports.
“India’s main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims ‘infiltrators’ — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, days after the country began its weekslong general election,” ABC News reports.
“Critics of the prime minister — an avowed Hindu nationalist — say India’s tradition of diversity and secularism has come under attack since his Bharatiya Janata Party won power a decade ago.
Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) “told police that she broke into her stepmother’s home because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father, including his ashes,” the AP reports.