“I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company, in this case Nippon Steel of Japan,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Through a series of Tax Incentives and Tariffs, we will make U.S. Steel Strong and Great Again, and it will happen FAST! As President, […]
The complaint filed in California state court on Sunday by Amar Bhakta, who works in digital advertising for Apple, claims the company requires employees to install software on personal devices that they use for work allowing Apple to access their email, photo libraries, health and “smart home” data and other personal information. At the same […]
The former prime minister, already serving a six-year jail term for corruption related to the plunder of sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, faces several other cases linked to the financial scandal that led to his defeat in the 2018 elections. Taking the witness stand, Najib told the court: “The charges against me are politically motivated.” The […]
The Kremlin also said Monday that it continued to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after rebels last week wrested swathes of territory from government control. Iran has backed President Bashar al-Assad since Syria’s civil war broke out in 2011 and says it only deploys military advisers in the country at the invitation of Damascus. “We […]
Vanuatu, one of the small island states that spearheaded the effort to get the International Court of Justice to give a so-called advisory opinion, will be the first of over a hundred states and international organizations to give their views in two weeks of proceedings starting at 10 a.m. (0900 GMT). While the court’s advisory […]
“We are actively coordinating with all relevant parties in Syria to ensure the safety of our people and facilitate their secure relocation… to our safe areas in the northeast of the country,” Mazloum Abdi, head of the Syrian Democratic Forces, said in a statement. A Syria war monitor said late Sunday that around 200,000 Syrian […]
The announcement of the appointment comes as the Trump administration continues to take shape, in terms of the officials who will oversee US policy in the Middle East. Before Boulos’s selection, who is the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter, he tapped pro-Israel hawk Marco Rubio as his nominee for secretary of state; Mike Huckabee, a staunch […]
Moshe Yaalon, a hawkish former general, told Israeli media that hardliners in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet were looking to chase Palestinians from northern Gaza and wanted to re-establish Jewish settlements there. “I am compelled to warn about what is happening there and is being concealed from us,” Yaalon told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan […]
“There are bodies lined up as far as the eye can see in the hospital. Others are lying on the floor in the hallways. The morgue is full,” one doctor said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. He said “There are around 100 dead”, with bodies filling […]
Representatives from Vanuatu and other low-lying at-risk islands in the Pacific Ocean will open marathon proceedings at the International Court of Justice at 10:00 am (0900 GMT) before a 15-judge panel. Over the course of the next two weeks, more than 100 countries and organizations will make submissions on the topic, the highest number ever […]
