Rashida Tlaib pushes for cease-fire in Gaza – and faces blowback | View caption Hide caption As the only Palestinian American serving in Congress, Ms. Tlaib has become the face of a small but vocal progressive minority challenging Congress’ long-standing bipartisan support for Israel. Their movement reflects growing sympathy for the Palestinian cause among Democratic…
First Look What was Hillary Clinton’s role in Benghazi? It depends whom you ask. What happened during a deadly 2012 assault in Benghazi, which left four Americans dead? Competing reports by Democratic and Republican investigators offer different versions of events. | View caption Hide caption The confusion over the attacks on a diplomatic outpost and…
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University has canceled Friday classes due to “extraordinary stress” amid a junior being federally charged with making antisemitic threats. Instead, Friday will serve as a “community day,” Provost Michael Kotlikoff and Christine Lovely, the vice president and chief human resources officer, said in an email to students and staff, school paper…
Responsibility Europe Russia’s nuclear saber rattling: A threat or wake-up call for the West? | View caption Hide caption Threats would appear to signal conflict. But the Kremlin’s nuclear diplomacy, seen by the West as risking escalation, is categorized as a longer-term strategy of deterrence in Russia. Tensions have been rising in the East-West confrontation…
Russia has inflicted a brutal wave of devastation on Ukraine, bombarding 118 towns and villages in the country within 24 hours – a grim new record. In total, 10 of Ukraine’s 27 regions came under attack as Vladimir Putin attempted to test the resolve of President Zelensky’s people. In particular, Russian shelling was focused on…
Video has emerged of an inferno on a key train link in Russian-occupied Donetsk after heavy shelling by Ukraine. Kyiv’s forces have launched pinpoint strikes on fuel tankers in the eastern industrial city captured by Vladimir Putin’s forces one year ago. Disrupting transportation networks – – has been a primary tactic in diminishing the threat…
As Israel’s U.S-backed war against Hamas intensifies and Palestinian civilian deaths mount, a growing number of swing-state Muslim American and Arab American leaders are warning President Joe Biden that he is losing support from their communities in ways that could cost him in next year’s election. Muslim Americans overwhelmingly backed Biden in 2020 and would…
Ukraine may have dealt another blow to army as it reportedly struck part of the Russian air defence system located in . The Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communications said in a statement shared on social media: “The armed forces successfully hit a strategic object of the air defence system on the western coast of occupied…
LEWISTON, Maine — Central Maine’s tight-knit deaf community was hit particularly hard by last week’s mass shootings. After a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley, he next took aim at Schemengees Bar and Grille, where several victims had been competing in a cornhole tournament. At least four of the 18 people killed Wednesday night…
LISBON, Maine — Hundreds of law enforcement officers on Friday again descended on southern Maine in search of an Army reservist suspected of massacring 18 people this week in the close-knit city of Lewiston. Officials had urged residents to stay indoors as they hunted for a man they have identified as Robert Card, 40. Card…