WASHINGTON — American school teacher Marc Fogel has been released by Russia after more than three years in custody, following an arrest for medical marijuana possession, as part of an agreement between Washington and Moscow that the U.S. said came about a result of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. The White House said…
BALIDHIDIN, Somalia — The dead Islamic State fighter was sprawled out on the ridge, bloodstains darkening in the sun, as a line of heavily armed Somali soldiers snaked down the mountainside to a fortified cave — their camouflage uniforms marking a new front line in the fight against the global terrorist group. The Somali branch…
The US government has spent millions of dollars to house illegal immigrants in New York City’s luxury hotels, Doge’s Elon Musk has claimed. The Tesla CEO is leading the front in cutting down government spending as he heads the Department of Government Efficiency. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the US government’s disaster relief agency,…
China’s tit-for-tat import taxes on some American goods came into effect on Monday, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies escalates and US President Donald Trump threatens to hit more countries with tariffs. Beijing announced the plan on 4 February, minutes after new US levies of 10% on all Chinese products came…
JERUSALEM, Feb 10 (Reuters) – Hamas on Monday announced it would stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what the Palestinian militant group called Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, raising the risk of reigniting the conflict. The unexpected announcement came as the ceasefire was already fragile even as families of the…
Feb. 10 (UPI) — President Donald Trump late Sunday said he has directed the secretary of the Treasury to stop producing new pennies. “For too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is wasteful!” he said in a post to his Truth Social media platform. “Let’s…
Greetings from Tyler, Executive orders are coming in such a blizzard that the Democrats have no time to issue a response, assuming they have one. Things are moving at warp speed, and the left is not happy. We know what it’s like to be in a resigned frame of mind, but things that are being…
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing it of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel”. The measure places financial and visa restrictions on individuals and their families who assist in ICC investigations of American citizens or allies. In January, the US House of…
LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England halved its growth projection for the British economy this year as it cut its main interest rate Thursday for the third time in six months. In a statement, the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee lowered its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4.50%,…
Feb. 6 (UPI) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s proposal to federal employees to take government buyouts until a hearing can be held on Monday. U.S. District Judge George O’Toole Jr. ruled Thursday that the administration cannot carry out its “so-called directive” until after a briefing and oral arguments take place, according…