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Despite two Republicans breaking ranks, the White House scored a major victory in the 218-214 vote. Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” on Thursday, ending a monthslong political fight and delivering a significant win for the White House. Despite Democrats issuing an eleventh-hour call to action…
On Monday, Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a statement calling for a “a peaceful solution” to the dispute over the Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunbs islands “in accordance with international law.” Iran on Wednesday summoned Russia’s ambassador in Tehran, Alexey Dedov, after a statement Moscow made in favor of the…
More than 100,000 anti-immigration protesters marched in London Saturday at a rally organised by far-right figure Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, popularly known as Tommy Robinson. Police made 25 arrests after some of the attendees clashed with law enforcement officers, leaving more than two dozen injured. As many as 150,000 protesters marched through central London on Saturday for a demonstration organised…
Russian riot police fired tear gas and hit protesters with batons in Bashkortostan on Wednesday after a rights activist was sentenced to four years in a penal colony. Footage showed supporters of Fail Alsynov clashing with police – some throwing snowballs – near the court. Alsynov was jailed for inciting ethnic hatred, which he denies….
NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) – The United States is seeking the forfeiture of more than $1 billion in Bitcoin stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday. In the second largest seizure in U.S. Department of Justice history, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents obtained the 50,000 Bitcoin during…
Former deputy PA minister to head panel; Gaza Chamber of Commerce head, who will also be a member, tells ToI he is ‘eager to start work to alleviate suffering of Gazans’ Roughly a dozen Palestinians received official invitations on Tuesday to serve on the technocratic committee slated to manage Gaza’s daily affairs in place of…