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“The US is wholeheartedly behind Israel in trying to assert that the Palestinians deserve what is coming”

By Kouthar Sambo Reports indicate that Israel is preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza. This comes as Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu has reportedly told US President Joe Biden that a ground assault is necessary. Furthermore, Biden's hesitation to condemn the actions of the Israeli state is rather distasteful after the Israeli forces attacked the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital on Tuesday evening. Biden then pointed to the resistance movement, Hamas, by referring to […]

19 October 2023

International

US failed to assess civilian casualties in Yemen war, government report says

INTERNATIONAL The US government failed to evaluate civilian casualties and the use of American-made weapons in the killings caused by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, according to an internal government report seen by the New York Times. The report by the Government Accountability Office focuses on attacks between 2015-2021 by the Saudi-led coalition, which has been at war with Yemen's Houthi rebels since March 2015. "The alliance has carried out deadly strikes […]

9 June 2022

International News

Biden admin extends temporary protected status for Yemenis in US

The Biden administration has extended a programme that allows Yemenis already in the United States to stay in the country without fear of deportation, saying the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen make it unsafe for them to return. The renewed designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will allow approximately 1,700 Yemenis to keep their status through March 3, 2023, and allows an estimated 480 additional Yemenis to apply, […]

7 July 2021

International News

US legislators call on Biden to help raise funds for Yemen

A group of influential United States legislators is calling on the Biden administration to help raise $2.5bn in aid for Yemenis suffering amid what they described as “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis”. In an open letter on Tuesday, four US senators urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken to provide more aid for Yemen and rally other countries to contribute after a recent United Nations fundraising appeal for the war-torn country […]

5 May 2021

International News

Biden raises refugee admissions cap to 62,500 after criticism

Joe Biden is raising the United States’ refugee admissions cap to 62,500 for this fiscal year after refugee advocates slammed the US president last month for walking back an earlier pledge to increase the limit. In a statement on Monday, Biden said the new cap would “reinforce efforts that are already underway to expand the United States’ capacity to admit refugees”, as well as help his administration reach its stated […]

4 May 2021

International News

US says no ‘grand bargain’ as Biden changes approach to N Korea

US President Joe Biden will explore diplomacy but not seek any “grand bargain” with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he embarks on a new approach to pressuring Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, the White House said on Friday. “Our goal remains the complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula,” Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, told reporters. US policy will see “a calibrated, practical approach […]

1 May 2021

International News

Atlanta shootings: Asian women among eight killed at 3 US spas

At least eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in shootings at three different spas in the US state of Georgia on Tuesday, with a 21-year-old white man in custody on suspicion of staging all three attacks, police said. The shootings came with many Asian Americans already on edge following a recent spike in hate crimes against the community and triggered immediate fears that Asian-run businesses may have been […]

17 March 2021

International News

US President elect Joe Biden delivers forceful rebuke on Trump

United States President-elect Joe Biden has accused President Donald Trump of an unprecedented assault on the country’s democracy during an address to the nation after the Electoral College confirmed his projected electoral win and formalized his five weeks old victory. Speaking from his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, this was as forceful a rebuke from the Democrat since efforts undertaken by Trump and his allies to overturn the election results […]

16 December 2020

International News

Jordanian and Palestinian leaders pin hopes on Biden reviving two-state solution

Jordan's King Abdullah on Sunday met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, with both leaders expressing high hopes that US President-elect Joe Biden would revive peace talks over a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, officials said. In a palace statement after meeting with Abbas in the Red Sea port of Aqaba, the monarch, who in recent months has said Israeli policies and US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan would […]

30 November 2020

Biden

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