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Steve Bannon, the chief strategist in the administration of former US President Donald Trump, has been denied a chance to avoid being referred to prosecution by a House committee probing the Jan. 6 deadly insurrection at the US Capitol. The US House committee had released a criminal contempt report against …

The United Nations’ nuclear organization has sounded the alarm over Australia’s plan to obtain nuclear-powered submarines. Under a trilateral deal between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States dubbed AUKUS, Australia will be given nuclear-propulsion technology for submarines. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) set up a task force to …

For the second time this year the United States Congress voted to send Israel billions of dollars in military funding. Of course there’s nothing unusual about that specifically, but what is interesting is how progressives in Congress chose to coordinate their votes. On both occasions, members of the so called …

The US military has announced that two American and Canadian warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait last week in what China called an attempt “to provoke and stir up trouble” in the strait. The US military dispatched Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey through the waterway that separates China from …

Russia says its naval forces have chased away a US Navy destroyer that attempted to cross the Russian sea border in the Sea of Japan. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that the US destroyer USS Chafee sailed close to the Russian waters in the Peter the Great Gulf on …

US President Joe Biden’s administration is taking steps to restart by mid-November a program begun under his predecessor Donald Trump that forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for US court hearings after a federal court deemed the termination of the program unjustified, US officials said Thursday. The administration, however, …

Several DC-10 jets have been pressed into service to douse the wildfire that has grown to 15,500 acres (6,272 hectares) in a southern California coastal mountain range, according to reports. The jets dropped fire retardant over the western flank of the massive fire along the southern California coast on Thursday, …

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says all of Russia’s Central Asian allies and neighbors are opposed to the deployment of US or NATO troops on their soil against the backdrop of the Taliban takeover of neighboring Afghanistan. Lavrov at a press briefing in Moscow on Thursday said that former Soviet states, including Uzbekistan, stand …

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the United States triggered an arms race after its unilateral withdrawal from the landmark Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty almost two decades ago. Speaking at a forum in Russia’s capital, Moscow, the president said the weapon race between the Cold War foes “is on the move.” …

Russian President Vladimir Putin asserts that the United States’ invasion of Afghanistan led to tragedy as it took place in defiance of the Afghan people’s culture and history. “Freedom and democracy, they cannot be disconnected from the culture and traditions of a certain people,” the Russian head of state told …

California firefighters scrambled overnight Wednesday to battle a fast-moving blaze that has scorched more than 13,400 acres and prompted evacuation orders since it started Monday, according to local authorities. Burning in a dry, scrub-filled canyon about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Santa Barbara, the Alisal Fire is just five …

Newly released footage shows another African American man shot and killed by US police. The footage was released on Wednesday one week after the tragedy occurred in a supermarket in New York. New York Attorney General Letitia James released two videos from body-worn cameras, showing an officer enters the grocery …

The Russian ambassador to international organizations in Vienna says his country believes, unlike the European Union, there are no reasons to be pessimistic about the fate of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement, whose revival depends on a removal of all anti-Iran sanctions. According to reports, Mikhail Ulyanov made the remarks …

A shooting incident has left three US Postal Service employees at a Memphis postal facility dead, authorities said. The shooting happened on Tuesday afternoon at the East Lamar Carrier Annex, according to the Memphis Police Department. One of the victims was identified as 37-year-old Demetria Dortch by WHBQ and another …

China says recent military drills near Chinese Taipei were a “just” move aimed at protecting the country’s sovereignty and integrity against Taipei’s “collusion” with foreign forces. China carried out beach landing and assault drills in the province directly across the sea from Chinese Taipei on Monday, one week after former …

Japan’s ruling conservative party has presented its campaign on a platform of increasing the country’s defense spending to counter alleged threats from China and North Korea. Announcing the pledge on Tuesday, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) also promised to “seek responsible actions” over alleged human rights issues related to Uyghurs, Tibet, ethnic …

US Vice President Kamala Harris has said the United States must face up to its “shameful past” with tribal nations. According to Press TV, Harris was speaking at the National Congress of American Indians 78th Annual Convention, held this year in Portland, Oregon. She called on Americans of all backgrounds …

A record number of Americans quit their jobs in the month of August, says the US Labor Department, with walkouts mostly hitting the food and retail sector. Over 4.3 million workers left their jobs, breaking a record that had stood since the  year 2000. “As job openings and hires fell …

The US State Department official has described the talks with the Taliban in Qatar as “candid and professional,” following the US defeat in the 20-year war against Afghanistan where hundreds of thousands of people were killed and millions more displaced. US officials from the Biden administration on Sunday held their …

Climate protesters have gathered at the White House in Washington, DC where they warned US President Joe Biden to take their demands seriously, and declare a national emergency, and end projects involving fossil fuels. The Build Back Fossil Free coalition took to the streets in Washington, DC, on Monday which …