Nation & World

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet unanimously voted on Sunday to close the Al Jazeera broadcaster in Israel, the prime minister said on X. “The government headed by me unanimously decided: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel,” Netanyahu said in a statement on Sunday. Al Jazeera has denied inciting against Israel…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has announced that he is sending Chick-fil-A to counter protesters against pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) on Saturday. “I’m so proud of the courageous young men at @UNC that protected our flag and stood up for America against the pro-Hamas protesters on their campus,” Graham said in…

Progressive Representatives Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Cori Bush (D-Minn.) compared police responses to ongoing pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country to the Kent State Massacre on its 54th anniversary Saturday. "54 years ago, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students at Kent State. Students have a right to speak out, organize,…

World Food Programme Director Cindy McCain had a discussion with NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, mentioning a ‘full-blown famine’ in northern Gaza. During the conversation, McCain explained how conflicts lead to famine and the severity of the situation in the north.

The daughter of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Dasha Navalnaya, accepted a posthumous award from the McCain Institute Friday on her father’s behalf, according to the institute’s account on social platform X. “My father was truly an extraordinarily courageous man. His resilience, passion, and dedication to a better Russia [was] unwavering,” Navalnaya said, according…

Manila, Philippines – Catholic bishops in the Philippines are pitching in to seek divine relief from the extreme heatwave scorching the country, instructing their flock to recite special prayers for rain…