Afghan-American Democrat Ayesha Wahab has won a special election in California’s 14th Congressional District, defeating fellow Democrat Melissa Hernandez and becoming the first Afghan-American elected to the US Congress. Wahab secured more than 53% of the vote in Tuesday’s election, while Hernandez received nearly 47%. The seat became vacant after former Congressman Eric Continue Reading

The Pentagon has fired three senior figures at the US military’s independent newspaper Stars and Stripes for allegedly opposing military interference or censorship of its editorial operations. Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin, Editorial Publisher Max Lederer and Middle East correspondent Lara Korte were dismissed on charges of insubordination after publicly defending the Continue Reading

A New York federal judge has overturned the Trump administration’s policy suspending immigrant visa issuance to citizens of 75 countries, including Bangladesh. In a ruling on Friday, Manhattan federal judge Jeannette Vargas said the policy was “clearly unlawful” and conflicted with federal immigration law. Judge Vargas said the blanket suspension of immigrant visas based Continue Reading

US stock and bond markets have become the first victims of President Donald Trump’s threatened ‘Economic D-Day’, aimed at imposing unprecedented economic pressure on Iran. As the war with Iran continues, Trump warned on Truth Social of new sanctions and a severe economic blockade. His remarks were followed by a sharp sell-off on Wall Street. […]Continue Reading

The foreign ministers of eight Muslim countries have strongly condemned and rejected Israel’s controversial ‘E1’ settlement plan east of occupied East Jerusalem and all related activities. Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates expressed their firm opposition to the move in a joint statement. The ministers condemned Continue Reading

Five women and three men are competing to succeed UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the organisation faces unprecedented global instability, wars and a severe budget crisis. With major powers divided over the candidates, observers say it is difficult to determine who is leading. Costa Rica’s Rebecca Grynspan emerged as the frontrunner in the first informal […]Continue Reading

Al Jazeera US President Donald Trump has threatened severe economic sanctions against countries helping Iran sustain its economy and declared an “Economic Doomsday” against Tehran. Six months after the failed conflict with Iran, the threat marks Trump’s latest attempt to use economic power to achieve his foreign-policy goals. However, analysts say his ability to pressure Continue Reading