Virginia senator Tim Kaine has added his voice to a rising chorus within the Democratic party questioning the Biden administration’s legislatively unconstrained transfer of US munitions to Israel. In a news release on Saturday, the Democratic senator – a member of the Senate armed services committee – said weapons transfers must come under congressional oversight. […]
The Russian Orthodox Church reaffirmed its strict opposition to abortion this week, putting it at odds with the Kremlin’s more relaxed position. A spokesperson for the church released a statement on Wednesday clarifying that the Holy Synod — the church’s governing body chaired by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow — condemns all elective abortion as murder. […]
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s government condemned on Tuesday overnight U.S. air strikes on Iraqi military positions that it said killed one serviceman and wounded 18 other people, calling them a “clear hostile act”. The United States has carried out retaliatory air strikes on Monday in Iraq after a one-way drone attack earlier in the day […]
Pope Francis called for the end to the Gaza war and a lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East in his Christmas Day message on Monday, while also condemning abortion in strong terms. “I plead for an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims, and call for […]
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted an updated resolution condemning serious human rights violations by Russia in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, as reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Telegram on Dec.20. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba welcomed the adoption of the document and noted its specific mention of […]
The UN General Assembly adopted an updated resolution condemning Russia’s violations of human rights in the occupied territories of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced on Dec. 19. “The updated resolution of the UN General Assembly specifically requires Russia to stop forced deportation and ensure the safe return of all Ukrainian children and civilian hostages,” […]
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the country, on Friday denounced three Republican senators for their treatment of President Joe Biden’s historic judicial nominee Adeel Mangi during his recent confirmation hearing. GOP Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) berated and interrupted Mangi in his […]
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, has condemned the Biden administration after the United States vetoed a resolution in the United Nations Security Council on Friday that would have called for a permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. On October 7, Hamas led the deadliest Palestinian militant attack on Israel in history. Israel subsequently […]
Hamas denounced the United States for its decision on Friday to veto a resolution in the United Nations Security Council that would have called for a permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. “We strongly condemn Washington’s use of veto against a draft resolution in the Security Council demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. We consider it […]