Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has agreed to reschedule a planned meeting with US and Israeli officials to discuss a possible operation in Rafah, the White House confirmed Wednesday, just days after Netanyahu canceled the delegation. “The Prime Minister’s Office has agreed to reschedule the meeting dedicated to Rafah,” White House press secretary Karine […]
The White House is “disappointed” that Israel canceled a delegation’s planned visit to the U.S. to discuss the expected military invasion of Rafah, in southern Gaza, amid ongoing concerns from President Joe Biden, an administration spokesman said Monday. Israel pulled its delegation after the U.S. allowed, through abstention, for the U.N. Security Council to adopt […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he will not send a delegation as planned to Washington after the United States refrained from vetoing a U.N. Security Council proposal calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu, according to a statement from his office, said that Washington’s failure to block the proposal was […]
In the hours just after the government shutdown deadline of midnight Friday, the U.S. Senate passed the $1.2 trillion spending package approved by the House earlier on Friday. President Joe Biden has already signaled he would sign the bill. The Senate approved the bill in a 74-24 vote in the early hours of Saturday morning. […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved plans for a military operation in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip on Friday, according to his office. Alongside the operational deployment, the army is preparing to evacuate the civilian population, the statement said. The move comes despite growing international criticism of a potential Rafah operation as […]
Mar. 14—Hawaii’s congressional delegation in a letter Tuesday urged Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell to reopen enrollment for the Individuals and Households Program to include Compacts of Free Association citizens—citizens of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau who can live and work in the U.S. without a visa indefinitely. Hawaii’s congressional delegation in […]
The majority of California’s Republican congressional delegation plans to back former President Donald Trump this year, now that Nikki Haley has suspended her campaign. But four of the 11 members have yet to extend their support — and they aren’t eager to discuss their thinking. Rep. David Valadao, one of the few Republicans who voted […]
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore won the Republican nomination for Congress in the state’s 14th District on Tuesday, starting what was expected to be a thorough shake-up of the U.S. House delegation. The 14th is one of three congressional districts expected to flip from Democrats to Republicans in the November election after the state’s […]
Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov has arrived in Ukraine on 26 February for an unannounced visit. Source: European Pravda Details: It is noted that the Bulgarian delegation arrived in Kyiv by train. Quote from the Bulgarian government: “Bulgaria supports the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders.” Details: The Bulgarian […]
High-ranking Israeli cabinet members were expected to meet with a delegation that returned from talks in Paris with negotiators from the United States, Egypt and Qatar in search of a deal on pausing the fighting in Gaza, an Israeli official has said. The official asserted that the Hamas militant group ruling Gaza had relented on […]
High-ranking Israeli Cabinet members were expected to meet with a delegation that returned from talks in Paris with negotiators from the United States, Egypt and Qatar in search of a deal on pausing the fighting in Gaza, an Israeli official has said. The official asserted that the Hamas militant group ruling Gaza had relented on […]
A Ukrainian delegation led by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal arrived in Tokyo for a conference focused on Ukraine’s reconstruction efforts, Shmyhal announced on Telegram on Feb. 19. The Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction, gathering around 300 people and 80 companies, aims to foster dialogue between government officials and business sectors from […]