Tag: stands

Erdogan says Turkey stands with Lebanon as tensions rise with Israel

ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey stood in solidarity with Lebanon amid growing tensions with Israel and called on regional countries on Wednesday to also support Beirut. Cross-border strains between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have been escalating in recent weeks, stoking fears of an all-out Israel-Hezbollah war. Shelling across Israel’s northern border has […]

Erdogan says Turkey stands with Lebanon as tensions rise with Israel

ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey stood in solidarity with Lebanon amid growing tensions with Israel and called on regional countries on Wednesday to also support Beirut. Cross-border strains between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have been escalating in recent weeks, stoking fears of an all-out Israel-Hezbollah war. Shelling across Israel’s northern border has […]

Tim Scott stands by his vote to certify 2020 election

On July 15th — during the Republican National Convention — Donald Trump is expected to announce his running mate, so potential Republicans on the list might be wise to watch their words. One such Republican, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, paid no heed to Trump’s possibly exacting and mysterious selection process. Scott said on ABC News’ “This Week” […]

As Hunter Biden Stands Trial, a Republican Noise Machine Goes Silent

For nearly four years, Republicans have delved into the darkest corners of Hunter Biden’s life, seeking to tie his troubles to his father, President Joe Biden. But as the younger Biden stands trial in Delaware on gun charges, the case’s glaring political contradictions have rendered the GOP largely mute, from former President Donald Trump on […]

Gandhi would have detested Narendra Modi – and all that he stands for

How absurd of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to claim publicly that Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy was rediscovered by the Richard Attenborough biopic of the 1980s. The truth is far from being so simple. Has Modi forgotten that Gandhi was assassinated by an activist of the very same paramilitary RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), which remains tightly […]