US President Trump has vetoed three joint congressional resolutions prohibiting emergency arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) worth more than $8 billion.
"This resolution would weaken America's global competitiveness and damage the important relationships we share with our allies and partners," Trump wrote in veto messages.
New York, July 24, IRNA - Iranian envoy to the United Nations Es-haq Alehabib said that ending occupation is the only solution to the crisis in Occupied Territories of Palestine, dismissing attempts to buy the Palestinian honor, aspirations and dignity by money.
24 July 2019; AA: Turkey slammed Israel on Tuesday for demolishing Palestinian houses in East Jerusalem, calling the action part of “aggressive” policies to forcefully change the holy city’s demographic makeup.
In a written statement, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said the demolition was yet another example of Israel’s “aggressive occupation” policies.
24 July 2019; MEMO: A “purported apology” made by former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak for the October 2000 killings of Palestinian citizens was slammed as lacking “all value” by leading legal rights centre Adalah in a press release yesterday.
24 July 2019; MEMO: Syrian state television said on Wednesday that Israel struck a strategic area in southern Syria overlooking the Golan Heights where Western intelligence sources previously said Iranian-backed militias are known to be based, reports Reuters.
New Delhi, Jul 24; GANASHAKTI: The lynching of Muslims, Dalits and other minorities be stopped immediately, celebrities from various fields have said in an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi while also stressing that there is "no democracy without dissent".
The letter, written by 49 eminent personalities, including filmmakers Shyam Benegal and Aparna Sen as well as vocalist Shubha Mudgal and historian Ramchandra Guha, also noted that Jai Shri Ram has been reduced to "provocative war cry".
New Delhi, July 23; GANASHAKTI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to extend the deadline for the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by a month. The new date now is August 31, instead of July 31.
Muzaffarnagar, Jul 24 (PTI) Two youths were admitted to a hospital in Muzaffarnagar district after they were allegedly beaten up by a group of men after identifying them, a police official said Wednesday.
Sajjad and Waris were returning to their homes in Dolatpur village on a motorcycle from another village when they were stopped and told to identify themselves, Kakroli police station SHO Jitender Kumar Ambavat said.
The group of men then thrashed the youths, he said.
TEHRAN, July 23 (Xinhua) -- A senior advisor to Iran's supreme leader said on Tuesday that the U.S. Middle East peace plan for the Palestinian issue is "doomed to failure," official IRNA news agency reported.
Ali Akbar Velayati made the remark at his meeting with Saleh al-Arouri, visiting deputy chief of Hamas.
The visit to Tehran comes at an important time when the U.S. "Deal of the Century" has been set out for discussions, "but it is doomed to failure," said Velayati.
DETROIT (AP) — Robin D. Stephens lived through Jim Crow and thought the worst days of racism were behind her. Then President Donald Trump told four American congresswomen of color to “go back” to where they came from.
“It was very hurtful to see the person who is the leader of the country that I live in and that I respect and love, speak that way to U.S. citizens,” said Stephens, a 61-year-old retired public defender who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
But Stephens is tired of talking about Trump’s racist tweets. She is ready to take her pain to the polls.
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