U.S. President Joe Biden has dispatched one of his most trusted, and potentially influential, officials to the Middle East in the hopes of turning a tenuous truce between Israel and Hamas into something more. A U.S. official confirmed to VOA…
5 American service members killed in training accident
Five US service members died during a training accident, when their aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, US officials confirmed on Sunday. “During a routine air refueling mission as part of military training, a U.S. military aircraft carrying five service…
8 dead in Texas crash after police chase suspected migrant smuggler
Eight people died on Wednesday when the driver of a car suspected of carrying smuggled migrants fled police and smashed into an oncoming vehicle on a south Texas highway. The crash happened about 6.30am when the driver of a 2009…
US House votes to censure Rashida Tlaib over Israel-Hamas war comments
The United States House of Representatives has voted to censure Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American in Congress, over her comments on the Israel-Hamas war. The House voted 234 to 188 on Tuesday night to censure the three-term Democratic congresswoman…
An ex-British cyberespionage employee gets life in prison for stabbing an American spy
A former British cyberespionage employee who had become angry and resentful toward his agency’s work was sentenced Monday to life in prison for attempted murder in the vicious stabbing of an American intelligence worker assigned to the U.K. Joshua Bowles,…
US rejects Putin claim that West organised anti-Jewish airport mob
The US has dismissed as “absurd” claims by Russia that an anti-Israel riot at a Dagestan airport on Sunday was organised by Ukraine and the West. In a televised meeting on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said the incident had…
Suspect charged in Tampa shooting that killed 2, injured 18 during Halloween festivities
A suspect has been captured and charged in the Florida shooting during Halloween fun early Sunday that left two dead – including a 14-year-old boy — and more than a dozen wounded, police said. Tyrell Stephen Phillips, 22, was charged…
Mike Pence: Former US Vice President withdraws from 2024 presidential race
Former US Vice President Mike Pence has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential race, saying “this is not my time”. He made the announcement at the Republican Jewish Coalition in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon. “We always knew this would be…
Republicans pick Mike Johnson as latest House Speaker nominee
Republicans have picked Congressman Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He is the fourth nominee put forward after three others failed to win enough support from colleagues, and the second nominee of…
Off-duty pilot accused of trying to crash airline jet
An off-duty pilot has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder, after he allegedly tried to crash a passenger jet during a flight on Sunday night. The suspect was sitting in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight behind…
