In February of last year, President Biden changed the U.S. standard for cutting off weapons deliveries to foreign militaries that harm civilians during wartime. Under the new arms transfer policy, Mr. Biden said countries that were “more likely than not” to violate international law or human rights with American weapons should not receive them. Previously, … Read more
Washington — TikTok, the widely popular social media app, and its parent company ByteDance filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department on Tuesday over a new law that requires it to cut ties with its China-based owner within a year or be effectively banned from the United States. The petition filed in federal court in … Read more
Residents of a western Sydney suburb have been baffled by the vivid colour their local creek after it mysteriously turned neon blue. “There’s something causing it, we’d like to know what and who has caused that problem,” John Hibbard of the Friends of Toongabbie Creek told Channel 9. Now the grim reason it turned bright … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday compared the protests unfolding on American university campuses to what happened at institutions of higher learning in Germany during World War II. It was the “same elite centers of learning” from which “Jewish faculty and students were suddenly expelled” in Germany, Mr. Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said in pointed … Read more
As thousands of displaced Palestinians tried to return to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday, Israeli troops shot into the crowd, forcing people to turn back in panic, according to an emergency worker and two people who tried to make the journey. Wafa, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, reported that five people were … Read more
House Speaker Johnson says he’s not resigning House Speaker Mike Johnson says he’s not resigning as momentum grows for ouster 11:15 Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing a new call by another Republican lawmaker to step down or face removal, but he said Tuesday he’s not resigning. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie said Tuesday … Read more
Friends and family of Ashlee Good, who was murdered at the Westfield Bondi Junction massacre on Saturday, have choked up as they left flowers at a makeshift memorial. “It’s just a travesty,” said one local at the memorial on Oxford Street, close to Westfield, in the eastern Sydney suburb. “It’s obviously someone who is very … Read more
Maurice El Medioni, an Algerian-born pianist who fused Jewish and Arab musical traditions into a singular style he called “Pianoriental,” died on March 25 in Israel. He was 95. His death, at a nursing home in Herzliya, on Israel’s central coast, was confirmed by his manager, Yvonne Kahan. Mr. Medioni was a last representative of … Read more
The University of Southern California said it has canceled plans for a graduation speech by this year’s valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, who is Muslim. The school said the decision stemmed from security concerns, after several pro-Israeli groups objected to her social media posts supporting Palestinians. The decision drew immediate criticism from the Los Angeles office of … Read more
Washington — The Supreme Court is weighing the scope of a federal obstruction statute used to prosecute hundreds of people who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a legal battle that could have ramifications for the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. At the crux of the court fight before the court Tuesday, … Read more