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More protests are expected Saturday across New York and New Jersey following the release Friday of body cam video showing Memphis police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols. A rally was scheduled for 12 p.m. in Newark at the Lincoln statue located at 12 Springfield Ave. In New York City, a justice ride was scheduled for […]

The US reversed its decision not to send modern, Western-made battle tanks to Ukraine and has decided to send 31 M1 Abrams tanks, senior American officials said Wednesday. “[Ukraine] requested new armored vehicle capabilities to defend their territory, prepare for new counteroffensives, and increase their long-term security,” a senior Biden administration official said. Ukraine has […]

The United States announced Wednesday $72 million in aid to crisis-hit Lebanon to supplement security personnel salaries for six months, in a joint program with the United Nations. Lebanon’s economy has been in free fall for three years, resulting in slashed military budget and eating away at the value of soldiers’ salaries. Washington, which has […]

Ukraine will now push for Western fourth generation fighter jets such as the US F-16 after securing supplies of main battle tanks, an adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister said on Wednesday. Ukraine won a huge boost for its troops as Germany announced plans to provide heavy tanks for Kyiv on Wednesday, ending weeks of diplomatic […]

A number of travelers and staff members say they are noticing that the number of homeless living inside JFK Airport in Queens is rising. A flight attendant said that a popular destination for the homeless is the walkway between the air train and Terminal 5 because it is heated. On a cold winter’s day, you […]

A father from upstate New York allegedly shot and killed his 14-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself in a shocking murder-suicide. Ava Wood, 14, was found shot in the head and killed on January 20 inside a home in Baldwinsville, New York after her mother, Heather Wood, told police that she had not […]

Saudi Arabia’s railway has 32 qualified women operators at the helm of the Kingdom’s high-speed rail network after they completed a 12 month program. The Saudi Railway Polytechnic qualified the women to drive the Haramain Express Train after extensive training, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Monday. The bullet trains run through a 453-kilometer stretch […]

The US issued fresh Iran-related sanctions on Monday against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Cooperative Foundation and other senior officials for their violent crackdown on Iranian protesters. The IRGC Cooperative Foundation and five of its board members as well as the deputy minister of intelligence and security were designated under human rights authorities, the Treasury […]

A health practitioner has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of 100,000 riyals ($26,666) for aggressively handling and assaulting 11 newborn babies, Saudi Arabia’s Public Prosecution said Monday. The Public Prosecution said that accusations were leveled against the female practitioner, who works in a newborn nursery department, after […]

Britain on Monday sanctioned more Iranian figures over what it said were human rights violations on Iranian people including the recent execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari. The sanctions included an asset freeze on Iranian deputy prosecutor general Ahmad Fazelian, who the British foreign office said was responsible for an unfair judicial system that […]

A man was killed, and three other people were injured after a house fire sparked by a lithium-ion battery in Queens late Friday night. According to the FDNY, at around 11 p.m., a fire was reported at a three-story home on 89th Street in East Elmhurst. Firefighters responded to the scene, where they found an […]

A 15-year-old girl is accused of attacking two Long Island nail salon workers after an argument prompted her to not pay for a manicure, police said. According to police, the teen was getting a manicure Saturday around 4:45 p.m. inside S&D Nail Salon, located at 581 Uniondale Ave, when an argument ensued and the girl […]

According to the NYPD, more than 1,300 illegal marijuana stores are selling pot without a license. It’s hard to miss the marijuana shops on almost every block in New York City. According to the NYPD, more than 1,300 illegal marijuana stores are selling pot without a license. “I admit, I don’t think we ever talked […]

Iran’s rial has lost 29 percent of its value since nationwide protests following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini on September 16. Iran’s troubled currency fell to a record low against the US dollar on Saturday amid the country’s increasing isolation and possible European Union sanctions against Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) […]

The United States will impose additional sanctions next week against the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, that US officials say has been helping Russia’s military in the Ukraine war, a senior administration official said on Friday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the US Treasury Department will designate Wagner as a […]

Three suicide drones attacked a US base in eastern Syria on Friday, wounding two Syrian opposition fighters, the US military said. No Americans were hurt in the attack. It was not clear who was behind the drone attack, but Iran-backed fighters in the region have carried out such operations in the past. Sleeper cells of […]

Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins who was killed on a New Mexico movie set, prosecutors announced Thursday, citing a “criminal disregard for safety.” Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies issued a statement announcing the charges against Baldwin and Hannah […]

The 9,000 public sector nurses of the New York City Health and Hospitals system say they’re, “Ready to fight.” They’re kicking off a campaign, begging the city to negotiate a new contract. “It’s reached a crisis point, and there’s no other way but to shout from the hilltops,” said Sean Petty, a nurse at the […]