Zohran Mamdani to attend WABC town hall: Reverses boycott after ABC reinstates Jimmy Kimmel; calls decision ‘a victory for free speech’

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said Monday evening that he will attend a town hall hosted by WABC-TV after ABC announced it is reinstating late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, reversing his earlier decision to boycott the event.Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, had earlier withdrawn from the forum in protest of ABC’s suspension of Kimmel following […]

‘Indeed a terrorist organisation’: Hungary’s Viktor Orban on Antifa; praises Trump’s recent decision

FILE – US President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the White House in Washington, on May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a close ally of Donald Trump, on Friday called Antifa “indeed a terrorist organisation”, signalling it could be classified as a terrorist oranisation […]

Landmark ruling: BAPS welcomes DOJ decision to close investigation of Akshardham temple in New Jersey; full statement

The BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha in the United States has welcomed the decision by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Attorney’s Office for New Jersey to close their investigation of BAPS and the creation of BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham.In its statement issued on Thursday, BAPS said that the temple “a place of peace, […]

‘The architect of Epstein’s Deal’: Why Alex Acosta is back in the hot seat — His 2008 decision, the fallout, and what happens next

The House Oversight Committee has confirmed that former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta will appear voluntarily before lawmakers next month, thrusting his controversial role in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal back into the spotlight, reported NBC News.The man who cut Epstein a “sweetheart deal”Acosta was the US attorney for the Southern District of Florida in 2008 when […]

‘Time for both to move forward’: Netanyahu says Israel could withdraw from Lebanon; hails decision to disarm Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday hailed Lebanon’s decision to work toward disarming Hezbollah by the end of 2025, calling it a “momentous step.” He said that the decision could pave the way for Israel to scale back its military presence in southern Lebanon.Taking to X, the office of Netanyahu said that Israel “acknowledges […]

Indian-origin Dr Vinay Prasad returns to FDA weeks after exit; Laura Loomer calls it ‘egregious decision’

Dr Vinay Prasad is back at his FDA job weeks after exit that was prompted by right-wing activist Laura Loomer’s campaigning against Prasad. Dr Vinay Prasad, the Indian-origin vaccine chief of the FDA who was forced to resign in July after far-right activist Laura Loomer led a campaign against him, has been reinstated to his […]

Epstein case: FBI redacts Trump’s name from files during internal review; DOJ defends decision

Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump An FBI FOIA team redacted Trump’s name, and the names of other prominent public figures, from the Jeffrey Epstein files, during an internal review earlier this year. During a March review of approximately 100,000 pages of records, about 1,000 FBI agents were instructed to flag any mention of Trump, […]

Donald Trump gives Iran ‘maximum two weeks’ for decision; rules out European mediation; says ‘Europe can’t help them’

US President Donald Trump on Friday said Iran had a “maximum” of two weeks to avoid potential American airstrikes, signaling he may act even before the deadline he set a day earlier.“I’m giving them a period of time, and I would say two weeks would be the maximum,” Trump told reporters when asked whether a […]

‘Regime could fall’: Donald Trump says no decision yet on joining Israel in bombing Iran; warns ‘anything could happen’

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he has not yet decided whether the United States will join Israel in launching strikes against Iran, but warned that the “regime could fall,” as a result of the conflict.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump was asked whether he believed the Iranian government could fall. […]