Vice President Kamala Harris has another big trip ahead – but it won’t be a return visit to the U.S.-Mexico border. Instead, Harris next month will travel across the Pacific, to Vietnam and Singapore, amid U.S. tensions with China. Her goal is to “strengthen relationships and expand economic support,” chief spokeswoman Symone Sanders said in […]

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Joe Biden administration on Friday announced additional sanctions on Cuba, but also pushed ahead with plans to expand US diplomatic presence and provide internet service to the island nation following widespread protests earlier this month. “I want the Cuban Americans to know that we — all around this table and myself included […]

A nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday night after President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress worked furiously but ultimately failed to align on a long-shot strategy to prevent millions of Americans from being forced from their homes during a COVID-19 surge. More than 3.6 million Americans are at risk of eviction, some […]

The Justice Department told the Treasury Department that it “must” turn over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, which first requested them more than two years ago. The direction came in an opinion released Friday by the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, which provides legal advice to […]

In a meeting room decorated with a stylized hammer and sickle flag, Kelly Hu detailed her shortcomings. Since childhood, the 20-year-old student had wanted to join the longest-running and largest communist party in the world, having grown up hearing “red tales” of its revolutionary past from her family. In recent years, as she embarked on […]

Coronavirus pandemic has killed over 4.2 million people and infected over 197.8 million globally. Here are the coronavirus-related developments for July 31: People, with ages between 18 and 29, queue to receive a dose of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, in Mexico City, Mexico on July 30, 2021. (Reuters) Saturday, July 31: WHO urges action […]

The Biden administration on Friday announced its nominees for two key faith-related posts at the State Department, signaling an interest in stepping up its efforts to combat religious persecution around the world. Rashad Hussain, who is currently the director for partnerships and global engagement at the National Security Council, has been selected for the role […]

Four people have been killed along Turkey’s southern coast since Wednesday, as soaring temperatures fan wildfires in the region, with the Interior Ministry probing the cause. A firefighter tries to battle a massive wildfire that has engulfed a Mediterranean resort region along Turkey’s southern coast near the town of Manavgat, on July 29, 2021. (ILYAS […]

A new study shows the Delta Covid-19 variant produced similar amounts of virus in vaccinated and unvaccinated people if they get infected — illustrating a key motivation behind the federal guidance that now recommends most fully vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors. Experts say that vaccination makes it less likely that you’ll catch Covid-19 in the […]

As Turkish people wonder if the simultaneous fires in multiple Turkish cities are arson attacks, the country’s air force bombed around 40 targets of the PKK terror group in northern Iraq. More than 71 forest fires that blazed across at least 17 Turkish cities in three days between 28-30 July, left many wondering if the […]