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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators shut down highways and bridges in major US cities
CHICAGO — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roadways in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest on Monday, temporarily shutting down travel into some of the nation's most heavily used airports, onto the Golden Gate and Brooklyn bridges and on a busy West Coast highway.
In Chicago, protesters linked arms and blocked lanes of Interstate 190 leading into O'Hare International Airport around 7 a.m. in a demonstration they said was part of a global “economic...
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Biden meets Iraqi PM amid escalating Mideast tensions
As President Joe Biden hosted Iraq’s prime minister on Monday, all eyes were on Iran, which over the weekend made a historic first strike on Israel. That attack has inflamed concerns of a wider regional war, something the two leaders focused on during their Oval Office meeting. VOA’s Anita Powell reports from the White House.
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Ukraine, Israel aid to hit US House floor as separate bills soon
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives will consider aid to Israel and Ukraine as separate legislation this week, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday, more than two months after the Senate passed a bill combining the two.
Leaving a meeting of House Republicans on Monday evening, Johnson said the narrowly divided chamber would consider four bills altogether that would also include aid to Taiwan, U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific and U.S. national security...
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Biden meets Iraqi PM amid escalating Mideast tensions
White House — As U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Iraq’s prime minister Monday, all eyes were on Iran, which over the weekend made a historic first strike on Israel.
That attack has inflamed concerns of a wider regional war — a situation that effectively eclipsed the leaders’ already-planned Oval Office meeting, where they wanted to discuss their mutual fight against Islamic State, economic issues and Iraq’s progress toward energy independence and modernization.
“The two leaders reaffirmed...
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IAEA chief: Inspectors briefly halted work in Iran amid regional tensions
UNITED NATIONS — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday that his teams briefly halted inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities this week amid regional tensions between Israel and Iran.
“What I can tell you is that our inspectors in Iran were informed by the Iranian government yesterday that all the nuclear facilities that we are inspecting every day would remain closed on security considerations,” Rafael Mariano Grossi told reporters at the United Nations in New...
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Israel determined to retaliate after Iran's aerial barrage
pentagon — Israel appears determined to exact a measure of revenge against Iran, just days after the Iranian military and some of its allies across the Middle East launched an unprecedented aerial assault on the Jewish state.
Seemingly ignoring pleas by world leaders, Israeli military officials said Monday that Tehran must pay a price for Saturday’s barrage of more than 350 missiles and drones, many launched from Iranian soil.
The Iranian attack “will be met with a response,” said Israeli...
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Israel weighs response to Iran's missile barrage
International pressure is building on Israel to hold back in responding to Iran’s attacks, but many Israelis are calling on the government to retaliate forcefully. For VOA from Jerusalem, Linda Gradstein reports on the intensifying debate. Camera: Ricardo Marquina
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Iraqis fear Israeli retaliation after Iran attack
Irbil, Iraq / Istanbul — Iraq, perhaps unsurprisingly, is a hotbed of gallows humor.
But the tired old joke: “Iran and the West will keep fighting here until every Iraqi is dead,” is no funnier now than it was years ago.
Hundreds of missiles and drones soared over the Middle East this weekend from Iran to Israel, turning the region's "shadow war" into a direct conflict. And while further escalation is not imminent, people inside Iraq say they have long been in the line of...
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US, Israel say coalition achieved ‘spectacular defeat’ of Iran’s attack
The United States and Israel say they achieved a “spectacular defeat” over an Iranian aerial attack that sent 300 munitions – more than 100 of them ballistic missiles – to Israel on Saturday. But as Sunday dawned in both places, a bigger question rose on the horizon: What happens next in this six-month conflict that threatens to envelop the Middle East? VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell reports from Washington.
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Israel pledges focus on releasing Gaza hostages
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US, Israel say coalition achieved ‘spectacular defeat’ of Iran’s attack
The United States and Israel say they achieved a “spectacular defeat” over an Iranian aerial attack that sent 300 munitions – more than 100 of them ballistic missiles – to Israel on Saturday. But as Sunday dawned in both places, a bigger question rose on the horizon: What happens next in this six-month conflict that threatens to envelop the Middle East? VOA White House correspondent Anita Powell reports from Washington.
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At UN, Israel demands Iran be punished for attack
United Nations — Israel demanded Sunday that the U.N. Security Council act to punish and deter Iran following an unprecedented Iranian military strike on Israel that Tehran said was in retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike on its embassy in Syria earlier this month.
“Today, the council must take action,” Israel’s U.N. envoy, Gilad Erdan, told the Security Council. “Condemn Iran for their terror; trigger the snap back mechanism and reimpose crippling sanctions; designate the Iranian...
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US suggests Israel need not retaliate against Iran
WASHINGTON — Top officials in Washington are attempting to avoid a widening war in the Middle East after Iran launched an unprecedented attack on Israel with explosive drones and missiles.
“There need to be some consequences here,” said a senior U.S. official briefing reporters Sunday afternoon on the condition of not being named.
But U.S. President Joe Biden, in his latest conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “made very clear to the prime minister last night that...
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Saudi foreign minister to visit Pakistan for wide-ranging talks
Islamabad — Pakistan will host high-level meetings with Saudi Arabia on Monday and Tuesday to enhance economic and energy cooperation between the two allied nations.
Officials said that Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will lead his delegation, which will include officials from the ministries of water and agriculture, energy, investment and industry and mineral resources.
“This visit is aimed at lending positive impetus to enhanced bilateral cooperation and mutually...
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US judge tosses out lawsuits against Libyan commander accused of war crimes
Alexandria, Virginia — A U.S. judge has tossed out a series of civil lawsuits against a Libyan military commander who used to live in Virginia and was accused of killing innocent civilians in that country's civil war.
At a court hearing Friday, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said she had no jurisdiction to preside over a case alleging war crimes committed in Libya, even though the defendant, Khalifa Haftar, has U.S. citizenship and lived for more than 20 years in the northern...
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US helps Israel repel Iranian attack
The White House calls it an “incredible military achievement” that Israel, the United States and other partners succeeded in repelling “more than 300 drones and missiles” launched by Iran toward Israel. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.
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