ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu and Hamas leaders
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said on Monday he had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said in a statement issued after more than seven months of war in Gaza that he […]
The late Rev Billy Graham is immortalised in a statue unveiled at the US Capitol
United States AP A bronze sculpture of the late Rev Billy Graham was unveiled at the US Capitol on Thursday, with Christianity’s most prolific evangelist once known as “America’s Pastor” immortalised in the halls of Congress on behalf of his native North Carolina. Graham’s likeness, depicting the Charlotte-born minister with his archetypal gesture toward an […]
Trump’s lawyers assail estranged fixer Michael Cohen’s credibility at hush money trial
New York, US Reuters Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen sustained a withering assault from the Republican presidential candidate’s legal team on Tuesday, as Trump’s defence lawyers sought to undermine Cohen’s testimony that Trump was intricately involved in a scheme to buy a porn star’s silence. In sometimes aggressive questioning, Trump attorney Todd Blanche confronted […]
Billy Graham statue for US Capitol to be unveiled next week
Charlotte, North Carolina, US AP A statue of the late Rev Billy Graham set to stand inside the US Capitol to represent North Carolina will be unveiled next week in a ceremony. House Speaker Mike Johnson, other congressional members and the family of the Charlotte-born evangelist are expected to attend unveiling of the 2.1-metre tall […]
US House Speaker Johnson heckled and booed at Columbia, centre of Gaza protests
New York/Los Angeles Reuters Columbia University students heckled House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday as he visited the flashpoint of nationwide student demonstrations over the Israeli war in Gaza, even as the New York school agreed to 48 more hours of negotiations to end a protest encampment. Johnson’s visit, which he said was meant to […]
Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban package after Republican battle
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new US aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the President as he seeks reelection and ending months of wrangling with Republicans in Congress. “It gives vital […]
US conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid
United States RNS Conservative religious leaders who had been imploring Speaker Mike Johnson to back assistance for Ukraine and Israel in fighting their wars celebrated the House’s passage of foreign aid packages Saturday, clearing the way for the measures to go to the Senate. Brent Leatherwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious […]
US House passes $US95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package, sends to Senate
Washington DC, US Reuters The US House of Representatives on Saturday with broad bipartisan support passed a $US95 billion legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, over bitter objections from Republican hardliners. The legislation now proceeds to the Democratic-majority Senate, which passed a similar measure more than two months ago. US leaders […]
US Baptist leaders urge House Speaker Mike Johnson to support Ukrainian Christians
United States RNS Southern Baptist leaders have written to US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a member and former official of their denomination, urging him to support Ukraine in Russia’s war against its Eastern European neighbour. “As you consider efforts to support Ukraine, we humbly ask that you consider the plight of Christians,” wrote the leaders, […]
Biden surveys collapsed Baltimore bridge, pledges help
Washington DC, US Reuters President Joe Biden took an aerial tour on Friday of the collapsed Baltimore bridge that is blocking a key East Coast shipping lane, and he pledged federal help in rebuilding the span, an idea some Republican lawmakers in the US Congress have resisted. A cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott […]