News in brief
Thousands of workers at the Long Island Rail Road launched a major strike on Saturday after negotiations over wages failed, bringing the busiest commuter rail network in the United States to a standstill. The strike involves approximately 3,500 employees represented by several labor unions and marks......
A United Airlines Boeing 767 clipped a lamppost and a delivery truck on a New Jersey highway while approaching Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon, in an incident that prompted an immediate federal investigation and drew renewed attention to safety conditions at one of the United......
Richard Duke Buchan III currently serves as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Kingdom of Morocco. With a career spanning finance, politics, and international diplomacy, he brings to Rabat a wealth of experience shaped by decades of global engagement and strategic......
A powerful winter storm sweeping across the United States has left at least ten people dead, knocked out electricity for more than one million households, and severely disrupted air travel, according to authorities and weather officials. The storm, described by meteorologists as one of the most severe......
A major winter storm swept across the northeastern United States on Sunday, following heavy snowfall in the central states and threatening millions with power outages, paralyzed transport, and freezing temperatures. Shoppers emptied supermarket shelves as national weather services warned of heavy snow......
Iranian communities across the United States have expressed deep sorrow and outrage following reports of a violent repression of protests in Iran, which has resulted in thousands of deaths according to opposition groups and human rights organizations. Large demonstrations were held over the weekend......
Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, currently held in a federal detention facility in New York, told supporters that “we are fighters” from behind bars, his team reported this weekend. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in a Manhattan federal court earlier this week......
Venezuela’s ousted president Nicolás Maduro arrived at a New York court on Monday for his first court appearance, two days after being captured in Caracas during a US military operation, according to media reports. Maduro, 63, has been held in Brooklyn since Saturday evening. He faces multiple......
In a historic ceremony at a landmark Manhattan subway station, Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office as New York City's first Muslim mayor, placing his hand on a copy of the Quran to affirm his commitment to the nation's largest metropolis. The 34-year-old democratic socialist, born in Uganda......
Zohran Mamdani officially assumes office as mayor of New York on January 1, 2026, becoming one of the youngest leaders in the city’s history. Elected on a bold progressive platform, the 34-year-old Democrat now faces a series of complex political, economic and social challenges in America’s......
The United States hosted discreet discussions in New York on Sunday involving senior Israeli and Qatari representatives, according to a report by the American outlet Axios. The meeting comes three months after an Israeli strike in Doha that heightened tensions between two key U.S. partners in the Middle......
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will “of course” visit New York City, despite newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani’s declaration that he would order Netanyahu’s arrest. The remarks came during a remote interview at the New York Times......
Ugandans have expressed joy and pride after learning that Zohran Mamdani, a Kampala-born politician, was elected mayor of New York City, making him the first Muslim and first South Asian heritage mayor in the city’s history. Mamdani, 34, who moved to the United States at the age of seven, defeated......
