Banjoist Béla Fleck is the latest musician to withdraw from an upcoming performance at the Kennedy Center, calling it too "charged and political."
A Democratic Party candidate weighing up a run for the Senate could be a "plausible" winner in a particular seat, a veteran pollster has suggested. Nate Silver believes the Alaska Senate seat could be a much more competitive race with the right Dem candidate in place. Posting to X earlier today (Jan...
Marian Anderson became the first African American to sing with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.”
How billions of trees left their mark on an empire’s psyche – shaping ideological and literal battles up to the present day
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.
A New York City man was indicted on hate crime charges for allegedly threatening to kill Jews and NYPD officers in social media posts.
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The Foreign Press Association said the government had failed to present any plan that would allow journalists to operate independently in Gaza or work alongside Palestinian reporters. The Foreign Press Association on Tuesday accused the government of continuing to bar independent journalistic access to the Gaza Strip, following the state’s latest response on Monday to a High Court petition seeking to allow reporters to enter the enclave without military escort.
One of the humanitarian aid organisations affected by an Israeli ban from operating in Gaza and the West Bank says it is trying to negotiate with Israeli authorities to revoke the measure. Israel says…
ZAHER Saleh has a warm and friendly face with a cheerful smile. But the 23-year-old photographer has already seen more horror and suffering than…
Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Gaza and occupy five locations in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military continues to demolish structures in northern Gaza while also blocking the entry of aid.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to reverse a pending ban on dozens of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Guterres says pending ban targets groups ‘indispensable to life-saving’ work, undermines ceasefire progress.