Tue, December 10, 2024

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

Map Shows China's Suspected Spy Bases in Cuba

A Washington, D.C.-based think tank has again raised concerns that the U.S. rival could be privy to Cuban electronic eavesdropping operations.

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: Fox News

Heritage report offers roadmap to defeat Tren de Aragua, the mega-gang taking over US cities

New report a starting point to understand the Tren de Aragua organization that was "honed and perfected inside Venezuelan prison walls then exported throughout the Western Hemisphere."

[ Tue, Dec 10th 2024 ]: MSN

After second meeting with Hegseth, Ernst hints at whether she will or won't support confirmation

Mon, December 9, 2024

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Firstpost

What is the corruption case in which Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu will testify for the first time?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take to the witness stand on Tuesday (December 10) for the first time in his long-running corruption trial. The 75-year-old was indicted in 2019 on three charges of fraud,

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: CNN

US charges two former Syrian officials for allegedly torturing Americans and Syrian nationals

Two former high-ranking Syrian intelligence officials have been charged with war crimes for allegedly torturing Americans and other civilians who were deemed enemies by the Syrian government and held in a military prison,

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Newsweek

Prince William's Body Language With Donald Trump Goes Viral

Prince William's reaction to meeting Donald Trump was caught on camera leaving some feeling he "turned into a fanboy."

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: timesnownews

Who Was SM Krishna? Former Karnataka CM Passes Away After Prolonged Illness

Born in Somanahalli in Karnataka's Mandya district on May 1, 1932, Krishna also served as the External Affairs Minister and the Governor of Maharashtra., India News News - Times Now

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Hindustan Times

SM Krishna passes away: The veteran's political career, legacy, and 'Brand Bengaluru'

SM Krishna, who had been with the Congress for more than 45 years, quit the grand old party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2017.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Business Line

SM Krishna: A rare politician who excelled in state and national leadership roles

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Associated Press

Trump's Cabinet picks set off political chain reaction in Florida congressional races

The field of candidates has been set for two special elections in Florida to replace members of Congress nominated for positions in President-elect Donald Trump's new administration.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: PBS

What is birthright citizenship and could Trump end it?

Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen. It's been in place for decades and applies to children born to someone in the country illegally or in the U.S. on a tourist or student visa who plans to return to their home country.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: SheKnows

Prince William's Meeting With Donald Trump Showed the Royal Family Treading Softly in Politics

The Prince of Wales was spotted in Paris on Saturday with Donald Trump, the president-elect who will officially be in office on Jan. 20, 2025. According to The Telegraph, William's trip for the Notre Dame Cathedral reopening was a "hastily arranged diplomatic mission" because there is so much "at stake" with a second Donald Trump administration.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: NBC News

Democrats and Republicans in Congress worried that Gabbard might leak to Assad regime

When she arrived in Congress, Tulsi Gabbard was seen as a rising Democratic star. But over time, her views on Russia and Syria shocked, puzzled and alarmed her colleagues.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: USA Today

Donald Trump names Mark Paoletta general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget

WASHINGTON − President-elect Donald Trump designated Mark Paoletta, a former congressional staffer and White House veteran who has represented the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to serve as general counsel of the Office of Management and Budget in his second administration. Paoletta filled that role in Trump's first term as well.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: News4Jax

US indictment accuses two Syrian officials of torture at notorious prison

U.S. prosecutors are accusing two senior Syrian officials of overseeing a notorious Syrian torture center that abused peaceful protesters, including a 26-year-old American woman who was later hanged.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: clickondetroit.com

Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick for intel chief, faces questions on Capitol Hill amid Syria fallout

President-elect Donald Trump's pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, is making her case on Capitol Hill.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: ABC

Experts say Biden has a constitutional right to issue preemptive pardons

Experts President Biden has the constitutional right to issue preemptive pardons to people President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to seek retribution against.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: ABC

Gabbard's bipartisan congressional connections could be crucial to confirmation

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard returns to the Senate this week to meet with lawmakers about her being Donald Trump's pick to be director of national intelligence.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Click2Houston

Five years since its inception, a US development agency competes with China on global projects

Since its inception in 2019, a U.S. development agency has created a portfolio of more than $50 billion worth of projects in 114 countries, including a trans-Africa railway corridor, a power plant in Sierra Leone,

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Roll Call

Republicans start making immigration plans for next year

Republican have started plotting how to use unified control of government next year to best address funding and policy needs for immigration.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Slate

The Moment Is Ripe to Push the Middle East in the Direction of Peace. What Will Trump Do?

The Middle East seems to be on the brink of a transformation—whether toward stability or fiercer mayhem is hard to say, all the more so with Donald Trump returning to the White House in six weeks.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The New York Times

Syrian Military Officials Charged With War Crimes as Government Falls

Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud ran an infamous prison in Damascus and "sought to terrify, intimidate and repress any opposition, or perceived opposition, to the regime," according to the indictment.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: National Post

Liberal government survives third Conservative non-confidence vote

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's latest attempt to topple the minority Liberal government in a non-confidence vote failed on Monday, thanks to the New Democrats.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: USA Today

'Agent of transformation': GOP senators praise Donald Trump's FBI director pick, Kash Patel

Kash Patel is an agent of transformation. He'll do a great job,' Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, told USA Today.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: USA Today

Can Trump use Jill Biden's image to sell perfume?

Trump posted a picture of himself with Jill Biden on social media Sunday to help sell a new line of perfumes and colognes.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Fox News

Here is who is vying for power in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the culmination of years of civil war, has given way to a power vacuum with different factions protecting their own interests - and vying for power in the Middle Eastern nation.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Yahoo

Syrian government services come to a 'complete halt' as state workers stay home after rebel takeover

Syria's prime minister said Monday that most cabinet ministers were still at work after rebels overthrew President Bashar Assad, but some state workers failed to return to their jobs, and a United Nations official said the country's public sector had come "to a complete and abrupt halt.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: The New York Times

The Fall of Assad in Syria: How It Happened and What Comes Next

The main rebel group behind Assad's ouster is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, whose name means Organization for the Liberation of the Levant. It began to come together at the beginning of Syria's civil war, when jihadists formed the Nusra Front to fight pro-Assad forces with hundreds of insurgent and suicide attacks.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Trump talks about his conversation with Zelenskyy and says he is "formulating concept" to end war

US President-elect Donald Trump has shared his conclusions from a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris. They both went to attend the opening ceremony of the Notre Dame cathedral,

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Balance of power in Mideast is shifting because Israel ignored Biden: Morgan Ortagus

Former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus responds to Biden's claim that Iran, Hezbollah, and Russia are all weaker than when he took office on 'Varney & Co.'

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Syrian asylum seekers in limbo as countries stop applications

Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Greece have all said they will suspend asylum decisions for now.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Poland says invasion of Ukraine was 'a mistake'

The war in Ukraine will end when Putin decides that the invasion was a mistake and that he won't achieve his goals at an "acceptable price", said Poland's Foreign Minister.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Detroit News

Trump has flip-flopped on abortion policy. His appointees may offer clues to what happens next

Trump's cabinet picks offer a preview of how his administration could handle abortion after he repeatedly flip-flopped on the issue on the campaign trail.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

International Institute of St. Louis' CEO is out

International Institute president and CEO Arrey Obenson's last day with the organization was Friday, according to an internal email obtained by the Post-Dispatch.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Buffalo News

And then there were 3: Council Member Rasheed Wyatt enters Buffalo mayor's race

Wyatt becomes the third candidate to officially declare his candidacy after State Sen. Sean Ryan and former Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield Jr., who both threw their hats in the ring last month.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Smithsonian Magazine

'Polarization' Is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2024

The winning word beat out finalists such as "demure," "pander," "totality," "fortnight," "allision" and "democracy"

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Everyone from Richard Branson to the Pope wants Biden to act on death row before Trump can

Everyone from Richard Branson to the Pope wants Biden to act on death row before Trump can - Pope Francis spoke about the situation on Sunday. His prayer was closely followed by the release of a series of open letters on Monday from leaders including Branson,

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Manchin, Welch unveil bill placing term limits on Supreme Court

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin (I) and Vermont Sen. Peter Welch (D) have introduced a resolution to impose 18-year term limits on Supreme Court justices, which would require some turnover on the high court every two years.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: AOL

Ghana becomes record fifth African nation to see opposition victory this year

This year has been an "annus horribilis" for those governments in sub-Saharan Africa that have had to face voters at the ballot box. In almost every election held in the region this year under reasonably democratic conditions, the governing party either lost a significant number of seats or lost power completely.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: BBC

Rachel Reeves signals wider reset of EU relations

Closer relations between the UK and the EU will boost economic growth, Rachel Reeves will tell European finance leaders on Monday. In the first address by a British chancellor to the Eurogroup since Brexit, Reeves will say resetting relations means "breaking down barriers to trade" as well as helping "businesses sell in each other's markets".

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Polish EU presidency to focus on energy, defence and economic security

With Trump's arrival in the US White House, a new EU Commission and the ongoing war in Ukraine, security in all its possible dimensions will be the main priority of the next rotating EU presidency, said Poland's Ambassador Agnieszka Bartol.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Business leaders and families of murder victims urge Biden to commute federal death row sentences

Business leaders and families of murder victims urge Biden to commute federal death row sentences - Advocates fear Trump will ramp up federal executions upon taking office

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Germany and Austria freeze Syrian asylum claims

Germany and Austria have frozen Syrian asylum applications in the wake of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime. All asylum requests from Syrian citizens will be put on hold until there is more clarity on political developments in the country,

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

UK limits ties with Georgia after crackdown on anti-government protests

Lammy stated that the UK will immediately halt programmatic support for the Georgian government, restrict defense cooperation, and limit interactions with representatives of the ruling Georgian Dream party.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Trump says RFK Jr. may study discredited link between autism and childhood vaccines

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's pick to lead Health and Human Services, has spread false or misleading claims that autism is linked to vaccines.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

Canadian government to present mini budget on Dec. 16

The Canadian government will present its fall economic statement on Dec. 16, the finance ministry said on Monday, announcing a date for the budget update that will show the government's revised deficit estimate.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: MSN

'The View' co-hosts get into heated back-and-forth over whether they should panic over Trump's plans

"The View" co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Ana Navarro got into it on Monday over whether people should be panicked about Donald Trump's plans ahead of his inauguration in January.

[ Mon, Dec 09th 2024 ]: Journalist's Resource

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Syrian Military Officials Charged With War Crimes as Government Falls

Jamil Hassan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud ran an infamous prison in Damascus and "sought to terrify, intimidate and repress any opposition, or perceived opposition, to the regime," according to the indictment.

The Justice Department has initiated a war crimes investigation into the actions of American citizens who allegedly fought with Syrian rebel groups against the Assad regime, according to a report by The New York Times on December 9, 2024. This investigation marks a significant step as it focuses on individuals who might have committed atrocities during the Syrian civil war, potentially violating international law. The inquiry includes looking into whether these fighters engaged in acts such as torture, hostage-taking, or other severe abuses. The move reflects a broader effort by the U.S. to address war crimes committed by its nationals abroad, highlighting the complexities of international law enforcement and the challenges of prosecuting such cases. The investigation could lead to charges under U.S. law for war crimes, which carry severe penalties, and underscores the government's commitment to holding its citizens accountable for international human rights violations.

Read the Full The New York Times Article at:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/us/politics/justice-department-syria-war-crimes.html