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World Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., left, and Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, depart after a closed briefing on the unknown aerial objects the US military shot down at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. AP

US Congress to Face Iranian Drone Threat

A bipartisan group of US senators has proposed a bill to face the threat of Iranian drones and to strengthen US partnerships in the Middle East. Senators…

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Arab World Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy holding talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Washington (Reuters)

Jordan's King Abdallah II in Washington to Discuss 'Regional Tensions'

Jordan's King Abdullah II kicked off his visit to the US on Tuesday and is set to hold talks with President Joe Biden on Thursday at the White House, according…

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World Senator Bob Menendez. AP file photo

Congress to Enhance ‘Coordinated’ Sanctions Against Tehran

Democrat and Republican senators put forward this week a resolution calling for strengthening US sanctions against Tehran. Sponsored by 33 Senate colleagues…

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World Part of a voting session in the US House of Representatives, Thursday (AFP)

US Capitol Divided on Anniversary of Jan 6 Attack

Americans marked on Friday the second anniversary of the storming of the Capitol amid sharp partisan divisions that loomed over the rooms of the same building…

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Arab World Seized drugs, including Captagon, are displayed for the media in the town of Marea, in the northern Aleppo countryside, on May 24, 2022, following clashes among different Türkiye-backed factions in Syria. (AFP)

US Congress Approves Bill against 'Assad's Captagon Trade'

The US Congress approved a draft resolution that lays down a US strategy to stop drug production and trafficking and dismantle networks linked to the Syrian…

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World US Capitol Building (AFP)

Congress to Establish Task Force to Monitor Iran's Nuclear Program

The US Congress approved the inclusion of provisions from the Iran Nuclear Weapons Capability Monitoring Act of 2022, with bipartisan support to establish a…

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World The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss a resolution condemning Iran on Wednesday, December 7, 2022. (AP)

US Congress Calls for Tightening Sanctions Against Iranian Regime

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will discuss on Wednesday a draft law that condemns the Iranian regime’s repression of demonstrators and calls on the…

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World Former US President Donald Trump during a campaign in Florida (AFP)

US Heated Midterms Determine the Course of the Country

Tens of millions of US citizens head to the polls on Tuesday to choose their representatives in the Senate and the House of Representatives in midterms between…

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