News Archive - 19 June 2024

“The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, says that people continue to be displaced amid active fighting and bombardment,” Farhan Haq told reporters. “Currently, … UNRWA estimates that 65,000 people remain in Rafah." "This is in stark contrast to six weeks ago we when Rafah hosted 1.4...

Iran's acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani met with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani in Doha. There were no immediate details about the meeting Ali Bagheri left Tehran for Doha for a several-hour trip to meet and talk with Qatar's high-ranking officials on Wednesday. Consultation...

In a message to the conference on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the need for legal and judicial cooperation among BRICS countries, IRNA reported from the Iranian Embassy in Moscow. Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Head of Supreme Court of Iran who headed the Iranian delegation to the meeting, praised the...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands ― The government of the Netherlands calls hosting the International Criminal Court “a huge responsibility” rooted in its national constitution. Along with 92 other nations, Holland on Friday endorsed a statement calling the court “an essential component of the international peace and security architecture” that should be...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGClimate activist and actor Jane Fonda says the nation faces an “existential” choice in November, and she’s throwing her support behind President Joe Biden.“Who wins in November is going to determine whether we have a livable future. It’s as simple as that, and there’s a very stark choice,”...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGNewsmax host Greg Kelly unfathomably drew parallels between the jury that convicted Donald Trump in his hush money case and the jury that acquitted the suspects in the murder of Emmett Till. (Watch the video below.)Till was a Black teen who was kidnapped, beaten and shot in 1955...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGA pair of climate protesters were arrested Wednesday at the U.K.’s Stonehenge monument after they sprayed the 5,000-year-old rocks with orange paint, British police said.The protesters, 21-year-old Niamh Lynch and 73-year-old Rajan Naidu, are part of Just Stop Oil, a group that says it wants the...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGOn a remote airstrip in the South American country of Guyana, Jackie Speier lay gravely wounded behind the wheel of a small plane. The 28-year-old legal adviser to a California congressman had been shot five times. Near her lay the bullet-riddled bodies of her boss, Rep. Leo Ryan, three...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGA 2016 meeting between Dodgers broadcast legend Vin Scully and Hall of Fame Giants star Willie Mays has gone viral after Mays died Tuesday at age 93. (Watch the video below.)Both men were among the best at their craft, making their conversation at a game in San Francisco...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGThis article includes material from HuffPost’s weekly culture and entertainment newsletter, The Culture Catchall. Click here to subscribe.Before we dive in, I want to wish you all a Happy Juneteenth. To all the Black people out there, I hope you’re taking the day off to relax, celebrate and...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON ― Republicans never proposed a tax break on tips before, but now that Donald Trump has embraced the idea, several lawmakers are putting it into legislation. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said Wednesday he would soon write a bill to eliminate federal taxes on tips. Advertisement “It’s a...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities.It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDonald Trump harbored a crush on Debra Messing when they both worked for NBC, and the “Will & Grace” star remains an “obsession” for the former president, according to a new book.In the just-released “Apprentice in Wonderland,” about Trump’s days hosting “The Apprentice,” author Ramin Setoodeh writes that...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGOlivia Cooke is spilling on a “carnal” and “animalistic” sex scene fans will likely never see.“Game of Thrones” fans are naturally overjoyed that HBO’s prequel series “House of the Dragon” is back, but Sunday’s return coincided with a revealing interview with Elle — in which Cooke divulged that...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that Donald Trump got the notion to push hydroxychloroquine as a COVID-19 treatment from none other than Fox News host Laura Ingraham. (Watch the video below.)Fauci, a White House coronavirus task force member during the pandemic, said the former president fixated on so-called...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGJessica Biel went straight to work after her husband’s arrest in the Hamptons.The “Better Sister” star showed up bright and early Tuesday on the Manhattan set of her upcoming series, mere hours after Justin Timberlake — with whom she shares two young children — was charged with driving...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGFox News host Bret Baier on Tuesday listed off some of the harshest things that Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has said about Donald Trump, and asked the senator about his supposed “evolution” on the former president.Vance, reportedly a contender to be Trump’s 2024 vice presidential pick, was...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willie Mays raced at top speed toward the center-field wall at the spacious Polo Grounds and somehow managed to track down and corral a fast-traveling ball with an over-the-shoulder catch that became the most iconic moment in the Hall of Famer’s decorated career that featured...

The year’s most anticipated sporting event continues to spawn triumph and tragedy.French swimmer Rafael Fente-Damers successfully qualified for the Paris Olympics on Tuesday, but while punching the pool waters in joyous celebration at the French Championships in Chartres, the 17-year-old athlete reportedly dislocated his shoulder.Fente-Damers had just secured...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGLongtime GOP operative and Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone was caught on tape detailing the steps that Republicans are taking in order to successfully challenge the 2024 election result should the former president lose to President Joe Biden again.This time around, Trump’s team is more prepared than they...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDonald Trump bashed Fox News, his on-again-off-again favorite news network, on social media Wednesday, proclaiming that “nobody can ever trust” its reporting.Trump’s screed appeared to be in response to former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan’s appearance on the network over a week ago, when he said Trump was...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGFamilies of the passengers who were killed in two Boeing plane crashes have asked the Department of Justice to fine the aerospace company $24.8 billion and prosecute “responsible corporate officials,” saying that “Boeing’s crime is the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history.”The sum represents the maximum...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDonald Trump vowed at a rally Tuesday that if reelected, he’ll cut funding to every school with a vaccine mandate ― even though all 50 states have such laws on the books.“I will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate or a mask...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGPresident Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama paid tribute to baseball legend Willie Mays after the Hall of Fame center fielder died Tuesday at the age of 93. Mays, known by many fans as the “Say Hey Kid,” was widely considered the best all-around baseball player in the...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGThe White House on Tuesday responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s allegations that the Biden administration has been withholding weapons and ammunition from his country over the past few months.“We genuinely do not know what he’s talking about,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. “We...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor.The legislation that Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGUNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Los Angeles rookie Cameron Brink tore the ACL in her left knee, the Sparks announced Wednesday.The rookie forward had to be helped off the court after suffering the injury in the first quarter of the Sparks’ 79-70 loss to Connecticut on Tuesday night. Brink...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGMIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto formed on Wednesday in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, the first named storm of what is forecast to be a busy hurricane season.Alberto was located 185 miles (about 300 kilometers) east of Tampico, Mexico and 295 miles (about 480 kilometers) south-southeast of...

Muslim pilgrims use umbrellas to shield themselves from the sun as they arrive to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on June 18, 2024. AP Photo/Rafiq MaqboolMECCA, Saudi...

The great capacities and capabilities of the Islamic Revolution -shaped under the expert guidance of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei- and the reliance upon the Iranian nation- have allowed the country to dampen down and ruin foreign pressures, Major General Hossein Salami said in an address...

Al Jazeera Arabic reported intense Israeli artillery shelling, smoke rounds, and drone attacks on residential houses northwest of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Movement of Israeli military vehicles has also been reported north of the camp in what appears to be a coordinated mobilization to coincide with the...

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted east Afghanistan at 8:47 a.m. local time at a depth of 35 km on Wednesday, according to Xinhua. The epicenter of the quake was located 33 km northeast of Mehtarlam, the capital of Laghman Province, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported. There have been...

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which monitors and tracks commercial shipping for owners and the military in the crucial waterway, said in an update on Tuesday that debris and oil had been sighted around the vessel’s last known location. “The vessel is believed to have sunk in position...

Hezbollah said in a statement late on Tuesday that its fighters targeted the Plasan military factory, the Zionist arms producer in Kibbutz Sasa, with Falaq missiles. The factory is active in arming and protecting cars for the Zionist army. Hezbollah had earlier targeted the Israeli military base Al-Manara on the...

The agreement was sealed at a summit in Pyongyang during a rare visit by Putin to the reclusive nuclear-armed state as both countries face growing confrontations with the West. In a news conference after the summit, Putin said the agreement, which he called “a truly breakthrough document,” reflected the two...

The state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management told CNN they have received reports of one fatality, but had no additional information. The wildfires have been tearing across Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Reservation, converging on the village of Ruidoso “like a pair of tongs” and prompting thousands...

Hezbollah resistance movement in Lebanon held a ceremony in tribute to martyred commander Talib Abdallah (Abu Talib) on Wednesday. Nasrallah appeared via video-conferencing during the memorial ceremony. He offered condolences and congratulations over martyrdom of commander ‘Abu Talib’, saluted families of martyrs over patience and sticking to resistance path, Al-Manar...

The debate was the first of five scheduled to take place in the span of nine days. Presidential hopefuls shared their policies and plans for Iran’s economy in their first direct face-off before the June 28th vote.  The debate was deemed underwhelming by some viewers, who believed candidates failed...

With the measures that have been taken in President Raeisi's government in the field of the oil industry, I should announce that any government that comes to power in the US cannot prevent the export and production of Iranian oil, Owji said while speaking at a parliament open session on...

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Speaking to reporters after attending a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the Interior Minister of Iran Ahmad Vahidi said that "We are very sensitive towards the issue of a fair election." All candidates can have a representative in each polling station across the country to monitor the transparency of the...

The brave border guards of Sistan and Baluchistan Province noticed the presence of some terrorists who were trying to enter the country and carry out acts of sabotage, Iranian Border Police Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi announced. In this operation, 2 terrorists were killed and one of them was arrested, Goudarzi said. Significant...

"There were 48 defendants in the Kerman terrorist case, including Iranian citizens and foreign nationals," said the prosecutor of Kerman about the January deadly explosions that targeted a huge gathering of people on the anniversary of the martyrdom of an anti-terror icon IRGC Quds Forces General Qassem Soleimani.  He...

"We have no problem with negotiation and we welcome it," said Alreza Zakani, current mayor of Tehran, who is also running for the president in the June snap elections. West is not only the United States and three European countries, namely, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, who are parties...

The Rasht-Caspian project will be put into operation tomorrow in the presence of Mr. Mokhbar, which is an unprecedented event in the history of the country and contributes to the role of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), Mehrdad Bazrpash, the Iranian Minister of...

Consultation and exchange of views with the Qatari authorities regarding mobilizing the capabilities and potential of the Islamic world to end the crimes and genocide of the Zionist regime in Gaza and providing quick aid to the residents of Gaza are at the top of agenda of Bagheri's trip to...

Pouriya Hossein Khanzadeh collected 22 points for Team Melli, while Torey Defalco scored 32 points for the US, Tehran Times newspaper reported.  This was Iran’s first win out of nine matches in the 2024 VNL. Iran are scheduled to play the Netherlands on Thursday. The VNL Preliminary Phase features...

The general articles of the document of the founding of the national organization and the strategic council for artificial intelligence were approved at the meeting of the  Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution on Wednesday. In the national artificial intelligence document, it was included that Iran would be among the top...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGThe surviving son of convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh has filed a defamation lawsuit against multiple media companies, claiming their true-crime documentaries about his prominent South Carolina family falsely linked him to a teen’s death. Richard “Buster” Murdaugh claims in the lawsuit’s complaint, which was filed Friday and obtained by...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDonald Trump’s rally in Wisconsin on Tuesday was marked by so many falsehoods that CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale’s attempt to list them rapid-fire still took three full minutes. Dale told Abby Phillip he found 30 obvious lies. Some were his usual false claims and conspiracy theories about the 2020...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGMSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell on Tuesday tore into Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) as a “wise guy” who only wants to impress Donald Trump after the senator perpetuated the debunked claim that President Joe Biden demanded to sit during his upcoming presidential debate with the former president.Hawley, a longshot...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDr. Anthony Fauci has recalled how Donald Trump reacted to being corrected during a televised press briefing during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020.Fauci said he fully expected to be chewed out by the then-president after he publicly rejected Trump’s claim earlier in the...

If you’ve ever come home after a long, sticky day spent outside in the summer, you are probably familiar with feeling like you may never stop sweating again.People who exercise regularly can probably second this. In the summer months, it can just feel impossible to cool down. Luckily, cooling...

Beauty Pie, Sephora, NordstromBeauty Pie Super Retinol Hands cream, Nécessaire The Hand Retinol and Chantecaille retinol hand cream.Despite being a lifelong skin care obsessive, I am notorious for indulging in facial products while utterly neglecting the rest of my body. But given that the skin on our entire bodies...

Amazon“Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations” by Nicole A. Taylor, “The History of Juneteenth: A History Book for New Readers” by Arlisha Norwood and “On Juneteenth” by Annette Gordon-Reed.This story originally appeared in HuffPost’s Books newsletter. Sign up here for weekly book news, author...

LeoPatrizi via Getty ImagesShould wearing a pair of shorts or a baseball cap keep you from enjoying an expensive night on the town? At many upscale restaurants, potential customers are turned away if they’re wearing clothes that don’t match the classy vibe inside. Some diners have complained about discrimination, especially...

Group4 Studio via Getty ImagesShopping for a wedding dress can be an overwhelming experience. Shopping for that special dress is one of the most memorable experiences in the wedding planning process. It can also be incredibly overwhelming as you wade through endless styles, fabrics and opinions. “Wedding dress shopping entails...

Rawpixel via Getty ImagesExtend the intimacy and protect your health at the same time with this handy guide.You’re probably well aware of what should be done before physical intimacy ― from communication to setting the mood ― but you may be less certain about what should be done after...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGA source recently let me know that the responses to an article I had written were a bit mean-spirited. “That’s why I don’t read the comments,” I found myself thinking. I moved quickly past this news and on to the rest of my day.My reaction suddenly struck me...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGStephen Colbert said longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon won’t get his wish to serve his upcoming four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress in a relatively cushy “Club Fed” facility. CNN said he will instead do his time in the more restrictive environment of a low-security prison, which...

LOADINGERROR LOADING“The Daily Show” hosts Desi Lydic and Ronny Chieng on Tuesday went to town on the GOP’s newest batch of “out-there” hopefuls, with Chieng ripping them as “human clickbait candidates.”They mocked Minnesota Senate candidate Royce White for turning the race into a “Jerry Springer” episode with his insulting...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGJimmy Kimmel said one revelation about Donald Trump in Anthony Fauci’s new book says it all about the former president’s supposed business acumen.In “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service,” Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, writes of Trump calling...

At its best, writer-director Lagueria Davis' film aims to challenge the level of responsibility placed onto Black Barbie and Mattel.Courtesy of NetflixIn many ways, the release of “Black Barbie: A Documentary” was inevitable. Months after “Barbie” hit theaters and melted the minds of white feminists everywhere, an examination of...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGDonald Trump’s latest attempt to mock President Joe Biden over his cognitive abilities lost its sting on Tuesday when he got a key term wrong at a time when new questions are being raised about his own brainpower. Trump pointed to a video circulating in right-wing media of Biden...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — This world record was five years in the making for Regan Smith.What an up-and-down journey it’s been.Bouncing back from a close-but-no-Olympics call in her first race, Smith set a world record in the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. swimming trials on Tuesday...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGJimmy Fallon offered a theory on Donald Trump after an author who interviewed the former president six times said he had “severe memory issues.”“I’m starting to think he writes his name on buildings just so he can remember where he lives,” the “Tonight Show” host quipped.Advertisement He...

Peter Dazeley via Getty ImagesThe first time I peed on my boyfriend’s living room floor, I was sure it spelled doom for our relationship. Why would he stay with someone who could do such a disgusting thing, especially when we’d only been together three months? I probably wouldn’t have.I’d...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGSen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was sharply criticized on social media Tuesday after he twisted reality on Fox News. “The next time you hear the word felon in this election, I think the felon in this election is Joe Biden,” the devoted Donald Trump ally told Fox News’...

As of early Wednesday, Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) was still trailing his opponent in Tuesday's House primary as votes were being tallied.Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesRep. Bob Good (R-Va.), who chairs the House Freedom Caucus, may not survive a too-close-to-call GOP primary.As of early Wednesday, Good was trailing...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new partnership that includes a vow of mutual aid if either country is attacked, during a Wednesday summit that came as both face escalating standoffs with the West.The deal, which...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Tuesday he would support efforts to remove smartphones from schools, a day after the U.S. surgeon general called for a warning label to be applied to social media platforms.“As the Surgeon General affirmed, social media is harming the mental health of...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGTOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A blast of heat and humidity in the Midwest and Northeast days before the official start of summer put a wet blanket on outdoor activities from festivals to sports camps as officials urged people to take precautions.Cities that opened cooling centers this week advised...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGThe author of a new Donald Trump book who has spoken out about the former president’s “severe memory issues” offered some alarming examples on Tuesday. Ramin Setoodeh, who interviewed Trump six times after he left office in 2021, told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that there were points during those sessions...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGA new independent report presented to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council on Wednesday concluded that Israeli forces have been carrying out several crimes against humanity on the civilian population in Gaza, including a campaign of “extermination” that has ramped up since the current military offensive began more than...

LOADINGERROR LOADINGFormer President Donald Trump planned to stay at a hotel in Chicago during next month’s Republican National Convention, but changed plans on Tuesday when his campaign was asked why he wasn’t staying in the host city where he is expected to be anointed as the party’s official presidential candidate.

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Women who support Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in the upcoming presidential election of Iran held a gathering in Tehran on Wednesday.

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A recent study from Pew Research Center, which found that “most Black Americans believe U.S. institutions were designed to hold Black people back,” has gotten some backlash this past week. Although the report has since been revised to acknowledge its misstep, it originally used the term “racial conspiracy theories”...

After years of sticky summers in small city apartments, my childhood memories of air-conditioned houses started to feel more and more distant. Living in buildings with small, oddly-shaped windows or even no exterior ventilation to hold a traditional box-shaped window unit had tarnished my dream of ever having my own...

Since the AC is Wi-Fi-enabled, you can control it from anywhere using the MideaAir app (available on both iOS and Android). You can also use voice control with Alexa or Google Assistant.Promising review: "Saved me from SoCal heat and misery. I can't sleep when the bedroom is over 68...

Even in the most sustainable of greenspaces, you're going to need to water your plants. Johnny Kunen, president and owner of Native NY Gardens says he often installs irrigation systems with controllers from Rachio, a certified B-corp that makes smart watering systems aimed at conserving water. "Rachio Irrigation connects via...

In addition, Fox advised that ear plugs can be helpful for some pets. Based on her recommendation, we think this noise-canceling head wrap is a great option for pets. Yes, it looks hilarious. But don't be fooled: It's a non-intrusive, ear muff-esque calming aid that helps dampen noise, reducing the...