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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia on Thursday warned of “disastrous consequences” from a United States law allowing 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom, in a major spike in tension between the longstanding allies. The warning came after the US Congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override President Barack Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) on relations between states. JASTA allows attack survivors and relatives of terrorism victims to […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — Bahrain warned Thursday that the United States would be the loser from Congress’s vote to override President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. “The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act is an arrow launched by the US Congress at its own country,” Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said on Twitter. “Are there no rational people among you?” he asked. Bahrain […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – by Andrew BEATTY The US Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to override Barack Obama’s veto of a bill allowing 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia, the first such rebuke of his eight-year presidency. In a landmark 97-1 vote backing the override, only outgoing Obama ally, Nevada Democrat Harry Reid, voted against it, teeing up a similar vote in the House of Representatives later Wednesday. The rare act of bipartisanship is a severe […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama is poised to veto legislation exposing Saudi Arabia to court action over the 9/11 attacks, stepping in to defend legal precedent and an awkward ally, but inviting election-time opprobrium. White House officials say Obama will reject the “Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act” by a Friday veto deadline, after a little over a week of deliberation. The administration is worried the bill — passed […]
QUEZON City, Philippinies (September 19) – The American people still remembers the staggering 9/11 attack that occurred 15 years ago. The horror still haunts the hearts of the families of the victims – their names remembered in a memorial site near the rebuilt Twin Towers of New York. The infamous attack that sparked the international war against terror has made its mark in human history. The figures will always be etched in the pages of […]
The United States marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with solemn services to commemorate the victims of the deadliest terror strikes on US soil, with President Obama urging Americans to embrace diversity. (video courtesy AFPTV) https://youtu.be/Bi7eG5v9G9I
by Jennie Matthew with Anita Chang Beattie in Washington New York, United States (AFP) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is suffering from pneumonia and was overheated and dehydrated when she quickly left a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York on Sunday, her doctor said. The incident at Ground Zero, in which the 68-year-old Clinton seemed to lose her footing as she was helped into her vehicle, sparked new questions about her health — […]
Ellen Aguilar of Eagle News New Jersey Bureau revisits the Liberty State Park in Jersey City which played a big part after the September 11 attacks. It was here where many of the affected New York City residents were brought after the Twin Towers went down in 2001. First responders crossed the Hudson River to ferry people from New York City to New Jersey for safety.
Eagle News’ Keith Bethea from the New Jersey Bureau reports on security on the eve of the 15th year Anniversary of the World Trade Center bombing — from one of the major hubs in the US close to New York City — Newark Liberty International Airport. He reports that there were maintenance security checks done on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary by federal state and local agencies to ensure tight security in the area. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohYggc286M4&feature=youtu.be
NEW JERSEY, United States — Eagle News revisits the Empty Sky Memorial, the official New Jersey September 11 memorial to the state’s victims of the September 11 attacks, on Saturday (September 10, 2016) a day before the 15th anniversary of the deadly attacks that killed 746 New Jersey residents at the World Trade Center in 1993. Located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, it was dedicated for the 746 New Jersey victims whose names are etched […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The United States marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on Sunday with solemn services to commemorate the victims of the deadliest terror strikes on US soil, which changed the world forever. Nearly 3,000 people were killed on September 11, 2001 when 19 Al-Qaeda suicide bombers hijacked four passenger jets, crashing them into the Twin Towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington and a field in […]
by Jennie MATTHEW New York, United States(AFP) — New York marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks more resilient, wealthier and more diverse than ever, yet that terrible day is forever seared into its DNA. The Al-Qaeda hijackings of September 11, 2001 — the first foreign attack on the US mainland in nearly two centuries — ruptured a sense of safety and plunged the West into wars still being fought today. More than 2,750 […]
