Akbar Ahmed

Nov 20, 2024 | yahoo.com | Akbar Ahmed

WASHINGTON — 18 senators on Wednesday voted against sending Israel additional American military equipment — the first-ever rebuke of its kind in Congress, and a signal of how frustration has grown in Washington as Israeli forces have pummeled Gaza with near-total support from President Joe Biden. That group of senators voted against sending Israel $774 million worth of tank rounds, which its military has used in attacks on children and aid groups.

Nov 20, 2024 | yahoo.com | Akbar Ahmed

The Biden administration is aggressively pushing senators to bless continued U.S. weapons shipments for Israel ahead of a first-of-its-kind vote in Congress on the policy, HuffPost has learned ― and administration officials are suggesting lawmakers who vote against the arms are empowering American and Israeli foes from Iran to the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, which the U.S. treats as terror organizations.

Nov 19, 2024 | thefridaytimes.com | Akbar Ahmed

Among the potentially extinction-level crisis on the horizon for humankind—which include climate change and the threat of nuclear war—is the creation and development of artificial intelligence or AI. The debate about the destructive potential on a global scale of AI is eerily reminiscent of the heated discussion around the use of nuclear power as the Second World War ended.

Nov 17, 2024 | jacobin.com | Akbar Ahmed

Interview by Daniel Finn Akbar Shahid Ahmed, senior diplomatic correspondent for the Huffington Post, has been reporting on US support for the Israeli attack on Gaza over the last year, and is now working on a book that will give us the inside story. He spoke to Jacobin about why Kamala Harris wouldn’t distance herself from Joe Biden over Gaza, what impact it had on the US presidential election, and what is likely to happen next.

Nov 9, 2024 | msn.com | Akbar Ahmed

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