The two leaders spoke to each other after nearly a month and a day after Netanyahu rebuffed Biden's calls for Palestinian sovereignty after the war ends. However, Biden said the Israeli PM was not opposed to all two-state solutions, and there were a number of types possible.
The bill was passed in the US House of Representatives with a vote of 314-108, with 106 hard-right members opposing the "out-of-contol government spending". The bill was passed to avert a government shutdown on Saturday morning and extends funding at current levels for some agencies till March 1.
Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition government object to Palestinian statehood, asserting that its establishment would provoke further attacks against Israel. The Israeli PM's latest remarks suggest a growing rift with the US as Washington has called for a two-state solution to the issue.
At least nine people were killed in what Pakistan called "a series of highly coordnated and specifically targeted precision military strikes". However, the airstrikes could backfire on Pakistan because the Baluch Liberation Army said it will avenge the killings and wage war on the state.
In the second attack this week on a US-operated vessel in the region, the Genco Picardy came under attack in the Gulf of Aden late on Wednesday. The Indian Navy responded to a drone attack by Houthis on Marshall Islands-flagged US-owned ship MV Genco Picardy, which had 22 crew members.
The US will go for presidential elections on November 5, 2024, where Biden and Trump are likely to face-off in a repeat of the 2020 polls. The former President was off to a strong start after a massive victory in the Iowa caucuses - winning 20 out of the 40 delegates with 56,250 votes.
Trump's victory in the caucuses increased his position as a frontrunner for a 2020 rematch with Biden. Iowa Democrats did not vote on Monday for their presidential nominees as they will cast their ballots by mail, with the results to be released in March.
This comes after the US and Britain launched a massive strike against the Houthis in retaliation for attacks in the Red Sea, hitting 60 targets and killing five people. Western countries had demanded Houthis to stop their attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea in the wake of the Gaza war.
Republicans in the US House of Representatives are pushing for an impeachment inquiry against President Biden by linking him with his son's business dealings. The junior Biden faces upto 17 years in prison if he is convicted of the tax charges.
According to European Commissioner Thierry Breton, Trump promised to quit the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) during the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2020. Trump repeatedly clashed with traditional allies over trade and defense spending during his presidency.
Trump's lawyers had signalled on Thursday that he planned to take the extraordinary step of delivering a summation personally, in addition to arguments from his legal team.
The Department of Defence waited three days to inform the White House that Austin was hospitalised in ICU for "an elective medical procedure". Even Austin's own deputy was kept in the dark, as the secret hospitalisation sparked a furious backlash, especially from Republicans.
Before the hearing on his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 elections, Trump said that he might prosecute Biden is he defeats him in the 2024 polls. Trump is the leading contender in the Republican camp as he is several points ahead of his rivals.
"If I don't get immunity then crooked Joe Biden doesn't get immunity," Trump said in a video posted on social media. "Joe would be ripe for indictment."
The driver was taken into custody soon after the incident which took place on Monday night.
Trump, while addressing his remarks to supporters in Sioux Centre, Iowa, characterized Biden's speech in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, a 'pathetic fearmongering campaign event' and said that Biden was only attacking him on the issue of democracy because he could not run on other issues.
Biden said that “politics, fear, money” have led many Republicans to abandon their criticism of Trump after the January 6 attack.
Russia launched a massive barrage of 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets on Friday, killing 31 people and injuring 120 others. This was the largest aerial assault since the war erupted last year, as the previous biggest assault was in November 2022 when Moscow launched 96 missiles.
According to US Central Command, the retaliatory strikes on the three sites, "destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of Kataib Hezbollah militants”.
In 2023, both Modi and Biden walked the extra mile and took steps but the year ended on a sad note with the Biden administration filing a chargesheet in a New York court naming an Indian official in a plot to kill a Khalistani terrorist on American soil.
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