A Bollywood film about the exodus of thousands of Hindus from Indian-administered Kashmir is fanning anti-Muslim sentiments in India. “The Kashmir Files” has been praised by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP. The 170-minute Hindi-language movie released last week tells the fictio...
Mali’s ruling junta has ordered French broadcasters RFI and France 24 off the air. Leaders complained the broadcasters had falsely accused the Malian army of committing abuses, officials said Thursday. The Bamako government “categorically rejects these false accusations against the courageous FAMA (Malian Armed Forces),” spokesman Colonel Abdo...
For 25 years, Shaikh Abdul Quddoos Azhari has been dreaming about opening an Islamic school in Australia’s Northern Territory. He finally succeeded this year after finding the land, getting necessary approvals, and drawing around 35 students. Named the Australian International Islamic College, the school in the city of Darwin is open to studen...
U.S. prosecutors accused China Wednesday of spying on pro-democracy activists and seeking to harass and intimidate a former Tiananmen Square dissident who is running for United States Congress. Attorney Breon Peace announced charges against five men involving “campaigns to silence, harass, discredit and spy on U.S. residents” for exercising th...
WASHINGTON – According to US Democrats, elevated gas prices are the result of the war imposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the senior-most Democrat in the House of Representatives, said the party is doing “everything” it can to “minimize the Putin price hike at home.” Earlier, the Bid...
GENEVA – The number of civilian deaths recorded since the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine has reached 780, while 1,252 more have been wounded, the UN Human Rights Office has said on March 17. These figures, however, are likely to be significantly lower than the actual toll. At the same time, the UN Refugee […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Bosnia and Herzegovina has the right to decide whether to be a member of NATO but Moscow reserves the right to react to such a possibility under its interests, a Russian envoy said Thursday. “If Bosnia and Herzegovina decides to be a member of anything, it is an internal matter. But […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to halt normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The Suspending Normal Trade Relations with Russia and Belarus Act was approved in the chamber 424-8. The only opposition came from Republicans, with lawmakers L...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Another American has died as a result of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Thursday. Blinken did not identify the victim, nor did he provide any circumstances that led to the death. That comes after journalist Brent Renaud was killed on Sunday. At least two other American [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he agrees with US President Joe Biden that Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine. Blinken said Russia has “stepped up” its attacks against Ukraine “with the goal of breaking the will of the people,” and he personally determined war crimes are b...
