NEW DELHI (AA) – Police in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh arrested seven people Thursday for allegedly throwing pieces of pork, letters abusing Muslims and torn pages of an Islamic text at three mosques and a shrine in an attempt to instigate communal violence. They said in a statement that the incidents took place […]
WASHINGTON- Hundreds of students at a US high school outside of Chicago fasted in solidarity with their Muslim peers. The students at Maine East High School took part in the first Ramadan-inspired event in the school history on Wednesday in an effort to display diversity and inclusion. “I see her doing it every day, and […]
PARIS (AA) – French prosecutors on Wednesday launched a preliminary investigation into the “profiling” of Muslims by a far-right website. Taha Bouhafs, a French journalist, stated on social media that the Paris Prosecutor’s Office has launched the investigation into the Fdesouche website that has reportedly labelled Mus...
RAMALLAH, PALESTINE (AA): Thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank flocked to an Israeli crossing leading to the city of Jerusalem, to observe Laylat al-Qadr at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday despite the tension in the city and the Israeli restrictions on their entry. Since early morning, traffic at the Qalandia security checkpoint — lo...
TUNIS, Tunisia – A Tunisian politician has called for a rescue plan to help pull the country out of its current political and economic crises. “There must be reforms in order to save Tunisia through a rescue plan to cruise the country out of the political, economic and social crises,” Ahmed Najib Chebbi, a leader […]
ANKARA (AA) – Turkish security forces killed 10 PKK fighters in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. They were targeted in the areas of Operations Peace Spring, Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch, Turkiye’s cross-border offensives, the ministry said on Twitter. Since 2016, Ankara has launched a trio of operations...
BAGHDAD (AA) – Iraq said Tuesday it had hosted a fifth round of tension-easing talks between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahaf described the talks between the two neighbors as “positive”. “The atmosphere of the negotiations was calm and there was a state of positivity and understanding,̶...
BAGHDAD (AA) – An Iraqi soldier and two ISIS terrorists were killed in a security swoop north of the capital Baghdad on Tuesday, according to the defense ministry. A ministry statement said security forces raided a hideout for ISIS terrorists in al-Boghbin, 50 km north of Baghdad. An Iraqi soldier and two terrorists, including a […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A businessman was sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment on Monday for his involvement in the attempt to overthrow the Turkish government in 2016. The trial of 17 defendants including Turkish businessman Osman Kavala and nine fugitives over allegations regarding the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt in Turkiye a...
JERUSALEM, WEST BANK (AA): An Israeli court sent the file of the Palestinian family that has been fighting the eviction order from its house in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem to the execution judge for the evaluation of the objections on Tuesday. An appeal hearing was held at the Jerusalem Magistrates Court […...
