HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – A number of Canadians are supporting a petition asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to strip billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk of his citizenship. The petition, launched by British Columbia resident Qualia Reed and sponsored by New Democratic Party (NDP) MP Charlie Angus, argues that Musk “has engaged in a...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas condemned on Sunday Israel’s delay in releasing Palestinian prisoners as a “violation” of a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement. Israel was scheduled to let go 620 prisoners on Saturday in return for six captives freed by Hamas, but Tel Aviv delayed the releases citing what it called “humiliating hostage hand...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel suspended the release of Palestinian prisoners Saturday, citing Hamas’ alleged delivery of a wrong body. According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, Israeli officials said the government decided to halt the release after Hamas handed over the body of a Palestinian woman in place of Shiri Bibas on Thursday. ...
ANKARA (AA) – Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, handed over on Saturday six Israelis to the Red Cross in three locations in Gaza as part of the seventh exchange under the Jan. 19 ceasefire deal. Two captives were released in Rafah, southern Gaza: Tal Shoham, an operative in the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – NATO’s secretary general says that any security guarantees for Ukraine provided by Europe need to be backed up by the US. “Strong security guarantees, if provided by European countries, need a backup by the United States,” Mark Rutte said during a speech at Comenius University in Slovakia. He also reaffirmed that th...
A new report reveals that the top 50 think tanks in the U.S. have received hundreds of millions of dollars from foreign governments and defence contractors. The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft’s document notes that between 2019 and 2023, foreign governments and state-owned entities contributed more than $110 million to these influe...
The Trump administration has removed migrants held at Guantánamo Bay. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE confirmed that 177 Venezuelan migrants were flown to Honduras for deportation back to Venezuela. The administration has been pushing aggressive deportation policies, signing deals with Colombia, Venezuela, and El Salvador to take ba...
Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump has urged the U.S. government to declassify FBI and CIA files on Malcolm X. The demand came on the 60th anniversary of the Muslim civil rights leader’s assassination. Crump made the public plea at the site where Malcolm X was killed in New York City. He was joined by […]
More than 200 Muslim community members gathered in Annapolis for the 2025 Maryland Muslim Lobby Day, advocating for key legislative issues. The event was organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR, the United Maryland Muslim Council, and the Islamic Maryland Action Network, among other partners. Held at the House of Delegat...
A Uyghur activist who was detained in Morocco for more than three years has been freed and resettled in the U.S. Thirty-six-year-old Idris Hasan was arrested in July 2021 at Casablanca Airport. This was after the Chinese government accused him of terrorism. After Interpol issued a red notice for his capture, he was imprisoned in […]
