JARUSALEM (AA) – At least 42 people were injured on Friday in an Israeli police intervention with plastic bullets and sound bombs after dawn prayer. Israeli police intervened after Palestinian youths entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem from Bab al-Maghrib, one of the gates to the mosque, and threw stones after performin...
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 – Roughly $7 billion worth of military equipment transferred to the deposed Afghan government was left behind during the US’s chaotic withdrawal from the country in August, according to a report published on April 28. The Pentagon does not plan to conduct any operations to “retrieve or destroy” the equipment, accor...
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 […]
BRUSSELS – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has said that the military alliance would welcome “with open arms” Finland and Sweden if they decide to apply for membership. Stoltenberg spoke at a joint news conference with the President of the European Parliament (EP) Roberta Mestola ahead of a meeting with the leaders of the EP’s political [&he...
NAIROBI, Kenya- The Russian invasion of Ukraine has worsened the food security crisis in African countries, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned in a recently released report. The report noted that most African countries rely hugely on Ukraine and Russia for vegetable oils, fertilizers, wheat and wheat imports, which make up most staples. “The war ...
KHOST, AFGHANISTAN: In Khost province of Afghanistan, people have to use snow in summer to keep food fresh as there is no electricity. When it snows in the winter season, the local people in the mountainous areas of the city store the snow in special warehouses and then bring it by trucks to city during […]
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir – Despite the arrival of modern means, the tradition of ‘human alarm clocks’, called Saharkhans in the local language, has survived in Indian occupied Kashmir. At the onset of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Saharkhans take the streets in the wee hours, beating drums or large gongs and reciting...
BRUSSELS – There is an “absolute possibility” that the Russia-Ukraine war would continue for months or years, the NATO secretary-general said. Speaking at the NATO Youth Summit, Jens Stoltenberg explained that NATO allies are preparing to provide support for Ukraine “over a long period of time” because “there is a possibility that this war wil...
TUNIS, Tunisia – Tunisia is “on the verge of an economic disaster,” the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) said in a statement marking the Labor Day. “Tunisia is on the brink of an economic disaster for which it has not found solutions other than more debt and burdening the people with taxes, high prices and […]
