Columbia University has temporarily barred pro-Israel professor Shai Davidai from its New York campus on accusations of harassment and intimidation of other employees. Davidai teaches at Columbia Business School. A university spokesperson said while Columbia has respected Davidai’s right to free speech, it does not tolerate threats of in...
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney has struck down a Georgia election rule requiring poll workers to conduct a hand count of all votes to ensure the tally matched that of electronic voting machines. The hand-count rule was set to go into effect on Oct. 22, a week after early voting had started in […]
A 28-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the Islamic Society of Greater Philadelphia on Sunday night. She is facing charges of institutional vandalism, trespass, desecration of objects, and harassment. Philadelphia police say she ripped apart copies of the Quran, broke the front door window with a cane, and refused to l...
Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris visited a Black-owned art gallery in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday, as part of her outreach to Black male voters. The visit marked the unveiling of her “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men,” which aims to offer new economic advantages. Harris’ focus on Black male voters has sharpened in recent wee...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US will intensify efforts with its partners to end the Israeli war on Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said shortly after the claim of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israel. In a statement, Blinken alleged that Sinwar, over the past months, rebuffed efforts by the US and […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said Thursday he is more “hopeful” about a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. He also said he is sending Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel in the next five days. His remarks came after he arrived in Berlin, following Israeli […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US forces were “not directly involved” in Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the Pentagon said on Thursday. “This was an Israeli operation. US forces were not directly involved,” Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. His remarks came after the Israeli army ...
BERLIN (AA) – A German warship shot down a drone off the coast of Lebanon, military sources said. The German corvette Ludwigshafen am Rhein, which was deployed as part of the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, shot down the unidentified aerial vehicle. A military spokesperson told German press agency DPA that an unmanned aerial vehicl...
Israel shot dead a 59-year-old Palestinian woman while attending to her family’s olive grove in the village of Faqqua, east of Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank. Hanan Abu Salami was shot in the back Thursday morning as she was picking olives with other members of her family when soldiers stationed on […]
ANKARA (AA) – Recalling the US warning to Israel to improve humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, the EU foreign policy chief has slammed Washington for giving another month to Israel while “too many people” are being killed there. “They gave one-month delay” during which “too many people” would be killed, Josep ...
