ANKARA (AA) – The Australian government Sunday announced it is abandoning proposed laws that would have forced social media companies to regulate misinformation and disinformation on their platforms. In a statement, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland announced that the legislation would not proceed because there was “no pathw...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 35 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since October last year to 44,211, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Sunday. A ministry statement added that some 104,567 others were injured in the ongoing assault. “Israeli forces killed 35 […]
LONDON (AA) – A third of Muslims in the UK say the recent far-right riots have led them to consider leaving the country. A survey, conducted by Survation on behalf of Tell Mama, an NGO that tracks hate crimes targeting Muslims, revealed rising concerns within British Muslim communities following the violent unrest that swept across […]...
LONDON (AA) – Downing Street has signaled the UK would arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he entered the country after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant against him. Asked if Netanyahu would be detained upon arriving in Britain, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer avoided specifics but re...
TEXAS, United States (AA) – The Texas Board of Education has approved a new curriculum that allows public schools in the state to give Bible-based lessons, according to media reports. The curriculum gives schools the green light to teach about the Bible to students from Kindergarten through Grade 5. The syllabus includes Biblical and Chr...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Eleven nongovernmental organizations have urged France to enforce an International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense chief Yoav Gallant. The NGOs, including the Ligue de Droit de l’homme (LDH) and the French Palestinian Solidarity Associatio...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least six Israeli soldiers have taken their own lives in recent months, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth has revealed, citing severe psychological distress because of wars in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon as the primary cause. The investigation suggests the actual number of suicides may be higher, as the Israeli [&h...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AA) – The Copenhagen City Court has convicted far-right Islamophobic politician Rasmus Paludan finding him guilty of racism based on a statement he made during a demonstration in 2019, the official Danish broadcaster reported. According to DR TV, Paludan was seen in the video saying that the average IQ in Somalia is 68 [&h...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – The death toll in tribal clashes in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has climbed to 35, a local official confirmed. Tribal and sectarian clashes in the Kurram district near the Afghan border erupted late Friday following an attack on passenger vans by unidentified assailants on Thursday. R...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Protests erupted in Stockholm, Amsterdam and Geneva as hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets Saturday to voice outrage against Israel’s aggression against the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Despite the weather being extremely cold, around 1,000 people gathered in Stockholm’s Odenplan on the call of various ci...
