Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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LAHORE, Pakistan (AA) – A delegation of British Sikh soldiers which visited Pakistan this week appreciated its efforts to preserve the two most holy sites of Sikhism. The two most revered shrines of the Sikh religion are Nankana Sahib, the place where Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, was born, and Kartarpur, where […]
DOUALA, Cameroon (AA) – Security has not improved in Burkina Faso after the military coup, and the transitional authorities are under pressure from terrorists. Armed groups that began attacking Burkina Faso in 2016 have become increasingly abusive, committing hundreds of killings, summary executions, and rapes, as well as widespread loot...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – The Ugandan Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), Muslim members of parliament and Muslim leaders condemned those on Friday who sell pork near Islamic burial sites. MPs and Muslim leaders said those who roast pork do not care if they bring their businesses near burial sites even if funeral ceremonies for Muslims are [&hel...
Late Friday, just before the start of the July 4 holiday weekend, the Biden administration published a draft proposal that could allow new oil and gas drilling in federal waters off the coast of Alaska and in the Gulf of Mexico, a move that environmentalists warned would further endanger marine life and exacerbate the climate crisis. […...
Racial justice advocates on Thursday denounced a proposal by a panel of Texas educators to describe slavery as “involuntary relocation” in the state’s revised second-grade social studies curriculum as part of an effort to comply with a law restricting how the United States’ history of white supremacy is taught. The Texa...
In a last-ditch effort to avoid extradition to the United States, lawyers for jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Friday appealed to the United Kingdom’s High Court to block the transfer. Assange’s brother, Gabriel Shipton, told Reuters that the Australian publisher’s legal team appealed his extradition, which was form...
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar argued Friday that free school meal waivers enacted early in the pandemic to forestall a surge in child hunger should be made permanent, a policy change that she characterized as a political, economic, and moral no-brainer. “We have an opportunity to prove that a government of the people, by the people, and [&h...
Nearly 200 abortion rights advocates were arrested in Washington, D.C. on Thursday as they railed against the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last week that destroyed the protections afforded by the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and demanded lawmakers act urgently to codify those rights into federal law. Organized by the Center for Popular Democ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The EU has condemned civilians deaths in the Syrian conflict in a statement issued on July 1. “The EU condemns in the strongest terms these crimes causing the deaths of so many civilians over more than a decade of conflict. These crimes were mostly perpetrated by the Syrian regime and its allies, […]
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has urged the Taliban to protect the rights of women in Afghanistan, who face hunger and food insecurity, growing domestic violence and harassment, unemployment, lack of access to education. Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that since the Taliban have assumed power, women and [&h...
