LONDON (AA) – Seven in 10 British Muslims have experienced some form of Islamophobia in the workplace, according to a new poll released on Tuesday. The survey showed some 69% of Muslims currently employed in the UK faced some sort of Islamophobic behavior during work-related engagements. These included interactions with customers, client...
GENEVA (AA) – Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory and discrimination against Palestinians are the root causes of the recurrent tensions, instability, and protracted conflict in the region, a new UN report said Tuesday. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, includi...
LONDON: More than a hundred women in London marched 16 kilometers to highlight “malignant racism and misogyny” against Black women. The march, organized by the Women’s Equality Party, stretched from Fryent Park in northwest London to the New Scotland Yard. It came on the second anniversary of the murder of two sisters, Nicole...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – At least 17 people were killed and several others injured after a passenger train derailed in east Iran early on Wednesday, local officials said. The train was heading from Mashhad in northeastern Iran to the central city of Yazd when it derailed from the track near Tabas, a city in eastern […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AA) – Germany and Pakistan on Tuesday agreed to work together to avert a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Addressing a joint press conference in the capital Islamabad after a delegation level meeting, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto Zardari were of the view ...
TUNIS, Tunisia (AA) – Tunisian judges continued their strike for the second day on Tuesday to protest President Kais Saied’s decision to sack dozens of their colleagues. In a statement, the Association of Judges said 99% of the judges and judicial staff suspended their work as part of the strike. Tunisian judges started a week-long [&hel...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s foreign minister has tested positive for COVID-19 and cut her Pakistan visit short, the ministry said Tuesday. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Christofer Burger said the result of the rapid antigen test Annalena Baerbock took was positive and she canceled her planned appointments, according to the German news agency...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli drone crashed in the Gaza Strip Tuesday evening, according to its military. “A drone belonging to the army crashed in the northern Gaza Strip a short time ago,” the Israeli army said in a statement. It said the cause of the crash is “under investigation.” “There is no fear of […]
Offering her endorsement to New York state Sen. Alessandra Biaggi on Tuesday in the state’s 17th district, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on her supporters to “continue building progressive power” in Washington by helping Biaggi defeat Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, current chair of the Democrat’s congressional fundra...
Rep. Pramila Jayapal on Tuesday called for an end to all Medicare privatization schemes following a Washington Post report spotlighting how Medicare Advantage plans are distorting patients’ medical records to overbill the federal government and boost their profits. “Medicare Advantage plans regularly deny needed care to seniors and...
