New Delhi, India (AFP): Thirty years after mobs demolished the historic Babri mosque in Ayodhya, India, triggering a wave of sectarian bloodshed that saw thousands killed, fundamentalist Indian Hindu groups are eyeing other Muslim sites — even the world-famous Taj Mahal. Emboldened under Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ai...
BRUSSELS – The European Commission has announced an additional €22 million ($23.3 million) in humanitarian aid for the Rohingya community. The aid will provide shelter, food and health assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and their host communities, as well as displaced Rohingya and other conflict-affected people in Myanmar, the EU’s...
Sen. Bernie Sanders doubled down on his criticism of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its newly created super PAC on Friday, telling The New York Times that the powerful anti-Palestinian rights lobbying group’s foray into Democratic primary politics is threatening the future of the party and of U.S. democracy. As Common D...
Immigrant rights advocates on Friday denounced a federal judge’s injunction blocking the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden from lifting Title 42, a Trump-era public health order that both presidents have invoked to deport around two million asylum-seekers under the pretext of the Covid-19 pandemic. Judge Robert Summerhays of the...
Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and 25 other House Democrats on Friday called for a federal probe of the nation’s concentrated baby formula industry amid a national shortage that has prompted emergency action from lawmakers and the White House. “We are writing to urge the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to work with relevant fede...
Doug Mastriano, a QAnon conspiracy theorist and Jan. 6 insurrectionist, recently won the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor. Mastriano is also anti-Muslim. He previously shared a post claiming Americans “have a right to be fearful” of a large number of Muslims being elected to Congress. Mastriano, a Pennsylvania state senator, is...
White supremacists are a growing national threat, warn the FBI, National Counterterrorism Center, and Department of Homeland Security. Yet, in the wake of last weekend’s deadly Buffalo, New York shooting by a suspected gunman who said he was targeting Blacks, most Republicans in Congress deny there’s a trend. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas told Raw...
On Thursday, Twitter announced a new “crisis misinformation policy” in a bid to ensure “viral misinformation” is not amplified on its platform during conflicts and other crises. The new policy will help “slow the spread” of the most visible, misleading content, particularly that which “could lead to severe harms,” Twitter said in a blog post. ...
Pfizer’s new anti-COVID pill Paxlovid is helping stave off hospitalizations and deaths, a senior White House official said Wednesday. Demand for the treatment has soared amid the latest wave of infections in the U.S. There’s been a four-fold increase in demand over the past month and an estimated 20,000 prescriptions being written daily...
RAMALLAH (AA) – Dozens of Palestinians were injured on Friday when the Israeli army dispersed anti-settlement activities in several locations of the occupied West Bank. The rallies, which took place in the Beita and Beit Dajan villages of Nablus, saw fierce attacks by the Israeli army to disperse the marchers. In a statement, the Palestinian [...
