Somalia’s first women-run radio and television station has opened in the capital, Mogadishu. U.N.-backed Bilan Media will produce content aimed at addressing issues affecting women and women’s rights in the east African nation. The station’s launch marks a leap in efforts to secure women’s place in Somalia’s public sector. Bilan means bright ...
ANKARA – Turkiye has condemned the killing of a Palestinian woman by Israeli security forces, saying she posed no threat. “We strongly condemn that a civilian Palestinian woman, Ghada Sabateen, although she posed no threat to them, was shot to death without any warning by the Israeli security forces, in the town of Husan in [&helli...
KARACHI, Pakistan – Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who became the first-ever Pakistani leader to be voted out through a no-confidence motion, finished his nearly four-year stint with a mix of successes and failures. Khan came to power through a popular vote in the 2018 general elections, promising to bolster a crippling economy, fight corru...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran on Tuesday summoned Afghanistan’s chargé d’affaires in Tehran to protest attacks on Iranian diplomatic missions in Kabul and Herat. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said consular services at diplomatic missions in Afghanistan would cease their operations until full security was assured. It urged the Afghan auth...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian was killed by Israeli police on Tuesday after an alleged stabbing attack in southern Israel, according to police. A police statement said an officer approached a Palestinian man who was acting in a “suspicious way” in the city of Ashkelon and during the check, the man drew a knife and […]
SIDON, Lebanon (AA) – At least one person was killed and seven others were injured in an explosion near Sidon in southern Lebanon, local media reported early Tuesday. The Al Arabiya television network reported that the explosion occurred near the office of the Shia Amal Movement. Images and videos were shared on social media of […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James is asking a judge to hold former U.S. President Donald Trump in civil contempt, according to a court filing on Thursday. James said Trump did not comply with a judge’s order to hand over all subpoenaed documents to her office. Those pertain to an investigation into allegations the Trump […]
Former U.S. president Donald Trump endorsed Dr. Mehmet Oz for U.S. Senate, ahead of a Republican primary in Pennsylvania. Trump praised Oz’s medical and academic credentials. If he wins the Republican nomination on May 17, Oz will be the first Muslim to be nominated for a Senate seat by a major American political party. Sixty-one […]
On Wednesday, members of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee met in Washington to discuss the war in Ukraine’s impact on global food security. Russia’s war with Ukraine has disrupted grain supplies from a region known as “the breadbasket of the world.” Russia and Ukraine produce nearly a third of the world’s wheat, according to the […...
An interfaith coalition of civil and human rights organizations are condemning US insurance company GEICO. That is for canceling an event last week celebrating National Arab American Heritage Month. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee criticized GEICO for publicly attacking its invited speaker, Linda Sarsour. GEICO initially ann...
