ISLAMABAD (AA) – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that if he wins a looming no-confidence motion in parliament, he may call a new election. Speaking to local ARY TV, Khan said opposition parties sent him three options through the military establishment: resign, face a no-confidence motion, or announce a fresh election. “...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Yemen’s warring parties have agreed on a “long overdue” two-month truce that will halt all offensive military air, ground and maritime operations, the UN’s special envoy for the war-torn nation said on Friday. The pact, which takes effect on Saturday at 7 pm local time, is renewable, Hans Grundbe...
WASHINGTON (AA) – An American citizen and a lawful permanent resident have been released “after being unjustly detained” in Afghanistan, the State Department announced on Friday. Safiullah Rauf and Anees Khalil are now in Qatar, and will travel back to the US from there, spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. “Unjustl...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Pope Francis on Friday apologized to the representatives of Canadian indigenous peoples for the abuses suffered by the students of church-run residential schools in Canada, local media reported on Friday. “I ask for forgiveness from God for this reprehensible conduct by some members of the Church,” Francis told an audience with...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man succumbed to his injuries that he suffered in clashes that erupted in Hebron city with Israeli forces, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Friday. The Health Ministry said the 29-year-old Palestinian was hit in the head by the Israeli forces in clashes in the southern part of the […...
Chef Khalipha Kane, a halal food truck owner and caterer in Detroit, is ramping up service for Ramadan, which starts Saturday. Kane said her passion for the food service industry has been fortified by positive reaction from her food truck and catering customers. Khalipha’s Mobile Kitchen Kane will offer $15 grab-and-go iftar meals during Rama...
As Ramadan begins for Muslims worldwide, some Canadian Muslims are concerned for loved ones unlawfully detained in northeast Syria. An estimated four dozen Canadian Muslims have spent three or more years detained in squalid prisons and camps for people suspected of ties to ISIS. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau releases statements at the...
KABUL (AA) – At least five people were killed in a bomb attack in western Afghanistan on Friday, said a local hospital. According to a statement by Herat Hospital, 25 people were injured in the attack that hit the Jibril area of Herat city. Some of them were in critical condition. Eyewitnesses claimed that 10 […]
Muslim college students will return to observing Ramadan on campus after a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many colleges have Muslim Student Associations and Islamic prayer rooms to support those students. Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of daytime fasting and reflection, begins at sundown Friday with the sighting of the new moon...
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced the unprecedented use of U.S. oil stockpiles to “ease the pain” of rising domestic fuel prices after Russia’s war on Ukraine. The measure will pump a million barrels of U.S. government oil per day for six months into the global market. Biden hopes to dampen inflationary shockwaves ripping through [&he...
