The Hague – AFP: Myanmar hit out Monday at a genocide case brought against it by The Gambia for alleged persecution of Rohingya Muslims, urging the UN’s highest court to drop the claim on legal grounds. Banjul dragged Myanmar before the International Court of Justice in 2019, accusing the predominantly Buddhist Myanmar of genocide ...
Bamako, Mali – AFP Mali’s lawmakers on Monday approved a plan allowing the military junta to rule for up to five years, AFP journalists said, despite regional sanctions imposed on the country over delayed elections. After staging a coup in the impoverished Sahel state in August 2020, the country’s military rulers initially pr...
NEW DELHI (AA) – Indian Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that he believes all students, regardless of religion, should adhere to the dress code mandated by schools and colleges. “It is my personal belief that people of all religions should accept the school dress code. And the issue is now in court, and […]
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union on Monday said it will open its diplomatic mission in Doha. Stefano Sannino, the secretary-general of the European External Action Service, and Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Soltan Bin Saad Al-Muraikhi signed an agreement in Brussels to establish a new EU Delegation to Qatar, the EU diplomat...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco’s national carrier will launch a direct air route between Casablanca and the Israeli city of Tel Aviv from March 13. In a statement on Monday, Royal Air Maroc said four flights will be operated weekly at the beginning and will shortly reach five flights per week. “This new air route […]
Many U.S. states are relaxing indoor and school mask mandates. But health professionals warn the danger isn’t over yet, as new variants of COVID-19 continue to spread nationwide. Among the first to loosen indoor mask restrictions are New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, Illinois, New York and Massachusetts. California also plans t...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul HOKUL on Friday unveiled a plan to make the city’s subway system safer. Adams, a former New York City transit police officer, announced the plan to remove homeless and mentally ill people from the subway system. The move is in response to a […]
The White House has released a screening tool to help identify disadvantaged communities plagued by environmental hazards. But the administration won’t include race as a factor in deciding where to allocate resources. Officials told reporters Friday excluding race will make projects less likely to draw legal challenges and will be easier...
Britain’s largest police force is facing accusations of racism after at least three Muslim officers made a formal complaint against their bosses. Officers with the Metropolitan Police complained they were subjected to Islamophobic abuse at their station canteen. A Muslim police officer who failed to take part in a voluntary team-building exerc...
A petition with thousands of signatures is seeking justice for a Muslim student in New Zealand whose hijab was ripped off in an alleged hate crime. Seventeen-year-old Hoda al-Jamaa suffered a concussion last Wednesday after three girls at the Otago Girls’ High School in Dunedin DUNEE DIN removed her hijab. No teachers came to her [&helli...
