WASHINGTON – The US Department of Justice has announced charges against five individuals for stalking, harassing and spying on US residents who have been critical of the Chinese government. The five individuals — Qiming Lin, Shujun Wang, Fan “Frank” Liu, Matthew Ziburis, and Qiang “Jason” Sun — allegedly work on behalf of Chi...
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has underscored the need for countries to work together “to improve energy security and reduce reliance on Russian hydrocarbons.” Meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Johnson “set out the UK’s view that we are facing a fundamentally changed world order following Putin’s il...
The United Nations has declared March 15 international day to combat islamophobia. The resolution, introduced by Pakistan, marks the day in 2019 when a white supremacist Australian gunman killed 51 Muslims and wounded 40 others in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Pakistan’s U.N. envoy munir akram said anti-muslim hatred is “prol...
Justice for all, the largest human rights organization led by american muslims, and the council on american-islamic relations or CAIR, today condemned India’s Karnataka high court ruling that hijab is not an essential part of islam. Since January, muslim girls in the southern indian state have not been allowed in school wearing a hijab. There...
The CIA used a “black site” detainee as a training prop to teach interrogators torture techniques, a newly declassified U.S. government report revealed. Ammar Al-Baluchi, a CIA detainee in Afghanistan, was slammed against a plywood wall repeatedly by trainees so they could get certified, according to the report. Al-Baluchi’s head was injured ...
A new analysis of United States naturalization data reveals how often applications for citizenship are denied based on racial, ethnic, gender and religious identities. It found that among those seeking U.S. citizenship, women are favored over men, white people are favored over people of color, and non-Muslims are favored over Muslims. The stud...
France has closed another mosque for a 6-month period amid an ongoing assault against Muslims and their places of worship in the country. The Al-farouk Mosque in Pessac district near bordeaux in southwestern France was closed for allegedly defending “radical islam” and “spreading salafist ideology,” officials said Monday. A statement from the ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that his country’s military campaign in Ukraine is “developing successfully” and that he will not allow the country to become a “springboard” used to threaten Russia. Zelenskiy invokes Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in plea for US help against Russia while addressing the US Congress. P...
Washington’s sanctions on Russia may affect Europe more than the US, an expert warns. Harry Tzimitras, a senior fellow at the US-based Atlantic Council, told Anadolu Agency, that Europe has had much greater dependence on Russian gas. He added that when it comes to the war on Ukraine, “That’s why we see them being much […]
More than 100 environmental and human rights groups sent a letter Tuesday to U.S. president Joe Biden urging him to pardon American attorney Steven Donziger. Donziger is under house arrest for refusing to hand over privileged client information in a high-profile environmental case. In the letter, the groups decry the prosecution of Donziger, w...
